Identification assembly for an identity document
An identification assembly for an identity document ( 10 ) includes a substrate ( 12 ) with a substantially planar configuration, and an adjacent surface ( 13, 14 ) hingeably attached to the substrate ( 12 ) and provided adjacent to the substrate ( 12 ). The substrate ( 12 ) includes at least two image areas ( 18, 20 ), a first image area ( 18 ) having a first image ( 19 ), and wherein the substrate includes a second image area ( 20 ) including a second laser produced image ( 21 ), and a third image ( 22 ) corresponding to the second image ( 21 ) is provided through the second image area ( 20 ) onto the adjacent surface ( 13, 14 ), the third image ( 22 ) being visible for a user by hinging the substrate away from the adjacent surface ( 14 ).
1. A method for producing an identification assembly, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
providing a substrate ( 12 ) comprising at least two image areas ( 18 , 20 );
providing an adjacent surface ( 13 , 14 ) to said substrate ( 12 ),
attaching the substrate ( 12 ) to the adjacent surface ( 13 , 14 ) in a hinging manner,
laser producing a first image ( 19 ) in a first image area ( 18 ) without laser energy being transferred to the adjacent surface ( 13 , 14 );
laser producing a second image ( 21 ) onto a second image area ( 20 ) while allowing part of the laser energy to penetrate through the substrate ( 12 ) and to form a third image ( 22 ) in the adjacent surface ( 13 , 14 ), wherein the third image is ( 20 ) opaque and the second image is ( 20 ) transparent.
2. Method according to claim 1 , providing a laser-sensitive material onto the adjacent surface ( 14 ) providing a visible coloration when imprinted by laser energy.
3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the laser energy is adapted as to provide a visible image in the second image area ( 20 ) and onto the adjacent surface ( 13 , 14 ) without pyrolysis gases forming in a third image area.