EP0665124A1 - Méthode de fabrication d'une carte d'identité avec l'image d'un visage et dispositif de fabrication de cette carte - Google Patents

Méthode de fabrication d'une carte d'identité avec l'image d'un visage et dispositif de fabrication de cette carte Download PDF

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EP0665124A1
EP0665124A1 EP94309661A EP94309661A EP0665124A1 EP 0665124 A1 EP0665124 A1 EP 0665124A1 EP 94309661 A EP94309661 A EP 94309661A EP 94309661 A EP94309661 A EP 94309661A EP 0665124 A1 EP0665124 A1 EP 0665124A1
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Kouji C/O Seki Elec. Company Ltd. Seki
Tadashi C/O Seki Elec. Company Ltd. Hujimaki
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/48—Controlling the manufacturing process
    • B42D25/485—Controlling the manufacturing process by electronic processing means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/23—Identity cards
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
    • G07C9/22—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
    • G07C9/25—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
    • G07C9/253—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition visually

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  • the present invention relates to an Identification Card (called hereinbelow "ID card”) with a face image picture for identifying a person having said ID card by means of said face image picture carried by said ID card when he or she enters into, stays in and gets out of places such as working shops, exhibitions or learning courses which need management and identification of unspecified large number of participants or visitors.
  • ID card an Identification Card
  • face image picture for identifying a person having said ID card by means of said face image picture carried by said ID card when he or she enters into, stays in and gets out of places such as working shops, exhibitions or learning courses which need management and identification of unspecified large number of participants or visitors.
  • Identification Cards with respective face image pictures of the carriers of said ID cards for identifying said carrier are generally known and usually used. However, it was impossible to issue them immediately (in several seconds) for a predetermined person, or to immediately issue the for undetermined large number of visitors due to the cost of card materials such as recording medium and printing apparatus for issuing ID cards.
  • the present invention has as its object to deliver a method and an apparatus for manufacturing of ID cards having each face image picture of carrier of said ID cards for identifying said carrier, which method makes it possible to issue these ID cards in a very short time period such as several seconds and at very low cost for unspecified large number of visitors.
  • the above object is achieved according to the invention by a method for manufacturing of ID cards with face image picture, using image inputting means for converting the face image of a person to be pictured into digital image signals and inputting said image signals in picturing section; image processing means for converting said image signals input in said image inputting means into image informations having gradation which can be output on recording medium; fixed image information inputting means for inputting particular informations recorded beforehand on printings and the like as fixed digital informations; date inputting means for inputting necessary items of digital informations such as date; identification information inputting means for inputting the identification items of person to be pictured such as his or her name, address and status; and printing information storing means for storing respective informations input through said information inputting means as described above; printing means for printing on the basis of printing informations output from said printing information storing means; and central processing unit means for controlling the respective outputs from said respective inputting means, said printing information storing means and said printing means, thereby to print-out an image of high gradation through said printing means from digital image informations of face image picture of the person
  • an apparatus for manufacturing of ID cards with face image picture using image inputting means for converting the face image of a person to be pictured into digital image signals and inputting said image signals in picturing section image processing means for converting said image signals input in said image inputting means into image informations having gradation which can be output on recording medium fixed image information inputting means for inputting particular informations recorded beforehand on printings and the like as fixed digital informations date inputting means for inputting necessary items of digital informations such as date identification information inputting means for inputting the identification items of person to be pictured such as his or her name, address and status printing information storing means for storing respective informations input through said information inputting means as described above printing means for printing on the basis of printing informations output from said printing information storing means and central processing unit means for controlling the respective outputs from said respective inputting means, said printing information storing means and said printing means thereby to print-out an image of high gradation through said printing means from digital image informations of face image picture of the person and the like obtained through said image in
  • the invention delivers a method of high identifying degree which utilizes the excellent human pattern identification capability for person identification by use of the face image picture and which can be carried out momentarily without any particular apparatus.
  • respective informations obtained through said various information inputting means are controlled by said central processing unit thereby to determine the printing layout and the like, and a printer as printing means can print out in a few seconds on the basis of the printing informations. Therefore, it is possible to print out ID cards while at the same time to memorize the informations in memories, without a long waiting time of a number of attendants.
  • cheap recording medium can be used due to the improvement of recording medium used in the printers, thereby to considerably reduce the ID card issuing cost. As the result, it is now possible to issue respective ID cards for a number of attendants.
  • said method and apparatus for manufacturing ID cards with each face image picture can readily print out ID cards in a short time period (in several seconds) owing to its simple image processing and rapid operation of printers. Accordingly, the method according to the invention is very suitable for arranging a number of attendants without their waiting lines.
  • Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the apparatus for manufacturing ID card with face image picture.
  • Figure 2 is a top plan view of an ID card with face image picture according to the invention.
  • a video camera 1 for picturing the face of person to be pictured has a semi-transparent mirror 2 located on its front surface.
  • a profile guide member 3 for guiding and indicating the position of the profile of face portion of the person to be pictured is displayed on said semi-transparent mirror 2.
  • the face of said person can be readily registered by making obscure the portion surrounding said profile guide member 3.
  • the picturing apparatus 8 shown in Fig.1 has further an alarming lamp 4 adjacent to said video camera 1 for displaying the picturing timing, a coin slit 5, a control push button 6 and a discharging port 7.
  • Said picturing apparatus 8 has further parts not shown in Fig.1 such as lighting lamp, vocal guiding indicator, operation guiding indicator and the like.
  • Said picturing apparatus 8 can be an automatic print- ing apparatus having a slit for ordinary ID cards such as name cards, driver's licenses and the like.
  • Said picturing apparatus 8 has therein an image storing device 9 and a digital image conversion device 10 for image processing in order to convert the output image signals from said image storing device 9 into printing image of high gradation.
  • the resulting image processing signals are input into a central processing unit (CPU) 11.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • necessary items of digital informations such as issuing date is input from a digital information operating device 18 to said CPU 11, while particular digital fixed image informations necessary for said recording medium are input from fixed image information storing devices 17 to said central processing unit 11.
  • Other fixed informations such as identification informations for identifying other identification items of the person can be also input by letter input of the name of that person by means of a keyboard 12 having a letter font generator.
  • This picturing apparatus 8 includes therein a digital image storing device 16 for taking out therefrom the image of digital signals processed by said digital image conversion device 10.
  • the printing informations produced by said CPU 11 are stored in an output images-information storing device 19.
  • a printer 14 prints out on a recording medium 15 on the basis of printing informations output from said CPU 11. Said printer 14 prints out by its thermal head on said recording medium 15 covered directly with usual thermal recording material. As shown in Fig. 2, this printed recording medium 15 has thereon informations such as effective date, face image picture and name/family of carrier.
  • a person to be pictured enters first into a box where said picturing apparatus 8 is installed, and then the person puts a coin through said coin slit 5 as guided by the display on the front surface of said picturing apparatus 8.
  • the person adjusts the situation of his or her face in said semi-transparent mirror 2 while locating his face image within said profile guide member 3 in the mirror 2 and operates said control bush button 6.
  • the person can determine the shuttering moment due to the flashing of said alarming lamp 4 for shuttering moment. More particularly, shifting and flashing of LED flashing device positioned near said video camera 1 together with an alarming noise instruct the shuttering moment to the person.
  • the face image picture thus obtained is stored in said image storing device 9 to be image-processed for gradations in the following step of said digital image conversion device 10.
  • fixed informations such as name of company issuing said ID card, name of event sponsor and name of event are output from said fixed information storing device 17 into CPU 11.
  • These fixed informations, said identifying informations and digital informations which are beforehand adjusted, such as issuing date, time and effective period, as well as said image informations, are stored in ROM of said CPU 11, and are output from said CPU 11 into said printer 14 which discharges a recording medium 15 carrying all said informations through said discharging port 7.
  • This picturing apparatus 8 can discharge a recording medium 15 thus printed in several seconds starting from the operation of said push button 6.
  • the printer 14 can print out in less time period than that of prior art photosensitive material using silver halides. Identification of the person is carried out momentarily, and the ID card is scrapped after its momentary use within its effective period, so that the lower resolution power as described above is sufficient.
  • Paper as carrying body of printed recording medium can be any converted paper or otherwise polyester sheet and the like.
  • thin sheets having the thickness of 120 - 150 micron are suitable due to its high transportability and its high recording capacity as direct thermal material.
  • a thickness of about 140 micron gives a clearer image.
  • a laminate membrane can be applied on the surface of said ID card for preventing any falsifying.
  • ID card can be produced by first reading out the magnetic informations contained in said magnetic material, by outputting identifying informations such as face image picture from said output image information storing device 19 for printing these informations on the surface of ID card. Said magnetic material on the rear side can be used later for personal management and the like.
  • said ID card can be used as membership card in large-scale retail shops for identifying use.
  • the face image picture recorded thereon is immediately converted into digital image to be stored again in CPU and laid out on the determined regions of output image plane. This process can be effectively used for compiling of membership list.
  • Informations such as issuing date and effective period are supplied from CPU for laying out on the determined regions of output image plane.
  • Output image informations comprising digital face image picture as well as fixed informations such as letter pattern image obtained from name card and issuing date are located in respective regions, and are transferred to said printer 14 to be printed on said recording medium 15.
  • a cutter operates to cut said medium to separate respective ID cards which are then discharged through said discharging port 7.
  • the apparatus for manufacturing ID card can be later used for filing the face image pictures, names and the like of visitors.
  • the ID card according to the invention can be issued in very short time period, it can be utilized in any places. In a museum for example, the visitors who could not see all the exhibited articles can be suitably managed. Warrant tickets at cloakroom in hotels or at parking lots can be issued without loss time or fees on the side of visitors.
  • ID card according to the invention can be also used as visitors card issued in the entrance of company, factory and the like or as security card used in apartment.

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EP94309661A 1993-12-29 1994-12-21 Méthode de fabrication d'une carte d'identité avec l'image d'un visage et dispositif de fabrication de cette carte Withdrawn EP0665124A1 (fr)

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EP0790585A2 (fr) * 1996-02-15 1997-08-20 Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc Amélioration de la sécurité de bâtiments
GB2338620A (en) * 1998-06-20 1999-12-22 Seki Electronics Co Ltd Passenger identification form
WO2000028485A1 (fr) * 1998-11-07 2000-05-18 Identalink Uk Limited Systeme d'identite
EP1198117A2 (fr) * 2000-10-10 2002-04-17 Matsumoto Inc. Procédé de production d'imprimés et imprimés ainsi produits
WO2003010008A1 (fr) * 2001-07-23 2003-02-06 Fargo Electronics, Inc. Systeme de production de carte d'identification
US7196813B2 (en) 2000-11-28 2007-03-27 Matsumoto Inc. Method of making printed matter and the printed matter

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EP0412520A2 (fr) * 1989-08-09 1991-02-13 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Procédé pour fabriquer des cartes
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EP0195104A1 (fr) * 1985-03-20 1986-09-24 Skidata Computerhandelsgesellschaft M.B.H. Procédé de fabrication d'une carte d'ayant droit comportant une image d'identification du propriétaire
EP0412520A2 (fr) * 1989-08-09 1991-02-13 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Procédé pour fabriquer des cartes
WO1993016447A1 (fr) * 1992-02-18 1993-08-19 Skidata Computer Gesellschaft M.B.H. Dispositif pour la realisation de tickets, titres de transport, cartes d'habilitation et similaire

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EP0790585A2 (fr) * 1996-02-15 1997-08-20 Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc Amélioration de la sécurité de bâtiments
EP0790585A3 (fr) * 1996-02-15 1999-01-07 Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc Amélioration de la sécurité de bâtiments
GB2338620A (en) * 1998-06-20 1999-12-22 Seki Electronics Co Ltd Passenger identification form
FR2780190A1 (fr) * 1998-06-20 1999-12-24 Seki Electronics Co Ltd Document d'identification de passager
WO2000028485A1 (fr) * 1998-11-07 2000-05-18 Identalink Uk Limited Systeme d'identite
GB2359173A (en) * 1998-11-07 2001-08-15 Identalink Uk Ltd Identity system
EP1198117A2 (fr) * 2000-10-10 2002-04-17 Matsumoto Inc. Procédé de production d'imprimés et imprimés ainsi produits
EP1198117A3 (fr) * 2000-10-10 2004-03-03 Matsumoto Inc. Procédé de production d'imprimés et imprimés ainsi produits
US7196813B2 (en) 2000-11-28 2007-03-27 Matsumoto Inc. Method of making printed matter and the printed matter
WO2003010008A1 (fr) * 2001-07-23 2003-02-06 Fargo Electronics, Inc. Systeme de production de carte d'identification

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