Patents by Inventor Andreas Schilling
Andreas Schilling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20180264869Abstract: A multilayer body includes a transparent first layer. In the transparent first layer, a multiplicity of microlenses arranged in accordance with a microlens grid are impressed in a first region. Furthermore, the multilayer body includes a second layer, which is arranged below the first layer and in a fixed position with respect to the first layer and has a multiplicity of microimages arranged in accordance with a microimage grid and in each case in an at least regional overlap with one of the microlenses of the microlens grid for the purpose of generating a first optically variable information item. The grid pitches of the microimage grid and of the microlens grid in each case in at least one spatial direction are less than 300 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Andreas Schilling, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Achim Hansen
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Patent number: 10019626Abstract: The invention relates to a method for authenticating an optically variable security element (1), in particular a diffractive security element, with the steps: a) capturing an image sequence with at least one individual image of the security element (1) by means of a sensor (31), in particular a hand-held device (3), preferably a smartphone, tablet or a PDA; b) checking whether at least one predetermined item of optical information is present in at least one individual image of the image sequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignees: LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & CO. KG, OVD KINEGRAM AG, ADORSYS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Andreas Schilling, Uwe Frieser, Benno Schmitzer, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Jurgen Metzger, Ralf Wondratschek, Alexander Gugel
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Patent number: 10007233Abstract: A decorative element (2), in particular in the form of a transfer film, a laminating film or a security thread, as well as a security document with a decorative element and a method for producing same is described. The decorative element (2) has a microstructure (4) which generates an optical effect in incident light and/or with light passing through. In a first area (32), the microstructure (4) has a base surface (40) and several base elements (41) which have in each case an element surface raised or lowered compared with the base surface (40) and a flank arranged between the element surface and the base surface (40). The base surface (40) of the microstructure defines a base plane spanned by coordinate axes x and y. The element surfaces of the base elements (41) in each case run substantially parallel to the base plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: OVD Kinegram AGInventors: Andreas Schilling, Sebastian Mader, Rene Staub, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Harald Walter
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Publication number: 20180164478Abstract: The invention concerns a film element having a replication layer (43), wherein an optically active surface structure (27) is shaped in a first surface of the replication layer. The surface structure is formed in at least a first region of the film element (35) by a first diffractive surface relief (46) comprising a plurality of successive elements following a first envelope curve (47), wherein the elements respectively comprise an element surface (48) arranged substantially parallel to a base surface and at least one flank adjoining the adjacent element surface or surfaces, the element surfaces (48) of adjacent elements are spaced in a direction perpendicular to the base plane, with a first optical spacing or a plurality of the first optical spacing, wherein the first optical spacing is between 150 nm and 800 nm, preferably between 150 nm and 400 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Wayne Robert Tompkin, Andreas Schilling
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Patent number: 9994062Abstract: A multilayer body includes a transparent first layer. In the transparent first layer, a multiplicity microlenses arranged in accordance with a microlens grid are impressed in a first region. Furthermore, the multilayer body includes a second layer, which is arranged below the first layer and in a fixed position with respect to the first layer and has a multiplicity of microimages arranged in accordance with a microimage grid and in each case in an at least regional overlap with one of the microlenses of the microlens grid for the purpose of generating a first optically variable information item. The grid pitches of the microimage grid and of the microlens grid in each case in at least one spatial direction are less than 300 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: OVD KINEGRAM AGInventors: Andreas Schilling, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Achim Hansen
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Patent number: 9983335Abstract: The invention concerns a film element having a replication layer (43), wherein an optically active surface structure (27) is shaped in a first surface of the replication layer. The surface structure is formed in at least a first region of the film element (35) by a first diffractive surface relief (46) comprising a plurality of successive elements following a first envelope curve (47), wherein the elements respectively comprise an element surface (48) arranged substantially parallel to a base surface and at least one flank adjoining the adjacent element surface or surfaces, the element surfaces (48) of adjacent elements are spaced in a direction perpendicular to the base plane, with a first optical spacing or a plurality of the first optical spacing, wherein the first optical spacing is between 150 nm and 800 nm, preferably between 150 nm and 400 nm.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: OVD KINEGRAM AGInventors: Wayne Robert Tompkin, Andreas Schilling
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Patent number: 9975370Abstract: A method for the production of a multilayer body, in particular a security element, includes: a) producing a metal layer on a substrate; b) partial demetalization of the metal layer to form a first item of optical information in a first area of the multilayer body; c) applying a partial lacquer layer in a second area of the multilayer body to form a second item of optical information, wherein the partial lacquer layer extends at least partially beyond the metal layer; d) structuring the partial metal layer in the second area using the partial lacquer layer as mask.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: OVD KINEGRAM AGInventors: Reto Karrer Walker, Andreas Schilling, Rene Staub, Christina Streb, Christian Saxer
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Publication number: 20180015771Abstract: A method for producing security elements, security elements, a security document with at least one security element as well as a transfer film with at least one security element wherein a three-dimensional object is recorded and a surface profile of the three-dimensional object, described by a function F(x,y), is determined, wherein the function F(x,y) describes the distance between the surface profile and a two-dimensional reference surface spanned by co-ordinate axes x and y at the co-ordinate points x and y. A first microstructure is determined in such a way that the structure height of the first microstructure is limited to a predetermined value smaller than the maximum distance between the surface profile and the two-dimensional reference surface, and the first microstructure provides an observer with a first optical perception which corresponds to the surface profile of the three-dimensional object described by the function F(x,y).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Wayne Robert Tompkin, Andreas Schilling, Sebastian Mader
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Publication number: 20180004156Abstract: A method for producing a volume hologram with at least one first area in a first color and at least one second area in a second color includes, providing a volume hologram layer made of a photopolymer; arranging a master with a surface structure on the volume hologram layer; exposing the master using coherent light, wherein light which is incident on at least one first partial area of the surface of the master is diffracted or reflected in the direction of the at least one first area of the volume hologram layer and light which is incident on at least one second partial area of the surface of the master is diffracted or reflected in the direction of the at least one second area of the volume hologram, and wherein the light diffracted or reflected by the first and second partial areas differs in at least one optical property.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicants: OVD Kinegram AG, LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Schilling, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Norbert Lutz, Achim Hansen
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Publication number: 20170313121Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer body with a carrier film, a partial reflective layer, arranged on the surface of the carrier film, which is at least partially transparent in a first area and opaque in a second area, a partial decorative layer, arranged on a surface of the carrier film and/or the side of the decorative layer facing away from the carrier film, which is present in a third area and not present in a fourth area, wherein the first area overlaps the third area and the second area overlaps the third and the fourth areas. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing such a multilayer body, a security element with such a multilayer body and a security document with such a security element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Andreas Schilling
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Patent number: 9779350Abstract: A multilayer body with a carrier and a layer arranged thereon which comprises electrically conductive material in such an arrangement comprises an information area and a background area (18) which are galvanically separated from each other. In each information area a first zone (10) with electrically conductive material is provided, over the entirety of which electrically conductive material is conductively connected to it. In each background area a plurality of second zones with electrically conductive material is provided, which are galvanically separated from each other. Each first zone (10) preferably occupies a surface area that is at least five times larger than each of the second zones. The electrically conductive material is preferably provided with an average surface coverage which varies over all information areas and background areas (18) by less than 25%.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: POLYIC GMBH & CO. KG, LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & CO. KG, OVD KINEGRAM AGInventors: Walter Fix, Manfred Walter, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Andreas Schilling, Klaus Schmidt, Jurgen Metzger
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Patent number: 9770934Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layer body (1) comprising a first layer (13) having a multiplicity of first zones (21), which are respectively separated from one another by one or a plurality of transparent second zones (22). The multi-layer body has a second layer (14) composed of a transparent material, said second layer being arranged below the first layer (13), and a reflection layer (15) arranged below the second layer (14). The second layer (14) has a multiplicity of third zones (23), in each of which a microstructure (17) is impressed into the interface—facing away from the first layer—between the second layer (14) and the reflection layer, which is covered with the reflection layer (15).Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: OVD Kinegram AGInventors: Andreas Schilling, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Achim Hansen
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Publication number: 20170066279Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a multilayer body, in particular a security element, comprising the following steps: a) producing a metal layer on a substrate; b) partial demetalization of the metal layer to form a first item of optical information in a first area of the multilayer body; c) applying a partial lacquer layer in a second area of the multilayer body to form a second item of optical information, wherein the partial lacquer layer extends at least partially beyond the metal layer; d) structuring the partial metal layer in the second area using the partial lacquer layer as mask. The invention further relates to a multilayer body produced in this way.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Reto Karrer Walker, Andreas Schilling, Rene Staub, Christina Streb, Christian Saxer
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Publication number: 20160307035Abstract: The invention relates to a method for authenticating an optically variable security element (1), in particular a diffractive security element, with the steps: a) capturing an image sequence with at least one individual image of the security element (1) by means of a sensor (31), in particular a hand-held device (3), preferably a smartphone, tablet or a PDA; b) checking whether at least one predetermined item of optical information is present in at least one individual image of the image sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Andreas Schilling, Uwe Frieser, Benno Schmitzer, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Jurgen Metzger, Ralf Wondratschek, Alexander Gugel
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Patent number: 9465148Abstract: Described is a security document with a transparent security element (12) which is arranged in a window or in a transparent region of the security document and has a structure layer, in which a first region (12f) of the structure layer has an asymmetrical diffractive relief structure, wherein the first region (12f) has an optical effect which is unexpectedly different in a front view and in a rear view of the security document.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: OVD KINEGRAM AGInventors: Andreas Schilling, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Rene Schaedler
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Publication number: 20160229137Abstract: Method for producing a plastic molded part (1), wherein, in the method, a mold insert (3) with a diffractive surface relief (32) is provided, the mold insert (3) is inserted into one mold half of an injection mold (5) which, together with at least one further mold half, forms a cavity for producing the plastic molded part (1), wherein the mold insert (3) is inserted into the injection mold (5) such that the diffractive surface relief (32) forms a partial area of the surface of the cavity formed by the mold half (5), and the plastic molded part (1) is molded by injection molding by means of the injection mold (5). The invention furthermore relates to a mold insert as well as an injection mold for such a method, as well as a plastic molded part produced in this way.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Harald Burger, Andreas Schilling, Volker Dinkelmeyer, Sebastian Mader
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Publication number: 20160167422Abstract: An optically variable element has first and second diffraction gratings which are high-frequency and therefore act reflectively into the zero diffraction order. Either a first color is generated by the first diffraction grating at a particular angle of rotation and a particular angle of illumination and simultaneously a second color, different from the first color, is generated by the second diffraction grating or a visible color is generated essentially only by the first diffraction grating at a first angle of rotation and a visible color is generated essentially only by the second diffraction grating at a second angle of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Ludwig Brehm, Sebastian Mader, Andreas Schilling, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Harald Walter
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Publication number: 20160161646Abstract: The invention concerns a film element having a replication layer (43), wherein an optically active surface structure (27) is shaped in a first surface of the replication layer. The surface structure is formed in at least a first region of the film element (35) by a first diffractive surface relief (46) comprising a plurality of successive elements following a first envelope curve (47), wherein the elements respectively comprise an element surface (48) arranged substantially parallel to a base surface and at least one flank adjoining the adjacent element surface or surfaces, the element surfaces (48) of adjacent elements are spaced in a direction perpendicular to the base plane, with a first optical spacing or a plurality of the first optical spacing, wherein the first optical spacing is between 150 nm and 800 nm, preferably between 150 nm and 400 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Wayne Robert Tompkin, Andreas Schilling
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Patent number: 9302874Abstract: An apparatus for overlapping sheets and depositing them in a stack has a conveyor for transporting the sheets in a horizontal travel direction along a travel path toward a stacking region at a rapid feed speed. A braking device on the path upstream of the stacking region can grip the trailing edge of a one of the sheets. At least one supporting air bar extends above the path into the stacking region and has nozzles from which compressed air exits in the sheet travel direction. A suction belt above the travel path between the braking device and the stacking region is movable in the travel direction at least at the rapid feed speed and has suction ports that can be switched on and off cyclically.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: bielomatik LEUZE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Andreas Schilling, Hansjoerg Klein, Markus Kremer
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Publication number: 20160004950Abstract: A multilayer body with a carrier and a layer arranged thereon which comprises electrically conductive material in such an arrangement comprises an information area and a background area (18) which are galvanically separated from each other. In each information area a first zone (10) with electrically conductive material is provided, over the entirety of which electrically conductive material is conductively connected to it. In each background area a plurality of second zones with electrically conductive material is provided, which are galvanically separated from each other. Each first zone (10) preferably occupies a surface area that is at least five times larger than each of the second zones. The electrically conductive material is preferably provided with an average surface coverage which varies over all information areas and background areas (18) by less than 25%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: OVD Kinegram AGInventors: Walter Fix, Manfred Walter, Wayne Robert Tompkin, Andreas Schilling, Klaus Schmidt, Jurgen Metzger