JP4776200B2 - IC card processing apparatus and IC card processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an IC card processing apparatus and an IC card processing method for printing necessary information on an IC card (wireless IC card) mounted with an IC chip, writing necessary information on the IC chip, and creating an IC card. About.

  In recent years, IC cards (wireless IC cards) are used in various fields. Various techniques relating to an IC card creation device for creating such an IC card have been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

The IC card creation device prints necessary information on the IC card, writes necessary information on the IC chip, and creates an IC card. This IC card creation device does not complete the IC card creation process without writing information to the IC chip.
JP 2004-102610 A

  As described above, when creating an IC card, it is important to integrally print the necessary information on the ticket surface and write the necessary information on the IC chip in order to avoid inconsistencies between the information on the ticket surface and the information on the IC chip. is there.

  However, at the time of adjustment of the IC card creation device, an operation for writing information to the IC chip may not always be necessary. The conventional IC card making apparatus cannot separate the printing of necessary information on the ticket surface and the writing of necessary information on the IC chip, and only has to use an expensive IC card at the time of adjustment. As a result, there is a problem that the cost for adjustment is increased.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an IC card processing device and an IC card processing method capable of reducing the cost at the time of adjustment.

  The IC card processing apparatus and IC card processing method of the present invention are configured as follows.

  (1) The present invention provides reading means for reading key information, printing means for printing information on an IC card, writing means for writing information on an IC chip of an IC card, printing by the printing means, and writing means The mode selection means for selecting either the first mode for executing both writing by the above or the second mode for executing printing by the printing means, and the validity of the key information read by the reading means is confirmed. An IC card processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls printing by the printing unit and writing by the writing unit based on the mode selected by the mode selection unit.

  (2) The present invention reads the key information, confirms the validity of the key information read by the reading means, prints the information on the IC card, the type of the key information whose validity is confirmed, and the IC card Is selected based on the combination of the selected mode type, either the first mode for both writing information to the IC chip or the second mode for printing information to the IC card. The IC card processing method is characterized by determining whether or not to execute the selected mode and controlling printing and writing.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an IC card processing apparatus and an IC card processing method capable of reducing the cost during adjustment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of an IC card processing apparatus according to an example of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the IC card processing apparatus includes a key reading unit 101, a control unit 102, a mode switching unit 103, a recording unit 104, and the like. In addition, the recording unit 104 includes a card surface printing unit 1041 that prints, prints, and coats necessary information (face image and character data) on the IC card, and an IC writing unit that writes necessary information on the IC chip of the IC card. 1042 is provided.

  The key reading device 101 reads key information that is operation type information and notifies the control unit 102 of the read key information. For example, key information is stored in an IC card (contact IC card or non-contact IC card), and the key reading device 101 reads the IC card in which the key information is stored. That is, the key reading device 101 corresponds to an IC card reader or the like.

  The key information includes an adjustment key K1 and an operation key K2. The adjustment key K1 is a key that is used at times other than actual operation such as when adjusting the device. The adjustment key K1 has information for adjustment. One operation key K2 is a key used during actual operation. The operation key K2 describes information of the operation destination and cannot be used as the adjustment key K1.

  The mode switching unit 103 accepts designation (selection) of a mode (adjustment mode or operation mode) from the user, and notifies the control unit 102 of it. For example, the user designates an adjustment mode to the mode switching unit 103 during maintenance / adjustment. In other words, the mode switching unit 103 is not normally used except during maintenance / adjustment.

  The control unit 102 checks the validity of the key information read by the key reading unit 101 (checks whether the key adjustment key K1 or the regular operation key K2 is used), and the mode notified from the mode switching unit 103 Based on the (adjustment mode or operation mode), the printing of the ticket surface and the IC writing by the recording unit 104 is controlled.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the card surface printing and IC based on the combination of the type of key information read (adjustment key K1 / operation key K2) and the type of specified (selected) mode (adjustment mode / operation mode) The write operation control will be described.

  When power is turned on to the IC card processing device (ST201), the key reading unit 101 enters a key reading waiting state. When the key information is read by the key reading unit 101, the read key information is notified to the control unit 102. The control unit 102 confirms the validity of the key information and determines the type of the key information (ST202). For example, the adjustment key K1 is defined as C, and the operation key K2 is defined as D.

  If the validity of the key information by the control unit 102 is confirmed, necessary information is printed on the IC card by the ticket surface printing unit 1041 of the recording unit 104 (ST204). Control section 102 confirms the designation (selection) of the mode notified from mode switching section 103 (ST205). For example, the operation mode (with IC writing) is defined as A, and the adjustment mode (without IC writing) is defined as B.

  The control unit 102 executes the designated (selected) mode based on the combination of the key information type (adjustment key K1 / operation key K2) and the designated (selected) mode type (adjustment mode / operation mode). The ticket surface printing unit 1041 controls the ticket surface printing and the IC writing unit 1042 to control the IC writing operation.

  Specifically, the adjustment mode is executed under the condition that the key information corresponds to the adjustment key K1 and the designated mode is the adjustment mode (provided that it is B and C) (ST206, YES). . That is, only the ticket surface printing by the above-described ticket surface printing unit 1041 is executed, and the IC writing by the IC writing unit 1042 is not executed (ST207).

  The operation mode is executed on condition that the key information corresponds to the adjustment key K1 and the designated mode is the operation mode (provided that it is not B and C) (NO in ST206). That is, after the above-mentioned ticket surface printing by the ticket surface printing unit 1041 is executed, IC writing by the IC writing unit 1042 is also executed (ST208).

  The operation mode is executed on condition that the key information corresponds to the operation key K2 and the designated mode is the adjustment mode (provided that the mode is not B and C) (ST206, NO). That is, after the above-mentioned ticket surface printing by the ticket surface printing unit 1041 is executed, IC writing by the IC writing unit 1042 is also executed (ST208).

  The operation mode is executed under the condition that the key information corresponds to the operation key K2 and the designated mode is the operation mode (provided that it is not B and C) (ST206, NO). That is, after the above-mentioned ticket surface printing by the ticket surface printing unit 1041 is executed, IC writing by the IC writing unit 1042 is also executed (ST208).

  Thereafter, the key discharge request is checked. If there is no key discharge request (ST209, NO), the process returns to the printing process (ST204). If there is a key discharge request (ST209, YES), it waits for the key to be inserted again (ST202).

  In addition to the above, for example, as described below, based on the type of read key information (adjustment key K1 / operation key K2) and the type of specified (selected) mode (adjustment mode / operation mode), The operation of IC writing may be controlled.

  When the key information corresponds to the adjustment key K1 and the designated mode is the adjustment mode, the adjustment mode is executed as described above. That is, only the ticket surface printing by the above-described ticket surface printing unit 1041 is executed, and the IC writing by the IC writing unit 1042 is not executed. Also, when the key information corresponds to the operation key K2 and the designated mode is the operation mode, the operation mode is executed as described above. That is, the above-described ticket surface printing by the ticket surface printing unit 1041 is executed, and further the IC writing by the IC writing unit 1042 is also executed. Other combinations, that is, the adjustment key K1 and operation mode, and the operation key K2 and adjustment mode do not operate as an error. In other words, only when the key information type matches the specified mode type, the specified mode is executed, and if the key information type and the specified mode type do not match, the card is printed. Neither write to the IC.

  As described above, at the time of maintenance / adjustment, by selecting the adjustment mode via the mode switching unit 103 and causing the key reading unit 101 to read the adjustment key K1, only the card surface printing is executed and various information is performed. be able to. Therefore, at the time of maintenance / adjustment, it is possible to adjust devices other than the IC writing unit without using a high-cost wireless IC card.

  After maintenance / adjustment is completed (or during actual operation), the mode is returned to the operation mode via the mode switching unit 103. Even if the user forgets to return to the operation mode, if the information of the operation key K2 used during operation is notified from the key reading unit 101 to the control unit 102, the control unit 102 controls the mode switching device 102. Regardless of the setting, IC writing is executed in addition to the card surface printing. Alternatively, when the key information and the mode do not match, it does not operate as an error. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the creation of an IC card (IC card in which the ticket printing and the IC writing information do not match) in which only the ticket printing is performed and the IC writing is not performed during actual operation.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, the embodiments may be appropriately combined as much as possible, and in that case, the combined effect can be obtained. Further, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of the IC card processing apparatus of an example of this invention. To explain the operation control of the card surface printing and IC writing based on the combination of the type of the read key information (adjustment key K1 / operation key K2) and the designated (selected) mode (adjustment mode / operation mode). It is a flowchart of.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Key reading part, 102 ... Control part, 103 ... Mode switching part, 104 ... Recording part, 1041 ... Sheet printing part, 1042 ... IC writing part

Claims (5)

Reading means for reading key information from the key information IC card;
Printing means for printing information on the IC card for creation;
Writing means for writing information to the IC chip of the IC card for creation;
Mode selection means for selecting one of a first mode for executing printing by the printing means or a second mode for executing both printing by the printing means and writing by the writing means;
When the first key is read from the key information IC card by the reading means and the first mode is selected by the mode selecting means, the first mode is executed, and the key is read by the reading means. The second mode is executed when the second key is read from the information IC card and the second mode is selected by the mode selection unit, and the reading unit executes the second mode from the key information IC card. Control means for executing the second mode when a second key is read and the first mode is selected by the mode selection means;
An IC card processing device comprising:   The control means executes the second mode when the reading means reads the first key from the key information IC card and the mode selection means selects the second mode. The IC card processing device according to claim 1. Reading means for reading key information from the key information IC card;
Printing means for printing information on the IC card for creation;
Writing means for writing information to the IC chip of the IC card for creation;
Mode selection means for selecting either an adjustment mode for executing printing by the printing means or an operation mode for executing both printing by the printing means and writing by the writing means;
The adjustment mode is executed when the adjustment means is read from the key information IC card by the reading means and the adjustment mode is selected by the mode selection means, and the adjustment means is operated from the key information IC card by the reading means. The operation mode is executed when a key is read and the operation mode is selected by the mode selection means, the operation key is read from the key information IC card by the reading means, and the mode selection means performs the operation. Control means for executing the operation mode when the adjustment mode is selected;
An IC card processing device comprising:   The control means executes the operation mode when the adjustment key is read from the key information IC card by the reading means and the operation mode is selected by the mode selection means. 3. The IC card processing device according to 3. Reading means, read-a first key from the IC card key information, it is and mode selecting means, if you select the first mode, the printing means prints information on the IC card creation, the reading It means, wherein Ri from the IC card key information reading the second key is and said mode selecting means, when selecting the second mode, the printing means prints the information on the creation IC card and writing means writes information into the IC chip of the creation IC card, said reading means, said Ri from the IC card key information reading the second key, and said mode selection means, first when you select the mode, the printing means prints the information on the creation IC card, and the writing means, the IC card processing and writes information into the IC chip of the creation IC card Law.

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