JP2000057294A - Storage device, device and method for recording and reproducing information, and providing medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect secret information of an IC card on which a tag is stuck. SOLUTION: A user puts a reader writer 2 close to the top surface of a bundle of tags (IC card 1) and presses a sound recording button 34. At this time, a signal of sound recording mode is supplied to an internal microcomputer. The user inputs voice data to the microcomputer through a microphone 33. The microcomputer sends the supplied voice data through an antenna 31. The signal sent through the antenna 31 is received by the antenna 22 of the noncontact IC card 1 and written to a memory box an internal microcomputer. The top tag (IC card 1) where the voice data are recorded is removed from the bundle and stuck on a place.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a storage device, an information recording / reproducing apparatus and method, and a providing medium.
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a storage device, an information recording / reproducing device and method, and a providing medium, in which an IC card capable of reading and writing data without contact is provided with a sticky note and an adhesive material so that recording and reproduction of audio data can be performed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, from the viewpoints of improving the efficiency of information processing and maintaining confidentiality, semiconductor elements such as IC chips for storing and processing information (data) are mounted to dramatically increase the storage capacity. IC cards are widely used as data cards.

Recently, a data transmission / reception antenna circuit (coil) for transmitting / receiving an input / output radio signal has been incorporated.
Read and write data to and from external processing devices
A non-contact type IC card configured to perform non-contact by a so-called wireless system has also been developed.

[0004] By the way, conventionally, a sticky note (hafida) is
The user had to write information by hand. Then, the user has pasted the sticky note on which the information has been written at a predetermined location.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional sticky note, since information is written by hand on paper, it can be seen by anyone other than the user (the person), and confidentiality cannot be maintained. There were challenges.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is possible to maintain confidentiality by recording voice data on an IC card to which a sticky note is pasted. .

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage device for storing and processing information and transmitting / receiving information to / from an external device, wherein the storage device is attached to an upper surface of the storage device. And a bonding unit applied to the lower surface of the storage device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information recording / reproducing apparatus which is capable of accessing a non-contact type storage device, comprising: an input unit for inputting audio data; and an audio data input from the input unit. It is characterized by comprising a recording means for recording on the device, a reproducing means for reproducing the audio data recorded in the storage device, and an output means for outputting the audio data reproduced by the reproducing means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information recording / reproducing method of the information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of accessing the non-contact type storage device, the information is input in the input step of inputting audio data and the input step. A recording step of recording the reproduced audio data in the storage device, a reproduction step of reproducing the audio data recorded in the storage device, and an output step of outputting the audio data reproduced in the reproduction step.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information recording / reproducing apparatus which is capable of accessing a non-contact type storage device. A program for executing a process including a recording step of recording, a reproduction step of reproducing the audio data recorded in the storage device, and an output step of outputting the audio data reproduced in the reproduction step is provided. .

In the storage device according to the first aspect, the writing means is attached to the upper surface of the storage device to write information, and the bonding means is applied to the lower surface of the storage device.

In the information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect, the input means inputs data, and the recording means causes the storage device to record the audio data input from the input means,
The reproducing means reproduces the audio data recorded in the storage device, and the output means outputs the audio data reproduced by the reproducing means.

In the information recording / reproducing method according to the third aspect and the providing medium according to the fourth aspect, audio data is input in the input step, and the audio data input in the input step is stored in the recording step. In a reproduction step, the audio data recorded in the storage device is reproduced, and in an output step, the audio data reproduced in the reproduction step is output.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In order to clarify the correspondence between each means of the invention described in the claims and the following embodiments, When the features of the present invention are described by adding the corresponding embodiments (however, examples) in parentheses after the means, the following is obtained.
However, of course, this description does not mean that each means is limited to those described.

That is, in the storage device according to the first aspect, in a storage device that stores and processes information and transmits and receives information to and from an external device, the information stuck on the upper surface of the storage device is written. The storage device is provided with a writing unit (for example, a sticky note 11 in FIG. 1) for performing writing and an adhesive unit (for example, an adhesive 13 in FIG. 1) applied to the lower surface of the storage device.

An information recording / reproducing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is an information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of accessing a non-contact type storage device.
Microphone 33), recording means (for example, the recording button 34 in FIG. 1) for recording the audio data input from the input means in the storage device, and reproduction means (for example, for reproducing the audio data recorded in the storage device) The play button 36 in FIG. 1)
Output means for outputting the audio data reproduced by the reproduction means (for example, the speaker 32 in FIG. 1).

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of a non-contact type IC card and a non-contact type IC card reader / writer to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a non-contact type IC card (hereinafter, abbreviated as an IC card) 1 has a sticky note 11 attached to an upper surface of an IC card main body 12.
An adhesive 13 is applied to the lower surface of the IC card main body 12 to form a so-called three-layer structure. On the IC card main body 12, an IC chip 2 for storing and processing information is provided.
1 (sealed with epoxy resin after wire bonding) and an antenna 22 for data transmission / reception. The antenna 22 is formed, for example, by selectively etching a copper foil formed on the IC card body 12.

Non-contact type IC card reader / writer (hereinafter, referred to as
An antenna 31 for data transmission and reception is formed on the reader / writer 2). The reader / writer 2 has a microphone 33 for the user to input voice.
And a speaker 32 for outputting sound. Further, a recording button 34 for recording audio data on the IC card 1, an erasing button 35 for erasing audio data recorded on the IC card 1, and
A reproduction button 36 for reproducing audio data recorded on the card 1 is mounted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the non-contact type IC card 1. The antenna 22 constituting the non-contact type IC card 1 receives a radio wave from a reader / writer 2 described later and transmits a signal corresponding to the received radio wave to a tuning circuit 41.
And a power supply circuit 50. The tuning circuit 41 uses the signal supplied from the antenna 22
A carrier frequency used for communication between the non-contact type IC card 1 and the reader / writer 2 is extracted.

The amplifying circuit 42 amplifies the input signal to a predetermined level and then outputs the amplified signal. The demodulation circuit 43 demodulates the signal modulated to the carrier frequency and converts the signal into corresponding predetermined data. The communication control circuit 44 switches data transmission and reception. A microcomputer (microcomputer) 45 controls each unit according to a control program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 46. Further, of the data supplied via the communication control circuit 44, data that needs to be stored is appropriately changed to EE.
PROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read O
nly Memory) 47.

The EEPROM 47 stores data supplied from the microcomputer 45. Modulation circuit 48
Is adapted to modulate the data supplied from the communication control circuit 44 into a signal of a carrier frequency and output the signal. The amplification circuit 49 amplifies the signal modulated to the carrier frequency supplied from the modulation circuit 48 to a level necessary for communication. The antenna 22 transmits the signal of the carrier frequency amplified by the amplifier circuit 49 by radio waves.

Next, the operation will be described. First,
Receives the radio wave transmitted from reader / writer 2 and transmits it to EE
A processing procedure when storing in the PROM 47 will be described. The radio wave from the reader / writer 2 received by the antenna 22 is converted into a corresponding electric signal,
1 is supplied. The tuning circuit 41 extracts only a signal corresponding to a predetermined carrier frequency from the signals supplied from the antenna 22 and supplies the signal to the amplifier circuit 42. Amplifier circuit 4
2 amplifies the signal supplied from the tuning circuit 41 to a predetermined signal level, and then supplies the signal to the demodulation circuit 43.

The demodulation circuit 43 demodulates the signal supplied from the amplification circuit 42 and supplies the signal to the communication control circuit 44. In this case, the communication control circuit 44 has been switched to the reception mode, converts the signal supplied from the demodulation circuit 43 into digital data, and supplies the digital data to the microcomputer 45. It is determined whether the data supplied from the communication control circuit 44 to the microcomputer 45 is data to be stored by the microcomputer 45, and based on the result of the determination, the data is appropriately supplied to the EEPROM 47 and stored therein.

The electric signal supplied from the antenna 22 is
The power is also supplied to the power supply circuit 50. Here, energy is extracted by electromagnetic coupling with a carrier transmitted from the reader / writer 2, and necessary power is supplied to each unit. As described above, power is supplied to the non-contact type IC card 1 from the outside.

Next, the data (command) from the reader / writer 2 supplied from the communication control circuit 44 is stored in the EEPROM 47.
An operation in the case of a request for transmission of data stored in the. The microcomputer 45 transmits data (command) corresponding to the data transmission request via the communication control circuit 44.
Is received, the data stored therein is read from the EEPROM 47, and the read data is transmitted to the communication control circuit 4.
4 The communication control circuit 44 switches the operation mode to the transmission mode, and supplies the data supplied from the microcomputer 45 to the modulation circuit 48.

The modulation circuit 48 modulates the signal supplied from the communication control circuit 44 to a carrier frequency and supplies the signal to the amplifier circuit 49. The amplification circuit 49 amplifies the signal supplied from the modulation circuit 48 to a level required for communication. The signal amplified by the amplifier circuit 49 is transmitted via the antenna 22.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the reader / writer 2 in FIG. The antenna 31 is a non-contact type IC
A predetermined signal is transmitted to the card 1 or a non-contact type
In order to perform communication with the C card 1, transmission and reception of a predetermined carrier are performed. In addition, non-contact type IC
A magnetic field for supplying power to the card 1 is also generated.

The tuning circuit 61 converts the signal supplied from the antenna 31 from the contactless IC card 1 to the reader / writer 2
And a carrier frequency used for communication between the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The amplification circuit 62 amplifies the input signal to a predetermined level and then outputs the signal. The demodulation circuit 63 demodulates the signal modulated to the carrier frequency and converts the signal into predetermined data. The communication control circuit 64 switches data transmission and reception and controls communication. The microcomputer 65 controls each unit according to a control program stored in the ROM 66. Further, of the data supplied through the communication control circuit 64, data that needs to be stored is appropriately stored in a RAM (Random Access Memory).
y) 67.

The RAM 67 stores data supplied from the microcomputer 65. Modulation circuit 68
Is adapted to modulate the data supplied from the communication control circuit 64 into a signal of a carrier frequency and output the signal. The amplification circuit 69 amplifies the signal modulated to the carrier frequency supplied from the modulation circuit 68 to a level necessary for communication. The antenna 31 transmits the signal of the carrier frequency amplified by the amplifier circuit 69 by radio waves.

Next, the operation of the reader / writer 2 will be described. First, an operation when receiving data transmitted from the non-contact type IC card 1 will be described. Antenna 3
The carrier wave received from the non-contact type IC card 1 is converted into a corresponding electric signal, and then the tuning circuit 61
Supplied to The tuning circuit 61 extracts a signal of a predetermined carrier frequency from the signal supplied from the antenna 31,
It is supplied to the amplifier circuit 62. The amplifying circuit 62 includes the tuning circuit 6
After amplifying the signal supplied from 1 to a predetermined signal level, the signal is supplied to the demodulation circuit 63.

The demodulation circuit 63 demodulates the signal modulated to the carrier frequency and supplies it to the communication control circuit 64. The communication control circuit 64 is switched to the reception mode and the demodulation circuit 6
After converting the signal supplied from 3 into digital data,
It is supplied to the microcomputer 65. The microcomputer 65 temporarily stores the data supplied from the communication control circuit 64 in the RAM 67. Thereafter, the signal is transmitted to an external circuit (not shown) via the communication line 70.

Next, an operation when a data transmission request is generated and predetermined data is transmitted from the reader / writer 2 to the non-contact type IC card 1 will be described. In that case,
If necessary, data or the like to be stored in the non-contact type IC card 1 is transmitted from the external circuit to the microcomputer 65 via the communication line 70. The microcomputer 65 includes a communication line 70
And the data stored in the RAM 67 are supplied to the communication control circuit 64.

The communication control circuit 64 converts the data supplied from the microcomputer 65 into an analog signal, and supplies the analog signal to the modulation circuit 68. The modulation circuit 68 modulates the signal supplied from the communication control circuit 64 into a signal having a predetermined carrier frequency, and supplies the signal to the amplification circuit 69. The amplification circuit 69 amplifies the signal supplied from the modulation circuit 68 to a level required for communication, and transmits the signal via the antenna 31.

The signal transmitted via the antenna 31 is
The data is received by the antenna 22 of the non-contact type IC card 1 and written into the EEPROM 47 as described above.

As described above, the non-contact type IC card 1
Data can be transmitted and received between the PC and the reader / writer 2.

Next, the user uses the reader / writer 2 to
The processing operation when recording sound on the IC card 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S1, as shown in FIG. 1, the user brings the reader / writer 2 close to the uppermost surface of a bundle of sticky notes (IC card 1), and proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, the user presses the record button 34. At this time, the signal in the recording mode is supplied to the communication control circuit 64 via the microcomputer 65, and the communication control circuit 64 is switched to the audio data transmission mode.

In step S 3, the user inputs audio data to the microcomputer 65 via the microphone 33.
The microcomputer 65 supplies the supplied audio data to the communication control circuit 64. The communication control circuit 64 converts the data supplied from the microcomputer 65 into an analog signal, and then supplies the analog signal to the modulation circuit 68. The modulation circuit 68 includes the communication control circuit 6
The signal supplied from 4 is modulated into a signal of a predetermined carrier frequency and supplied to an amplifier circuit 69. The amplification circuit 69 amplifies the signal supplied from the modulation circuit 68 to a level required for communication, and transmits the signal via the antenna 31.

In step S4, the signal transmitted via the antenna 31 is received by the antenna 22 of the non-contact type IC card 1, and is transmitted to the EEPROM 45 by the microcomputer 45.
The data is written to the OM 47, and the process ends.

As described above, the uppermost sticky note (IC card 1) on which the audio data is recorded is removed from the bundle.
It is pasted on a predetermined position.

Next, the processing operation when the user reproduces the audio data recorded on the IC card 1 using the reader / writer 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S11, the user brings the reader / writer 2 close to a sticky note (IC card 1) pasted at a predetermined position, and proceeds to step S12.

In step S12, the user presses the play button 36. At this time, the reproduction mode signal is supplied to the microcomputer 65, and the reproduction mode signal is transmitted from the antenna 31. When the antenna 22 of the IC card 1 receives the reproduction mode signal, the signal is supplied to the microcomputer 45. When receiving the reproduction mode signal, the microcomputer 45
The voice data is read from the PROM 47 and transmitted via the antenna 22.

In step S 13, the carrier wave received from the non-contact type IC card 1 by the antenna 31 is converted into a corresponding electric signal and then supplied to the tuning circuit 61. The tuning circuit 61 extracts a signal having a predetermined carrier frequency from the signal supplied from the antenna 31 and supplies the signal to the amplifier circuit 62. The amplifying circuit 62 includes a tuning circuit 61
After the supplied signal is amplified to a predetermined signal level, it is supplied to a demodulation circuit 63. The demodulation circuit 63 demodulates the signal modulated to the carrier frequency and supplies the demodulated signal to the communication control circuit 64. The communication control circuit 64 is switched to the reception mode, converts the signal supplied from the demodulation circuit 63 into digital data, and supplies the digital data to the microcomputer 65. Microcomputer 6
5 temporarily stores the audio data supplied from the communication control circuit 64 in the RAM 67, reads out the audio data as appropriate,
Output from 2.

Thus, the user can confirm the contents of the sticky note (IC card 1) by voice.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

In the present specification, a providing medium for providing a user with a computer program for executing the above processing includes an information recording medium such as a magnetic disk and a CD-ROM, and a network such as the Internet and a digital satellite. Transmission media is also included.

[0049]

As described above, according to the storage device of the first aspect, the sticky note is attached to the upper surface of the storage device, and the adhesive is applied to the lower surface of the storage device. A sticky note (storage device) can be provided.

According to the information recording / reproducing apparatus of the second aspect, the information recording / reproducing method of the third aspect, and the providing medium of the fourth aspect, audio data is recorded in the storage device,
Since audio data can be played back from the storage device,
It becomes possible to protect confidential information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a non-contact type IC card 1 and a reader / writer 2 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a non-contact type IC card 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a reader / writer 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a process when audio data is recorded on the IC card 1.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining processing when audio data is reproduced from the IC card 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 non-contact IC card, 2 non-contact IC card reader / writer, 11 sticky note, 12 IC card body,
13 adhesive, 21 IC chip, 22, 31
Antenna, 32 speakers, 33 microphone, 34
Record button, 35 Delete button, 36 Play button, 41, 61 Tuning circuit, 42, 49, 62, 6
9 Amplification circuit, 43, 63 Demodulation circuit, 44, 64
Communication control circuit, 45, 65 microcomputer, 46, 6
6 ROM, 47 EEPROM, 48, 68 modulation circuit,
50 power supply circuit, 67 RAM, 70 communication line

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A storage device for storing and processing information and transmitting and receiving information to and from an external device, comprising: a writing unit for writing information stuck on an upper surface of the storage device; And a bonding means applied to the lower surface. 2. An information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of accessing a non-contact type storage device, comprising: input means for inputting audio data; recording means for recording the audio data input from the input means in the storage device; An information recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: a reproducing unit that reproduces audio data recorded in the storage device; and an output unit that outputs the audio data reproduced by the reproducing unit. 3. An information recording / reproducing method for an information recording / reproducing device capable of accessing a non-contact type storage device, comprising: an input step of inputting audio data; and recording the audio data input in the input step in the storage device. An information recording / reproducing method, comprising: a recording step of causing the recording apparatus to reproduce audio data recorded in the storage device; and an output step of outputting the audio data reproduced in the reproducing step. 4. An input step of inputting audio data to an information recording / reproducing apparatus accessible to a non-contact type storage device; a recording step of recording the audio data input in the input step in the storage device; A providing medium for providing a program for executing a process including a reproduction step of reproducing audio data recorded in the storage device and an output step of outputting the audio data reproduced in the reproduction step.