Personalized plastic identification document with lens structure
A security feature on a personalized plastic identification document such as a personalized plastic card and a plastic page of passport. The security feature includes a lens structure with a plurality of lenses, where the lens structure is formed using a laser at a location on the personalized plastic identification document to facilitate viewing of a security feature underlying the lens structure.
1 . A method of processing a plastic identification document substrate to create a personalized plastic identification document, comprising:
using a first laser of a document processing system to form a lens structure on the plastic identification document substrate, wherein the first laser is a CO 2 laser; and
thereafter using a second laser of the document processing system to form an image of an intended holder of the personalized plastic identification document on the plastic identification document substrate along with text within the image, wherein the image and the text are positioned to at least partially underlie the lens structure.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the personalized plastic identification document comprises a plastic card or a plastic page of a passport.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the text comprises alphanumeric text and/or a text symbol.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising a laser receptive layer on the plastic identification document substrate, and comprising forming the image and the text in the laser receptive layer.
5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising forming the image and the text so that the lens structure overlays an entirety of the image.
6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising forming the lens structure to include lenses that have one or more of the following:
a single common pitch or a variable pitch;
a constant depth or a variable depth;
a same size or varying sizes.
7 . A method of processing a plastic identification document substrate to create a personalized plastic identification document, comprising:
using a laser to form a lens structure on the plastic identification document substrate; and
thereafter using a laser to form an image of an intended holder of the personalized plastic identification document on the plastic identification document substrate along with text within the image, wherein the image and the text are positioned to at least partially underlie the lens structure,
wherein the laser used to form the lens structure is a CO 2 laser, and the laser used to form the image and the text is a non-CO 2 laser.
8 . A method of processing a plastic identification document substrate to create a personalized plastic identification document, comprising:
using a laser to form a lens structure on the plastic identification document substrate; and
thereafter using a laser to form an image of an intended holder of the personalized plastic identification document on the plastic identification document substrate along with text within the image, wherein the image and the text are positioned to at least partially underlie the lens structure, wherein
after forming the lens structure, transporting the plastic identification document substrate to the laser used to form the image and the text.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second laser is a non-CO 2 laser.