Data carrier with a chip and a plurality of sensors

• US 8,899,486 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2005
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quotainne Enterprises LLC
• Original Assignee: Quotainne Enterprises LLC
• Inventors: Paeschke, Manfred, Nguyen, Kim, Muth, Oliver, Knebel, Michael, Wagner, Mathias, Wille, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELLIS, SUEZU Y
• Application Number:
  US11/721,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20090294535A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,283 Days
• Field of Search: 235/487, 235/492, 235/440, 235/454, 235/439, 340/572.1, 340/572.4, 340/539.11, 340/10.1, 340/10.4, 340/10.5, 340/5.61, 340/12.51, 250/226, 359/359, 359/491.01, 359/588, 359/590, 359/788
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0716 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising a sensor or an interface to a sensor
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0728 the arrangement being an optical or sound-based communication interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/073 Special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory protection against unauthorised use of computer memory G06F12/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07345 by activating or deactivating at least a part of the circuit on the record carrier, e.g. ON/OFF switches
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/145 at least one of the further markings being adapted for galvanic or wireless sensing, e.g. an RFID tag with both a wireless and an optical interface or memory, or a contact type smart card with ISO 7816 contacts and an optical interface or memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1097 Optical sensing of electronic memory record carriers, such as interrogation of RFIDs with an additional optical interface
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/02162 for filtering or shielding light, e.g. multicolour filters for photodetectors
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/02322 comprising luminescent members, e.g. fluorescent sheets upon the device

Abstract

The invention relates to a data carrier (100) with a chip (10) which stores energy (13) as well as information for contact-bound or contactless inductive communication, and with a plurality of excitable chip sensors (11) integrated in the chip (10), which, after excitation (12), pass on a signal (18) to a CPU (19) of the chip (10), in which the signal (18) is processed. The invention is characterized in that, independently of storing energy (13) as well as information by the chip (10), the excitation (12) is specifically adjustable by the chip (10) for the purpose of additionally storing information and is adaptable to the requirements of processing the signal (18) in the CPU (19).

Claims

1. A data carrier with a chip, which stores energy as well as information for contact-bound or contactless inductive communication, and with a plurality of excitable chip sensors integrated in the chip, which, after excitation, pass on a signal from the plurality of chip sensors to a central processing unit (CPU) of the chip, in which the signal is processed, characterized in that, independently of storing energy as well as information by the chip, the excitation is specifically adjustable by the chip for the purpose of additionally storing information and is adaptable to the requirements of processing the signal in the CPU, characterized in that the plurality of chip sensors communicates with a filter material in which the excitation is specifically adjustable and is adaptable to the requirements of processing the signal in the CPU;

characterized in that the plurality of chip sensors includes a photosensor and the filter material comprises a card material and a matrix adjoining the card material, which matrix generates modulated luminescences, in which a pulsed laser beam first penetrates through the card material and then penetrates the matrix, wherein the card material is separate and distinct from the matrix; and

characterized in that the CPU performs a combined processing operation on a signal of the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication and the signal supplied by the plurality of chip sensors, wherein the signal of the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication is a binary value received via the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication and the signal supplied by the plurality of chip sensors is a binary value received via the photosensor; and

wherein the CPU composes a binary code, which triggers a further process in the chip, from the binary value received via the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication and the binary value received via the photosensor.

2. A data carrier as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the data carrier is integrated in a value or security document.

3. A method of communicating with chips integrated in data carriers, in which energy as well as information from a chip is stored for contact-bound or contactless inductive communication, the method comprising:

exciting a plurality of chip sensors integrated in the chip;

supplying a signal from the plurality of chip sensors to a central processing unit (CPU) for the purpose of processing, the excitation being specifically adjusted by the chip for the purpose of additional storage of information and being adapted to the requirements of processing in the CPU;

causing the plurality of chip sensors to communicate with a filter material in which the excitation is specifically adjusted and adapted to the requirements of processing the signal in the CPU;

characterized in that the plurality of chip sensors includes a photosensor and the filter material comprises a card material and a matrix adjoining the card material, which matrix generates modulated luminescences, in which a pulsed laser beam first penetrates through the card material and then penetrates the matrix, wherein the card material is separate and distinct from the matrix; and

performing, with the CPU, a combined processing operation on a signal of the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication and the signal supplied by the plurality of chip sensors, wherein the signal of the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication is a binary value received via the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication and the signal supplied by the plurality of chip sensors is a binary value received via the photosensor; and

composing, with the CPU, a binary code, which triggers a further process in the chip, from the binary value received via the contact-bound or contactless inductive communication and the binary value received via the photosensor.

4. A method as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that a photosensor detecting the excitation of a pulsed laser beam is integrated in the plurality of chip sensors.