OPTICALLY VARIABLE ORNAMENT Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: decorative art. SUBSTANCE: made on carrier 4 is embossed element of composed ornament which is divided into M screen fields 6. Each screen field 6 is divided into N cells of field 7. Each cell is conjugated with section of one of N image 3 and has correspondingly, diffraction member 8 which contains information data on value of color optical density, on grading of brightness value and on direction of observation 15. N images are composed of beams of scattered light and present, for instance, separate alphabetic-digital characters, parts of text, images of objects or persons, etc., which are visible from N directions of observation. Elements of composed ornament may be viewed in reflected and transmitted light. Carrier 4 may be made in form of gluing labels. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 5 cl, 2 dwg