CN101288087A - High speed personalization machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a high speed machine for personalizing portable objects, incorporating an integrated circuit comprising at least one memory, the machine comprising a transfer device (3) for the portable objects to be personalized and a compact rotating drum (20) containing a plurality of interface electronic circuits, called couplers, each of these couplers being connected to at least one personalization station (22i) comprising at least one linking device with the integrated circuit of a portable object, characterized firstly in that each of these couplers is removably mounted so that it can be adapted to the type of programming used for the personalization data, and secondly in that the personalization stations (22i) are also removable for their adaptation to the type of portable objects (4) to be personalized and/or to the couplers used, the rotating drum (20) comprising grooved sections containing a plurality of grooves for latching of the personalization stations (22i).
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Technical field
The present invention relates to be used for the personalization machine field of portable object, described portable object is to resemble chip card that for example comprises storer etc., and particularly so-called smart chip card promptly is combined with microprocessor.The present invention relates to high-speed personalization machine, not only be used for for example portable object such as chip card, and be used for various types of portable objects that comprise at least one data-carrier store and comprise microprocessor alternatively.
Background technology
First problem in this field relates to the speed of personalized chip.The record of data in the storer of chip card may be too consuming time in individuation process, to such an extent as to can not guarantee satisfied throughput rate.Therefore provide a kind of such equipment to cause concern: the personalization simultaneously of several cards is boosted productivity.
Second problem in this field relates to data connect (contactlesslink) by noncontact in chip card record.Some chip cards have and can need not the chip that any contact is visited but also exist, promptly by being combined in the antenna in the chip by the chip of contact connected reference.Therefore some chip cards are called contactlessly, and other are called the contact card, and also have some because it combines and two types may connect is called as hybrid.Therefore a kind of equipment that allows contactless, contact and hybrid card personalization that provides is provided.
Two problems of the 3rd problem and front in this field are relevant, and relate to the existence and the required personalized incompatibility of standing and existing between the increase of high-speed personalization machine of the required antenna of personalized non-contact card.Blocking up also is the problem relevant with this incompatibility, and be difficult to be in harmonious proportion that personalized station increases and risk that personalization machine compactedness and not having is disturbed between the personalized antenna of non-contact card.But still pay close attention to a kind of such personalization equipment is provided: it does not occupy too many space, and its compactedness can allow to make the card quantity increase at personalized station simultaneously, avoids the interference between antennas of standing simultaneously.
At last, the 4th problem relates to different chip card developers, the dissimilar program designs of so-called synthetic person's use and the existence of the different integrated circuit that are formed for this card personalisation interface.Different synthetic persons has special card and program design algorithm, and is difficult to be in harmonious proportion these in same personalization machine.
The high-speed personalization machine that has a lot of types in the prior art, some can make contact or non-contact card personalization, the European patent EP 0984389 of for example authorizing the present patent application people.But the machine of prior art does not allow the personalized adaptation of card that two types of connections using in the outpost of the tax office are arranged, contact or noncontact, and the relevant solution of being selected by synthetic person.In addition, these machines have such shortcoming: since because of with the blocking up and radiation of the machine antenna of the antenna communication of non-contact card, only allow the personalization simultaneously of limited quantity card.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is a kind ofly to guarantee that contact, chip card high-speed personalization contactless or hybrid-type any kind do not have to disturb and overcome the shortcoming that proposes above by proposing with the irrelevant personalization machine of the program design type of the data that are used for being recorded in card.
This purpose comprises that by the combination that is used for personalized portable object the high speed machines of the integrated circuit of at least one storer obtains, and described machine comprises: conveyer is used for the portable object of wanting personalized; With the compact rotation cylinder, comprise a plurality of interface electronic circuit, be called coupling mechanism, be used for handling the data that will be recorded in described portable object, each these coupling mechanism that are connected at least one personalized station comprises at least one coupling arrangement, integrated circuit communication with portable object, described personalized station is taken " loaded " position to continuously by swing roller, to load the personalized portable object of wanting from conveyer, or take unloading position to, with with personalization portable object unload towards conveyer, its feature at first is, each coupling mechanism is removably installed, so that it can be suitable for being recorded in the programming type that the individuation data in the described portable object uses, secondly its feature is, described personalized station is also detachable, so that it is suitable for employed various types of portable objects of personalized described portable object and/or coupling mechanism, and comprises stationary installation, be combined with the complementary fixture that is present on the described swing roller.
According to another characteristic, described coupling arrangement with integrated circuit communication portable object each personalized station comprises and contacts connector, allows to transmit the data that will be recorded in the described portable object by contact.
According to another characteristic, the described coupling arrangement with the portable object integrated circuit communication at each personalized station comprises transmission and receiving antenna, allows noncontact to transmit the data that will be recorded in the portable object.
According to another characteristic, each personalized station is hybrid with the described coupling arrangement of the integrated circuit communication of portable object, promptly in conjunction with contact connector and transmission and receiving antenna, transmits with the contact and the noncontact of the data that allow described portable object.
According to another characteristic, the stationary installation at each personalized station is detachable, and combine with the complementary fixture on being present in described swing roller, described cylinder comprises concave part, described concave part comprises a plurality of grooves, can connect described personalized station, each described personalized station at first comprises stationary platen, described stationary platen comprises upper plate, be used to take to described conveyer near receive portable object, next comprises moving assembly, around the turning axle guiding rotation that is installed on the stationary platen, and in the stationary platen direction lasting requirement is set by the pressing element device on it, so that described portable object to be personalized is clipped between moving assembly and the stationary platen.
According to another characteristic, each described personalized workstation comprises stationary platen, described stationary platen comprises upper plate, receive portable object near being used to take to described conveyer, second is, described transmission and receiving antenna are attached to below the upper plate of described stationary platen, and comprise inner screening, to limit the rightabout interference of described plate, the 3rd is, described stationary platen below described antenna comprises ferrite sheet and aluminium sheet, with any interference between the antenna that prevents personalized station.
According to another characteristic, described connector is combined in the described moving assembly, and comprises a plurality of contact attachment plugs, is installed on the elastic device, and be used for the rotation by described moving assembly under the effect of pressing element device, the contact mat that contacts the chip of described portable object is placed.
According to another characteristic, described swing roller comprises drive unit, described drive unit comprises the fluting band, by motor-driven, and cooperate and take each personalized station on the described conveyer loading and/or discharge point (or position) continuously with the groove on being arranged in described cylinder, loading by the described portable object to be personalized that described conveyer brings continuously, and will be by the described portable object unloading of the personalization of output continuously of described conveyer, described conveyer at this loading and/or discharge point comprises actuating device, described actuating device comprises bar, be used at described conveyer moving process with respect to the described stationary platen described moving assembly that raises, thereby allow the described personalized portable object of unloading, and load new portable object to be personalized, the described actuator devices of at least one computer system control, conveyer, Rolling motor and individuation data are to the order of the transmission of described coupling mechanism and synchronously.
According to another characteristic, each coupling mechanism comprises microprocessor, and it carries out personalization program; And bus, the personalization station that described microprocessor access is associated, to control its coupling arrangement, described coupling arrangement is by being connected in the connection gasket at the personalization station that is associated and the integrated circuit communication of described portable object by at least one flexible joint with each coupling mechanism.
According to another characteristic, described coupling mechanism is by at least one computer system control, and with the passive personalization station that is sent to of the data of this computer system generation, with the control linkage device, described coupling arrangement is by being connected in the connection gasket at the personalization station that is associated and the integrated circuit communication of portable object by at least one flexible joint with each described coupling mechanism.
According to another characteristic, each coupling mechanism also is connected to the safety card that is used for the security function personalization by connector.
According to another characteristic, described swing roller comprises motherboard, described motherboard comprises coupling mechanism is connected to interconnect interface in the network, and comprise a plurality of interface connectors that are called on the described motherboard of being removably mounted on of interconnection cards, described a plurality of interface connector comprises at least one interface connector, described interface connector is connected with rotary connector by at least one flexible joint, and described rotary connector is connected to management, and all are sent to the individuation data and the CALCULATION OF PARAMETERS machine system of coupling mechanism.
According to another characteristic, each interface connector can be suitable for several types that are used for coupling mechanism by computer system, described computer system produces data, can make the addressing circuit of each interface connector individuation data is sent to the coupling mechanism that is associated.
According to another characteristic, each interface connector can be suitable for several types of coupling mechanism by integrated logic circuit, and described integrated logic circuit is controlled the interconnect interface of described motherboard, individuation data is addressed to the bus of each coupling mechanism.
According to another characteristic, each coupling mechanism comprises route device and flexible joint, be used for described coupling arrangement is arrived in the individuation data communication, described coupling arrangement is suitable for the type of portable object, and described personalized station must connect with described coupling arrangement.
According to another characteristic, described compact rotation cylinder comprises driving and angle positioning device, and it can make each personalized station stop at the height of the described portable object that is brought continuously by described conveyer.
According to another characteristic, described machine comprises such device: be used for the described conveyer of order and move forward from another station of standing of described machine, and be used for making portable object to be stopped by the personalization station that described compact rotation cylinder takes the conveyer path to relatively.
According to another characteristic, described machine comprises Destacking device, is used at described machine inlet the portable object destacking; With bunching device at described machine exit place.
According to another characteristic, described machine comprises module, is used for described portable object parameter testing, is formed by the personalization station, described personalized station is guided under the control of computer system by coupling mechanism, and described computer system control is carried out at least one function of testing described portable object.
According to another characteristic, described machine is included in electrical testing station between described compact rotation cylinder and the described Destacking device and described loading depot (or position) output station before on personalization drum.
According to another characteristic, described machine comprises order controller, is used for about being recorded in the data of described portable object, and the rotation that described swing roller moves with respect to described conveyer is controlled in order and management that control is personalized at least.
According to another characteristic, when described personal management device is signaled on portable object when finding personalized defective, described order controller triggers replacement sequence, at least one the personalized station that is arranged in a position of cylinder remains on the spare space, and load standby portable object, when described management devices had detected personalized defective on the so-called substandard products portable object that is being arranged in the described personalized station, described personal management device triggered the personalization from the described portable object of this spare space; Described order controller is guaranteed the unloading of the personalized portable object that was provided with before the substandard products portable object, guarantee the personalization circulation of the unloading of described substandard products portable object and the portable object in the spare space then, described portable object is unloaded on the described conveyer when described personalized loop ends, and before recover the spare space, loading new standby portable object on this position, allowing the unloading of the described portable object of layout after substandard products portable object and then.
According to another characteristic, described machine comprises second output station, is positioned at the exit of described cylinder.
According to another characteristic, when its personalization had this front, station of portable object process of defective, described second output station activated.
According to another characteristic, described swing roller comprises the device that is used to connect extension, by it, when large-size couplers in conjunction with wherein the time, be used to increase the length of described cylinder.
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Fig. 1 has shown high-speed personalization machine according to an embodiment of the invention,
Fig. 2 is the empty three-dimensional view that still is provided with the swing roller embodiment of its drive unit,
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the three-dimensional view of two embodiment of personalization machine swing roller motherboard;
Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional view that is provided with coupling mechanism and the personalized swing roller embodiment that stands with personalization machine of part conveyer,
Fig. 5 A is the three-dimensional view of the personalized different embodiment in station of machine to 5D,
Fig. 6 A is the decomposition view of personalized station embodiment, and Fig. 6 B is the three-dimensional view of contact connector,
Fig. 7 A is arranged on the three-dimensional view of the partial rotation cylinder that is provided with personalized station at personalization machine conveyer place according to an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 7 B is the three-dimensional view of portable object.
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Personalization machine of the present invention is intended to personalization and resembles for example portable object 4 such as chip card.Personalized portable object 4 can be carried out according to the present invention and the card 4 that is equipped with integrated circuit 41 can be comprised, be called chip card hereinafter, but the portable object that also can comprise any kind, described portable object comprise at least one data-carrier store and microprocessor alternatively.Portable object 4 that can the personalization according to the present invention can comprise for example flash card (flash card), safe digital card (secure digital card), memory stick storage cards such as (memorystick), but the peripheral storage that also comprises other, for example electron key (USB key) or other etc.Therefore term " portable object " refers to anyly comprise that at least one wherein can write down the portable electronic object of the storer of individuation data here.The integrated circuit 41 of some chip cards is connected to the external world by contact terminal 42, and its each contact mat is connected to the input end of integrated circuit by conductor 420 to 425 separately.The present invention can also be personalized its be connected to the card 4 in the external world to the input end of integrated circuit 41 by antenna 43, or for example the input end with integrated circuit 41 that comprises shown in Fig. 7 B is connected to the contact terminal 42 in the external world and the hybrid card 4 of antenna 43.In different embodiments of the invention, personalization machine can comprise several disparate modules of the different elements that is used for personalized portable object, the module by the personalized portable object carrier of ink-jet barcode machine or laser strip ink recorder (support) and be used for the module that personalization is recorded in the data of portable object for example.Machine of the present invention comprises that at least one is used for the personalization station of chip card, is recorded in data in the storer of integrated circuit 41.In one embodiment of the invention, personalization machine comprises the worktable 1 that is installed on the leg 10, be furnished with the conveyer 3 that is formed by the continuous fluting band of round-robin between two end pulleys on its top surface, one in described two pulleys by motor 30 drivings.
On this endless belt 3, wedge 31 regular intervals are installed, and the distance between two continuous wedges 31 for example hereinafter is called the size of the credit card of chip card corresponding to the length of portable object 4.Distance between the wedge 31 can be for example with respect to wanting personalized portable object type adjustment.Isolated each is a pair of adjacent with the back with short distance to wedge 31 by credit card length.When chip card is with 3 when a station moves to another station by fluting, transmit in part in (among Fig. 1 from left to right) output procedure, during wedge 31 keeps portable object 4 in place.About the more detailed content of wedge 31 and conveyer, can be with reference to the european patent application 0589771 of same Applicant.
Worktable comprises Destacking device (unstacking) 11, and it distributes card from a collection of card that piles up, and is inserted in each then one by one between the wedge 31.In one embodiment of the invention, the card that is inserted in like this in the conveyer 3 is brought to detection of electrons station 12 then, and it uses the sample detection of electrons to eliminate substandard products card or wrong card.In another embodiment, machine comprises the parameter detection module that is used for portable object, (22i) forms by the personalization station, and personalized station (22i) is guided under the control of computer system by coupling mechanism (21i), to carry out at least one functional test of portable object.Coupling mechanism (21i) is used for portable object is programmed, but also can be used for contacting or the parameter detecting of noncontact object, to guarantee product quality.These detections can be undertaken by the voltage/current measurement, with definite quality that is connected with chip, antenna impedance, chip character (with respect to electric disturbance, (signal timing) is in the nominal value outside when signal timing) etc.So can allowing its parameter is in by the chip of the numerical value outside of constructor (constructor) specification institution (qualification), parameter detecting loses, alternatively, even it can use.
Destacking device (or unpiler) 11 comprises two input magazines, allows supply equipment incessantly, and magazine exchange is carried out in mask time (masked time) process.Each card hopper is detachable, but and splendid attire 500 cards for example.In one embodiment, wherein machine comprises detection of electrons station 12, and the card 4 of detection can be sent to output station 13 then, and it can be with substandard products or wrong card output, and the quantity with the substandard products card for example is reduced to 2 ‰ from 4 ‰ thus.Those cards that detect through selectable electronic are sent to the specific personalization station of the present invention from output station 13 then continuously.This personalization station comprises compact rotor or cylinder 20, and its turning axle is a level, and is parallel to the shifting axle of the conveyer 3 of worktable 1, so that cylinder 20 and personalized station 22i place perpendicular to conveyer 3.This swing roller 20 has stationary installation 244, with stationary installation 245 complementations of personalization station 22i, and cooperates with these stationary installations 245 to allow personalization station 22i installed and for example detachably is installed on the cylinder.These stationary installations 244 of swing roller can for example comprise a plurality of concave parts on the cylinder periphery.In this example, personalized station 22i comprises removable fixation means 245, its size is suitable for inserting in the groove 244 of cylinder 20, and can make personalized station 22i detachable locking (or attached), so that each personalized station 22i can insert in the path of the card on the conveyer 3.Therefore the personalization station 22i of difformity and size can be suitable for and the relevant swing roller 20 of portable object 4 types to be personalized.
Each personalized station 22i comprises stationary platen 227, is releasably attached on the swing roller 20 by removable fixation means 245.This stationary platen 227 comprises surface 2279, upper surface for example, and it can be by reception card 4 to be personalized in the path that will block self insertion conveyer 3.In one embodiment of the invention, personalized station 22i is designed for and receives portable object 4, and described portable object 4 comprises the contact that is connected to the external world.The portable object 4 of some types need be used at the device of personalization machine communication concentricity with respect to it.So each personalized station 22i comprises moving assembly 221, moving assembly 221 comprises guiding device 2214,2215, it can center the card of being delivered to continuously by conveyer 3 on the continuous personalized station 22i of swing roller 20 4 with respect to surface 2279 of stationary platen 227.Moving assembly 221 comprises the turning axle 2210 that is installed on the stationary platen 227.Moving assembly 221 is rotated guiding thus, and pressing element device 222, resembles for example spring, in stationary platen 227 directions it is proposed to continue requirement, so that portable object to be personalized 4 is clipped between moving assembly 221 and the stationary platen 227.As previously described, personalization machine of the present invention can be used for personalization and comprises contact chip 42 or antenna chip, promptly so-called noncontact chip 43, or one or more data of portable object 4 that not only comprised contact 42 but also comprised the chip of antenna 43.Therefore, according to different embodiments of the invention, dissimilar personalization station 22i can comprise the antenna 27 with the antenna communication of portable object 4, or with 42 communications of portable object contact contact connector 224, or comprise respectively with the antenna 27 of the antenna 27 of portable object to be personalized and contact 42 communications with contact connector 224.In the one embodiment of the present of invention shown in Fig. 6 A, the antenna 27 of personalized station 22i is arranged in the stationary platen 227, and contact connector 224 is arranged in the moving assembly 221, with in the rotary course of moving assembly 221, under the effect of pressing element device 222, contact with the contact mat formation of chip card 4.Obviously, suppose that antenna 27 is positioned at the distance that allows itself and portable object communication and do not cause too many interference on adjacent station, as following detailed description, and suppose that contact connector 224 is arranged to allow the contact with portable object 4 reliably to contact, then antenna 27 with contact that the setting of connector 224 in the personalization station can be put upside down or different with the description position.In other embodiments, personalized station 22i is suitable for the personalization of portable object 4, and the contact of portable object 4 can not pass through object surface, for example resembles electron key and directly visits.In these embodiments, contact connector 224 can be suitable for the connector of the shape and size of portable object 4 contact channels in conjunction with shape and size.Have mix or the embodiment at the personalized station of antenna formula in, as illustrating from Fig. 6 A is clearer, each stationary platen 227 comprises the receiving surface 2279 that is used for receiving chip card 4, is provided with below it to send and receiving antenna 27.This receiving surface 2279 comprises electrically non-conductive material (for example plastic material) sheet of predetermined thickness, be used for the antenna 27 of station 22i is separated enough distances from blocking 4 antenna 43, to help for example carrying out exchanges data by inductive coupling by the wireless connections between these two antennas.In the embodiment of station 22i, antenna 27 comprises inner screening, is used for by preventing in the i.e. transmission of these interference of the direction stationary platen 227 below of receiving surface reverse direction, limits the electromagnetic interference (EMI) between the antenna 27 of the different 22i of station.Below antenna 27, can increase flexible ferrite sheet 28 and aluminium sheet 29 and make shielding more complete.These different elements of stationary platen 227 can be by with glued together being secured in together of different layers.In another embodiment, these different elements selectively the electrically non-conductive material coverture of for example plastic plate by being assembled to stationary platen 227 be fixed in the stationary platen 227.This layout of stationary platen provides the bigger compactedness of personalized station 22i, guarantees jamproof good protection simultaneously.Therefore, swing roller 20 can be equipped with a large amount of personalization station 22i, keeps compactedness simultaneously, and does not have the risk disturbed between the antenna 27 of different station 22i.These stations therefore can be alternatively mutually near and a large amount of the setting, and the cylinder 20 that need not to have oversized dimensions.In the embodiment of station 22i, antenna 27 is electrically connected to remarkable visible connector 2212 in Fig. 5 C, this makes that by flexible joint (for example wire braid or the winding displacement that does not show) antenna 27 being connected to another connector 219i (among Fig. 4) becomes possibility, described another connector 219i is arranged on the electronics personalize card that comprises interface electronic circuit, hereinafter be called coupling mechanism 21i, be used for vectoring information and be recorded in chip card 4.In another embodiment of station 22i, antenna 27 is electrically connected to connector 2213, and significantly as seen connector 2213, is used for connecting the connector 219i that (not shown) is connected to antenna 27 coupling mechanism 21i by concentric cable in Fig. 5 C.Similarly, in the embodiment of station 22i, each contact connector 224 comprises a plurality of contact plug that are installed on the elastic device and are electrically connected to connector 2241 (225), and connector 2241 is guaranteed and being connected of the flexible joint that is connected to coupling mechanism 22i connector 219i (for example not demonstration wire sheathing or winding displacement).By each personalized station 22i, therefore coupling mechanism 21i is arranged in the frame with swing roller 20 integrated (or being attached to swing roller 20) explicitly.Coupling mechanism 21i can manage several personalized station 22i simultaneously, and possible vectoring information is recorded in the chip card 4 by antenna 27 and/or connector 224, and the connector 219i of coupling mechanism 21i may be connected to coupling mechanism the station 22i of its control.In one embodiment, each coupling mechanism 21i comprises microprocessor, and its execution is loaded in the personalization program in the coupling mechanism 21i storer.This storer selectively is combined in the processor of coupling mechanism 21i, and perhaps it can be connected to processor by bus 210.The personalization station 22i that bus 210 can make the microprocessor access of each coupling mechanism 21i be associated with it is to control its antenna 27 and/or connector 224, the coupling arrangement of the integrated circuit 41 of antenna 27 and/or connector 224 formation and portable object 4.Coupling mechanism 21i can comprise the antenna interface circuit that is arranged between bus 210 and the connector 219i.In another embodiment, coupling mechanism 21i is by computer system control, and will be transmitted towards personalization station 22i by the data that this computer system produces passively.Therefore these passive coupling mechanism 21i allow the coupling arrangement with integrated circuit 224,27 of computer system control portable object 4.In these two embodiment, each coupling mechanism 21i is connected to relevant personalization station 22i by at least one flexible joint by connection gasket 219i.In another embodiment, coupling mechanism 21i can be connected to the safety chip card, and its function is for providing personalized Secure Application required secure data.
Therefore swing roller 20 can comprise a large amount of personalized station 22i, and each is associated with coupling mechanism 21i, and coupling mechanism 21i manages the personalization of the chip card 4 of the personalization station 22i that is connected by travelling belt 3 insertion coupling mechanism 21i.The present invention's anticipation (provides) dissimilar personalization station 22i, and it is suitable for dissimilar portable objects to be personalized and dissimilar coupling mechanism 21i.Similarly, coupling mechanism 21i is designed for the dissimilar personalization station 22i of guiding, and allows the personalization of dissimilar portable object 4.In the variant of an embodiment, the present invention is provided for dissimilar coupling mechanism 21i, its each be suitable for the personalization station 22i and/or the portable object 4 of at least a type.Each coupling mechanism is connected at least one personalization computer system, described computer system as previously described, but the operation of handle machine different elements.The connection that rotatably is arranged between the fixed installation of coupling mechanism 21i on the cylinder and machine remainder (particularly computer system) is guaranteed by rotation gatherer 242.This connection is guaranteed by the fixed contact that is attached to the machine fixed part and be supported on the one group of swing-around trajectory that is attached to cylinder 20 (or integrally formed with cylinder 20).Similarly, the required power of the material on swing roller is supplied with by the fixed contact that is supported on the power rail in the rotation gatherer 242.Computer system comprises management software, is used for the control card personalization, and also the management seal is marked station, palletizing station, destacking station etc.
The sequential control of computer system management machine, and receive data from different locating devices, described locating device is the angle position scrambler that is used for cylinder 20 of the position that for example can make the different personalized station 22i of system keeps track, or the card position detecting device of locating at the loading and/or the discharge point (or position) of cylinder etc.The position of personalized station 22i can be followed by the coded system that does not show.The different pick-up unit that is used for the different machines element is used to guarantee that the card 4 by conveyer 3 transmits is arranged on relative suitable station.In addition, relevant with handle machine control sequence, and these pick-up units of therefore managing the computer system of the personalized order of being undertaken by cylinder 20 can make the complicated in proper order personalized of computer system management all kinds, for example need cylinder 20 with the order of stride (or spacing) rotation of two personalized station 22i once, or need the personalized order of twice rotation of cylinder, for example, can in first rotary course, connect next personalized portable object by contact by the noncontact connection and in second rotary course.
When in operation, band conveyer 3 unloads from swing roller 20 and finishes personalized card 4, and new chip card is inserted among the idle personalization station 22i in its position.After inserting card, cylinder 20 rotates to assigned address.The personalized lasting shortest time, this can be corresponding to the rotational time of for example complete rotation.After cylinder 20 rotation of quantity sufficient, personalized card is reset at loading and/or the discharge point (or position) in the transfer path between 3 two free wedges 31 of conveyer.This is stuck in and unloads from personalization station 22i by moving of travelling belt 3 after moving assembly 221 raises then.The type of personalization program known card, and in its algorithm, comprise by bus 210 addressing of each coupling mechanism 21i and instruct corresponding to necessity of the 219i of connector separately of contact that exists in the personalization station or usch as contactless card, individuation data is addressed to personalized station by coupling mechanism 21i.If card is hybrid card, personalization program will be used for the personalization of so-called non-security, and will for example transmit secure data by antenna 27 access cards 4 by contact connector 224 access cards 4.When so-called security function of personalization or application, this secure data will take out from safety card.Therefore, personalization program will comprise selectively addressing and selectively order data be addressed to the device of any coupling arrangement.
In process of production, usually known which kind of card is personalization, and personalized one type card only simultaneously.But, according to the present invention, may get ready for another embodiment that comprises the electronics route device of the information Control that provides by personalization program, the known card that relates to which kind of type of possibility, contactless or contact or hybrid, and may confirm to for example relevant visit of the individual operation with in the process of a coupling arrangement 27,224 data to be sent to card by the bus 210 of each coupling mechanism 21i.
An alternative embodiment of the invention can comprise the preinstall apparatus in the personalization program, is used for determining when card is present in the 22i front, personalization station relevant with coupling mechanism 21i Card Type.These devices can be in this example the formation program, comprise transmission information to contact device, and after certain hour postpones, determine whether that card has sent answer.If do not receive answer, infer that then card is for contactless.Program transmission information arrives and transmits antenna 27, and if have, read the answer that transmits by card in the past at certain hour.If exist to answer, program is known to exist non-contact card to be personalized.If do not answer, then device is thought and is not had card.If contact coupling arrangement 224 will be answered from chip card and is transferred to personalized station 22i, then program still proceeds to the information transfer step of transmitting antenna 27, to determine whether that card is for hybrid.If the answer is in the negative for the detection of back, then this program thinks that card is contact.
Each coupling mechanism 21i makes that in the fact on the swing roller 20 personalize card 4 may be quicker by the delivery time between shortening personalization equipment and the chip card to be personalized 4.Similarly, only the personalizing parameters fact that need transmit and each coupling mechanism 21i have the fact of the microprocessor of band personalization program, or computer system produces and arrange the fact that is used for by the passive transmission data of coupling mechanism 21i, also improve the productive rate of machine.In addition, transmit reliability and the security that the use of the safety card of the needed secure data of safe individual operation has improved individual operation.At last; because the protected compactedness that the fact allowed that not disturbed between the antenna 27 separately by it of personalized station 22i; may improve personalized speed by increasing station 22i; the adjustable number of station 22i is whole on the cylinder 20, and the use with the motherboard that connects 241 that can adapt to coupling mechanism 21i standard has been given according to personalization machine attached module of the present invention.Some coupling mechanism 21i have the bigger size than other, and there is increase can pass through removable fixation means 247,248 are fixed to the possibility of the extension 249 that prolongs drum length (being cylindrical height) on the cylinder, have further strengthened the advantage of this assembly and the adaptability of machine of the present invention.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention allows the embodiment of a lot of other particular forms and do not depart from the desired range of application of the present invention of claim.Therefore, it is exemplary that the foregoing description is considered to, but can improve in the field that the claims scope limits, and the detailed content that the invention is not restricted to provide above.
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1. high speed machines that is used for the portable object (4) that personalization is combined with the integrated circuit that comprises at least one storer, described machine comprises: conveyer (3) is used for portable object to be personalized (4); With compact rotation cylinder (20), comprise a plurality of interface electronic circuit (21i), be called coupling mechanism, be used for handling the data that will be recorded in described portable object (4), each these coupling mechanism (21i) that are connected at least one personalized station (22i) comprises the coupling arrangement (27 of the integrated circuit communication of at least one and portable object (4), 224), described personalized station (22i) is taken " loaded " position to continuously by swing roller (20), to load portable object to be personalized (4) from conveyer (3), or take unloading position to, to unload personalized portable object (4) towards conveyer (3), its feature at first is, each coupling mechanism (21i) is removably installed, so that it can be suitable for being recorded in the programming type that the individuation data in the described portable object (4) uses, secondly its feature is, described personalized station (22i) is also detachable, so that it is suitable for employed various types of portable objects of personalized described portable object (4) (4) and/or coupling mechanism (21i), and comprise stationary installation (245), it is combined with the complementary fixture (244) that is present on the described swing roller (20).
2. machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, each personalized station described coupling arrangement with integrated circuit communication portable object (4) (22i) comprises and contact connector (224), and described contact connector (224) allows will be recorded in data in the described portable object (4) by the contact transmission.
3. machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, each personalized station described coupling arrangement with integrated circuit communication portable object (4) (22i) comprises transmission and receiving antenna (27), and described transmission and receiving antenna (27) allow noncontact to transmit the data that will be recorded in the portable object (4).
4. machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, each personalized station described coupling arrangement with integrated circuit communication portable object (4) (22i) is hybrid, promptly in conjunction with contact connector (224) and transmission and receiving antenna (27), to allow sending data contact or noncontact to described portable object (4).
5. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, the stationary installation (245) at each personalized station (22i) is detachable, and combine with the complementary fixture (244) on being present in described swing roller (20), described cylinder (20) comprises concave part, described concave part comprises a plurality of grooves (244) at can be attached described personalized station (22i), each described personalized station (22i) at first comprises stationary platen (227), described stationary platen (227) comprises near the upper plate (2279) that receives portable object (4) that is used to take to described conveyer (3), next comprises moving assembly (221), be rotated guiding around the turning axle (2210) that is installed on the stationary platen (227), and in stationary platen (227) direction lasting requirement is set by pressing element device (222) on it, so that described portable object to be personalized (4) is clipped between moving assembly (221) and the stationary platen (227).
6. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 5, its feature at first is, each described personalized workstation (22i) comprises stationary platen (227), described stationary platen (227) comprises and is used to take near the upper plate (2279) that receives portable object (4) the described conveyer (3), secondly its feature is, described transmission and receiving antenna (27) are attached to below the upper plate (2279) of described stationary platen (227), and comprise inner screening, to limit the interference of described plate relative direction, its feature is once more, described stationary platen (227) below described antenna (27) comprises ferrite sheet (28) and aluminium sheet (29), with any interference between the antenna (27) that prevents personalized station (22i).
7. according to claim 5 or 6 described machines, it is characterized in that, described connector (224) is combined in the described moving assembly (221), and comprise a plurality of contact attachment plugs (225), contact attachment plug (225) is installed on the elastic device, and be used under pressing element device (222) effect by the rotation of described moving assembly (221), be set to contact the contact mat of the chip of described portable object (4).
8. according to each described machine of claim 5 to 7, it is characterized in that, described swing roller (20) comprises drive unit, described drive unit comprises fluting band (25), fluting band (25) is driven by motor (26), and cooperate with the groove on being positioned at described cylinder, each personalized station (22i) is taken continuously to loading and/or the discharge point (or position) on the described conveyer (3), to load the described portable object (4) to be personalized that brings continuously by described conveyer (3), and unloading is by the described portable object (4) of the personalization of the continuous output of described conveyer (3), described conveyer (3) at this loading and/or discharge point comprises actuating device (230), described actuating device (230) comprises bar (231), with in described conveyer (3) moving process with respect to described stationary platen (227) the described moving assembly (221) that raises, thereby allow unloading described personalized portable object (4), and load new portable object to be personalized (4), the described actuator devices of at least one computer system control (230), conveyer (3), Rolling motor (26) and individuation data are to the order of the transmission of described coupling mechanism (21i) and synchronously.
9. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that, each coupling mechanism (21i) comprises microprocessor, it carries out personalization program, and bus (210), the personalization station (22i) that bus (210) can make described microprocessor access be associated, to control its coupling arrangement (224,27), described coupling arrangement (224,27) is by being connected in the connection gasket (219i) of the personalized workstation (22i) that is associated and the integrated circuit communication of described portable object (4) by at least one flexible joint with each coupling mechanism (21i).
10. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that, described coupling mechanism (21i) is by at least one computer system control, and with the passive personalized station (22i) that is sent to of the data of this computer system generation, with control linkage device (224,27), described coupling arrangement (224,27) is by being connected in the connection gasket (219i) at the personalization station (22i) that is associated and the integrated circuit communication of portable object (4) by at least one flexible joint with each described coupling mechanism (21i).
11. with 9 each described machines, it is characterized in that according to Claim 8 each coupling mechanism (21i) also is connected in the safety card (4s) that is used for the security function personalization by connector (214).
12. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 11, it is characterized in that, described swing roller (20) comprises motherboard (241), described motherboard (241) comprises coupling mechanism (21i) is connected to interconnect interface in the network, and comprise a plurality of interface connectors (246), be called interconnection cards, be removably mounted on the described motherboard (241), the described latter comprises at least one interface connector (2421), described interface connector (2421) is connected with rotary connector (242) by at least one flexible joint, and described rotary connector (242) is connected in management, and all are sent to the individuation data and the CALCULATION OF PARAMETERS machine system of coupling mechanism (21i).
13. machine according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, each interface connector (246) can be suitable for several types that are used for coupling mechanism (21i) by computer system, and described computer system produces the data that the addressing circuit that can make each interface connector (246) is sent to individuation data the coupling mechanism (21i) that is associated.
14. machine according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, each interface connector (246) can be suitable for several types of coupling mechanism (21i) by integrated logic circuit, described logical circuit is controlled the interconnect interface of described motherboard (241), individuation data is addressed to the bus (210) of each coupling mechanism (21i).
15. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 14, it is characterized in that, each coupling mechanism (21i) comprises route device and flexible joint, be used for the individuation data communication to described coupling arrangement (224,27), described coupling arrangement (224,27) is suitable for the type of portable object (4), and described personalized station (22i) must connect with described portable object (4).
16. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 15, it is characterized in that, described compact rotation cylinder (20) comprises driving and angle positioning device (26), and it can make each personalized station (22i) stop at the height of the described portable object (4) that is brought continuously by described conveyer (3).
17. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 16, it is characterized in that, described machine comprises such device: be used for the described conveyer of order (3) from the moving forward of another station of standing of described machine, and be used for making portable object (4) to be stopped by the personalization station (22i) that described compact rotation cylinder (20) takes the conveyer path to relatively.
18., it is characterized in that described machine comprises Destacking device (11) according to each described machine of claim 1 to 17, be used at described machine inlet with portable object (4) destacking with at the bunching device (17) at described machine exit place.
19. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 18, it is characterized in that, described machine comprises the module of the parameter testing that is used for described portable object, it is formed by personalization station (22i), described personalized station (22i) is guided the execution of at least one test function of the described portable object of described computer system control under the control of computer system by coupling mechanism (21i).
20. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 19, it is characterized in that, described machine is included in electrical testing station (12) and the output station (13) before of the described loading depot (or position) on personalization drum (20) between described compact rotation cylinder (20) and the described Destacking device (11).
21. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 20, it is characterized in that, described machine comprises order controller, be used for about being recorded in the data of described portable object (4), the rotation of moving of described swing roller (20) with respect to described conveyer (3) controlled in order and management that control is personalized at least.
22. machine according to claim 21, it is characterized in that, when described personal management device is signaled personalized defective on portable object (4), described order controller triggers replacement sequence, at least one the personalized station (22i) that is arranged in a position of cylinder (20) remains on the spare space, and load standby portable object (4), when described management devices had detected personalized defective on the so-called substandard products portable object that is being arranged in the described personalized station (22i), described personal management device triggered the personalization from the described portable object (4) of this spare space; Described order controller is guaranteed the unloading of the personalized portable object (4) that was provided with before the substandard products portable object, unload the personalization circulation of described substandard products portable object and the portable object in the spare space (4) then, described portable object (4) is unloaded to when personalized loop ends on the described conveyer (3), and before recover the spare space, loading new standby portable object on this position, allowing the unloading of the described portable object of layout after substandard products portable object and then.
23. machine according to claim 22 is characterized in that, described machine comprises second output station (14), is positioned at the exit of described cylinder (20).
24. machine according to claim 23 is characterized in that, in the time of before personalization has this station of portable object (4) process of defective, described second output station (14) activated.
25. according to each described machine of claim 1 to 24, it is characterized in that described swing roller (20) comprises the device (247,248) that is used to connect extension (249), when large-size couplers (21i) in conjunction with wherein the time, increase the length of described cylinder by extension (249).
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