Identification card reading apparatus and method

• US 6,474,551 B2
• Filed: 06/28/1999
• Issued: 11/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Okuda, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D.
• Application Number:
  US09/337,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20020063151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,226 Days
• Field of Search: 235/382, 235/382.5, 235/380, 235/375
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/253 visually
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

A card reading apparatus is used in an identification card system for identifying a card holder utilizing identification information recorded on an identification card. The reading apparatus is arranged to reproduce identification information recorded on the card. A display displays the reproduced identification information. After the card is discharged from the apparatus, the display is arranged to continue to display the reproduced identification information to enable the information to be checked against information printed on the card.

Claims

1. A card reading apparatus for use in an identification card system for identifying a card holder utilizing identification information on a card including identification information recorded on a recording area of the card, said apparatus comprising:

a reproducing apparatus for providing reproduced information by reproducing the identification information recorded on the recording area;

a display for displaying a representation of the reproduced information, said display having a memory for storing the reproduced information; and

a discharging mechanism for discharging the card outside of said card reading apparatus, wherein after the card is discharged outside of said card reading apparatus, said display continues to display a representation of at least some of the reproduced information.

2. A card reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information includes a picture of the card holder.

3. A card reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information includes the name of the card owner.

4. A card reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card includes an optical recording portion.

5. A card reading apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the card is write-once-type.

6. A card reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card includes an IC.

7. A card reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card includes a magnetic recording medium.

8. A card reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display is arranged to continue to display a representation of the reproduced information until another card is inserted into said card reading apparatus.

9. A card reading apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims in which the card includes a visual image of the card holder.

10. A method of identifying a cardholder having an identification card on which identification information is recorded, the method comprising the steps of:

using a card reading apparatus to provide reproduced information by reproducing the identification information recorded on the card;

displaying a representation of the reproduced information on a display;

storing the reproduced information using a memory;

discharging the card outside the card reading apparatus; and

continuing to display a representation of at least some of the reproduced information on the display after discharge of the card from the reading apparatus, in which the display of a representation of at least some of the reproduced information continues until another card is inserted into the card reading apparatus.

11. A system for identifying a card holder utilizing identification information on a card including identification information recorded on the recording area of the card, said system comprising:

a reproducing apparatus for providing reproduced information by reproducing the identification information recorded on the recording area;

a memory for storing the reproduced information;

a display for displaying a representation of the reproduced information; and

a discharging mechanism for discharging the card, wherein after the card is discharged said display continues to display a representation of at least some of the reproduced information.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein the identification information includes a picture of the card holder.

13. A system according to claim 11, wherein the identification information includes the name of the card owner.

14. A system according to claim 11, wherein the card includes an optical recording portion.

15. A system according to claim 11, wherein the card is write-once-type.

16. A system according to claim 11, wherein the card includes an IC.

17. A system according to claim 11, wherein the card includes a magnetic recording medium.

18. A system according to claim 11, wherein said display is arranged to continue to display a representation of the reproduced information until another card is inserted into the system.

19. A system according to claim 11, in which the card includes a visual image of the card holder.