EP1295248A1 - Contact-free display peripheral device for contact-free portable object - Google Patents

Contact-free display peripheral device for contact-free portable object

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EP1295248A1
EP1295248A1 EP01949522A EP01949522A EP1295248A1 EP 1295248 A1 EP1295248 A1 EP 1295248A1 EP 01949522 A EP01949522 A EP 01949522A EP 01949522 A EP01949522 A EP 01949522A EP 1295248 A1 EP1295248 A1 EP 1295248A1
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portable object
display device
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card
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Olivier Parrault
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    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/077—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
    • G06K19/07749—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the present invention relates to peripherals for contactless portable objects such as smart cards, and more particularly to a peripheral contactless display device.
  • Portable objects such as smart cards, contact or contactless, are widely used today in many applications. These are generally ISO format cards which are coupled to readers, by which they are remotely supplied, that is to say by which they receive energy in the form of a magnetic field and with which they communicate.
  • ISO format cards which are coupled to readers, by which they are remotely supplied, that is to say by which they receive energy in the form of a magnetic field and with which they communicate.
  • electronic toll cards Users of such systems present them to readers who are at toll stations. There is then communication between the card and the reader. This communication allows the recognition of the user and the debit of the amount corresponding to the toll charge on his customer account.
  • the commonly used solution is the integration at the reader level of a liquid crystal display which informs the user of the successful execution of the communication and which indicates the information resulting from this communication.
  • the drawback of the display integrated into the reader is that the user can only read the information near the latter, by passing the card in front. Uncomfortable when it comes to an identification card, this constraint becomes much heavier when the card is an electronic wallet or a transport card. Indeed, the user wishes to be able to regularly consult his balance and this without being obliged to go to a payment terminal which constitutes the reader.
  • An existing solution consists in the additional use of a badge which plays the role of both card reader and display. Indeed, it is a case in which the card is inserted. The reader then feeds the card by contact, which allows communication between the card and the case. The information is then displayed on the case screen. The latter is used in particular for the electronic purse and allows you to consult the remaining balance at any time.
  • the major drawback of these badges is their size. Indeed, their dimensions are studied to allow them to receive a smart card in ISO format. Thus, unlike a smart card, they cannot be slipped into a wallet and must be carried in a pocket or a bag.
  • Another disadvantage is that they require an internal power source.
  • This source is generally a battery which allows the case to read the information on the card and display it. This source of food must therefore be renewed each time it is exhausted.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks by providing a contactless display peripheral device for contactless portable object, such as a smart card, having the capacity to display the information sent by the reader of the portable object or by the portable object itself, for a period long enough for the user of the portable object to be able to consult it at any time, even when the portable object is not at close to the reader, this display requiring for its operation only a low energy consumption, or even no energy at all.
  • the present invention relates to a display device for contactless portable object such as a smart card to display information related to the use of this portable object.
  • This peripheral device comprises at least one chip, a display means and a means for receiving energy and information, not connected by ohmic contact to the portable object.
  • This means of reception is a flat winding playing the role of the secondary of a transformer whose primary consists of the antenna of the portable object, when the latter receives energy and information, coming from a reader of the portable object, by electromagnetic coupling.
  • this peripheral display device can be separated from the contactless object and has a bistable liquid crystal screen.
  • FIG. 1 represents a contactless smart card in ISO format having an integrated peripheral display device .
  • FIG. 2 represents a functional diagram of the peripheral display device and of the various elements which constitute it.
  • FIG. 3 represents the electrical diagram of a contactless smart card.
  • FIG. 4 represents the electrical diagram of a peripheral display device.
  • FIG. 1 thus represents a contactless smart card in ISO format having an integrated peripheral device.
  • This card 10 consists of a chip 12. The latter, when the card is arranged in the field of the reader, enters into communication with the latter via the antenna of the card 14. This antenna consists of turns of increasing circumference. Each end of this antenna is connected to the chip 12.
  • the peripheral display device 20 consists of a chip (not visible in the figure), a screen 16 and a flat winding 18 connected to the chip of the peripheral display device and made up of turns of increasing circumference. The size of this flat winding varies according to the specifics of the card with which the peripheral display device operates.
  • the peripheral display device 20 preferably consists of a chip 22, connected to the winding 18 and to the screen 16.
  • the chip 22 consists of 3 blocks: the analog block 24, the block decoding message 26 and the display control block 28.
  • analog block 24 The role of analog block 24 is to rectify and regulate the alternating signal, available at the terminals of winding 18.
  • This signal is created by a carrier frequency of 13.56 megahertz (MHz), which is the coupling frequency between the card. contactless chip and reader, to generate the DC supply voltage necessary for the operation of the peripheral display device. It formats the main clock signals from this carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz, which will allow the sequential operation of the peripheral display device. It extracts and formats the superimposed data according to the amplitude modulation at the carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz, transmitted by the reader destined for the chip of the contactless card and destined for the peripheral display device.
  • MHz 13.56 megahertz
  • the value of the sub-carrier retromodulation frequency is equal to 847 kilohertz (KHz) (standard currently used). It can also be configured to receive the data which would be transmitted on the subcarrier frequency of retromodulation by the card chip.
  • the peripheral device is also equipped with a message decoding block 26.
  • This block is more or less complex. It can be a microcontroller, a simple decoder or a wired logic circuit. The purpose of this block is to separate and process the messages intended for it in the middle of those which pass on the carrier and subcarrier frequencies during communication between the coupler and the contactless card.
  • the display control unit 28 is an interface circuit making it possible to convert the data received by the peripheral display device into signals compatible with the display technology used, constituted by the screen 16, in order to drive the segments. or corresponding pixels.
  • the dimensions of the latter are very variable and depend on the consumption and the voltage, necessary for supplying the peripheral device.
  • the winding 18 of the peripheral display device will be of dimensions much smaller than the dimensions of the antenna of the contactless card (see figure 1).
  • the winding can be optionally interleaved or superimposed on the antenna of the contactless card to benefit from better coupling.
  • the screen 16 is preferably a liquid crystal screen.
  • FIG. 3 represents the electrical diagram of the contactless smart card 30. This is characterized by its coupling antenna 32, at least one capacitor 33 allowing the card to have a tuning capacity involved in the coupling with the reader at a frequency of 13.56 MHz. It also includes several resistors, including at least one resistor 34 which can be switched by means of a switch 35, in order to generate a frequency of retromodulation between the chip card and the reader.
  • FIG. 4 represents the electrical diagram of the peripheral display device 36. The latter is characterized by its flat winding 37. In order to be able to draw energy from the reader to allow the operation of the peripheral device, the principle is to use the main circuit tuned to card 30 as the primary of a transformer.
  • the planar winding 37 of the peripheral display device then constitutes the secondary of this transformer and receives the energy and the information by electromagnetic coupling.
  • the peripheral display device 36 also includes the resistor 38 which is switched by means of the switch 40 and thus modifies the impedance in order to generate a subcarrier frequency of retromodulation.
  • the impedance of the peripheral display device can be varied in order to transmit a response to the reader by retromodulation. This response is made via the main tuned circuit of the contactless card.
  • the peripheral display device can also communicate directly with the chip of the contactless card, depending on the retromodulation format and the type of retromodulator incorporated therein. As can be seen in Figure 4, the circuit of the peripheral display device 36 does not have tuning capacity. It cannot therefore function independently. It must therefore benefit, by coupling with the main antenna circuit, from the overvoltage linked to the agreement of the contactless card with the reader.
  • the impedance presented by the electronics of the peripheral display device can be reported in parallel to the impedance presented by the chip on the main antenna of the contactless card, depending on a mutual coupling m between the main antenna and the flat winding and of the ratio nl / n2, ni being the number of turns of the antenna of the contactless card and n2 the number of turns of the antenna of the peripheral device display.
  • the peripheral display device has a high impedance and a very low parasitic capacity before the rectifier, it can be supplied when the contactless card is present in the magnetic field of the reader, and this without significantly degrading the operation of the latter.
  • the latter uses the data generated by the contactless card chip in the form of a specific instruction and transmitted by the latter's main antenna. This instruction is generated once the transaction between the contactless card and the reader is completed.
  • the latter can use data transmitted by the reader simultaneously with energy and transmitted in amplitude modulation to the contactless card then transmitted by the main antenna thereof. and intended for him.
  • the screen of the peripheral display device is retentive. Indeed, the information remains displayed on the screen after the transaction so that the user can read it until the next transaction.
  • This retentive screen can be constituted by a bistable liquid crystal screen.
  • This recently developed technology consists in the use of liquid crystals which have the capacity to remain in a certain state, without consumption of energy. These liquid crystals use energy only to change their state.
  • An alternative to using a bistable liquid crystal display is to use a peripheral display device which has at least one storage capacitor. Indeed, to obtain a persistence of the display on the liquid crystal screen, it is necessary to apply a voltage across the screen sufficient to maintain the liquid crystals in their state.
  • One possibility is to insert into the peripheral display device a capacity which is charged when the card is in the magnetic field of the reader. The energy is transmitted to the capacitor after rectification by the flat winding of the peripheral display device which receives the information and the energy. The electric charge stored in the (or the capacitors) makes it possible to power the screen and therefore to maintain the liquid crystals in their state for a time greater than the average time between two swipes of the contactless card in the magnetic field of the reader. .
  • Another alternative for rendering the display retentive is the use of a battery. Indeed, it is possible to provide the peripheral device with a battery which is used to maintain the display. Preferably, a so-called “paper stack” is used which has a very small thickness.
  • the display is refreshed exclusively during the passage of the contactless card in the magnetic field of the reader when the information passes between the latter and the contactless card.
  • the contactless display peripheral device according to the invention can be integrated into the contactless card during its manufacture, it is in this case inseparable from the latter. It can also be attached to a pre-existing contactless card, in particular thanks to an adhesive and can in this case be separated from the contactless card.
  • the contactless display peripheral device can be separated from the contactless card, the display can only be refreshed if it is close to the contactless card when it is placed in the magnetic field of the reader. Indeed, the device according to the invention must be placed directly on the card or very close to it.
  • the peripheral display device according to the invention therefore constitutes a contactless peripheral device which is independent and not electrically connected to the chip of the contactless card.
  • Such a device can be applied to telephone cards which will eventually become contactless. It could also be adapted for highway payment cards if, in the future, these were likely to store in their memory a silver credit or a number of toll passages.

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Abstract

The invention concerns a display peripheral device for contact-free portable object such as a smart card (10) for displaying data concerning the use of said portable object. Said peripheral device comprises a chip, display means (16) and power and data receiving means (18), not connected by ohmic contact to the portable object. Said reception means is a planar winding serving as secondary of a transformer whereof the primary consists of an antenna (14) of the portable object, when the latter receives power and data, coming from a reader of the portable object, by electromagnetic coupling.

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Dispositif périphérique d'affichage sans contact pour objet portable sans contact Contactless display device for contactless portable object
Domaine technique La présente invention concerne les périphériques pour des objets portables sans contact tels que des cartes à puce, et plus particulièrement un dispositif périphérique d'affichage sans contact.Technical Field The present invention relates to peripherals for contactless portable objects such as smart cards, and more particularly to a peripheral contactless display device.
Etat de la techniqueState of the art
Les objets portables, tels que les cartes à puce, à contact ou sans contact, sont largement utilisés de nos jours dans de nombreuses applications. Il s'agit généralement de cartes au format ISO qui sont couplées à des lecteurs, par lesquels elles sont téléalimentées, c'est à dire par lesquels elles reçoivent l'énergie sous forme de champ magnétique et avec lesquels elles communiquent. Ainsi, dans le secteur des transports, de tels systèmes ont été développés par toutes les sociétés autoroutières afin de proposer des abonnements à leurs usagers et de faciliter le paiement aux gares de péage et sont généralement dénommés cartes de télépéage. Les utilisateurs de tels systèmes les présentent aux lecteurs qui sont aux gares de péages. Il y a alors communication entre la carte et le lecteur. Cette communication permet la reconnaissance de l'utilisateur et le débit de la somme correspondant au droit de péage sur son compte client .Portable objects, such as smart cards, contact or contactless, are widely used today in many applications. These are generally ISO format cards which are coupled to readers, by which they are remotely supplied, that is to say by which they receive energy in the form of a magnetic field and with which they communicate. Thus, in the transport sector, such systems have been developed by all motorway companies in order to offer subscriptions to their users and to facilitate payment at toll stations and are generally called electronic toll cards. Users of such systems present them to readers who are at toll stations. There is then communication between the card and the reader. This communication allows the recognition of the user and the debit of the amount corresponding to the toll charge on his customer account.
Dans les secteurs des transports publics, des moyens équivalents ont également été mis en œuvre sous forme de cartes ISO ou sous forme plus réduite comme des tickets. Les cartes d'abonnement sont présentées par les usagers devant des lecteurs afin d'accéder au transport en commun. La communication qui s'établit entre la carte et le lecteur permet la reconnaissance de l'usager et le débit du voyage sur le compte de ce dernier.In the public transport sectors, equivalent means have also been implemented in the form of ISO cards or in a more reduced form such as tickets. Subscription cards are presented by users in front of readers in order to access public transport. The communication that is established between the card and the reader allows the recognition of the user and the debit of the trip on the account of the latter.
Ces moyens ont aussi été développés comme moyens de paiement. C'est le cas par exemple du porte-monnaie électronique. Ce dernier sert à payer de petites sommes auprès des commerçants. Il est constitué par une carte à puce . Cette carte est chargée en argent dans un distributeur spécialisé. L'utilisateur peut alors l'utiliser pour payer les achats, en la présentant devant un lecteur. La communication entre la carte et le lecteur va engendrer le débit de la somme correspondant à 1 ' achat .These means have also been developed as means of payment. This is the case for example of the wallet electronic. The latter is used to pay small amounts to merchants. It consists of a smart card. This card is loaded in cash at a specialized distributor. The user can then use it to pay for purchases, by presenting it to a reader. The communication between the card and the reader will generate the debit of the sum corresponding to one purchase.
De nombreuses sociétés ont également développé des moyens d'identification de leur personnel par carte à puce sans contact. Le passage devant un lecteur permet d'identifier le possesseur de la carte qui est alors autorisé ou non à accéder à une zone contrôlée . La même carte peut également être utilisée par les employés pour « pointer » . Ces différentes applications ont fait naître le besoin de disposer sur la carte d'un dispositif périphérique d'affichage, permettant à l'utilisateur de prendre connaissance des informations contenues dans la puce, telles que le solde restant à disposition après une transaction dans le cas du porte-monnaie électronique ou le nombre de trajets encore disponibles sur une carte de transport ou bien encore le nombre d'heures travaillées, l'autorisation ou l'interdiction d'accéder à des lieux d'une entreprise pour des employés. Un tel dispositif périphérique peut également servir à fournir à l'utilisateur des informations plus techniques sur le fonctionnement de la carte.Many companies have also developed means of identifying their personnel by contactless smart card. Passing in front of a reader makes it possible to identify the owner of the card who is then authorized or not to access a controlled area. The same card can also be used by employees to "point". These different applications have given rise to the need to have on the card a peripheral display device, allowing the user to take note of the information contained in the chip, such as the balance remaining available after a transaction in the case of the electronic purse or the number of journeys still available on a transport card or even the number of hours worked, the authorization or the prohibition to access places of a company for employees. Such a peripheral device can also be used to provide the user with more technical information on the operation of the card.
La solution couramment utilisée est l'intégration au niveau du lecteur d'un afficheur à cristaux liquides qui informe l'utilisateur de la bonne exécution de la communication et qui lui indique les informations issues de cette communication. Cependant, l'inconvénient de l'afficheur intégré au lecteur est que l'utilisateur ne peut prendre connaissance des informations qu'auprès de ce dernier, en passant la carte devant. Peu gênante quand il s'agit d'une carte d'identification, cette contrainte devient beaucoup plus lourde quand la carte est un porte- monnaie électronique ou une carte de transport. En effet, l'utilisateur souhaite pouvoir consulter régulièrement son solde et ceci sans être obligé de se rendre devant un terminal de paiement que constitue le lecteur.The commonly used solution is the integration at the reader level of a liquid crystal display which informs the user of the successful execution of the communication and which indicates the information resulting from this communication. However, the drawback of the display integrated into the reader is that the user can only read the information near the latter, by passing the card in front. Uncomfortable when it comes to an identification card, this constraint becomes much heavier when the card is an electronic wallet or a transport card. Indeed, the user wishes to be able to regularly consult his balance and this without being obliged to go to a payment terminal which constitutes the reader.
Une solution existante consiste en l'utilisation additionnelle d'un badge qui joue à la fois le rôle de lecteur de carte et d'afficheur. En effet, il s'agit d'un étui dans lequel on insère la carte. Le lecteur alimente alors la carte par contact, ce qui permet la communication entre la carte et l'étui. Les informations sont alors affichées sur l'écran de l'étui. Ce dernier est notamment utilisé pour le porte-monnaie électronique et permet de consulter à tout moment le solde restant. L'inconvénient majeur de ces badges est leur encombrement. En effet, leurs dimensions sont étudier pour leur permettre de recevoir une carte à puce au format ISO. Ainsi, contrairement à une carte à puce, ils ne peuvent se glisser dans un portefeuille et doivent être transportés dans une poche ou dans un sac .An existing solution consists in the additional use of a badge which plays the role of both card reader and display. Indeed, it is a case in which the card is inserted. The reader then feeds the card by contact, which allows communication between the card and the case. The information is then displayed on the case screen. The latter is used in particular for the electronic purse and allows you to consult the remaining balance at any time. The major drawback of these badges is their size. Indeed, their dimensions are studied to allow them to receive a smart card in ISO format. Thus, unlike a smart card, they cannot be slipped into a wallet and must be carried in a pocket or a bag.
Un autre inconvénient est qu'ils nécessitent une source d'alimentation interne. Cette source est généralement une pile qui permet à l'étui de lire les informations de la carte et de les afficher. Il faut donc renouveler cette source d'alimentation chaque fois qu'elle est épuisée.Another disadvantage is that they require an internal power source. This source is generally a battery which allows the case to read the information on the card and display it. This source of food must therefore be renewed each time it is exhausted.
Exposé de l'invention Le but de l'invention est de pallier ces inconvénients en fournissant un dispositif périphérique d'affichage sans contact pour objet portable sans contact, tel qu'une carte à puce, ayant la capacité d'afficher les informations envoyées par le lecteur de l'objet portable ou par l'objet portable lui-même, pendant une durée suffisamment longue pour que l'utilisateur de l'objet portable puisse le consulter à tout moment, même lorsque l'objet portable n'est pas à proximité du lecteur, cet affichage ne nécessitant pour son fonctionnement qu'une faible consommation d'énergie, voire aucune énergie du tout .SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks by providing a contactless display peripheral device for contactless portable object, such as a smart card, having the capacity to display the information sent by the reader of the portable object or by the portable object itself, for a period long enough for the user of the portable object to be able to consult it at any time, even when the portable object is not at close to the reader, this display requiring for its operation only a low energy consumption, or even no energy at all.
La présente invention concerne un dispositif périphérique d'affichage pour objet portable sans contact tel qu'une carte à puce permettant d'afficher des informations liées à l'utilisation de cet objet portable. Ce dispositif périphérique comprend au moins une puce, un moyen d'affichage et un moyen de réception d'énergie et des informations, non relié par contact ohmique à l'objet portable. Ce moyen de réception est un enroulement plan jouant le rôle du secondaire d'un transformateur dont le primaire est constitué par l'antenne de l'objet portable, lorsque cette dernière reçoit l'énergie et les informations, en provenance d'un lecteur de l'objet portable, par couplage électromagnétique .The present invention relates to a display device for contactless portable object such as a smart card to display information related to the use of this portable object. This peripheral device comprises at least one chip, a display means and a means for receiving energy and information, not connected by ohmic contact to the portable object. This means of reception is a flat winding playing the role of the secondary of a transformer whose primary consists of the antenna of the portable object, when the latter receives energy and information, coming from a reader of the portable object, by electromagnetic coupling.
Selon un mode de réalisation particulier, ce dispositif périphérique d'affichage est dissociable de l'objet sans contact et dispose d'un écran à cristaux liquides bistables.According to a particular embodiment, this peripheral display device can be separated from the contactless object and has a bistable liquid crystal screen.
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Les buts, objets et caractéristiques de l'invention ressortiront mieux à la lecture de la description qui suit faite en référence aux dessins joints dans lesquels : La figure 1 représente une carte à puce sans contact au format ISO possédant un dispositif périphérique d'affichage intégré .The aims, objects and characteristics of the invention will emerge more clearly on reading the description which follows made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 represents a contactless smart card in ISO format having an integrated peripheral display device .
La figure 2 représente un schéma fonctionnel du dispositif périphérique d'affichage et des différents éléments qui le constituent.FIG. 2 represents a functional diagram of the peripheral display device and of the various elements which constitute it.
La figure 3 représente le schéma électrique d'une carte à puce sans contact .FIG. 3 represents the electrical diagram of a contactless smart card.
La figure 4 représente le schéma électrique d'un dispositif périphérique d'affichage.FIG. 4 represents the electrical diagram of a peripheral display device.
Description détaillée de l'inventionDetailed description of the invention
Le dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'invention peut donc être installé sur un objet portable sans contact tel qu'une carte à puce. La figure 1 représente ainsi une carte à puce sans contact au format ISO possédant un dispositif périphérique intégré. Cette carte 10 est constituée d'une puce 12. Cette dernière, lorsque la carte est disposée dans le champ du lecteur, entre en communication avec celui-ci par l'intermédiaire de l'antenne de la carte 14. Cette antenne est constituée de spires de circonférences croissantes . Chacune des extrémités de cette antenne est reliée à la puce 12. Le dispositif périphérique d'affichage 20 est constitué d'une puce (non visible sur la figure) , d'un écran 16 et d'un enroulement plan 18 relié à la puce du dispositif périphérique d'affichage et constituée de spires de circonférences croissantes. La taille de cet enroulement plan varie en fonction des spécificités de la carte avec laquelle fonctionne le dispositif périphérique d'affichage. En effet, ce dernier ne fonctionne que couplé magnétiquement à la carte, à la fréquence de travail de la puce de la carte . Selon la figure 2, le dispositif périphérique d'affichage 20 est préfèrentiellement constitué d'une puce 22, reliée à l'enroulement 18 et à l'écran 16. La puce 22 est constituée de 3 blocs : le bloc analogique 24, le bloc de décodage de message 26 et le bloc de commande d'affichage 28.The peripheral display device according to the invention can therefore be installed on a contactless portable object such as a smart card. FIG. 1 thus represents a contactless smart card in ISO format having an integrated peripheral device. This card 10 consists of a chip 12. The latter, when the card is arranged in the field of the reader, enters into communication with the latter via the antenna of the card 14. This antenna consists of turns of increasing circumference. Each end of this antenna is connected to the chip 12. The peripheral display device 20 consists of a chip (not visible in the figure), a screen 16 and a flat winding 18 connected to the chip of the peripheral display device and made up of turns of increasing circumference. The size of this flat winding varies according to the specifics of the card with which the peripheral display device operates. Indeed, the latter only works magnetically coupled to the card, at the working frequency of the card chip. According to FIG. 2, the peripheral display device 20 preferably consists of a chip 22, connected to the winding 18 and to the screen 16. The chip 22 consists of 3 blocks: the analog block 24, the block decoding message 26 and the display control block 28.
Le bloc analogique 24 a pour rôle de redresser et réguler le signal alternatif, disponible aux bornes de l'enroulement 18. Ce signal est créé par une fréquence porteuse de 13,56 mégahertz (MHz), qui est la fréquence de couplage entre la carte à puce sans contact et le lecteur, pour générer la tension d'alimentation continue nécessaire au fonctionnement du dispositif périphérique d'affichage. Il met en forme les signaux d'horloge principale issue de cette fréquence porteuse de 13,56 MHz, qui vont permettre le fonctionnement séquentiel du dispositif périphérique d'affichage. Il extrait et met en forme les données superposées selon la modulation d'amplitude à la fréquence porteuse de 13,56 MHz, émises par le lecteur à destination de la puce de la carte sans contact et à destination du dispositif périphérique d'affichage. Il peut modifier l'impédance qu'il présente à l'enroulement 18, en commutant une résistance, à une fréquence sous-porteuse de retromodulation issue de l'horloge principale, afin de permettre la transmission de données du dispositif périphérique d'affichage vers le lecteur, à l'aide de données modulant cette fréquence sous-porteuse (modulation du couplage avec les antennes en regard) . Selon un exemple particulier, la valeur de la fréquence sous-porteuse de retromodulation est égale à 847 kilohertz (KHz) (norme actuellement utilisée) . Il peut aussi être configuré pour recevoir les données qui seraient transmises sur la fréquence sous-porteuse de retromodulation par la puce de la carte.The role of analog block 24 is to rectify and regulate the alternating signal, available at the terminals of winding 18. This signal is created by a carrier frequency of 13.56 megahertz (MHz), which is the coupling frequency between the card. contactless chip and reader, to generate the DC supply voltage necessary for the operation of the peripheral display device. It formats the main clock signals from this carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz, which will allow the sequential operation of the peripheral display device. It extracts and formats the superimposed data according to the amplitude modulation at the carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz, transmitted by the reader destined for the chip of the contactless card and destined for the peripheral display device. It can modify the impedance which it presents at the winding 18, by switching a resistor, at a subcarrier frequency of retromodulation from the main clock, in order to allow the transmission of data from the peripheral display device to the reader, using data modulating this subcarrier frequency (modulation of the coupling with the facing antennas). According to a particular example, the value of the sub-carrier retromodulation frequency is equal to 847 kilohertz (KHz) (standard currently used). It can also be configured to receive the data which would be transmitted on the subcarrier frequency of retromodulation by the card chip.
Le dispositif périphérique est équipé également d'un bloc de décodage de message 26. Ce bloc est plus ou moins complexe. Il peut s'agir d'un microcontrôleur, d'un simple décodeur ou encore d'un circuit à logique câblée. Ce bloc a pour fonction de séparer et traiter les messages qui lui sont destinés au milieu de ceux qui transitent sur les fréquences porteuse et sous-porteuse lors de la communication entre le coupleur et la carte sans contact. Le bloc de commande d'affichage 28 est un circuit d'interface permettant de convertir les données reçues par le dispositif périphérique d'affichage en signaux compatibles avec la technologie d'affichage utilisée, constituée par l'écran 16, afin de piloter les segments ou pixels correspondants.The peripheral device is also equipped with a message decoding block 26. This block is more or less complex. It can be a microcontroller, a simple decoder or a wired logic circuit. The purpose of this block is to separate and process the messages intended for it in the middle of those which pass on the carrier and subcarrier frequencies during communication between the coupler and the contactless card. The display control unit 28 is an interface circuit making it possible to convert the data received by the peripheral display device into signals compatible with the display technology used, constituted by the screen 16, in order to drive the segments. or corresponding pixels.
En ce qui concerne l'enroulement 18 du dispositif périphérique, les dimensions de celui-ci sont très variables et dépendent de la consommation et de la tension, nécessaires à l'alimentation du dispositif périphérique. Ainsi, dans le cas d'un dispositif périphérique d'affichage ayant une consommation d'énergie bien inférieure à celle de la puce de la carte, l'enroulement 18 du dispositif périphérique d'affichage sera de dimensions bien inférieures aux dimensions de l'antenne de la carte sans contact (voir figure 1) . Dans le cas d'un dispositif périphérique d'affichage ayant une consommation d'énergie à peine inférieure à la puce de la carte sans contact, l'enroulement peut être éventuellement entrelacé ou superposé à 1 ' antenne de la carte sans contact pour bénéficier d'un meilleur couplage.As regards the winding 18 of the peripheral device, the dimensions of the latter are very variable and depend on the consumption and the voltage, necessary for supplying the peripheral device. Thus, in the case of a peripheral display device having an energy consumption much lower than that of the card chip, the winding 18 of the peripheral display device will be of dimensions much smaller than the dimensions of the antenna of the contactless card (see figure 1). In the case of a peripheral display device having a consumption of energy slightly lower than the chip of the contactless card, the winding can be optionally interleaved or superimposed on the antenna of the contactless card to benefit from better coupling.
L'écran 16 est préférentiellement un écran à cristaux liquides .The screen 16 is preferably a liquid crystal screen.
La figure 3 représente le schéma électrique de la carte à puce sans contact 30. Celle-ci est caractérisée par son antenne de couplage 32, au moins un condensateur 33 permettant à la carte de disposer d'une capacité d'accord intervenant dans le couplage avec le lecteur à la fréquence de 13,56 MHz. Elle comprend également plusieurs résistances, dont au moins une résistance 34 qui peut être commutée grâce à un interrupteur 35, afin de générer une fréquence de retromodulation entre la carte à puce et le lecteur. La figure 4 représente le schéma électrique du dispositif périphérique d'affichage 36. Ce dernier est caractérisé par son enroulement plan 37. Afin de pouvoir prélever, à partir du lecteur, de l'énergie pour permettre le fonctionnement du dispositif périphérique, le principe est d'utiliser le circuit principal accordé de la carte 30 comme le primaire d'un transformateur. L'enroulement plan 37 du dispositif périphérique d'affichage constitue alors le secondaire de ce transformateur et reçoit l'énergie et les informations par couplage électromagnétique. Le dispositif périphérique d'affichage 36 comprend également la résistance 38 qui est commutée grâce à l'interrupteur 40 et modifie ainsi l'impédance afin de générer une fréquence sous- porteuse de retromodulation. En effet, selon un mode particulier de fonctionnement, on peut faire varier l'impédance du dispositif périphérique d'affichage afin de transmettre une réponse vers le lecteur par retromodulation. Cette réponse se fait par 1 ' intermédiaire du circuit accordé principal de la carte sans contact. Le dispositif périphérique d'affichage peut aussi dialoguer directement avec la puce de la carte sans contact, suivant le format de retromodulation et le type de rétromodulateur incorporé à celui-ci . Comme on peut le voir sur la figure 4, le circuit du dispositif périphérique d'affichage 36 ne présente pas de capacité d'accord. Il ne peut donc fonctionner de manière autonome. Il doit donc bénéficier, par couplage avec le circuit d'antenne principal, de la surtension liée à l'accord de la carte sans contact avec le lecteur.FIG. 3 represents the electrical diagram of the contactless smart card 30. This is characterized by its coupling antenna 32, at least one capacitor 33 allowing the card to have a tuning capacity involved in the coupling with the reader at a frequency of 13.56 MHz. It also includes several resistors, including at least one resistor 34 which can be switched by means of a switch 35, in order to generate a frequency of retromodulation between the chip card and the reader. FIG. 4 represents the electrical diagram of the peripheral display device 36. The latter is characterized by its flat winding 37. In order to be able to draw energy from the reader to allow the operation of the peripheral device, the principle is to use the main circuit tuned to card 30 as the primary of a transformer. The planar winding 37 of the peripheral display device then constitutes the secondary of this transformer and receives the energy and the information by electromagnetic coupling. The peripheral display device 36 also includes the resistor 38 which is switched by means of the switch 40 and thus modifies the impedance in order to generate a subcarrier frequency of retromodulation. In fact, according to a particular mode of operation, the impedance of the peripheral display device can be varied in order to transmit a response to the reader by retromodulation. This response is made via the main tuned circuit of the contactless card. The peripheral display device can also communicate directly with the chip of the contactless card, depending on the retromodulation format and the type of retromodulator incorporated therein. As can be seen in Figure 4, the circuit of the peripheral display device 36 does not have tuning capacity. It cannot therefore function independently. It must therefore benefit, by coupling with the main antenna circuit, from the overvoltage linked to the agreement of the contactless card with the reader.
Comme dans le cas de tout transformateur, l'impédance présentée par l'électronique du dispositif périphérique d'affichage peut être rapportée en parallèle à l'impédance présentée de la puce sur l'antenne principale de la carte sans contact, en fonction d'une mutuelle de couplage m entre l'antenne principale et l'enroulement plan et du rapport nl/n2, ni étant le nombre de spires de l'antenne de la carte sans contact et n2 le nombre de spires de 1 ' antenne du dispositif périphérique d'affichage.As in the case of any transformer, the impedance presented by the electronics of the peripheral display device can be reported in parallel to the impedance presented by the chip on the main antenna of the contactless card, depending on a mutual coupling m between the main antenna and the flat winding and of the ratio nl / n2, ni being the number of turns of the antenna of the contactless card and n2 the number of turns of the antenna of the peripheral device display.
Si le dispositif périphérique d'affichage présente une impédance forte ainsi qu'une très faible capacité parasite avant le redresseur, il peut être alimenté lorsque la carte sans contact est présente dans le champ magnétique du lecteur, et ceci sans dégrader de façon significative le fonctionnement de cette dernière.If the peripheral display device has a high impedance and a very low parasitic capacity before the rectifier, it can be supplied when the contactless card is present in the magnetic field of the reader, and this without significantly degrading the operation of the latter.
Selon un mode de fonctionnement du dispositif périphérique d'affichage, ce dernier exploite les données générées par la puce de la carte sans contact sous forme d'une instruction spécifique et émises par l'antenne principale de cette dernière. Cette instruction est générée une fois la transaction entre la carte sans contact et le lecteur effectuée.According to an operating mode of the peripheral display device, the latter uses the data generated by the contactless card chip in the form of a specific instruction and transmitted by the latter's main antenna. This instruction is generated once the transaction between the contactless card and the reader is completed.
Selon un autre mode de fonctionnement dudit dispositif périphérique d'affichage, ce dernier peut exploiter des données émises par le lecteur simultanément à l'énergie et transmises en modulation d'amplitude vers la carte sans contact puis émises par l'antenne principale de celle-ci et qui lui sont destinées. Selon un mode particulier, l'écran du dispositif périphérique d'affichage est rémanent. En effet, les informations restent afficher sur l'écran après la transaction pour que l'utilisateur puisse en prendre connaissance jusqu'à la transaction suivante. Cet écran rémanent peut être constitué par un écran à cristaux liquides bistables. Cette technologie récemment mise au point, consiste en l'utilisation de cristaux liquides qui ont la capacité de demeurer dans un certain état, sans consommation d'énergie. Ces cristaux liquides n'utilisent l'énergie que pour changer d'état.According to another mode of operation of said peripheral display device, the latter can use data transmitted by the reader simultaneously with energy and transmitted in amplitude modulation to the contactless card then transmitted by the main antenna thereof. and intended for him. According to a particular mode, the screen of the peripheral display device is retentive. Indeed, the information remains displayed on the screen after the transaction so that the user can read it until the next transaction. This retentive screen can be constituted by a bistable liquid crystal screen. This recently developed technology consists in the use of liquid crystals which have the capacity to remain in a certain state, without consumption of energy. These liquid crystals use energy only to change their state.
Une alternative à l'utilisation d'un écran à cristaux liquides bistables consiste à utiliser un dispositif périphérique d'affichage qui dispose d'au moins un condensateur de stockage. En effet, pour obtenir une rémanence de l'affichage sur l'écran à cristaux liquides, il faut appliquer une tension aux bornes de l'écran suffisante pour maintenir les cristaux liquides dans leur état. Une des possibilités est d'insérer dans le dispositif périphérique d'affichage une capacité qui se charge lorsque la carte est dans le champ magnétique du lecteur. L'énergie est transmise au condensateur après redressement par 1 ' enroulement plan du dispositif périphérique d'affichage qui reçoit les informations et l'énergie. La charge électrique stockée dans le (ou les condensateurs) permet d'alimenter l'écran et donc de maintenir les cristaux liquides dans leur état durant un temps supérieur à la durée moyenne entre deux passages de la carte sans contact dans le champ magnétique du lecteur.An alternative to using a bistable liquid crystal display is to use a peripheral display device which has at least one storage capacitor. Indeed, to obtain a persistence of the display on the liquid crystal screen, it is necessary to apply a voltage across the screen sufficient to maintain the liquid crystals in their state. One possibility is to insert into the peripheral display device a capacity which is charged when the card is in the magnetic field of the reader. The energy is transmitted to the capacitor after rectification by the flat winding of the peripheral display device which receives the information and the energy. The electric charge stored in the (or the capacitors) makes it possible to power the screen and therefore to maintain the liquid crystals in their state for a time greater than the average time between two swipes of the contactless card in the magnetic field of the reader. .
Une autre alternative pour rendre 1 ' affichage rémanent est l'utilisation d'une pile. En effet, il est possible de pourvoir le dispositif périphérique d'une pile qui est utilisée pour maintenir l'affichage. Préférentiellement , on utilise une pile dite « pile papier » qui possède une très faible épaisseur.Another alternative for rendering the display retentive is the use of a battery. Indeed, it is possible to provide the peripheral device with a battery which is used to maintain the display. Preferably, a so-called “paper stack” is used which has a very small thickness.
Quel que soit le moyen utilisé pour obtenir un affichage rémanent, le rafraîchissement de l'affichage est obtenue exclusivement lors du passage de la carte sans contact dans le champ magnétique du lecteur lorsque les informations transitent entre ce dernier et la carte sans contact . Le dispositif périphérique d'affichage sans contact selon l'invention peut être intégré dans la carte sans contact au cours de sa fabrication, il est dans ce cas indissociable de cette dernière. Il peut également être rapporté à une carte sans contact préexistante, notamment grâce à un adhésif et est dans ce cas dissociable de la carte sans contact .Whatever the means used to obtain a non-volatile display, the display is refreshed exclusively during the passage of the contactless card in the magnetic field of the reader when the information passes between the latter and the contactless card. The contactless display peripheral device according to the invention can be integrated into the contactless card during its manufacture, it is in this case inseparable from the latter. It can also be attached to a pre-existing contactless card, in particular thanks to an adhesive and can in this case be separated from the contactless card.
Dans le cas où le dispositif périphérique d'affichage sans contact est dissociable de la carte sans contact, le rafraîchissement de l'affichage n'est possible que si celui- ci est à proximité de la carte sans contact lorsqu'elle est placée dans le champ magnétique du lecteur. En effet, le dispositif selon l'invention doit être placé directement sur la carte ou très près de celle-ci. Le dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'invention constitue donc un dispositif périphérique sans contact qui est indépendant et non relié électriquement à la puce de la carte sans contact. L'intérêt de l'indépendance du dispositif périphérique d'affichage est qu'il n'a d'incidence, ni sur la fonctionnalité de la carte sans contact, ni sur les transactions qui sont réalisées entre cette dernière et le lecteur. Ainsi, dans le cas où le dispositif périphérique d'affichage est indépendant physiquement de la carte sans contact, un dysfonctionnement de l'un des deux dispositifs n'a pas d'influence sur l'autre. Il suffit de changer le dispositif défaillant.If the contactless display peripheral device can be separated from the contactless card, the display can only be refreshed if it is close to the contactless card when it is placed in the magnetic field of the reader. Indeed, the device according to the invention must be placed directly on the card or very close to it. The peripheral display device according to the invention therefore constitutes a contactless peripheral device which is independent and not electrically connected to the chip of the contactless card. The advantage of the independence of the peripheral display device is that it has no impact either on the functionality of the contactless card or on the transactions which are carried out between the latter and the reader. Thus, in the case where the peripheral display device is physically independent of the contactless card, a malfunction of one of the two devices has no influence on the other. Just change the faulty device.
Un tel dispositif peut être appliquée sur les cartes de téléphone qui à terme vont devenir sans contact . Il pourrait également être adaptée pour les cartes de paiement autoroutier si, dans l'avenir, celles-ci étaient susceptibles de stocker dans leur mémoire un crédit d'argent ou un nombre de passages aux péages . Such a device can be applied to telephone cards which will eventually become contactless. It could also be adapted for highway payment cards if, in the future, these were likely to store in their memory a silver credit or a number of toll passages.

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1. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage pour objet portable sans contact tel qu'une carte à puce 10 permettant d'afficher des informations liées à l'usage dudit objet portable, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins une puce, un moyen d'affichage 16 et un moyen de réception 18 d'énergie et desdites informations non relié par contact ohmique audit objet portable, ledit moyen de réception étant un enroulement plan jouant le rôle du secondaire d'un transformateur dont le primaire est constitué par 1 ' antenne 14 dudit objet portable, lorsque cette dernière reçoit l'énergie et les informations, en provenance d'un lecteur dudit objet portable, par couplage électromagnétique.1. Device display device for contactless portable object such as a smart card 10 for displaying information related to the use of said portable object, characterized in that it comprises at least one chip, a means d display 16 and means for receiving energy and said information 18 not connected by ohmic contact to said portable object, said receiving means being a flat winding playing the role of the secondary of a transformer, the primary of which is constituted by the antenna 14 of said portable object, when the latter receives energy and information, coming from a reader of said portable object, by electromagnetic coupling.
2. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit enroulement plan reçoit ladite énergie et lesdites informations lorsque ledit objet portable est couplé avec un lecteur dudit objet portable.2. A peripheral display device according to claim 1, in which said planar winding receives said energy and said information when said portable object is coupled with a reader of said portable object.
3. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'énergie et lesdites informations transmises par l'antenne dudit objet portable, sont générées par ledit lecteur d'objet portable.3. A peripheral display device according to claim 2, in which the energy and said information transmitted by the antenna of said portable object are generated by said portable object reader.
4. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon la revendication 2, dans lequel lesdites informations transmises par l'antenne dudit objet portable, sont générées par la puce dudit objet portable.4. A peripheral display device according to claim 2, wherein said information transmitted by the antenna of said portable object, is generated by the chip of said portable object.
5. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit moyen d'affichage est rémanent, de telle sorte que les informations restent affichées sur ledit moyen d'affichage pendant une durée supérieure au délai moyen entre deux transactions . 5. A peripheral display device according to one of the preceding claims, in which said display means is retentive, so that the information remains displayed on said display means for a period greater than the average time between two transactions.
6. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le moyen d'affichage rémanent est un écran à cristaux liquides bistables.6. A peripheral display device according to claim 5, in which the residual display means is a bistable liquid crystal screen.
7. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins un moyen de stockage d'énergie.7. A peripheral display device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least one energy storage means.
8. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon la revendication 7, dans lequel ledit moyen de stockage d'énergie est un condensateur.8. A peripheral display device according to claim 7, wherein said energy storage means is a capacitor.
9. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'une des revendications 7 ou 8, dans lequel le moyen d'affichage est rendu rémanent grâce à 1 ' énergie stockée dans ledit moyen de stockage d'énergie.9. A peripheral display device according to one of claims 7 or 8, wherein the display means is made remanent by 1 energy stored in said energy storage means.
10. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est intégré audit objet portable, ledit enroulement plan étant dans le même plan que ladite antenne dudit objet portable.10. A peripheral display device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is integrated into said portable object, said flat winding being in the same plane as said antenna of said portable object.
11. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce qu'il est dissociable dudit objet portable.11. peripheral display device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it is separable from said portable object.
12. Dispositif périphérique d'affichage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il peut envoyer une réponse audit lecteur d'objet portable par retromodulation, par l'intermédiaire dudit enroulement plan, couplé à l'antenne dudit objet portable. 12. peripheral display device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it can send a response to said portable object reader by retromodulation, by means of said flat winding, coupled to the antenna of said portable object. .
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