JP2017041059A - Card read system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable minimization of an influence of a metal on a magnetic field generated by coils, and to thereby enable prevention of reduction in reading distance of cards.SOLUTION: A card read system reading cards comprises: a card read unit that includes a semi-transparent plate-like member having a coil generating a magnetic field assembled, is attached to a wall and can read information recorded in the card on a surface of the plate-like member on a front surface side, which is opposite to a face directing toward the wall side in the plate-like member; and a projection unit that is disposed on an outer side of the coil, and can project an image corresponding to the information. The projection unit is disposed at a position where the image can be projected onto the plate-like member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a card reading system.

  The card reading system is used in fields such as a lieutenant machine, a security system, and an electronic money system. Some card reading systems include a card reading unit that reads information recorded on the card, and an image display unit that displays an image indicating a card authentication result and an operation method of the card reading system to the user. is there. Some card reading units of such a card reading system include a coil that generates a magnetic field, and reads information recorded on the card by passing the card through the magnetic field.

JP 2006-18526 A

  Patent Document 1 describes a card reading system including a card reading unit including a coil and an image display unit. Some card reading systems such as Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228561 are designed to improve user convenience by providing an image display unit in the vicinity of the card reading unit. However, in such a card reading system, the metal included in the components constituting the image display unit affects the magnetic field generated by the coil, so that the card reading unit can read the card. There existed a subject that it might fall. In addition, when the card reading system is installed in a building or the like, there is a problem that the configuration of the building (for example, a museum, a designer's house, or the like) may not be visible. Therefore, a technique that can prevent the reading distance of the card from being lowered and the structure of the building from being invisible has been desired.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to solve at least a part of the problems described above, and the invention can be implemented as the following forms.

  (1) According to one aspect of the present invention, a card reading system for reading a card is provided. This card reading system has a translucent plate-like member in which a coil for generating a magnetic field is incorporated, is attached to a wall, and is a front side opposite to the surface of the plate-like member facing the wall. A card reading unit capable of reading information recorded on the card on the surface of the plate-like member on the side, a projection unit arranged outside the coil and capable of projecting an image according to the information; The projection unit is arranged at a position where an image can be projected onto the plate-like member. With such an aspect, the image can be arranged on the card reading unit and the projection unit can be isolated from the coil of the card reading unit, so that the metal included in the components constituting the projection unit is generated by the coil. The influence on the magnetic field can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a reduction in the reading distance of the card. Even when an image is arranged in the vicinity of the card reading unit, the arrangement of the projection unit has a high degree of freedom compared to the arrangement of the image display unit. Can be prevented from disappearing. Further, since the card reading unit is a translucent plate-like member, it is possible to prevent the structure of the building from being invisible when the projection unit is not projecting an image. In addition, since the card reading unit is used as an object for projecting an image from the projection unit, it is not necessary to separately provide a target for projecting an image, and thus manufacturing costs can be suppressed.

  (2) According to one form of this invention, the said projection part may be distribute | arranged between the said card | curd reading part and the said wall. If it is set as such an aspect, it can prevent that the projection light inject | emitted from a projection part is prevented by the user's operation with respect to a card | curd reading part.

  (3) According to an aspect of the present invention, the front-side surface of the plate-like member may be a surface whose upper end in the vertical direction is closer to the wall side than the lower end in the vertical direction. According to such an aspect, the surface for reading information recorded on the card in the card reading unit can be set at an angle that is easy for the user to handle, so that the usability of the card reading system can be improved.

  (4) According to an aspect of the present invention, the front-side surface of the plate-like member may be a surface whose upper end in the vertical direction is farther from the wall side than the lower end in the vertical direction. If it is set as such an aspect, when installing a card reading system outdoors, it can prevent that sunlight reflects with respect to the surface which reads the information recorded on the card in the card reading part. Further, even when the card reading system is installed indoors, it is possible to prevent the fluorescent lamp from reflecting. For this reason, the user can easily see the image projected on the plate-like member.

  (5) According to one form of this invention, the said card | curd reading part may have a touch panel in the said front side in the said plate-shaped member. According to such an aspect, the user can input an instruction via the touch panel in accordance with an instruction of the projected image.

  (6) According to one aspect of the present invention, the card reading unit has a transparent member in which a coil for generating a magnetic field is incorporated, and can read information recorded on the card by passing the magnetic field. And a projection unit arranged outside the coil and capable of projecting an image according to the information to the inside of the coil. According to such an aspect, since an image is projected on the object arranged inside the coil, it is not necessary to separately provide an object for projecting the image. For this reason, manufacturing cost can be suppressed.

  The form of this invention is not restricted to the form of a card reading system, For example, it is also possible to apply to various forms, such as a system provided with a card reading system other than the control apparatus which controls a card reading system. Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It is explanatory drawing shown about the card reading system in this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing shown about the state which the projection part is projecting the image with respect to a card reading part. It is explanatory drawing of the card reading system of a reference example. It is explanatory drawing shown about the card reading system in 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing shown about the card reading system in 3rd Embodiment.

A. First embodiment:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a card reading system 10 in the present embodiment. The card reading system 10 is a system that reads information recorded on a card.

  In the present embodiment, the card reading system 10 reads an ID card in which ID (IDentification) information for identifying an individual is recorded, so that the card reading system 10 is installed only at an individual registered in advance. Allow unlocking. In other embodiments, the card reading system 10 may be provided in a time recorder that records working hours. In such an aspect, the card reading system 10 causes the time recorder to record the start and end of the individual working hours specified by the employee ID by reading the employee ID.

  The card reading system 10 includes a card reading unit 100, a projection unit 200, and a protrusion 310. In the present embodiment, the card reading system 10 is installed in a museum to control unlocking of an entrance / exit for a staff member. In other embodiments, the card reading system 10 may be installed in an office, a warehouse, or the like. In the present embodiment, the card reading system 10 is a mode in which the card reading system 10 is installed on a wall part 300 provided in a museum and a protruding part 310 protruding in a horizontal direction from the wall part 300. In other embodiments, the card reading system 10 may be installed on the wall and the floor, or may be installed on the wall and the ceiling.

  The card reading unit 100 can read information recorded on the card. In the present embodiment, the card reading unit 100 reads information recorded on the ID card.

  The card reading unit 100 has a substantially rectangular shape and includes a translucent plate-like member and a transparent touch panel. The transparent touch panel overlaps the plate-like member from the front side opposite to the wall 300 side.

  The term “semi-transparent” in the plate-like member here means that a field of view from the front side of the card reading unit 100 to the wall 300 side is secured and the plate-like member in the card reading unit 100 is seen from the wall 300 side. It means transparency having a transmittance capable of projecting an image projected by the projection unit 200. In the present embodiment, the plate member is mainly made of glass. In other embodiments, the plate-like member may be a resin plate mainly composed of any one of acrylic resin, polycarbonate resin, polyarylate resin, and methacrylic resin.

  In the present embodiment, the upper side in the vertical direction of the card reading unit 100 is attached to the wall 300 of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed, and the lower side in the vertical direction of the card reading unit 100. Are attached to the protruding direction side of the protruding portion 310 of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed.

  That is, the front side surface of the card reading unit 100 is a surface whose upper end in the vertical direction is closer to the wall 300 side than the lower end in the vertical direction. For this reason, since the front side surface, which is the surface for reading information recorded on the ID card in the card reader 100, can be installed at an angle that is easy for the user to handle, the usability of the card reading system 10 can be improved.

  The card reading unit 100 reads information recorded on the ID card on the front side. The card reading unit 100 includes a transparent coil 110 in a plate-like member.

  The coil 110 generates a magnetic field. In the present embodiment, the card reading unit 100 reads information from the ID card by generating an electromotive force in the ID card by passing the ID card through the magnetic field generated by the coil 110. In the present embodiment, the coil 110 is disposed so as to surround the central side of the card reading unit 100 that is a plate-like member in a substantially rectangular shape.

  The projection unit 200 projects projection light representing an image corresponding to information read by the card reading unit 100. In the present embodiment, the projection unit 200 projects an image onto the plate-like member by projecting the projection light onto the plate-like member in the card reading unit 100. In the present embodiment, the projection unit 200 is disposed outside the coil 110.

  In the present embodiment, when the information read by the card reading unit 100 indicates a pre-registered individual, the projection unit 200 is based on an instruction from a control unit (not shown) of the card reading system 10. An authentication success image indicating that the ID card has been authenticated and a button part for selecting whether or not to unlock the entrance for the clerk is projected. When the information read by the card reading unit 100 does not indicate an individual registered in advance, the projection unit 200 determines that the card could not be authenticated based on an instruction from the control unit of the card reading system 10. An authentication failure image indicating that the doorway for unlocking is not unlocked is projected.

  When the projection unit 200 projects the authentication success image, the card reading system 10 receives an input to the area of the touch panel corresponding to the button unit displayed in the authentication success image when viewed from the card reading unit 100 side. To unlock the doorway for the staff. After unlocking, the projection unit 200 stops displaying the authentication success image based on an instruction from the control unit of the card reading system 10.

  When there is no input to the touch panel for a certain time after the projection unit 200 projects the authentication success image, the projection unit 200 stops displaying the authentication success image based on an instruction from the control unit of the card reading system 10. To do.

  After a certain period of time has elapsed since the projection unit 200 projected the authentication failure image, the projection unit 200 stops displaying the authentication failure image based on an instruction from the control unit of the card reading system 10.

  Therefore, the user can input an instruction via the touch panel in accordance with an instruction of the image projected on the card reading unit 100.

  The wall part 300 is a wall in a museum hall where the card reading system 10 is installed. The protrusion 310 protrudes from the wall 300 in the horizontal direction and has a horizontal surface 315 facing upward in the gravitational direction.

  In the present embodiment, the projection unit 200 displays an image on the card reading unit 100 on a horizontal surface 315 between the card reading unit 100 and the wall unit 300 and facing upward in the gravity direction of the protruding unit 310. Is arranged at a position where projection is possible. For this reason, it can prevent that the projection light inject | emitted from the projection part 200 is obstructed by the user's operation with respect to the card | curd reading part 100. FIG.

  In this embodiment, the horizontal surface 315 on the mobile phone is a state in which the projection unit 200 is embedded in the protrusion 310, but in other embodiments, the horizontal surface 315 is the surface on which the projection unit 200 is horizontal. It may be in a state of being attached on the upper side in the gravity direction of 315.

  In the present embodiment, the height of the image projected by the projection unit 200 is in the range of 110 cm to 160 cm from the floor surface. In other implementations, the height of the image projected by the projection unit 200 may be less than 110 cm from the floor or may be higher than 160 cm.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the projection unit 200 projects an image onto the card reading unit 100. The projection unit 200 does not project an image until the information recorded on the card is read by the card reading unit 100. For this reason, since the card reading unit 100 is a translucent plate-like member, it is possible to prevent the structure of the building from being invisible when the projection unit 200 is not projecting an image.

  The projection unit 200 projects an authentication success image on the card reading unit 100 when the information recorded on the card read by the card reading unit 100 indicates an individual registered in advance. Moreover, the projection part 200 projects an authentication failure image on the card reading part 100, when the information recorded on the card read by the card reading part 100 does not show the person registered beforehand.

  In this embodiment, the image display means includes a card reading unit 100 that is translucent even if the size is approximately the same as a liquid crystal display, and a projection unit 200 that can be configured smaller than the liquid crystal display. For this reason, when the card reading unit 100 reads the ID card, an image is displayed. When the card reading unit 100 does not read the ID card, the structure of the building is visible so that the card reading system 10 Can prevent the configuration of the installed building from becoming invisible.

  In the present embodiment, a transparent coil 110 is provided in a plate-like member. When used for reading a card, it is rarely used as a single coil, and the coil is usually used by being covered with some member. In this embodiment, by making the member portion of the coil covered with the member semi-transparent, it is not necessary to separately provide an object on which an image is projected, and the manufacturing cost can be suppressed.

  According to the embodiment described above, since the image can be arranged on the card reading unit 100 and the projection unit 200 can be isolated from the coil 110, the metal included in the components constituting the projection unit 200 is generated by the coil 110. The influence on the applied magnetic field can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a reduction in the reading distance of the card. Even in the case where an image is arranged in the vicinity of the card reading unit 100, the arrangement of the projection unit 200 has a higher degree of freedom than the arrangement of the image display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display). It can prevent the structure of the building from becoming invisible when it is installed. Moreover, since the card reading part 100 is a translucent plate-like member, when the projection part 200 is not projecting an image, it can prevent that the structure of a building becomes invisible. Further, since the card reading unit 100 is used as an object for projecting an image from the projection unit 200, it is not necessary to separately provide a target for projecting an image, and thus manufacturing costs can be suppressed.

  Further, it is possible to prevent the projection light emitted from the projection unit 200 from being hindered by a user operation on the card reading unit 100.

  In addition, since the surface for reading information recorded on the card in the card reading unit 100 can be installed at an angle that is easy for the user to handle, the usability of the card reading system 10 can be improved.

  In addition, the user can input an instruction via the touch panel in accordance with an instruction of the projected image.

B. Reference example:
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a card reading system 40 of a reference example. The card reading system 40 is a system that reads information recorded on a card. The card reading system 40 includes a card reading unit 400.

  The card reading unit 400 reads information recorded on the card. The card reading unit 400 is a substantially rectangular shape and a plate-like member. The card reading unit 400 includes an image display unit 410 and a coil 420. The image display unit 410 is a liquid crystal display that displays an image. The coil 420 is disposed so as to surround the periphery of the image display unit 410. The card reading unit 400 reads information from the card by using the current generated in the ID card by passing the ID card through the magnetic field generated by the coil 420.

  However, in the card reading system 40 in FIG. 3, the card included in the components constituting the image display unit 410 affects the magnetic field generated by the coil 420 so that the card reading unit 400 can read the card. The possible reading distance may be reduced. Further, when the card reading system 40 is installed in a building or the like, the configuration of the building (for example, a museum, a designer's house, or the like) cannot be seen by the image display unit 410. Since the card reading system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the above-described configuration, it is possible to prevent the reading distance of the card from being lowered and the configuration of the building from becoming invisible.

C. Second embodiment:
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the card reading system 10a in the second embodiment. In the card reading system 10a in the second embodiment, the upper side in the vertical direction of the card reading unit 100 is attached to the protruding direction side of the protruding portion 310a of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed, and the card reading The lower side in the vertical direction of the unit 100 is attached to the wall 300 of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed. That is, the front side surface of the card reading unit 100 is a surface whose upper end in the vertical direction is farther from the wall 300 side than the lower end in the vertical direction.

  In addition, the projection unit 200 is arranged at a position where the image can be projected onto the card reading unit 100 on the horizontal surface 315a facing the lower side in the gravity direction of the protrusion 310a. Other points of the card reading system 10a are the same as those of the card reading system 10 in the first embodiment.

  The protruding portion 310a has a horizontal surface 315a that protrudes in the horizontal direction from the wall portion 300 and faces downward in the gravitational direction. In the card reading system 10a, the projection unit 200 is placed between the card reading unit 100 and the wall unit 300 and on the wall unit 300 on the horizontal surface 315a facing the lower side in the gravity direction of the protruding unit 310a. It is arranged at a position where an image can be projected. For this reason, it can prevent that the projection light inject | emitted from the projection part 200 is obstructed by the user's operation with respect to the card | curd reading part 100. FIG. Further, when the card reading system 10a is installed outdoors, it is possible to prevent sunlight from being reflected on the card reading unit 100 which is a transparent plate member. Even when the card reading system 10a is installed indoors, it is possible to prevent the fluorescent lamp from reflecting. For this reason, the user can easily see the image projected on the card reading unit 100.

D. Third embodiment:
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a card reading system 10b according to the third embodiment. The card reading system 10b according to the third embodiment includes a card reading unit 100b having a shape different from that of the card reading unit 100 and a coil 110b having a shape different from that of the coil 110, and a direction in which the projection unit 200 projects projection light. Is the same as the card reading system 10 in the first embodiment except that the projector 200b includes a different projection unit 200b.

  The card reading unit 100b reads information recorded on the ID card. The card reading unit 100b is a transparent member having a shape obtained by removing one side from a rectangular frame shape. The card reading unit 100b is attached to the protruding portion 310 so that the removed one side region is sealed by the protruding portion 310. Further, the side opposite to the one side removed in the card reading unit 100b is attached to the wall 300 of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed. The card reading unit 100b includes a transparent coil 110b in a transparent member.

  The coil 110b generates a magnetic field. The coil 110b is disposed so as to surround the inside of the frame shape of the card reading unit 100b, and a part of the coil 110b is disposed in the protruding portion 310. The card reading unit 100b reads information from the ID card by generating an electromotive force in the ID card by passing the ID card through the magnetic field generated by the coil 110b inside the frame shape.

  The projection unit 200 in the card reading system 10b is arranged on a horizontal surface 315 facing the upper side in the gravitational direction of the protrusion 310 in a state in which projection light can be emitted toward the inside of the frame shape in the card reading unit 100b. Has been. When the user holds the ID card inside the frame shape of the card reading unit 100b in order for the user to read the ID card, the projection unit 200 in the card reading system 10b displays an image corresponding to the information recorded on the ID card. It is arranged at a position where it can be projected onto the ID card. At this time, since the ID card needs to be able to see the projection light from the wall side from the user side, a translucent transparent film is pasted on the ID card applied to the card reading system 10b. Projects projection light.

  For this reason, since the projection part 200 projects an image on the ID card held inside the coil 110b, it is not necessary to provide the object which projects an image separately. As a result, the manufacturing cost of the card reading system 10b can be suppressed.

E. Variations:
In the card reading system 10 of the above embodiment, the upper side in the vertical direction of the card reading unit 100 is attached to the wall portion 300 of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed, and the vertical direction of the card reading unit 100. The lower side is attached to the projecting direction side of the projecting portion 310 of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the upper side in the vertical direction of the card reading unit 100 is not attached to the wall 300 of the museum where the card reading system 10 is installed, and the lower side in the vertical direction of the card reading unit 100 is You may attach to the protrusion direction side in the protrusion part 310 of the museum in which the reading system 10 was installed.

  Further, in the card reading system 10 of the above-described embodiment, the projection unit 200 is between the card reading unit 100 and the wall unit 300 and on the horizontal surface 315 facing the upper side in the gravity direction of the protrusion 310. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the projection unit 200 may be disposed at a position where an image can be projected onto the card reading unit 100 from the outside between the card reading unit 100 and the wall unit 300. The projection unit 200 may be disposed between the card reading unit 100 and the wall unit 300 and on the wall unit 300 at a position where an image can be projected onto the card reading unit 100.

  In the card reading system 10 of the above embodiment, the card reading unit 100 has a substantially rectangular shape and includes a translucent plate-like member and a transparent touch panel. However, the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, the card reading unit 100 may have a substantially rectangular shape and a semitransparent plate-like member and a transparent touch panel, and may further include another configuration in the protruding portion 310.

  In the card reading system 10 of the above embodiment, the protruding portion 310 protrudes from the wall portion 300 in the horizontal direction, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the protruding portion 310 may protrude from the wall portion 300 toward the upper side in the vertical direction from the horizontal direction, or may protrude from the wall portion 300 toward the lower side in the vertical direction from the horizontal direction. Moreover, although the protrusion part 310 was supposed to have the horizontal surface 315 which faced the gravity direction upper side, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the protrusion 310 may have a surface in which the upper end in the vertical direction is closer to the wall 300 side than the lower end in the vertical direction, or the upper end in the vertical direction is farther from the wall 300 side than the lower end in the vertical direction. It may have a surface.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, examples, and modifications, and can be realized with various configurations without departing from the spirit thereof. For example, the technical features in the embodiments, examples, and modifications corresponding to the technical features in each embodiment described in the summary section of the invention are to solve some or all of the above-described problems, or In order to achieve part or all of the above-described effects, replacement or combination can be performed as appropriate. Further, if the technical feature is not described as essential in the present specification, it can be deleted as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Card reading system 10a ... Card reading system 10b ... Card reading system 40 ... Card reading system 100 ... Card reading part 100b ... Card reading part 110 ... Coil 110b ... Coil 200 ... Projection part 200b ... Projection part 300 ... Wall part 310 ... Projection 310a ... Projection 315 ... Surface 315a ... Surface 400 ... Card reader 410 ... Image display 420 ... Coil

Claims (6)

A card reading system for reading a card,
The plate-like member on the front side which has a translucent plate-like member in which a coil for generating a magnetic field is incorporated, is attached to a wall and is opposite to the surface facing the wall side of the plate-like member A card reader capable of reading information recorded on the card in the plane of
A projection unit arranged outside the coil and capable of projecting an image according to the information;
The said projection part is a card reading system arrange | positioned in the position which can project an image on the said plate-shaped member. The card reading system according to claim 1,
The card reading system, wherein the projection unit is arranged between the card reading unit and the wall. The card reading system according to claim 1 or 2,
The front surface of the plate-like member is a card reading system in which the upper end in the vertical direction is closer to the wall side than the lower end in the vertical direction. The card reading system according to claim 1 or 2,
The card reading system in which the surface on the front side of the plate-like member is a surface whose upper end in the vertical direction is farther from the wall side than the lower end in the vertical direction. The card reading system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The card reading unit has a touch panel on the front side of the plate member. A card reading system for reading a card,
A card reading unit having a transparent member incorporating a coil for generating a magnetic field and capable of reading information recorded on the card by passing the magnetic field;
A card reading system comprising: a projection unit that is arranged outside the coil and capable of projecting an image corresponding to the information to the inside of the coil.

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