JP2009110130A - Non-contact IC reader / writer - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
In the conventional tray type ICRW, there is a disadvantage that the processing is interrupted by removing the medium during the communication processing.
[Solution]
In an IC-compatible device that mounts a tray-type ICRW, a frame is provided around the tray, and a lid with a lock function is provided on the upper surface of the frame, so that the IC medium placed inside the frame is removed during non-contact IC processing. ICRW can not be. In addition, by making the frame around the touch part into a stake shape, the protrusions and straps are taken out of the frame from between the piles, the impact on the non-contact IC processing by the protrusions and straps, and the operation part of the lid The ICRW can be unaffected.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a non-contact IC reader / writer (ICRW) for reading and writing data to a non-contact IC medium, for example, a window terminal such as a station that performs read / write on an IC medium, an automatic ticket vending machine, It relates to non-contact IC compatible window terminals such as automatic commuter pass issuing machines, point return terminals, and non-contact IC compatible automatic machines.

  In recent years, IC cards with built-in ICs such as processors and IC mobile terminals have rapidly spread due to the development of IC technology, and there are various non-contact IC media that can read and write to ICs by wireless signals without contact. Have been incorporated into various media. Also, various types of non-contact IC reader / writers that read and write data from and to such non-contact IC media have been proposed depending on the place and device to which they are applied.

  The conventional tray type ICRW has no mechanism and control for fixing an IC card medium or an IC mobile medium (hereinafter referred to as an IC medium), and the IC medium is placed on the tray provided near the antenna portion of the tray type ICRW. Processing is being performed.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-154204 (Patent Document 1) describes a non-contact IC reader / writer with a lid attached, and this non-contact IC reader / writer is a table for placing a non-contact IC card. A transmission / reception antenna adjacent to a predetermined position below the table, and a transparent upper cover that constitutes the IC card storage unit together with the table, and a position of the IC card provided on the table These sensors are provided, and control for starting transmission / reception from the transmission / reception antenna is performed based on the detection result of the sensor.

JP-A-11-154204

  In the conventional technology described above, the IC medium is only placed on the upper part of the tray type ICRW, and the user can remove the IC medium during the communication process between the tray type ICRW and the IC medium. In such a case, the tray type ICRW is interrupted in a situation where it cannot be determined whether or not the data has been correctly written on the IC medium. Therefore, the encoding information of the IC medium managed by the host server and the actual IC medium There may be inconsistencies in the encoded information.

  Moreover, even if it is the structure which provided the upper cover like patent document 1, when the apparatus is extracted while the apparatus is performing non-contact communication with an IC medium, the said IC medium is also the same. The above failures may occur.

  The first problem to be solved by the present invention is to prevent the end user from removing the IC medium during the communication processing between the tray type ICRW and the IC medium.

  Second, in IC media, especially IC mobile media, there are various media sizes and protrusions, and depending on the user, a long strap, a large strap, and many straps may be attached. Therefore, it is intended to prevent the protrusions and the straps from affecting the non-contact IC processing and the operation part of the lid.

  The present invention provides a tray-type non-contact IC reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as a tray-type ICRW) by providing a shielding wall around the non-contact IC antenna installation portion of the tray-type ICRW, and providing a lid on the upper portion thereof, thereby placing the IC card inside. It is possible to prevent removal of non-contact IC media (non-contact IC card media (hereinafter referred to as IC card media), mobile phones equipped with non-contact IC chips (hereinafter referred to as IC mobile media), etc.). It was configured as follows.

  By configuring as described above, in the IC compatible device for mounting the tray type ICRW, a frame is provided around the tray portion of the tray type ICRW, and a lid with a lock function is provided on the upper surface of the frame, so that the inside of the frame ICRW placed on the ICRW cannot be removed during non-contact IC processing. In addition, by making the frame around the tray part into a stake shape, the protrusions and straps can be taken out of the frame from between the piles, affecting the non-contact IC processing by the protrusions and straps, The ICRW can be unaffected.

  In an IC-compatible device that performs read / write on an IC medium, in particular, a device that requires processing of an IC mobile medium, by providing a vertical ICRW, an encoding mismatch has conventionally occurred between the upper management server and the IC medium. It is possible to provide a saddle type non-contact IC reader / writer with a lid that prevents removal of an IC medium during non-contact IC processing which has been a factor.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The present embodiment relates to, for example, a tray-type non-contact IC reader / writer employed in a non-contact IC compatible window terminal and a non-contact IC compatible automatic machine installed in a department store or a station premises.

  First, FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a saddle type non-contact IC reader / writer 10 with a lid according to an embodiment of the present invention. A schematic structure of a saddle type non-contact IC reader / writer 10 with a lid (hereinafter, IC reader / writer 10) will be described with reference to FIG.

  The IC reader / writer 10 is a device such as a portable terminal that transmits information received from the transaction terminal to the transaction terminal without receiving information stored in the IC without contact. The configuration of the IC reader / writer 10 includes a tray portion 2 for mounting an IC mobile medium 8 such as a portable terminal, and a lid portion for covering the tray portion 2 after mounting the IC mobile medium 8 on the tray portion 2. It consists of three.

  The lid portion 3 is provided with a rod-like lid protrusion 3 ′ on the opposite side with respect to one axis, and is connected to the lid lock mechanism portion 7. Further, the lid 3 is configured to open and close on the upper surface of the tray unit 2 by rotating around the one axis, and a lid locking mechanism unit 7 is provided for maintaining the state of covering the tray unit 2. It has been. A pile-shaped frame portion 4 is provided on the side surface of the tray portion 2 so that the IC mobile medium 8 is not displaced or detached from the tray portion 2 when the IC mobile medium 8 is mounted on the tray portion 2.

  An IC reader / writer antenna 5 is provided at the bottom of the tray unit 2 in order to perform non-contact communication with the IC mobile medium 8 mounted on the tray unit 2, via the IC reader / writer antenna 5. Information is received from the IC mobile medium 8 or transmitted to the IC mobile medium 8. Further, it is configured to transmit / receive data to / from a non-contact IC of a medium via the IC reader / writer antenna 5 and to control each processing unit described above and the control unit 1 that controls each processing unit.

  Next, the configuration of the open / close detection unit of the lid 3 and the structure of the lock mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a lid opening / closing detection unit and a lid locking mechanism unit provided in the lid unit 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As a configuration of the lid locking mechanism, a lid opening / closing detection unit 6 for detecting opening / closing of the lid, a lid locking mechanism unit 7 for maintaining the lid closed, and further provided at one end of the lid locking mechanism unit 7 It is composed of a lid locking pin 7.

  FIG. 2- (a) shows a configuration diagram in a state where the lid 3 is open. In this state, since the projection 3 ′ of the lid provided for the rotation axis of the lid 3 is located outside the detection area of the lid open / close detection unit 6, the lock mechanism does not operate and is opened. Yes.

  On the other hand, FIG. 2- (b) shows a configuration diagram in a state in which the lid 3 is closed, and the projection 3 'of the lid is located in the detection area of the lid open / close detection unit 6, By extending the lid locking pin 7 provided at one end of the locking mechanism section 7, the projection 3 ′ of the lid can be locked so that it cannot rotate. That is, by controlling the locking pin 7 of the lid, it is possible to lock or open the lid portion 3 in a closed state.

  Next, referring to FIG. 3, the control of the lid locking mechanism in the handling flow will be described. FIG. 3 is a control flow diagram of the lock mechanism of the lid 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the terminal side instructs the user to place the IC mobile medium 8 owned by the individual on the upper surface of the tray unit 2 in order to perform non-contact IC processing (S301). At that time, for example, a protruding portion of an IC mobile medium such as an antenna or a mobile strap is taken out from the pile-shaped frame 4 from the missing portion of the pile-shaped frame portion 4 provided on the side surface of the tray portion 2, and the lid portion 3 is closed. Make it possible to do things.

  Next, when the user installs the IC mobile medium 8 on the upper surface of the tray portion 2 according to the guidance of the terminal and the lid portion 3 is closed, when the lid portion 3 is closed, the protrusion of the lid provided on the rotating shaft and the target side When the unit 3 ′ enters the detection area of the lid opening / closing detection unit 6, the lid opening / closing detection unit 6 detects that the lid is closed (S302). Then, the controller 1 notifies the controller 1 that the lid 3 has been closed by the lid open / close detector 6.

  The control unit 1 controls the IC reader / writer antenna 5 to check whether the IC mobile medium 7 is correctly installed on the tray unit 2 or whether or not it is installed (S304). At this time, if it is not correctly installed or if the installation cannot be confirmed, the user is informed of that fact and urged to place it correctly (S303). After confirming that the IC mobile medium 8 has been correctly installed, it is next confirmed that the lid opening / closing detector 6 detects the lid protrusion 3 ', and the lid 3 is properly closed. Is confirmed (S306).

  At this time, if the lid 3 is not closed, the user is guided to close the lid 3 (S305). After confirming that the lid 3 is properly closed, the controller 1 instructs the lock mechanism 7 of the lid to execute the lock. The instructed lid locking mechanism 7 extends the lid locking pin 7 ′ below the lid protrusion 3 ′ and fixes the lid 3 closed (S 307).

  After the lid 3 is locked, the controller 1 controls the IC reader / writer antenna 4 to perform non-contact IC communication processing with the IC mobile medium 8 installed (S308). Next, when receiving a notification of the completion of communication processing from the IC reader / writer antenna 5, the control unit 1 instructs the lid lock mechanism unit 7 to release the lock.

  Upon receiving the instruction, the lid locking mechanism 7 opens the lid 3 so that it can be opened by shrinking the lid locking pin 7 '(S310). Next, the non-contact IC communication process is completed, and the user is guided to remove the installed IC mobile medium 8 from the tray unit 2. The terminal detects that the user has removed the IC mobile medium 8 from the tray unit 2 (S311), and the non-contact IC processing is completed.

  As a result, the IC mobile medium 8 cannot be removed until the non-contact IC communication is completed and the lid locking mechanism 7 is released.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the IC-compatible device that performs read / write on the IC medium, in particular, in the device that needs to process the IC mobile medium, it is conventionally possible to manage the upper level by providing the vertical ICRW. It is possible to prevent removal of the IC medium during non-contact IC processing, which has been a cause of inconsistency in encoding between the server and the IC medium.

  Further, the strap of the IC mobile medium can be taken out of the lead portion, and the influence on the non-contact IC processing by the strap of the IC mobile medium can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, as a non-contact IC-compatible automatic machine employed in non-contact IC-compatible window terminals and non-contact IC-compatible automatic machines, a transaction terminal provided with a saddle type non-contact IC reader / writer with a lid will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to all non-contact IC-compatible automatic machines that perform non-contact communication with non-contact IC media and read / write information held by both parties. is there.

Configuration of IC reader / writer Lid lock mechanism in this embodiment Control flow diagram of lid locking mechanism

Explanation of symbols

1: Control unit of the same device 2: Tray unit of the same device 3: Lid portion of the same device 4: Pile-shaped frame portion of the same device 5: IC reader / writer antenna of the same device 6: Close detection unit 7 of the same device : Lock mechanism of lid of the apparatus 8: IC mobile medium 9: Projection of the medium 10: IC reader / writer

Claims (3)

A non-contact IC reader / writer for reading and writing data to a non-contact IC mounted on a medium,
A tray on which the medium with the non-contact IC is mounted;
An antenna disposed near the tray and communicating with the non-contact IC;
A frame portion surrounding the periphery of the medium placed on the tray;
An openable / closable lid covering the top of the tray;
A lid locking mechanism for maintaining the lid closed;
A non-contact IC reader / writer comprising the non-contact IC and a control unit for transmitting and receiving data. The non-contact IC reader / writer according to claim 1,
The non-contact IC reader / writer, wherein the control unit maintains the closed state during communication with the non-contact IC of the medium. The non-contact IC reader / writer according to claim 1 or 2,
The non-contact IC reader / writer, wherein the frame portion is formed by a pile-shaped protrusion provided on the tray.

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