KR20110122430A - Usb apparatus which is installed a smart card - Google Patents

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KR20110122430A
KR20110122430A KR1020100041948A KR20100041948A KR20110122430A KR 20110122430 A KR20110122430 A KR 20110122430A KR 1020100041948 A KR1020100041948 A KR 1020100041948A KR 20100041948 A KR20100041948 A KR 20100041948A KR 20110122430 A KR20110122430 A KR 20110122430A
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Abstract

PURPOSE: A USB apparatus for including a smart card is provided to issue a smart card through an automatic card issuance apparatus by being formed standard thickness according to ISO 7810 standard. CONSTITUTION: A USB(Universal Serial Bus) body(10) is formed standard thickness according to ISO(International Organization for Standardization) 7810 standard and includes a smart integrated chip(11), a smart card interface(12), and an USB interface(13). An holder(20) is able to be attached and detached from the USB body in order to mount in an USB port. The holder is assembled in the USB body. The smart card integrated chip is mounted in a smart card in which is able to access a system through the USB interface.

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USB device equipped with smart card {USB APPARATUS WHICH IS INSTALLED A SMART CARD}

The present invention relates to a USB device, and more particularly to a USB device equipped with a smart card capable of issuing a large amount in the form of a card, including a smart card interface.

Currently, accessories that can be selectively connected to a PC have a USB interface. The USB interface is not limited in the number of auxiliary devices that can be connected to a PC, and it is convenient to supply not only a signal but also driving power of the auxiliary device. From a simple device such as an auxiliary storage device having a USB interface to a complex device such as a printer, a multifunction device, etc. The field of use is expanding.

On the other hand, the smart card has a built-in IC chip with a microprocessor, operating system, security module, memory, etc. to have a storage function, arithmetic function and security function, so that not only tampering with the existing magnetic card is possible, Because of its large size, high security, and ability to mount various applications, it is used in many fields such as finance, communication, education, administration, and transportation.

Such a smart card also has a simple method of using a dedicated terminal such as an access card or a transportation card, but it requires a connection with equipment such as a PC for charging electronic money or internet banking authentication on the Internet. A card reader had to be provided.

In view of the convenience of the UBS, in order to use a smart card on the Internet, the value of mounting a smart card in the UBS was enough, according to this request, various UBS devices equipped with a smart card has been proposed.

However, in the case of a UBS device equipped with a conventional smart card, the process of issuing a smart card and issuing a user's information is required manually.

That is, plastic cards including smart cards are manufactured in a thickness of 0.76 mm according to the ISO 7810 standard and are issued in large quantities through an automatic card issuing device. On the other hand, the USB slot of the USB device required by the USB standard has a thickness of 2.5 ~ 3.0mm. Therefore, a conventional USB device equipped with a smart card can not be automatically issued by using an automatic card issuing device, it is cumbersome and productivity is significantly reduced because it must be issued manually.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a USB device equipped with a smart card capable of issuing a large amount in a card form including a smart card interface.

USB device equipped with a smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is formed of a smart card thickness according to the ISO 7810 standard, and has at least one smart card IC, smart card interface and USB interface USB body; And a holder having a predetermined thickness detachably assembled to the USB body so that the USB body can be mounted and used in a USB port such as a PC. Here, the smart card IC may be configured to be accessible through any one or both of the smart card interface and the USB interface.

The USB interface may include four USB pads disposed at the end of the USB body, and the smart card interface may include six ISO 7816 standard pads disposed behind the four USB pads.

The six ISO 7816 standard pads are used for issuing smart cards, and the four USB pads can be used for signal transmission / reception with a PC. The six ISO 7816 standard pads may include a power supply terminal, an initialization input terminal, a clock terminal, a ground terminal, a program voltage terminal, and a serial data input / output terminal.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the USB body, at least one traffic card IC capable of transmitting and receiving the smart card IC; And an RF antenna for realizing a non-contact function of the traffic card IC.

In addition, the USB body is manufactured and automatically issued in a detachable state on a blank card of a plastic card standard, the thickness of the holder is set so that the overall thickness assembled with the USB body satisfies the thickness of the USB port required by the USB standard Can be.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the thickness of the smart card according to the ISO 7810 standard is 0.76mm, the thickness of the USB port required by the USB standard may be 2.5 ~ 3.0mm.

According to the present invention, since a USB device equipped with a smart card is formed to a thickness of a smart card according to the ISO 7810 standard, it can be automatically issued in large quantities through an automatic card issuing device. Compared to the USB device equipped with the productivity can be significantly increased.

1 is a view showing a USB device equipped with a smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which a USB body and a holder are assembled to use the USB device shown in FIG. 1 mounted on a USB port such as a PC;
3 is a view illustrating a state in which a USB device equipped with a smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention is manufactured and issued in the form of a card and separated from a blank card; and
4 is a view showing a USB device equipped with a smart card according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. For reference, in describing the embodiments of the present invention, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related well-known functions and configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a USB device equipped with a smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a USB body 10 and a holder 20.

The USB body 10 is manufactured in the form of a card having a thickness (eg, 0.76 mm) that can be easily manufactured and issued using a smart card thickness according to ISO 7810 standard, that is, a general plastic card manufacturing equipment.

One or more smart card ICs 11 are built into the USB body 10, and a USB interface 12 connected to a USB port such as a PC is disposed at an end thereof, and a smart card is located behind the USB interface 12. The interface 13 is arranged. Here, the USB interface 12 is for communication with a PC, and the smart card interface 13 is for issuing a smart card.

The smart card IC 11 can be accessed through any of the USB interface 12 and the smart card interface 13. That is, not only the AND / OR type selection but also simultaneous operation is possible.

The USB interface 12 is composed of four USB pads disposed at the end of the USB body 10, and the smart card interface 13 is six ISO 7816 standard pads disposed behind the four USB pads. It is composed. Although the example shows that the USB interface 12 and the smart card interface 13 are disposed in the front and rear, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and the interface may be variously arranged. For example, the USB interface can be designed to include the interface of an existing USIM or financial IC.

The six ISO 7816 standard pads may include a power supply terminal, an initialization input terminal, a clock terminal, a ground terminal, a program voltage terminal, and a serial data input / output terminal. The terminals of the USB pad or the terminals of the ISO 7816 standard pad are defined in an international standard, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the holder 20 is mounted on the USB body 10 so that a USB device formed with a smart card thickness as described above can be mounted and used in a USB port P such as a PC C. It is assembled.

Specifically, the USB port P required by the USB standard has a thickness of 2.5 ~ 3.0mm. On the other hand, since the USB body 10 according to the present invention configured as described above is manufactured to a thickness of 0.76 mm that can be automatically issued through the existing automatic card issuing device, it cannot be used as it is mounted on the USB port.

For this reason, the USB device according to the present invention includes a holder 20 for making the USB body 10 automatically issued to a thickness that can be mounted on the USB port P. FIG. The holder 20 may be formed of a material such as plastic, but the material is not necessarily limited to plastic. The holder 20 may be combined with the USB body 10 to mount a USB device to the USB port P. Forming the thickness can be formed in various ways regardless of the shape or material.

According to a preferred embodiment, the USB body 10 is formed to a thickness of about 0.76mm, the thickness of the USB port (P) required by the USB standard is about 2.5 ~ 3.0mm, the thickness of the holder 20 is approximately 1.74 It is formed to about 2.24mm. In addition, since the USB body 10 should not be easily detached in the assembled state to the holder 20, it is sufficient if a structure for the coupling is provided.

On the other hand, the USB body 10 of the USB device equipped with a smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 3, is provided with a blank card 30 having a general plastic card standard and shape. The blank card 30 has a cutting line punched along the outer edge of the USB body 10 so as to separate the USB body 10.

The security of the USB device as described above is due to the security authentication module mounted in the smart card IC (11), the issuance of the smart card must go through a controlled procedure involving the encryption of information for a series of security and authentication. For this reason, smart cards, unlike magnetic cards, are issued at specific places where security modules and issuing systems are built.

That is, the issuance of smart card is required for the issuance of smart card to the card manufacturer at the request of the card issuer such as bank and telecommunication company in the central server such as the financial common network sensor that has the master key requiring high security. The card manufacturer manufactures a smart card with a card issuing device using a security authentication module and supplies it to the card issuer. The card issuer stores the relevant key of the card issuer in the supplied smart card. To consumers.

Accordingly, by inserting a blank card having a USB body (10) into an automatic card issuing device (not shown), grants a security authentication module to the smart card IC, and inputs the relevant key and user information unique to the card issuer using the same. By storing it, you can automatically issue a large amount of USB devices with smart cards.

The USB body 10 issued by the card issuing device and delivered to the user together with the blank card may be completely separated from the blank card by being cut and separated along the cutting line. At this time, in the present invention, the holder 20 is provided to the user together with the blank card. When the USB body 10 separated from the blank card is assembled to the holder 20, it becomes a complete USB device that can be mounted and used in a USB port P such as a PC (C).

4 is a view showing a USB device equipped with a smart card according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the USB device according to another embodiment of the present invention is configured similarly to the USB device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above. However, in the present embodiment, the RF body 15 is additionally embedded in the USB body 10 so that the contactless function of the traffic card IC 14 and the traffic card IC 14 together with the smart card IC 11 is realized. It differs from the USB device described above in that it is.

In the illustrated example, one traffic card IC 14 and an RF antenna 15 are illustrated, but a plurality of the traffic card IC 14 and the RF antenna 15 may be provided. When a plurality of the transportation card IC 14 is provided, they may be, for example, a domestic T-Money card, an NXP MiFare card for China, a Sony FeliCa card for Japan, Hong Kong, India, or the like.

In addition, although not shown, in addition to the above-described traffic card IC 14, one or more CAS (Conditional Access System: smart card mounted in a set-top box) may be further provided.

Other configurations and operation effects are the same as the USB device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the above, the present invention has been described by way of example. It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. Various modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated, the present invention may be practiced freely within the scope of the claims.

10; USB body 11; smart card IC
12; USB interface 13; Smart card interface
14; traffic card IC 15; RF antenna
20; holder

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A USB body having a smart card thickness according to the ISO 7810 standard and having at least one smart card IC, a smart card interface, and a USB interface; And
And a holder having a predetermined thickness detachably assembled to the USB body so that the USB body can be mounted and used in a USB port such as a PC.
The smart card IC is a USB device equipped with a smart card accessible through either or both of the smart card interface and the USB interface. The method of claim 1,
The USB interface includes four USB pads disposed at the ends of the USB body, and the smart card interface includes a smart card including six ISO 7816 compliant pads disposed behind the four USB pads. . The method of claim 2,
The six ISO 7816 compliant pads are used for issuing a smart card, and the four USB pads are equipped with a smart card used for PC and signal transmission / reception. The pad according to claim 2, wherein the six ISO 7816 standard pads are
USB device equipped with a smart card including a power supply terminal, an initialization input terminal, a clock terminal, a ground terminal, a program voltage terminal, and a serial data input / output terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the USB body,
At least one traffic card IC capable of transmitting and receiving with the smart card IC; And
And a radio frequency (RF) antenna for realizing a non-contact function of the traffic card IC. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The USB body is manufactured in a detachable state on a blank card of the plastic card standard is automatically issued,
The thickness of the holder is a USB device equipped with a smart card is set so that the overall thickness assembled with the USB body satisfies the thickness of the USB port required by the USB standard. The method of claim 6,
The smart card thickness according to the ISO 7810 standard is 0.76mm, the USB port required by the USB standard is a USB device equipped with a smart card is 2.5 ~ 3.0mm.
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