Abstract: An article of manufacture having a document body constructed from document layers arranged on top of each other, with a first document layer having an evaluation unit, a second document layer having a first acquisition unit for collecting first biometric data, a third document layer having a second acquisition unit for collecting second biometric data, wherein the evaluation unit is connected to the first and second acquisition units in order to receive the first and second biometric data, the evaluation unit constructed for evaluating the first and second biometric data in order to activate a function of the article of manufacture depending on a result of the evaluation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a document comprising a document body (102) which is constructed from a plurality of document layers (104, 106, 108; 126, 128, 130, 104, 106, 108, 132) arranged on top of each other, wherein a first layer (106) of the document layers contains an evaluation unit (114), a second layer (104) of the document layers contains a first acquisition unit (110) for collecting the first biometric data, a third layer (108) of the document layers contains a second acquisition unit (122) for collecting the second biometric data, and wherein the evaluation unit is connected to the at least first and second acquisition units, in order to receive at least the first and second biometric data from the acquisition units, the evaluation unit being constructed for evaluating the first and second biometric data supplied from the first and second acquisition units, in order to activate a function (116) of the document depending on a result of the evaluation.