JP2003022418A - Electronic card inspection device and electronic card issue system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically inspect an electronic card and to reduce collating operation by an operator. SOLUTION: A device which inspects the electronic card 30 capable of electrically recording inside entry information contents of an issue requester recorded on a card surface according to an electronic card issue document 40 in the form of electronic information contents is equipped with a camera 5 which reads the entry information contents out of the electronic card issue document 40, a camera 6 which reads the entry information contents out of the electronic card recording surface, a card reader writer 14' which records and reproduces the electronic information contents as to the electronic card 30, and a controller 15 which compares the entry information contents read by the cameras 5 and 6 with the electronic information contents reproduced by the card reader writer 14' and decides whether the electronic card 30 as the object of inspection is proper or not according to the comparison result.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
Electronic card inspection device and electronic card issuing system suitable for automatic issuing system of ID cards such as cash card, membership card, employee ID, employee ID, student ID, alien registration ID and various driver's licenses Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, ID card issuing systems such as cash cards with facial photographs, employee IDs, employee IDs, membership IDs, student IDs, alien registration IDs, passports, library cards and various driver's licenses have been developed. It has been used more often. For example, a company with a large number of employees often employs an employee certificate issuing system. In this system, a host computer is provided at the head office, and the personal information of the employees assigned to the branch office is registered in the computer.

Here, the personal information includes a name, an address, a date of birth, a date of issuance of an employee ID, and an expiration date thereof.
Then, for example, when a person who has reached the expiration date of the employee ID at the branch office requests the renewal, the person at the head office or branch office inquires the personal information of the employee at the computer at the head office and the inquiry at the head office. As a result, when it is confirmed that the employee is a registered person at the head office, the employee is issued with an employee ID at the head office. When the number of people to be updated increases, the employee ID issuance process is often done in a flowable manner. Regarding the inspection of the employee ID card (ID card) at this time, the inspection is shared for a large number of ID cards, and the inspector compares and verifies the character data and face image one by one, and the print quality is improved. The final decision is made by inspecting whether the product is normal or defective.

[0004]

By the way, according to the conventional employee ID issuance system (hereinafter also referred to as an ID card issuance system), IDs are issued to many update target persons (hereinafter referred to as issuance requesters). When issuing a card, I
In the final process of issuing the D card, the inspector compares and compares the information content of the issuance application submitted by the issuance requester with the information content of the recording surface of the ID card. Therefore, there are the following problems.

Compared with other ID card production processes, the collation process often relies on manual work. Therefore, the inspection requires a lot of time. In addition, since a new ID card for a defective card is reissued and its processing is performed off-line, a lot of work is required and work efficiency is reduced. When the ID card is converted to an electronic card, an IC chip is built in the card, and the data verification in the IC chip is also added to the inspection item, so that the inspection takes further time. Regarding the application form for issuing an ID card in connection with
It is expected that the method using the D card will be replaced. It is necessary to automate the collation work corresponding to this.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in the case of inspecting an electronic card, the description information content of the electronic card issuance document to be inspected and the description information content of the electronic card recording surface. And an electronic card content and electronic information content in the electronic card can be automatically collated, and an electronic card inspection device and an electronic card issuing system which can reduce collation work by an operator are provided. .

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic card inspection device according to the present invention at least electronically stores the information content of the issue requester recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information. A device for inspecting an electronic card that can be electrically recorded in the card as information content as well, and card information reading means for reading the described information content from the recording surface of the electronic card, and recording and reproducing the electronic information content with respect to the electronic card. The recording / reproducing means, the contents of the electronic card issuing information, the description information contents read by the information reading means, and the electronic information contents reproduced by the recording / reproducing means are input and compared, and the electronic object to be inspected based on the comparison result. And a control device for determining whether the card is good or bad.

According to the electronic card inspection device of the present invention, the information content of the issuer who is recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information can be electrically recorded in the card as the electronic information content. When inspecting an electronic card, for example, the written information content is read from the electronic card issued document by the document information reading means, the written information content is read from the electronic card recording surface by the card information reading means, and the recording / reproducing means, The electronic information content is reproduced from the electronic card.

In the control device, the contents of the electronic card issuing information read by the document information reading means, the description information contents read by the card information reading means, and the electronic information contents reproduced by the recording / reproducing means are inputted. Then,
These three contents are compared, and the quality of the electronic card to be inspected is determined based on the comparison result.

Therefore, the description information content of the electronic card issuing document to be inspected, the description information content of the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic information content in the electronic card can be automatically collated. , It is possible to reduce the collation work for finding the match / mismatch of these three parties by the operator.

At least the electronic card issuing system according to the present invention is an electronic device capable of electrically recording in the card the information content of the issue requester recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information as electronic information content. A system for issuing a card, comprising: an electronic card creating means for creating an electronic card; and an inspection device for inspecting the electronic card created by the electronic card creating means, wherein the inspection device includes information written from the recording surface of the electronic card. Card information reading means for reading the contents, recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the electronic information contents with respect to the electronic card, contents of the electronic card issuing information,
And a control device for inputting and comparing the written information content read by the card information reading means and the electronic information content reproduced by the recording / reproducing means, and determining the quality of the electronic card to be inspected based on the comparison result. It is characterized by that.

According to the electronic card issuing system of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic card inspection device is applied, and the information content of the issue requester recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information is used as the electronic information content. When an electronically recordable electronic card is inspected, the content of the electronic card issuance information to be inspected, for example, the information content of the electronic card issuance document and the information content of the electronic card recording surface And the electronic information content in the electronic card can be automatically collated.

Therefore, since the electronic card can be automatically inspected, it is possible to reduce the collation work by the operator in the electronic card issuing system to find out the agreement / non-coincidence of these three parties. This will enable the smooth and prompt issuance of electronic cards such as cash cards with facial photographs, employee ID cards, employee ID cards, membership cards, student ID cards, alien registration cards, passports, library use cards, and various driver's licenses. You can

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An electronic card inspection apparatus and an electronic card issuing system according to embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (1) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an electronic card inspection device 10 as an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, when an electronically recordable electronic card is inspected as the electronic information content of the information content of the issuer recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance document,
Equipped with a control device that determines the quality of the electronic card, and automatically collates the information content of the electronic card issued documents to be inspected with the information content of the recording surface of the electronic card and the electronic information content of the electronic card. As well as being able to process
The operator can reduce the collation work for finding the match / mismatch of these three parties.

The electronic card inspection apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 can electrically record at least the information content of the issue requester recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information as electronic information content in the card. This is a device for inspecting the electronic card 30. The electronic card issuance information includes the description information content read from the electronic card issuance document or the electronic information content reproduced from the old electronic card. The electronic card 30 is a cash card, employee ID card, employee ID card, membership card,
Student ID, ID card, Alien Registration Card and various driver's licenses are eligible.

The contents of information written on the card surface include name, address, date of birth, personal identification number ID, date of issuance of electronic card 30 and expiration date. The personal identification number ID is an alignment number (numeral) having a predetermined number of digits for identifying the owner of the electronic card.

The electronic information contents are a personal identification number ID, face image information D1, personal information D2, document image information D3 and the like.
The face image information D1 is digital data relating to a face image obtained by photographing the face part of the person. The personal information D2 is data in which the name, the address, the date of birth, the date of issue of the employee ID card, the expiration date, etc. are digitized. The document image information D3 is image data of the electronic card issuance document (issue application) 40 and the like. The electronic card 30 stores the individual identification number of the camera (hereinafter referred to as camera number) and the like. This is because when the defect of the electronic card 30 is detected, the photographing device number is read and an instruction to recreate the electronic card 30 is output to the photographing system or the card creating system.

The electronic card inspection apparatus 10 has a housing 1 of a predetermined shape. Inside the housing 1, a document hopper 2 which is an example of a paper feeding means and a card hopper which is an example of a card feeding means. 3 and a stage 4 as an example of a mounting means
It has and. Stage 4 is electronic card issuance document 40
Also, there is a sufficient space for placing the electronic cards 30 side by side.

In this electronic card inspection apparatus 10, a document hopper 2 is arranged on the left side of the stage 4. A document hopper drive unit 12 is attached to the document hopper 2, and the electronic card issued documents 40 are supplied to the stage 4 one by one based on the hopper drive signal S1. A card hopper 3 is arranged on the right side of the stage 4. A card hopper drive unit 13 is attached to the card hopper 3, and the electronic card 30 is turned on based on the hopper drive signal S2.
It is so arranged that the sheets are supplied to the stage 4 one by one.

Further, the electronic card inspection device 10 has a first camera 5 as an example of document information reading means. The camera 5 is attached to the inside of the housing 1 above the stage 4 and the like, and reads the described information content from the electronic card issued document 40 supplied by the document hopper 2. The camera 5 outputs the description information content as document image information D3.

In addition to the camera 5, a second camera 6 as an example of card information reading means is attached inside the housing 1 or the like, and is supplied by the card hopper 3 to the electronic card 3.
The description information content is read from the recording surface of 0. The camera 6 outputs the described information content as card surface information D31. Digital cameras and video cameras are used as the cameras 5 and 6. A scanner having a character recognition function or the like may be used as the information reading means in addition to the camera.

A control device 15 is connected to the cameras 5 and 6. A card read / write device 14 ', which is an example of a recording / reproducing device, is further connected to the control device 15 so as to record / reproduce electronic information contents with respect to the electronic card 30. The card read / write device 14 'is attached to the back surface or the like of the stage 4 so that the electronic information content can be read and reproduced in a contactless manner at the same time as the information reading on the recording surface of the electronic card.

In the control device 15 described above, the description information contents read by the cameras 5 and 6 and the electronic information contents reproduced by the card read / write device 14 'are input and compared, and based on the comparison result, the inspection target Electronic card 30
It is made to judge the quality of the. When the information content of the electronic card issuing document 40, the information content of the recording surface of the electronic card, and the electronic information content of the electronic card 30 are the same, it is determined as “good”. If they do not match, it is determined to be “defective”.

In this embodiment, the description information content on the card surface is recorded in advance in the card as the electronic information content, and the description information content read from the electronic card issuance document 40 and the electronic card recording surface are read. The written description information content is compared by the control device 15, and if both the description information content match, the reproduction of the electronic information content in the electronic card 30 is omitted.

In the control device 15, the description information content read from the electronic card issuing document 40 and the electronic card 3 are read.
The electronic information content reproduced from 0 is compared, and if the described information content and the electronic information content match, the reading of the described information content from the electronic card recording surface may be omitted. This is to shorten the inspection time of the electronic card 30 in any case.

In this example, the display device 7 is connected to the control device 15 so as to display the comparison result of the description information content and the electronic information content. When the control device 15 determines that the electronic card 30 to be inspected is defective, the display device 7 displays the electronic card issued document 40 read by the cameras 5 and 6 and the information content of the electronic card recording surface. The electronic information content reproduced by the card read / write device 14 'is displayed.

In this display device 7, the electronic card issuance document 4
The description information content A of 0, the description information content B of the recording surface of the electronic card, and the electronic information content C of the electronic card 30 are displayed on the same screen (see FIG. 1). This is for facilitating inspection and confirmation work by the operator. Of course, the display method is not limited to this. In this example, the display device 7 is configured to display the mismatch information on the display screen when the electronic card 30 is determined to be defective. For example, as the disagreement information, a conspicuous mark that is easily noticed by the operator is displayed.

The stage drive unit 17 is provided in the stage 4 described above.
Is attached, and the stage 4 is displaced by a predetermined angle based on the stage drive signal S3.
Is inclined back and forth (hereinafter referred to as a damper mechanism 80). This is because when the electronic card 30 is determined to be defective, the damper mechanism 80 tilts the stage 4 forward by a predetermined angle so that the operator can easily see the electronic card 30 and the issued document 40 on the stage 4. This is because.

Further, the control device 15 is connected with an operation panel 8 as an example of operating means and a higher-level management device (not shown).
When it is confirmed that the electronic card 30 is defective, the upper management device or the like is instructed to recreate the electronic card 30. A start button (not shown) is attached to the operation panel 8,
The operation information D4 indicating the start of inspection of the electronic card 30 is input. In the control device 15, this operation information D4
To the document hopper drive unit 12 based on the
Is output, and the hopper drive signal S is sent to the card hopper drive unit 13.
2 is output.

Next, an operation example of the electronic card inspection device 10 will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the electronic card inspection device 10. This embodiment is premised on the case of inspecting the electronic card 30 which is electrically recordable in the card based on the electronic card issuance document 40 as the electronic information content of the information described by the issuer recorded on the card surface. . Of course, it is assumed that the document hoppers 2 are sequentially stocked with the electronic card issuance documents 40 to be inspected, and the card hoppers 3 are sequentially stocked with the electronic cards 30 to be inspected.

With this as an inspection condition, first, in step A1 of the flow chart shown in FIG. 2, the start button of the operation panel 8 is pressed. When the start button is pressed here, the controller 15 outputs a hopper drive signal S1 to the document hopper 2. In step A2, the document hopper 2 supplies the electronic card issuing documents 40 one by one to the stage 4 based on the hopper drive signal S1. For the supply mechanism to the stage 4 of the issuance application form 40, a well-known method using a conveyance roller or the like is adopted.

At step A3, the electronic card issuing document 40 on the stage 4 is read by the camera 5, and the document image information D3 as the description information content is output to the control device 15. At the same time, the controller 15 outputs a hopper drive signal S2 to the card hopper 3. Step A
At 4, the card hopper 3 supplies the electronic cards one by one to the stage 4 based on the hopper drive signal S2. A well-known method using a conveyance roller or the like is adopted as a supply mechanism to the stage 4 of the employee ID 30.

At this time, the electronic card 30 placed adjacent to the electronic card issuing document 40 is read by the camera 6 in step A5, and card surface information D31 as the description information content is output to the control device 15. Almost at the same time, in step A6, the card reading / writing device 14 'reproduces the electronic identification information such as personal identification number ID, face image information D1, personal information D2, and document image information D3 from the electronic card 30.

After that, in the control device 15, the cameras 5, 6
Document image information D3, card surface information D31, and card read / write device 1 as the description information content read by
4'as the electronic information contents reproduced by the individual identification number ID, face image information D1, personal information D2, document image information D
3 is input. These pieces of information are compared by the controller 15 in step A7, and the quality of the electronic card 30 to be inspected is determined based on the comparison result.

For example, in step A8, it is determined as "good" when the description information content of the electronic card issued document 40, the description information content of the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic information content in the electronic card 30 match. To be done. If it is determined to be “good”, the process proceeds to step A9. If they do not match, it is determined to be "defective" and the process proceeds to step A10.

If it is determined that the electronic card 30 is good, the electronic card 30 after the inspection is checked in step A9.
Are discharged to a stocker or the like for passing an inspection (not shown). If the electronic card 30 is determined to be defective in step A8, the displayed information content and the electronic information content are displayed on the display device 7. At the same time, the controller 15 outputs the stage drive signal S3 to the stage drive unit 17. The stage drive unit 17 tilts the stage 4 toward the front based on the stage drive signal S3. At this time, the operator visually confirms the defective portion of the electronic card.

Further, the operator operates the operation panel 8 in step A11 to output a re-creation instruction or the like from the control device 15 to the electronic card production system through the network. For example, the camera number is read out from the electronic card 30, and the reproduction instruction is issued online to the camera. In addition, the electronic card 3 that has become defective in inspection
If 0 is confirmed, the process proceeds to step A12 and the operator ejects the electronic card 30 corresponding to a stocker for inspection failure (not shown). After that, the process shifts to step A13, and the operator checks whether all the electronic cards 30 have been inspected. If all electronic cards 30 have not been inspected, steps A2 and A4
Then, the processing described above is repeated. Electronic card 30
When all the items have been inspected, the power is turned off and the inspection process is terminated.

As described above, according to the electronic card inspection apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, in the case of inspecting the electronic card 30 which can be electrically recorded in the card by describing the information content of the card surface as the electronic information content. And this electronic card 3
A control device 15 for determining pass / fail of 0 is provided, and the control device 15 includes description information content read from the electronic card issuing document 40, description information content read from the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic card 30. The electronic information content reproduced from is input and compared.

Therefore, the control device 15 automatically collates the written information content of the electronic card issuing document to be inspected, the written information content of the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic information content of the electronic card 30. can do. As a result, it is possible to reduce the collation work for finding the match / mismatch of these three parties by the operator. The efficiency of the inspection work of the electronic card 30 can be improved as compared with the conventional method. When a defect of the electronic card 30 is detected,
Since it is possible to output a remanufacturing instruction or the like to the electronic card creating system, it is possible to promptly deal with reissuing an electronic card online.

(2) Embodiment FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the construction of an employee certificate issuing system 101 as an embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing an example of the configuration of the employee ID inspection device 100, and FIG. 5 is a functional example of the damper mechanism 80. In this embodiment, an employee card issuance system 101, which is an example of an electronic card issuance system, is constructed, and the electronic card inspection device according to the present invention is applied to this system 101.

The employee ID issuance system 101 shown in FIG. 3 is arranged, for example, in each prefecture branch office, and based on at least the issuance application 40, which is an example of an employee ID issuance document, an employee ID is an example of an electronic card. It is a system that issues 30. Of course, the information content of the issuer 20 recorded on the card surface of the employee ID card 30 can be electrically recorded in the card as electronic information content (IC chip data).

This employee certificate issuing system 101 has a management device 55 for issuing an employee certificate, which constitutes a part of the employee certificate creating means. A personal computer is used as the management device 55. Although not shown, the management device 55 is equipped with a liquid crystal display monitor and input tools such as a mouse and a keyboard.

The management device 55 includes a photographing device 11, a card read / write device 14, a filing device 16, an input tool 18, an application form scanner 56, and an employee ID printer 6.
6 and the employee ID inspection device 100 are connected using a communication cable such as a LAN. RS-232C,
A communication cable based on a communication protocol such as RS-422 may be used.

The photographing device 11 photographs the face part of the issue requester 20 and outputs the face image data D1 to the management device 55 or the like. The card read / write device 14 reads electronic information contents from the old employee ID card when updating the employee ID card. The card read / write device 14 may be provided in the photographing device 11.

The application form scanner 56 reads the described information content from the issue application form 40 at the time of first issuance of an employee ID card, when updating the same, and outputs the application form image data D3 as an example of document image information to the management device 55. To be done. In this example, the character recognition function of the application form scanner 56 is used to recognize the personal identification number ID. The input tool 18 is operated to input the personal identification number ID, the personal information D2, the operation information D4 and the like to the management device 55 when the employee ID 30 is first issued. Input tool 1
A keyboard and a mouse are used for 8.

The filing device 16 includes an issuance requester 20
Personal identification number ID, face image data D1, personal information D2
Also, application form image data D3 and the like are stored. The filing device 16 uses a memory, a hard disk, or the like, in which information that needs to be stored and stored can be written and read at any time.

In the employee ID printer 66, the face image data D1 of the issue requester 20 obtained from the photographing device 11, the personal identification number ID of the issue requester 20 previously acquired, the personal information D2, and the host computer from the host computer. An employee ID card in which the face image of the issue requester 20 and personal information such as the address and name are image-formed based on the issuance permission, and the face image and personal information of the issue requester 20 are written as electronic information content. It is made to create 30.

The application form image data D3 includes the electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 and the IC chip 2 in the employee certificate 30.
The case of writing to 4A and the case of not writing it are the targets. The writing of the application form image data D3 depends on the memory capacity in the IC chip 24A. If the application form image data D3 is written and placed in the IC chip 24A, it can be used for identification while updating.

In this example, the photographing device 11, the card read / write device 14, the management device 55, the employee ID printer 66.
Although the case where the management device 55 and the like are individually configured and the management device 55 is mainly combined is shown, the invention is not limited to this.
Combining the functions of the photographing device 11 and the management device 55,
A combination of the functions of the card read / write device 14 and the management device 55, or the functions of the employee ID printer 66 and the management device 55, and an imaging device having these management control functions, a card read / write device, an employee ID printer, etc. The employee ID issuance system 101 may be configured by using a communication cable such as a LAN.

In this example, the management device 55 is connected with an employee ID inspection device 100, which constitutes an example of an electronic card inspection device, so that the employee ID 30 created by the employee ID printer 66 can be inspected. Done. An employee ID inspection device 100 shown in FIG. 4 has a housing 1 having a predetermined shape, and in the housing 1, a stage 4, a document hopper 2,
A stocker 9 for an inspected issuance application, a card hopper 3 (not shown), and an inspected employee ID stocker are provided. The front and back surfaces of the housing 1 have openings 1A and 1B of a predetermined size.

In the employee ID inspection apparatus 100, the document hopper 2 arranged beside the stage 4 has a slide structure which can be mounted from the opening 1A on the front side of the housing 1. The card hopper 3 (not shown) also has a slide structure that can be mounted from the front side of the housing 1. The stocker 9 has a box shape and has a slide structure that can be mounted from the opening 1B on the back side of the housing 1. Although not shown, the card hopper 3 also has a slide structure that can be mounted from the front side of the housing 1. A stocker for an inspected employee certificate (not shown) also has a box shape and has a slide structure that can be mounted from the back side of the housing 1.

Pressing edges 4A are provided on the front surface and the left and right sides of the stage 4 so that the issuance application form 40 and the employee ID 30 do not slip off when the stage 4 is inclined to the front side. The pressing edge portion 4A is not provided on the back surface. This is to discharge the inspected application form 40 from the stage 4 to the stocker 9. For the paper discharge mechanism to the stocker 9 of the issuance application 40, a well-known method using a conveyance roller or the like is adopted.

A card read / write section 70 ', which constitutes a part of the card read / write device 14', is attached to the back surface of the stage 4. Card read / write device 1
4'will be described with reference to FIG. A semi-moon shaped spur gear 17A forming a damper mechanism 80 is attached to the stage 4, and a motor 17B is engaged with the spur gear 17A. The motor 17B is connected to the stage drive unit 17, and the stage drive unit 17 controls the rotation.

For example, when it is determined that the employee ID 30 is defective, the stage drive signal S3 is changed to the stage drive unit 1
7 is output to the motor 17
Rotate B. Since the stage 4 is displaced by the predetermined angle θ shown in FIG. 5 by the rotation of the motor 17B, the stage 4 can be tilted to the front side. The angle θ is preferably 40 ° to 60 °. of course,
The angle θ is not limited to this range. The inclination of the stage 4 by the damper mechanism 80 makes it easier for the operator to see the employee ID 30 and the issued document 40 on the stage 4.

Next, a configuration example of the control system of the employee ID inspection apparatus 100 will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a control system of the employee ID inspection device 100. Figure 6
The employee ID inspection device 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes cameras 5, 6, a liquid crystal display monitor (display device) 7, an operation panel 8, a document hopper drive unit 12, a card hopper drive unit 13, a card read / write device 14 ′, a control device 15, It has a stage drive unit 17, a memory 87, and a communication device 88.

A camera 5 is connected to the control device 15, and the contents information described in the issuance application 40 is read and the application image data D3 is output to the control device 15. In addition to the camera 5, a camera 6 is connected to the control device 15 so that the written information content is read from the employee ID card 30 and the card surface information D31 is output.

A card read / write device 14 'is further connected to the control device 15, and at the same time as reading the information on the employee ID recording surface, a personal identification number ID, face image data D1, personal information D2, application form image data D3, etc. The electronic information content is read out and reproduced in a contactless manner.

In the control device 15 described above, the description information contents read by the cameras 5 and 6 and the electronic information contents reproduced by the card read / write device 14 'are inputted and compared, and based on the comparison result, the inspection object is inspected. The quality of the employee ID 30 is determined. "Good" if the information content of the issuance application 40, the information content of the employee ID recording surface, and the electronic information content of the employee ID 30 match.
Is judged. If they do not match, it is determined to be “defective”.

In this embodiment, the information content on the card surface of the employee ID card 30 is previously stored as electronic information content in the employee ID card 30.
In the case of being recorded inside, the control device 15 compares the description information content read from the issuance application 40 with the description information content read from the employee ID recording surface,
When the contents of both described information match, the reproduction of the electronic information contents in the employee ID card 30 is omitted. This function will be referred to as an abbreviated inspection mode below. The default inspection mode is set at the time of the employee ID inspection.

Further, the control device 15 compares the written information content read from the issuance application form 40 with the electronic information content reproduced from the employee ID card 30. If the written information content and the electronic information content match, The reading of the described information content from the employee ID recording surface may be omitted. This is to shorten the inspection time of the employee ID card 30 in any case.

In this example, a liquid crystal display monitor 7, which is an example of a display device, is connected to the control device 15 so as to display a comparison result of written information contents and electronic information contents. In the case where the control device 15 determines that the employee ID 30 to be inspected is defective, the liquid crystal display monitor 7 reads the issuance application form 40 read by the cameras 5 and 6 and the information content of the employee ID recording surface. Also, the electronic information content reproduced by the card read / write device 14 'is displayed. At this time, issue application 40 and employee ID 30
Alternatively, the personal information D2 of the issue requester 20 may be displayed on the same screen together with the information content described on the recording surface and the electronic information content in the employee certificate 30.

On the liquid crystal display monitor 7, the issuance application form 40
Also, the information content on the employee ID recording surface and the electronic information content in the employee ID 30 are displayed on the same screen. This is for facilitating inspection and confirmation work by the operator. In this example, the liquid crystal display monitor 7 displays the disagreement information on the display screen when the employee ID card 30 is determined to be defective. For example, as the disagreement information, a conspicuous mark that is easily noticed by the operator is displayed. For the mark, in addition to a specific symbol or number, a shaded display or the like is used.

Further, the control panel 15 is connected to the control unit 15, and the employee ID 30
When it is confirmed that the employee ID is defective, the operation panel 8 is operated to instruct the upper management device 55 or the like to recreate the employee ID 30. A start button or the like (not shown) is attached to the operation panel 8, and the operation information D4 indicating the start of the inspection of the employee ID card 30 is input.

The control unit 15 includes a document hopper drive unit 1
2. The card hopper drive unit 13 and the stage drive unit 17 are connected. The controller 15 outputs the hopper drive signal S1 to the document hopper drive unit 12 based on the operation information D4, and outputs the hopper drive signal S1 to the card hopper drive unit 13.
2 is output. The stage drive signal S3 is supplied to the stage drive unit 17 to displace the stage 4 by a predetermined angle (damper mechanism control).

A memory 87 is connected to the controller 15. The memory 87 is composed of a ROM, a RAM, etc., and the ROM stores a control program for constructing an inspection sequence. The RAM is used as a general-purpose memory for temporarily storing data at the time of inspection. A communication device 88 is connected to the control device 15, and is connected to the management device 55 and the like using a communication cable such as a LAN.

Next, the employee certificate issuing system 101
The issuance application form 40 used in 1. will be described. FIG. 7 is an image diagram showing a configuration example of the issuance application form 40. Figure 7
The issuance application form 40 shown in FIG. 4 is made of, for example, A4 size fine paper. At the upper right corner, a face photo pasting area P1 is provided,
A photo of the face of the issue requester 20 is attached. In this issuance application form 40, in addition to the face photo pasting area P1, columns for describing the “employee ID issuance application form”, “address”, “name”, “date of birth”, etc., a certificate of the fee, etc. A certificate sticking area P2 for sticking is provided. The personal identification number ID may also be written on the surface of the card.

The issuance application 40 may be different for each prefecture, and the paper color may be different when the employee ID 30 is issued and when it is renewed. Therefore, the issuance requester 20 describes necessary items in the issuance application form 40 of a predetermined color, and
The face photograph prepared in advance will be pasted on the issuance application form 40.

Next, an employee ID card 30 as an example of an electronic card will be described. FIG. 8 is an image diagram showing a configuration example of the employee ID card 30, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an example of a laminated structure of the employee ID card 30 excluding the protective sheet above it.
In FIG. 8, an employee ID card 30 as an electronic card created by the employee ID issuing system 101 has, for example, a vertical length of about 6 cm, a horizontal length of about 9 cm, and a thickness of 0.5. It has about 1.0 mm. Image display information is printed in a predetermined area P3 of the employee ID 30. The image display information is, for example, “XX employee certificate”, “personal identification number”, “name”, “issue date” ...

At a predetermined position of the employee ID card 30 shown in FIG. 8, the personal identification number ID of the employee ID holder (issuer) 20 is recorded. The personal identification number ID is read by the application form scanner 56 shown in FIG. 3, and the management device 55 recognizes the personal identification number ID.

For example, in the management device 55, the specific number "1234567891" is calculated from the n = 12 digit alignment number "123456789123" related to the personal identification number ID obtained from the application form scanner 56, and the written information on the card surface is calculated. Whether the content or / and the electronic information content (IC chip data) in the card is correct or not is determined. In this example, the last two digits "23" are assigned to the check digit, and a 10-digit continuous specific number "12345678991" excluding the last two digits "23" is calculated by a certain calculation formula and the calculation is performed. A check is made to see if the result matches the check digit = "23". By this check, it is possible to determine whether the personal identification number ID is correct.

In the employee ID card 30 shown in FIG. 8, the predetermined area P
3, a face image forming area P4 is allocated, and a face image of the issue requester 20 of the employee ID 30 is formed. The card surface is covered with a protective sheet 51 so as to protect the face image and the image display information.

That is, the employee ID card 30 shown in FIG. 9 is roughly divided into the back sheet 21 and the electronic component 24 except for the upper protective sheet 51 and the intermediate adhesive members 22A and 22B.
And has a three-layer structure of the surface sheet 25. The bottom layer of the employee ID card 30 has a thickness of 100μ as a substrate member.
A back sheet 21 of about m is provided. Back sheet 21
Preferably has a sheet thickness of about 50 μm to 300 μm. A writing layer 62 (not shown) that can be written with a pen on the back sheet 21
Further has.

In this example, an electronic component 24 for a card is provided on the back sheet 21. The electronic component 24 is an IC chip 24A for electrically recording a personal identification number ID, a face image data D1, personal information D2, etc. relating to the user of the employee ID 30, and a coil shape connected to the IC chip 24A. It is the antenna body 24B.

A surface sheet 25 having a thickness of about 100 μm is provided as a surface member on the electronic component 24.
The electronic component 24 is enclosed. In this example, at least the back sheet 21, the top sheet 25, and the electronic component 2
4 has a laminated structure in which thin sheet-like adhesive members (hereinafter simply referred to as adhesive sheets) 22A and 22B are bonded together.

For example, the back surface of the IC chip 24A and the back surface sheet 21 are bonded by the first adhesive sheet 22A having a thickness of about 50 μm to 300 μm, and the IC chip 24 is formed.
Between the surface of A and the surface sheet 25, a thickness of 50 μm to 30 μm
It is attached by a second adhesive sheet 22B having a thickness of about 0 μm. For these adhesive sheets 22A and 22B, hot-melt resin or reactive hot-melt resin preliminarily formed into a thin sheet is used.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal structure of the IC chip 24A. Since this employee ID card 30 is a non-contact type, no terminal for information input / output is provided. The IC chip 24A shown in FIG.
6, RAM 27, non-volatile memory 28, power generation unit 2
9, a CPU 38 and a clock generator 39.

The transmitting / receiving section 2 is provided in the antenna body 24B described above.
6 is connected to receive the electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 + D3 which is modulated into a predetermined modulated radio wave when writing information. When reading information, electronic information content ID + D1 + D
2 + D3 is modulated into a predetermined modulation signal and the antenna body 24
Sent to B.

The transmitter / receiver 26 includes a ROM 23 and RA.
M27 is connected, and control program data such as an information writing / reading procedure is described in the ROM 23. RA
In M27, the personal identification number I demodulated by the transmission / reception unit 26
D, face image data D1, and personal information D2 are temporarily stored. A non-volatile memory 28 is connected to the transmitter / receiver 26,
Based on the control program data read from the ROM 23, the CPU 38 records the personal identification number ID, the face image data D1 and the personal information D2. As the non-volatile memory 28, a memory (EEPROM) capable of erasing and writing electrical information is used. Therefore, even if the power is turned off, the personal identification number ID, the face image data D1 and the personal information D2 are recorded and held in the non-volatile memory 28.

The ROM 23, the transmitter / receiver 26, and the RAM described above.
A CPU 38 is connected to the 27 and the non-volatile memory 28, and the transmitting / receiving unit 26 and the RAM 27 are used when writing / reading information.
Also, the input / output of the non-volatile memory 28 is controlled. For example, at the time of reading information, the face image data D1, the personal information D2, and the personal identification number ID read from the non-volatile memory 28 are output to the transmitting / receiving unit 26. At the time of writing information, these electronic information contents ID + D1 + D2 + D3 obtained from the transmitting / receiving unit 26 are recorded in the non-volatile memory 28. The recording of the application form image data D3 may be omitted.

A clock generation unit 39 is connected to the CPU 38 and is supplied with a system clock for executing an information writing / reading operation. The ROM 23, the transmitting / receiving unit 26, the information writing / reading unit 27, and the nonvolatile memory 2 described above.
8. The power generation unit 29 is connected to the CPU 38 and the clock generation unit 39, and electromagnetic energy from the outside is taken in by the antenna body 24B by a method used in a normal non-contact type IC card, and this electromagnetic energy is converted into this electromagnetic energy. The DC power supply VCC generated based on this is supplied.

For example, the DC power supply VCC is obtained by rectifying the electromotive force Vφ generated by electromagnetic induction from the card read / write device 14 side. Of course, in addition to this, electric power from the high frequency electromagnetic energy from the outside is supplied to the antenna body 2.
A method of generating a power source by incorporating it into the 4B or other object is also conceivable. It should be noted that the content of the CPU in that portion may be configured by the control logic circuit without the CPU 38.

Next, the card read / write device 14 used in the employee certificate issuing system 101 will be described. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration example of the card read / write device 14. The employee ID inspection device 10
The card read / write device 14 ′ built in 0 has the same configuration as the card read / write device 14 except that the shape of the card read / write portion is different.

Card read / write device 14 shown in FIG.
Is for writing or reading the face image data D1, personal information D2 and personal identification number ID of the issue requester 20 in the IC chip 24A (see FIG. 9) provided in the electronic card such as the employee ID card 30. is there. The card read / write device 14 has a card read / write unit 70 and an information writing / reading control unit 71.

The card read / write section 70 has a slide section 72 having a concave shape on the card insertion side, and the employee ID card 30 is slid and inserted therein. An antenna body 73 is attached inside the left and right sides of the slide portion 72. The antenna body 73 is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna body 24B in the employee ID card 30, and the personal information D2 and the personal identification number ID are written or read while supplying driving power to the IC chip 24A in the card.

The information writing / reading control unit 71 includes a transmission / reception unit 74 connected to the internal bus 81, a RAM 75, and a ROM.
It has a communication unit 77, a communication interface 77, a CPU 78 and a power supply unit 79. Card read / write unit 70 described above
The transmitting / receiving unit 74 is connected to the antenna body 73 of the face image data D modulated into a predetermined modulated radio wave when writing information.
1, personal information D2 and personal identification number ID are transmitted.
At the time of reading information, the electronic information contents ID + D1 + previously modulated into a predetermined modulation signal in the electronic card 30.
D2 and the like are taken in through the antenna body 73 and demodulated.

A RAM 75 and a ROM 76 are connected to the transmitter / receiver 74 via an internal bus 81.
The face image data D1, the personal information D2, and the personal identification number ID demodulated in step 1 are temporarily stored. The ROM 76 stores control data such as information writing / reading procedure. The communication interface 77 is connected to the internal bus 81, and RS
An external terminal device is connected via a communication line conforming to the communication protocol of 232C (or RS-422).
Data communication is performed between the card read / write device 14 and the management device 55.

A CPU 78 is connected to the communication interface 77 via an internal bus 81, and the input / output of the transmitting / receiving unit 74, the RAM 75 and the ROM 76 is controlled when writing / reading information. For example, when reading information, the electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 obtained from the transmitting / receiving unit 74 is transferred to an external terminal device or the like via the communication interface 78. At the time of writing information, the electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 transferred from the management device 55 is the transmission / reception unit 7
4 is output.

Further, the information writing / reading control section 71 is provided with a power supply section 79, and the IC chip 24A in the electronic card is provided.
A high-frequency signal of a predetermined frequency for driving the antenna is supplied to the antenna body 73. Of course, the transmitter / receiver 74 and the RAM
75, ROM 76, communication interface 77 and CPU
The DC voltage VCC is supplied to 78.

Since the card read / write device 14 'is not premised on card insertion, the card read / write section 70 shown in FIG. 11 is flat and the slide section 72 is not provided. This flat card read / write section 7
An antenna body 73 is attached inside 0 ', and this card read / write unit 70' is attached to the back surface of the stage 4 (see FIGS. 4 and 5). The antenna body 24B in the employee ID 30 on the stage 4 is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna body 73 in the card read / write unit 70 ', and the IC chip 2 in the card
While supplying drive power to 4A, face image data D1 and
The personal information D2, the application image data D3, the personal identification number ID, etc. are written or read.

Next, the employee ID printer 66 used in the employee ID issuing system 101 will be described. 12
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration example of an employee ID printer 66.
In this example, a case where a sheet-shaped protection sheet 51 is formed on one raw card substrate 30 'for employee identification will be described.

The employee ID printer 66 shown in FIG. 12 has a card supply means 60 and a protection sheet application section 50. The card supply means 60 is used for the first conveyor belt device 4
Have one. At one upper end of the conveyor belt device 41,
A raw card supply unit 42 is provided. In the raw card supply unit 42, a plurality of raw card substrates 30 'for employee IDs, which are cut in advance in a sheet shape, for forming the face image of the issue requester 20, the personal information and the personal identification number ID, The face image forming area is stocked with the surface facing upward. Of course, the electronic component 24 is built in the raw card board 30 '. In this example, the raw card substrates 30 ′ are automatically supplied one by one from the raw card supply unit 42 so as to be dropped onto the conveyor belt device 41.

The raw card board 30 'on the conveyor belt device 41 after the automatic supply is conveyed from the left side to the right side. An image forming unit (printer) 43, which is an example of information printing means, is provided on the conveyor belt device 41.
Is moved from the left side to the right side, the name of the issue requester 20, the employee certificate issuance date, etc. are recorded in the predetermined area P3, and the face image of the issue requester 20 is formed in the image forming area P4. It

An information writing section (recording / reproducing means) 44 having a card read / write function is provided on the downstream side of the conveyor belt device 41, and the face image data D1, personal information D2, and application form image of the issue requester 20 are provided. The data D3 and the personal identification number ID are written in the IC chip 24A in the employee ID card. Application form image data D3 is IC chip 24
It may be omitted depending on the memory capacity of A.

An image check unit 46 is provided on the downstream side of the information writing unit 44 with the first drive roller 45 interposed therebetween.
The user's face photograph formed by the image forming unit 43, the name,
Check if the card issue date is correct. An information check unit 48 is provided on the downstream side of the image check unit 46 with the second drive roller 47 interposed therebetween, and it is checked whether the electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 + D3 written to the IC chip 24A by the information writing unit 44 is correct. It

The second side is on the downstream side of the information checking section 48.
Is provided, and in this example, the raw card substrate 30 'in which the electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 + D3 is written is transported from the left side to the right side. A protective sheet applying unit 50 is provided on the conveyor belt device 49, and a film-shaped protective sheet 51 is supplied to the raw card substrate 30 ′.

In this example, the protective sheet 51 is provided with a laminated film laminated in a sheet shape (cut sheet shape), and the laminated film has an adhesive sheet (not shown) on one surface. Of course, protective sheet 5
For 1, a laminate film wound up in a roll may be used.

The protective sheet 51 is not limited to a laminate film, and a hot stamp film wound in a roll or a hot stamp film laminated in a cut sheet can be used.
The protective sheet applying section 50 is provided with a vacuum heat press device 52, which receives the raw card substrate 30 ′ from the card supplying means 60 and the protective sheet 51 from the protective sheet applying section 50,
The raw card substrate 30 'and the protective sheet 51 are attached to each other via an adhesive sheet (not shown). At this time,
The paper sheet on the adhesive sheet is peeled off and wound up as scrap paper.

The vacuum heat press device 52 has a flat press part arranged on the conveying path, and has a protective sheet 51.
A predetermined pressure is applied from above. Therefore, the press part can move vertically. An electric heater (not shown) is provided in this press section to heat the protective sheet 51 and the raw card board 30 'to a predetermined temperature.

In this example, the heating temperature is about 40 ° C. to 120 ° C., and the heating time is 10 although it depends on the kind of the adhesive sheet.
It is about second to 120 seconds. This adhesive sheet melts when heat is applied and solidifies when it cools. The device for heating and bonding the protective sheet 51 is not limited to the vacuum heat press device 52, and may be an ordinary heat press or a heat roller device. Further, a cooling unit 53 is provided on the downstream side of the vacuum heat press device 52 to cool the heat-bonded raw card substrate 30 '. As a result, the employee ID card 30 protected by the protection sheet 51 is completed.

Next, a processing example in the employee certificate issuing system 101 including the inspection of the employee certificate 30 will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the employee ID issuing system 101. 14 and 15 show processing examples (Nos. 1 and 2) in the employee ID inspection device 100.
It is a flowchart showing.

In this embodiment, the description information content of the issuance requester 20 recorded on the card surface based on the employee ID issuance application form (simply called the issuance application form) 40 and / or the old employee ID 30 is electronic information content. It is assumed that the employee ID 30 which can be electrically recorded in the IC chip 24A is inspected. Furthermore, in this system 101, the case of updating the employee ID 30 is taken as an example, and it is premised that the employee ID 30 and its inspection processing are carried out in parallel with respect to update registration and face photographing processing. An example is given in which the application form image data D3 is written in the IC chip 24A together with other electronic information contents.

In this employee ID inspection process, the issuance application form 40
It is assumed that the content of is used as a reference (correct) and, for example, 100 employee certificates 30 are inspected when they are created. The inspection omission mode is set in advance. Of course, issuance application form 4 to be inspected
It is assumed that 0s are sequentially stocked in the document hopper 2 and the employee ID 30 to be inspected is stocked in the card hopper 3 in order.

Under this inspection condition, the employee ID holder (hereinafter referred to as the issue requester) 20 who has received the update prepares the issue application 40 shown in FIG. In the employee ID issuance system 101, first, in step B1 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 13, the branch office accepts the issuance application form 40 at the time of predetermined renewal brought by the issuance requester 20 (FIG. 7). reference). Here, it is confirmed by the officer in charge of the branch office that the employee ID 30 related to the "update" is issued. The issue application 40 is stocked in the document hopper 2 in the order of reception, for example. This is because this issuance application 40 is used at the time of the employee ID inspection.

Then, the process goes to step B2 to read the contents of the old employee certificate 30 or the issuance application form 40. The items to be entered in the issuance application 40 are input by operating the application scanner 56 or the keyboard 12. At this time, using the character recognition function of the application scanner 56, the personal identification number ID
May be recognized. When reading the electronic information contents in the old employee certificate 30, the information is passed through the card read / write device 14 shown in FIG.

After that, the process shifts to step B3, and the update registration is carried out by the management device 55 and the host computer of the head office. First, the update registration is performed by the management device 55.
Issuer 2 to the host computer of the head office, etc.
It is made to request the inquiry processing regarding 0.

At this time, the host computer of the head office compares and verifies the personal information of the disqualification causer with the personal information of the issue requester 20 from the management device 55 which made the inquiry processing request.
If there is no reason for not updating based on this comparison and collation result, the management device 55 that made the inquiry processing request is given permission to issue the employee certificate 30. If there is no change in the address, name, etc. here and the reason for not updating is not registered, for example, the filing device 1 with the same registration contents as the previous time
6 databases are updated.

The management device 55, which has obtained this issuance permission, proceeds to step B4 and requests the issuance requester 20 to the photographing device 11.
The control is performed so that the face part of the person is photographed. New employee ID 3
This is because it is used when 0 is formed. The image capturing device 11 captures a face image of the issue requester 20, and the face image data D
1 is acquired. The face image data D1 is registered in the filing device 16 through the management device 55, but is passed through the card read / write device 14 shown in FIG.
Will be overwritten. At this time, old employee ID 3
The camera number is recorded in 0.

In addition to the electronic image contents such as the face image data D1 read from the old employee ID card 30, the changed personal information D2 and the personal identification number ID, the memory of the photographing device 11 is stored in the storage device of the photographing device 11. The issue requester 2 photographed
The face image data D1 of 0 is stored. Of course, it is not limited to this. At this point, the face image data D1 read from the old employee ID 30 may be compared with the face image data D1 of the issue requester 20 by the photographing device 11 to verify the identity. Thereafter, the management device 55 controls to transfer these electronic information contents ID + D1 + D2 + D3 to the employee ID printer 66. As for the face image data D1, what is obtained by photographing the face image of the issue requester 20 by the photographing device 11 is transferred.

Then, the procedure goes to step B5, where the officer in charge checks whether the update registration and face photographing of all issue requesters 20 have been completed. If all have been completed, the process moves to step B10. If not all have been completed, the process returns to step B1 to repeat the above-mentioned processing.

In parallel with this, in step B6, the employee ID printer 66 uses the personal identification number I from the management device 55.
It waits for electronic information contents such as D, face image data D1, personal information D2, and application form image data D3 to be transferred. At this time, in the storage device (not shown) of the employee ID printer 66, the electronic information content IDs of the plurality of issue requesters 20+
D1 + D2 + D3 is sequentially stored.

This electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 + D3
Is set on the employee ID printer 66, step B
7, the employee ID 30 is created. For example, in FIG.
Raw card supply section 42 of employee ID printer 66 shown in FIG.
Raw card substrates 30 'for employee identification are taken out one by one.

After that, the raw card board '30 is conveyed from the left side to the right side on the conveyor belt device 41. During this period, the image forming unit 43 records the name including the external character of the issue requester 20, the date of first issue of the employee certificate, the date of update, etc. in the predetermined area P3, and the issue requester 2 in the image forming area P4.
A face image of 0 is formed.

Then, the raw card substrate 30 'on which the above-mentioned items are formed is read by the information writing unit (card read / write device) 44 provided on the downstream side of the conveyor belt device 41, and the electronic information content of the issue requester 20 is obtained. ID + D1 + D2
+ D3 is recorded on the IC chip 24A in the raw card substrate 30 '. At this time, the photographing device number is recorded. After that, the image checking unit 46 provided on the downstream side of the information writing unit 44 checks whether the face photograph, the name, the update date, etc. of the issue requester 20 are correct.

The information check unit (card read / write device) 4 provided on the downstream side of the image check unit 46.
8, the information writing unit 44 causes the electronic information content ID
It is checked whether + D1 + D2 + D3 is normally recorded in the IC chip 24A and whether the contents of these electronic information are correct.

These electronic information contents ID + D1 + D2 +
When D3 is not normally recorded (when the result of the check is unsuccessful), the card stocker ejects the unsuccessful raw card substrate 30 ', and the raw card supply unit 42 again returns one sheet. Raw card board for employee ID card 3
0'is taken out, and the above-mentioned processing is performed thereafter.

If the check is successful, the information check unit 4
8 by the protective sheet applying section 50 provided on the downstream side of the raw card substrate 30 '.
Is supplied. The protective sheet 51 is aligned with the surface sheet 25 by the vacuum heat press device 52, and then the raw card substrate 30 'and the protective sheet 51 are heated and pressure-bonded via an adhesive sheet. Then, the raw card substrate 30 'is cooled by the cooling unit 53 to such an extent that it reaches room temperature. This completes the new employee ID 30.

In this example, when the employee ID cards 30 are sequentially created, the employee ID cards 30 are sequentially stocked in the card hopper 3 up to 100 sheets. When 100 employee identification cards 30 to be inspected are prepared, the process goes to step B9 and the employee identification inspection device 100 inspects the employee identification cards 30. First, the document hopper 2 in which 100 issuance application forms 40 are sequentially stocked, and the card hopper 3 in which 100 employee identification cards 30 are serially stocked are loaded into the employee identification inspecting apparatus 100.

Assuming this, the process waits for the start button of the operation panel 8 to be pressed in step C1 of the flowchart shown in FIG. When the start button is pressed here, the controller 15 outputs a hopper drive signal S1 to the document hopper 2. In step C2, the document hopper 2 supplies the issue application forms 40 to the stage 4 one by one based on the hopper drive signal S1.

At step C3, the issuance application form 40 on the stage 4 is read by the camera 5, and the application form image data D3 as the description information content is output to the control device 15. At the same time, the controller 15 outputs a hopper drive signal S2 to the card hopper 3. Step C
At 4, the card hopper 3 supplies the employee identification cards 30 to the stage 4 one by one based on the hopper drive signal S2. At this time, the employee ID 30 placed adjacent to the issuance application 40 is read by the camera 6 in step C5, and the card surface information D31 as the description information content is output to the control device 15. Here, the description information content based on the application form image data D3 is A, and the card surface information D3
The description information content based on 1 is B.

These pieces of information A and B are compared by the controller 15 in step C6. Based on the comparison result, the quality of the employee ID 30 to be inspected is determined in step C7.
At this time, if the information content A of the issuance application 40 and the information content B of the employee ID recording surface match (A
= B), the process proceeds to step C8. If the two do not match (A ≠ B), the process proceeds to step C12.

At step C8, the control is branched depending on whether the inspection omission mode is set or not. If the inspection omission mode is set, the process proceeds to step C20. This is because it is judged as “good” by the agreement of the two. If the inspection omission mode is not set, the process proceeds to step C9, and the card read / write device 14 'causes the personal identification number ID, face image data D1, personal information D2, and application as the electronic information content C from the employee ID 30. The call image data D3 and the like are reproduced.

After that, the procedure goes to step C10, and the information content A described in the issuance application 40 and the electronic information content C in the employee ID are compared. Based on this comparison result, step C1
In 1, the quality of the employee ID 30 to be inspected is determined. At this time, when the described information content A and the electronic information content C match (A = C), the three parties, including the comparison result in step C7, match. It is discharged to a stocker or the like (not shown) for passing the inspection. Then, the process proceeds to step C20.

If the two do not match in step C11 (A ≠ C), the process moves to step C12 of the flowchart shown in FIG.
And the description information content B on the employee ID recording surface matches (A = B), and the description information content A does not match the electronic information content C (A ≠ C). It is displayed on the liquid crystal display monitor 7. The contents of this display screen can be used as information for confirming the judgment of the officer in charge.

At the same time, the controller 15 outputs the stage drive signal S3 to the stage drive section 17. The stage drive unit 17 tilts the stage 4 toward the front based on the stage drive signal S3. At this time, the official in charge is an employee ID card 3
The defective part of 0 is visually checked. It is conceivable that such a cause is that the information content B on the employee ID recording surface is not normally written in the employee ID 30. Then, the process proceeds to step C18.

[0125] Further, in the above-mentioned step C7, the issuance application form 4
If the description information content A of 0 and the description information content B of the employee ID recording surface do not match (A ≠ B), step C
13, the card read / write device 14 'reproduces the personal identification number ID, face image data D1, personal information D2, application form image data D3, etc. as the electronic information content C from the employee ID 30.

After that, the processing shifts to step C14, and the information content B described on the employee ID recording surface is compared with the electronic information content C in the employee ID. Based on this comparison result, step C1
In 5, the quality of the employee ID 30 to be inspected is determined. At this time, if the described information content B and the electronic information content C match (B = C), the process proceeds to step C16.

At step C16, if the description information content A of the issuance application 40 and the description information content B on the employee ID recording surface do not match (A ≠ B), the description information content B is obtained.
Is displayed on the liquid crystal display monitor 7 to the effect that the electronic information content C and B match (B = C). The contents of this display screen can be used as information for confirming the judgment of the officer in charge.

At the same time, the controller 15 outputs the stage drive signal S3 to the stage drive section 17. The stage drive unit 17 tilts the stage 4 toward the front based on the stage drive signal S3. At this time, the official in charge is an employee ID card 3
The defective portion of 0 is actually visually confirmed. It is considered that such a cause is that the employee ID card 30 is not normally created based on the issuance application 40.
Then, the process proceeds to step C18.

If the two do not match in step C15 (B ≠ C), the process moves to step C17, and the description information content A of the issuance application 40 and the description information content B of the employee ID recording surface are compared. If they do not match (A ≠ B),
If the information content B does not match the electronic information content C (B
≠ C) is displayed on the liquid crystal display monitor 7.
The contents of this display screen can be used as information for confirming the judgment of the officer in charge.

At the same time, the controller 15 outputs the stage drive signal S3 to the stage drive section 17. The stage drive unit 17 tilts the stage 4 toward the front based on the stage drive signal S3. At this time, the official in charge is an employee ID card 3
The defective portion of 0 is actually visually confirmed. As such a cause, it is considered that the above two causes are overlapped and the follower certificate 30 is not normally formed.

Therefore, step C12 and step C1
In the case of 6 and step C17, since it is judged as 5 "defective" in all cases, the operation proceeds to step C18, in which the officer operates the operation panel 8 to make the photographing device 11 or / and the employee from the control device 15 through the network. A re-creation instruction or the like is output to the certificate printer 66.

For example, the photographing device number is read from the employee ID card 30, and the re-creation instruction is issued to the corresponding photographing device 11 online. In the imaging device 11 for which the re-creation instruction has been issued, the face image data D1 and the personal information D after the update registration
2. The electronic image content ID + D1 + D2 + D3 such as the application form image data D3 and the personal identification number ID is transferred to the employee ID printer 66. The employee ID printer 66 recreates the employee ID 30 based on the electronic information content ID + D1 + D2 + D3.

When the employee ID 30 that has failed the inspection is confirmed, the procedure goes to step C19, in which the employee ID 30 corresponding to a stocker for inspection failure (not shown) is discharged by the officer in charge. It

Thereafter, the process proceeds to step C20 and 100
The officer checks whether all the employee ID cards 30 have been inspected. If all of the employee IDs 30 have not been inspected, the process returns to steps C2 and C4 and the above-mentioned processing is repeated. When all the employee IDs 30 have been inspected, the power is turned off and the inspection process is terminated.

After that, the process returns to step B9 of the flowchart shown in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step B10 to issue the employee certificate 30 to the issue requester 20. After that, the process proceeds to step B11, and, for example, the officer in charge checks whether or not all the employee identification cards 30 of the day have been issued. If all employee identification cards 30 have not been issued, the process returns to steps B1 and B6 and the above-described processing is repeated. When all the employee IDs 30 have been issued, the power is turned off, etc., and the employee ID issuance and inspection processing for the day are completed.

As described above, according to the employee ID issuance system 101 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the employee ID inspection apparatus 100 to which the electronic card inspection apparatus 10 is applied is provided, and based on the issuance application form 40. When inspecting the employee ID card 30 that can be electrically recorded in the card as the information content of the issuer recorded on the card surface as electronic information content,
The information content of the issuance application 40 to be inspected, the information content of the recording surface of the employee ID card 30, and the employee ID card 30
It is possible to automatically perform collation processing with the electronic information content in.

Therefore, since the employee ID cards 30 in units of a plurality of sheets can be automatically and smoothly inspected, it is possible to reduce the collation work for finding a match / mismatch between these three parties by the officer in charge of the employee ID issuing system 101. it can. As a result, it is possible to issue the employee ID card 30 with the facial photograph smoothly and quickly.

In this embodiment, the case where the employee card 30 is used as the electronic card has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A cash card with a face image, an employee ID card, a membership card, a student ID card, an ID card, a foreign country It can be applied to automatic inspections of person registration cards and various driver's licenses.

In this embodiment, the case where the description information content read from the electronic card issuance document regarding the electronic card issuance information is adopted has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the electronic card at the time of renewal of the employee card It is expected that the issued documents will be abolished, and in this case, the electronic information content reproduced from the old employee ID card (electronic card) can be used. Of course, it is necessary to complete the procedure with the old employee ID card in order to register changes in the items such as name and address.

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As described above, according to the electronic card inspection apparatus of the present invention, the information content of the issue requester recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information can be used as the electronic information content. When an electrically recordable electronic card is inspected, a control device for determining the quality of the electronic card is provided, and the control device reads the content of the electronic card issue information and the electronic card recording surface. The described information content and the electronic information content reproduced from the electronic card are input and compared.

With this configuration, the content of the electronic card issuance information to be inspected, the information content of the recording surface of the electronic card, and the electronic information content of the electronic card can be automatically collated. It is possible to reduce the collation work for finding the agreement / disagreement of these three parties by the operator.

According to the electronic card issuing system of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic card inspecting apparatus is applied, and the information content of the issue requester recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance document is used as the electronic information content. When inspecting an electronic card that can be electrically recorded in the card, the content of the electronic card issue information, the description information content read from the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic information reproduced from the electronic card The contents are entered and compared.

With this configuration, the contents of the electronic card issuance information to be inspected, the information contents of the recording surface of the electronic card, and the electronic information contents of the electronic card can be automatically collated. In the electronic card issuing system, it is possible to reduce the collation work for finding out the match / mismatch of these three parties by the operator. It is possible to issue a highly reliable electronic card with a face image.

The present invention is applied to an automatic issuing system of ID cards such as cash cards, membership cards, employee IDs, employee IDs, student IDs, alien registration IDs and various driver's licenses containing facial images. Very suitable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an electronic card inspection device 10 as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the electronic card inspection device 10.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an employee certificate issuing system 101 as an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a configuration example of an employee ID inspection device 100.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing an example of the function of a damper mechanism 80.

6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a control system of the employee ID inspection device 100. FIG.

7 is an image diagram showing a configuration example of an issuance application form 40. FIG.

FIG. 8 is an image diagram showing a configuration example of an employee ID card 30.

9 is a perspective view showing an example of a laminated structure of an employee ID card 30. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration example of an IC chip 24A.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration example of a card read / write device 14.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration example of an employee ID printer 66.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the employee ID issuing system 101.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing example (No. 1) in the employee ID inspection device 100.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a processing example (No. 2) in the employee ID inspection device 100.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Case 2 Document Hopper (Paper Supply Means) 3 Card Hopper (Card Supply Means) 4 Stage (Placement Means) 5 Camera (Document Information Reading Means) 6 Camera (Card Information Reading Means) 7 Liquid Crystal Display Monitor (Display Device) 8 Operation Panel (Operating Means) 10 Electronic Card Inspection Device 11 Imaging Device 14, 14 'Card Read / Write Device (Recording / Reproducing Means) 15 Control Device 55 Management Device 80 Damper Mechanism 30 Employee Certificate (Electronic Card) 40 Issuance Application Form ( Electronic card issuance documents) 100 Employee ID inspection device 101 Employee ID issuing system

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Claims (25)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for inspecting an electronic card that can be electrically recorded in a card even if the information content of the issue requester recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information is used as the electronic information content. A card information reading means for reading written information content from the recording surface of the electronic card, a recording / playback means for recording / playing back electronic information content with respect to the electronic card, a content of the electronic card issued information, read by the information reading means. And a control device that inputs and compares the described information content and the electronic information content reproduced by the recording / reproducing means, and determines the quality of the electronic card to be inspected based on the comparison result. Electronic card inspection device. 2. The electronic card inspection device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic card issuance information is described information content read from an electronic card issuance document or electronic information content reproduced from an old electronic card. . 3. The electronic card inspection device according to claim 2, further comprising a document information reading unit for reading information content described from the electronic card issued document. 4. The information content of the card surface is recorded in advance in the card as electronic information content, wherein the control device includes the content of the electronic card issuing information and the recording surface of the electronic card. The electronic card inspection according to claim 1, wherein the read written information content is compared with each other, and when both of the written information contents match, reproduction of the electronic information content in the electronic card is omitted. apparatus. 5. The case where the information content of the card surface is recorded in advance in the card as electronic information content, wherein the control device reproduces the content of the electronic card issue information and the content of the electronic card. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein reading of the written information content from the recording surface of the electronic card is omitted when the written information content and the electronic information content are compared with each other by comparing the electronic information content. Card inspection device. 6. The electronic card inspection device according to claim 1, further comprising a display device for displaying a comparison result by the control device. 7. When the control device determines that the electronic card to be inspected is defective, the display device includes the content of the electronic card issuing information and the information read by the card information reading means. 7. The electronic card inspection device according to claim 6, wherein the information content written on the recording surface of the electronic card and the electronic information content reproduced by the recording / reproducing device are displayed. 8. The display device displays the content of the electronic card issuance information, the information content of the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic information content in the electronic card on the same screen. The electronic card inspection device according to claim 6. 9. The electronic card inspection device according to claim 6, wherein the display device displays mismatch information on a display screen when the electronic card is determined to be defective. 10. The electronic card inspection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising operation means operated to instruct re-creation of the electronic card. 11. A paper supply means for supplying an electronic card issuance document to the document information reading means, a card supply means for supplying an electronic card to the card information reading means, and an electronic card issuance supplied from the paper supply means. The electronic card inspection apparatus according to claim 1 or 3, further comprising: a document and a mounting unit that mounts the electronic card supplied from the card supply unit. 12. The mounting means comprises at least a stage on which the electronic card issuance document and the electronic card are mounted, and a damper mechanism for displacing the stage at a predetermined angle. 11. The electronic card inspection device according to item 11. 13. A system for issuing an electronic card that can be electrically recorded in the card even if the information content of the issuer who is recorded on the card surface based on the electronic card issuance information is electronic information content. An electronic card creating unit that creates the electronic card, and an inspection device that inspects the electronic card created by the electronic card creating unit, wherein the inspection device displays the information content from the recording surface of the electronic card. Card information reading means for reading, recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing electronic information contents with respect to the electronic card, contents of the electronic card issuing information, description information contents read by the card information reading means and the recording and reproducing means Enter the reproduced electronic information content and compare,
An electronic card issuing system, comprising: a control device that determines whether the electronic card to be inspected is good or bad based on the comparison result. 14. The electronic card issuance information is described information content read from an electronic card issuance document or /
14. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 13, wherein the electronic information is reproduced from the old electronic card. 15. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 14, further comprising document information reading means for reading the information content described in the electronic card issuing document. 16. A photographing device for photographing the face part of the issue requester and outputting face image information, and the face image information obtained by the photographing device and the individual number of the photographing device as electronic information contents. 14. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 13, further comprising a recording / reproducing device for recording on an electronic card. 17. When the electronic card inspection device determines that the electronic card is defective, the electronic card inspection device issues an instruction to recreate the electronic card to the electronic card creation means and / or the photographing device. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 13, wherein: 18. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 13, further comprising operation means operated for instructing re-creation of the electronic card. 19. A paper supply unit for supplying an electronic card issuance document to the document information reading unit, a card supply unit for supplying an electronic card to the card information reading unit, a document supplied from the paper supply unit, and the The electronic card issuing system according to claim 13 or 15, further comprising: mounting means for mounting the electronic card supplied from the card supply means. 20. The mounting means includes at least a stage on which the document and the electronic card are mounted, and a damper mechanism for displacing the stage to a predetermined angle. Electronic card issuing system. 21. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 13, further comprising a display device for displaying a comparison result by the electronic card inspection device. 22. When the electronic card inspecting device determines that the electronic card to be inspected is defective, the display device reads the content of the electronic card issuing information and the card information reading unit. 22. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 21, wherein the information content of the recording surface of the electronic card and the electronic information content reproduced by the recording / reproducing device are displayed. 23. The display device displays the content of the electronic card issuance information, the information content of the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic information content of the electronic card on the same screen. 21.
Electronic card issuing system described in. 24. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 21, wherein the display device displays mismatch information on a display screen when the electronic card is determined to be defective. 25. The display device, when it is determined that the electronic card is defective, the contents of the electronic card issuance information, the information contents of the electronic card recording surface, and the electronic information contents in the electronic card. 22. The electronic card issuing system according to claim 21, wherein personal information of the issuance requester is also displayed on the same screen.