ITUD20060075A1 - PERSONAL PERSONAL CARD PERFECTED - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION of the invention patent

Having for its role:

Improved personal electronic card

DESCRIPTION

Object

The present invention refers to a personal electronic card, the characteristics of which conform to the pre-characterizing part of the main claim.

Application sector

The application sector is essentially directed to the electronic data processing service, the telecommunications sector and everything connected with electronic processing.

For example: credit / debit cards, electronic money, digital signature, network access control and authorization, financial services, customer authentication, customer identification, identity certification, identification when accessing network services, replacement card in managing password, etc.

State of the art

Currently, smart cards or "SMART CARDs" are known and in use, capable of performing a very large number of functions, both for identification and for payments and collections, and for a plurality of other services.

USB sticks are currently known which are capable of performing many functions by physically connecting at least to one of the electronic devices.

Problems and drawbacks of the state of the art

Current cards have limited use for certain services, other services being satisfied by other devices generally of a different form.

The available papers are sandwich-formed and therefore of consistent thickness.

Task of the Invention

The aim of the invention is to solve the aforementioned problems and drawbacks and provide a smart card capable of:

a) perform a great variety of functions also with customization;

b) be extremely light and of minimum thickness.

Solution of the problem and identification of inventive features

The problem is solved with the features of the main claim.

The sub-claims represent advantageous preferential solutions that provide better performance.

Benefits

In this way you have the advantage of having a very thin paper and able to perform a great variety of functions not currently available.

It can be associated with the functionality of the common USB key. In addition, if, for example, the card is lost or stolen, a third party is unable to use it as only the fingerprint of the true owner is able to authorize its use.

Description of the preferential solution

For a better understanding, the invention is described in a preferential solution with the aid:

- of Figs.1 and 2. annexed which represent the plan and side view of the card or card.

- of Fig. 3 which represents the schematic block view of the main components of the electronic card or card.

Detailed description of the invention in relation to the figures

As can be seen from the figures, the card substantially comprises a smart card connector by means of a connector (1), connected to the CPU via data bus, VCC and CLK embedded in the molding of the card entirely in non-layered plastic.

The CPU in turn being connected via an internal bus to a fingerprint detector by means of a biometric sensor (2) and its memory processor.

Said internal bus being connected to an integrated memory which includes RAM, ROM and EPROM.

More in detail, the numerical references indicate:

1. CONTACTS:

they follow the ISO standards: they have power inputs, and half-duplex (half-duplex) serial communication.

2. BIOMETRIC SENSOR:

fingerprint detector sensor.

The processors and memories are manufactured in packages by direct molding with plastic material, therefore without casing. To avoid damage to the processors (CPU) the silicon wafer is coated with epoxy resin and similarly for the electrical connections.

ENCLOSURE:

The casing is made of material and dimensions according to ISO standards, e.g.

85,6x54,0x0,8mm.

The power supply voltage is preferably in the range of 4.75-5.25V

The maximum current is preferably around 200 mA

The card is optionally equipped with a magnetic stripe of known technique and an RFID transponder

In this way, a very light card with a very thin section (0.54 mm) is created that can be contained in the wallet like all traditional magnetic cards.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS 1 Electronic card, of the smart card type or SMART CARD, of the card-shaped type, with electrical contacts (1) comprising circuit elements and processor -CPU with memory (s), which are integrated into the thickness of the card, characterized by the fact of comprising at least one fingerprint reader integrated therein connected via internal bus to said processor - CPU where said fingerprint reader comprises a biometric sensor (2) to read the user's fingerprint, integrated with the processor-memory to verify the its authenticity before allowing access to its various functions, or confirming the request for the service with authenticity of the user: 2.- Card according to claim 1, characterized in that said electrical contacts (1) are connected to said processor - CPU via DATA BUS, VCC, CLK. 3.- Card according to Claim 1 and / or Claim 2, characterized in that said internal bus comprises a connection to RAM, ROM, EPROM memory. 4.- Paper according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that said paper is not layered and comprises said devices completely embedded in it in thermofusion by molding. 5.- Paper according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said microprocessor (s) is pre-coated with an epoxy resin fusion film. 6.- Paper according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said memory (s) is / are pre-coated with an epoxy resin fusion film. 7.- Card according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a magnetic memory strip. 8.- Card according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least one RFID transponder. 9.- Card according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said contacts (1) have a clock power input and half-duplex or half-duplex serial communication.