NL1003608C2 - Solar powered smart card monitoring accessory with numerical read out - displays value remaining on standard prepayment smart card - Google Patents

Solar powered smart card monitoring accessory with numerical read out - displays value remaining on standard prepayment smart card Download PDF

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NL1003608C2
NL1003608C2 NL1003608A NL1003608A NL1003608C2 NL 1003608 C2 NL1003608 C2 NL 1003608C2 NL 1003608 A NL1003608 A NL 1003608A NL 1003608 A NL1003608 A NL 1003608A NL 1003608 C2 NL1003608 C2 NL 1003608C2
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    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/10—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means together with a coded signal, e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
    • G07F7/1008—Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/0013—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers
    • G06K7/0021—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers for reading/sensing record carriers having surface contacts
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/0013—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers
    • G06K7/0056—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers housing of the card connector
    • G06K7/006—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers housing of the card connector the housing being a portable casing
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/30—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks
    • G06Q20/34—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
    • G06Q20/341—Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/0873—Details of the card reader
    • G07F7/088—Details of the card reader the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself
    • G07F7/0886—Details of the card reader the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction

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Abstract

A smart cards which is "pre-loaded" with a usable value and can have a remaining value after its first use. Such cards have eight electrical contacts on the other side in a standard pad arrangement. The pad normally makes contact with the circuits in the machine which it is intended to operate. The card has a matching pattern of contacts on the rear side and a numerical display (uitleesvenster) on the front side. When the two cards are pressed together, the value remaining is displayed. The present card is powered by a solar cell (zonnecel) on the front face.

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Uitleeskaart ten behoeve van het weergeven van saldi van chip-cards .Readout card for displaying balances of chip cards.

De uitvinding heeft betrekking op een kunststof kaart met op de rugzijde een aantal kontaktpunten die zodanig gepositio-5neerd zijn dat zij passen op de kontaktstrippen van in gebruik zijnde chipcards (bijvoorbeeld telefoon-kaarten en "chipknip"-achtige kaarten).The invention relates to a plastic card with a number of contact points on the back which are positioned such that they fit on the contact strips of chip cards in use (for instance telephone cards and "chip-cut" -like cards).

De huidige in gebruik zijnde chipcards hebben als nadeel dat het er op staande saldo alleen kan worden uitgelezen via lObetaal- en opwaarderingsapparatuur; de uitvinding beoogt de gebruiker van chipcards in de gelegenheid te stellen, op eenvoudige wijze, op ieder gewenst moment en op iedere gewenste lokatie de saldi van zijn/haar chipcards op te vragen en uit te lezen.The current chip cards in use have the disadvantage that the balance on them can only be read via payment and top-up equipment; the object of the invention is to enable the user of chip cards to request and read the balances of his / her chip cards in a simple manner, at any time and at any desired location.

lSDaartoe bevindt zich op de voorzijde van de uitleeskaart een uitleesvenster waarin 9 alfanumerieke tekens naast elkaar kunnen worden weergegeven, zodat het hoogste weer te geven saldo 999.999.999 is,· hierdoor kunnen ook bedragen in vreemde valuta, die ten opzichte van de Nederlandse Gulden een geringe 20waarde bezitten, zoals de Italiaanse Lire, weergegeven worden. Door de kaart, waarvan men het saldo wil uitlezen, zodanig tegen de rugzijde van de uitleeskaart te houden dat de kon-taktzones van de uit te lezen kaart exakt tegen de kontaktpunten van de uitleeskaart komen te liggen en er zodoende kontakt 25is met alle kontaktzones van de uit te lezen kaart, verschijnt in het uitleesvenster het saldo van de uit te lezen kaart.There is a display on the front of the readout card in which 9 alphanumeric characters can be displayed next to each other, so that the highest balance to be displayed is 999,999,999. · This can also mean amounts in foreign currencies, which are have a low value, such as the Italian Lira. By holding the card, the balance of which is to be read, against the back of the reading card in such a way that the contact zones of the card to be read are placed exactly against the contact points of the reading card and thus contact is made with all contact zones of the card to be read, the balance of the card to be read appears in the display.

De positionering van de kontaktpunten is dan ook zodanig dat gangbare types kaarten (waaronder telefoonkaarten en de zogenoemde "chipknip"-en gelijksoortige kaarten), zowel in Neder-301and als daarbuiten in gebruik of nog in gebruik te nemen, allen op dezelfde wijze tegen de uitleeskaart kunnen worden gehouden, namelijk zodang dat beide kaarten elkaar volledig afdekken. Dit impliceert dat de lengte en breedte van de uitleeskaart gelijk zijn aan die van de uit te lezen kaarten, 35namelijk 86 mm. x 54 mm.. De dikte van de uitleeskaart is 0,6 mm. of zoveel meer als nodig om alle componenten te kunnen huisvesten.The positioning of the contact points is therefore such that common types of cards (including telephone cards and the so-called "chipknip" and similar cards), both in the Netherlands and abroad, can be used or are still in use in the same way against the readout card can be held, so that both cards cover each other completely. This implies that the length and width of the reading card are equal to that of the cards to be read, mainly 86 mm. x 54 mm .. The thickness of the reading card is 0.6 mm. or as much more as necessary to accommodate all components.

Het weergeven van het saldo wordt geregeld door een in de uitleeskaart geïntegreerde computerchip die zodanig geprogram- 1 o 0 3 6 08 - 2 - meerd is dat de bekende types uit te lezen kaarten herkend worden opdat altijd op korrekte wijze de saldi worden uitgelezen en weergegeven.The display of the balance is controlled by a computer chip integrated in the readout card, which is programmed in such a way that the known types of cards to be read out are recognized so that the balances are always correctly read and displayed. .

De energievoorziening van de computerchip en het uitleesven-5ster wordt geregeld door een of meer zonnecellen, zich bevindend op de voorzijde van de uitleeskaart, en met voldoende vermogen om ook bij kunstlicht voldoende energie te kunnen leveren.The energy supply of the computer chip and the readout window is controlled by one or more solar cells, located on the front of the readout card, and with sufficient power to provide sufficient energy even in artificial light.

In de tekeningen zijn alle maataanduidingen indicatief, behal-lOve die voor de de lengte en breedte van de kaart, die overeenkomen met de standaard lengte en breedte van chipkaarten.In the drawings, all size designations are indicative, except for the length and width of the card, which correspond to the standard length and width of chip cards.

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- 3 - Uitleeskaart, met dezelfde vorm en afmetingen als de gangbare credit- en chipcards, voorzien van een geïntegreerde computer-chip, met het kenmerk, dat op de achterzijde verschillende Skontaktpunten aanwezig zijn, en op de voorzijde een uitlees-venster voor alfanumerieke tekens en een zone met zonnecellen aanwezig zijn, waarbij de verschillende componenten zodanig gepositioneerd zijn dat, door de zijde met de kontaktzones van een uit te lezen chipkaart (bijvoorbeeld een telefoonkaart of 10"chipknip"-achtige kaart) tegen de achterzijde van de uitleeskaart te houden, en wel zodanig dat beide kaarten elkaar volledig afdekken, van alle gangbare en nog op de markt te verschijnen kaarten op ieder gewenst moment en op iedere gewenste plaats, de saldi kunnen worden uitgelezen en weerge-15geven in het uitleesvenster. In de tekeningen zijn alle maataanduidingen indicatief, behalve die voor de de lengte en breedte van de kaart, die overeenkomen met de standaard lengte en breedte van chipkaarten. 1. o 3 6 08- 3 - Readout card, with the same shape and dimensions as the usual credit and chip cards, with an integrated computer chip, characterized in that on the backside there are several Skontaktpunt's present, and on the frontside a display window for alphanumeric characters and a zone with solar cells, wherein the different components are positioned such that, by holding the side with the contact zones of a chip card to be read (for instance a telephone card or 10 "chipknip" -like card) against the back of the read card In such a way that both cards completely cover each other, of all current cards and cards still to be released on the market at any time and at any desired place, the balances can be read and displayed in the display. In the drawings, all size designations are indicative, except for the length and width of the card, which correspond to the standard length and width of chip cards. 1.o 3 6 08
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