JP2000036064A - Non-contact type card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the damage to an antenna part by abutting a non-contact type card on the antenna part of a non-contact type card processor and to eliminate the damage generation of the non-contact type card itself as well by forming the main body of the non-contact type card from a soft solid. SOLUTION: A main body C' of a non-contact type card C shows an outer form similar to a well-known IC card composed of a hard plastic but its material is composed of plastic composed of a soft solid (soft material) such as urethane. Around the inside of the main body C' of the non-contact type card C, an antenna (a) is wound and at its central section, a controller 1 is provided for controlling the control operation of the non-contact type card C. The main body C' of the non-contact type card C can be composed of the soft object as the whole but in order to protect the section of the controller 1 from bending, the main body can be composed of hard plastics similar to conventional one as well. Therefore, even when the non-contact card C is abutted on the antenna part (a), the antenna part (a) is not damaged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a contactless card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-246687, an IC having a radio communication function
2. Description of the Related Art There has been proposed an automatic ticket gate that can be a non-contact card composed of cards, exchange data between the non-contact card and the automatic ticket gate, and perform entry / exit processing without contact.

[0003] When the entry / exit processing is performed using the non-contact type card as described above, the user (passenger) only needs to hold the non-contact type card over the antenna provided in the automatic ticket gate. Therefore, there is a feature that is more convenient than when a commuter pass made of a conventional magnetic card is inserted.

[0004]

When a non-contact type automatic ticket gate is employed, a user needs to confirm that a non-contact type card is held over an antenna part of the automatic ticket gate. With the card touching the antenna,
It is conceivable to proceed in the ticket gate passage by a touch and go method.

[0005] The non-contact card is an IC card having a wireless communication function, and its overall structure is a card made of hard plastics. When it comes into contact with the antenna part of the machine, there is a concern that the antenna part may be damaged by vibration or the non-contact type card itself may be damaged.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned concerns, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate with an antenna unit and a non-contact card even when a non-contact card is used in a touch-and-go system. An object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact card in which the contact card itself is not damaged.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a non-contact card according to the present invention communicates with a non-contact card processing machine such as a non-contact automatic ticket gate to perform a predetermined ticket processing and the like. Wherein the main body of the non-contact type card is formed of a soft body.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a relationship between a non-contact type card and a non-contact type automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the non-contact type card, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the automatic ticket gate and the non-contact type card.

In FIG. 1, A is an antenna unit provided on the entrance side of the upper surface of the housing of a non-contact automatic ticket gate G,
Is a contactless card. The arrows in FIG. 1 indicate the trajectory when the non-contact card C is brought into contact with the antenna unit A in a touch-and-go manner when the user passes through the ticket gate passage.

The non-contact type card C has an antenna section A
, The data transfer between the automatic ticket gate G and the non-contact card C can be completely performed. However, when the non-contact type card C is held over the antenna section A by the touch and go method, the non-contact type card C
Can reliably be located within the communication area of the antenna section A, preventing occurrence of communication failure beforehand, and confirming that the user holds the non-contact type card C over the antenna section A. The benefits of being able to do it. Therefore, the automatic ticket gate G is set on condition that the non-contact type card C comes into contact with the antenna part A, that is, when the non-contact type card C is held over the antenna part A by the touch-and-go method, data is exchanged. You can also As described above, when the automatic ticket gate G is of the touch-and-go system, there is an advantage that the correspondence between the contactless card C and the user can be easily obtained.

The main body C 'of the non-contact type card has the same outer shape as a known IC card made of hard plastics, but is made of a soft material (soft material) such as urethane. It is made of plastics. An antenna a is wound around the inside of the main body C 'of the contactless card, and a controller 1 for controlling the operation of the contactless card C is provided at the center thereof. Have been.

The main body C 'of the non-contact type card can be made of a soft body as a whole. However, in order to protect the controller 1 from bending, the main body C' is made of hard plastics as in the prior art. Can also. Therefore, the term "soft body" in the present invention includes forming a part of the main body C 'of the non-contact card with a hard body.

As described above, the main body C 'of the non-contact type card
Is made of a soft body, so that even if the non-contact type card C hits the antenna part A, the antenna part A is not damaged,
Further, the non-contact card C itself is not damaged.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 10 denotes a control section for controlling the operation of the automatic ticket gate G, which is mainly composed of a microcomputer (CPU). The control unit 10 includes:
A transmitter 11 for exchanging data with the non-contact card C is connected. This transmitter 11
Has a function of transmitting a predetermined signal to the non-contact card C via the above-mentioned antenna unit A and receiving a signal from the non-contact card C.

The non-contact card C receives a signal from the automatic ticket gate G and transmits the received signal to the automatic ticket gate G, similarly to a known IC card having a wireless communication function.
An antenna a for transmitting a reflected signal phase-modulated with data to be transmitted to the antenna, a receiving unit 1a for processing a signal received by the antenna a, and storing data from the automatic ticket gate G, A CPU 1b having a memory for storing content data (card data), and a phase modulator 1c for modulating the phase of the reflected signal with the card data
And a power supply unit 1d for generating a power supply for driving the non-contact card C by receiving a power wave from the automatic ticket gate G side.

The power supply section 1d is omitted when the non-contact card C has a battery.

Here, the contactless card C and the automatic ticket gate G
A brief description will be given of data transfer with the server. When the non-contact card C receives the transmission signal transmitted from the antenna unit A by the antenna a, the transmission data from the automatic ticket gate G side is extracted by the reception unit 1a including the detection circuit and the demodulation circuit, It is stored at a predetermined position in the memory of the CPU 1b. Then, the CPU 1b serializes card data (digital signal) to be sent to the automatic ticket gate G and outputs it to the phase modulation unit 1c.

When the antenna section A of the transmitter 11 receives the reflected signal reflected by the antenna a, the receiving circuit (not shown) performs detection processing, filtering processing and amplification processing to extract data from the non-contact type card C side. I do. Then, the extracted card data is sent to the control unit 1 of the automatic ticket gate G, and is used for an arithmetic processing for a predetermined processing of the automatic ticket gate.

In the above example, the non-contact type card C is used for a non-contact type automatic ticket gate G, but it may be used for other non-contact type card processing machines.

[0020]

The non-contact card according to the present invention is a non-contact card which communicates with a non-contact card processing machine such as a non-contact automatic ticket gate and performs predetermined processing such as ticket processing. Since the main body of the non-contact card is formed of a soft body, even if the non-contact card hits the antenna of the non-contact card processor, the antenna is not damaged, and the non-contact card is not damaged. The contact card itself is not damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a contactless card and a contactless automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a non-contact card.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a contactless automatic ticket gate and a contactless card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 C Non-contact card a Antenna 1 Controller 1a Receiver 1b CPU 1c Phase modulator

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A non-contact type card which performs a predetermined process such as a ticket inspection process by communicating with a non-contact type card processing machine such as a non-contact type automatic ticket gate, wherein a main body of the non-contact type card is soft. A non-contact card characterized by being formed from a body.