Information Acquisition Mobile Terminal
Technical field:
The present invention relates to an information acquisition mobile terminal used in the field of information acquisition.
Background art:
The following discussion of the background of the invention is intended to facilitate an understanding of the present invention. However, it should be appreciated that the discussion is not an acknowledgement or admission that any of the material referred to was published, known or part of the common general knowledge of the person skilled in the art in any jurisdiction as at the date of the application.
Modern identity cards issued in most countries take the form of a smart card which is embedded with an integrated circuit or 'chip' that stores and processes data such as an individual's name, gender, nationality, birth date, home address, identity card number, issuing authority, identity card expiry date, personal photograph and fingerprint information. In China, since the second-generation resident identity card (referred to as a second-generation ID card) was introduced and issued in six pilot cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing from 2005, it is now widely used in every part of China. The second- generation ID card takes the form of contactless IC (integrated circuit) card and resolves a lot of insurmountable problems such as low memory space, easy counterfeiting and duplication, difficulty of identifying existing problems in the first-generation ID card etc..
When institutions such as banks, hotels, airports, and railway stations provide services to customers, a simple identity card acquisition device is generally used to acquire identity card information about a customer or the information is manually acquired by staff personnel during the registration process. Such manual copying is tedious and it is difficult to determine authenticity which frequently brings about incidents. In addition, due to poor handwriting in data recording, the information acquired is difficult to decipher, and when some problems occur and need to be investigated, it will take a lot of time and labour to go through paper documents. Further, before acquiring the identity card information, whether the person identified in the identity card is identical to the customer himself/herself is generally identified by visual scanning or inspection by the human eye, and after this is confirmed, acquisition is then carried out. In some cases, for example, a criminal may
disguise as or impersonate the person identified in the identity card and may successfully deceive immigration. In addition, as a person ages, his/her appearance will change and will not be similar to the photograph of the person identified on the identity card, thereby making it hard to tell whether the person identified on the identity card corresponds to the physical person by visual identification or inspection by the human eye. While a simple identity card acquisition device can be used to acquire identity card information and alleviate the disadvantages of identifying whether the identity card is identical to the customer himself/herself by means of visual detection or inspection by the human eye, such a simple identity card acquisition device needs to be connected to a computer to operate, making it inconvenient to be moved and thereby causing usage operations to be relatively troublesome.
The present invention attempts to overcome at least in part some of the aforementioned disadvantages.
Summary of the Invention:
Throughout this document, unless otherwise indicated to the contrary, the terms "comprising", "consisting of, and the like, are to be construed as non-exhaustive, or in other words, as meaning "including, but not limited to".
In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, there is an information acquisition mobile terminal comprising a housing, wherein the housing comprises a storage device, a first acquisition device, a central processing unit, a card reading device, a power supply device, and a display means; the storage device is connected to the central processing unit via a first connection means, the first acquisition device and the display means are connected to the central processing unit via a second connection means, the card reading device is connected to the central processing unit via a third connection means, and the power supply device and the central processing unit are connected to each other.
Preferably, the housing comprises a second acquisition device, the second acquisition device connected to the central processing unit via an interface.
Preferably, the housing comprises a display lamp, and the display lamp and the central processing unit are connected to each other.
Preferably, the housing comprises a communication module, the communication module connected to the central processing unit via a fourth connection means.
Preferably, the communication module comprises a module for performing external communication.
Preferably, the card reading device is an inductive IC card reader.
Preferably, the first connection means is a cable.
Preferably, the second connection means is a flexible flat cable.
Preferably, the third connection means is a serial port.
Preferably, the interface is a USB interface.
Preferably, the first acquisition device is operable to acquire an image.
Preferably, the image is a facial image.
Preferably, the second acquisition device is a fingerprint acquisition device.
Preferably, the display lamp is a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display lamp.
Preferably, the fourth connection means is a cable.
Preferably, the module for performing external communication comprises a third generation (3G) module and a wireless local area network (WLAN) module.
Preferably, the inductive IC card reader is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) inductive IC card reader.
Preferably, the display means is a touch screen display.
In accordance with a second aspect of the invention, there is a method for acquiring card information by an information acquisition mobile terminal comprising placing a card near or on a card reading device to be read, a display lamp displaying a first colour where the card contacts the card reading device or if the identity card is placed within range from the card reading device, and a display screen displaying that information is successfully read from the card; and where the card does not contact the card reading device or if the card is not placed within range from the card reading device, a communication message is sent that information is not successfully read from the card, such communication message taking the form of a voice message and/or the display lamp displaying a second colour.
Preferably, the method comprises a second acquisition device acquiring a second set of information and/or a first acquisition device acquiring a first set of information; and verifying and comparing the acquired second set of information and/or a first set of information with at least a corresponding second and first sets of information on the identity card by a central processing unit, and if the verification is successful, the central processing unit storing the second and first sets of information in a memory; packaging
the acquired second and first sets of information and sending to a corresponding apparatus via a communication module.
Preferably, the first set of information is an image.
Preferably, the image is a facial image.
Preferably, the second set of information is a fingerprint.
Brief description of the drawings:
For the sake of illustration, the present invention is described in detail by reference to the following particular embodiments and drawings.
Fig. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of the present invention.
Disclosure of the Invention:
Particular embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Additionally, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.
In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, as shown in Fig. 1, there is an information acquisition mobile terminal comprising a housing 1, wherein the housing 1 is provided therein with a storage device 2, a first acquisition device 4 operable to acquire images such as facial images, a central processing unit 6, a card reading device 7, a power supply device 8, and a display means such as a touch-screen display 9; the storage device 2 is connected to the central processing unit 6 via a first connection means, such as a cable or other connection means, the first acquisition device 4 and the display means 9 are connected to the central processing unit 6 via a second connection means such as a flexible flat cable, the card reading device 7 is connected to the central processing unit 6 via a third connection means such as a serial port, and the power supply device 8 and the central processing unit 6 are connected to each other.
The housing 1 is further provided therein with a second acquisition device 3 operable to acquire information such as fingerprint wherein the second acquisition device 3 is connected to the central processing unit 6 via an interface, such interface may be a USB interface.
The housing 1 is further provided therein with a display lamp 10, such display lamp 10 may be an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display lamp, wherein the LED display lamp 10 and the central processing unit 6 are connected to each other, and the LED display lamp 10 is used for prompting whether an operation is correct.
The housing 1 is further provided therein with a communication module 5, wherein the communication module 5 is connected to the central processing unit 6 via a fourth connection means such as a cable.
The card reading device 7 is preferably an inductive IC card reader. The card reading device 7 may be an inductive IC card reader using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology and is operable to read detailed information (such as the name, gender, nationality, birth date, home address, identity card number, issuing authority, identity card validity date, personal photograph) of an identity card, or information recorded on other non-contact IC cards. The first acquisition device 4 is operable to acquire a facial image. The display means 9 is used for facilitating a user in performing an acquisition operation on a display screen. The communication module 5 comprises modules for performing external communication such as a 3G module and a WLAN module. The power supply device 8 is operable to supply power to the multi-functional acquisition mobile terminal. The storage device 2 is operable to store personal data and information. The central processing unit 6 is operable to control the operation of the multi-functional acquisition mobile terminal. The housing 1 is operable to protect each module.
In accordance with a second aspect of the invention, there is a method for acquiring card information as follows:
In a First Embodiment:
(1) a card is placed near or on a circuit board of a card reading device 7 to be read. If the card contacts the card reading device or if the card is placed within range from the card reading device 7, a display lamp 10 which may be an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display lamp displays a first colour, and a display screen displays that information is successfully read from the card. If the card does not contact the card reading device or if the card is not placed within range from the card reading device, a communication message is sent that information is not successfully read from the card, such communication message taking the form of a voice message and/or a display lamp 10 displaying a second colour that is different from the first colour.
(2) a second acquisition device 3 is operable to acquire information such as fingerprints and thereafter a first acquisition device 4 is operable to acquire an image such as a facial image.
(3) a central processing unit 6 verifies and compares the acquired information and acquired image with information (such as a facial image and/or fingerprint) on the card, and if verification is successful, the central processing unit 6 is operable to store the read information on the card in a memory.
(4) after the acquisition is completed, the acquired information is packaged and sent to a corresponding apparatus via a communication module 5.
In a Second Embodiment wherein like numerals reference like parts:
(1) a card is placed near or on a circuit board of a card reading device 7 to be read, if the card contacts the card reading device or if the card is placed within range from the card reading device 7, a display lamp 10 which may be an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display lamp displays a first colour, and a display screen displays that data is successfully read from the card. If the card does not contact the card reading device or if the card is not placed within range from the card reading device 7, a communication message is sent that information is not successfully read from the card, such communication message taking the form of a voice message and/or a display lamp 10 displaying a second colour that is different from the first colour.
(2) a second acquisition device 3 is operable to acquire information such as fingerprints.
(3) a central processing unit 6 verifies and compares the acquired information with information (such as a fingerprint) on the card, and if the verification is successful, the central processing unit 6 is operable to store the read information on the card in a memory.
(4) after acquisition is completed, the acquired information can be packaged and sent to a corresponding apparatus via a communication module 5.
In a Third Embodiment wherein like numerals reference like parts:
(1) a card is placed near or on a circuit board of a card reading device 7 to be read, if the identity card contacts the card reading device 7 or if the card is placed within range from the card reading device 7, a display lamp 10 which may be an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display lamp displays a first colour, and a display screen displays that data is successfully read from the card. If the card does not contact the card reading device or if the card is not placed within range from the card reading device 7 a communication
message is sent that information is not successfully read from the card, such communication message taking the form of a voice message and/or a LED display lamp 10 displaying a second colour that is different from the first colour.
(2) a first acquisition device 4 is operable to acquire an image such as a facial image.
(3) a central processing unit 6 verifies and compares the acquired image with data (such as a photograph) on the card, and if the verification is successful, the central processing unit 6 is operable to store the read information on the card in a memory.
(4) after the acquisition is completed, all the acquired personal information can be packaged and sent to a corresponding apparatus via a communication module 5.
The present invention confirms whether acquired information corresponds to an card such as an identity card by comparing acquired information such as fingerprints and facial image with fingerprint information and a photograph on an identity card; the present invention is highly secure, avoids counterfeiting and substitution, possesses high mobility, is convenient to use, simple to operate, and easy to get started. It can quickly share information by connecting the communication module with other devices.
It is to be understood that the above embodiments have been provided only by way of exemplification of this invention, and that further modifications and improvements thereto, as would be apparent to persons skilled in the relevant art, are deemed to fall within the broad scope and ambit of the present invention described herein. It is further to be understood that features from one or more of the described embodiments may be combined to form further embodiments.