EP0619037A1 - Memoire portable - Google Patents

Memoire portable

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EP0619037A1
EP0619037A1 EP93920636A EP93920636A EP0619037A1 EP 0619037 A1 EP0619037 A1 EP 0619037A1 EP 93920636 A EP93920636 A EP 93920636A EP 93920636 A EP93920636 A EP 93920636A EP 0619037 A1 EP0619037 A1 EP 0619037A1
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Prior art keywords
data
key
beard
storage device
handle
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Christian Lehmann
Pierrino Vidoni
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/04—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the shape
    • G06K19/041—Constructional details
    • G06K19/048—Constructional details the record carrier being shaped as a key
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/04—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the shape
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00944—Details of construction or manufacture

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  • the invention relates to a portable storage device with a storage unit for storing digital data, which is housed in a dimensionally stable housing and has a data port for entering and reading out the digital data.
  • a portable storage device with a storage unit for storing digital data, which is housed in a dimensionally stable housing and has a data port for entering and reading out the digital data.
  • Cards with magnetic stripes, electronic storage circuits (chip cards) and even with integrated processors (so-called smart cards) are generally known today and are preferably used in cashless payment transactions. They are very flat and, due to their dimensions, can be carried comfortably in your wallet.
  • Access control is also a known application of memory cards. Accordingly, access is only granted if the card contains a predefined stored code. Additional security can result from the fact that the owner still has to enter a personal secret code (PIN) in the door opening system.
  • PIN personal secret code
  • An identification means is known from EP-0 261 618 B1 which can be hung on a keychain in order to be available at any time.
  • the storage device has a flat body, suitably made of plastic, with a narrower part with a trapezoidal cross section and a wider part serving as a handle.
  • the handle protrudes on the front wall of the machine when the identification means is inserted into the machine in the predetermined position.
  • sockets which run in the longitudinal direction of the mentioned part and are contacted by corresponding contacts of the machine for reading out the data (plug).
  • a transverse groove is provided on the narrow front part of the housing, into which a locking member can engage.
  • the known storage device proves to be unwieldy in practice.
  • the object of the invention is now to provide a portable storage device of the type mentioned at the outset which is practical, handy, robust and space-saving.
  • the solution is that the storage device corresponds in shape and dimension to a conventional key for a cylinder lock, so that the storage device can be carried comfortably on a key ring. This results in an optimal hand a space-saving storage option for a large number of storage devices and the all-time availability.
  • the storage device is preferably less than 4 mm overall, in particular at most 3 mm thick.
  • the thickness over all is, for example, a conventional key which is particularly preferred and suitable as a pattern. B. about 2.5 mm.
  • the housing forms a particularly circular handle, a beard that is narrow in relation to the handle, and two insertion boundaries arranged symmetrically between the handle and beard.
  • a beard is understood to mean the part of the key that moves the lock.
  • This corresponds to the most widespread form of a key for a cylinder lock. It has proven itself extremely well in everyday use. Of course, modifications to this are also possible (different handle, for example triangular, other insertion limits, other geometric dimensions, etc.).
  • the data port is advantageous for. B. in the form of Maispunk ⁇ th on a flat side of the beard. Openings are preferably provided in the housing, behind which electrical contacts are provided. Like the pins of a cylinder lock, contact pins can penetrate into the openings of the housing.
  • z. B. 32 contact provide connections.
  • the contacts can U. be attached only on one side, which is easier to implement constructively. It is also possible to achieve coding by the selected placement of contact openings.
  • the flat side of the key bit can also be formed without recesses. The contact points are then in one plane with the flat side of the key.
  • Z serves as a storage unit.
  • B an electronic memory circuit (EPROM, EEPROM etc.), which is housed in the handle. Only the contact connections (conductor tracks, contact areas) are then located in the beard itself. If only a few contact connections have to be present, the storage circuit can u. U. be placed in the beard itself.
  • a slot which is matched to the beard of the key-like housing, is used to insert the storage device and a data exchange interface which interacts with the data port in the slot.
  • Contact pins that are movable perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the memory device are particularly preferred. These are inserted into the contact openings when or after the data key according to the invention is inserted.
  • the contact pins can e.g. B. by means of springs from the side in the Slot. Instead of springs z. B. a motor can also be used which brings all the contact pins arranged on the same side of the slot to the contact electrodes at the same time.
  • a contact switch can be used, for example, to determine whether or not the memory key according to the invention is completely inserted into the slot.
  • the storage device is advantageously integrated in an overall system which comprises a large number of personal data keys and input / output devices.
  • the input / output devices can e.g. B. connect to a PC or a computer network so that the data stored on the data key can be displayed, processed or stored in a database.
  • Such a system can e.g. B. can be used as a medical information system.
  • the patient carries the data key on his keychain.
  • the family doctor who owns a reader / writer can save important personal medical data on the data key.
  • the pharmacist can read out the medication, another doctor important diagnoses and laboratory results, etc.
  • the hospital doctor can read out the data, which enables optimal patient care.
  • Such an information system can also lead to cost savings, since e.g. T. unnecessary laboratory tests can be avoided.
  • the data key according to the invention also has other applications, be it in the security area, in cashless payment transactions or elsewhere.
  • the data key according to the invention can be used in an organization (eg in the military) or in a company to save personal data (personal details, training, position, etc.). However, it could also be used quite generally as a personal data key in order to receive loans, insurance benefits, rental cars, etc. Due to the particularly large storage capacity, u. U. Images (passport photos, fingerprints, etc.) may also be saved.
  • the data key according to the invention could therefore also be used as a passport, identity card, ticket, etc. (identification key).
  • Fig. 1 An arrangement for. B. as a medical information system
  • Fig. 4 shows the section I-I of Fig. 1 by the beard of the data key.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically the overall system.
  • a data key 1 according to the invention to be described in detail can be read by locally separated read / write stations 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 if it is inserted into the respective keyhole 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 of the read / write stations 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 becomes.
  • Each of these read / write stations 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 is e.g. B. connected to a PC 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 per se known design data technology.
  • the data key 1 is carried by the patient on the key ring.
  • the data key 1 is "loaded" at his family doctor who is in possession of the PC 3.1 and the reading / writing station 2.1. That is, that e.g. B. the medication prescribed to the patient in the form of digital codes on the data key 1 resp. be permanently stored in its storage unit.
  • the relevant data can be displayed on the screen of PC 3.3.
  • the whole system is modular.
  • the different PCs do not need to be able to communicate with each other.
  • Each patient carries the relevant data in a form that can only be read by authorized persons.
  • the shape and dimensions of the data key do not differ in principle from a conventional metal key for actuating a cylinder lock. It has a circular disc-shaped handle 5 (diameter, for example 22 mm) with a hole 6 arranged close to the edge (diameter, for example 7 mm, distance to the edge, for example 2 mm).
  • the hole 6 allows the data key to be conventionally hung on a keychain.
  • a long (e.g. 27 mm), narrow (e.g. 7 mm) beard 7 is formed on the handle. Between the handle 5 and the beard 7, two nose-shaped insertion limits 8.1, 8.2 projecting laterally outwards are provided.
  • the outer shape of the data key 1 is by a z. B. composed of two half-shells housing 10 (see. Fig. 4) made of plastic or another suitable dimensionally stable material.
  • FIG. 4 shows an enlarged section along the line I-I according to FIG. 2c.
  • openings 9.7, 9.8, 9.9 are provided in the housing 10 on both flat sides of the beard.
  • the openings are preferably conical.
  • Gold contacts 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 are arranged on a printed circuit board 11 on the inside immediately behind the openings 9.7, 9.8, 9.9.
  • Conductors, not shown, connect the gold contacts 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 to corresponding connections of an integrated electronic memory circuit, which is accommodated in the handle 5.
  • the openings 9.7, 9.8, 9.9 and the gold contacts 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 represent a data port.
  • the pin 14 is inserted into the keyhole by means of a spring perpendicular to the direction of key insertion (ie that for receiving the cavity provided).
  • a spring perpendicular to the direction of key insertion ie that for receiving the cavity provided.
  • a component 16 has a slit-shaped cavity, which serves as a keyhole 15. The dimensions of the cavity are matched to the beard of the data key 1. The key bit can be inserted with little play.
  • the component 16 is fastened to a rear flat component 19 with screws 20.2, 20.3, 20.6, 20.7. Adjacent to the broad sides of the component 16, a component 17, 18 is arranged on both sides. These are also screwed to component 19 with screws 20.1, 20.5, 20.4, 20.8.
  • a contact pin z. B. 21 slidably mounted in its longitudinal axis.
  • a spring 22 presses the contact pin 21 perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the data key 1 into the keyhole 15 or. in the corresponding opening of the key beard.
  • wire connections are z. B. 23 for each individual contact pin.
  • the wire connections 23 are in a suitable manner with an electronic circuit for reading and writing data from resp. connected to the memory unit (eg an EEPROM).
  • the components 16, 17, 18, 19 described are located behind a front (indicated purely schematically in FIG. 3a) front plate 25 of the read / write station.
  • a frame 24 which provides a funnel-shaped feed is provided in front of the keyhole 15.
  • An advantage of the described embodiment is that a large number of connections can be implemented by arranging the contacts on the broad side (instead of on a narrow side) of the beard.
  • memory chips of large capacity can be accommodated in the data key. It is Z. B. possible without problems, e.g. B. 32 contacts, d. H. 16 to be provided on each broad side.
  • the storage capacity of the electronic data memory can be correspondingly large.
  • the division of the memory into zones of different access authorization can of course also be implemented in software.
  • a small processor could also be accommodated in the data key, which only allows access to the memory content after a security code has been checked.
  • the data key according to the invention can also have the properties of a conventional cylinder lock key. This results in a double backup. It is then not only sufficient to have the correct electrical and software control, but also a mechanical coding must match. Mechanical coding is understood to mean the way in which the cylinder of a conventional cylinder lock is unblocked by the correct key.
  • the key in the lock ge and z. B. be rotated by 90 ° before any electrical contact can take place.
  • the electrical contacting can take place via the pins of the cylinder lock itself or via separate contact pins.
  • the pins arranged on the same side of the keyhole can also be part of a coherent block which, after the data key has been inserted completely, is moved forward with an electric drive for the purpose of contacting.
  • contact surfaces usually become soiled very quickly, it is advantageous if the contact pins rub a little on the contacts before or when the data key is contacted in order to achieve a cleaning effect. For this reason, it could be advantageous not to quasi accommodate the contact surfaces, but to arrange them on a flat outer surface of the housing.
  • one housing half can serve as a printed circuit board, conductor tracks, contact surfaces, etc. being formed directly on the inside of the housing and the electronic components using SMD technology. be tested.
  • the second half of the housing is welded onto the first.
  • the invention can be implemented with the technology known from the manufacture of super-flat watches without fundamental difficulties.
  • contacts can also be provided on the narrow side of the beard or at its tip.
  • a mechanical contact switch can be arranged at a suitable point, which is actuated by the data key itself.
  • pincer-shaped contact elements can be provided, which from the narrow side of the key to the beard resp. the contact surfaces are pushed. This would also create the frictional contact mentioned above.
  • the invention has created a robust, small but nevertheless handy storage device with an extremely wide range of uses and a large potential for storage capacity.

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Abstract

Une mémoire portable avec unité pour la mise en mémoire de données numériques a la forme et les dimensions d'une clé normale de serrure à cylindre. Cette clé, dite clé à données, peut être mise sur un porte-clefs. Des contacts électriques sont de préférence prévus sur le côté large du panneton (7) et servent de port de données. La poignée abrite un circuit intégré, par exemple une EEPROM. L'épaisseur préférée de cette clé à données n'est que de 2 à 3 mm environ.
EP93920636A 1992-10-26 1993-09-29 Memoire portable Withdrawn EP0619037A1 (fr)

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CH3326/92A CH685166A5 (de) 1992-10-26 1992-10-26 Tragbare Speichereinrichtung.
CH3326/92 1992-10-26
PCT/CH1993/000232 WO1994010651A1 (fr) 1992-10-26 1993-09-29 Memoire portable

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EP0619037A1 true EP0619037A1 (fr) 1994-10-12

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JP (1) JPH07502848A (fr)
CA (1) CA2125987A1 (fr)
CH (1) CH685166A5 (fr)
WO (1) WO1994010651A1 (fr)

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