JPH0528370B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) This invention is a method for recording image information such as a face photograph and/or visible information such as a name, address, and other characters, symbols, and codes on the card surface using a photographic method. In addition to this information, identification cards, credit cards, and other cards (hereinafter referred to as ID cards) may have invisible information recorded using optical or electrical methods to prevent counterfeiting and theft. abbreviated)
The present invention relates to a photographing device used in a production device, etc., and more specifically, it relates to a photographing device having a mechanism for supplying and conveying card-shaped photographic material from a cartridge to a device for taking it out.

(Prior technology) Traditionally, when creating an ID card, the initial method of pasting a face photo onto a card mount and typing in text information such as name, address, date of birth, etc. has been improved to the current method. This is based on a photographic method in which these different kinds of information are printed on the card surface using a photographic method.

The applicant of this application has been researching the creation of ID cards using the photo method for a long time, and has
Utility Model Publication No. 28144, JP-A-49-123016, JP-A No. 55
−17577, No. 59-15923 No. 59-17546, Japanese Patent Application No. 58-45819, No. 58-45820, No. 58-
We have proposed a device as described in the specification of No. 53844,
In actual use, ID card creation consists of a direct photographing machine type 2 (MODEL IDC 9111), an automatic developing machine type 2 (MODEL IDC 9411), and an automatic laminating/cutting machine (MODEL IDC 9911). There is a device.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional apparatus described above, a roll of photographic material is used, and the photographing machine, automatic developing machine, and automatic laminating/cutting machine are each independent devices. Because of this, the rolled photographic materials had to be moved manually, which was a complicated process and took too much time to create the cards.

This invention was created as part of research and development aimed at making ID card creation devices using the photo method more compact, labor-saving, and faster. The purpose of this paper is to meet these demands by using photographic materials that have been cut into strips, and has revealed a photographic device that has a mechanism for supplying and transporting photographic materials that satisfies the speed of handling card-shaped photographic materials. Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings.

(Structure of the invention) ID according to the present invention for achieving the above purpose
The photographing device for card production includes an image photographing means for exposing image information obtained by directly photographing the issuer as a subject to a standard direct positive color photographic material cut to approximately the size of an ID card; Issuer's name, address, and other characters, symbols,
At least one of the visible information exposure means outputs a code on a CRT screen and exposes the photographic material, and frames, items, issuer's name, seal, pattern, etc. that are common to a series of ID cards to be issued. The part is displayed in color, and the exposure part is provided with a means for projecting a built-in screen that has an anti-counterfeiting function by changing a part of the pattern etc. and exposing the photographic material to light, In the exposed area,
Abbreviation ID stored in a stacked state in a cartridge
A standard direct positive color photographic material cut to the size of a card is taken out one by one from an opening placed at the bottom of the cartridge by a suction cup that moves up and down. The photographic material is placed on two rail-shaped belts that run endlessly from the exposure section to the shutter position of the automatic processor, and the photographic material supplied below the exposure position by the running of the belts is placed on two rail-shaped belts that run endlessly from the exposure section to the shutter position of the automatic processor. A feeding and conveying mechanism for photographic material is placed on a vertically moving paper stage and guided to the exposure position, and the exposed photographic material is transferred to a rail-like belt and conveyed again by lowering the paper stage. It is characterized by the fact that it is provided.

This invention will be explained in detail below.

The drawing shows one example of an ID card production device to which the present invention is applied, and is abbreviated as photographic material.
It uses direct positive color photographic material that has been cut to the size of an ID card.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the device, which is composed of a photographing section A, a developing section B, and a protective layer forming section C. An ID card is created using the material 200.

As the photographic material 200, a color direct positive photographic material (hereinafter abbreviated as DPCP) which has been cut in advance to approximately the size of an ID card is used, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing one example thereof. The base support 202 made of synthetic resin is a writing layer, which corresponds to conventional note paper, and allows free writing with a pencil or pen. 2
03 is a photographic emulsion layer, and layer 2 is indicated by a phantom line.
04 is a protective layer, and as described later, this layer 20
4 does not exist at the beginning, but is formed in the protective layer forming section C after photographing and development are completed.

Photography Department A Photograph of the face of the person receiving the card (portrait image)
and information such as name, date of birth, address, etc. (data image)
This is the part where the images are combined and photographed (exposed) on the photosensitive surface of the photographic material.

To photograph a person image, the subject person is positioned in front of the photographing section A, the focal length is measured by the light beam generator 110, and the strobe device 120 is used.
Take a photo of your face. The incident light is projected onto the photographic material 200 through a path of a mirror 111, a lens 112, a shutter 113, a mask plate 114, and a built-in screen 134. In addition, the aperture and color correction are done by the lens 112.
The exposure time is controlled by a shutter 113. Mask board 1
Reference numeral 14 consists of a mask section for photographing a human image and a mask section for photographing a data image. The mask section is placed, and when the photographing of the person image is completed, it is moved, and the data image photographing mask section is placed at the photosensitive position and the data image photographing is performed.

Reference numeral 130 is a CRT, on which the information necessary for card issuance from among the computer information previously entered is arranged in a predetermined manner, the letters are black, the back is luminous, and an upside-down image is displayed. will be displayed. The spectral characteristics of the phosphor of the CRT 130 are set so that the light-emitting portion is white compared to the photosensitive material. Therefore, the screen of the CRT 130 is the lens 131,
When projected onto the photographic material 200 through a built-in screen 134 on which a shutter 132, a reflector 133, a frame, a red stamp of the item name, etc. are formed, personal information is printed as black characters on a white background.

Exposure amount correction and color correction are performed by the aperture and filter built into the lens 131, and the exposure time is adjusted by the shutter 132, but these may also be performed by adjusting the CRT screen. .

The storage and supply of the photographic material 200 in the photographing section A is carried out in the manner shown in FIG. That is, the photographic material 200 is cut in advance to approximately the size of an ID card, and a large number of sheets are prepared in a stacked manner in the cartridge 210 with the photosensitive surface facing upward. When this cartridge 210 is set in a predetermined position, the lid 211 is pulled out by a mechanism (not shown), and when the paper supply button is operated, only the bottom layer of photographic material 200 is separated and taken out by the vertical movement of the suction cup 220, and the belt 230 moves the photographic material 200 from the exposure section. transported to.

Next, when the photographic material 200 is conveyed to the photosensitive section, the paper table 240 rises, receives the photographic material 200 from the conveyor belt 230, and pushes it up to the lower surface of the built-in screen 134, which is a predetermined exposure position, and the exposure is completed at that position. will be temporarily suspended until

When the photographing of the person image and the data image is completed, the paper table 240 is lowered, and the photographic material 200 is again transferred to the conveyor belt 230 and runs, and the photographic material 200 is transferred to the photographer 25.
0 and is automatically transferred to the developing section B by gravity.

The operation of each mechanism in the photographing section A described above is controlled automatically by a microcomputer or the like and by manual operation from an operation panel. Further, the photographing section A is placed on the developing section B via a hinge mechanism, etc., and the photographing section A is placed on the developing section B during maintenance etc.
The structure is such that the inside can be exposed by bending it.

Developing section B Photographic material 2 that has been photographed (exposed) in photographing section A
00 is the shooter 250 and the paper input mechanism 260
are sent to the developing section B via the developer tank 310, bleach-fix tank 320, first stabilizing tank 330, second stabilizing tank 340, and drying tank 350. Stabilization and drying processes are performed automatically using a waterless washing method.

The processing liquid is replenished into each tank by the processing liquid replenishing means 380, and the waste liquid is discharged to a waste liquid tank (not shown). In the illustrated embodiment, the stabilization treatment liquid is replenished into the second stabilization treatment tank 340, and overflows from this tank to the first stabilization treatment tank 330.
It is configured to be replenished.

Note that as the processing liquid replenishment means 380, various methods such as a method of disposing a replenishment tank and replenishing each tank from this replenishment tank using a pump or the like can be applied.

In this apparatus, as described above, a direct positive color photographic material is used as the photographic material, and therefore, the second exposure device disposed in the developer tank 310 performs the second exposure for reversal. be exposed. The second exposure is performed by irradiating light from a light source such as a cold cathode through a diffuser plate (milky white) and a glass plate, and a filter is attached to the diffuser plate to perform color correction.

In the paper input mechanism 260, a first shutter 261 and a second shutter 262 are arranged in upper and lower stages, and the first shutter 261 receives and temporarily holds the photographic material 200 transferred through the shooter 250. This first shutter 261
is opened when the second shutter 262 is opened and the photographic material 200 is fed into the developing device.
is controlled to send out to the second shutter 262 side.

270 and 271 are roller mechanisms; the roller mechanism 270 moves the photographic material 200 downward; the roller mechanism 271 moves the photographic material 200 upward; the photographic material 200 is transferred from the roller mechanism 270 to the roller mechanism 271. A worm mechanism cam mechanism is used to do this. When the photographic material 200 is pushed upward from the uppermost roller of the roller mechanism 271, it engages with the clamper mechanism 274, which is disposed at the top of the processing tank and reciprocates between different types of processing tanks, and moves to the next processing tank. It is moved to the uppermost roller of the roller mechanism 270.

By repeating the above operations, the photographic material 200 is sequentially subjected to development, bleach-fixing, stabilization, and drying processes, as well as drying by the heater 351 and the fan 352. When these processes are completed, the photographic material 200
is transferred to the protective layer forming section C.

Further, it is preferable that the developing section B is formed into a unit so that it can be pulled out from the frame via a pull-out rail or a hinge mechanism for maintenance or the like.

The movement or operating state of each mechanism in the developing section B. The temperature of the processing liquid, drying temperature, etc. are automatically controlled by a microcomputer, etc., and if a malfunction occurs, it is notified by means such as an alarm display on the operation panel, etc. be done. In addition, the processing speed, liquid temperature, drying temperature, and second exposure intensity are variable, and the exposure/
It is possible to adjust the processing agent to the optimum conditions.

Protective layer forming section C The photographic material 200 that has been processed in the developing section B is automatically transferred to the protective layer forming section C, where a protective layer 204 is formed on the print surface.

In order to form the protective layer 204, a laminate film may be heat-sealed as in the past, but setting of materials etc. is very complicated, so in the illustrated embodiment, for example, UV curing is used. Since the protective layer 204 is formed by coating and curing monomers (including oligomers) that form a protective resin, it is possible to greatly improve work efficiency and form a highly stable protective layer. Summer.

The protective layer 204 is formed by coating the photosensitive surface of the photographic material 200 conveyed by the conveyor belt 410 with a monomer forming a UV curable resin by means of a coating mechanism 420, and applying ultraviolet rays along the conveyor belt 430. This is done by sending the UV curable resin to the irradiation device 440 and irradiating it with ultraviolet rays to cure the UV curable resin.

If the photographic material 200 is cut into the size of an ID card from the beginning, there is no need to use a conventional cutting device, and the card creation is completed by curing the UV curable resin.

In addition, in the illustrated device, the protective layer is formed using UV curable resin, but the patent application
It is also possible to form the protective layer 204 using the resins described in Nos. 58-24092 and 59-40567, other photocurable resins, electron beam curable resins, and reactive polymer resins.

(Effect of the invention) Since this invention is configured as described above,
The purpose mentioned above can be achieved because photographic materials cut to approximately the size of an ID card can be easily used to create an ID card.

In particular, in the photographing device according to the present invention, two rail-like belts run endlessly, and photographic materials are transferred by moving a suction cup and a paper table upward in a space between the belts. Since the supply conveyance mechanism is adopted, there is an advantage that not only the conveyance mechanism can be simplified, but also conveyance jams are not generated.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ID card production device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of photographic material, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a photographic material supply device in the photographing section, and FIG. , FIG. 5 is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a side view. In the figure, 110 is a light beam generator;
1 is a mirror, 112 is a lens, 113 is a shutter, 114 is a mask plate, 120 is a strobe device,
130 is a CRT, 131 is a lens, 132 is a shutter, 133 is a reflecting mirror, 134 is a built-in screen, 200 is a photographic material (DPCP/direct positive color paper), 201 is a support, 202 is a writing layer, 203 is a photographic emulsion layer, 204 is a protective layer, 210 is a cartridge, 211 is a lid body, 21
2 is an opening, 213 and 215 are engaging portions, 214 is an operating lever, 216 is a knob, 217 is an operating plate, 22
0 is a suction cup 230 is a conveyor belt, 240 is a paper stand, 250 is a shutter, 260 is a paper input mechanism, 261 is a first shutter, 262 is a second shutter, 270, 271 is a roller mechanism, 272 is a worm mechanism, 273 is a A cam mechanism, 274 a clamper mechanism, 300 a second exposure device, 310 a developer tank,
320 is a bleach-fix tank, 330 is a first stabilization tank, 3
40 is a second stabilization tank, 350 is a drying tank, 351 is a heater, 352 is a fan, 360 is a heat exchanger, 3
70 is a pump, 380 is a processing liquid replenishing means, 41
0,430 is a conveyor belt, 420 is a coating mechanism, 4
40 indicates an ultraviolet irradiation device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Image photographing means that exposes image information obtained by directly photographing the issuer as a subject to a standard direct positive color photographic material cut to approximately the size of an ID card, and the name and address of the issuer. A visible information exposure means that outputs other characters, symbols, codes, etc. on a CRT screen and exposes the photographic material, and a frame, items, issuer's name, seal, and pattern common to a series of ID cards to be issued. etc., at least a part of which is displayed in color, and the means for exposing the photographic material by projecting a built-in screen that has an anti-counterfeiting function by changing a part of the pattern, etc. is an exposure unit. In the exposure section, standard direct positive color photographic materials cut to approximately the size of an ID card and stored in a stacked state in a cartridge are placed at the bottom of the cartridge by a suction cup that moves up and down. The sheets are taken out one by one from the opening provided, and by lowering the suction cup, they are placed on two rail-shaped belts that run endlessly from the lower position of the cartridge, passing under the exposure section, and ending at the shutter position of the automatic developing machine. The photographic material supplied below the exposure position by the running of the belt is placed on a paper table that moves up and down between the two belts and guided to the exposure position, and the exposed photographic material is A photographic device for producing an ID card, characterized in that a photographic material supplying and conveying mechanism is provided which transfers and conveys photographic materials to a rail-like belt by lowering a paper table.