KR20100004748A - System for verifying personal card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for verifying a personal card is provided to efficiently and integratedly issue many cards within the minimum time with accuracy. CONSTITUTION: A medium recognition module(110) reads a unique ID and personal information data of a card from an information recording medium of a tested card. A main module(120) compares unities of verification reference data corresponding to the unique code and the personal information data to determine whether the card has an error. The media recognition module is magnetic, IC or RFID(Radio Frequency ID) recognition module.

Description

Personalization Card Inspection System {SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING PERSONAL CARD}

The present invention relates to a system for inspecting a personalized card including a credit card and an ID card. More specifically, the appearance of the personalized card or the verification of the recorded information is integrated through various recognition modules and data matching methods. It is about a system that can be implemented effectively and effectively.

Personalized cards of various forms, in which information about an individual's identity, affiliation or credit, etc. are harmonized, are recognized as necessities in the modern society, and are issued in various forms and types depending on the purpose and scope of use.

Even if only credit cards are used for credit transactions, tens of millions of copies are known in Korea, and ID cards issued due to access security at work are also produced in considerable numbers. In recent years, most financial transactions such as banks, credit card companies, and securities Personalization cards are being used, and the number of personalization cards is continuously increasing, such as issuance of personalization cards in terms of customer management, even in service companies.

Since the personalized card includes credit information including personal identification or personal financial information, verification of the information recorded on the card may be the most important in producing or issuing the card.

Inconsistency in the contents of the card or appearance defects may not occur frequently. However, in view of the importance of the information contained, if the card is misissued or incorrectly produced, the user may not be able to use the card or the damage of a third party. In addition to mass production, the brand value of the producing or issuing company may be adversely affected, resulting in waste of card materials.

However, if the amount of card issuance is not so large, it may be possible to perform a water test or a full data collection survey, but such a method is physically impossible at present when card issuance is rapidly increasing.

However, since there is no integrated system capable of efficiently performing card inspection or verification, a method of selectively inspecting only a card to be sampled and fixed data is used. This method, as mentioned briefly above, can be said to have a low reliability in view of the importance of the card.

In addition, in the process of making or issuing a card, an issuance accident such as double issuance or omission may occur due to a mistake of the operator (OP). There is also the possibility of unexpected issuance accidents.

The present invention was devised to solve this problem in the background as described above, and can inspect a large number of issued cards in a minimum amount of time, and can efficiently and integrally perform the accuracy of the recorded information as well as inspect the appearance of the card. An object of the present invention is to provide an automated inspection system for personalized cards.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the present invention. In addition, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by the configuration and combination of configurations shown in the claims.

The personalization card inspection system of the present invention for realizing the above object comprises: a medium recognition module for reading out a unique identification code and personal information data of the personalization card from an information recording medium provided in a personalization card to be inspected; DB module for storing the inspection reference data for the personalized card; And a main module for determining whether an error of the personalized card is determined by comparing the correspondence between the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code input from the media recognition module and the personal information data among the inspection reference data. The media recognition module of the present invention may be configured of at least one of a magnetic recognition module, an IC chip recognition module, and an RFID recognition module.

The present invention also provides an image module for capturing an image of an embossing identification factor formed on the personalization card; And an embossing recognition module for determining an emboss identification factor of the photographed image by mutual matching between the photographed image and a pre-stored identification factor discrimination reference image, and transmitting the determined result data. It may be configured to determine whether an error of the personalized card by comparing the match between the result data transmitted from the recognition module and the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code.

In addition, it is preferable that the imaging module is configured to photograph using the illumination of the personalization card in an oblique direction so that the image characteristic of the embossing identification factor against the background of the personalization card is highlighted.

In order to implement another embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises a second image module for capturing a design image of the personalization card, wherein the main module includes the captured image transmitted from the second image module and the unique identification code. It may be configured to determine whether the personalized card is an error by comparing the correspondence between the corresponding inspection reference data.

In this case, the inspection reference data compared with the captured image is reference digital card image data generated using personalized card information to be actually issued, and the main module performs a mutual matching test between the reference digital card image data and the captured image. The personalization card may be configured to determine whether an error occurs, and the main module may be configured to determine whether an error of the personalization card occurs using the image characteristic information of the captured image.

The apparatus may further include a labeling module for attaching an approval label to the personalization card when the normal determination result is input from the main module. The main module may further generate the determination result of the personalization card as a DB, and then It may be configured to determine whether a duplicate personalization card issuing or missing issuance.

More preferably, the main module transmits a flip command when the card back data recording information is present in the inspection reference data of the personalization card, and when the flip command is transmitted, the upper and lower positions of the test target personalization card are located. It may be configured to further include a flip module for changing.

In order to implement a more preferred embodiment, the main module compares each piece of personal information data read from the plurality of recognition modules when the medium recognition module is a plurality of magnetic recognition modules, IC chip recognition modules or RFID recognition modules. Determine whether the personalization card is in error, and further, the main module converts the format in which the personal information data is stored in each of the media recognition modules, and then compares the personal information data of the same contents of the media recognition modules with each other. Can be configured.

The personalized card inspection system according to the present invention can be implemented as a single system even if the number of cards is large, thereby creating the effect of performing the inspection in a minimum time through the realization of automation.

In addition, it can be configured to selectively apply a custom inspection module according to the personalized card, it is possible to implement an optimized card inspection system.

In addition, it is possible to determine the accuracy of the recorded information and the inspection of the appearance of the card integrated, and by using the image characteristic information of the image obtained from the card effectively can be performed more precisely and faster than the human visual inspection It can create a beneficial effect.

By various effects of the present invention it can provide an effect that can prevent and overcome various problems and non-economic factors derived from card misissue and the like.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

First, referring to Figure 1 showing the configuration of the system according to the present invention, the personalized card inspection system 100 of the present invention is a media recognition module 110, main module 120, DB module 130, emboss The recognition module 140, the image module 142, the second image module 150, the labeling module 160, and the flip module 170 may be configured to be included.

First, the personalization card may be an example of a financial card such as a credit card, a debit card, a receipt card, a securities card, an employee card, a membership card, and the like. The card in the form that can be stored means a concept that can be included without being limited to its name.

In addition, since the term personalization in the name of a personalization card is not meant to mean a singular name distinguished from a group or a plurality of persons, it should be regarded as a private property of information, that is, a non-public nature. It should be interpreted as a concept.

Media recognition module 110 of the present invention refers to a module for recognizing the recording medium means of various forms provided in the card, typically a personalized card in the magnetic stripe (M / S: MAGNETIC STRIPE) medium, IC card medium, An RFID medium or the like may be provided, and the medium recognition module 110 may correspond to a module corresponding to various recording media.

Typically, the personalization card is provided with one or more such information recording media, so that the media recognition module 110 corresponding thereto is provided in the system of the present invention, and is provided with all kinds of media recognition modules 110 that can be provided to increase versatility. After that, it is more preferable that the activation or deactivation is controlled in accordance with the information recording medium provided in the card.

When the medium recognition module 110 is conveyed by a predetermined conveying means for conveying a card to be inspected, such as a conveyor belt, the unique identification code and personal information data of the personalized card from the information recording medium included in the personalized card to be inspected. Will be read.

Although not the same according to the information recording medium, the medium recognition module 110 first identifies the personalization card as a unique identification by a reader such as a contact type (MS) and a contactless type (IC, RF / RFID). The code is read and the personal information data contained in the personalization card is read.

Inspection standard data, which is the original data of the personalization card for production or issuance, is stored in the DB module 130 of the present invention. The module 120 reads the corresponding reference data from the DB module 130.

In the case of the personalization card in which the information recording medium does not exist and the personal information is provided in the form of printing according to the embodiment, the information corresponding to the unique identification code is read out from the data acquired as the image as described below. Of course, the comparison and determination process may be performed based on the inspection reference data.

Then, the main module 120 of the present invention is the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code input from the media recognition module 110 of the inspection reference data and the personal information read out by the media recognition module 110. By comparing the correspondence between the data to determine whether the personalized card is an error, the main module 120 means a means such as a computer that can perform a mutual comparison and determination process of the input data.

In addition, the inspection reference data refers to data that is the object of information contained in the corresponding personalized card, the present invention has a mechanism to automatically check and determine whether the information to be originally issued on the issuing card correctly do.

As described below, the inspection reference data determines not only the personal information data contained in the personalized card, but also the error on the overall matter of the card that is actually issued, including data on the appearance of the card and data on identification factors such as embossing. Data that can be used as a standard.

On the other hand, the comparison processing to the personal information data of the personalization card to determine whether the personalization card error can be performed by comparing the entire inspection reference data, as well as the specific content information or specific location in consideration of the efficiency of the inspection time Of course, it can be set to compare only the information contained in.

In personalized cards, identifiers such as numbers, symbols, characters, characters (Korean, English, etc.) including card number, effective date, user information, etc. may be formed in embossed form. According to the present invention, the image module 142 for capturing an image of an emboss identification factor formed on the personalization card and the photographed image received from the image module 142 and the pre-stored identification factor discrimination reference image are photographed by mutual matching. The method may further include an emboss recognition module 140 that determines an emboss identification factor of the image and transmits the determined result data.

When the determination result data of the emboss identification factor is input from the emboss recognition module 140, the main module 120 of the present invention compares the correspondence between the result data and the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code and personalizes the personalization code. The card will be judged for errors.

Of course, the emboss recognition module 140 or the image module 142 means a logical division for distinguishing each function, and does not necessarily have to be a physically distinct configuration, so that the respective functions are integrated with each other or other components. It should be determined that the configuration of the present invention can be performed even if it is integrated with the present invention.

Hereinafter, a detailed verification mechanism for the emboss identification factor will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The method of verifying the emboss identification factor proposed in the present invention can perform the acquired image through OCR using software image characteristic information, and of course, as shown in FIG. As described above, it is preferable that a reference image for distinguishing and identifying an emboss identification factor is stored as a DB, and performed through an image matching method between the acquired image and the identification factor classification reference image.

The emboss discriminator reference image shown in FIG. 3 only shows an example of numbers and English alphabets, and it is obvious that various emboss discriminator reference images may be formed according to embodiments and card types.

In order to more effectively secure the image characteristic of the emboss type identification factor, the imaging module 142 of the present invention obliques the personalization card so that the image characteristic of the emboss identification factor against the background of the personalization card is highlighted. It is preferable to configure so as to shoot using the light irradiated with.

Since emboss has irregularities due to its physical shape characteristics, when light is irradiated in a diagonal direction instead of vertically upward, the shadow (bright image and shadow image) image information can be clearly contrasted. In order to effectively reflect such physical or image characteristics, the image is configured to be photographed under the above lighting, and it is preferable that the emboss discriminator reference image shown in FIG. 3 is also composed of an image obtained under similar lighting. .

Hereinafter, a configuration for checking whether an error of an external characteristic of a personalized card to be inspected is described will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

First, the second image module 150 of the present invention captures an image of the appearance such as the design of the personalized card.

The captured image is transmitted to the main module 120, and in the main module 120, the correspondence between the captured image transmitted from the second image module 150 and the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code is determined. By comparison, it is determined whether or not the personalization card has an error.

More specifically, the inspection reference data compared with the captured image is preferably composed of the reference digital card image data generated by using the personalized card information to be actually issued, as shown in FIG. The data of the image 410 and the personalized card information 420 are synthesized to generate data of the digital card image 400 which is a standard of inspection.

Thereafter, mutual matching processing 440 between the reference digital card image data 400 and the captured image image 430 is performed, and a result of the matching processing is out of matching or out of an appropriate error range. The data is used to determine whether the personalization card is in error.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, various types of cards, such as ID cards or credit cards, may also be applied in a obvious range among those skilled in the art in a similar viewpoint, as well as photographs, logos, seals, etc. You can judge various things such as seal, hologram image, CVC, manufacturer code, issuer, promotional text, address, and name.

In addition, the main module 120 of the present invention by using the image characteristic information of the captured image input from the second image module 150, print defects, color mismatch, printing status by the scratch, smear, foreign matters, etc. of the personalized card It may be configured to determine whether or not an error of the personalization card to be inspected, such as an error.

That is, the input captured image is subjected to specific digital image processing (DIP) such as sampling, filtering, quantization, and segmentation, and processed to highlight the image characteristics corresponding to the inspection target, based on the state of the card. It can be configured to determine whether there is an error.

When the system of the present invention is processed by one process, if the normal determination result is input from the main module 120 further comprises a labeling module 160 for attaching the approval label, such as inspection completion on the personalized card; Can be.

In addition, the main module 120 may store and store the log-in information on the inspection process as a database to use as various statistical indicators, as well as duplicate issuance or omission issuance in relation to the personalization card to be inspected afterwards. It is preferable to comprise so that judgment is possible.

According to an embodiment, since data and the like may be recorded or formed on both sides of the personalization card as well as the personalization card, the main module 120 may flip the data according to the present invention when the information on the back side of the card exists in the inspection reference data of the personalization card. When the flip command is transmitted to the module 170, the flip module 170 of the present invention may be configured to change the position of the upper and lower surfaces of the personalization card to be inspected so that a subsequent inspection process may be performed.

It is apparent that various types of embodiments may exist in the process procedure related to the inspection order or flip time for both sides, and detailed descriptions are not omitted since there are no major technical ideas in itself.

In addition, in order to increase the reliability of the accuracy of the stored information, if the media recognition module 110 is composed of a plurality of magnetic recognition module, IC chip recognition module or RFID recognition module, the main module 120 is Each personal information data read from the plurality of recognition modules 110 may be compared with each other to determine whether the personalization card has an error.

In this case, since the same information or information storage media may be stored in different formats or formats according to the unique specification of the information storage medium, in this case, the actual data is not physically compared to each read personal information data. It is more preferable to configure the contents of the to be compared.

The individual personal information is recognized in each of the media recognition modules by converting the personal information data read out for each recognition module based on the database of the lookup table that is the basis of the comparison, or changing the stored format of the other recognition modules into a format stored in one recognition module. It is more preferable that the personal information data for the same contents of the respective media recognition modules are compared with each other after converting the format in which the information data is stored.

In the description of the present invention, the terms represented by ordinal numbers, etc., are not used to mean an order of ordinal meaning or rank of importance, but clearly used to distinguish one element from another element. do.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figure 2 will be described a specific embodiment according to the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the personalization card 10 to be inspected is moved so that the inspection process is sequentially performed by a predetermined transfer means 260 such as a conveyor belt or the like.

In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the M / S recognition module 210, the IC recognition module 220, and the RFID recognition module 230 are illustrated as media recognition modules. As the transfer means 260 is moved to each inspection step, sequentially from the M / S recording medium, the IC recording medium, and the RFID recording medium which are each information recording medium provided in the personalization card to be examined as described above. After reading the unique identification code and the personal information data of the personalization card 10 is transmitted to the verification means 200 for inspection or verification.

The verification means 200 may be constituted by a processor such as a computer. The verification means 200 reads corresponding inspection reference data from a DB 202 in which pre-established reference data is stored and compares and matches the data. Through the determination of whether or not the personalization card 10 of the error.

The order of each recognition module illustrated in FIG. 2 corresponds to only one example, and may be applied in various orders and combinations according to embodiments.

In addition, the emboss identification factor for the inspection target personalization card 10 by selectively applying a camera 240 for acquiring an image of the emboss identification factor and a camera 250 for acquiring an image of an external state such as the design of a personalization card. Alternatively, the image of the appearance may be transmitted to the verification means 200 to determine whether the personalization card 10 has an error by a method similar to the above-described method.

If necessary, the number, location, order, etc. of the camera may be variously set according to various factors such as the type of the card to be inspected, the working environment, and the inspection efficiency.

When the final result is derived from the verification means 200, the transfer means 260 by the control of the verification means 200 may be separated into a good stack or a stack of goods 270 so that the personalized card is transferred.

Although the present invention has been described above by means of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described below by the person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the claims.

In describing the present invention, each component of the personalized card inspection system according to the present invention should be understood as logically divided components rather than physically divided components as briefly mentioned above.

That is, each configuration corresponds to a logical component in order to realize the technical idea of the present invention, so that even if each component is integrated or separated, if the function performed by the logical configuration of the present invention can be realized, It should be construed that it is within the scope, and that components that perform the same or similar functions are to be interpreted as being within the scope of the present invention regardless of whether their names are consistent.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention includes matters described in such drawings. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personalized card inspection system according to the present invention,

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a personalized card inspection system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reference identification factor classification reference image for recognition of an emboss identification factor of the present invention;

4 is a view showing a process according to the appearance inspection of the present invention.

Claims (12)

A media recognition module for reading out the unique identification code and the personal information data of the personalization card from the information recording medium provided in the personalization card to be inspected; DB module for storing the inspection reference data for the personalized card; And And a main module for determining whether an error of the personalized card is determined by comparing the correspondence between the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code input from the media recognition module and the personal information data among the inspection reference data. Personalized Card Inspection System. The method of claim 1, wherein the media recognition module, Personalized card inspection system, characterized in that at least one of a magnetic recognition module, IC chip recognition module or RFID recognition module. The method of claim 1, An imaging module for photographing an image of an embossing identification factor formed on the personalization card; And And an embossing recognition module for determining an emboss identification factor of the photographed image by mutual matching between the photographed image and a pre-stored identification factor discrimination reference image, and transmitting the determined result data. The main module, And comparing the result data transmitted from the embossing recognition module with the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code to determine whether the personalization card has an error. The method of claim 3, wherein the image module, Personalization card inspection system, characterized in that photographing using the illumination of the personalized card in a diagonal direction so that the image characteristics of the emboss identification factor against the background of the personalization card is highlighted. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a second image module for capturing the design image of the personalized card, The main module, The personalized card inspection system, characterized in that it is determined whether the personalized card is error by comparing the match between the captured image transmitted from the second image module and the inspection reference data corresponding to the unique identification code. The method of claim 5, Inspection reference data compared with the captured image, The reference digital card image data generated using the personalized card information to be actually issued, The main module, And performing a mutual matching test between the reference digital card image data and the captured image to determine whether the personalized card has an error. The method of claim 5, wherein the main module, The personalized card inspection system, characterized in that for determining the error of the state of the personalized card using the image characteristic information of the captured image. The method of claim 1, And a labeling module for attaching an approval label to the personalized card when a normal determination result is input from the main module. The method of claim 1, wherein the main module, Personalization card inspection system, characterized in that for generating a determination result of the personalized card to the DB, and to determine the issuance of duplicate or missing issuance of the personalization card of the subsequent inspection. The method of claim 1, wherein the main module, If a card back data recording information exists in the inspection reference data of the personalized card, and transmits a flip command, And a flip module for changing the upper and lower positions of the personalization card to be inspected when the flip command is transmitted. The method of claim 2, wherein the main module, When the media recognition module is a plurality of magnetic recognition module, IC chip recognition module or RFID recognition module, it is characterized by comparing each personal information data read from the plurality of recognition module with each other to determine whether the personalization card error Personalized Card Inspection System. The method of claim 11, wherein the main module, And converting the format in which the personal information data is stored in each of the media recognition modules, and then comparing the personal information data of the same contents of the media recognition modules with each other.

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