JPS6383863A - Processing system for portable medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a user to surely a portable medium in any nation by securing such a constitution where a processor can deliver an indication in a set language based on the indication information stored previously in the portable medium. CONSTITUTION:A memory part 5 of an IC card 1 stores previously the indication information on the characters and voices for an indication given in a desired language that can be delivered from a processor 3 in an application mode in addition to the personal information. For instance, a Japanese puts IC card 1 into a processor 3 in the United States. Thus a processing part 11 of the processor 3 reads the personal information on the user and the indication information out of the part 5 of IC card 1 via an R/W part 21 and stores them in a memory part 13. The part 11 extracts the necessary Japanese indication information out of the part 13 when an indication is given to the user and gives indications to the user in Japanese via a display 15 and a speaker 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a portable medium processing system that performs various processes using a portable medium such as an IC card.

(Prior art) In recent years, with the remarkable increase in the degree of integration of various electronic circuits and the improvement of their mounting technology, microprocessors and memories have been mounted in thin cards to hold various types of information on an individual level. So-called IC cards are attracting attention. I
Compared to magnetic cards currently in practical use, such as bank cash cards, C cards have a lower storage capacity and
Since it has various advantages such as rich processing functions, it is expected that it will be used in various fields in the future, and it is also expected to become popular worldwide. Therefore, in order to promote the international use of IC cards, the format of IC cards has been internationally standardized.

Due to such standardization, the same processing can be performed using an IC card in any country, and the owner of the IC card can enjoy the same benefits regardless of the country.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the process of using an IC card, it is best to proceed with the process in a so-called interactive format between the IC card reading/writing device (R/W device) and the user. Common. That is, the user only has to perform various operations according to instructions from the R/W device. However, when an IC card user attempts to use an IC card in a country other than his or her own country, especially in a country whose official language is a language that the user cannot understand, the instructions from the R/W device will naturally be Since this is done in the official language of the country, it is difficult for the user to judge the instructions, which may impede the effective use of the IC card, so countermeasures have been desired from the perspective of international usage of IC cards.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a portable media processing system that can contribute to achieving effective international use of portable media.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, a portable medium processing device outputs an appropriate instruction to the owner of the portable medium to be processed. In a system for processing a portable medium, the present invention includes: a storage means for storing instruction information stored in the portable medium and necessary for the processing device to issue instructions in a set language; and a storage device provided in the processing device for outputting instructions. and an instruction output control means for issuing instructions in a set language based on instruction information stored in the storage means.

(Operation) In the portable medium processing system according to the present invention, instruction information required for the portable medium processing device to output instructions to the user during processing in a set language is stored in advance in the portable medium. Then, when the processing device outputs a presentation, it uses the set language based on this instruction information.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable medium processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and in this embodiment, the portable medium will be explained as an IC card.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an IC card, and 3 is a processing device that performs processing such as reading and writing data to the IC card 1. In FIG.

The IC card 1 includes a storage section 5 that stores various data, an input/output section 7 that forms a signal path between the processing devices 3 when inserted into the processing device 3, and the storage section 5 and the input/output section 7.
A control section 9 consisting of, for example, a CPU is provided.

In particular, the storage unit 5 stores an IC card 1 as shown in FIG.
In addition to personal information such as the name and password regarding the owner of the IC card (hereinafter simply referred to as the "user"), instructions in the user's desired language that can be output from the processing device 3 when the user uses the IC card 1. Text and audio instruction information for the is stored in advance. Note that this instruction information is given in an internationally determined order, as shown in Figure 3. Instructions such as "point out" are coded and stored.

In addition, since the types of instructions that can be output from the processing device 3 are limited and relatively small, the capacity required to store the instruction information is approximately one byte, and each set of memory of a general IC card It only takes about 1/8th of the 8 bytes required, and does not pose any problem in storing various types of data.

The processing device 3 includes a processing section 11 comprising, for example, a CPU that controls the overall operation, a storage section 13 that stores various information, a display 15 that displays various displays to the user based on the processing results in the processing section 11, and various sounds. A voice synthesizer 17 and a speaker 19 for giving instructions, an inserted I
Forms a signal path with the C card 1 and reads data.
Reader/writer section (R/W section) 2 for writing
1. The configuration includes a keyboard 23 for the user to perform various inputs. In particular, when the IC card 1 is inserted into the processing device 3, the storage section 13 stores the above-mentioned instruction information stored in the storage section 5 of the IC card 1 in the processing section 11.
This is something that can be stored via the . Therefore, when the processing unit 11 gives some instructions to the user during processing, it selects the corresponding instruction information and outputs it as a display and audio via the reading display 15 and the speaker 19, respectively.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. The explanation will be based on the assumption that a Japanese person uses his or her own IC card in the United States.

First, when a Japanese user inserts the IC card 1 into the processing device 3 installed in the United States, the processing section 11 of the processing device 3 sends the IC card 1 to the storage section of the IC card 1 via the R/W section 21. The user's personal information and instruction information stored in 5 are read and stored in storage unit 13.

The processing unit 11 then instructs the user to enter a password in order to determine whether or not this user is the legal owner of the IC card 1.

However, if the user is an American, "INPUT
The instruction ``YOUR5ECRET C0DEJ'' is to be given via the display 15 and the speaker 19, but since the desired language for the instruction is Japanese according to the instruction information from the IC card 1 inserted earlier, the processing unit 11 The instruction information corresponding to the instruction, that is, the fourth information (see FIG. 3) is extracted from the storage section 13, and the instruction "Please enter your password" is issued via the display 15 and speaker 19.

As a result, the Japanese user can easily determine the instructions from the processing unit a3, and input the password via the keyboard 23 in accordance with the instructions.

Thereafter, the processing unit 11 will perform the necessary processing on the IC card 1 by checking that the input PIN number and the PIN number read from the IC card match, and in the process, the processing unit 11 will: When giving instructions to the user, the necessary instruction information in Japanese is extracted from the storage section 13 as described above, and instructions are given in Japanese via the display 15 and speaker 19.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, since instructions from the processing device to the user are given in the language desired by the user, the user can easily and reliably use his or her IC card in any country. can do.

In this embodiment, the processing device reads all the instruction information stored in the IC card at the same time as the IC card is inserted into the processing device, but only the necessary instruction information can be read as needed. You may also read it.

Further, in this embodiment, instructions are outputted via a display and a speaker, but they may also be outputted via a hard copy using a printer, for example.

Furthermore, as another example, with the recent development of language translation technology, by equipping the processing device with this technology, it is only necessary to pre-store in the portable medium only the language information desired for instruction output. , it is possible to effectively utilize the storage unit in the portable medium.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the instruction information necessary for the portable medium processing device to output instructions to the user during processing in the set language is stored in advance in the portable medium. Then, when the processing device outputs an instruction, it uses the set language based on this instruction information, so the user can reliably use it in any country, thereby making it possible to use portable media internationally. This can contribute to the achievement of effective utilization.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration block of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining an IC card used in this embodiment.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a system in which a portable medium processing device proceeds with processing on the portable medium while outputting appropriate instructions to the owner of the portable medium to be processed, the portable medium has the following steps: a storage means for storing instruction information necessary for the processing device to issue an instruction in a set language; and a storage means provided in the processing device for issuing an instruction to be outputted in a set language based on the instruction information stored in the storage means. A portable media processing system comprising: instruction output control means. (2) A patent characterized in that the storage means stores the instruction information as text and voice instructions in a set language, and the instruction output control means selects instruction information corresponding to the instruction to be output. A portable media processing system according to claim 1. (3) The storage means specifies a setting language for the instruction information, and the instruction output control means converts the instruction to be output into the specified setting language and outputs it. A portable media processing system according to claim 1.