JPH0528371B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) This invention is a method for recording image information such as a facial photograph and visible information such as a name, address, and other characters, symbols, and codes on the card surface using a photographic method. In addition to this information, there is an ID that records invisible information, etc., using optical or electrical methods to prevent theft.
The present invention relates to a device for producing cards and the like, and particularly to a photographing device thereof.

(Prior technology) Traditionally, when creating an ID card, the initial method of pasting a face photo onto a card mount and typing in text information such as name, address, date of birth, etc. has been improved to the current method. This is based on a photographic method in which these different kinds of information are printed on the card surface using a photographic method.

The applicant of this application has been researching the creation of ID cards using the photo method for a long time, and has
Utility Model Publication No. 28144, JP-A-49-123016, JP-A No. 55
−17577, No. 59-15923 No. 59-17546, Japanese Patent Application No. 58-45819, No. 58-45820, No. 58-
We have proposed a device as described in the specification of No. 53844,
In actual use, there is a device consisting of a direct photographing machine type 2 (MODEL IDC 9111), an automatic developing machine type 2 (MODEL IDC 9411), and an automatic laminating/cutting machine (MODEL IDC 9911). .

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional device described above, it is necessary to create a form with predetermined information such as name and address written on it for each issuer and take a photograph, which makes it difficult to carry out administrative procedures. Not only did it take too much manpower and time, but I was also dissatisfied with the clarity of the finished product.

In view of the above, the main purpose of this invention is to clarify a photographic device for producing ID cards using a photographic method that can obtain clear finished images, and also to save labor and speed up the production of ID cards using a photographic method. Further objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings.

(Structure of the Invention) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before explaining the configuration of this invention in detail, first,
This invention is applied according to FIGS. 1 to 3.
An overview of the ID card creation device will be explained.

The drawing shows one example of an ID card production device to which the present invention is applied, and is abbreviated as photographic material.
It uses direct positive color photographic material that has been cut to the size of an ID card.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the device, which is composed of a photographing section A, a developing section B, and a protective layer forming section C. An ID card is created using the material 200.

As the photographic material 200, a color direct positive photographic material (hereinafter abbreviated as DPCP) which has been cut in advance to approximately the size of an ID card is used, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing one example thereof. The base support 202 made of synthetic resin is a writing layer and corresponds to conventional note paper, and allows free writing with a pencil or pen. 2
03 is a photographic emulsion layer, and layer 2 is indicated by a phantom line.
04 is a protective layer, and as described later, this layer 20
4 does not exist at the beginning, but is formed in the protective layer forming section C after photographing and development are completed.

Photography Department A Photograph of the face of the person receiving the card (portrait image)
and information such as name, date of birth, address, etc. (data image)
This is the part where the images are combined and photographed (exposed) on the photosensitive surface of the photographic material.

To photograph a person image, the subject person is positioned in front of the photographing section A, the focal length is measured by the light beam generator 110, and the strobe device 120 is used.
Take a photo of your face. The incident light is projected onto the photographic material 200 through a path of a mirror 111, a lens 112, a shutter 113, a mask plate 114, and a built-in screen 134. In addition, the aperture and color correction are done by the lens 112.
The exposure time is controlled by a shutter 113. Mask board 1
Reference numeral 14 consists of a mask section for photographing a human image and a mask section for photographing a data image. The mask section is placed, and when the photographing of the person image is completed, it is moved, and the data image photographing mask section is placed at the exposure position and the data image photographing is performed.

Reference numeral 130 is a CRT, on which the information necessary for card issuance from among the computer information previously entered is arranged in a predetermined manner, the letters are black, the back is luminous, and an upside-down image is displayed. will be displayed. The spectral characteristics of the phosphor of the CRT 130 are set so that the light-emitting portion is white compared to the photosensitive material. Therefore, the screen of the CRT 130 is the lens 131,
When projected onto the photographic material 200 through a built-in screen 134 on which a shutter 132, a reflector 133, a frame, a red stamp of the item name, etc. are formed, personal information is printed as black characters on a white background.

CRT screens can be used for upright images, upside down images, left and right upside down images,
It is designed so that it can be displayed as an inverted image vertically and horizontally.

Exposure amount correction and color correction are performed by the aperture and filter built into the lens 131, and the exposure time is adjusted by the shutter 132, but these may also be performed by adjusting the CRT screen. .

The storage and supply of the photographic material 200 in the photographing section A is carried out in the manner shown in FIG. That is, the photographic material 200 is cut in advance to approximately the size of an ID card, and a large number of sheets are prepared in a stacked manner in the cartridge 210 with the photosensitive surface facing upward. When this cartridge 210 is set in a predetermined position, the lid 211 is pulled out by a mechanism (not shown), and when the paper supply button is operated, only the bottom layer of photographic material 200 is separated and taken out by the vertical movement of the suction cup 220, and the belt 230 moves the photographic material 200 from the exposure section. transported to.

Next, when the photographic material 200 is conveyed to the exposure section, the paper table 240 rises, receives the photographic material 200 from the conveyor belt 230, and pushes it up to the lower surface of the built-in screen 134, which is a predetermined exposure position, and the exposure is completed at that position. will be temporarily suspended until

When the photographing of the person image and the data image is completed, the paper table 240 is lowered, and the photographic material 200 is again transferred to the conveyor belt 230 and runs, and the photographic material 200 is transferred to the photographer 25.
0 and is automatically transferred to the developing section B by gravity.

The operation of each mechanism in the photographing section A described above is controlled automatically by a microcomputer or the like and by manual operation on an operation panel. Further, the photographing section A is placed on the developing section B via a hinge mechanism, etc., and the photographing section A is placed on the developing section B during maintenance etc.
The structure is such that the inside can be exposed by bending it.

Developing section B Photographic material 2 that has been photographed (exposed) in photographing section A
00 is the computer 250 and the paper input mechanism 260.
are sent to the developing section B via the developer tank 310, bleach-fix tank 320, first stabilizing tank 330, second stabilizing tank 340, and drying tank 350. Stabilization and drying processes are performed automatically using a waterless washing method.

The processing liquid is replenished into each tank by the processing liquid replenishing means 380, and the waste liquid is discharged to a waste liquid tank (not shown). In the illustrated embodiment, the stabilization treatment liquid is replenished into the second stabilization treatment tank 340, and overflows from this tank to the first stabilization treatment tank 330.
It is configured to be replenished.

Note that as the processing liquid replenishment means 380, various methods such as a method of disposing a replenishment tank and replenishing each tank from this replenishment tank using a pump or the like can be applied.

In this apparatus, as described above, a direct positive color photographic material is used as the photographic material, and therefore, the second exposure device disposed in the developer tank 310 performs the second exposure for reversal. be exposed. The second exposure is performed by irradiating light from a light source such as a cold cathode through a diffuser plate (milky white) and a glass plate, and a filter is attached to the diffuser plate to perform color correction. Details will be described later.

In the paper input mechanism 260, a first shutter 261 and a second shutter 262 are arranged in upper and lower stages, and the first shutter 261 receives and temporarily holds the photographic material 200 transferred through the shutter 250. This first shutter 261
is opened when the second shutter 262 is opened and the photographic material 200 is fed into the developing device.
is controlled to send out to the second shutter 262 side.

270 and 271 are roller mechanisms; the roller mechanism 270 moves the photographic material 200 downward; the roller mechanism 271 moves the photographic material 200 upward; the photographic material 200 is transferred from the roller mechanism 270 to the roller mechanism 271. A worm mechanism cam mechanism is used to do this. When the photographic material 200 is pushed upward from the uppermost roller of the roller mechanism 271, it engages with the clamper mechanism 274, which is disposed at the top of the processing tank and reciprocates between different types of processing tanks, and moves to the next processing tank. It is moved to the uppermost roller of the roller mechanism 270.

By repeating the above operations, the photographic material 200 is sequentially subjected to development, bleach-fixing, stabilization, and drying processes, as well as drying by the heater 351 and the fan 352. When these processes are completed, the photographic material 200
is transferred to the protection tank forming section C.

Further, it is preferable that the developing section B is formed into a unit so that it can be pulled out from the frame via a pull-out rail or a hinge mechanism for maintenance or the like.

The movement or operating state of each mechanism in the developing section B. The temperature of the processing liquid, drying temperature, etc. are automatically controlled by a microcomputer, etc., and when a malfunction occurs, an alarm is displayed on the operation panel, etc. be notified. In addition, the processing speed, liquid temperature, transfer temperature, and second exposure intensity are variable.
It is possible to adjust the processing agent to the optimum conditions.

Protective layer forming section C The photographic material 200 that has been processed in the developing section B is automatically transferred to the protective layer forming section C, where a protective layer 204 is formed on the print surface.

To form the protective layer 204, it is possible to heat-seal a laminate film as in the past, but setting the materials is very complicated, so for example, UV
It is desirable to form the protective layer 204 by applying and curing a monomer (including an oligomer) that forms a curable resin, from the viewpoint of improving work efficiency and forming a highly stable protective layer.

The protective layer 204 is formed by coating the photosensitive surface of the photographic material 200 conveyed by the conveyor belt 410 with a monomer forming a UV curable resin by means of a coating mechanism 420, and applying ultraviolet rays along the conveyor belt 430. This is done by sending the UV curable resin to the irradiation device 440 and irradiating it with ultraviolet rays to cure the UV curable resin.

If the photographic material 200 is cut into the size of an ID card from the beginning, there is no need to use a conventional cutting device, and the card creation is completed by curing the UV curable resin.

In addition, in the illustrated device, the protective layer is formed using UV curable resin, but the patent application
It is also possible to form the protective layer 204 using the resins described in Nos. 58-24092 and 59-40567, other photocurable resins, electron beam curable resins, and reactive polymer resins.

Furthermore, if a UV absorber is added to the resin that forms the protective layer 204, even if the card is accidentally exposed to sunlight for a long time, the printed surface will not change color or fade. It is possible to prevent this.

Next, the built-in screen 134 will be specifically explained according to FIGS. 4 and 5. This built-in screen 134 is framed by a transparent plate supported by a frame.
Items common to each card, such as item names, are shown in black, school seals are shown in red, and patterns to prevent forgery are shown in arbitrary colors.

When a person image and a data image are photographed, a composite image shown in FIG. 5 is obtained.

(Effects of the Invention) The built-in screen 134 is configured as described above, and since exposure is performed while it is adhered to the photographic material, the dimensional accuracy is also improved compared to the conventional photographing of a type-printed format. good, and
It has the advantage of providing clear images.

In particular, in the photographing device according to the present invention, common frames, items, and
Regarding the built-in screen on which at least a part of the publisher's name, seal, pattern, etc. is displayed in color, there is an advantage that an anti-counterfeiting function can be easily provided by changing a part of the pattern, etc.

In addition, when using multiple photographic devices at the same time, it is possible to incorporate information such as the device number of the built-in screen and photographic device used by changing part of the pattern etc. for each built-in screen. Effective in preventing counterfeiting.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ID card production device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of photographic material, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a photographic material supply device in the photographing section, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the built-in screen, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the ID card. In the figure, 110 is a light beam generator;
1 is a mirror, 112 is a lens, 113 is a shutter, 114 is a mask plate, 120 is a strobe device,
130 is a CRT, 131 is a lens, 132 is a shutter, 133 is a reflecting mirror, 134 is a built-in screen, 200 is a photographic material (DPCP/direct positive color paper), 201 is a support, 202 is a writing layer, 203 is a photographic emulsion layer, 204 is a protective layer, 210 is a cartridge, 211 is a lid body, 21
2 is an opening, 220 is a suction cup, 230 is a conveyor belt, 240 is a paper stand, 250 is a shutter, 26
0 is the paper input mechanism, 261 is the first shutter, 2
62 is a second shutter, 270 and 271 are roller mechanisms, 272 is a worm mechanism, 273 is a cam mechanism,
274 is a clamper mechanism, 300 is a second exposure device,
310 is a developing tank, 320 is a bleach-fixing tank, 330 is a first stabilizing tank, 340 is a second stabilizing tank, 350 is a drying tank, 351 is a heater, 352 is a fan, 36
0 is a heat exchanger, 370 is a pump, 380 is a processing liquid replenishing means, 410, 430 is a conveyor belt, 420
440 indicates a coating mechanism, and 440 indicates an ultraviolet irradiation device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Image photographing means that exposes image information obtained by directly photographing the issuer as a subject to a standard direct positive color photographic material cut to approximately the size of an ID card, and the name and address of the issuer. A visible information exposure means that outputs other characters, symbols, codes, etc. on a CRT screen and exposes the photographic material, and a frame, items, issuer's name, seal, and pattern common to a series of ID cards to be issued. etc., is displayed at least in part in color, and is projected on a built-in screen selected from among multiple built-in screens that has been given a counterfeit prevention function by changing part of the pattern, etc. A photographing device for an ID card, characterized in that an exposure section is provided with means for exposing the photographic material.