JP2002224624A - System and method for forming sealed letter for for sending ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form sealed letters for sending IC cards which are capable of sending the IC cards to the always correct addressees without giving rise to mismatching between the information written on the IC cards and the addressee information with which envelopes are printed. SOLUTION: This system is equipped with an encoder for writing the required information on the IC cards (1) to be sent, a reader (11) for reading the information from the IC cards written with the required information and enclosed and sealed into the envelopes (6) and a printer (12) for printing the envelopes with the information on the addressees in accordance with the information read from the IC cards.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for creating a letter for sending an IC card, and more particularly to creating a letter for sending an IC card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, I, such as for employees, students, members, etc.
It has been proposed to use an IC card as a D card in terms of security. In this case, the IC card on which the required information is written is attached to the mount forming the cover sheet, sealed in an envelope, and shipped.

[0003]

Here, a large number of IC cards on which information is written and a large number of envelopes on which a destination is printed are prepared in advance, and each IC card is sealed in a corresponding envelope. In this case, a mismatch (mismatch) occurs between the information written on the IC card and the destination information printed on the envelope, and the IC card is erroneously sent.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problem, and has been made in consideration of the problem described above, without causing a mismatch between information written on an IC card and destination information printed on an envelope. An object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for creating an IC card mailing envelope that can always be sent to a correct destination.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an encoder for writing required information on an IC card to be sent, and an envelope on which the required information is written and an envelope. A reader for reading information from the IC card enclosed and sealed in the printer, and a printer for printing destination information on the envelope based on the information read from the IC card. To provide a system for creating an IC card sending envelope.

According to a preferred aspect of the first invention, the I
The information processing apparatus further includes a collating unit for confirming the consistency between the required information written on the C card and the destination information printed on the envelope. Further, the printer prints a barcode including information corresponding to the destination information on the envelope, and the collating unit reads information from the IC card sealed in the envelope on which the destination information is printed. And a barcode reader for reading information from a barcode printed on the envelope.

According to a preferred aspect of the first invention,
The printer has a first printer for printing information on the front side of the envelope and a second printer for printing information on the back side of the envelope. In this case, it is preferable that the printer has a reversing unit for reversing the envelope on which the information is printed by the first printer and supplying the envelope to the second printer.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a writing step of writing required information on an IC card to be sent, an enclosing step of enclosing the IC card on which the required information is written in an envelope, The IC encapsulated and sealed in
An IC comprising: a reading step of reading information from a card; and a printing step of printing destination information on the envelope based on the information read from the IC card.
Provides a method for creating a sealed envelope for sending a card.

According to a preferred aspect of the second invention, the I
The method further includes a collation step of confirming the consistency between the required information written on the C card and the destination information printed on the envelope.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, after necessary information is written on an IC card to be sent, the IC card on which the required information is written is sealed in an envelope. Then, the information is read from the IC card enclosed in the envelope and the destination information is printed on the envelope based on the information read from the IC card. Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided an IC card sending apparatus that can always send an IC card to a correct destination without causing a mismatch between information written on the IC card and destination information printed on an envelope. It is possible to create envelopes.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a part of a system for creating an envelope for sending an IC card according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which required information is written into an IC card and sealed in an envelope. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a part of the system for creating an envelope for sending an IC card according to the present embodiment, which prints destination information on an envelope in which the IC card is enclosed and sealed. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to the creation of an envelope for sending an IC card as a member card to be sent to a large number of members.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system according to the present embodiment includes an encoder 2 for writing necessary information to a memory section of an IC card 1 to be sent. The encoder 2 is connected to the computer 3, and the computer 3 is an IC
The database 4 including necessary information to be written on the card 1, ie, encoding information, is configured to be accessible. Here, the necessary information to be written to the IC card 1 includes at least information on the destination (name, address, etc. of each member). IC with required information
The card 1 is a card mount 5 constituting a membership card cover sheet.
Attached to.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a card mount on which an IC card on which required information is written is mounted. As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of bending perforations 5 a and 5 b are formed on the card mount 5. In the center between the first perforation 5a and the second perforation 5b, a pair of diagonally formed cuts 5c are formed.
The IC card 1 is attached using the steps 5 and 5d. When the IC card 1 is attached to the card mount 5, other suitable means other than the cutting can be used.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, the card mount 5 to which the IC card 1 is attached is folded in three along a pair of bending perforations 5 a and 5 b, and sealed in an envelope 6. In this manner, the envelopes 6 in which the IC cards 1 are sequentially sealed are sealed (stacked) for the next processing. Here, the attachment of the IC card 1 to the card mount 5, the card mount 5 to which the IC card 1 is attached
The three-folding, the enclosing and sealing of the three-folded card mount 5 in the envelope 6, and the stacking of the envelope 6 can be performed manually.

However, the steps from writing of information to the IC card 1 to printing on the card mount 5 and tri-folding of the card mount 5 can be automatically processed using a known encoding printer. In this case, the IC card 1 may be simply stored in the three-folded card mount 5 without attaching the IC card 1 to the card mount 5. Further, the enclosing and sealing of the folded card mount 5 into the envelope 6 and the stack of the envelopes 6 can be automatically processed using a known enclosing and sealing device.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the system according to the present embodiment includes an IC card 1 (see FIG. (Not shown in FIG. 1). The information read by the first reader 11 is supplied to the control unit 10. Control unit 10
Then, a print command is output to the first printer 12 and the second printer 14 based on the information supplied from the first reader 11.

The first printer 12 prints destination information on the surface of the envelope 6 based on a print command from the control unit 10. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing information printed on an envelope, wherein FIG. 4A shows information printed on the front surface, and FIG. 4B shows information printed on the back surface. As shown in FIG. 4A, the name 41 and the address 42 of the member to whom the IC card 1 is to be sent are printed (printed) on the front surface 6a of the envelope 6.

A bar code 4 containing information corresponding to the member's name 41 and address 42 is provided on the front surface 6a of the envelope 6.
3 is printed (printed). The envelope 6 on which information on the destination is printed by the first printer 12 is conveyed to the reversing unit 13 along the conveyance path. The reversing unit 13 reverses the envelope 6 based on a reversal command from the control unit 10 so that the back surface 6b of the envelope 6 is located on the upper side in the drawing. The envelope 6 reversed by the reversing unit 13 is transported to the second printer 14 along the transport path.

The second printer 14 prints information such as a message 44 to the member on the back surface 6b of the envelope 6, as shown in FIG. 4B, based on a print command from the control unit 10. The envelope 6 on which the message 44 or the like to the member is printed by the second printer 14 includes a second reader 15 disposed on the upper side in the figure and a bar code reader 16 disposed on the lower side in the figure along the transport path. Conveyed during 2nd leader 1
5 reads information from the IC card 1 sealed in the envelope 6 and supplies the read information to the control unit 10.

On the other hand, the bar code reader 16 reads information from the bar code 43 printed on the front surface 6 a of the envelope 6 and supplies the read information to the control unit 10. Control unit 1
0, the IC provided on the basis of the information supplied from the second reader 15 and the information supplied from the barcode reader 16
The consistency between the information written on the card 1 and the destination information printed on the front surface 6a of the envelope 6 is confirmed.

When the control unit 10 confirms the consistency between the information written on the IC card 1 and the information of the destination printed on the front surface 6a of the envelope 6, the envelope 6 is checked for the matched I
Stacked as a letter for sending a C card. On the other hand, if a mismatch is found between the information written on the IC card 1 and the information of the destination printed on the front surface 6a of the envelope 6 in the control unit 10, the envelope 6 is controlled by the control unit 10. Box 1 based on the reject command
It is led to 7.

As described above, in the present embodiment, after the IC card 1 on which the required information is written is sealed in the envelope 6, the envelope 6 is read based on the information read from the IC card 1 sealed and sealed in the envelope 6. Print destination information. As a result, without causing a mismatch between the information written on the IC card 1 and the destination information printed on the envelope 6, and without using a printing database, the IC card 1 is always sent to the correct destination. Can be created.

In the above embodiment, the IC card 1
At the same time, the card mount 5 as a cover sheet is sealed in the envelope 6, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the use of the card mount 5 can be omitted.

In the above-described embodiment, the first printer 12 and the second printer 14 are arranged at intervals along the transport path. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The second printer 14 can be arranged at an interval in the vertical direction with respect to the transport path. in this case,
Printing on the front surface 6a of the envelope 6 by the first printer 12,
Printing on the back surface 6b of the envelope 6 of the second printer 14 is performed simultaneously.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the second reader 15, the barcode reader 16, and the control unit 10
A collating unit for confirming matching between the information written on the C card 1 and the information of the destination printed on the front surface 6a of the envelope 6 is configured. However, the collating unit is not an essential component in the present invention, and the installation of the second reader 15 and the barcode reader 16 can be omitted. In this case, needless to say, installation of the reject box 17 is unnecessary.

In the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to an example in which an IC card as a member card is sent to each member. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The present invention can be applied to creation of a letter for sending a card. In the present invention, the IC card is
This concept broadly includes general non-contact type IC module members called IC labels and IC tags.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, after enclosing and sealing an IC card in which required information is written in an envelope, the IC card is sent to the envelope based on information read from the IC card which is encapsulated and sealed in the envelope. Print the previous information. Therefore, an IC card delivery envelope that can always send the IC card to the correct destination is created without causing a mismatch between the information written on the IC card and the destination information printed on the envelope. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a part of a system for creating an envelope for sending an IC card according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which required information is written into an IC card and enclosed in an envelope.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a part of the system for creating an envelope for sending an IC card according to the present embodiment, which prints destination information on an envelope in which the IC card is enclosed and sealed;

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a card mount on which an IC card on which required information is written is attached.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing information printed on an envelope,
(A) shows information printed on the front surface, and (b) shows information printed on the back surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 IC card 2 Encoder 3 Computer 5 Card mount 6 Envelope 10 Control part 11 First reader 12 First printer 13 Reversing part 14 Second printer 15 Second reader 16 Barcode reader

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Claims (7)

[Claims] An encoder for writing required information on an IC card to be sent, a reader for reading the information from the IC card on which the required information is written and enclosed in an envelope, and the IC card A printer for printing destination information on the envelope based on the information read from the IC card. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a collating unit for confirming consistency between required information written on the IC card and information on a destination printed on the envelope. System. 3. The printer prints a bar code including information corresponding to the destination information on the envelope, and the collating unit prints a bar code containing the destination information on the envelope. Second for reading information from the card
The system according to claim 1, further comprising a reader and a barcode reader for reading information from a barcode printed on the envelope. 4. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the printer has a first printer for printing information on the front side of the envelope and a second printer for printing information on the back side of the envelope. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the printer has a reversing unit for reversing the envelope on which the information is printed by the first printer and supplying the envelope to the second printer. . 6. A writing step of writing required information on an IC card to be sent, an enclosing step of enclosing the IC card with the required information written in an envelope, and a step of enclosing and sealing the envelope in the envelope. A method for preparing an IC card sending envelope, comprising: a reading step of reading information from an IC card; and a printing step of printing destination information on the envelope based on the information read from the IC card. 7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of checking the consistency between required information written on the IC card and information on a destination printed on the envelope.
The method described in.