JP2014092968A - Portable storage medium issuing processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable storage medium processing apparatus which prevents a defective card, a card jamming in process of processing, or a card stopped in an issuing apparatus due to power failure or the like from being illegally prepared, or prevents an unissued card from being included in normal cards.SOLUTION: An IC card supply part 14 picks up an IC card 12 from an IC card storage part 13. An encoding part 15 inputs data to the IC card. A check part 16 determines whether the encoding has been properly performed or not. When the check part 16 detects an encode error as a result of checking the encoding and the encode error occurs, a punching part 20 as punching means punches the defective card, and the card is stored in a defective storage part 17. A non-defective card is conveyed to a printing unit 18, and is discharged to a discharge part 19 after expiration date or the like is printed thereon.

Description

  The present invention relates to an IC card processing device used for issuing an IC card including an IC chip. More specifically, the present invention relates to an unusable state of a defective IC card that is generated when performing an IC card issuing process, and The present invention relates to a processing apparatus that reliably discharges a defective card to a defective card discharge unit.

  The IC card is used, for example, to prove an individual's identity such as a cash card, employee card, student card, and the like, and the IC card is provided with an IC chip. In addition to the IC chip, a magnetic tape is often attached.

JP 63-56771 A JP 2000-20669 A

  By the way, conventionally, when issuing the IC card, a process of writing setting data such as individual information and an expiration date is performed using an immediate issuing device. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a generally used immediate issue device. In the immediate issuing device 1, the card 2 to be issued is conveyed from the card storage 3 that stores the card to the card supply unit 4. Next, data such as a membership number, an expiration date, and a credit card issuing company code are input to the magnetic stripe or IC chip of the credit card by the IC or magnetic encoding unit 5. In this case, the encoding check unit 6 detects an encoding error, and when an encoding error occurs, the defective card is stored in the defective card storage unit 7. The normal card is then conveyed to the printing unit 8 and is discharged to the discharge unit 9 after the expiration date is printed.

  However, in the above-mentioned immediate issuing device, there is a problem that a malicious card stored in the defective card storage unit is taken out by a malicious person and the card is illegally created or leaked outside. In addition, it is extremely rare for cards to be jammed during the process of issuing with the immediate issuing device, or the issuing device itself to stop due to troubles such as power failure. It may occur. In this case, for example, an unissued card that has not been subjected to an encoding check is discharged together with a normal card, or a jammed card is extracted and illegally created in the same manner as described above.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention prevents unauthorized creation of a defective card, a card jammed in the middle of processing, or a card stagnated in the issuing device due to a power failure or the like, and an unissued card becomes a normal card. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable storage medium processing apparatus that can prevent mixing.

As a means for solving the problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a portable storage medium processing apparatus having a storage unit,
An encoding unit, a check unit, a drilling unit, a conveyance control unit at the time of abnormality, and a defective product storage unit;
The encoding means is means for encoding data in the storage medium,
The check means is means for determining whether the storage medium is encoded or not,
The punching means is a means for performing a punching process on a storage medium determined to be defective or a storage part of a storage medium stagnating in the processing apparatus during processing,
The abnormal time conveyance control means is means for conveying the storage medium stagnated in the processing apparatus during the processing to the perforation processing means at the time of abnormality,
A portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus characterized in that the storage medium punched by the punching means is discharged to a defective product storage section.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is an IC chip or a magnetic stripe or both.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the storage unit is an IC chip, and the hole to be drilled has a diameter of 5 mm or more. The portable storage medium issuance process according to the first or second aspect Device.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the hole having a diameter of 5 mm or more is 10 to 20 mm from the left short side of the storage medium, one or more holes in the range of 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side, 10 to 20 mm from the right short side, 4. The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more holes are punched in a range of 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side.

  The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the hole having a diameter of 5 mm or more is 10 to 20 mm from the left short side of the storage medium, one or more holes in the range of 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side, 10 to 20 mm from the right short side, 1 or more in the range of 15-30 mm from the upper long side, 10-20 mm from the left short side, 1 or more in the range of 15-30 mm from the lower long side, 10-20 mm from the right short side, 15 from the lower long side 4. The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more holes are punched in a range of ˜30 mm.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the storage unit is a magnetic stripe, and the hole having a diameter of 5 mm or more is one or more in a range of 5.5 to 15 mm from the upper long side of the storage medium, and 5 from the lower long side. 3. The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more holes are punched in a range of 5 to 15 mm.

  According to the portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to prevent unauthorized creation of a card at the time of card issuance and mixing of an unissued processing card into a non-defective card.

The figure which shows an example of the immediate issue apparatus generally used. The figure which shows the storage medium applied to the issuing processing apparatus of the portable storage medium of this invention, and shows the IC card which has both an IC chip and a magnetic tape as an example. (A) shows the surface. (B) shows the back surface. The figure which shows schematic structure of the issuing processing apparatus of the portable storage medium of this invention. The figure which shows the example of the IC card which shows the punching range which concerns on this invention. The figure which shows the example of the IC card which shows the punching range which concerns on this invention. The figure which shows the example of the IC card which shows the punching range which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a storage medium applied to the portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus of the present invention (hereinafter, the portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus is simply referred to as a processing apparatus). An IC card having both tapes will be described as an example.

  FIG. 2A is a diagram showing the front surface of the storage medium, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing the back surface. On the surface of the IC card shown in FIG. 2A, eight contact terminals of an IC chip for connecting to an external device are provided, and the outer shape of the eight contact terminals is standardized at the position shown in the figure. ing. The magnetic stripe provided on the back surface is located at a position 5.66 mm away from the edge of the card, and the width is specified as 9.52 mm (ISO / IEC 7816). The magnetic stripe may be a double stripe.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the processing apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, solid and broken arrows indicate the IC card transport direction. The processing device 11 of the present invention picks up an IC card 12 from an IC card storage unit 13 provided in the device by an IC card supply unit 14 and inputs data to the IC card by an encoding unit 15 which is an encoding means. To do. Further, the quality of the encoding is determined by the check unit 16 which is a means for checking the quality of the encoding. As a result of determining whether the encoding is good or bad, the encoding unit 16 detects an encoding error. If an encoding error occurs, the defective card is punched by the punching unit 20 which is a punching means, and then the defective product is stored. It is stored in the part 17. A normal card is conveyed to the printing unit 18, and after the expiration date is printed, it is discharged to the discharge unit 19, and the issuing process is completed.

  In addition, the processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with an abnormal-time conveyance control means. In this case, the card is jammed in the middle of the processing while the processing device is issuing, or the processing device itself stops due to a trouble such as a power failure. It refers to the case where it is stagnant. In this case, in the processing apparatus of the present invention, the jammed or stagnant card is transported to the punching unit 20 by the transport control means at the time of abnormality, and then punched by the punching unit 20. In other words, the IC card in the transport path indicated by the solid line in the figure is transported to the punching unit 20 and punched by the above-described transport control means at the time of abnormality. Thus, when returning from an abnormal time (referred to as initialization), the IC card in the transport path of the processing apparatus is punched and then stored in the defective product storage unit 17, so that the card is illegal. Creation can be prevented.

  In the processing apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of holes are drilled in a range determined by the drilling unit 20. 4 to 6 are diagrams showing examples of the IC card showing the perforation range.

  The IC card shown in FIG. 4 has at least one hole having a diameter of 5 mm or more in a range of 10 to 20 mm from the left short side of the storage medium (in this case, the IC card 21) and 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side. The case where one or more holes are drilled in the range of 10 to 20 mm from the right short side and 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side is shown. In the case of FIG. 4, one perforation is shown in each range. By punching in such a range, the IC chip 22 provided in the IC card 21 can be surely broken by the hole 23. Moreover, the IC chip 22 can be reliably destroyed by the hole 24 even when the IC card 21 is reversed in the left-right direction.

The IC card shown in FIG. 5 has at least one hole having a diameter of 5 mm or more in the range of 10 to 20 mm from the left short side of the IC card 21 and 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side, 10 to 20 mm from the right short side, 1 or more in the range of 15-30 mm from the upper long side, 10-20 mm from the left short side, 1 or more in the range of 15-30 mm from the lower long side, 10-20 mm from the right short side, 15 from the lower long side The case where one or more holes are drilled in a range of ˜30 mm is shown. In the case of FIG. 5, one perforation is shown. By punching in such a range, the IC chip 22 provided in the IC card 21 can be surely broken by the hole 23. Moreover, the IC chip 22 can be reliably destroyed by the hole 24 even when the IC card 21 is reversed in the left-right direction. Further, the IC chip 22 can be reliably destroyed even when the IC card 21 is inverted vertically by the hole 25 or when the IC card 21 is inverted vertically and horizontally by the hole 26.

The IC card shown in FIG. 6 has one hole having a diameter of 5 mm or more in the range of 5.5 to 15 mm from the upper long side of the IC card 21 and one hole in the range of 5.5 to 15 mm from the lower long side. The case where it was perforated above is shown. In addition, in the case of FIG. 6, it shows having drilled two in each range. By drilling in such a range, the magnetic tape 32 provided in the IC card 21 can be reliably broken by the holes 33 and 34. Further, even when the card 21 is turned upside down by the holes 35 and 36, the magnetic tape 32 can be surely broken. Even if the IC card 21 is provided with a so-called double stripe of the magnetic tape 32 and the magnetic tape 32a, the magnetic tape can be reliably broken by the holes 35 and 36.

  Thus, by drilling holes with a diameter of 5 mm or more in the range shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the function of the IC chip 22 or the magnetic tape 32 (or the magnetic tape 32a in the case of double stripes) can be destroyed. As a result, illegal creation can be prevented.

  Further, as described above, the card which has jammed or stagnated in the processing apparatus at the time of a power failure or the like is transported to the punching unit 20 and punched and stored in the defective product storing unit 17 by the abnormal transport control unit as described above. It is possible to prevent illegal creation of cards and mixing of non-issued processing cards into non-defective cards.

  As described above, according to the portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent unauthorized creation of a card at the time of card issuance and mixing of an unissued processing card into a non-defective card.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Immediate issue apparatus 2 ... Card 3 ... Card storage 4 ... Card supply part 5 ... IC or magnetic encoding part 6 ... Encoding check part 7 ... Defective card storage part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 8 ... Printing unit 9 ... Discharge part 11 ... Processing apparatus 12 ... IC card 13 ... IC card storage part 14 ... IC card supply part 15 ... Encoding part 16 ... Check unit 17 ... defective product storage unit 18 ... printing unit 19 ... discharge unit 20 ... punching unit 21 ... IC card 22 ... IC chips 23, 24, 25, 26 ... -Holes 32, 32a for destroying the IC chip ... Magnetic tapes 33, 34, 35, 36 ... Holes for breaking the magnetic tape

Claims (6)

A portable storage medium processing apparatus having a storage unit,
An encoding unit, a check unit, a drilling unit, a conveyance control unit at the time of abnormality, and a defective product storage unit;
The encoding means is means for encoding data in the storage medium,
The check means is means for determining whether the storage medium is encoded or not,
The punching means is a means for performing a punching process on a storage medium determined to be defective or a storage part of a storage medium stagnating in the processing apparatus during processing,
The abnormal time conveyance control means is means for conveying the storage medium stagnated in the processing apparatus during the processing to the perforation processing means at the time of abnormality,
A portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus, wherein the storage medium punched by the punching means is discharged to a defective product storage section.   The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is an IC chip and / or a magnetic stripe.   The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is an IC chip, and the hole to be drilled has a diameter of 5 mm or more.   One or more holes having a diameter of 5 mm or more in the range of 10 to 20 mm from the left short side of the storage medium and 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side, 10 to 20 mm from the right short side, and 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side 4. The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more perforations are perforated.   One or more holes having a diameter of 5 mm or more in the range of 10 to 20 mm from the left short side of the storage medium and 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side, 10 to 20 mm from the right short side, and 15 to 30 mm from the upper long side One or more holes in the range from 10 to 20 mm from the left short side and 15 to 30 mm from the lower long side, one or more holes in the range from 10 to 20 mm from the right short side and 15 to 30 mm from the lower long side The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   The storage unit is a magnetic stripe, and one or more holes having a diameter of 5 mm or more are provided in the range of 5.5 to 15 mm from the upper long side of the storage medium, and one hole is provided in the range of 5.5 to 15 mm from the lower long side. The portable storage medium issuance processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein punching is performed as described above.

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