A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a hologram structure having excellent forgery preventability and designability. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a hologram structure comprising: a hologram layer including a reflection type hologram forming region carrying a recorded phase type Fourier transform hologram that transforms an incident light from a point light source into a desired optical image; and a vapor deposition layer formed so as to come into contact with a concavo-convex surface of the reflection type hologram forming region of the hologram layer, and a size of the reflection type hologram forming region in plan view is in a range of 5 mm square or more and 50 mm square or less.

A display member including a light transmission layer having a principal surface including a plurality of pixels; and a metal layer covering the principal surface, one or more of the pixels include a first region, one or more of the pixels include a second region, the first region has a plurality of first grooves or ridges each of which extends in a longitudinal direction in a first angle range of about 10 to +10 with respect to a first direction, the second region has a plurality of second grooves or ridges each of which extends in a longitudinal direction in a second angle range of about 65 to +65 with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second grooves or ridges form a diffraction structure, and the metal layer does not cover at least part of the first region and covers the second region.

A security element is described includes a transparent first layer having a holographic surface structure, a first metal layer arranged on the first layer in a first pattern having transparent and non-transparent regions and a holographic surface structure, a second layer having a second holographic surface structure, and a second metal layer arranged on the second layer in a second pattern having transparent and non-transparent regions and a holographic surface structure. The, transparent regions of the first metal layer and the second metal layer are arranged to at least partly overlap each other and the non-transparent regions of the metal layers develop holographic effects on both sides of the security element which effects may be different. A process is described for making the security element, wherein an embossable radiation-sensitive polymer material is used to form the second layer.

An image display according to an embodiment includes a first image-displaying portion that displays first information about a certain object as a first image of object color, and a second image-displaying portion that displays second information about the object as a second image of structural color provided by a relief structure, the relief structure including at least one structure selected from the group consisting of diffraction grating, hologram, and light-scattering structure having an anisotropic light-scattering property. According to an example, the object is a person, and the first image includes a facial image of the person. A labeled article according to another embodiment includes the image display, and a substrate supporting the image display.

An optical security device is disclosed which includes a diffraction layer having a plurality of diffraction elements and a high refractive index layer, wherein the high refractive index layer is applied on the diffraction layer such that selected regions of the diffraction layer have the corresponding diffraction elements partially uncovered by the high refractive index layer and other regions are substantially covered by the high refractive index layer. Accordingly, the optical security device has a first security feature associated with the diffraction layer and a second security feature associated with the high refractive index layer. An image is viewable from the regions of the high refractive index layer, either, covertly by placed an index matched item over the device or, overtly, through selection of the thickness of the high refractive index layer.

Provided are diffraction structure transfer foil that further improves usefulness of the diffraction structure transfer foil in authenticity determination by allowing a greater variety of diffracted-light patterns to be observed, and a forgery prevention medium using the diffraction structure transfer foil. The diffraction structure transfer foil (21) includes a transfer foil substrate (1), a peeling-off protective layer (2) that is laminated on one surface of the transfer foil substrate (1), a laminated body for diffracted-light delivery (13a) that is laminated on the peeling-off protective layer (2), and an adhesive layer (9) that is laminated on the laminated body for diffracted-light delivery (13a). The laminated body for diffracted-light delivery (13a) includes a diffraction structure forming body in which a plurality of diffraction structures (4 and 7) are formed, and a reflective layer (5a or 8a) that is formed in accordance with each of the plurality of diffraction structures (4 and 7). A transmission density of one reflective layer (5a) of the plurality of reflective layers (5a and 8a) is in a range of 0.01 to 0.9, and a transmission density of the other reflective layer (8a) is 1.0 or greater.

To provide a hologram, a light-transmissive reflector plate, a screen, and a projection system capable of achieving high transparency and allowing a projected image to be brightly and clearly reflected and observed.

A hologram 1 has a relief part, wherein the hologram 1 reflects a given white light incident thereon at a given angle from one side, while transmits a given white light incident thereon at a given angle from the other side, and diffraction efficiency for transmitted light and diffraction efficiency for reflected light differ from each other.

An image display according to an embodiment includes a first image-displaying portion that displays first information about a certain object as a first image of object color, and a second image-displaying portion that displays second information about the object as a second image of structural color provided by a relief structure, the relief structure including at least one structure selected from the group consisting of diffraction grating, hologram, and light-scattering structure having an anisotropic light-scattering property. According to an example, the object is a person, and the first image includes a facial image of the person. A labeled article according to another embodiment includes the image display, and a substrate supporting the image display.

Provided are diffraction structure transfer foil that further improves usefulness of the diffraction structure transfer foil in authenticity determination by allowing a greater variety of diffracted-light patterns to be observed, and a forgery prevention medium using the diffraction structure transfer foil. The diffraction structure transfer foil (21) includes a transfer foil substrate (1), a peeling-off protective layer (2) that is laminated on one surface of the transfer foil substrate (1), a laminated body for diffracted-light delivery (13a) that is laminated on the peeling-off protective layer (2), and an adhesive layer (9) that is laminated on the laminated body for diffracted-light delivery (13a). The laminated body for diffracted-light delivery (13a) includes a diffraction structure forming body in which a plurality of diffraction structures (4 and 7) are formed, and a reflective layer (5a or 8a) that is formed in accordance with each of the plurality of diffraction structures (4 and 7). A transmission density of one reflective layer (5a) of the plurality of reflective layers (5a and 8a) is in a range of 0.01 to 0.9, and a transmission density of the other reflective layer (8a) is 1.0 or greater.

An image display according to an embodiment includes a first image-displaying portion that displays first information about a certain object as a first image of object color, and a second image-displaying portion that displays second information about the object as a second image of structural color provided by a relief structure, the relief structure including at least one structure selected from the group consisting of diffraction grating, hologram, and light-scattering structure having an anisotropic light-scattering property. According to an example, the object is a person, and the first image includes a facial image of the person. A labeled article according to another embodiment includes the image display, and a substrate supporting the image display.