Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token, wherein the ID token is assigned to a user, comprising the following steps: authenticating the user with respect to the ID token, authenticating a first computer system with respect to the ID token, after successful authentication of the user and the first computer system with respect to the ID token, read-access by the first computer system to the at least one attribute stored in the ID token for transfer of the at least one attribute to a second computer system.

Abstract: Method and device for testing a security element (4) of a security document, the security element (4) being able to contain at least one substance (5) which has optically variable properties, including the following method steps: illuminating the security element (4) with at least one predetermined illumination parameter, filtering the light reflected by the security element into a first component (RLp) having a first polarisation, determining an intensity (I) of the first component (RLp) of reflected light reflected at a reflection angle (?R), for at least one reflection angle (?R), and verifying the presence of a substance (5) which has optically variable properties as a function of the intensity (I) of the first component (RLp).

Abstract: A method is provided for generating a soft token by which attributes of a user may be authenticated. A request to generate the soft token is transmitted from an electronic device of the user to a service provider computer via a first secure connection. After receiving the request, the service computer generates a one-time password, records the password as a session identifier, and transmits the password to the electronic device. The password is output by the electronic device via a user interface. The user enters the password into a user computer system, from where it is transmitted, via a second secure connection, to the service computer system. If the recorded password agrees with the received password, one or more attributes are read from an ID token of the user and a corresponding soft token is generated and transmitted to the electronic device or user computer system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reading an RFID token (106), having the following steps: converting an RFID read command (184) into a memory card command (192) by means of an electronic device (100, 101), which has an integrated memory card reader (182), transmitting the memory card command to an RFID card (107) by means of the memory card reader, wherein the RFID card contains a memory card interface (187) for the memory card reader and an RFID reader (188, 189, 190) that can be addressed via the memory card interface, sending the RFID read command (184) contained in the memory card command (192) from the RFID reader to the RFID token by means of an RFID read signal, receiving an RFID response (193) from the RFID token by means of the RFID reader, transmitting the RFID response (193) to the memory card reader of the electronic device via the memory card interface.

Abstract: A method for individualizing a security document includes providing a document blank with a lamination body; printing on at least one outer surface of the lamination body with a digital printing device to introduce individualization information into the lamination body. The document blank with the lamination body has an outer layer in an individualization region with an outer material layer adjacent to the at least one outer surface formed with perforation openings penetrating the outer material layer to an information layer. The individualization information is printed onto the outer surface with at least some of the individualization information printed onto the information layer through the perforation openings. A system for individualizing documents is configured to print individualization information onto the information layer through the perforation openings.

Abstract: A method for calling up a client program: transmitting a message to a server computer system using an Internet browser, wherein the message contains at least one parameter for communication of the client program with the Internet browser; dynamically generating a URL by the server computer system, wherein the URL calls up the client program according to a URL scheme, wherein the URL contains the at least one parameter; transmitting a website having the URL from the server computer system to the user computer system and displaying the website having the URL in a browser window of the Internet browser for selection by a user; starting the client program on a user computer system and imputing the at least one parameter into the client program on the basis of the selection of URL by the user; and communicating a result.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile proximity coupling device (100) for inductive coupling with an integrated circuit of a proximity object, the integrated circuit comprising a coupling interface for inductive coupling, the mobile proximity coupling device (100) comprising a contactless interface (107) for inductive coupling with the coupling interface of the integrated circuit; a processor (109) for determining a quality indicator indicating a quality of the inductive coupling; and a display (111) for displaying a desired change of position of the mobile proximity coupling device relatively to the proximity object if the quality indicator indicates an insufficient quality of the inductive coupling.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and a device which enable laser markings to be performed and reduce the need of intervention by a service technician and still enable accurate grey scale markings to be performed reliably. Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and a device such that the device for laser marking is equipped with a measuring head which measures a laser output or laser pulse energy absolutely and using a measurement result thus obtained in order to change and suitably adapt an assignment function which assigns laser control values to grey scale values.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile proximity coupling device (100) for inductive coupling with an integrated circuit of a proximity object, the integrated circuit comprising a coupling interface for inductive coupling, the proximity coupling device (100) comprising a contactless interface (107) being configured to inductively transmit a first number of commands towards the integrated circuit, and, after transmitting a respective command, to wait for a reception of a dedicated answer to the respective command from the integrated circuit within a predetermined time interval; and a processor (109) being configured to determine a quality indicator upon the basis of a second number of received dedicated answers to the first number of commands, the quality indicator indicating a quality of an inductive coupling between the contactless interface and the coupling interface of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reading the at least one attribute stored in an ID token (106, 106?), wherein the ID token is assigned to a user (102), having the following steps: Authentication of the user with respect to the ID token, Authentication of a first computer system (136) with respect to the ID token, after successful authentication of the user and the first computer system with respect to the ID token, read access of the first computer system to the at least one attribute stored in the ID token, generation of a first soft token through providing a signature to the at least one attribute read from the ID token via the first computer system, sending the first soft token to a device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for capturing person-specific data of a person, wherein the person-specific data comprises a facial image of the person, wherein the device has a camera for recording the facial image of the person, a lighting apparatus, and a semi-transparent mirror, wherein the semi-transparent mirror is arranged between the person and the camera, wherein the semi-transparent mirror is oriented such that, on the side of the semi-transparent mirror facing towards the person, the optical path of light incident on the semi-transparent mirror is parallel to the optical path of the portion of this light reflected back by the semi-transparent mirror, wherein the lighting apparatus is used to illuminate the person from the front, wherein the device also has a control unit for capturing an image, by generating light by means of the lighting apparatus in order to illuminate the face of the person and, during the illumination, capturing a first image of the face of the person by means of the camera,

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for capturing the biometric data (BD) of a user. The terminal comprises: a data storage unit having a credential (C); an authentication module; a sensor for capturing the bio-metric data of the user; a control unit that is configured to capture the bio-metric data (BD) of the user automatically or semi-automatically by means of a sensor only upon successful, reciprocal authentication of the user and the mobile terminal; a test unit for automatic testing of the authenticity of the biometric data captured. The control unit is configured to store the biometric data captured in the data storage unit in protected form only then, when the biometric data captured is authentic according to the test. The authentication module (304) is configured to authenticate an operator to the mobile terminal by means of additional authentication data (AD3) attributed to the operator.

Abstract: A card reader device is configured to carry out communication with a contactless readable card according to standard ISO/IEC 14443 type B. In order to provide that a modulation index, which self-adjusts in close range in a presence of a contactless readable card, corresponds to a desired specified modulation index, the magnetic field is received and evaluated via a reception antenna of the card reader device. The modulation index is controlled or regulated accordingly in case of deviations between a measured modulation index and a specified value for the modulation index in order to approximate the measured modulation index to the specified value.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token, wherein the ID token is assigned to a user, said method comprising: determining, by a terminal, of whether a contact-based interface of the ID token is present and can be used for data exchange with the terminal. If the ID token does not have the contact-based interface or this cannot be used, implementing a zero-knowledge authentication protocol via a contactless interface of the terminal and ID token; and deriving an ID token identifier by the terminal.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for authenticating a user to a machine: generating a challenge by the machine, generating a first pattern, in which the challenge is coded, by the machine, displaying the first pattern on a display device of the machine, optically recording the first pattern by a user device, decoding the first pattern to receive the challenge by the user device, generating a response to the challenge by the user device, generating a second pattern, in which the response is coded, by the user device, displaying the second pattern on a display device of the user device, optically recording the second pattern by the machine, decoding the second pattern to receive the response by the machine, checking the correctness of the response by the machine, and, on the condition that the response is correct, fulfilling a function by the machine.

Abstract: A method is proposed for providing position data for a chip card having portions for receiving or detecting position data of a localisation unit by the localisation unit, wherein the localisation unit is spatially separate from the chip card; transmitting the position data from the localisation unit to the chip card via a contactless interface with use of a cryptographic protocol; executing a distance-bounding protocol between the chip card and the localisation unit, wherein the distance-bounding protocol then concludes successfully precisely when the spatial distance between the chip card and localisation unit does not exceed a predefined maximum distance; and executing a chip card function with successful conclusion of the distance-bounding protocol, wherein the chip card function uses the transmitted position data as position data specifying the current position of the chip card.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating an identifier for identifying a pair, wherein the pair comprises a cryptographic device and a computer system (1, 2, . . . , i, . . . I), wherein the cryptographic device has a first secret key, wherein a second secret key (118.i) is associated with the computer system, wherein a blocking system (120) for accessing the second secret key of the computer system is provided, wherein the blocking system has a third secret key, and wherein the following steps are carried out for generating the identifier: generating a second public key (116.i) from the second secret key and a third public key (128) associated with the third secret key by means of the blocking system, transmitting the second public key (116.i) to the computer system (i), and generating the identifier from the first secret key and the second public key, using the cryptographic device.

Abstract: An identity card, comprising a card body and a physical unclonable function are arranged within the card body, wherein the physical unclonable function comprises a first light influencing layer and a second light influencing layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reading data (120) from a document (104) using a reader (102), wherein the reader forms the primary side of a transformer (110), wherein the document has an electronic memory (118) for storing the data, processor means (114) for reading the data from the memory and at least one electrical load (128, 130, 132) which can be actuated by the processor means, wherein the document forms the secondary side of the transformer, and wherein the processor means and the at least one load are coupled to the secondary side for the purpose of supplying power, having the following steps: a primary-side voltage (U) is applied to the primary side for the purpose of injecting power into the secondary side, the at least one load is actuated by the processor means, as a result of which a time-variant secondary-side load is formed which prompts the primary-side voltage to undergo modulation, the modulation of the primary-side voltage is evaluated by the reader in order to execute read access f

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a book cover insert (11) and to a method for the production of a book-type security document (30) and also to a book cover insert and a book-type security document, in which at least one data carrier (22) that can be operated contactlessly is provided in a book cover insert (11). (In this respect FIG. 9).