Non-contact IC card

• US 5,068,521 A
• Filed: 08/16/1989
• Issued: 11/26/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Atsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Stuart S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): duBois, Steven M.
• Application Number:
  US07/394,479
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 235/379, 235/80, 235/487, 235/488, 235/492, 235/436
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/24 Resetting means
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs

Abstract

A non-contact IC card includes a data transmission/reception circuit for data exchange between the IC card and an external device; a data processor connected to the data transmission/reception circuit; a reset signal receiving circuit for receiving a reset signal from the external device and an initializing circuit for initializing the data processor on the basis of the reset signal received by the reset signal receiving circuit.

Claims

1. A non-contact IC card comprising:

data transmission/reception emans for data transmission and data reception betwene an IC card and an external device via anelectromagnetic carrier wve having a first frequency, without direct contact bte3ween the IC card and exernal device;

data processing means connected to said data transmission/reception means for processign data received from he external device;

reset signal detecting means for detecting an electromagnetic wave having a second frrequency diffeent fromthe first frequency trasmited as a reset signal from the external device o the IC card without direct contct between the IC card and external device; and

initializing means for initializin said data processing means in responset o the detection of a reset dignal by said reset signal detecting means.

2. An IC card according to claim 1 wherien said data transmission/reception means includes a common data antena for transmissiona nd reception of the electromagnetic carrier wave having a first frequency.

3. An IC card accordin to claim 1 wherien said reset signal detecting means includes a rese signal receiving antenna fo receiving the electromagnetic wave having a second frequency.

4. An IC card accordin ot claim 3 wherien said initializing means includes a demodulation circuit connected to said reset signal receiving antenna.

5. An IC card according to claim 4 wherien said data processing means includes ar eset temrinal for initialization connected to said demodulation circuit.

6. An IC card accordin to claim 1, comprising data storage means connected to said data processign means for storing data.

7. A non-contact IC card comprising:

data transmission/reception means for data transmission and data reception between an IC card and an external device via a first electromagnetic carrier wave having a first frequency and a first magnitude, without direct contact between the IC card and external dvice;

data procesing means connected to said data transmissionreception means for processing data received from the external device;

reset signal detecting means for detecting an electromagnetic wave of the fist freqency and having a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude transmitted fro he external device to the IC card without direct contact between the IC card and external device, said data transmission/reception means and rest signal receiving means including threshold means for discriminating beween the first and second magnitudes and for generating a data signal whena first threhold is exceeded and of generating a reset signal when a second threshold is exceeded; and

initilializing eans for initializing said dta processing means in response to he generatin of a reset signal by said reset signal detecting means.

8. An IC card accordign to claim 7 comprising means for disabling said initializing means during transmission of data from said data transmission/reception emans to the external device.

9. An IC card according to claim 7 comprisign data storage means connected to said data processing means for storing data.