JP2679698B2 - ID card data recognition and restoration method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal using an ID card, and in particular, when an ID card read error occurs, the card data of the ID card is recognized and the magnetic characteristics of the magnetic stripe are deteriorated. Regarding how to restore data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an ID card is often used in membership management such as credits, and a reader device for reading the ID card is connected to a computer terminal to input data.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a terminal to which a conventional ID card reader is connected.

That is, at the time of transaction, the terminal 11
An ID card (not shown) is inserted into the ID card reader 12 which is a magnetic card reading device provided in the, and the ID card reader 12 inserts a magnetic stripe of the ID card (on the magnetic tape portion for recording information, on the back surface of the normal card). Is provided,
The information recorded in JIS B 9560, 9561, etc.) is read by the reading program 13. I
When the D card is normally read, the host computer 16 is inquired of the card data via the communication line via the inquiry program 14 and the communication program 15, and the host computer 16 uses the card data of the ID card (not shown in the database). Etc. is returned to the terminal 11.

[0005]

The first problem with the conventional management system using the ID card is that the magnetic characteristics of the magnetic stripe of the ID card used are deteriorated and the reading magnetic head of the ID card reader is dirty. When an ID card reading error occurs due to the above reasons, the reading program 13 of the terminal 11 at that point shifts to a predetermined error process as an error, and the transaction is canceled.

Further, even if erroneous reading occurs, the host computer 16 excludes the ID card data and the transaction processing is stopped.

In such a case, it is necessary to perform a reissuance procedure of the ID card, and it is necessary to perform a predetermined document procedure etc. to the issuer of the ID card, which is cumbersome and responsive to transactions. Is a very important issue.

That is, since it is not possible to immediately respond to reissuance due to an ID card reading error, the convenience of not being aware of immediacy and business hours, which is originally one of the purposes of using the ID card, is impaired. It depends.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and is caused by deterioration of the magnetism of the magnetic stripe of the ID card, dirt of the reading magnetic head of the ID card reader, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for recognizing and restoring card data of an ID card at the time when a card reading error occurs.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an ID card reader / writer comprising means for reading card data recorded on an ID card and writing predetermined data, Control means for controlling reading and writing of the ID card reader / writer, input means for inputting personal information, means for inquiring card data of the ID card, and communication with the host computer At least a communication control means for communicating with the terminal, and a data search means for searching the card data of the ID card transmitted from the terminal. And a host computer including, when an error occurs in reading the ID card in the ID card reader in the terminal , Performs retries of a predetermined number of read and inputs predetermined personal information of the owner of the ID card from the input means in a read error,
The data of the ID card is transmitted to the host computer together with the personal information, and the host computer extracts the card data of the regular ID card corresponding to the ID card in which the read error has occurred in the data retrieval means and reads the data. Provided is a method of recognizing and restoring ID card data, which is characterized by recognizing the ID card in error.

Further, according to the present invention, the terminal receiving the card data of the regular ID card recognized by the host computer is the ID card in which the reading error has occurred under the control of the control means. On the other hand, the regular card data is written.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the control program of the ID card reader / writer notifies the inquiry program of error data when an ID card reading error occurs, and
The reading of the ID card is retried and the read data is notified to the host computer.

Further, when an error in the data of the ID card is detected, the inquiry program of the terminal writes the data by using the card writing function of the ID card reader / writer when the writing of the card data is notified from the host computer. .

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to FIG. 1, in the present embodiment,
The terminal 1 is connected with an ID card reader / writer 2 for reading and magnetically writing information recorded on the magnetic stripe of the ID card, and a keyboard 4 for inputting personal data. A control program 3 for controlling reading / writing of the reader / writer 2,
An inquiry program 5 for editing the data of the ID card reader / writer 2 and the input data from the keyboard 4 and making an inquiry for data to the host computer 7, and a communication program 6 for communicating with the host computer 7 are provided.

The host computer 7 also has a communication program 8 for communicating with the terminal 1 and a data search program 9 for searching the data of the ID card sent from the terminal 1 and making a predetermined response. The communication line 10 is connected to the terminal 1.

The processing operation of recognizing and restoring the ID card data in the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The following describes the ID card data recognition and restoration processing when the ID card data read due to the deterioration of the magnetic stripe of the ID card is a read error.

First, the operation of reading the ID card data of the terminal 1 will be described.

The control program 3 is an ID card reader /
Read the ID card (not shown) with the writer 2.
At the time of reading the card, if there is a reading error or an erroneous reading, the read data of the ID card is accumulated in a predetermined storage area without being discarded, and the reading is retried a predetermined number of times.

After the error data of the ID card is accumulated by a plurality of reading retries, the personal data is input from the keyboard 4 under the control of the inquiry program 5. Here, the personal data is, for example, embossed data stamped on an ID card, a user's date of birth, an address, a telephone number, or the like.

The inquiry program 5 has the ID stored previously.
The card data is received from the control program 3 and transmitted to the host computer 7 through the communication program 6 together with the personal data input from the keyboard 4 to make an inquiry.

In this case, the operation of the host computer 7 is as follows.

That is, the communication program 8 searches the data search program 9 for the inquiry data received from the terminal 1 via the communication line.

The data search program 9 fuzzyly searches a set of errors accumulated in the terminal 1 or misread ID card data, and extracts candidate ID card data. In the fuzzy search, the error allowable range is changed without immediately determining that the error data does not match the regular card data, and a member database (not shown) provided in the host computer 7 is provided. With reference to the information, the error data is estimated and repaired, and the candidate ID card data is extracted.

Each element of the extracted personal data of the ID card data candidate is compared with the personal data sent from the terminal 1 (the personal data input from the keyboard 4 when the reading error occurs), and these are compared. If there is a match, the ID card data is regarded as the regular ID card data.

Then, the regular ID card data is sent to the terminal 1 via the communication program 8 and the communication line together with the message indicating that the inquiry is normally completed. This completes the recognition of the ID card data that has been determined to be a read error.

Next, the operation of restoring the ID card data in the terminal 1 will be described.

The control program 3 of the terminal 1 which has received the response of the inquiry result from the host computer 7 via the communication program 8 and the communication program 6 of the terminal 1 receives the normalization of the error card previously read during this response. If the ID card data is included, use the write function of the ID card reader / writer to write the ID.
The regular card data is magnetically written on the magnetic stripe of the card.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a read error occurs during reading of the ID card, it is possible to identify the proper card data by notifying the host computer of the read error data together with the personal information and performing a search process. This has the effect that the interruption of transactions can be significantly reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, the normal card data sent from the host computer can be immediately written to the ID card by the ID card writer when the ID card read error occurs. This has an effect that it is possible to restore the deteriorated magnetic stripe in the ID card without requiring the ID card reissue procedure processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Terminal 2 ID Card Reader / Writer 3 Control Program 4 Keyboard (Input Means) 5 Inquiry Program 6 Communication Program 7, 16 Host Computer 8 Communication Program 9 Data Search Program 11 Terminal 12 ID Card Reader 13 Reading Program 14 Inquiry Program 15 Communication Program 16 Host computer

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An ID card reader / writer comprising means for reading card data recorded on an ID card and writing predetermined data, and control for controlling reading and writing of the ID card reader / writer. A terminal for inputting personal information, a means for inquiring card data of the ID card, and a communication control means for communicating with a host computer; A host computer including at least a communication control unit for communicating with a terminal; and a data retrieval unit for retrieving the card data of the ID card transmitted from the terminal, the ID card reader in the terminal At I
When a read error of the D card occurs, the read is retried a predetermined number of times, and when the read error occurs, the predetermined personal information of the owner of the ID card is input from the input means to transfer the data of the ID card to the individual. The information is transmitted to the host computer together with the information, and the host computer extracts the card data of the legitimate ID card corresponding to the ID card in which the read error has occurred in the data search means, and extracts the ID card in which the read error has occurred. A method for recognizing and restoring ID card data, characterized by recognizing. 2. The terminal which has received the card data of the regular ID card recognized by the host computer, receives the card data of the regular ID card under the control of the control means, and sends it to the regular ID card for which the read error has occurred. 2. The ID card data recognition and restoration method according to claim 1, wherein the card data is written.