Datacard Corporation

Entrust Datacard Corporation

Benoit Berthe

Frederic Beulet

Ulrich Bielesch

Dominique Perdoux

Patrick Baudron

Frédéric Beulet

Sarah Suzanne

Sebastien Michenet

Sébastien Michenet

Thorsten Habel

Uwe Jaspers

An object processing machine for processing a plurality of objects, the machine comprising: a plurality of processing modules, each processing module having a modular structure co-operable with the modular structure of another processing module to form a modular assembly constituting the object processing machine; each processing module being operable to perform a corresponding processing operation on an object and being provided with at least one transfer unit located at a respective port of the processing module; each transfer unit being arranged to transfer an object to or from the corresponding processing module and/or to or from a transfer unit of another processing module of the modular assembly; the transfer units being arranged to co-operate with one another and/or with another processing unit such that objects can be guided from an input of the machine to an output of the machine via a plurality of different transport pathways through the machine, wherein the transport pathway taken by a said object being processed corresponds to the pre-determined processing operations to be performed on the said object. A method of processing a plurality of objects using such a machine is also described.

Method of and apparatus for processing an object

Embodiments of the invention provide a method of and apparatus for graphically marking a series of portable objects, such as a card, each portable object being graphically marked on a respective zone by a respective marking device, wherein the marking devices are configured to perform the same marking operation simultaneously on a plurality of portable objects.

Method of and apparatus for personalising a series of portable objects

The present invention concerns a system for the calibration of at least one parameter of a laser engraver, the laser engraver comprising on one hand an engraving system with a focusing lens positioned at a distance of the surface of an substrate intended to be engraved and on the other hand a vision system for at least the positioning and the verification of the engraving, the vision system including a camera associated with an appropriate illumination and, wherein the engraving device of the laser is arranged in such way that the engraving device works to engrave a substrate with specific engraved layout corresponding to variation of at least one parameter and wherein the vision system is connected to a comparison device of at least one measured engraved parameter with the template value of at least one stored data in a memorization device connected to a engraving correction device.

System for the calibration of operating parameters of a laser engraver

A method for interleaving a module including the cutting out of the module on a strip, the gripping of the cut-out module, the conveying of the module right up to a station for affixing and adhesively bonding modules. The module being heated by a heater via heat conduction of an affixing system upon conveying and then affixing of the preheated module by positioning the head of a first guiding member on the upper portion of a second guiding member forming a mask showing the imprint of the module or chip, preformed on the card, by displacement of the affixing system and of positioning the lower portion of the second guiding member on the surface of the card by displacement of the assembly formed by the affixing system and the second guiding member. A device for interleaving a module is also described.

Method and device for interleaving a module or chip

The personalisation machine for smart cards () comprises an administration computer system () connected via at least one data personalisation transmission element () to a turning device () equipped with routing means of personalisation data to locations () of a plurality of card locations (). Said transmission element () is of wired type and has a maximal data transmission capacity greater than 100 MBps (megabytes per second). To ensure a substantial processing rate with a compact machine, it is provided with:&#x2014;means () for driving in rotation of bi-directional type for turning the device () around an axis () of rotation, said system () remaining fixed;&#x2014;a control module () regularly inverting the direction of rotation of the turning device. Stops are provided for preventing rotation of the device () beyond one turn.

Machine for personalising smart cards at high rate

A laser marking machine for objects, namely supports or cards carrying integrated circuits, has a laser chamber having two marking locations for receiving the objects to be marked on at least one face by at least one laser marker having optics for deflecting the laser beam onto one of the marking locations. A transfer device has a transfer path for transporting the objects to be marked or already marked, respectively, to or out of the laser chamber.

High-rate laser marking machine

The present invention concerns a high-speed personalization machine comprising a personalization station for personalizable documents and a computer system, the machine being characterized in that a personalizable document comprises information, whether visible or not corresponding to an identification, an electronic chip and contactless communication means of transmitting/receiving antenna type connected to the electronic chip, the electronic chip and the communication means being incorporated in the document, and in that the personalization machine comprises a reading device to read the document identifier, this identifier being associated with data memorized in a database of the computer system, at least some of this data to be recorded by the personalization machine into the electronic chip of the document.

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Orleans, France

Benoit Berthe