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EP1067482A1
EP1067482A1 EP00111623A EP00111623A EP1067482A1 EP 1067482 A1 EP1067482 A1 EP 1067482A1 EP 00111623 A EP00111623 A EP 00111623A EP 00111623 A EP00111623 A EP 00111623A EP 1067482 A1 EP1067482 A1 EP 1067482A1
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Jens Dr. Hertlein
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00177—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a portable device, e.g. a card or a PCMCIA
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00266—Man-machine interface on the apparatus
    • G07B2017/00298—Visual, e.g. screens and their layouts
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G07B2017/00395—Memory organization
    • G07B2017/00403—Memory zones protected from unauthorized reading or writing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item

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  • a method for generating a print image, which is from a franking machine is printed on a carrier (mail piece), for example from EP 0 762 334 or EP 0 789 333.
  • a carrier for example from EP 0 762 334 or EP 0 789 333.
  • Microprocessor of the franking machine accesses several pixel files, whereby in each pixel file the pixels are summarized, which are a picture element or define a text element (partial image) of the printed image. Every pixel file is an identification code is also assigned, under which the associated drawing file (Picture element or text element) can be found.
  • the microprocessor also takes up a control file that contains multiple drawing file files, each drawing file data contain that define a partial image of the printed image.
  • the microprocessor is working the drawing files of the print image to be printed and used during processing of the sub-image files, the sub-image data for generating the print image from the Pixel data of at least one designated by the respective reference code Pixel file.
  • the franking machine Since the franking machine is usually not anticipated in the manufacture of the franking machine can determine which user will use the franking machine in which way and this information about the user of the franking machine is only available in the last Sales levels are available, it should be considered in view of the existing problems of regulations and levels of security desirable that the individual Setting a franking machine on site, i.e. in the country of the franking machine user or can be done on its premises so the individual design quickly and inexpensively, possibly also in Connection with the advertising agency of the franking machine operator carried out can be.
  • the object of the present invention is to avoid the disadvantages described, so that an image, in particular a printed image, can be generated which has a maximum security and maximum possible flexibility for individual adaptation guaranteed.
  • the invention is based on the finding that an image, in particular that the franking machine print image to be printed consists of several elements and that the elements are assigned different security levels.
  • the deleting or changing picture elements is therefore only possible if the Input / change of new image data, the ones required for the image elements Security levels are met or proof is provided.
  • Figure 1 shows the flow chart for an authorization process.
  • the user of a franking machine inserted a chip card into a corresponding one
  • the chip card reader of the franking machine inserts a picture or elements load, change or save an image in a memory of the franking machine to delete.
  • FIG. 2 shows the assignment of the different security levels in a table, starting from 0 (lowest security level) to 4 (highest security level) certain groups of people or different operating personnel.
  • Security level 0 does not require authorization and is a chip card for "everyone" who are used by a user of the franking machine can.
  • Security level 1 is assigned to a user card (user card, chip card) is intended for the normal user of the franking machine.
  • Security level 2 is the security level of a "Master Card", which is for the Surveillance personnel of the franking machine is intended.
  • Security level 3 stands for a "dealer card” and is the dealer and reserved for the technical staff of the franking machine dealer.
  • Security level 4 authorizes the manufacturer and is only for persons of the Assigned to the manufacturer or the manufacturer's technical staff. While Security levels 3 and 4 therefore only for a group of people from the manufacturer or is intended by the manufacturer's distributors, are the security levels 0, 1 and 2 intended for groups of people who use the franking machine want (should).
  • the main purpose of the different levels of security is that of operation the franking machine ensures that print image data of the franking machine, which are stored in the storage device of the franking machine are only in a very specific way and only by authorized ones People can be entered, deleted and / or changed.
  • Each Print image element optionally has two security levels in its data structure, where security level (a) is a necessary level for loading from the Is a chip card, and security level (b) is a necessary level for (manual) Change of a print image element is.
  • the franking machine checks before loading a picture element from the chip card or the franking device, whether the authorization of the chip card is a larger one or has the same level as the security level (a) of the printed image element.
  • Security level 5 here means that no one separate this element data can change.
  • the checks Franking machine Before the change or change of picture elements is allowed, the checks Franking machine, whether the authorization of the user or that entered by the user Card is greater than or equal to security level (b) of the print image element.
  • Security level 5 also means that nobody has this segment data or can change or replace this segment.
  • Security level 0 is not authorized by any special card and for picture element segments With security level 0 (A or B) the data can be saved at any time to be changed by everyone.
  • Authorization for security level 1 is carried out with a user card, updated by means of the elements in the print image data by a normal user or by the specialist staff of the franking machine (master) or by a dealer or his technical staff who use the chip card use for authorization.
  • the authorization for security level 2 takes place by means of a master card the elements of the printed images by the specialist operating personnel for the franking machine, by the dealer or his technical staff using the Master Card can be loaded or updated.
  • a master card the elements of the printed images by the specialist operating personnel for the franking machine, by the dealer or his technical staff using the Master Card can be loaded or updated.
  • security level A For example can hereby copy advertising texts (security level A) or the date / place stamp (town circle; security level A) can be loaded / changed.
  • Authorization for security level 3 is carried out using the dealer card. This is the update of print image element data by the technical Dealer staff possible using the Dealer Card. Means With the dealer card it is possible to print image data for endorsement (security level A) as well as for the date / place stamp (security level B).
  • the dealer's technical staff can use the dealer card fonts and Load endorsement text from a chip card into the franking machine Data from a manufacturer's Cliché workstation or an authorized one Dealer are generated. This data is stored in a print image data memory loaded on the franking machine.
  • the technical staff of the dealer is through the Dealer Card also able to provide text information of the date / location stamp image (but not the fonts hereof) to change manually, which is why the security level for the date / place stamp of (B).
  • Security level 4 is authorized by the manufacturer card (FP Card), using the Image elements used by the manufacturer's technical staff the manufacturer card can be changed / set. This can be used, for example Dates (month, year, day, century, date etc.) of the Date stamp image can be loaded.
  • the manufacturer's technical staff is able to use the manufacturer's card to set the fonts for the date of the date stamp image to load from a chip card (second chip card). This chip card is from a Cliché workstation from the manufacturer and the data is loaded read into a print image data memory.
  • Security level 5 is provided by the manufacturer's R + D (Research and Development) card authorized. This card is used to load and change print image elements possible with the highest security level. If using the card with security level 5 image elements can be read in, this is only possible when all (other) print image data are read in again.
  • a security level is a picture element in the print image data memory of the franking machine assigned or connected to it.
  • the security levels also with a function such as "First-time initialization of the print image data "(initialization of print image data). It is therefore possible to provide different security structures for each country, without having to change the entire program flow.
  • the cards (storage media) that contain the print image data are conventional type AT42C256 and contain an EEPROM with a capacity of 32 kByte. These cards do not have a processor, but there is a specific one in them Code number saved and also the (physical) chip card type is saved.
  • the print image data chip card can be machine independent, i.e. is in it a machine number (of the franking machine) is not saved. However, it is Machine number saved, so it is with the machine with this machine number erasable. However, the map stores data for the first and last validity and if several chip cards for entering a print image a corresponding number is assigned to each chip card.
  • print image data card Using a print image data card, several image elements with a corresponding one MAC (Message Authentication Code) saved and read into a franking machine.
  • the print image data are stored together with security level data on the card. Farther is stored on the chip card whether the print image segments to be loaded after a successful loading process should be deleted from the chip card. This allows certain print image segments to be loaded into the machine only once can be.
  • MAC Message Authentication Code
  • the user card is usually of the type AT 24C256 (manufacturer: ATMEL) and also has an EEPROM with a capacity of 32 kbytes.
  • This map has no processor, it contains a specific code number from the manufacturer saved as well as the chip card type or the chip card category.
  • the machine number of the franking machine to be operated is saved in the user card and is also a corresponding operator identification (user number) saved.
  • the card also shows data for the first and last approval and the card also has its own self-identifying card number on.
  • a certain number e.g. save a maximum of three
  • the master card is of the type SLE 4442 (manufacturer Siemens) and has an EEPROM with a capacity of 256 bytes. Here is a certain area (for example 32 bytes) and the master card has a PIN of, for example 3 bytes.
  • the card is also not equipped with a processor.
  • the specific manufacturer's code number, the chip card type as well as the chip card category are stored in a protected area of the chip card. Same thing also applies to the machine number of the franking machine to be operated as well for the user number.
  • the data for the first and last are also saved Approval of the card and a corresponding one for the identification of the card Card number.
  • the dealer card or the manufacturer card have a similar structure to that Master Card, however, differ in that they do not contain the machine number the franking machine to be programmed are stored.
  • the dealers The card and manufacturer card (FP Card) are therefore machine-independent.
  • the manufacturer card and the dealer card can be generated by the manufacturer himself become.
  • the Master Card can be made using the Dealer Card and the User Card using the Master Card. You can see here that for the generation of an authorization card always the card with the (Next) higher authorization can be used or is necessary.
  • the print image data can be stored on the memory card in a compressed or saved in an uncompressed data format. Will the print image data stored compressed, the memory space on the print image data card or user card can be used better. With a small amount of data However, it is also advantageous for the image element not to compress the data the chip card and save it directly from there into the memory of the franking machine read in, which has the advantage that the programming of both Chip card as well as reading the memory is possible very quickly.
  • Figure 4 shows the flow diagram for generating chip cards with complete Print image data.
  • Figure 5 shows a flow diagram for loading the entire Print image data.
  • FIG. 6 shows the flow diagram for the reloading of printed image parts (Picture elements) or the exchange of printed image segments.
  • FIG. 7 shows the flowchart for changing print image data in the franking machine.
  • this also includes the security level is checked and it is also checked whether the authorization through the respective card (User Card, Master Card, Dealer Card etc.) big enough is. If this is the case, the print image data can be stored in the franking machine become.

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