A security-enhanced document with a removable SOC is provided that is compatible with process color digital imaging, A method and system for producing the document enhances production, and expands the aesthetics of the documents.
B41M 3/00 - Procédés d'impression pour des travaux imprimés d'un genre particulier, p. ex. motifs
A63F 3/06 - Lotos ou jeux de bingoSystèmes, appareils ou dispositifs pour leur vérification
B41J 2/01 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre
B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
A redundantly printed security-enhanced document, printing method and system ensure the meaning of the information imparted by variable indicia printed by redundant printing on the document with removable scratch-off coatings. By printing the variable indicia with multiple colors, redundancy and integrity of the intended indicia is achieved. Additionally, inverted color indicia countermeasures to pinprick attacks are also disclosed. The redundantly printed document, methods and systems enhance the overall appearance of the redundantly printed document, and reduce possible consequences resulting from misprinted variable indicia.
A removable scratch-off document with a display portion is printed with a printing method and system ensuring the integrity and security of the document with win and lose variable information or indicia protected by a scratch-off coating by overprinting at least one of at least a part of the scratch-off coating and at least a part of the display portion using stochastic imaging. The resulting printed document is more attractive and consistent over varying surfaces, as well as more secure against illicit attempts to remove the scratch-off coating by lift and float techniques.
H04N 1/405 - Conversion en demi-teintes, c.-à-d. conversion du signal d'image d'un original à tons continus en un signal correspondant ne possédant que deux niveaux
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CLOSED LOOP COLOR CALIBRATION WITH MULTIPLE INLINE IMAGERS
Production methods and systems enable the inline production of instant lottery tickets or documents using at least three different digital imagers. By interfacing at least three digital imagers in a common printing line, heretofore unknown printing efficiencies are realized, particularly on smaller volume print runs. These methods and systems enhance the overall appearance of the printed instant lottery tickets or documents, as well as potentially expand the consumer base.
In one embodiment, a secure substrate provides a print-ready surface for printing scratch- off products and eliminates the need to print lower security layers for protecting against attempts to view hidden indicia information. In one embodiment, a secure substrate comprises applying microperforations to a dyed substrate that meets a predefined transmission optical density to resist an attempt to reduce the opacity of the dyed substrate by delamination. In another embodiment, a secure substrate comprises applying a lower opacity layer and a lower background layer on a substrate to provide a secure substrate that meets a predefined transmission optical density. In another embodiment, a secure substrate comprises applying a lower opacity layer on a substrate, applying a reflective coating, and applying a lower background layer over the reflective coating to provide a secure substrate that meets a predefined transmission optical density.
A production method and system are provided for enabling the secure sharing of a common prize fund across multiple lottery or contest games and/or sub games. By sharing common inventory control and validation files the multiple games will validate on existing lottery or contest systems without the need for any software or hardware modifications. These methods and systems enhance the games, as well as potentially expand the consumer base for the games.
G07F 17/32 - Appareils déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour la location d'articlesInstallations ou services déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour jeux, jouets, sports ou distractions
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ENHANCED SECURITY INSTANT TICKETS VIA HOMOGENEOUS UTILIZATION OF DISPLAY/OVERPRINT/BACKING AND VARIABLE INDICIA INKS OR DYES
A printing method or system for making a security-enhanced scratch-off document and the document so made are disclosed. The security-enhanced document includes a substrate, variable indicia, at least one other printed portion having background noise, and a scratch-off-coating layer applied over the variable indicia to maintain the variable indicia unreadable until the scratch-off-coating is removed by being scratched off. The variable indicia includes ink having a signal- to-noise ratio relative to the background ink noise of the document's at least one other printed portion, such that the variable indicia are unreadable with reference to the at least one other printed portion when the scratch-off-coating remains intact. Additionally, digitally imaging countermeasures to unassisted and assisted mechanical SOC lift are also disclosed. These methods and systems enhance the overall appearance of the ticket as well as potentially reduce the time and setup costs between print runs.
A computer-implemented method and system are provided for enabling digital imaging of both secure and non-secure areas of instant lottery tickets on demand across a geographically diverse network. Instant lottery tickets produced with this system accommodate smaller volume print runs, process color, and a greater level of customization.
G07F 17/32 - Appareils déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour la location d'articlesInstallations ou services déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour jeux, jouets, sports ou distractions
A63F 3/06 - Lotos ou jeux de bingoSystèmes, appareils ou dispositifs pour leur vérification
B42D 15/02 - Cartes postalesCartes de vœux, menus, cartes commerciales ou cartes analoguesCartes-lettres
G07F 17/42 - Appareils déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour la location d'articlesInstallations ou services déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour appareils pour imprimer des tickets ou analogues
B41J 2/04 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres
B41F 1/22 - Presses à platines, c.-à-d. presses dans lesquelles l'impression est réalisée par au moins une partie sensiblement plane appliquant la pression sur un marbre plan spécialement adaptées pour imprimer des en-têtes, p. ex. des en-têtes de lettres
B41M 3/00 - Procédés d'impression pour des travaux imprimés d'un genre particulier, p. ex. motifs
B41F 19/00 - Appareils ou machines pour effectuer des opérations d'impression en combinaison avec d'autres opérations
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
B41J 29/393 - Dispositifs de commande ou d'analyse de l'ensemble de la machine
B41F 1/16 - Presses à platines, c.-à-d. presses dans lesquelles l'impression est réalisée par au moins une partie sensiblement plane appliquant la pression sur un marbre plan pour impression offset
B41F 1/20 - Presses à platines, c.-à-d. presses dans lesquelles l'impression est réalisée par au moins une partie sensiblement plane appliquant la pression sur un marbre plan pour retiration sur feuilles, c.-à-d. pour impression sur les deux côtés des feuilles
A security-enhanced document includes a substrate; at least one lower portion of graphic imaging with or without first variable indicia directly or indirectly digitally imaged on the substrate; at least one release coat applied over the lower portion; at least one SOC applied over the release coat to maintain the lower portion imaging unreadable until removal of the SOC; and at least one overprint upper portion with digital imaging of second variable indicia over the SOC, the overprint upper portion being registered to cover at least a part of the imaging of the lower portion, the overprint upper portion being associated with the lower portion, such that the upper portion has at least one associated feature imaged with respect to a visual or thematic aspect of the lower portion. The document enhances the popularity and fun of games using the document, and may expand the consumer base for the games.
A security-enhanced document with collectible imaging, the document includes a substrate; at least one lower portion imaging with graphic imaging and with or without first variable indicia, the lower portion imaging directly or indirectly digitally imaged on the substrate, the lower portion comprising first collectible digital imaging; at least one release coat applied over the first collectible imaging; at least one scratch-off-coating layer applied over the release coat to maintain the first collectible imaging of the lower portion unreadable until removal of the scratch-off-coating; and at least one overprint upper portion with or without second variable indicia and with second collectible digital imaging associated with the lower portion first collectible imaging with respect to a visual or thematic aspect of the first collectible imaging. The document enhances the popularity and fun games using the document, and may expand the consumer base for the games.
A redundantly printed security-enhanced document, printing method and system are provided for ensuring the meaning of the information imparted by variable indicia printed on documents with removable scratch-off coatings by the redundant printing. By printing the variable indicia with multiple colors, redundancy and integrity of the intended indicia is achieved. Additionally, inverted color indicia countermeasures to pinprick attacks are also disclosed. The redundantly printed document, methods and systems enhance the overall appearance of the redundantly printed document, and reduce the consequences possibly resulting from misprinted variable indicia.
A security-enhanced document includes: a substrate; at least one lower portion imaging with vector graphics imaged display indicia being directly or indirectly digitally imaged on the substrate; at least one area of vector graphics secure variable indicia, the secure variable indicia being directly or indirectly digitally imaged on the substrate; at least one release coat applied over at least the secure variable indicia; at least one scratch-off coating applied over the release coat to maintain the secure variable indicia unreadable until removal of the scratch-off coating; and at least one overprint upper portion imaged over at least the scratch-off coating.
A63F 3/06 - Lotos ou jeux de bingoSystèmes, appareils ou dispositifs pour leur vérification
B32B 29/00 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement de papier ou de carton
B32B 33/00 - Produits stratifiés caractérisés par des propriétés particulières ou des caractéristiques de surface particulières, p. ex. par des revêtements de surface particuliersProduits stratifiés conçus pour des buts particuliers non couverts par une seule autre classe
A method is provided of digitally imaging a secure portion and a non-secure portion of scratch-off-coating protected documents of at least one game using middleware. The method includes: (a) generating the secure variable indicia in non- vector raster format; (b) generating vector graphics to be imaged on physical document locations; (c) assigning the secure variable indicia in a non-vector raster format to documents in and shuffling the documents throughout a print run; and (d) linking via middleware the secure variable indicia in the non-vector raster format to associated vector graphics variable indicia to be digitally imaged on the documents and to generate vector graphics-formatted data for each document in the print run. The secure variable indicia assignment and shuffling are executed by non-vector raster game generation software output that is reinterpreted by the middleware to produce related vector graphic output for the secure variable indicia.
A method and system include digitally imaging a secure portion and a non¬ secure portion of scratch-off coating protected gaming documents of at least one game, the gaming documents including variable indicia, the gaming documents and the at least one game being associated with at least one overall print run, each print run including (i) a plurality of non-winning gaming documents and (ii) a plurality of winning gaming documents determined by revealing secure variable indicia according to predetermined game programming, and wherein at least the secure portion of digital imaging is hidden under the scratch-off coating. The secure portion can be encrypted into ciphertext with the non-secure portion remaining plaintext or cleartext. This enables digital imaging on demand across a local or distributed network of both secure and non-secure areas of instant lottery tickets or other documents having scratch-off coatings.
H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
A method of encrypting at least a portion of PostScript vector language, where the PostScript vector language includes a cleartext portion and a ciphertext portion, the method including: (a) encrypting at least a part of the PostScript cleartext portion via an encryption algorithm with a generated encryption key resulting in at least a part of the ciphertext portion and overwriting the PostScript cleartext portion with the resulting at least part of the ciphertext portion; (b) saving the encryption key in a file separate from a file containing the PostScript vector language; (c) linking both the encryption key file and the PostScript file in an image processor interpreting the PostScript vector language to display or print PostScript graphics; (d) decrypting the at least part of the ciphertext portion resulting in decrypted PostScript cleartext; and (e) executing the resulting decrypted Postscript cleartext to produce an image on a document or screen.
H04L 9/28 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité utilisant un algorithme de chiffrement particulier
B42D 15/00 - Cartes ou imprimés d'un format ou d'un type particulier non prévu ailleurs
G09C 5/00 - Appareils ou méthodes de chiffrement ou de déchiffrement non prévus dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe, p. ex. comportant la dissimulation ou la déformation de données graphiques telles que dessins, messages écrits ou imprimés
H04L 9/12 - Dispositifs de chiffrement d'émission et de réception synchronisés ou initialisés d'une manière particulière
H04L 9/18 - Chiffrement par modification sérielle et continue du flux d'éléments de données, p. ex. systèmes de codage en continu
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