JPH09305799A - Automatic certificate issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent the illegal usage of an issued certificate. SOLUTION: An automatic certificate issuing machine 2 has a card inserting port 3a for inserting an ID card for specifying an individual, CRT display 6 for performing the guidance display of operating method or operating menu, touch switch 7 for operation input provided on the surface of this display 6, coin money and paper money slots 12a and 13a for paying the correspondent price, and certificate ejecting port 15 for issuing the certificate and has a camera on the back of a window part 9a equipped with a half mirror. A main CPU provided for the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 is provided with a function for automatically issuing the certificate corresponding to the external operations in the state of inserting the proper ID card into the card inserting port 3a. At the time of issue, the face of an operator is photographed by the camera and the photographed face picture is printed on the certificate of an issue object.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic certificate issuing machine capable of automatically issuing various certificates such as a seal stamp certificate and a resident card, or documents such as facility use tickets and reservation tickets. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to save labor and improve services to be provided, an ID card which can identify the user has been issued in advance to the user, and the ID card has been set. There is provided a system that automatically issues various certificates such as a seal stamp certificate and a resident's card according to an external operation in a state.

[0003]

However, in such a system, when the ID card is lost or handed to a third party, the certificate issued using the ID card is illegally used. There is a risk that Of course, in order to deal with such unauthorized use, a configuration is adopted in which the use of an ID card is subject to the operation of inputting a personal identification number registered in advance in association with the ID card. Even if such measures are taken, it is difficult to sufficiently prevent the above-mentioned illegal use, and this point has been an unsolved problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic certificate issuing machine which can effectively prevent illegal use of issued certificates.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 automatically issues a certificate in accordance with an external operation in a state where an ID card capable of identifying an individual is set. In the automatic certificate issuing machine with the function to
It is configured to include a camera for photographing the face of the operator and an output control means for printing out a photographed image by the camera on a certificate sheet to be issued through a printing means.

According to this structure, the certificate is issued in response to an external operation with an ID card that can identify an individual being set. The image taken by the camera, that is, the photograph of the face of the operator is printed out on the certificate sheet to be issued by the printing means. Therefore, even if a person other than the actual owner of the ID card illegally uses the ID card to receive the certificate, for example, as in the case of a security camera, the face printed on the issued certificate The existence of the photograph becomes a great deterrent to the illegal use of the certificate, and the illegal use can be effectively prevented.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a certificate automatic issuance having a function of automatically issuing a certificate in response to an external operation with an ID card capable of identifying an individual set In the machine, a storage unit that stores face photograph data about the owner of the ID card, and a face photograph based on data corresponding to the set ID card among the face photograph data stored in the storage unit are issued. An output control unit for printing out the certificate sheet through the printing unit may be provided.

According to this structure, the certificate is issued in response to an external operation with an ID card that can identify an individual being set. At the time of issuing, the certificate is stored in the storage means. Among the face photograph data about the owner of the ID card, the face photograph based on the data corresponding to the ID card set as described above is printed out on the certificate paper to be issued through the printing means. Become. In other words, if a person other than the authorized owner of the ID card illegally uses the ID card to receive the certificate, the issued certificate will show a face photo of the authorized owner different from the person. Will be printed. Therefore, when the certificate is actually used, it is possible to easily confirm whether or not the owner of the certificate is the person who owns the certificate, and as a result, it is possible to effectively prevent illegal use of the certificate.

In this case, the storage means may be built in the main body of the certificate issuing machine (Claim 3), or the storage means may be provided on the side of the host computer for constructing the certificate database. (Claim 4),
According to each of the above configurations, there is an advantage that the face photograph data stored in the storage unit can be easily managed and the confidentiality of the face photograph data becomes high.

Further, the storage means may be composed of a storage element provided in the ID card (claim 5), and this configuration can simplify the entire system configuration.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 shows the front appearance of the ID card 1 used in this embodiment. This ID
The card 1 is composed of a magnetic card to which a tape-shaped magnetic recording portion 1a is attached, and a card title 1b containing the card type (in this example, a seal registration certificate) on the surface.
Etc. are printed, and a number string 1c indicating an issue number unique to the ID card 1 is formed by embossing.

In this case, in the magnetic recording unit 1a, for example, a confirmation code for specifying the issuer of the ID card 1,
A user ID identification code for identifying an individual user, expiration date data indicating a card expiration date, and the like are recorded. The ID card 1 is issued in advance in response to a user's application, for example, at a window for performing a certificate issuing business. In this case, the personal identification number applied by the user is It is registered in a state of being associated one-to-one with the user ID identification code. Further, when the ID card 1 is issued, the identity is confirmed by an identification card or the like.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2. In FIG. 1, the magnetic card 1 is provided on a panel 2a provided on the left side of the front surface of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2.
Is provided with a card insertion slot 3a for inserting
At the back, a card reader (FIG. 2) for taking in the inserted ID card 1 and reading the recorded data is shown.
Is indicated by the reference numeral 3). A pilot lamp 4 for promoting card insertion is provided adjacent to the card insertion slot 3a, and a call button 5 for calling an attendant is provided near the card insertion slot 3a.
Is provided.

A CRT display 6 is provided above the card insertion slot 3a on the panel 2a for displaying guidance such as an operation method and an operation menu. The CRT display 6 has a surface for inputting operation input. There is provided a transparent panel-shaped touch switch 7 having a well-known structure.

Further, above the CRT display 6 on the panel 2a, an inverted display 8 for indicating whether the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 is in the usable state or in the unusable state (suspended). And a window portion 9a provided with a half mirror are provided, and in particular, a camera for photographing the face of the operator (indicated by reference numeral 9 in FIG. 2 is provided on the back surface of the window portion 9a. (Shown) is arranged.

In the lower part of the panel 2a of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2, a concave leg space 10 is formed in consideration of an operation by a wheelchair user, and a well-known kick plate is formed on the wall surface of the leg space 10. 10a is provided. An assist bar 11 is attached to the bottom of the panel 2a for the convenience of wheelchair users.

A coin insertion slot 12a and a bill insertion slot 13a for paying a certificate delivery fee are provided above the main door 2b provided on the right side of the front surface of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2. In this case, in the automatic certificate issuing machine 2,
A well-known coin mech (indicated by reference numeral 12 in FIG. 2) is provided at a position corresponding to the coin slot 12a, and a well-known bill burr (reference numeral 13 in FIG. 2 is provided at a position corresponding to the bill insertion slot 13a. Are shown). Further, a pilot lamp 14 is provided at a position adjacent to the bill insertion slot 13a for prompting payment of a fee.

A certificate discharge port 15 for discharging a certificate and an auxiliary discharge port 16 for discharging a change or receipt are provided side by side in a central portion of the main door 2b. Further, a pilot lamp 17 is provided at a position adjacent to the certificate discharge port 15 to notify that the certificate, change or receipt has been discharged.

FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of construction of an automatic certificate issuing system using the certificate automatic issuing machine 2. In FIG. 3, the host computer 100
Has a built-in database that stores the data necessary for issuing a resident's card, a seal registration certificate, etc. (including data related to the ID card 1 and the personal identification number registered as described above). The data is exchanged with the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 through the network 200. In addition, the remote panel 30
0 is installed to notify the person in charge of management of the status of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2, and is connected to the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 via a communication cable 400.

FIG. 4 shows a front appearance of the remote panel 300. In FIG. 4, the remote panel 300 is provided with an indicator lamp 301 for displaying a power-on state on the upper left side thereof, and a plurality of message lamps 302 are provided in the central portion.
Are arranged in two rows on the left and right, and a character string 303 indicating the contents of those messages is provided at a position corresponding to each message lamp 302.

That is, the state in which the message lamp 302 is lit indicates that the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 is in the state of the message contents by the character string 303 corresponding to the message lamp 302. , Perform necessary work based on such display. In the example of FIG. 4, the message lamp 302 is additionally provided and a vacant area 304 corresponding to the message lamp 302 is provided in consideration of a situation in which message contents are added in the future.

On the remote panel 300, below the message lamp 302 and the character string 303, there is provided an error content indicator 305 for displaying the details of the message content as described above, for example, with an error code. . Further, at the lower position of the error content indicator 305, a chime 306 is provided which sounds when the above-mentioned error occurs and when the call button 5 is operated on the certificate issuing machine 2 side. A cancel button 307 for stopping the ringing of the chime 306 is provided.

FIG. 2 shows the electrical construction of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 by combining functional blocks, which will be described below. That is, the operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 is configured to be controlled by the main CPU 18 (corresponding to the output control means in the present invention), and the main CPU 18 is the host computer 100 (see FIG. 3).
The data transfer operation with the remote panel 300 is performed using the communication interface 19.
The camera 9 is controlled via the remote panel interface 20 and the camera interface 21, respectively.

Further, the main CPU 18 includes the card reader 3, call button 5, CRT display 6,
Touch switch 7, reversing type display 8, coin mech 1
2. A bill printer 13 is connected, and a laser printer 22 (corresponding to the printing means in the present invention) for printing on certificate paper, a journal printer 23 for printing out receipts and leaving various records as journals. , A voicing device 24 for synthesizing a voice message for guidance, an HDD (hard disk device) 25 for storing various data including data necessary for the operation of the main CPU 18, and when installing data in this HDD 25 An FDD (floppy disk device) 26 used for is connected.

Further, the main CPU 18 has a sub-CP
U27 is connected, and the operation of each element described below is controlled through the sub CPU 27. That is, the multi-feed sensor 28 for detecting a state in which the certificate papers discharged from the laser printer 22 are overlapped and fed, the certificate papers discharged from the laser printer 22 are conveyed, and a plurality of sheets of the certificate papers are sent as necessary. A transport mechanism 29 for holding the certificate sheets in an aligned state, a stapler 30 for binding the certificate sheets while the transport mechanism 29 holds a plurality of certificate sheets, and a stapler 30 for binding the certificate sheets. The stamping machine 31 for making a stamp or a punch in place of the certificate sheet, discharges the completed certificate sheet to the certificate discharge port 15, and the certificate sheet is discharged within a predetermined time. Discharging mechanism 3 that takes in the inside if it is not removed from the outlet 15
2. The mode changeover switch 33 for switching the operating state of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2, the door sensor 34 for monitoring the open state of the main door 2b, and the operation control of the pilot lamps 4, 14, 17 are: Main CPU
This is performed through the sub CPU 27 based on a command from 18.

FIG. 6 shows an operation example of the certificate automatic issuing machine 2 configured as described above, which will be described below. However, in the following description, each step with the symbol "S" is the main CP on the certificate issuing machine 2 side.
The control content by U18 is shown, and each step with the symbol "R" shows the operation content by the user.

In the normal state, that is, in the standby state in which the user is not operating, the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 is set to CR.
A "certificate selection screen" for prompting the user to select a certificate to be issued is displayed on the T display 6 (S010).

When the user selects a certificate to be issued from the standby state (R010), the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 prompts the user to insert the ID card 1 into the card insertion slot 3a. A "card insertion screen" including a message is displayed on the CRT display 6, a voice prompting the insertion of the ID card 1 is output through the voicing device 24, and the pilot lamp 4 blinks, and the ID card 1 is inserted in this state. It waits until it is performed (S020). In this example, description will be made assuming that “seal certificate” is selected as the certificate to be delivered.

The user inserts the ID card 1 into the card insertion slot 3a according to the display contents of the "card insertion screen" as described above (R020). In this case, the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 always monitors the insertion state of the ID card 1 into the card insertion slot 3a, and when the insertion of the ID card 1 is detected, the recorded data of the ID card 1 is read by the card reader 3 Read through and transferred to the main CPU 18 (S030).

When the recorded data of the ID card 1 is read in this way, the "PIN code input screen" for prompting the input operation of the PIN code through the touch switch 7 is displayed on the CRT.
After being displayed on the display 6, a voice prompting the input operation is output through the voicing device 24 (S040). The user inputs the personal identification number registered in advance when the ID card 1 is issued through the touch switch 7 according to the display content of the "personal identification number input screen" (R03).
0).

When the personal identification number is input, the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 inquires of the host computer 100 whether the inserted ID card 1 and personal identification number are proper (S050), It waits until the inquiry result is received (S060). In step S050, the input personal identification number and ID card 1
The operation of transmitting the read data (confirmation code for identifying the issuer of the ID card 1, user ID identification code for identifying the individual user, and expiration date data) to the host computer 100 through the communication interface 19. It is something to do.

In this case, the host computer 100 verifies whether the received confirmation code, user ID identification code, and expiration date data are proper and inputs the user ID identification code. This is for collating whether or not the correspondence relations of the personal identification numbers match, and the collation result is answered back to the automatic certificate issuing machine 2. Particularly, when the confirmation code and the like are correct and the input personal identification number is correct, the host computer 100 simultaneously transmits the certificate data necessary for issuing the seal stamp certificate at the time of the answer back. .

The certificate automatic issuing machine 2 stores the certificate data in the answerback data from the host computer 100 in the HDD 25, and based on the answerback data, the inserted ID card 1 and the input secret code. The validity of the number is determined (S070), and if at least one is determined to be invalid, error processing is executed. In this error processing, for example, the ID card 1
If the ID card 1 is valid but the entered personal identification number is incorrect, control is performed to prompt re-entry of the personal identification number if the ID card 1 is valid. To do.

When it is determined that both the inserted ID card 1 and the input personal identification number are valid (“YES” in S070), the user is prompted to select the required number of certificate issuances. After displaying the "copies selection screen" on the CRT display 6, a voice prompting the selection operation is output through the voicing device 24 (S080). The user inputs the required number of copies through the touch switch 7 in accordance with the display contents of the "copies selection screen" (R04).
0).

When such an input is made, the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 calculates the total amount of the certificate delivery fee desired by the user and prompts the payment of the consideration indicated by the calculation result. The "charge input screen" is displayed on the CRT display 6, and a voice prompting the payment of the consideration is output through the voicing device 24 and the pilot lamp 14 is blinked (S090).

The user can use the "charge input screen" as described above.
Coin insertion slot 12a and bill insertion slot 1
Pay the fee through 3a (R050). In this case, a signal indicating the value of the inserted coin or bill is sent to the main CPU 18 through the coin mech 12 or the bill burr 13.
Is input to

The automatic certificate issuing machine 2 prints out the receipt through the journal printer 23 and ejects it from the auxiliary ejection port 16 and ejects the ID card 1 taken into the card reader 3 from the card insertion port 3a ( S100). When ejecting (returning) the ID card 1, it is desirable to output a message prompting the user to receive the ID card 1 through the CRT display 6, the pilot lamp 14 and the voicing device 24. Also, when you need to pay change,
When the change is a coin, it is discharged to the auxiliary discharge port 16 through the coin mech 12, and when the change is a bill, it is discharged through the bill burr 13.

The user receives the ID card 1 discharged as described above (R060). On the side of the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 side, the camera 9 photographs the face of the user (S1
10) The captured image data is input to the main CPU 18 as image data digitized by the camera interface 21 (S120). Note that this camera may be configured as a digital camera.

Next, as described above, the certificate data that has been answered back to the hard disk device 25 from the host computer 100 is edited into the output format of the seal stamp certificate to create image data (S130). The image data obtained in step S120 is superimposed and combined (S140).

Then, by printing out such combined data on the certificate sheet by the laser printer 22, a seal stamp certificate 35 having a format as shown in FIG. 7 is created (S150). That is, as shown in FIG. 7, in the seal stamp certificate 35, in addition to the bibliographical items necessary for this, the seal imprint registered in the seal stamp, the certifier seal, etc., a facial photograph of the user is printed. Become.

Step S15 of creating the seal stamp certificate 35
0 is performed until the printout of the seal stamp certificates 35 corresponding to the number of certificate issuances selected by the user is completed (S160), and when the printout is completed, the created seal stamp certificate 35 is discharged. It is discharged to the certificate discharge port 15 via (S170). Then, the user receives the seal stamp certificate 35 thus discharged (R070), and in response to this, the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 returns to the standby state.

In short, according to the automatic certificate issuing machine 2 described in the above embodiment, the certificate issued in the state where the proper ID card 1 for identifying the user is set (inserted) (in the embodiment, The face certificate of the user who performed the issuing operation is printed on the seal certificate 35). Therefore,
Even if a person other than the actual owner of the ID card 1 illegally uses the ID card 1 and receives a certificate,
For example, as in the case of a security camera, the presence of a facial photograph printed on the issued certificate will be a great deterrent to unauthorized use of the certificate, and it will be possible to effectively prevent such unauthorized use. .

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be expanded or modified as described below. In the above embodiment, the facial photograph of the user is taken every time the certificate is issued, but the facial photograph data may be used to issue the certificate with the facial photograph. Specifically, for example, at the time of issuing an ID card, a facial photograph of the user (the owner of the ID card) is taken, and the facial photograph data is associated with the user ID identification code of the ID card, and the storage means is stored. Stored in the ID
At the time of issuing a certificate using a card, a facial photograph based on the data corresponding to the ID card among the facial photograph data stored in the storage means is printed out on a certificate sheet to be issued through a laser printer or the like. The output control means may be provided.

According to this structure, when the certificate using the ID card is issued, the face photograph data stored in advance for the owner of the ID card is read from the storage means for the certificate. A photograph of the face of the owner of the ID card will be printed along with the resident data necessary for issuing the certificate. For this reason, if a person other than the authorized owner of the ID card illegally uses the ID card and is issued a certificate, the face certificate of the authorized owner different from that person will appear in the issued certificate. Will be printed. Therefore, when the certificate is actually used, it is possible to easily confirm whether or not the owner of the certificate is the person who owns the certificate, and as a result, it is possible to effectively prevent illegal use of the certificate.

In this case, the storage means may be built in the main body of the automatic certificate issuing machine, for example, as a hard disk device, or provided on the side of the host computer that constructs the certificate database. According to such a configuration, there is an advantage that the face photograph data stored in the storage unit can be easily managed and the confidentiality thereof can be enhanced.

Further, the ID card may be composed of an IC card, and the above-mentioned storage means may be composed of a storage element (that is, a memory IC) included in the ID card. The advantage is that the system configuration can be simplified.

In the present embodiment, the time when the user shoots the image with the camera is set to after the card is ejected. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the shooting is started when the input of the personal identification number is judged to be valid. Is also good.

Needless to say, the certificate to be issued is not limited to the seal certificate as in the above-mentioned embodiment, and in addition to official certificates such as a resident card, facility usage rights and entertainment It can be widely applied to admission tickets, reservation tickets for various courses and workshops, and other proofs for which it is desirable to identify the user.

[0049]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when a certificate is issued in response to an external operation with an ID card that can identify an individual being set, proof of the issue target. Operator's face photo or I
Since the face photograph of the owner of the D card is automatically printed, it has a beneficial effect of being able to effectively prevent illegal use of the issued certificate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic certificate issuing machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a construction example of an automatic certificate issuing system.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a remote panel.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the ID card.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation example of an automatic certificate issuing machine.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an example of a certificate.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is an ID card, 2 is an automatic certificate issuing machine, 6 is a CRT display, 7 is a touch switch, 9 is a camera, 18 is a main CPU (output control means), 22 is a laser printer (printing means), and 35 is a seal stamp certification. , 100 is a host computer, and 300 is a remote panel.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An operator's face is photographed in an automatic certificate issuing machine having a function of automatically issuing a certificate in response to an external operation when an ID card capable of identifying an individual is set. An automatic certificate issuing machine, comprising: a camera; and output control means for printing out an image taken by the camera on a certificate sheet to be issued by a printing means. 2. An automatic certificate issuing machine having a function of automatically issuing a certificate in response to an external operation when an ID card capable of identifying an individual is set. Of the facial photograph data stored in the storage means, and a facial photograph based on the data corresponding to the ID card set in the facial photograph data stored in the storage means is printed out on the certificate sheet to be issued through the printing means. An automatic certificate issuing machine, comprising: 3. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 2, wherein the storage means is built in the main body of the automatic certificate issuing machine. 4. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 2, wherein the storage means is provided on the side of a host computer that constructs a certificate database. 5. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 2, wherein the storage means is a storage element provided in the ID card.