JPH09161022A - Ic card reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to process both of a contact type IC card and a proximity IC card by arranging a contact block on one side through a card traveling route and arranging a signal transmission part in the vicinity of the card traveling route on the other side. SOLUTION: In the IC card reader 1, the contact block 10 to come into contact with a contact terminal 2 is arranged above the card traveling route 9 on one side respect to the route 9. On the other hand, an IC module 11 to be the signal transmission part for transmitting/receiving a signal to/from a contact terminal 3 is arranged below the route 9 on the other side respect to the route 9. A stopper 133 is arranged so that the terminal 2 is opposed to the block 10 and the terminal 3 is opposed to the module 11 when a card is stopped. When IC card comes into iontait with the stopper 133 and stopped, the stop position of a contact card C1 is the same stop position as a proximity card C2. Thereby the range of the stopped card occupied in the route 9 can be narrowed as compared with a case that the stop positions of the cards C1, C2 are mutually different.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an I having an integrated circuit (IC chip) together with contact type and non-contact type input / output terminals.
The present invention relates to an IC card reader compatible with C cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since a large amount of information can be recorded and reproduced as compared with a magnetic card, an IC card having an IC chip built therein has been put into practical use. The IC card is generally of a contact type in which a contact input / output terminal of an IC chip is brought into contact with a contact provided in a card reader for recording / reproducing information to / from the card to transfer information. On the other hand, a non-contact input / output terminal composed of a coil, a metal plate, etc. is built into the card, and an IC module composed of a coil and a metal plate is arranged for the non-contact input / output terminal. To the non-contact input / output terminal and I
A non-contact type IC card has been studied in which a potential difference is generated between the C module and the module by electromagnetic induction or electrostatic capacity, and the generated potential difference is converted to transfer information. As the non-contact type IC card, for example, a proximity type IC which is being examined by International Standardization Organization (ISO) standard 10536.
There are cards.

[0003]

As described above, the contact type IC card which has already been put into practical use and the proximity type IC card under study have different information recording / reproducing (transferring) methods.
Card reader for each card (information recording / reproducing device)
Need to be provided. However, providing a card reader for each card involves problems such as high cost and large space. Therefore, in consideration of practicality, a contact type IC card and a proximity type IC card can be processed by one card reader. Is preferred. The present invention is to provide an IC card reader capable of processing both a contact type IC card and a proximity type IC card.

[0004]

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a contact type IC card having a contact type input / output terminal on the card surface and a proximity type IC having a non-contact type input / output terminal.
A card running path on which the card can run in common, a contact block disposed on one side of the card running path and abutting the contact type input / output terminal, and the card on the other side of the card running path. The non-contact type input / output terminal is arranged near the traveling path, and a signal transmission unit for exchanging signals is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card running path in which a contact type IC card having a contact type input / output terminal on a card surface and a proximity type IC card having a non-contact type input / output terminal can run in common. A contact block disposed on one side of the card traveling path so as to come into contact with and separate from the contact type input / output terminals, and the card traveling path disposed on the other side of the card traveling path. And a signal transmission section for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the non-contact type input / output terminal.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the IC card reader according to the first or second aspect, the contact type IC card and the proximity type IC card are moved in the card traveling path by a conveying means which stops when a stop signal is input. Was conveyed, and the stop position of the contact type IC card and the proximity type IC card due to the stop of the conveying means was set to a common position.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The IC card reader indicated by reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 is a card processing device that processes different types of IC cards C. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, different types of IC cards C are contact type IC cards C1 having contact type input / output terminals 2 on the card surface C1A (hereinafter referred to as “contact card C1”).
And proximity IC card C having non-contact type input / output terminal 3
2 (hereinafter referred to as “proximity card C2”).

As shown in FIG. 5A, the contact card C1 has a contact type input / output terminal 2 (hereinafter referred to as "contact terminal 2") arranged at the tip C1c of the card surface C1A.
The contact terminal 2 is connected to an IC chip (not shown). An embossed character portion C1b for displaying embossed characters is formed below the center of the card surface C1A. A magnetic stripe C1a for recording / reproducing magnetic information is provided on one side of the card back surface C1B.

As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the proximity card C2 has an embossed character portion C2b for displaying embossed character information on the card surface C2A. Card back C
A magnetic stripe C2a for recording / reproducing magnetic information is provided on one side of 2B. Inside the proximity card C2, a non-contact type input / output terminal 3 (hereinafter, referred to as "non-contact terminal 3") composed of a plurality of coils 5, 5, 6, 6 and a plurality of metal plates 7 serving as conductors. Is provided. The non-contact terminal 3 is connected to an IC chip (not shown), and electromotive force and electrostatic capacitance generated in the coils 5, 5, 6, 6 and the metal plate 7 due to a voltage change supplied from an IC module 11 described later. The potential difference (voltage) due to the change of is converted and input / output as information to / from the IC chip.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the IC card reader 1 has a card running path 9 on which a contact card C1 and a proximity card C2 run in common, and a running path on one side of the card running path 9 sandwiching the card running path 9. And a contact block 10 that is in contact with the contact terminal 2 and an IC module that is disposed below the traveling path on the other side of the card traveling path 9 and serves as a signal transmission unit that exchanges signals with the non-contact terminal 3. 11, a transport mechanism 12 for transporting the contact card C1 and the proximity card C2, and
The card stopper mechanism 13 is provided.

Further, the IC card reader 1 exchanges magnetic information with the magnetic stripes C1a and C2a (recording / reproducing).
The magnetic card reader 100 for performing is connected. The magnetic card reader 100 exchanges magnetic information between the magnetic head (not shown) and the magnetic stripes C1a, C2a to record / reproduce information, and whether the card sensor (not shown) indicates a contact card C1 or a proximity card C2. The type signals V1 and V2 for discriminating between are input to the control means 4. Further, the card transport path (not shown) of the magnetic card reader 100 and the card running path 9 are continuous, and the contact card C1 and the proximity card C2 which have finished exchanging magnetic information are conveyed toward the IC card reader 1 by a transport means (not shown). It is transported in. A motor capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions is used as a drive motor that constitutes this conveying means.
The transport mechanism 12 is connected. The drive motor drives the transport mechanism 12 so as to transport the IC card C into the IC card reader 1 in the forward rotation and transport the IC card C from the IC card Lee 1 to the magnetic card reader 100 side in the reverse rotation. Has become.

The transport mechanism 12 includes a pair of transport rollers 120, 1
21 and drive pulleys 123, 12 that form a drive transmission unit
4,125 and. Drive pulleys 123, 124
Are integrally formed and fixed to the drive shaft 14, and the drive pulley 125 is fixed to the drive shaft 15. A transmission belt 126 is wound around the drive pulleys 124 and 125, and a belt 127 driven by a drive motor (not shown) of the magnetic card reader 100 is wound around the drive pulley 123.

The conveying roller pair 120 includes a drive roller 120a fixed to the drive shaft 14 and a driven roller 120b fixed to the shaft 16 so as to face the drive roller 120a.
It is composed of The conveying roller pair 120 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the cards 1A and 1B are arranged in the width direction (arrow W) of the card running path 9 whose side surfaces are formed. The drive shaft 14 and the shaft 16 are rotatably supported by the frames 1A and 1B, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conveying roller pair 121 is composed of a drive roller 121a fixed to the drive shaft 15 and a driven roller 121b which is arranged to face the drive roller 121a and is rotatably supported by the shaft 17. Has been done. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pair of conveying rollers 121 are arranged in the width direction (arrow W) of the card traveling path 9.
The drive shaft 15 is rotatably supported by the frames 1A and 1B. The shaft 17 is fixed to the bent portions 19a and 19b at the free ends of the leaf springs 19 that form the pressing means. The base end 19c of the leaf spring 19 is fixed to the frames 1A and 1B with screws 20 as shown in FIG.
The driven rollers 121b are pressed and urged toward the drive rollers 121a.

The contact block 10 is provided with a plurality of contacts 10a which come into contact with the contact contacts 2 so as to project toward the card running path 9 and is supported by a contact contact / separation mechanism 21. The contact contact / separation mechanism 21 is an electromagnetic solenoid 2 that is an actuator.
2. Mainly composed of a rotating arm 24 rotatably supported by a shaft 23 on a frame 1C fixed inside the side plates 1A and 1B.

The rotating arm 24 has an upper end 24a, which is located above the rotating end, connected to a movable piece 22a of the electromagnetic solenoid 22 by a pin 25, so that the moving end 2 is located to the left of the rotating end.
The contact block 10 is attached to the 4b side. The electromagnetic solenoid 22 normally positions the rotating arm 24 by a spring (not shown) at a retracted position where the contact 10a indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. When the electromagnetic solenoid 22 is energized, it turns on and the movable piece 2
2a is pulled in the direction of the arrow a to position the rotating arm 24 at the entry position shown by the chain line in the figure, and the contact 10a is pressed against the contact terminal 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the card stopper mechanism 13 drives the stopper 133 and the stopper 133, which are rotatably supported by the frame 1D constituting the lower surface of the card traveling path 9, to move back and forth with respect to the card traveling path 9. It is mainly composed of an electromagnetic solenoid 131 and a lever 132 connecting the electromagnetic solenoid 131 and the stopper 133. Lever 1
Both ends of 32 are movable pieces 131a of the electromagnetic solenoid 131.
And the stopper 133 is pin-coupled to the base end 133a. The electromagnetic solenoid 131 normally places the stopper 133 at a retracted position that is retracted from the card running path 9 shown by a solid line in FIG. It is designed to be located at an entry position where the card travel path 9 is entered.

The stopper 133, as shown in FIGS.
The cards C1 and C2, which are arranged at the front end of the card traveling path 9 with respect to the conveying roller pair 121, are connected to the contact 10
It is set and arranged so as to be stopped at a portion corresponding to a and the IC module 11.

The IC module 11 is fixed to the frame 1D which constitutes the lower surface of the card running path 9, and is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the coils 5, 5, 6, of the non-contact terminal 3 are
6, coils 26, 26, 27, 2 with the same number of turns in the same direction
7 and a metal plate 28 having the same structure as the metal plate 7.
As shown in FIG. 1, connectors 29 and 30 are provided on the lower surface of the IC module 11.

The connector 29 is connected to each of the coils 26 and 27, and the connector 30 is connected to a plurality of metal plates 28 which are conductors. The connectors 29 and 30 are connected to the control means 4 and supply the coils 26 and 27 and the metal plate 28 with a current that changes corresponding to the information supplied by the control means 4. A constant voltage for driving the IC chip is supplied to any of the coils 26, 27 and the metal plate 28.

As shown in FIG. 1, a block contact / separation sensor S1 (hereinafter referred to as "sensor S") is provided in the vicinity of the electromagnetic solenoid 22.
1 ”) is arranged. This sensor S1 outputs a contact / separation signal V3 to the control means 4 when the movable piece 22a moves in the direction of arrow a.

A card position detection sensor S2 (hereinafter referred to as "sensor S2") is arranged on the card running path 9 near the contact block and closer to the card insertion side than the stopper 133. This sensor S2 is an optical sensor, and when the IC card C passes under the sensor S2, the stop signal V
4 is output to the control means 4.

A stopper movable sensor S3 (hereinafter referred to as "sensor S3") is arranged near the electromagnetic solenoid 131. This sensor S3 has a stopper signal V5 when the movable piece 131a moves in the direction of arrow b (see FIG. 2).
Is output to the control means 4.

The control means 4 is a control device for controlling both the magnetic card reader 100 and the IC card reader 1, and the main part thereof is mainly composed of a well-known microcomputer. Here, the control means 4 determines whether the inserted IC card C is the contact card C1 or the proximity card C2 based on the card type signals V1 and V2 input from the magnetic card reader 100. Control means 4
When the stop signal V4 is input from the sensor S2, the drive motor of the magnetic card reader 100 is stopped to stop the transport mechanism 12, and the electromagnetic solenoid 131 is energized to drive (turn on). . Further, when the stopper signal V5 is input from the sensor S3 and the card type signal at that time is the type signal V1 for the contact card C1, the control means 4 energizes and drives (turns on) the electromagnetic solenoid 22, When the card type signal is the type signal V2 for the proximity card C2, a constant voltage and a voltage that changes corresponding to information are supplied to the connectors 29 and 30. Further, when the transfer of information is completed, the control means 4 cuts off the power supply to the electromagnetic solenoids 22 and 131 to turn it off, and drives the drive motor in reverse.

The operation of the IC card reader 1 having such a configuration will be described. First, the magnetic card reader 100 shown in FIG.
When the IC card C is input to the IC card C, a drive motor (not shown) is activated and the IC card C is conveyed in the magnetic card reader 100 while magnetic information is recorded / recorded by a magnetic head (not shown).
Playback is performed.

When the drive motor is activated, its rotation is transmitted to the transport mechanism 12 via the belt 127 and the pulley 123, and the transport roller pair 120, 121 is driven to rotate. For example, an IC inserted in the magnetic card reader 100
If the card C is the contact card C1, the type signal V1 is input to the control means 4, and the contact card C1 is conveyed to the card traveling path 9 as shown in FIG.

The conveyed contact card C1 is first sandwiched by the conveying roller pair 120 and conveyed in the card traveling path 9. Then, the sensor S2 detects that the sensor S2
When the stop signal V4 is output from the drive motor, the drive motor is stopped, the electromagnetic solenoid 131 is turned on, and the movable piece 13 is turned on.
1a moves in the direction indicated by arrow b in FIG. When the movable piece 131a moves, the stopper 1 is moved through the lever 132.
33 is rotated from the retracted position shown by the solid line to the entry position shown by the chain double-dashed line, and the leading end 133b comes into contact with the leading end of the contact card C1 which is located inside the card traveling path 9 and is conveyed.

Further, the operation of the movable piece 131a is detected by the sensor S3.
Is detected, the stopper signal V5 is output, the electromagnetic solenoid 22 is turned on, and the movable piece 22a is pulled in the direction of arrow a in FIG. With this operation, the rotating arm 24 is rotationally displaced about the shaft 23 from the separated position shown by the two-dot chain line to the contact position shown by the broken line, and the contact block 10 is lowered.
Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the contact 10a protruding from the contact block 10 comes into contact with the contact terminal 2 of the contact card C1 which is already stopped in the card traveling path 9, and the contact card C
Input / output of information for 1 is performed.

On the other hand, when the inserted IC card C is the proximity card C2, the type signal V2 is input to the control means 4, and the proximity card C2 is used as shown in FIG.
Transported to The conveyed proximity card C2 is first sandwiched by the conveyance roller pair 120 and conveyed in the card traveling path 9. Then, it is detected by the sensor S2 and the sensor S
When the stop signal V4 is output from 2, the drive motor is stopped and the electromagnetic solenoid 131 is turned on to move the movable piece 1
31a moves in the direction indicated by the arrow b in FIG. When this movable piece 131a moves, the stopper 133 rotates via the lever 132 from the retracted position shown by the solid line to the entry position shown by the chain double-dashed line, and the tip 133b enters the card running path 9 and is shown in FIG. As described above, the proximity card C2 is stopped so that the proximity card C2 comes into contact with the non-contact terminal 3 and the IC module 11 face each other.

When the sensor S3 detects the operation of the movable piece 131a, the stopper signal V5 is output and the connectors 29, 3 are connected.
Voltage is supplied to the coils 26, 26, 27, 27 and the plurality of metal plates 28 via 0. Then, the coils 26, 2
6, 27, 27 and the coils 5, 5, 6, 6 are generated in response to the change in the electromotive force caused by the variable voltage supplied corresponding to the information, and the potential difference (voltage) due to the change. Occurs, a potential difference (voltage) is generated between the metal plate 28 and the metal plate 7 due to a change in capacitance, and this potential difference is converted to input / output information to / from the proximity card C2.

When the input / output of information for the contact card C1 and the proximity card C2 is completed, the electromagnetic solenoids 22, 1
The power supply to 31 is cut off and turned off. Then, the stopper 133 and the contact block 10 are retracted from the card traveling path 9 by the spring force of a spring (not shown), and the drive motor is driven to be reversed from that during conveyance. By this reversal drive, the IC card C in the card running path 9 moves back toward the insertion side and is ejected from the IC card reader 1 and the magnetic card reader 100 connected thereto.

As described above, in the IC card reader 1, the contact block 10 that contacts the contact terminal 2 of the contact card C1 to input / output information and the non-contact terminal 3 of the proximity card C2.
Since the IC module 11 for inputting / outputting information by a potential difference is provided opposite to the contact card C1 and the proximity card C2.
It is possible to support both. In addition, the contact card C1 and the proximity card C2 conveyed on the card traveling path 9
Is stopped at a predetermined position in the card running path 9 by one stopper 133, it is not necessary to separately provide the stopper 133.

Further, the contact block 10 and the IC module 11 are provided so as to face each other with the card running path 9 interposed therebetween, and the contact terminal 2 and the contact block 10 and the non-contact terminal 3 and the IC module 11 face each other when the card is stopped. Since the stopper 133 is arranged so that when the IC card C comes in contact with the stopper 133 and stops, the stop positions of the contact card C1 and the proximity card C2 become the same. Therefore, the range of the stopped card occupying in the card traveling path 9 is narrower than that in the case where the stopping positions of the cards are different, the total length of the card traveling path 9 can be shortened, and the IC card reader 1 can be miniaturized.

If the stop signal V4 and the stopper signal V5 are output from the sensors S2 and S3 and the type signal V1 corresponding to the contact card C1 is not output from the sensor (not shown), the electromagnetic solenoid 22 is not turned on. When the C2 is inserted, the contact block 10 can be prevented from entering the card traveling path 9, and the traveling resistance to the proximity card C2 can be reduced. Further, the electromagnetic solenoid 22
Is a stopper 133 arranged on the tip side of the card running path 9.
Does not operate, that is, it does not turn on unless the stopper signal V5 is output.
The contact block 10 is retracted from the card traveling path 9 until it comes into contact with the contact block 33, and the traveling resistance can be reduced even when the contact card C1 is traveling.

In this embodiment, the contact block 10 is arranged above the card traveling path 9 and the IC module 11 is arranged below the card traveling path 9, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the contact terminal of the contact card C1. When 2 is conveyed on the lower surface side of the card traveling path 9, the contact block 10 is arranged below the card traveling path 9 and the IC module 11 is arranged above the card traveling path 9. In short, it is important to dispose the contact block 10 in a direction in which it can abut the contact terminal 2 and to provide the IC module 11 on the side opposite to the contact block 10.

In the present embodiment, the control means 4 controls both the magnetic card reader 100 and the IC card reader 1, but it is also possible to control only the IC card reader 1 independently. In this case, a card sensor (not shown) that outputs the card type signals V1 and V2 is provided in the vicinity of the conveyance roller pair 120, and a drive motor (not shown) is arranged in a part of the conveyance mechanism 12, so that the IC card reader 1 is a single card. Processing becomes possible.

[0037]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the card running in which the contact type IC card having the contact type input / output terminal and the proximity type IC card having the non-contact type input / output terminal can be commonly run. A contact block that is placed on one side across the road and comes into contact with the contact-type input / output terminals, and a contact block that is placed near the card runway on the other side across the card runway and sends / receives signals to / from the non-contact type input / output terminals. Since the contact type IC card and the proximity type IC card can be processed by a single IC card reader, the signal transmitting section for performing the above is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card running path in which a contact type IC card having a contact type input / output terminal and a proximity type IC card having a non-contact type input / output terminal can be commonly run. It is attached to the frame that forms the contact block that is placed on one side of the contact type and that is movable to contact with and separate from the contact type input / output terminals, and the card running route that is placed on the other side of the card running route. Since it is provided with a signal transmission unit for exchanging signals with the non-contact type input / output terminal, it is possible to process the contact type IC card and the proximity type IC card with one IC card reader. Also,
Since the contact block can be moved in contact with or separated from the contact type input / output terminal, the contact type I is conveyed on the card running path.
It is possible to reduce the running resistance for the C card and the proximity IC card.

According to the third aspect of the invention, a contact IC
The card and the proximity type IC card are conveyed in the card traveling path by a conveying means that stops when a stop signal is input, and the contact type IC card and the proximity type IC card have a common stop position due to the stop of the conveying means. Since the position is set to the above position, the total length of the card traveling path can be shortened as compared with the case where the card is stopped at a different position, and the IC card reader can be downsized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration side view of an IC card reader showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an IC card reader showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an IC card reader when a contact type IC card is inserted.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an IC card reader when a proximity IC card is inserted.

5A is a plan view of a contact type IC card, and FIG. 5B is a plan view of a proximity type IC card.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view showing a contact state of a contact type input / output terminal and a contact block.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view showing a signal transmission / reception state between a signal transmission unit and a non-contact type input / output terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 IC card reader 1D frame 2 Contact type input / output terminal 3 Non-contact type input / output terminal 9 Card running path 10 Contact block 11 Signal transmission part C1 Contact type IC card C1A Card surface C2 Proximity type IC card

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A contact type IC card having a contact type input / output terminal on a card surface and a proximity type I having a non-contact type input / output terminal.
A card traveling path in which the C card can travel in common, a contact block arranged on one side of the card traveling path and in contact with the contact type input / output terminal, and the other side of the card traveling path on the other side. An IC card reader, which is arranged in the vicinity of a card running path, and is provided with the non-contact type input / output terminal and a signal transmission section for exchanging signals. 2. A contact type IC card having a contact type input / output terminal on the card surface and a proximity type I having a non-contact type input / output terminal.
A card traveling path in which the C card can travel in common, a contact block arranged on one side of the card traveling path so as to come into contact with and separate from the contact type input / output terminal, and the card traveling path. An IC card reader provided with a signal transmission section which is attached to a frame forming the card traveling path arranged on the other side of the path and which transmits and receives a signal to and from the non-contact type input / output terminal. 3. The contact type IC card and the proximity type IC card are conveyed in a card traveling path by a conveying means which stops when a stop signal is inputted, and the contact type IC card and the proximity type IC card are brought close to each other by stopping the conveying means. The IC card reader according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a stop position with respect to the IC card is set to a common position.