KR20060002255A - Cigarette-automatic vending machine to authenticate adult - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to sell the cigarette to the user using the automatic vending machine, after confirming whether the identity of the adult and the identity of the person using the resident registration card.

In configuring the automatic cigarette vending machine, the identification number of the resident registration card is recognized through the card recognition means to determine the adult status, and the fingerprint information of the resident registration card and the fingerprint information of the user recognized through the fingerprint identification means are determined. A control means for executing a fingerprint feature point extraction program to extract the fingerprint feature point by an extraction method using a fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm, and determining whether or not to identify the identity and controlling a corresponding module to provide a cigarette according to the money according to the result; Card recognition means for scanning and reading the resident registration number and fingerprint image of the inputted resident registration card; Storage means for programming and storing a fingerprint feature extraction algorithm, and storing fingerprint information and related data and programs inputted through the card recognition means; And a fingerprint identification means for receiving the user's finger fingerprint information and determining whether the fingerprint information is identical to the fingerprint information stored in the storage means.

Vending machine, tobacco, adult authentication, fingerprint, resident registration card

Description

Cigarette-automatic vending machine to authenticate adult}

1 is a block diagram of a cigarette automatic vending device applied to the present invention

Figure 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the card slot to be applied to the present invention

3 is a block diagram showing a process of recognizing the character recognition unit and the image recognition unit applied to the present invention

* Description of Signs of Main Parts of Drawings *

10. Control means 20. Card recognition means

21. Card slot 22. Guide part

23. Starter sensor 24. End sensor

25. Guide Roller 26. Character Recognition

27. Image recognition unit 30. Storage means

31. Program storage 32. Flash RAM memory

33. DRAM memory unit 40. Fingerprint identification means

41. Fingerprint Input 41a. Fingerprint contact window

41b. Image Sensor 42. Fingerprint Identification

50. Money recognition means 51. Money entrance

52. Display part 53. Money recognition part

60. Discharge means 61. Selection button

62. Drive section 63. Outlet

The present invention relates to a cigarette automatic vending device capable of adult authentication, and more particularly, when a cigarette is sold to a user who wants to buy a cigarette, the resident registration number and fingerprint information of the resident registration card to determine whether the user is allowed to smoke. The present invention relates to a cigarette vending machine capable of authenticating an adult so as to provide a cigarette after checking whether the smoking age and the identity of the person are the same.

In general, there is a need for the emergence of a new distribution structure in response to changes in the marketing environment such as changes in mass production, mass consumption, and consumption patterns due to the transition from labor-intensive industrial structure to technology-intensive industrial structure. New distribution structures such as shopping centers and discount stores will emerge, and the increase in labor costs, restriction of places and convenience of purchase, changes in consumption environment and consumption patterns, vitalization by 24-hour unmanned sales system, and funds from cash sales Various types of unmanned vending machines have emerged according to the necessity of rotation, operation by small capital.

The autonomous vending machine has been rapidly developed electric and electronic technology, various kinds of vending machines, that is, beverage vending machine, food vending machine, tobacco vending machine. Installation of liquor vending machines, ticket vending machines, and various daily necessities vending machines is rapidly increasing, and the place is installed in public facilities, terminals, companies, amusements, and lodging facilities, and plays a big role as unmanned shops. to be.

Such unmanned vending machines do not go through the process of verifying the user's identity separately, but if a predetermined amount is input, the corresponding product is provided. In the case of a general type vending machine such as a beverage vending machine, the consumer's identification process is separately performed. In particular, cigarette vending machines are prohibited from selling cigarettes to minors under the age of 19 to protect young people from detoxification and harm.

In Korea, the age of smoking is decreasing and the number of smoking experience among adolescents is increasing. According to a survey of the Korea Consumer Federation, 4 out of 10 middle and high school students in Seoul (41.7%) smoked. This shows that Korea's youth smoking rate is also the highest in the world, following the smoking rate of adults.

In the case of selling cigarettes to minors under the Juvenile Protection Act, heavy penalties are imposed, which imposes strong restrictions on illegal sales of cigarette sellers. However, in reality, teenagers easily purchase cigarettes using cigarette vending machines.

As a result, the government's National Health Promotion Act and the Youth Protection Act of 1995 regulated the installation of cigarette vending machines in public places and around schools. Because vending machines are installed, teenagers can easily purchase cigarettes without any sanctions, which is why they are exposed to the health risks of smoking.

Since a cigarette vending machine is installed at a place designated by the National Health Promotion Act, it is not possible to restrict the purchase of tobacco by minors. Therefore, the cigarette vending machine can automatically sell cigarettes after confirming the user's identity. There is a need for vending machines.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, in order to protect the minors from the danger of smoking, after the adult authentication in the automatic cigarette vending machine to sell the cigarette, the resident registration number and fingerprint information of the resident registration card After judging whether a person is allowed to smoke, the identity of the resident registration card and the user on the site can be checked so that cigarettes can be sold only to adults. It aims to block youths and promote youth's health.

In order to achieve the above object by counting and displaying the amount of money entered, in the construction of a cigarette automatic vending machine for discharging cigarettes according to the user's choice, the card recognition means recognizes the resident registration number of the resident registration card to determine whether or not the adult. After determining whether the fingerprint information of the resident registration card and the fingerprint information of the user recognized through the fingerprint identification means match, run the fingerprint feature extraction program to extract the fingerprint feature point by the extraction method by the fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm, the fingerprint feature point A control means for comparing the binaryized arithmetic function value corresponding to the control unit to determine whether or not the identity is identical and to control the module to provide a cigarette according to the money according to the result; Card recognition means for scanning and reading the resident registration number and the fingerprint image of the inputted resident registration card, converting the converted digitized data value to the control means; Storage means for programming and storing a fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm and storing fingerprint information and related data and programs inputted through the card recognition means; Fingerprint identification means for receiving the user's finger fingerprint information to determine whether or not the identity of the fingerprint information stored in the storage means; to implement an automatic cigarette vending device capable of adult authentication.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail with respect to the automatic vending machine for adults authentication applicable to the present invention.

Figure 1 is a block diagram of a cigarette automatic vending device applied to the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the card inlet 21 applied to the present invention, Figure 3 is a character recognition unit 26 applied to the present invention And a configuration diagram illustrating a recognized process of the image recognition unit 27,

As shown in the present invention, after detecting the resident number and fingerprint image of the resident registration card inserted through the card recognition means 20 and storing it in the storage means 30, the fingerprint image of the user input through the fingerprint identification means 40 Only when the adult image is verified by checking whether the fingerprint image stored in the storage means 30 is matched, the control means 10 controls the discharge means 60 to correspond to the amount of money input through the discharge port 63. To provide the user with the selected cigarette.

The control means 10 controls each hardware and software module of the present invention using a microprocessor to recognize a signal transmitted from the module, and then switches to the corresponding mode and proceeds with the processor accordingly. Recognize the resident registration number and the fingerprint image of the resident registration card through the identification number to determine the adult authentication, and run the fingerprint feature extraction program for the fingerprint image extracted by the fingerprint feature extraction algorithm algorithm of the user's unique fingerprint A predetermined binary function value corresponding to the feature point is stored in the storage means, and the matching process between the fingerprint image of the user input through the fingerprint input unit 41 and the fingerprint image stored in the storage means 30 is performed. Depending on whether or not adult certification is made, It can offer help to control the module.

The card recognition means 20 is composed of a card inlet 21, a character recognition unit 26 and an image recognition unit 27, the card inlet 21 is guide portion 22 which is inserted to guide the resident registration card 2, a starter sensor 23 and an end sensor 24 are formed to detect insertion of the resident registration card into the front and rear of the guide unit 22, as shown in FIG. When inserted into the guide roller 25 is operated under the control of the control means 10, the character recognition unit 26 to recognize the resident registration number described on the front of the resident registration card using the character recognition optical line sensor It is configured to a predetermined position on the upper portion of the guide portion 22 to read the resident registration number of the resident registration card inserted in the guide portion 22 to primarily authenticate whether or not to sell cigarettes, the image recognition Reference numeral 27 is a resident registration card inserted into the guide unit 22 to be configured in a predetermined position of the lower portion of the guide unit 22 to recognize the fingerprint image of the user on the back of the resident registration card using the fingerprint recognition optical line sensor After scanning and reading the fingerprint image of the, the fingerprint feature point is extracted through the control means 10 to store the binary operation function value corresponding to the fingerprint feature point in the storage means 30.

The storage means 30 includes a program storage unit 31, a flash RAM memory unit 32 and a DRAM memory unit 33. The program storage unit 31 programs a fingerprint feature extraction algorithm for ROM memory. After storing the image on the user through the fingerprint input unit 41, the fingerprint feature extraction program is executed to extract the user's unique fingerprint feature on the fingerprint image, and the fingerprint identification unit 42 recognizes it. The fingerprint identification unit 42 may determine whether the matching is performed by converting the binaryized arithmetic function value, which may be a form, and the flash RAM memory unit 32 may be recognized by the image recognition unit 27. Store fingerprint information, and store the binaryized function value corresponding to the fingerprint feature point information extracted through the fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm, and the DRAM memory unit 33 stores the fingerprint. After extracting the fingerprint feature point by loading the fingerprint image of the user received through the input unit 41, the fingerprint identification unit to determine whether matching with the fingerprint information in the resident registration card stored in the flash RAM memory 32 (42) can be used to determine whether adult certification.

The fingerprint identification means 40 includes a fingerprint input unit 41 and a fingerprint identification unit 42. The fingerprint input unit 41 includes an image sensor such as a fingerprint contact window 41a for contacting a user's finger fingerprint and a CCD. When the user contacts the fingerprint of the finger with the fingerprint contact window 41a, the image sensor 41b scans the image sensor 41b and converts the image into a digital fingerprint image that can be recognized by the fingerprint identification unit 42. And, the fingerprint identification unit 42 is operated in conjunction with the control means 10, if the fingerprint image of the user is input through the fingerprint input unit 41, extraction of the fingerprint feature point of the program storage unit 31 By executing the program, the fingerprint feature extraction method by the fingerprint feature extraction algorithm is stored in the storage means 30 or the matching process as a predetermined binaryized function value corresponding to the user's unique fingerprint identification point. Transmitting the signal according to the result whether or not the matching collates the fingerprint image and a fingerprint image of a finger of the user identity card to the control means 10 will be to operate the discharge means (60).

The money recognition means 50 is composed of a cash inlet 51, the display unit 52 and the cash recognition unit 53, the cash inlet 51 is configured in the form that can put coins or bills, The display unit 52 may display a guide message for inserting the resident registration card into the card slot 21 for adult authentication of the user, a guide message for inputting the user's thumb fingerprint information through the fingerprint input unit 41, and the like. When the predetermined amount of money is input through the money inlet 51, the money recognition unit 53 counts the amount of money inputted so that the corresponding amount can be displayed on the display unit.

The discharge means 60 is composed of a selection button unit 61, a drive unit 62 and the discharge port 63, the selection button unit 61 is formed in a predetermined position outside the present invention of the user desired cigarette The drive unit 62 is configured to receive a control signal from the control means 10 to supply a predetermined cigarette designated by the user by the selection button unit 61 through the discharge port 63. As the technical construction means of the drive unit 62 is the same as the technical construction means of the automatic cigarette vending machine, and no further description is made, and the discharge port 63 is formed at a predetermined position outside of the present invention, It is configured in a form that can be easily discharged.

As described above will be described in detail the operation of the cigarette vending device capable of adult authentication configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

When power is supplied to each device through a power supply unit (not shown), the control means 10 detects that a coin or a bill is input through the cash inlet 51 while maintaining the standby mode in the initialized state. When a predetermined amount of money is input through the money inlet 51, the amount of money input from the money recognition unit 53 is counted so that the corresponding amount can be displayed on the display unit 52.

When the amount of money input by the money recognition unit 53 is recognized, the control means 10 applies a control signal to the selection button unit 61 so that the user can select the desired cigarette selection button unit 61 When activated, and receives the signal transmitted from the selection button unit 61, by applying a control signal to the display unit 52 to display a message to insert the resident registration card in the card opening 21.

When the resident registration card is input through the guide part 22 of the card insertion hole 21, the resident registration card is detected by the starter sensor 23, and the detected signal value is transmitted to the control means 10, and the control means 10. ) Is applied to the control signal to operate the guide roller 25 so that the ID card can be inserted into the card opening 21 along the guide portion 22, the end sensor 24 is guide portion 22 When the resident registration card is detected and sent to the control means 10, the control means 10 applies a control signal to stop the guide roller 25 so that the resident registration card is inserted into the card insertion hole 21. ) To be fixed inside.

When the resident registration card is inserted into the card slot 21, the character recognition optical line sensor, which is the character recognition unit 26, detects the resident registration number described on the front of the resident registration card and transmits the detected resident registration number value to the control means 10, and controls the control unit 10. The means 10 determines whether the cigarette can be sold primarily by recognizing the received social security number value and determining whether the cigarette is sold under the age of 19. If the social security number value is less than 19 years, the message indicates that the cigarette cannot be sold. After displaying through the display unit 52, the input money is returned to the user, and if the resident registration value is 19 years or older, the process of secondarily determining the identity of the user can be performed.

As described above, if the resident registration card is 19 years or older to purchase a cigarette, the fingerprint image on the back of the resident registration card in the fingerprint recognition optical line sensor, which is an image recognition unit 27, in order to confirm whether the user who wants to purchase a cigarette is the identity of the resident registration card. Detects and transmits the detected fingerprint image to the control means 10, the control means 10 executes a fingerprint feature point extraction program stored in the program storage unit 31 of the storage means 30 fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm The fingerprint feature point extraction method converts a predetermined binary function value corresponding to the unique fingerprint feature point of the user to be stored in the flash RAM memory unit 31 of the storage means 30.

For reference, referring to the process of detecting the resident registration number and the fingerprint image through the character recognition unit 26 and the image recognition unit 27, as shown in FIG. 3, the resident registration card as a lamp to recognize the resident registration number and fingerprint image of the resident registration card The light reflected by the mirror is collected by the optical lens into the photoelectric conversion element of the CCD and then shown in the form of an image.The photoelectric conversion element converts the light into an analog voltage value and undergoes a signal correction process to finally obtain the analog signal. The data value is calculated using digital conversion.

That is, colors have different wavelengths (WAVE-LENGTHS) by light, for example, red is a short spectrum, purple is long, CCD converts an analog signal into a wavelength pattern, and CCD is a line of image. Read a line (or Row of PIXELS) at once, perform a gamma collection by reading the line and converting it to analog, converting the data from analog to digital, and converting the analog signal into digital bits.

When the fingerprint image of the resident registration card is stored in the storage means 30 as described above, the control means 10 displays a message for inputting the fingerprint image of the user's thumb through the fingerprint input unit 41 on the display unit 52. By applying a control signal to the fingerprint identification means 40, the fingerprint image of the thumb in contact with the fingerprint input window 41a of the fingerprint input unit 41 is scanned through the image sensor 41b to convert the fingerprint image into a digital fingerprint image. The fingerprint identification unit 42 executes the fingerprint feature point extraction program of the program storage unit 31 in association with the control means 10 and performs the fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm by the fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm. Extracted as a predetermined binaryized function value corresponding to the user's unique fingerprint feature.

The control means 10 reads the fingerprint information of the resident registration card stored in the storage means 30, compares and determines whether it is the same as the fingerprint information of the user input through the fingerprint input unit 41 to sell the cigarette to the user In the second step of the matching process to determine whether or not, the fingerprint information stored in the storage means 30 and the fingerprint information input through the fingerprint input unit 41 does not match the message indicating that the cigarette can not be sold ( 52), the money input through the money inlet 51 is returned, and the state is switched to the standby state.

When the fingerprint information stored in the storage means 30 and the fingerprint information input through the fingerprint input unit 41 are matched, a control signal is applied to the discharge means 60 to be predetermined by the user by the selection button unit 61. To discharge the cigarette through the inlet (63) to be supplied.

For reference, the fingerprint authentication process consists of a feature point extraction step and a feature point matching step. The feature point extraction method is a ridge pattern of a fingerprint image to reduce the amount to be measured and easily analyze by thinning the shape of a thick line. The thinning method can be divided into a repetitive pixel removal method and a non-repetitive pixel removal method. The repetitive pixel removal method removes unnecessary pixels from the entire fingerprint image during the thinning process. The fingerprint image is thinned in such a manner as to be sequentially removed, and the non-repetitive pixel removing method thins the image by tracing a ridge line or a valley line of the fingerprint.

Fingerprint sensor for extracting fingerprint image is preferable to use CMOS type semiconductor sensor which improves the problem of large volume such as edge distortion, low image resolution, misalign, surface damage of scanning optical fingerprint sensor. When a finger touches the surface of the finger, the finger acts as one electrode of the capacitor, and a small 300 × 300 electrode inside the semiconductor chip forms another electrode, which acts as one capacitor. The difference in the amount of charge generated in the valleys and ridges to be formed is recognized and converted into an 8-bit signal having a 500 dpi resolution. The signal is used to form a fingerprint image.

The general fingerprint recognition process consists of comparing the registered fingerprint information with the user's fingerprint information, but in the case of the cigarette vending machine according to the present invention, since it cannot have vast data, the fingerprint information of the resident registration card and the user's fingerprint on site Through a matching process that directly compares information, it is possible to determine whether a user can sell cigarettes.

As described above, the present invention determines whether or not the age to sell cigarettes using the resident registration number of the resident registration card, and whether the fingerprint information of the resident registration card and the user's thumb fingerprint information is the same to determine whether or not the identity of the person, If it is confirmed that the user can sell, it is to be able to sell the desired cigarette, the present invention described above does not deviate from the technical idea of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs Various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible within the scope and thus are not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

In the present invention, after selling cigarettes to a user through the automatic cigarette vending machine, after confirming whether the user is allowed to smoke a cigarette, the cigarette is sold to adults only by checking whether the fingerprint information of the resident registration card is identical to the fingerprint information of the user. By doing so, it is possible to prevent teens from tempting smoking and illegal purchases, thereby protecting them from the health damage caused by smoking, and adults can easily purchase cigarettes without time constraints. The installation of is effective.

Claims (4)

In configuring a cigarette vending machine for discharging cigarettes according to a user's choice after counting and displaying the input money, The card recognition means recognizes the resident registration number of the resident registration card to determine the adult status, and determines whether the fingerprint information of the resident registration card matches the fingerprint information of the user recognized by the fingerprint identification means, and executes the fingerprint feature extraction program to execute the fingerprint feature point. The fingerprint feature point is extracted by the extraction method by the extraction algorithm, the binary function value corresponding to the fingerprint feature point is compared to determine whether it is the same, and the corresponding module is controlled so as to provide a cigarette according to the money. Control means; Card recognition means for scanning and reading the resident registration number and the fingerprint image of the inputted resident registration card, converting the converted digitized data value to the control means; Storage means for programming and storing a fingerprint feature extraction algorithm, and storing fingerprint information and related data and programs inputted through the card recognition means; Fingerprint identification means for receiving the user's finger fingerprint information to determine whether or not the same as the fingerprint information of the resident registration card stored in the storage means; automatic cigarette vending device characterized in that the configuration. The method of claim 1, The card recognition means includes a guide unit for inserting a resident registration card; A starter and an end sensor unit installed at the front and the rear of the guide unit to detect insertion of a resident registration card; A guide roller configured to insert a social security card under the control of the control means; Character recognition unit for recognizing the resident registration number described on the front of the inserted ID card; Image recognition unit for recognizing the fingerprint image of the back of the inserted national ID card; Cigarette automatic vending device capable of adult authentication. The method of claim 1, The storage means may include a flash RAM memory unit configured to store a binary function value corresponding to the fingerprint feature point information extracted by executing a fingerprint feature point extraction program on a fingerprint image recognized by the image recognition unit of the card recognition unit; A DRAM memory unit configured to load a fingerprint image of a user input through a fingerprint input unit, extract a fingerprint feature point, and allocate a predetermined space for determining whether to match the fingerprint information stored in the flash RAM memory unit; And a program storage unit for programming and storing a fingerprint feature point extraction algorithm. The method of claim 1, The fingerprint identification means may include a fingerprint input unit including a fingerprint contact window to which the user's finger fingerprint contacts and an image sensor which scans the user's finger fingerprint in contact with the fingerprint contact window and converts the fingerprint into digital fingerprint data; When the fingerprint information of the user's finger is input in connection with the control means, the fingerprint identification unit extracts the fingerprint feature point by executing the fingerprint feature point extracting program, and determines whether or not the fingerprint information is stored in the storage means to perform a matching process; Cigarette vending machine that can be adult characterized in that the configuration.

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