JPH0366707B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apparatus for inspecting ID cards.

[Conventional technology]

In general, ID cards are used to identify the identity of the holder using magnetism, OCR, barcodes, holography, IC, passive elements, etc. Cards have come to be widely used as identification cards because they are not subject to external disturbances such as magnetism, their contents are extremely difficult to read by others, and they are highly reliable.

This IC card is an IC with an IC chip attached to the board.
The module is manufactured by fitting it into a pre-prepared recess in the card material, so in order to inspect the information recorded on this IC card, the IC card must be moved by the card feeding mechanism in the inspection device. I C
Information is read by touching an inspection stylus to the external input/output terminal that appears on the surface of the card that contains the card.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In conventional ID card inspection equipment, the inspection stylus must be brought into precise contact with the external input/output terminal position on the IC card, and if the pressure is too strong when the inspection stylus is pressed into contact, There is a risk of the IC part of the card being destroyed, and when transporting the IC card from the insertion slot to the position where the inspection stylus comes into contact, a belt or roller, etc. may be brought into contact with the surface of the card like a magnetic card, causing frictional force. Since the cards were sliding, there were problems such as stains and scratches on the cards, which could lead to the cards becoming defective and causing loss of commercial value.

The present invention eliminates these conventional drawbacks and provides a safe method that does not damage or stain the card surface.
The purpose is to provide an ID card inspection device.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to convey the ID card, the present invention includes a card conveyance path 14 with a card insertion slot 12, and a rubber roll 30 with a V-shaped groove that is disposed opposite thereto and supports and press-fits both edges of the ID card. A cord conveying section in which brackets 70, 70 in which a plurality of card conveying rollers 18 having card conveying rollers 18 are rotatably arranged are provided on the base 10 so as to be able to freely swing in opposition to each other, and a spring 71 is interposed between the brackets 70, 70; The ID includes an inspection mechanism section 50 in which an inspection stylus 68 that approaches and separates from the card supported by the rubber roll 30 of the card conveyance roller 18 is mounted on guide plates 64 and 66 so as to be movable up and down by a spring 72. The card inspection device is equipped with sensors 36 and 38 near the card insertion position and at the card inspection position, and the sensors 36 and 38 move the drive motor 60 of the card conveying roller 18 and the inspection probe 68 up and down. It is characterized by having a configuration that controls the motor 61.
This is an ID card inspection device.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be explained using examples in FIGS. 1 to 8.
The IC card inspection device consists of a base 10 equipped with a card transport section and an inspection mechanism section 50, and the base 10 has a pair of card insertion slots 12 formed therein as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Side walls 28, 28
and guide planes 34, 34 are provided on the guide 26 to constitute a card transport path 14, and a card locking portion 16 and a photo sensor 3 are provided on the card transport path 14.
6 and 38, and a plurality of pairs (three pairs in the figure) of card conveyance rollers 18 having V-shaped grooved rubber rolls 30 are provided on both sides of the card conveyance path 14, so that each card conveyance roller 18 rotates. The rotation chain 21 of the roller 20 transmits the information to the card conveying roller 18 via the rollers 22 and 24, and the roller 20
It has a drive mechanism rotated by a motor 60 placed on a motor stand 23.

The groups of card conveying rollers 18 arranged on both sides are each held by a pair of brackets 70, each bracket 70, 70 is provided to be swingable about a fulcrum 69, and both brackets 7
The cards 100 are pulled together by a spring 71 tensioned between the rollers 10 and 10, and the card 100 is pressed and held in the width direction by a group of opposing rollers 18. That is, in order to insert the card between the card conveyance path 14 supported by the guide 26, there are side walls 2 at both ends of the guide 26 that guide the longitudinal end surface of the card.
8 and a guide plane 34 having a minimum contact area is provided so that the width of the ID card is 56 mm.
The inserted IC card 100 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a pair of edges of the card 100 are pressed and clamped in the width direction or longitudinal direction of the card 100 by a rubber roll 30 provided on the card transport roller 18, and the card transport path is rotated by the rotation of the card transport roller 18. 14 while maintaining the distance (without contact except for the edges), and then move the card locking part 1
6 and is locked. Preferably, the rubber roller 30 has a V-shaped groove with an inclined surface forming an approximately 45 degree angle with the card. Further, when the card is supported by the guide 26 shown in FIG. Since only the edge 102 of the card 100 is supported as shown in FIG. 3, the card 100 hardly contacts the card transport path 14. Even when the card 100 is at the inspection position, the transport path 14 does not come into contact with the card 100 and maintains a gap between them.

The inspection mechanism section 50 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, it is disposed above the card that is locked on the card transport path, and is fixed to the base 10 by a support 52 and consists of a fixed part 54 and a movable part 56. A drive motor 61 is attached to the section 54 by a motor mounting section 58, and the rotation of the drive motor 61 is transmitted to the movable section 56 via the eccentric cam 62, and the movable section 56 is moved up and down on the support column 52. The inspection stylus 68 on the upper guide plate 64 and lower guide plate 66 provided on the card 10
It is equipped to move towards and away from 0.

Then, the IC contacts the card locking portion 16 and
When the card 100 is locked, the movable part 56 of the inspection mechanism section 50 descends, and the inspection stylus 68 comes into contact with a predetermined external terminal of the IC on the IC card 100.
The information in the IC card is read by a controller built into the computer. When the inspection is completed, the movable part 56 is raised and the inspection stylus 68 is separated from the card.

As shown in FIG. 8, this inspection stylus 68 is configured to release pressure by a spring 72, and is interposed between an upper guide plate 64 and a lower guide plate 66, and when it comes into contact with a card, it touches the contact portion. 100 IC cards to be inspected without applying large pressure
A necessary number of units are set as one structural unit according to the number of external terminals of the IC card, and set on the upper guide plate 64 and lower guide plate 66 of the movable part 56 in accordance with the positions of the external terminals of the IC card.

In addition, the base 10 has a photo sensor 3 near the card insertion slot 12 and near the card locking part 16.
6 and 38 (see Figure 1), the photo sensor 36 detects the insertion of the IC card, outputs a rotation signal for the card transport roller 18 with the rubber roll 30, and the photo sensor 38 allows the IC card to reach the inspection position. is detected and the conveyance roller 18
The rotation signal of the moving part upper limit detection sensor 39 is stopped.
The AND signal starts the motor 58, and the eccentric cam 62 lowers the movable part 56. The motor 58 is stopped by the movable lower limit detection sensor 40, and the control device is activated (FIG. 6).

The motor 58 is activated to raise the movable part 56 in response to a judgment completion signal from the control device. The transport roller 18 and its drive motor 60 are activated by the AND signal of the movable part upper limit detection sensor 39 and the determination end signal of the control device.
The card is ejected and one cycle is completed.

In this embodiment, since the pair of edges of the IC card 100 are pressed against each other in the width direction of the card by the rubber roll 30 and conveyed, the front and back surfaces of the IC card are not contacted at all, so that the front and back surfaces of the IC card are not touched at all. The back side will not be damaged or stained, and loss of product value can be prevented.

Moreover, the edges of the IC card are conveyed by rubber rolls 30, and the rolls receive force from springs to approach each other, so that they can reliably clamp the IC card and convey it to an accurate position, which is dependent on the finished dimensions of the card 100. The card can be transported with the center of the card aligned with the center of the transport device, and the testing stylus 68 can be accurately brought into contact with the position of the external terminal of the card.

In addition, when the inspection stylus 68 is brought into contact with the IC card 100, the spring 72 of the inspection stylus 68,
There is a gap between the rubber roll that supports the IC card and the card and the conveyance path, so the elasticity of the IC card itself relieves the pressure of the inspection stylus.
The IC provided on the card 100 will not be damaged.

Furthermore, the conveyance of the card 100 is carried out by the photo sensor 3.
After confirming that the card 100 has reached the inspection position using the photo sensor 38, the motor 61 is started and the inspection stylus 68 is automatically lowered to perform the inspection. After finishing, it will rise again. Since these are driven by a pulse motor, the speed and stop position can be freely controlled and set.

In addition, since a predetermined number of inspection stylus 68 are attached to the movable part as a unit, when inspecting cards with different IC external terminals, you can remove the small panel near the card insertion slot on the front panel. It can be replaced with one touch.

Furthermore, by removing the front panel of the inspection device, necessary parts can be easily taken out for maintenance.

〔Effect of the invention〕

In order to convey an ID card, the present invention provides a card conveyance path having a card insertion slot, and a card conveyance path provided opposite to this,
Brackets in which a plurality of rotatably arrayed card conveying rollers each having a rubber roll with a V-shaped groove that supports and press-clamps both edges of an ID card are provided on a base so as to be able to swing freely and face each other. a card conveyance section having a spring interposed therebetween; and an inspection mechanism section having a guide plate which is movable up and down with a spring and elastically equipped with an inspection stylus that approaches and separates from the card supported by the rubber roll of the card conveyance roller. consisting of
The ID card inspection device has a configuration in which a sensor is provided near the card insertion position and at the card inspection position, and the sensor controls the drive motor of the card conveyance roller and the lifting motor of the inspection stylus. As a result, when the inspection stylus that contacts the external input/output terminal of the ID card comes into contact with the ID card, large pressure is not applied to the contact part.
The testing stylus can be brought into contact with the external input/output terminal of the ID card without applying excessive pressure to the IC chip of the ID card, and the elasticity of the rubber roller and card allows the testing stylus to apply pressure. This greatly improves security, and the edge of the ID card is secured by a rubber roll with a V-shaped groove.
Since the ID card is conveyed while being pressed against the width of the card, the printed surface and the surface with external terminals will not be damaged or soiled when the ID card is conveyed, and the card is conveyed and the stylus is moved by card detection. This makes it possible to accurately control the conveyance speed and stop position, and the inspection stylus can be brought into precise contact with the external input/output terminal position of the ID card, making it possible to perform stable detection work at high speed. It is easy to handle and has extremely great practical effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the base of the inspection device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a partial side view, Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the rotating roll, Fig. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of the rotating roll part, Figure 5 is a front view of the guide section, Figure 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the inspection mechanism, Figure 7 is its rear view, and Figure 8 is a front view of the guide section.
The figure is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of the inspection stylus. 10...Base, 12...Card insertion slot, 14...
...Card transport path, 16...Card locking portion, 18...
... Card transport roller, 20 ... Roller, 21
...Chain, 22...Roller, 23...Motor stand, 24...Roller, 26...Guide, 28
... Side wall, 30 ... Rubber roll, 34 ... Indoor plane, 36 ... Photo sensor, 38 ... Photo sensor, 50 ... Inspection mechanism section, 52 ... Support column, 5
4...Fixed part, 56...Movable part, 58...Motor mounting part, 60, 61...Motor, 62...Eccentric cam, 64...Upper guide plate, 66...Lower guide plate,
68... Inspection stylus, 69... Fulcrum, 70... Bracket, 71, 72... Spring, 100... Card, 102... Edge.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Card insertion slot 1 for transporting ID cards
2, a card conveyance path 14 provided oppositely thereto,
Brackets 70, 70 each having a plurality of rotatably arranged card conveying rollers 18 each having a rubber roll 30 with a V-shaped groove that supports and press-fits both edges of an ID card are mounted on the base 10 so as to be able to swing freely. A card conveying section is provided in which a spring 71 is interposed between the brackets 70 and 70, and an inspection stylus 68 that comes into contact with and separates from the card supported by the rubber roll 30 of the card conveying roller 18 is raised and lowered by the spring 72. This ID card inspection device includes an inspection mechanism section 50 mounted on movable guide plates 64 and 66, and includes sensors 36 and 38 near the card insertion position and at the card inspection position. 3
6 and 38, the ID card inspection apparatus is characterized in that the drive motor 60 of the card conveying roller 18 and the lifting motor 61 of the inspection stylus 68 are controlled.