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Dispositif de transport pour jetons rf

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EP1893045A1
EP1893045A1 EP05744693A EP05744693A EP1893045A1 EP 1893045 A1 EP1893045 A1 EP 1893045A1 EP 05744693 A EP05744693 A EP 05744693A EP 05744693 A EP05744693 A EP 05744693A EP 1893045 A1 EP1893045 A1 EP 1893045A1
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tokens
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wallet
cards
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Steven Gary O'shea
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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
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/073—Special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory
    • G06K19/07309—Means for preventing undesired reading or writing from or onto record carriers
    • G06K19/07318—Means for preventing undesired reading or writing from or onto record carriers by hindering electromagnetic reading or writing
    • G06K19/07327—Passive means, e.g. Faraday cages
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C1/00—Purses; Money-bags; Wallets
    • A45C1/08—Combinations of purses and wallets

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  • This invention relates to carrying devices such as a wallet adapted for storing radio frequency tokens such as contact-less radio frequency smart cards and identity tags which in normal use shield the token from electromagnetic radiation but also allow it to be presented to a reader when required.
  • radio frequency tokens such as contact-less radio frequency smart cards and identity tags which in normal use shield the token from electromagnetic radiation but also allow it to be presented to a reader when required.
  • RF radio frequency
  • Proximity (ISO/IEC 14443-1 -10cm range, type a, b), typically operate at up to 10 centimetres, are currently the focus of industry activity, as they are making headway in replacing magnetic stripe as well as chip cards used for ticketing and payment cards.
  • MIFARE® ISO 14443 A
  • Sony's FeIiCa smart card protocols Higher transmission speeds up to 424 kbits/s can be achieved between dedicated NFC devices.
  • Vicinity (ISO/IEC 15693-1 -100cm range), operate over a distance of up to one meter, and is used primarily in the domain of access control and materials tracking. Many see vicinity as a potential replacement for various proprietary RFID technologies.
  • RFID are generally of two types, low frequency 300 KHz and ultra high frequency 902-928 MHz. Both technologies are referred to as RFID as they include a unique identifier for each chip.
  • Contact-less smartcards are credit card sized cards that are being marketed to consumers as a convenient alternative to magnetic strip cards for storing financial, health and other personal data. Because of their ability to store relatively large amounts of data on an embedded microchip, and associated security, it is envisioned that these cards will eventually be used for all banking, transportation, healthcare, insurance, social security, welfare and other personal data. It is envisaged that the ICs embedded into RFID tags and contact-less smartcards will eventually replace other forms of information cards such as magnetic strip cards and contact smartcards, primarily due to their convenience. Whereas the latter must come into physical engagement with a reader, contact- less smartcards can exchange information with a reader via magnetic, RF, infrared or visible light radiation.
  • a contact-less smartcard does not have to be removed from a persons wallet or carrier for the IC to be powered up for an exchange of information to occur.
  • An international standard has been established which sets a range of one meter between reader and contact-less smartcard. Accordingly while magnetic strip and contact smartcards both deny surreptitious access, a contact-less smartcard can be powered up and accessed without the card owner's knowledge.
  • the chips or ICs used in smartcards can be manufactured in a less sophisticated form called an RFID chip. In their simplest form, these chips do nothing more than provide a means to remotely identify an object to which they are attached.
  • RFID chips are generally less sophisticated than smartcards, they are still capable of being powered up and interrogated without the owner's knowledge.
  • contact-less smartcards do not typically have an embedded power source.
  • most battery chemistries contain heavy and toxic metals and since these cards will routinely be lost or discarded, embedding a power source in the card would result in a negative environmental impact.
  • Second, these cards are projected to be manufactured by the billions worldwide and any product that is produced in these numbers is extremely sensitive to manufacturing costs; Incorporating a battery into the card is simply too costly. Therefore, the most common approach to providing power to the embedded chip is via a modulated magnetic field. Such a magnetic field induces a current in a loop antenna (see for example US Patent 5,473,323 to Jreft, 1993) which is typically laminated as an internal layer of a smartcard.
  • the embedded chip is usually manufactured with on chip charge pumps and power regulation to provide different voltages to the various parts of the chip.
  • RF readers typically have a range of one meter. However, it is possible that a reader could be produced or modified to generate a much greater magnetic field strength and thereby increase the effective range of communication. If such a reader were also equipped with a very sensitive receiver, the range and penetrating ability of the reader could be further enhanced. Since a RF tokens do not need to come into physical contact with the reader to exchange information, the user can no longer take a proactive role in securing the information on the IC. The owner must now rely entirely on software encryption or biometric techniques for security. Accordingly electromagnetic shielding can be used to protect information without requiring proactive measures by the owner.
  • shielding can prevent the exchange of information between a RF Token and a reader.
  • the simplest method is to prevent the card from being powered up by the electromagnetic field by shielding the RF token.
  • Another solution is to simply shield or provide a means to disabling the antenna which may employee a pressure sensitive switch or special shielding built into the antenna.
  • the problem with shielding only the antenna is that the antenna can couple capacitively to the shield in such a way that the shield itself becomes an antenna.
  • US Patent 4,647,714 issued to Goto (1987) discloses an inexpensive composite material made of layers of paper or plastic coated with electrodeposited iron to provide magnetic shielding.
  • US Patent 5,288,942 issued to Godrey and Westfield (1994) teaches a similar invention using two thin sheets of soft ferromagnetic material which act as ' keepers ' for the data stored in the form of magnetic patterns on the magnetic strip of magnetic strip cards.
  • the soft ferromagnetic material in this invention can take the form of metal foil or powders added to moulded plastic resins.
  • a carrying device is adapted to hold one or more RF tokens and incorporates electrically conductive linings to shield said tokens from each other, when the carrying device is open or an individual token presented to a reader, but which shields the token or tokens from all electromagnetic radiation when the carrying device is closed.
  • the electrically conductive linings are made from a metal foil that sufficiently surround the RF token and be of adequate thickness as to reduce the electrometric field and thus prevent the RF token from being powered and therefore unable to transfer data.
  • the device has the general construction of a wallet which has compartments to hold bank notes, cards and visual material and in particular is adapted to securely hold RF tokens such as RFID tags and contact-less cards.
  • the device also contains one or more panels adapted to hold RFID tags and contact-less cards and to fold out of the device when the latter is open allowing individual RF tokens to be presented to a reader.
  • the device can hold up to eight RF tokens each of which can be individually presented to a reader without interference from the others when the device is open.
  • the device has the general construction of a money purse.
  • the device has the general construction of a passport wallet.
  • the device has the general construction of an identification badge or wallet.
  • the device has the general construction of a mobile phone carrying case.
  • the device has the general construction of an insert, lining or sleeve which can be used to shield an RF token that is hosed in any unshielded caring device.
  • one or more of the RF tokens are not shielded from electromagnetic radiation when the device is closed thus allowing said unshielded token to be presented to a reader without opening the device, whilst at the same time shielding RF tokens contained within said carrying device.
  • Fig 1 shows a contact-less smart card being inserted in a wallet
  • Fig 2 is a perspective view of the wallet of Fig 1 fully opened;
  • Fig 3 is an elevation of the open wallet of Fig 2;
  • Fig 4 is the cross section view I of Fig 3;
  • Fig 5 is the cross section view Il of Fig 3;
  • Fig 6 is the cross section view III of Fig 4; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • Figs 1 and 2 illustrate a leather wallet 1 which has multiple compartments for holding bank notes, 2, cards 3, and photographs 4. In addition it has, hinged on the right side, two panels 5, 6 which can fold out when wallet 1 is open. Panels 5, 6 also have slots 3 to hold cards.
  • Fig 4 shows in cross section the construction of the left hand section of wallet 1.
  • Outer skin 7 forms a compartment with the body of wallet 1 and is zipped to it by zip 8.
  • This compartment is lined with aluminium foil liner 9 which shields the contents of the closed wallet against electromagnetic radiation.
  • This section also has compartment 2 to hold bank notes and compartments 3 to hold cards.
  • Fig 5 shows in cross section a continuation of this construction in the right hand section of wallet 1 where the continuation of outer skin 7 again forms a compartment with the body of wallet 1 and is zipped to it by zip 8.
  • This compartment is also lined with the continuation of aluminium foil liner 9 which shields the contents of the closed wallet against electromagnetic radiation.
  • This section also has compartment 2 to hold bank notes, compartments 3 to hold cards and compartment 4 which has a transparent window to hold, for example, a photograph.
  • Fig 6 shows in cross section panels 5, 6 in their closed position with outer transparent windows 11 forming slip in compartments which are lined with aluminium foil liners 12. Panels 5, 6 also have compartments 3 to hold cards and are hinged by a hinging means (not shown) securing the inner edge of panels 5, 6 to the right edge of wallet 1.
  • wallet 1 can hold up to eight contact-less cards 10, 20 in compartments which are shielded from each other and which enable them to be presented for scanning individually when the wallet is open. This shielding from each other is necessary since only one contact-less card can be read by a reader at a time; if two unshielded cards are presented the reader will not register either correctly.
  • the foil liner 9 forms a Gaussian (sometimes referred to as Faraday) cage which shields the contact-less cards 10 held in the inside compartments of wallet 1 from electromagnetic radiation thus rendering them secure from unauthorized reading.
  • Gaussian sometimes referred to as Faraday
  • contact-less cards 20 held in the zipped compartments formed by outer skin 7 are not so shielded and can be scanned at any time. Accordingly these compartments should only be used for RFID tags and other low security RF tags.
  • the carrying device could be a purse, wallet, mobile phone case or a device lining, as used in PDA, laptop computer, key fob holder, of simpler construction and of different synthetic materials but still using conductive linings to shield radio frequency tokens such as smart cards and RFID tags from each other and from electromagnetic radiation. All such variations fall within the scope of the present invention.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de transport destiné à contenir un ou plusieurs jetons RF, comprenant des revêtements électroconducteurs destinés à protéger lesdits jetons les uns des autres lorsque le dispositif est ouvert, ou un compartiment non protégé contenant un jeton individuel pouvant être présenté à un lecteur, mais protégeant les jetons contre tout rayonnement électromagnétique lorsque le dispositif est fermé. Les revêtements sont constitués par une feuille métallique ou un autre matériau conducteur. Un dispositif spécifique est du type étui de transport ou portefeuille, doté de compartiments contenant des articles divers, des billets de banque, des cartes et des photographies et, en particulier, des étiquettes RFID et des cartes sans contact. Le portefeuille ou l'étui peut également contenir une ou plusieurs sections rabattables, adaptées pour contenir des étiquettes RFID et des cartes sans contact et qui peuvent être dépliées lorsque le portefeuille est ouvert, afin que des jetons individuels RF puissent être présentés à un lecteur.
EP05744693A 2005-06-03 2005-06-03 Dispositif de transport pour jetons rf Withdrawn EP1893045A1 (fr)

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