JP3518043B2 - Authentication card processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an authentication card processing device for processing authentication information of an authentication card such as a driver's license. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a driver violates a traffic, a driver is required to show a driver's license, and a police officer looks at the driver's license and gives identification information such as an address, a name and a license number. In most cases, traffic control was carried out outdoors, and the transfer of license identification information under such circumstances was very time-consuming. In recent years, in response to this problem, an authentication card processing device that automatically reads a license and prints the identification information of the license on a notice has been devised, and the operation has been improved. [0003] Under such circumstances,
A card-type license whose size was reduced by 20 to 30% appeared, but the problem here was that the authentication card processing device could not read both large and small licenses, Eventually, it is necessary to manually transfer the identification information of the license by hand. [0004] The present invention improves the convenience of the user of the authentication card processing device even if both large and small authentication cards are widely used. [0005] In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a type judging device for judging the types of authentication cards of different sizes, and an authentication card based on the judgment information of the type judging device. A first reading unit for a large card and a second reading unit for a small card, wherein at least a part of the information read by the second reading unit is a blank removing unit and an enlarging unit. Through the sign
And the printing device communicates with the first
The information obtained from the reading means or the second reading
Input from the input means together with the information obtained from the means.
The information is also printed out . With this configuration, the present authentication card processing device can process both a large authentication card and a small authentication card.
Also, if the authentication card is reduced in size, for example, characters such as names are also reduced in size, so it is necessary to increase the character spacing to make the characters easier to see. . However, since the information read by the second reading means of the present invention is transmitted to the printing means via the blank space removing means and the enlarging means, it is possible to provide an easy-to-read print without a missing state. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an authentication card processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a processing procedure of the authentication card in the embodiment. In FIG. 1, 100 is a large-sized authentication card, 101 is a small-sized authentication card, 102 is an authentication card processing device, 103 is an authentication card insertion slot for inserting an authentication card, and 104 is a sensor or the like. Type determiner for determining the size of a card, 105, 106
Denotes first and second reading means constituted by an image scanner and a control circuit for reading the inserted license as image data; 107, a blank removing means for removing blank portions of the image data; Enlarging means for enlarging image data, 109 is a printing means such as a printer, 110 is input means including a keyboard and a display device, and 111 is a paper feed port for inserting paper into the printing means 109. A method of processing an authentication card according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, authentication card 1
00 or 101 is selectively inserted from the authentication card insertion slot 103. The size of the inserted authentication card is determined by the type determination device 104, and the subsequent processing procedure is determined based on the determination result. That is, when the inserted authentication card is a large-sized authentication card 100,
After the information written on the authentication card is read as image data by the first reading unit 105, necessary parts such as an address and a name are cut out and transmitted to the printing unit 109. A violation place or the like is input from the input unit 110 and transmitted to the printing unit 109. Finally, the printing means 109 prints the address, name, violation location, etc. on the paper inserted from the paper feed port 111. On the other hand, when the inserted authentication card is the small-sized authentication card 101, the information written on the authentication card is read as image data by the second reading means 106, and the necessary information such as the address and the name is read. A portion is cut out in the form of a name area 200 in FIG.
7 The blank removing unit 107 performs projection processing 201 on the transmitted name area 200 in the vertical direction to detect blank portions, creates image data 202 from which the blank portions have been removed, and enlarges the image data by the enlargement unit 108. To communicate. Here, the projection processing is processing for calculating the number of black dots in the vertical direction in order to detect the presence or absence of an image, and the projection processing 201 is a diagram schematically showing the number of black dots in the vertical direction. . Next, the enlargement unit 108 enlarges the image data 202 from which the blanks have been removed by a predetermined magnification.
03 is transmitted to the printing means 109. In the present embodiment, the enlargement magnification is a magnification until the characters of the small-sized authentication card become the same size as the characters of the large-sized authentication card. A violation place or the like is input from the input unit 110 and transmitted to the printing unit 109. Finally, the printing means 109 prints an address, a name, a violation place, and the like on the paper inserted from the paper feed port 111. The print result 204 at this time can obtain substantially the same result as that when the large-sized authentication card 100 is read, and the print result 205 and the print result 205 when the small-sized authentication card 101 is printed without enlarging the characters. This is very easy to see as compared to the enlarged print result 206 without blank removal. As described above, in the present embodiment, when the inserted authentication card is of a small size, the image is enlarged to the size of the characters of the large-sized authentication card 100 after removing the blanks of the read image. Therefore, even when the small-sized authentication card 101 is processed, a print result that is easy to see can be obtained. In this embodiment, the authentication card insertion slot 10
3 is realized by a configuration as shown in FIG. 3, for example. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a card reading unit of the authentication card processing apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 103 denotes an authentication card insertion slot into which an authentication card is inserted through a passage 301 for carrying the card. , A step 3 in this passage 301
02, the large-sized authentication card 100 is inserted through the upper part of the step 302, and the small-sized authentication card 101 is inserted through the side of the step 302, whereby one insertion slot is formed. Thus, two types of authentication cards can be inserted at predetermined positions. The type judging device 104 arranges two sensors 402 and 403 in the authentication card insertion slot 103 as shown in FIG. 4, and both the card insertion detecting sensor 402 and the card size judging sensor 403 are turned on. In this case, it is determined that the authentication card 100 has a large size, and when only the card insertion detection sensor 402 is turned on, it can be determined that the authentication card 101 has a small size. In addition, only one sensor 402 is used, and the feed amount 406, 407 of the authentication card during the period from when the sensor 402 is turned on to when it is turned off is measured. It is determined to be 100, and if the feed amount is small as in 407, it is determined to be the small-sized authentication card 101. Also,
When the authentication card 101 having a small size is inserted, a blank area 408 is formed in the image data. Therefore, the size can be determined based on whether or not the area 408 is blank. Further, in this embodiment, the characters of the large-sized authentication card 100 are printed at the same size, and the characters are enlarged only in the case of the small-sized authentication card 101. However, when the resolution of the image scanner is high, the characters are read. When printing at the same size, characters are too large. At this time, characters are reduced in both large size and small size. By changing the character reduction ratio depending on the size of the authentication card, it is possible to provide easy-to-read printing. As described above, according to the authentication card processing device of the present invention, a type judgment device for judging the types of authentication cards of different sizes, and an authentication is performed based on the judgment information of this type judgment device. By providing the first reading means for a large card for reading a card and the second reading means for a small card, both a large authentication card and a small authentication card can be processed. Further, the information read by the second reading means of the present invention is transmitted to the printing means via the blank removing means and the enlarging means, so that even if the information of the small-sized authentication card is printed, the information is skipped. It is possible to provide easy-to-see printing without being in a state.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an authentication card processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an authentication card processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a card reading unit of the authentication card processing device in one embodiment. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a type determination device of the authentication card processing device in one embodiment of the present invention. Small-sized authentication card 102 Authentication card processing device 103 Authentication card insertion slot 104 Type judging device 105 First reading means 106 Second reading means 107 Blank space removing means 108 Enlarging means 109 Printing means 110 Input means 111 Paper feed opening

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A type judging device for judging types of authentication cards of different sizes, and a large card for reading an authentication card based on the judgment information of the type judging device. A first reading unit, a second reading unit for a small card, a printing unit for performing printing based on information from the first and second reading units, and an input for transmitting print information to the printing unit. and means, at least part of the information read by said second reading means may be transmitted to the printer via the enlarged section blank removal means, said indicia
The character device reads information obtained from the first reading means or
The input is performed according to the information obtained from the second reading unit.
An authentication card processing device that prints out information input from means .