JPH06203223A - Ic card writing processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the reliability of write data by judging process abnormality unless an IC writing processing ends within a time set by a timer. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 51 which constitutes a card writing processor has a function for a communication with a host computer 11 and receives setting information and an IC write file from the host computer, and writing process result information, etc., is sent from the CPU 51. The CPU 51 has the timer 53, and a response time, the time limit of the writing process, etc., can be set. Further, the CPU 51 is provided with a voltage sensor 54, which detects the write voltage of an IC card 24. Then, when the IC write time or response time exceeds a specific time, when output information does not meet requirements, or when the write voltage to the IC card 24 is lower than a specific level, it is judged that the writing process result is abnormal, thereby improving the reliability of the write data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an IC card writing processing apparatus for writing personal data corresponding to identification information on an IC card having personal identification information such as magnetic data and a facial photograph in an IC section of the IC card. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, at a bank, data for each customer
It is conceivable that you can put it in a card to issue it or issue an IC card with employee data written at your company.
The system shown in is proposed. For example, when a bank issues an IC card containing data for each customer, the customer data is stored in advance on a magnetic tape or a floppy disk, and this data can be written on the IC card by the personal computer 1. After conversion, the issuing device 3 creates and issues an IC card.
The issuing device 3 is composed of a reader / writer, and collation information is written in advance on the magnetic stripe 5 of the IC card 4 as shown in FIG. 10. The data matching the collation information is searched from the IC card file, and the IC card is searched. A process of writing data to the IC chip 7 is performed. In this way, a large number of customer data are sequentially written in the IC card and issued.

[0003]

By the way, a large number of ICs
For high-speed card issuing processing, it is necessary to improve the reliability of IC write data, but no such system has been proposed so far.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in the case of performing IC card issuing processing at high speed,
IC that can improve the reliability of C write data
An object is to provide a card writing processing device.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an IC card write processing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing command conversion processing, and FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining commands and command-response. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the contents of data sent to the host computer in the case of abnormal processing. IC
The CPU 51 constituting the card writing processing device has a function of communicating with the host computer 11, receives setting information and IC writing file from the host computer 11, and sends writing processing result information and the like from the CPU 51. ing. The setting information relates to the transmission specification such as the time limit of the writing process, the clock frequency and the baud rate. The CPU 51 has a timer 53, and the response time, the time limit of the writing process, etc. can be set. It also has a memory 52 for temporarily storing the setting information transmitted from the host computer 11, the IC writing file, and the output data from the card.

A command-response is described in the write file transmitted from the host computer 11, and an expected response from the IC card is defined according to the command transmitted when writing the file. When a command is given to the IC card, the command is converted into an electric signal based on the above-mentioned setting information as shown in FIG. I for this command
A response is output from the C card, but the CPU 51
Then, this output information is compared with the response information defined in the writing file to determine whether or not the writing has been normally performed.

Regarding normal commands: FIG.
Explaining with reference to FIG. 3C, the command in FIG. 3A is a write command, and I is placed in the field following the write code.
An area for writing to the C card and data to be written are attached. FIG. 3B shows a read command. Similarly, a field following the read code is added with a read area for the IC card and read data. Also, FIG.
(C) is a verify command for collation, in which a field following the verify code has a read area of the IC card and verify data. Further, in the present invention, a part of the data output from the IC card when a command is given is incorporated into the command information to generate the command, thereby improving the security. That is, as shown in FIG. 3D, for example, if the response when "AABB" is given as the command is "aabbccdd", "bbcc" which is a part of the response is incorporated, and "AABC" is included.
bbccBB "is sent as a command again to perform writing. The response "aabbccdd" is I
Since the information is processed internally by the information depending on each C card, the operator can not be involved and the security can be improved.

Further, the IC card write processing device is provided with a voltage sensor 55 to detect the write voltage of the IC card. This is because when the write voltage drops below a predetermined level, the write operation is performed in an unstable state, resulting in low reliability. This is because the processing result is abnormal if the level is below the level.

If the processing result is abnormal,
As shown in FIG. 4, response time over error, write processing time over, data comparison result error, error content when voltage is below a predetermined level, output data from IC card, file in which error occurs Position information (address) etc. is transmitted to the host computer. By transmitting such contents to the host computer, it becomes easy to analyze the cause of the error and contribute to the improvement of reliability.

[0010]

According to the present invention, when personal data is written in the IC card, if the IC writing time and the response time exceed the predetermined time, the command-response is described in the file to be written and is output from the IC card when writing the file. If the comparison result does not match the condition, the information is compared with the response information described in the file.
If the write voltage to the C card is below a predetermined level, the write processing result is abnormal.
The reliability of write data can be improved. Further, when the processing result is abnormal, the error content, the output data from the IC card, and the file position information in which the error has occurred are transmitted to the host computer to facilitate the analysis of the cause of the error and improve the reliability. It can be useful.

[0011]

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a system configuration when the present invention is applied to an IC card issuance processing device, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a control system of the IC card issuance processing system, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the device configuration. 7 (a) is a plan view and FIG. 7 (b) is a side view. In the figure, 10 is an IC card automatic issuing processing device, 11
Is a host computer, 12 is an automatic transport device controller, 13 is a card identification device controller, 14 is an IC unit controller, 20 is a magazine, 21 is a magazine conveyor, 22 is an entrance / exit conveyor, 23 is a four-push pusher, and 24 is an IC card. , 25 is a quadruple supply pusher, 26 is a chain conveyor, 27 is an identification device supply pusher, 30 is a card feeding device, 31 is an identification device, 32 is an identification device discharge pusher, 33 is an IC supply conveyor, 40
Is an IC card supply pusher, 41 is an IC card transport device, 42 is an IC unit, 43 is a sorting conveyor, 44 is an IC card discharge pusher, 45 is a good product stocker, 46 is a defective product stocker, and 47 is a retest stocker.

In this embodiment, the issuing process of the IC card is performed at high speed, and the IC card already has magnetic data (name of owner, date of birth, member number, account number, etc.), barcode. , Personal identification information such as a face photograph is written.

In the control system shown in FIG. 6, the automatic IC card issuing / processing device 10 has an automatic carrier controller 12, an identification device controller 13, and eight IC unit controllers 14, each of which is a host computer 1.
It is controlled by communicating with 1. The automatic carrier controller 12 communicates with the host computer 11 while
This is for controlling each transport means to transport the card according to a predetermined sequence. The identification device controller 13 is for detecting the conveyed IC card and reading the personal identification information. The IC unit controller 14 receives from the host computer the IC writing file that is searched and generated by the host computer based on the personal identification information, writes the file in the corresponding IC card, and normalizes the processed card to normal or abnormal. It is intended to be classified as a retest. Further, the automatic carrier controller 12 communicates with the host computer, and at the same time, the identifier controller 13, I
It also communicates with the C unit controller 14 to carry a card.

Next, FIG. 5 showing the system configuration of the IC card automatic issuance processing device, and FIG. 7 (a) (b) showing the device configuration.
Will be described with reference to. Magazine 2 for storing IC cards
0 has a four-row configuration, and for example, 100 IC cards can be stored in each row, for a total of 400 IC cards. This magazine 20 is conveyed upward by a magazine conveyor 21 of an automatic conveying device, and when it is delivered to an inlet / outlet conveyor 22 and reaches a predetermined position, it is pushed out by four pushers 2.
3, the IC cards 24 are pushed out in units of four. The IC card 24 pushed out is carried on the chain conveyor 26 by the four-feed pusher 25. IC conveyed by the chain conveyor 26
The cards are delivered one by one to the card delivery device 30 by the identification device supply pusher 27 at a predetermined position.

Card transportation by the card feeder 30 is
It is started by transmitting a start signal from the automatic transport device controller 12 to the identification device controller 13. The card feeding device 30 is equipped with one or several types of identification devices 31, which are used to identify individuals such as magnetic data (owner's name, date of birth, membership number, account number, etc.), barcodes, facial photographs, etc. The identification information can be read. If the identification device 31 is of three types, for example, a magnetic data identification device 31a, a barcode identification device 31b, and a face photo identification device 31c, the identification device 31a first performs identification processing, and if identification is successful, another The identification process by the two identification devices is omitted. Further, when the identification device 31a cannot identify, the next identification device 31b performs the identification process, and when the identification device 31c identifies, the identification device 31c omits the identification process. In this way, the identification devices are serially operated, and the identification process is terminated when the identification is successful first, so that the process can be speeded up. When all the identification devices cannot identify the card, the card feeding device 30 is reversely conveyed and the identification process is repeated again for the designated number of times. It is desirable to arrange the identification devices so that the face photographs are converted in order from the shortest processing time, since the data conversion of the face photograph takes time at the time of identification. In addition, the result of the identification processing is transmitted to the host computer, and if, for example, an error continuously occurs in one identification device, the host computer controls so as not to perform identification in the corresponding identification device thereafter. To do.

The IC card whose personal information has been identified is further conveyed by the card feeder 30 and then delivered to the IC supply conveyor 33 by the identification device discharge pusher 32. The IC supply conveyor 33 sequentially conveys the IC cards, and the IC card supply pusher 40 transfers the IC cards in units of four.
It is sent to the card carrier 41. At this time, the host computer is informed of the IC unit number for writing data to each card from the host computer, and the IC supply conveyor 33 is controlled to be set in the corresponding IC unit.

The IC card transport device 41 has, for example, a four-row configuration, and four IC cards can be placed in one row. First, when the IC card supply pusher 40 sets four cards at positions 1 ′ to 4 ′ in the figure, and then at the positions 5 ′ to 8 ′, respectively, the IC card transport device 41 sets the eight cards. The card is conveyed one step to the right in the figure. The cards in the positions 1'to 8'are set in the positions 1 to 8. As a result, four cards are set by the IC card supply pusher 40 at positions 1'to 4'in the empty row, and the next four cards are set at positions 5'to 8'on the IC supply conveyor 33. Is brought to you. 16 at positions 1 to 8 and 1'to 8 '
After confirming that the cards with the numbers 1 to 8 have completed the IC writing process and there is no card at the positions 1 "to 8", the IC cards are pushed out by the IC card supply pusher 40 onto the IC card carrier 41. It will be. Data is written by the IC unit 42 to the IC card set in the IC card transport device 41 in this order. In this embodiment, eight IC units 42 are provided. Each host computer designates a device for writing to each card, and a personal file is transferred to the designated unit. Write. Therefore, there is no risk of mismatch between the card and the personal file. The processed IC cards are sequentially placed on the sorting conveyor 43,
The C-card discharge pusher 44 sorts and discharges the non-defective product stocker 45, the defective product stocker 46, and the retest stocker 47. The sorting process is performed by the IC unit 42. Whether the product is a good product or a defective product is determined by the output information from the IC card being different from the response information. The automatic transfer device controller 12 receives the information from the IC writing device, and discharge processing is performed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the IC unit controller. The power is turned on and the system waits for initial setting information from the host computer. The initial setting information includes the IC unit number to be used, the issue processing time limit, and the SAM.
(Encryption card), transmission specifications such as clock frequency and baud rate. OK or NG for the initial setting
Is sent to the host computer, and if it is NG, it waits for initialization again, and if it is OK, it waits for a start command. When a start command is received, the file in the IC unit is cleared, a ready signal is transmitted to the host computer, and the host computer waits for a file to be issued. After receiving the file, send a ready signal to the automatic carrier controller to start the timer for setting the write processing time. When the issue process start signal is received from the automatic carrier controller, the IC card issuing process (file write process) is performed. . At this time, the write voltage to the IC card is detected. After the issuing process is completed, the issuing process result (PASS or FA
IL) and then the issuance processing result to the host computer. When the host computer sends either a retry command indicating a request for resending information, an end command indicating termination, or a CONTINUE command indicating that there is a next card, and when the retry command is received, the issue processing result is sent to the host computer again. Send. When the end command is received, the process ends and the system waits for a reset command or start command. When the CONTINUE command is received, the file in the IC unit is cleared and the above process is repeated. When the voltage level applied to the IC card is out of the specification, the FAIL signal is output regardless of the result of the issuing process, and the information indicating the voltage abnormality is transmitted to the host computer.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the IC writing time and the response time exceed the predetermined time, or when the output information from the IC card does not meet the conditions, the writing voltage to the IC card is the predetermined voltage. If the write processing result is abnormal if the level is below the level,
The reliability of the written data can be improved, and when the processing result is abnormal, the error content, the output data from the IC card, and the file position information in which the error has occurred are transmitted to the host computer, and the error It is possible to facilitate the analysis of the cause and to help improve reliability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an IC card write processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a conversion process of a command into an electric signal.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a command and a command-response.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents to be transmitted to a host computer when a processing result is abnormal.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a control system of the IC card issuance processing system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a device configuration.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a processing flow of an IC unit.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a conventional IC card issuing process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an IC card.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Host computer, 51 ... CPU, 52 ... Memory, 53 ... Timer, 54 ... Voltage sensor.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A communication means for communicating with a host computer, a timer for setting a writing processing time, a storage means for storing output information from an IC card, setting information from a host computer, and the like, based on the setting information. And a command information adding unit for converting the command information described in the IC writing file into an electric signal and giving the electric signal to the IC card;
In the IC card write processing device, which is equipped with a comparison means for comparing the output information from the C card and the response information described in the file, and which sends the result of the write processing to the IC card to the host computer, An IC card write processing device characterized by abnormal processing if the processing is not completed within the time set by a timer. 2. A communication means for communicating with a host computer, a timer for setting a writing processing time, a storage means for storing output information from an IC card, setting information from the host computer, and the like, based on the setting information. And a command information adding unit for converting the command information described in the IC writing file into an electric signal and giving the electric signal to the IC card;
In the IC card write processing device, which is provided with a comparison means for comparing the output information from the C card and the response information described in the file, and sends the result of the writing process to the IC card to the host computer, An IC card write processing device, comprising: a sensor for detecting a write applied voltage, wherein a processing error is generated regardless of a processing result on condition that the write applied voltage falls below a predetermined level. 3. A communication means for communicating with a host computer, a timer for setting a writing processing time, a storage means for storing output information from an IC card, setting information from a host computer, and the like, based on the setting information. And a command information adding unit for converting the command information described in the IC writing file into an electric signal and giving the electric signal to the IC card;
In the IC card write processing device, which is provided with a comparison means for comparing the output information from the C card and the response information described in the file, and sends the write processing result to the IC card to the host computer, An IC card write processing device characterized by incorporating a part of output information into command information. 4. A communication means for communicating with a host computer, a timer for setting a write processing time, a storage means for storing output information from an IC card, setting information from a host computer, and the like, based on the setting information. And a command information adding unit for converting the command information described in the IC writing file into an electric signal and giving the electric signal to the IC card;
The processing result is abnormal in the IC card write processing device that is provided with the comparison means for comparing the output information from the C card and the response information described in the file and transmits the writing processing result to the IC card to the host computer. Error information indicating the abnormal content and I
An IC card write processing device characterized by transmitting output information from a C card and position information indicating a position of an error file to a host computer.