WO2009064137A2

WO2009064137A2 - Amoled display including a chip card as a storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2009064137A2
Application number: PCT/KR2008/006732
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jeong-Hee Cho; Dong-Tark Lee; Kyeong-Il Jeong; Do-Keun Kim
Original assignee: Kookmin Bank Co., Ltd
Priority date: 2007-11-16
Filing date: 2008-11-17
Publication date: 2009-05-22
Also published as: KR20090050584A; WO2009064137A3

Abstract

The present invention relates to an AMOLED display using a chip card with a standard size as a storage medium. The AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage card according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible exterior housing formed with a enveloped type according to the outline of the chip card and having an opening for total chip card with a standard size to be taken in and out; a contact portion protruded to be slide from the exterior housing and to be electrically connected to at least one semiconductor chip having a flash memory among at least two semiconductor chip arranged opposite to each other on the chip card; an AMOLED display panel with a thin film type for displaying the information under the memory of at least one semiconductor chip according to a command of a key input unit if the at least one semiconductor chip and the contact portion are connected to each other.

Description

AMOLED DISPLAY INCLUDING A CHIP CARD AS A

STORAGE MEDIUM

Technical Field

[1] The present invention relates to an AMOLED display displaying a information stored to the chip card with a standard size as a storage medium. Background Art

[2] Recently, chip cards with built-in microchips have been widely used.

[3] The chip card has a semiconductor chip mounting a memory and a central processing unit thereon, and makes communication with external interface terminals on the surface thereof through the electrical contacting or in a contactless manner. Compared with the MS card, the chip card involves a large volume of memory capacity, and various functions of security service such as encryption or decryption and certification of contact objects, and data and information management, based on the CPU operation thereof.

[4] However, as the chip card is programmed such that it can be read only through the card reader intrinsic thereto or must use the Internet service provided by a card company for the user to see the information of the chip card.

[5] Accordingly, the user must confirm the card usage-related essential and simple information such as the usage limit sum, the monthly sum, the card usage-related advertisements, event guides, coupons or discount schedules through the member card reader every time, the advertisements paper or the card company site such that there is the case that the card usage is not efficiency.

[6] Also, when making a reservation of a airmail, a preference ticket, a railroad ticket by using the chip card, there are the uncomfortable facts that the reservation must be confirmed through the separate corresponding Internet site, the reservation is stored to the separate storage medium and is confirmed through the computer or the reservation is printed on the paper.

[7] To solve these problems, a personal portable card reader has recently been researched. Disclosure of Invention

Technical Problem

[8] However, the IC chip card is general liable to distort the IC chip standard according to the international standard, and to leak personal information such that the IC chip card is programmed to be read by the unique card reader under the security.

[9] Accordingly, when using several chip cards or the providing companies are different, the card readers must be separately used or the programs for the card reader must be replaced such that these portable card readers are not activated.

[10] Also, the portable card reader has manufactured with a hard case as well as the large volume and heavy such that it is difficult to deposit the portable card reader in a pocket or a purse such that the possessing is uncomfortable, and the portable card reader must be separated and has the large loss danger when using the chip card.

[11] The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art. Technical Solution

[12] The present invention has been made in an effort to provide an AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium to display the simple information required for the card usage by using the chip card without distorting the built-in international standard financial chip and without worrying over the leakage of personal information.

[13] Also, the present invention is to provide an AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium with a flexible and thin film type to be deposited to the pocket or the purse for the comfortable possession and usage.

[14] An AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible exterior housing formed with a enveloped according to the outline of the chip card and having an opening for total chip card with a standard size to be taken in and out; a contact portion protruded to be slide from the exterior housing and to be electrically connected to at least one semiconductor chip having a flash memory among at least two semiconductor chip arranged opposite to each other on the chip card; an AMOLED display panel with a thin film type for displaying the information under the memory of at least one semiconductor chip according to a command of a key input unit if the at least one semiconductor chip and the contact portion are connected to each other.

Advantageous Effects

[15] Accordingly, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the

AMOLED display using a chip card with a standard size as a storage medium may be provided capable of confirming the card related information anytime and anywhere, and storing the various applications so as to make usage of various digital contents of music files, moving pictures, or UCC.

[16] Also, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, The

AMOLED display that is carried with the chip card to the pocket or the purse , is flexible with the thin film type such that the possession and the usage is comfortable may be provided.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[17] FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are a surface view, a rear view, and a side view of a card where two IC chips are disposed on a standard-sized substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[18] FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a method for displaying a card related information by using an AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[19] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a storage region of a chip card according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[20] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[21] FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V of FIG. 4.

Mode for the Invention

[22] An AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be now described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[23] Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.

[24] As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

[25] Furthermore, in case it is judged that the detailed description of the well-known function or structures relevant to the embodiments may needlessly obscure the gist of the present invention, such a description will be omitted.

[26] FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are a surface view, a rear view, and a side view of a card where two IC chips are disposed on a standard-sized substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[27] Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a card 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is molded or mechanically made with a standard size of 85.6X54.0mm corresponding to the size of a wallet and a thickness of about 0.8mm by using an insulating substrate 10 bearing a bending characteristic of about 1.5mm or less.

[28] In this way, the card 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a predetermined size according to the international standard, and the substrate 10 of the card 1 is provided with two or more semiconductor chips 20 and 22. At least one of the semiconductor chips has a size of about 12.5X18mm according to the international standard as a finance chip, and the other stores various applications or data, and has a flash memory capable of writing and deleting digital contents of a predetermined format, and a contact portion thereof is exposed.

[29] As at least one of the semiconductor chips 22 is a flash memory, power is not needed to maintain information therein, and to record and reproduce data.

[30] As shown in FIG. 3, grooves are formed at the substrate 10 in the thickness direction thereof, and the two or more semiconductor chips 20 and 22 are disposed within the grooves such that they are physically spaced apart from each other with a distance of about 40mm and completely isolated from each other. In this structure, the chips are completely insulated from each other and, as at least one of the chips 20 is programmed to be read only with a specific reader, the chips 20 and 22 do not interfere with each other while operated separately.

[31] A bar code 36 and an MS stripe 40 are provided on the rear surface of the substrate

10 at the two or more semiconductor chips 20 and 22 such that they may be used during the period of transition to the IC chip card.

[32] The semiconductor chips 20 and 22 are placed on the front surface such that the credit card information stored at the bar code 36 and the MS stripe 40 is not electro- magnetically affected thereby. That is, the semiconductor chips 20 and 22 are disposed about 24mm distant from the bottom of the substrate 10 upwards.

[33] Accordingly, at least one of the chips 22 preferably has an area greater than that of the other chip 20 by 1 to 1.3 times.

[34] Furthermore, at least one of the semiconductor chips 20 and 22 is covered by the substrate 10 by the degree of 0.15mm at the bottom thereof. Therefore, the chips are little affected by the external electromagnetic force, and constantly maintained even when the card is bent.

[35] The contact portion 22'of the chip 22 may be disposed on the different plane surface from the contact portion 20a of the at least one IC chip 20. The contact portion 22a of at least other IC chip 22 and the contact portion 20a of at least one IC chip 20 are disposed on the different plane surface from each other such that the contact portion 20a is exposed to the external without the strip of the exterior housing 30 of an AMOLED display 100 that will be described later thereby executing the card transaction approve at the member card terminal.

[36] The chip card 1 having this structure is inserted to the AMOLED display 100 using the chip card as the storage medium such that the information in chip card 1 is displayed.

[37] A method of recording and reproducing a card related information stored in the chip card by using an AMOLED display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be now described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5.

[38] FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a method for displaying a card related in- formation by using an AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a storage region of a chip card according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[39] As shown in FIG. 4, if the chip card 1 is inserted to the AMOLED display 100, the contact portion 101 formed on the inside surface of the AMOLED display 100 and at least one chip 22 of the chip card 1 are electrically connected to each other, and a command is input through a key input unit 110 with a touch type that is formed on the AMOLED display panel 103 of the front surface of the AMOLED display 100. Thus, the communication is executed to download the information to store to the second IC chip 22 through the member card reader, ATM, the exterior server 200 and the communication module 160 under the control of the control unit 120 including a driving circuit of the AMOLED display panel 103 and a micro processor, and the information may be displayed to the AMOLED display panel 103 through the output unit 150 by reproducing the signal through the signal decryption module 130. The personal information or the card information is encrypted through the encryption module 140 according to the necessity and may be transmitted to the member card reader, the ATM, and the exterior server 200 through the communication module 160.

[40] The communication module 160 uses the short-distance communication and may provide an infrared data communication interface, a bluetooth communication interface, a Wi-Fi communication interface, a wireless LAN communication interface, and an RF communication interface

[41] As shown in FIG. 5, the second chip 22 is provided with a flash memory 50, and the flash memory 50 has a format information domain 51, a security storage domain 52, and a free storage domain 54. The format information domain 51 records format information for allowing the AMOLED display 100 to recognize the applications, data and contents. The security storage domain 52 is encrypted to record and reproduce the information only when the particular person or the particular is certificated, or the predetermined conditions are satisfied. The free storage region 53 may store and reproduce data through a common computer or a universal portable terminal such as PMP and MP3 to store the general advertisements.

[42] The security storage region 52 has a financial activity information unit 52a, a security document unit 52b, a card related information unit 52c, and a contents unit 52d. The security document unit 52b stores a card number, an official certificate, a digital certificate, a password, and a code table. The card related information unit 52c stores the card information, the limit sum, the total sum of monthly usage, the usable reminder, events, and the discount coupon. The contents unit 52d providing the airmail, the railroad ticket, the pay digital contents information. [43] The one chip 22 is further provided with a data location information unit 54 to recognize the data location in advance. Therefore, the chip 22 may more speedily process data in accordance with the selection of the input unit 110 and display the information through the output unit 150.

[44] As shown in FIG. 6, the key input unit 110 may include a finance activity icon 110a, a personal information icon 110b, a card related information icon 110c, and a pay contents icon 11Od as a shortening key to easily access to each information blocks 52a, 52b, 52c and 52d stored to the security storage domain 52 of the chip 22 under the AMOLED display panel 103.

[45] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V of FIG. 4.

[46] An AMOLED display 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a enveloped exterior housing 30 adhering closely to an external circumference portion of a chip card 1 with the standard size and an AMOLED display panel 103 attached to the lower surface of the enveloped exterior housing 30.

[47] The enveloped exterior housing 30 is flexible, may be transmitted with the images of the AMOLED display panel 103 attached to the lower surface thereof, and may support the AMOLED display panel 103. It is preferable that the enveloped exterior housing 30 is made of a transparent resin material having a supporting characteristic.

[48] On the other hand, the one side of the exterior housing 30 has the width and the length of the size that the total chip card 1 may be taken in and out, and the exterior housing 30 formed according to the outline of the chip card 1 is combined with two substrates2 on the end portion 301 by a thermal fusion, and has an opening 301a. Also, the exterior housing 30 is provided with an elastic protrusion 302 to maintain the contact to at least one contact portion 20a and 22a of the first and the second IC chips 20 and 22 formed on the chip card 1.

[49] The AMOLED display 30 includes two electrodes 31 and 32, and a light emission layer 36 disposed therebetween, One of the two electrodes injects holes and the other injects electrons into the light emitting layer. The injected electrons and holes are combined to form excitons and the excitons emit light as discharge energy. Because the organic light emitting device is a self-emissive display device, an additional light source is not necessary such that the organic light emitting device has lower power consumption, as well as a high response speed, wide viewing angle, and high contrast ratio such that the bright images may be realized in the dark place, the bright place, and the fields.

[50] The AMOLED display 100 may be attached closely through the opening 301a of the chip card 1, and the exterior housing 30 is transparent and functions as a protection layer such that the AMOLED display 100 may be possessed by the pocket or the purse.

[51] Also, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the AMOLED display 30 is an active matrix with the structure that the electrodes 31 and 32 and the light emission layer 32 is formed on the thin film transistor display panel 28, and the thin film transistor display panel 28 further includes a driving voltage line 40 transmitting a driving voltage as well as a gate line and a data line.

[52] Also, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a power unit

70 to execute the applications stored to the one chip 26 and to supply the power for outputting the contents such as video, audio, and UCC through the AMOLED display 30 may be provided.

[53] On the other hand, the power unit 70 may be made of a thin film type, an charging terminal 76 may be further provided, the exterior housing 30 may further provide a window 303 for electrically contacting a finance chip 20, that is the contact portion 20a of at least one chip to the member card reader or the ATM.

[54] In this way, the power unit 70 of a thin film type is integrally provided such that the power that is required for at least one chip to execute the various applications may be supplied.

[55] While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

[1] An AMOLED display using a chip card as a storage medium comprising: a flexible exterior housing formed with a enveloped according to the outline of the chip card and having an opening for total chip card with a standard size to be taken in and out; a contact portion protruded to be slide from the exterior housing and to be electrically connected to at least one semiconductor chip having a flash memory among at least two semiconductor chip arranged opposite to each other on the chip card; an AMOLED display panel with a thin film type for displaying the information under the memory of at least one semiconductor chip according to a command of a key input unit if the at least one semiconductor chip and the contact portion are connected to each other.

[2] The AMOLED display of claim 1, wherein: at least one of the semiconductor chips is a finance chip.

[3] The AMOLED display of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein: the key input unit is formed with a button type on the AMOLED display panel.

[4] The AMOLED display of claim 3, wherein: the exterior housing is made of a transparent synthetic resin having a supporting characteristic while be allowed to transmit the images of the AMOLED display panel.

[5] The AMOLED display of claim 4, wherein: the exterior housing further includes a fixing means for ensuring the electrical connection between the chip card and the contact portion to each other when inputting the chip card.

[6] The AMOLED display of claim 1, wherein: the end portion except for the opening of the exterior housing is combined by a thermal fusion.

[7] The AMOLED display of claim 1, wherein: at least one chip a security storage domain security-processed to store and reproduce the information only when a predetermined key is input through the key input unit, a free storage domain capable of freely storing and reproducing the information from exterior terminal, and a format information domain for recording a format information as to the interfacing thereof with the AMOLED display.

[8] The AMOLED display of claim 7, wherein: the security storage domain includes a financial activity unit storing a financial activity information, a personal information unit storing a code table and an official certificate, a card related information unit storing the limit sum, the total sum of monthly usage, events and the discount coupon, and a contents unit storing a pay contents of airmail, railroad ticket and preference ticket. [9] The AMOLED display of claim 8, wherein: the key input includes a shortening key capable of accessing with the financial activity information unit, the personal information unit, the card related information unit, and the contents unit