JP2000020664A - Composite medium and processor therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composite medium capable of effectively promoting application to various fields by attaching a noncontact type information recording medium to a printing medium to organically fusing the recording/reproducing of the information and printing. SOLUTION: This composite medium 11 is constituted of attaching a noncontact type information recording medium 12 which can record and reproduce information under noncontact state to the specified position of a printing medium 13 formed in a sheet shape. The printing processing to the printing medium 13 and the recording and reproducing processing of the information under noncontact state to/from the noncontact type information recording medium 12 can be executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a composite medium in which a non-contact type information recording medium is attached to a print medium, and to performing various processes such as information recording / reproduction and printing on the composite medium. It relates to a processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a non-contact information recording medium for recording and reproducing information in a non-contact manner has been conventionally used, for example, in the form of a wireless card or a wireless tag, for example, in a gate management or a physical distribution management. System has been widely used.

[0003]

By the way, this kind of non-contact type information recording medium is currently used only as a small unit such as a portable or attached to a luggage, At present, the value of use has not yet been fully demonstrated.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a non-contact type information recording medium is mounted on a print medium to achieve organic fusion of information recording / reproduction and printing, thereby to provide various fields. It is an object of the present invention to provide a very good composite medium capable of effectively promoting the application to a composite medium and a processing apparatus therefor.

[0005]

A composite medium according to the present invention comprises a non-contact information recording medium capable of recording and reproducing information in a non-contact manner attached to a predetermined position of a sheet-shaped print medium. In this method, a printing process on a print medium and a non-contact information recording / reproducing process on a non-contact type information recording medium can be performed.

A composite medium processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a non-contact information recording medium capable of recording and reproducing information in a non-contact manner attached to a predetermined position of a sheet-shaped print medium. Support means for supporting the medium, recording / reproducing means for performing non-contact information recording / reproducing processing on the non-contact type information recording medium of the composite medium supported by the supporting means, and composite means supported by the supporting means And a printing means for performing a printing process on a print medium.

According to the above arrangement, a composite medium having a non-contact information recording medium attached to a print medium is formed, and the composite medium is provided with information in a non-contact manner with the non-contact information recording medium. Since communication and printing processing on the surface can be performed, organic integration of information recording / reproduction and printing can be achieved, and application to various fields can be effectively promoted.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. That is, FIG.
(A) shows the composite medium 11. This composite medium 1
1 is a non-contact information recording medium 12, for example, writing paper,
Sheet-shaped print medium 13 made of copy paper, print paper, etc.
At a predetermined position.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the composite medium 11 is a non-contact type information recording medium
It can also be constructed by embedding it inside. In this case, it is necessary to embed the non-contact information recording medium 12 during the manufacturing process of the print medium 13.

As the composite medium 11, depending on the size and thickness of the non-contact information recording medium 12, it is conceivable to attach a plurality of non-contact information recording media 12 to one print medium 13. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, instruction information 14 for indicating the mounting position of the non-contact type information recording medium 12 is printed on the composite medium 11.

Non-contact information recording medium 12 of composite medium 11
Since the mounting position has some irregularities, the instruction information 14 functions as a mark when a person writes on the composite medium 13. Also, this instruction information 14
Functions also as a mark when information is recorded / reproduced on / from the non-contact information recording medium 12.

The non-contact type information recording medium 12 includes a card type as shown in FIG. 3A and a tag type as shown in FIG. 3B. It should be noted that all the non-card types are called tag types, and thus the tag types include various shapes and sizes.

As shown in FIG. 4, the contactless information recording medium 12 includes an antenna 12a and a power generation circuit 12b.
, A modulation / demodulation circuit 12c, a control circuit 12d, and a memory 1
2e is a main component. Power supply generation circuit 12
b extracts power required for operation from the power transmission wave received by the antenna 12a, and supplies power to each circuit inside the non-contact information recording medium 12. This power transmission wave is a signal wave transmitted for the purpose of supplying power,
It may be modulated with data.

The non-contact information recording medium 12
As shown in FIG. 5, data is written to and read from the memory 12e by communicating with the reader / writer 15 in a non-contact manner. This reader / writer 1
Reference numeral 5 includes an antenna unit 15a and a circuit unit 15b.

[0015] As shown in FIG.
It comprises a transmitting antenna 15a1 and a receiving antenna 15a2. The circuit section 15b includes a power driver 15b1, a modulation circuit 15b2, and a reception wave amplification circuit 15b.
The main components are b3, demodulation circuit 15b4, control circuit 15b5, and memory 15b6.

A data communication operation between the reader / writer 15 and the non-contact type information recording medium 12 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 7A shows the operation of the reader / writer 15, and FIG. 7B shows the operation of the non-contact information recording medium 12. Note that FIG. 7 omits an authentication process that is performed first, that is, a process in which the reader / writer 15 authenticates the non-contact information recording medium 12 as to whether it is an authorized communication partner.

First, when started (step S11),
The reader / writer 15 transmits the power transmission wave modulated by the “read” command data from the transmission antenna 15a1 (Step S12).

On the other hand, in the non-contact type information recording medium 12, when started (step S21), the power transmission wave transmitted from the reader / writer 15 is received, and it is determined whether or not the operating power is generated (step S21). S22) If the operating power is obtained (Yes in step S22), the command analysis is executed by demodulating the power transmission wave by the modulation / demodulation circuit 12c (step S23).

In this case, since the command is a “read” command, the non-contact information recording medium 12
e, the corresponding data is read out (step S24),
The read data is modulated and transmitted from the antenna 12a (step S25), and the process is terminated (step S2).
6).

Then, the reader / writer 15 transmits the response data from the non-contact type information recording medium 12 to the receiving antenna 15a.
2 (step S13), and if received (Yes in step S13), the received data is amplified by the received wave amplification circuit 15b3 and demodulated by the demodulation circuit 15b.
After demodulation at 4, the data is transferred to the memory 15b6, etc.
Here, data from the non-contact type information recording medium 12 is obtained (step S14), and the process is terminated (step S15).

Here, FIG. 8 shows, as described above, the recording / reproducing of a composite medium 11 having a plurality of non-contact type information recording media 12 by detecting the respective non-contact type information recording media 12. Fig. 2 shows a system for performing this. That is, the composite medium 11 is formed in a belt shape and has a pair of rotating rollers 16.
It is sandwiched between and travels freely.

A movable table 17 installed so as to be linearly movable in the width direction of the composite medium 11 is provided with a composite head 18 on which a reader / writer 15 and a print head described later are mounted. That is, in this system, as in a dot printer, the composite head 18 performs a one-dimensional scan in a direction substantially perpendicular to the feed direction of the composite medium 11, and the composite medium 11 is fed back by the rotating roller 16. The entire surface of the composite medium 11 can be scanned.

FIG. 9 shows the order in which the composite head 18 scans over the composite medium 11. In this example, the composite head 18 scans the composite medium 11 only in one direction from left to right in the figure. However, a bidirectional scan combining a scan from left to right and a scan from right to left is used. Is also conceivable.

Next, an algorithm for detecting the mounting position of the non-contact type information recording medium 12 will be described. First, as a precondition, each non-contact type information recording medium 12 has a unique hardware ID (identification number), and even if the same composite medium 11 includes a plurality of non-contact type information recording media 12. It is assumed that there is almost no probability that a plurality of non-contact information recording media 12 having the same hardware ID exist.

FIGS. 10A to 10C show an example of the data format of the authentication process performed between the reader / writer 15 and the non-contact type information recording medium 12, and the processing thereof. These data formats require mutual authentication to be completed in a very short time, and therefore need to be composed of short data strings.

FIG. 10A shows a state in which the reader / writer 15
A case where an interrogation signal (hereinafter, referred to as a general call command) not specifying the non-contact information recording medium 12 is transmitted to an arbitrary non-contact information recording medium 12 is shown.
The non-contact type information recording medium 12 that has received the general call command receives a response signal (hereinafter, referred to as an ID number = J in this example) containing information of its own as a response signal.
(Referred to as a unique ID response signal) to the reader / writer 15.

Therefore, the reader / writer 15 can recognize that the non-contact information recording medium 12 with the ID number J exists in the communication area. This recognition process is called a general medium recognition process.

FIG. 10B shows that the reader / writer 15
A case where an inquiry signal (hereinafter, referred to as a limited call command) is transmitted to a specific non-contact type information recording medium 12 is shown. This limited call command is used when the ID number of a specific non-contact information recording medium 12 is known in advance, and when it is desired to communicate only with the specific non-contact information recording medium 12, This is performed as a preliminary communication.

The non-contact type information recording medium 12 that has received the limited call command has the ID number (ID number = J in this example) included in the limited call command and its own ID number (ID number = in this example). J), a unique ID reply signal is transmitted to the reader / writer 15.
At this time, the reader / writer 15 recognizes that the non-contact information recording medium 12 with the ID number J exists in the communication area as expected.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10C, the ID number (in this example, ID
Number = K) and own ID number (in this example, ID number =
If J) does not match, the non-contact information recording medium 12 does not reply. As a result, the reader / writer 15 recognizes that the non-contact information recording medium 12 with the ID number K does not exist in the communication area. Such a recognition process is referred to as a specific medium recognition process.

When the reader / writer 15 does not have information on which position on the composite medium 11 has the ID number of the non-contact type information recording medium 12, the non-contact type information recording process is performed by the general medium recognition process. The position of the recording medium 12 and the I of the non-contact type information recording medium 12 existing at that position
It is necessary to recognize the D number.

The algorithm at this time will be described below. That is, the composite medium 11 is
Is assumed to be ΔS, and the general medium recognition process can be performed N times between the reader / writer 15 and the non-contact type information recording medium 12 during one line scan of the composite head 18.

FIG. 11 shows that the ID number A is used in the general medium recognition process.
3 shows an example of a result of searching for the non-contact type information recording medium 12 or a result of establishment and non-establishment of communication in the specific medium recognition process. That is, the mark “○” indicates the position where the unique ID response signal of the ID number A has returned, and the mark “×” indicates the place where no response or error has occurred. In the coordinates, the moving direction of the composite head 18 is set as the X axis, and the direction in which the composite medium 11 is moved by the rotating roller 16 is set as the Y axis.

In the case of such a configuration, as the simplest method, the X coordinate XL of the “○” mark on the leftmost side in the figure and the “○” mark on the rightmost side in the figure are used. The X coordinate XR of the mark and the Y coordinate Y of the “○” mark at the top of the figure
T and the Y coordinate YB of the “○” mark at the bottom of the figure
Is to be stored.

In this manner, when data is written or read to or from the non-contact information recording medium 12 having the ID number A, the coordinates (XL, Y
T) and the coordinates (XR, YB) are diagonally diagonally scanned in an area surrounded by a rectangle (the area surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 11), and a communication attempt is performed. It is possible to take the technique of terminating on the spot.

In actual writing and reading of data other than the authentication process, it is expected that the time required for one communication will be long depending on the data rate, data size, and the like. In such a case, measures such as appropriately reducing the scan speed of the composite head 18 may be taken.

Next, FIG. 12 (a) shows the composite head 1
8 is shown in detail. That is, the movable base 17 is movably supported along the guide bar 17a installed in the width direction of the composite medium 11. And this movable table 17
Supports only the antenna unit 15a of the reader / writer 15 instead of the reader / writer 15 itself, and the antenna unit 15a scans the composite medium 11 in a non-contact manner.

The circuit section 15b of the reader / writer 15
Is fixed to another location, and is connected to the antenna section 15a via a flexible printed wiring board (not shown) or the like.

Here, the print head 19 is installed on the movable base 17 at the same position as the antenna section 15a. The print head 19 performs a printing process on the composite medium 11d, and the above-described instruction information 14 can also be printed by the print head 19. The antenna section 15a and the print head 19 may be installed at different positions on the movable base 17 as shown in FIG.

According to the composite head 18 having such a configuration, printing on the composite medium 11 by the print head 19 and data communication with the non-contact information recording medium 12 by the reader / writer 15 can be performed simultaneously.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart summarizing the operation of printing barcode information on the composite medium 11 and the operation of writing barcode information on the non-contact information recording medium 12 embedded in the printed portion. ing. As a prerequisite, a command is set in advance to register bar code information having a number BBB at a position on the composite medium 11 at coordinates (XD, YD) and set an allowable position error at this time to Δp. Shall be.

First, when started (step S31),
The coordinates (XD, YD) of the composite head 18 on the composite medium 11
(Step S32). Thereafter, the reader / writer 15 transmits a general call command or a limited call command to the non-contact information recording medium 12 (step S33), and determines whether the non-contact information recording medium 12 is present at the position where the composite head 18 has been moved. Is determined (step S34).

If the communication is not established, that is, if the non-contact type information recording medium 12 cannot be recognized (No in step S34), the composite head is moved by the position error Δp allowed for each of the X axis and the Y axis. By shifting 18 in the positive and negative directions (step S35), it is determined whether or not the non-contact information recording medium 12 is present (step S36).

If the non-contact information recording medium 12 is found in step S34 or step S36, (Ye
s) At the position of the composite head 18, bar code information of the number BBB is printed on the composite medium 11 (step S3).
7) The bar code information of the number BBB is written on the non-contact type information recording medium 12 (step S38), and the process is terminated (step S39).

If the non-contact type information recording medium 12 is not found at the step S36 (No), it is processed as an error (step S40) and the process is terminated (step S39).

FIG. 14 shows that the composite head 18 whose position is determined on the composite medium 11 prints barcode information BBB on the print medium 13 at that position, and prints the barcode information BBB on the non-contact information recording medium 12. On the other hand, the image of writing barcode information BBB is clearly illustrated.

According to the first embodiment, a composite medium 11 having a plurality of non-contact information recording media 12 attached to a print medium 13 is formed, and a composite head 18 scans the composite medium 11. This enables data communication and position detection in a non-contact manner with the non-contact type information recording medium 12, and also allows printing on the surface of the composite medium 11, so that information recording / reproduction and printing can be performed. Can be organically integrated, and the application to various fields can be effectively promoted.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 15A shows an imprinting device 20 having a built-in reader / writer 15. The stamping device 20 is divided into an upper case 20a and a lower case 20b, and a seal rubber 20c is mounted on the upper case 20a. The antenna unit 15a of the reader / writer 15 and the switch 20d are mounted above the seal rubber 20c.

In the stamping operation, when the bottom surface of the lower case 20b is brought into contact with the composite medium 11 and the upper case 20a is pushed in, the lower case 20b slides so as to enter into the upper case 20a to shorten the overall length. The seal rubber 20c mounted on the upper case 20a contacts the surface of the composite medium 11, and the seal is printed.

FIG. 15B shows the printing of a seal stamp with ink on a composite medium 11 in which a non-contact information recording medium 12 is embedded in a print medium 13 by using an imprinting device 20. This indicates that the personal authentication data is written to the information recording medium 12 in a non-contact manner.

As a precondition, when the switch 20d is turned on, the reader / writer 15 reads out the personal authentication data recorded in the memory 15b6 and reads the personal authentication data.
5a.

When the stamping device 20 is pressed against the composite medium 11, the lower case 20b slides so as to enter the upper case 20a, and the seal rubber 20c is moved to the composite medium 11.
And the seal is printed. At this time, the switch 20d is turned on at the same time, the reader / writer 15 starts operating, and the personal authentication data recorded in the memory 15b6 is written to the non-contact information recording medium 12.

Thus, the composite medium 11 and the stamping device 20
By combining the above, it is possible to write personal authentication data in a non-contact manner simultaneously with printing of a seal. Therefore, by reading not only the content printed on the surface of the composite medium 11 but also the personal authentication data written on the non-contact information recording medium 12, it is possible to confirm the identity of the user and to enhance security. It becomes possible. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0054]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
A very good composite medium, in which a non-contact type information recording medium is attached to a print medium to achieve organic fusion of information recording / reproduction and printing, and to effectively promote application to various fields; The processing device can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a side sectional view illustrating a structure of a composite medium.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing instruction information printed on the composite medium.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing a non-contact information recording medium.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing details of the non-contact information recording medium.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an intersystem between the non-contact information recording medium and a reader / writer.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing details of the reader / writer.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a data communication operation between the reader / writer and the non-contact information recording medium.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a relationship between the composite medium and a composite head.

FIG. 9 is a view for explaining scanning of a composite medium by the composite head.

FIG. 10 is a view for explaining an authentication process performed between the reader / writer and the non-contact information recording medium.

FIG. 11 is a view for explaining an operation of searching for the position of the non-contact information recording medium by the reader / writer.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing details of the composite head.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart shown to explain a printing operation and a data writing operation by the composite head.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a state in which printing and data writing are performed by the composite head.

FIG. 15 is a view shown to explain another embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Composite medium, 12 ... Non-contact type information recording medium, 13 ... Print medium, 14 ... Instruction information, 15 ... Reader / writer, 16 ... Rotary roller, 17 ... Movable table, 18 ... Composite head, 19 ... Print head, 20 … A stamping device.

Claims (8)

[Claims] A non-contact information recording medium capable of recording and reproducing information in a non-contact manner is attached to a predetermined position of a print medium formed in a sheet shape. A composite medium capable of performing non-contact information recording / reproduction processing on a non-contact information recording medium. 2. An instruction information indicating that the non-contact information recording medium is attached is printed on the print medium at a position where the non-contact information recording medium is attached. The composite medium according to claim 1, wherein 3. A supporting means for supporting a composite medium in which a non-contact information recording medium capable of recording and reproducing information in a non-contact manner is attached to a predetermined position of a sheet-shaped printing medium, and the supporting means. Recording / reproducing means for performing non-contact information recording / reproducing processing on the non-contact type information recording medium of the composite medium supported by the support medium, and printing on the print medium of the composite medium supported by the support means An apparatus for processing a composite medium, comprising: printing means for performing processing. 4. The non-contact information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the recording and reproducing means scans an antenna for transmitting and receiving data to and from the non-contact information recording medium along a surface of the composite medium. 4. The multi-media processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the apparatus performs information recording / reproducing processing. 5. The recording / reproducing means transmits data for authentication processing to the non-contact type information recording medium while scanning the antenna along the surface of the composite medium, and according to a response result, 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising means for specifying a range in which the non-contact type information recording medium exists. 6. The recording / reproducing means includes an antenna for exchanging data with the non-contact information recording medium, the printing means includes a print head for performing a printing process on a surface of the print medium, 4. The composite medium processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a composite head having the antenna and the print head mounted on the same movable base is scanned along the surface of the composite medium. 7. The supporting means includes a feeding means for feeding the composite medium in one direction, and the composite head is reciprocated in a direction substantially orthogonal to a feeding direction of the composite medium by the feeding means. 7. The apparatus for processing a composite medium according to claim 6, wherein: 8. The non-contact information recording medium according to claim 3, wherein said recording / reproducing means performs information recording / reproducing processing on said non-contact type information recording medium in conjunction with an operation of said printing means performing a printing process. Complex media processing equipment.