JPH079702A - Method of reading card data of slip printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a reading method of a slip printer capable of reading a plurality of card data for a customer having different format parameters by good operability. CONSTITUTION:Information of interpreting a plurality of card data for a customer is stored in a format card 61. When the card 61 is read by means of a card reader 62, an interpretation information reading means 63 reads the interpretation information and an interpretation information storing position designation means 74 stores it into an interpretation information memory means A64 or B75. When a card 65 is read by means of the card reader 62, a card judgment means 66 judges whether the card is a customer card or not. When the card is the customer card, a discrimination information is additionally checked and a print character chain forming means 67 forms a print character chain for the customer card data based on the corresponding interpretation information. The formed data is stored in a customer card data memory means 69 and supplied for printing on a slip.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card data reading system for a slip printer for a plurality of types of customer cards.
In general, information such as customer code, katakana expression and kanji expression of a customer's name stored in the customer's card is stored in the card, capacity and kanji IN command, kanji OU.
The T command (hereinafter abbreviated as format parameter) differs depending on the hospital, school, etc. (user), but the present invention automatically distinguishes each card with a different format and stores the card information. The present invention relates to a card data read system for a slip printer that can read the data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are places, for example, in hospitals, which hand a voucher as shown in FIG. 28 to a patient after the patient finishes the examination. This voucher, as shown,
Voucher title, patient card data, reservation data, comment data, etc.
The letters “Name”, “Den” in the patient card data, and “Reservation date”, “Month day”, and “Day of the week” in the reservation data are printed on the slip, and by reading the patient card, I
D number, name, date of birth, and gender were printed on the printer. In addition, the clerk entered the reservation date and the day of the week with a ballpoint pen.

Further, as another conventional example, a magnetic card for each doctor working at a hospital (hereinafter referred to as a doctor card) and a plurality of magnetic cards for storing comments different from each other (hereinafter referred to as a medical card) , A comment card) and prepare a patient card when issuing a slip to a patient.
Select the doctor card of the doctor in charge and the comment card that matches the patient, read the card data from the card reader,
By printing the read data on a slip having a format prepared in advance, a slip as shown in FIG. 28 has been issued. In this example, the data of the doctor in charge is
The comment data is added to the slip of FIG. 28 and printed each time.

In order to solve this problem, a "card data reading method for a slip printer" by the same applicant (Japanese Patent Application No. 4)
No. 25984), even if there is a difference in the format parameter of the customer card used in each facility at the facility such as a hospital where the slip printer is installed, the decryption information of the format card can be read when the slip printer is installed. By reading in the slip printer, the slip printer is adapted to the card used in the facility.

[0005]

The patient card (or customer card) applied to the slip printer is used not only for printing slips but also for a host computer for medical information and accounting information processing. There is. The format parameter of the patient card varies depending on the facility such as a hospital or school because of the software of the host computer.

Also, for example, even in a hospital only, the patient card has different format parameters such as a new type patient card with a kanji patient name and an old type patient card without a kanji patient name. .

Therefore, conventionally, in a hospital in which a slip printer is installed, the reading program for patient card data of the slip printer is changed for each hospital and stored in the internal ROM of the slip printer. Even if there is a difference in the format parameters of both old and new patient cards used at each facility, the decryption information of the format card is read into the slip printer via the card reader when the slip printer is installed. By
The slip printer was adapted to both the old and new types of patient cards used at the facility.

However, in the conventional apparatus, when the old type patient card is to be printed after the new type patient card is printed, the format card for the old type patient card is first passed through the card reader. There was a problem that had to be.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems of the conventional apparatus and to provide a card data reading system of a slip printer which can read a plurality of types of customer card data with good operability.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a format card reading means storing information for decoding the contents of a customer card and a read decoding information. Non-volatile storage means for storing, decryption information storage location designating means for designating a storage location of the storage means for storing decryption information each time the contents of the format card are read, and a plurality of customers It is characterized in that it is provided with means for identifying the difference between the cards and print character string generation means for reading the contents of the customer card based on the decryption information of the customer card identified by the identification means. .

[0011]

According to the present invention, in a facility such as a hospital in which a slip printer is installed, the contents (decoding information) of the format card corresponding to each customer card used in the facility are read by the reading means, It is stored in the storage means.
By automatically identifying each customer card based on the stored decryption information, it is possible to adapt to each format parameter of each customer card. Therefore, it is not necessary to pass the format card corresponding to each customer card through the card reader before each customer card is inserted, and the operability is improved as compared with the conventional device.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the slip printer of the present invention. It should be noted that, in the following, a slip printer used in a hospital will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a top cover, which covers a mechanism portion arranged inside. Stop, doctor, comment, and slip keys 11 are arranged on the front surface of the top cover 1, and a liquid crystal display for displaying a part of the input data or a message to the user is provided on the upper part thereof. The device 12 is assembled.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a front cover which can be opened when an ink ribbon (not shown) is replaced or when a jam occurs, which can be opened by placing a finger on the recess 3.

4 is a magnetic card storing data,
A card insertion hole for reading data, and a guide protrusion 5 is provided behind the card insertion hole to facilitate determination of the insertion direction of the magnetic card. A card pocket 6 is provided at the rear of the liquid crystal display device 12, and is used for storing a plurality of cards 13 such as doctor cards and comment cards.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a printing table, on which a slip having a blank print portion is placed when printing. Reference numeral 8 is a guide for laterally positioning the slip.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the slip feeding mechanism arranged inside the front cover 2 will be described. In the figure, 20 is a paper feed motor, 21 and 22 are gears, and 23 is a first roller to which power is transmitted via the gears 21 and 22. A second roller 24 is urged downward by a spring (not shown).
Reference numeral 25 denotes a print head which moves in the X direction and prints on the inserted slip paper by an ink ribbon (not shown). Reference numeral 26 is a print stand stopper. The distance between the print stand stopper 26 and the print head 25 is determined in consideration of the maximum value of the top margin of the slip and the maximum number of print lines.

Further, 27 and 28 are first and second paper detection sensors for detecting a slip conveyed on the printing table 7. In this embodiment, an actuator type photo sensor is used as the first paper detection sensor 27, and a reflection type photo sensor is used as the second paper detection sensor 28. The reference numerals other than the above indicate the same or equivalent parts as in FIG.

In FIG. 3, when a slip sheet is placed on the printing table 7 and inserted into the back, and the leading edge of the slip sheet is detected by the first sheet detection sensor 27, the sheet feed motor 20 is detected by the detection signal. Is started. Then, the power of the paper feed motor 20 is transmitted to the first roller 23 via the gears 21 and 22.

The slip sheet is composed of first and second rollers 23,
When the slip paper is further inserted so as to be inserted between 24, the slip paper is sent to the inner side (Y direction in the drawing) by the rotation of the first roller 23. After the slip sheet passes under the print head 25, the leading edge of the slip sheet is detected by the second sheet detection sensor 28, and the print head 25 and the slip sheet are positioned. Then, after the paper is further fed by a predetermined top margin, the print head 25 starts printing the first line around the print center 25a. Here, the top margin is, as shown in FIG. 16, the first non-printed portion of the slip,
Normally, the title of the slip is printed in advance. The description of FIG. 16 will be given later.

As described above, the printing is advanced line by line, and when all necessary printing is completed, the paper feed motor 2
0 rotates in the reverse direction. As a result, the first roller 23 also rotates in the reverse direction, and the slip is automatically ejected from the slip feeding mechanism.

Next, the hardware configuration of the slip printer of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 4, 31 is a CPU, 32 is a ROM in which the control program and control data of this slip printer are stored, and 33 is a work such as holding data read from a card until the power is turned off and data editing. A RAM that provides an area. Further, 34 is a writable EEPROM. Various parameters are stored in the EEPROM 34, and these parameters are stored and held even after the power is turned off.

Reference numeral 35 is a Kanji conversion ROM. The Kanji conversion ROM 35 stores font data of JIS first, second level Kanji and non-Kanji. A card reader 36 reads data recorded on a magnetic card.
The card reader 36 can determine the insertion / removal of the card by the card load signal (CLD), and the read data signal (RD) at the timing of the read clock signal (RCL).
T) is read. Reference numeral 37 is a clock IC, which provides data for the date and time when the slip is issued. The timepiece IC 37 is backed up by a large-capacity capacitor, and continues to operate for several days even after the power is turned off.

Numeral 38 is a first input / output device (I / O)
In the first input / output device 38, the key 11
And the first and second paper detection sensors 27 and 28 are connected. A second input / output device (I / O) 39 is connected to the liquid crystal display device 12 and the buzzer 40.

Further, 41 is a third input / output device (I / I
O), which is connected to the Y-direction (see FIG. 3) motor, that is, the driver 42 of the paper feed motor 20. 43 is a fourth input / output device (I / O),
The driver 44 of the X-direction (see FIG. 3) motor, that is, the head moving motor 45 is connected to this. In addition, a control signal is provided to a solenoid 49 forming the print head via the solenoid driver 48. 46 is a home position sensor (HP
SENS), and 47 is a dot pulse sensor (DP SENS) for determining the operation timing of the solenoid. Further, 50 is a data bus line. The head moving motor 45, home position sensor 46, dot pulse sensor 47, and solenoid 49 constitute a printer unit.

Next, the outline of the configuration of the patient card, doctor card and comment card read by the card reader 36 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5a, 5b, 6 and 7. The new type of patient card has information of patient code, name (Katakana), name (Kanji), date of birth, gender and parity check, as shown in FIG. 5a. The determination as a patient card is made by comparing the two card data starting at the position defined by the first two characters of the E information FT parameter with the Kanji IN command.

As shown in FIG. 5b, the old type patient card does not have a name (kanji) but has space (SP) data. In this case, the Kanji IN command that is the identification information for identifying the card is (S
P) (SP). Also, the doctor card is
As shown in, the card identification information (DR), name (Katakana), doctor code, name (Kanji), affiliation and parity check information are included. Further, as shown in FIG. 7A, the comment card is composed of card discrimination information (CT), first line comment information, second line comment information, third line comment information, and parity check information. It is configured. FIG.7 (b) shows the said 1st-3rd.
A specific example of line comment information is shown.

Next, the data stored in each card will be described in detail. In the following, a patient card will be described as an example, but the same applies to other cards.

FIG. 8 is a 7-unit code diagram showing the allocation of data stored in the card. In the figure, data of “0” in the column direction and “0” in the row direction, that is, 00H
Data (hereinafter, the same notation is used, and H represents hexa). From “NUL”, data of 20H “(S
"P)" and "DEL" of 7FH are command data called a function character. Also, from 21H
7EH is character data called a graphic character.

Half-size alphabets, numbers, and kana (hereinafter referred to as ANK characters) are made to correspond to graphic characters, and Kanji is a Kanji IN command (for example, (ESC)).
(SO)) and Kanji OUT command (for example, (ESC)
(SI)) and is represented by 2 bytes of data. This 2-byte data is called a Kanji JIS code number, and the Kanji JIS code number is 2121H-
The value of 7E7EH is specified. By such designation, the code of the function character is not confused. Further, if there is a (SO) function character in front, it is decided that it is a katakana character, and if there is a (SI) function character, it is an alphanumeric character.

Next, referring to FIG. 9, the storage position and capacity of the information of the standard patient card will be described. As is clear from the figure, the storage location of patient card information is configured in the order of start code, patient code, name (Katakana), date of birth, gender, name (Kanji), spare, end code, and parity check. . In addition, the number of characters shown in the drawing is assigned as a storage capacity to each of the information.
(SO) is used for the Katakana IN command, and (SI) is used for the Katakana OUT command. Furthermore, (ESC) (SO) is used for the Chinese character IN command, and (ESC) (SI) is used for the Chinese character OUT command.

However, the above-mentioned storage position, capacity, command, etc. of the patient card information are standard examples, and some hospitals use the patient card on the host computer side as well, so that different format parameters are adopted. There is a place. For example, the number of characters of the patient code is 8 digits, the storage position of the patient code information is before the Kanji IN command, or the Kanji IN / OUT command is (ESC) K / (ESC) H. It depends on the hospital. In the case of a patient card that has already been adopted in a hospital (embossed and magnetic data is also stored), the kanji patient name data is not stored because it is used to call the patient data to the host computer. Not not. Therefore, even one hospital needs two types of formats.

Next, FIG. 10 shows usable characters of the patient card information and the patient card information example, and FIG. 11 shows the display example. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing decryption information storage positions and storage contents of a format card that can read the patient card even if the patient card has different format parameters as described above. As shown in the figure, the decoding information storage position of the format card is in the order of start code, card identification information, AE information format (FT) parameter, Kanji IN command, Kanji OUT command, end code, and parity check. There is. The A to E information correspond to the “category” and the “information” in FIG. 10, and show the patient code, name (Katakana), date of birth, gender and name (Kanji), respectively.

In XXX of AE information in the figure, data indicating the storage position (starting character address) of each information and capacity (the number of characters) are stored. The xx
Two XX before XX indicate the head character address, and XX after the XX indicates the number of characters. Further, ΔΔ in the figure indicates a functional character.

In the case of the standard format patient card shown in FIG. 9, the stored contents of the decoding information of the format card of FIG. 12 are as follows. (DEL) FT0112 1322 3507 4201 4324 (ESC) (SO) (ESC) (SI)
(DEL) (LRC) where "0112" is the patient code that is A information,
It is indicated that the number of characters is stored at “12” at the beginning character address “01”. In the above "1322", the name (Katakana) which is the B information is located at the beginning character address "13" and the number of characters is "2".
2 ”is stored. Hereinafter, "3507", "4201", ... Show the same contents as above.

The above (ESC) (SO) uses (ESC) (SO) as a Kanji IN command and uses as a Kanji OUT command.
(ESC) (SI) is used. In the above example, for example, when the number of characters of the patient code is 8 digits and the other format parameters are the same as the standard format, the stored contents of the decoding information of the format card of FIG. 12 are as follows. Becomes (DEL) FT0108 0922 3107 3801 3924 (ESC) (SO) (ESC) (SI)
(DEL) (LRC) In addition, for example, when the storage position of the patient code information is different from the standard format only in the point before the Chinese character IN command, the stored contents of the decoding information of the format card of FIG. It becomes the street. (DEL) FT5512 0122 2307 3001 3124 (ESC) (SO) (ESC) (SI)
(DEL) (LRC) Kanji IN / OUT commands are (ESC) K / (E
When the format is different from the standard format only in the point of SC) H, the stored contents of the decoding information of the format card of FIG. 12 are as follows.

(DEL) FT0112 1322 3507 4201 4324 (ESC)
(K) (ESC) (H) (DEL) (LRC) Next, the data stored in the ROM 32, that is, the ROM map will be described with reference to FIG.
In the ROM 32, as shown in the drawing, alphabetic, numeric, and katakana (ANK) character font data, default values of slip parameters, setting mode programs, maintenance data display mode programs, test print mode programs, diagnostic modes A program, a normal print mode program, etc. are stored. A storage area as shown in FIG. 14 is set in the RAM 33.

The CD storage pointer is a pointer used for storing magnetic card data at the time of interruption by a read clock signal (RCL) described later. The card data buffer is a memory area for storing one bit of magnetic card data read in synchronization with the read clock signal (RCL) for one address. The read data is temporarily stored in the card data buffer regardless of the type of the card.

The next ID card data is a memory area for storing the data of the patient card. The DR card data and CT card data are areas for storing the contents of doctor card data and comment card data, respectively.

Next, time data is provided. This time data is a memory area that stores the data of the clock IC. The data in this memory area corresponds to the clock I
Updated with C37 data.

Next, there are an EX storage pointer, an EX read pointer, and expanded data. The EX storage pointer is a pointer that designates the storage positions of the 9 dot data that output the character string data to the 9-pin head. The EX read pointer is a pointer for designating a read position when outputting a set of dot data to the print head.

Next, there are a PP storage pointer, a PP read pointer, and paper feed data. The PP storage pointer is
This is a pointer for designating the storage position of the paper feed data for each line feed. The PP read pointer is a pointer that specifies the read position of the paper feed data at the time of line feed. Paper feed data, when creating dot data from card data, etc.
This is data indicating the amount of line breaks to be created. The line feed amount between lines is 4 dots, and the line feed amount when printing the lower half after printing the upper half of Chinese characters is 1/2 dot.

Next, the decryption information is an area for storing the decryption information (see FIG. 12) read from the format card, and there are decryption information storage areas A and B at two places.

FIG. 15 shows the above E set according to the present invention.
The contents of the EPROM 34, that is, an EEPROM map is shown. The new chip is data for determining whether data has not been written in the EEPROM. When data has not been written yet, E
The EPROM manufacturer has data indicating that, for example, 5
Since 5H, AAH, etc. are written, if this data is detected, new data is not written yet EEPRO
It can be judged as M. In this embodiment, EE
After writing the data in the PROM, the data 0 is written in the new chip.

The file name 1 is the name of the slip 1, and a name such as a slip (SLIP) 1 which is easy for the user to remember is stored here. In this embodiment, the name is fixed in advance, but the user may give the name.

The top margin 1 is the top margin of the slip 1, and is the length from the leading edge of the slip to the upper end of the first print line.

The thickness 1 is a paper thickness setting value of the slip 1 and can be set in four steps. This sickness 1
The timer value Ts for controlling the energization time of the solenoid of the print head is stored in.

Arrangement 1 indicates the type of character arrangement of the slip 1. As the character array type of the slip,
There are two types, the one shown in FIG. 16 and the one shown in FIG. In the case of FIG. 16, there is a print area for the patient name, doctor name, etc. between the slip title and the slip content, and in FIG. 17, the patient name, doctor name, etc. are displayed under the slip content. This is when there is a print area.

As is clear from a comparison between the two, the top margins are different from each other, and in the case of FIG. 16, the normal arrangement is such that printing is performed in order, whereas in the case of the slip of FIG. Printing will be performed in reverse order. That is, it is necessary to arrange all the print data in the reverse order, insert the slip from the lower end into the printer, and print it. In this embodiment, the abbreviations representing the normal array and the inverted array are represented by the former as “W” and the latter as “Sita”.

Returning to FIG. 15 again, in the present embodiment, the data of each of the file name, the top margin, the thickness, and the arrangement is set in 5 sets (slip 1 to slip 1).
5), it can be registered in the EEPROM 34.

Further, the EEPROM 34 stores the decryption information A and B read from the format card. In the case of a hospital that newly introduces a magnetic card, naturally, one type of format card is newly created, the format card is passed through the card reader 36 twice, and the decryption information A and B are stored in the RAM 33, respectively. It is stored in the decryption information storage areas A and B.

Next, a procedure for registering the decryption information in the EEPROM 34 will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing how to set various modes, and FIG.
7 is a flowchart showing a procedure for registering the format parameter in the EEPROM 34.

In step S71 of FIG. 18, the EEP is executed.
A determination is made whether ROM 34 is a new chip. If this determination is negative, that is, if it is a new chip, the process proceeds to step S72, where the slip parameter default value (design value) stored in the ROM 32 is set to E.
The operation of writing the slips 1 to 5 of the EPROM 34 is performed. Succeedingly, in the step S73, the EEPROM 3
In the area of 4 new chips, “0”, which is data indicating that it is not a new chip, is written.

When the determination at step S71 is affirmative or when the processing at step S73 ends, step S71
Proceed to 74. In step S74, the slips 1-5
Value is read out from the EEPROM 34 and stored in the RAM 3
The operation of writing to 3 is performed.

Next, in step S75, it is determined whether or not the stop key and the slip key are simultaneously turned on. If this determination is positive, step S76
Then, the setting mode process is set.

When step S75 is negative, the routine proceeds to step S77, where it is judged whether or not the stop key and the comment key are simultaneously pressed. When this determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S78, and the maintenance data display mode process is set.

Similarly, when the stop key and the doctor key are simultaneously pressed, the test print mode process is set, and when the doctor key and the comment key are simultaneously pressed, the diagnostic mode process is set. . When the two keys are not pressed at the same time, the process proceeds to step S83 to set the normal print mode process. Step S
When the setting mode process of 76 is set, the slip setting menu is displayed as shown in step S761 of FIG.

When the setting mode process is started, each key on the slip printer, that is, each key of stop, doctor, comment and slip, is a "menu key", an "up cursor key" and a "down cursor", respectively. Switch to have the meaning of "key" and "registration key". In order to improve usability, it is advisable to attach a setting mode key sticker that means these things under each of the keys in order to make it easy to understand the change of the meaning of the key.

When setting the format parameters in the EEPROM 34, the menu key is pressed in step S762. By this, step S
Proceeding to 763, the slip setting menu is updated to another setting menu. Other setting menus include, for example, slip setting, LCD density setting, slip setting, ID card format setting, idle screen setting, and the like.

In step S764, it is determined whether the patient card format setting menu is displayed on the screen. If the determination is affirmative, step S7
Proceeding to 66, the registration key is turned on. On the other hand, when the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S765, and the menu key is turned on. Then, another setting menu screen is displayed in step S763. FIG. 20A shows an example of the patient card format setting menu screen.

In step S767, a format card request screen is displayed. An example thereof is shown in FIG. Therefore, when the format card is read from the card reader 36, the card data is taken into the card data buffer in step S768.

In step S769, it is determined whether the taken card data is format card data. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S770 and an error screen is displayed. An example of the display,
It is shown in FIG. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S771
When the menu key is turned on, the process returns to step S767 and the format card request screen is displayed.

In step S773, the decryption information storage position designation flag is inverted so that the decryption information is alternately stored in the decryption information storage areas A and B. If "1" in step S774, a process of storing the decryption information which is the format card data in the decryption information storage area A of the EEPROM is performed. If "0" in step S774,
The decryption information that is the format card data is EE
A process of storing in the decryption information storage area B of the PROM is performed.

By performing the above operation when the slip printer is installed, the slip printer can be provided with a function of reading out the format parameters of the patient card already adopted by the hospital. In other words, when delivering a slip printer to a large number of hospitals, the decryption information can be obtained by simply using the format card for that hospital without changing the patient card already adopted by the recipient hospital. By just setting in this way, it can be used in the hospital. Further, even in hospitals that have already adopted magnetic cards, both old and new patient cards can be automatically discriminated and read by the card discriminating means 66 which will be described later.

Next, a method of using the slip printer of this embodiment will be described. When it is used in a hospital or the like, the operator turns on the power supply of the slip printer at the first opening of the morning, and then the card of the doctor who is going to work on the day is read by the card reader 36
Read from. Then, the doctor's card data is
4 is stored in the DR card data storage area of the RAM 33. Next, the operator reads a comment card prepared in advance from the card reader 36.
As a result, the card data of the comment is R in FIG.
It will be stored in the CT card data storage area of AM33.

When the preparation is completed and the slip is issued to the patient, the operator borrows the patient card from the patient and causes the card reader 36 to read it. The read data is stored in the ID card data area. At this time, the previous patient data is erased and the newly read patient data is stored. At this time, the operator sets the slip parameters according to the type of slip to be used. For example, is it a one-sheet or two-sheet form?
Alternatively, the slip parameters are set depending on whether the slip has the character arrangement shown in FIG. 16 or the character arrangement shown in FIG. Of course, when printing the same type of slip, it is not necessary to set the slip parameter each time.

Next, the operator places the slip on the printing table 7 and inserts it into the back. Then, the printing mechanism operates as described above, and as shown in FIG. 16 or 17, the printed slip can be obtained according to the slip parameters selected by the operator.

This slip is, for example, as shown in the figure, the patient's ID number, name, date of birth, sex, and the ID.
Patient card data such as bar code of number, doctor card data such as doctor name in charge, ID number, affiliation, etc., such as "Jikaiha, I'm sorry. Odaijini. Otoiawaseha, TEL ○○-○○○○" It is composed of comment card data, time data, and other data. The contents of the bottom or top of the slips are data input from a nearby terminal when the doctor conducted the examination.

Next, the reading operation of the card reader 36 for reading the above card will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 9A, the read of the card data is performed by the read clock signal (RC
It is performed by the interruption by L). In step S1, it is determined whether a card has been inserted into the card insertion hole 4. This judgment is made based on whether the card load signal is high or low. If it is high, it is determined that it is inserted, and the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the read clock signal (RCL) has fallen. When it has fallen, the process proceeds to step S3 and interrupt processing is performed. In the interrupt process, as shown in FIG. 11B, 1 bit of card data is written in the address of the card data buffer designated by the CD storage pointer (see FIG. 14) (step S301). Then, in step S11 of writing the next data, the clock I
The time data is read from C37 and the time data in the RAM 33 is updated. In step S12, the CD storage pointer is incremented for the card reader 36 and the key (step S302). By the above interrupt processing, the data read by the card reader 36 is temporarily stored in the card data buffer.

Next, the operation before printing using the slip printer of the present invention, that is, the operation of the normal print mode process will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. It should be noted that this operation is executed when the slip printer is powered on and when the card is not inserted and the card is not printed.

In step S11, the time data is read from the clock IC 37 and the time data in the RAM 33 is updated. In step S12, the card reader 3
6, the key 11 and the sensor 27 are processed.

In step S13, when it is detected that the card is removed from the card reader 36 by the low level of the card load signal, the contents of the card data buffer are prevented from being rewritten by inserting a new card. Therefore, the interrupt by the read clock signal is prohibited. In step S14, the read card data is checked. This check is made based on whether the specified data (DEL function character) exists at the beginning and end of the data string and whether the parity is correct.

If it is determined by the above-mentioned check that the card data is correct, the process proceeds to step S16. On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not correct, the process proceeds to step S15,
The liquid crystal display device 1 so that the card can be inserted again.
An error is displayed on 2. Then, it progresses to step S21.

In step S16, an operation for checking predetermined card type discrimination data is performed. This determination is performed based on the card determination information registered in advance on each card. In the case of a patient card, use the Kanji IN command. If it is determined in steps S29 and S291 that the card is not the A type or B type customer card, the process proceeds to step S17 in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined that the card is a customer card, the Kanji IN command is checked and the process proceeds to steps S292 and S293 by the corresponding reading method. In this embodiment, the Kanji IN command is (SP) (S
If it is P), it is determined to be a B type customer card, for example. The print character string generation process will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

In step S17, the value of the card data buffer is converted into character string data of alphabets, numbers, kana (ANK) or kanji and stored in the card data area. For example, doctor card data is stored in the DR card data storage area in FIG.
In step S18, the storage pointer is incremented for writing the next data, and in step S19 the read pointer is set to a value one less than the storage pointer. In step S20, the above card data is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 12.

Since the data transfer from the card data buffer to the card data storage area corresponding to the card has been completed as described above, the operation proceeds to step S21 to initialize the CD storage pointer. Then, the process proceeds to step S22, the interrupt by the read clock RCL is permitted, and the process returns to step S11.

Next, when it is determined in step S12 that the doctor key has been turned on, the process proceeds to step S23, and the DR read pointer is incremented. Next, in step S24, the DR card data is read from the DR card data storage area and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 12.

Next, when the comment key is turned on in step S12, the process proceeds to step S25,
The CT read pointer is incremented. Next, in step S26, the CT card data is stored in the CT.
The liquid crystal display device 12 is read out from the card data storage area.
Is displayed in.

Next, when it is determined in step S12 that the first paper detection sensor 27 is turned on, the operation proceeds to the print control shown in FIG. Also, step S1
When another key, such as the slip key, is turned on in 2,
In step S28, processing such as displaying the slip name and the slip parameters corresponding to the slip name is performed.

Next, referring to FIG. 24, the step S
The print character string generation processing of 30 will be described. Step S50
In 1, the character of the portion designated by the A information FT parameter is fetched from the card data buffer, the character string of the patient code in the first line is created, and stored in the patient data area of the RAM.

Next, in step S502, the character of the portion designated by the B information FT parameter is
The katakana patient name character string of the second line is created by loading from the card data buffer and stored in the patient data area of the RAM.

In the next step S503, the E information F
The character in the portion designated by the T parameter is fetched from the card data buffer, the Kanji patient name character string in the third line is created, and stored in the patient data area of the RAM.

In step S504, the character of the portion designated by the C information FT parameter is fetched from the card data buffer, the patient birth date character string in the fourth line is created, and stored in the patient data area of the RAM.

In step S505, the character of the portion designated by the D information FT parameter is fetched from the card data buffer, and if "M", it is a male; otherwise, it is "female". Assigned to the RA
Store in M patient data area.

By the above processing, the data read from the patient card can be rearranged in the order suitable for the format of the slip. This rearrangement is performed similarly even if the arrangement of information on the patient card differs depending on the hospital,
Obviously, after they have been rearranged, they are all in the same order.

Next, the print control in step S27 will be described with reference to FIGS. Step S31
At, in the card data, characters in the time data, and line feed data, the expansion data and the paper feed data, which are the font data for printing, are created. Step S32
Then, the paper feed motor 42 is driven, and the printing table 7
The slip paper inserted from is sent to the back.

In step S33, it is determined whether the second paper detection sensor 28 is turned on. While the sensor 28 is off, the operation of step S32 is continued, and when step S33 becomes affirmative, step S3 is performed.
Go to 4. In step S34, after the sensor 28 is turned on, the paper feed is continued for a distance corresponding to the top margin of the slip.

In step S35, the head moving motor 44 for moving the head 25 in the X direction (see FIG. 3) is started. In step S36, it is determined whether or not the home position sensor 46 is turned on. When the home position sensor 46 is turned on, the process proceeds to step S37, and the dot pulse (DP) counter is initialized to 0. The initialization of the print head position is achieved by the processes of steps S36 and S37.

In step S38, the interruption of the DP signal is permitted. In step S39, it is determined whether or not the stop key is pressed. When the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S41, and it is determined whether or not printing is completed. When this determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S46, and it is determined whether or not a line feed. When it is not a line break,
Returning to step S39, the printing operation is continued.

When the determination in step S46 is affirmative and a line feed has occurred, the flow advances to step S47 to drive the paper feed motor by the paper feed data designated by the PP read pointer (see FIG. 14). In step S48, the PP read pointer is incremented for the next line feed, and then the line feed flag is reset in step S49. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S39 that the stop key is turned on, the process proceeds to step S40, the line feed flag is reset, and the process proceeds to step S42.
In step S42, the interruption of the DP signal is prohibited,
In step S43, the operation of the head moving motor is stopped. In step S44, the PP and EX read pointers are initialized, and the process proceeds to step S45 in which the paper feed motor 42 is rotated in the reverse direction to return the slip to the front. By the above operation, printing is performed on the slip inserted from the printing table 7. Next, the interrupt operation of the DP signal will be described with reference to FIG. Step S
At 51, the DP counter is incremented. In step S52, it is determined whether or not the DP counter value ≦ 400 holds. When the determination in step S52 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S57, and it is determined whether or not the EX read pointer and the EX storage pointer are equal. When this determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S59, the 9 dot data pointed by the EX read pointer is taken out, and the operation of the solenoid 49 is controlled by the dot data. In step S60, the EX read pointer is incremented for printing by the next DP interrupt. When the result at step S57 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S58, at which the print end flag is set.

On the other hand, when step S52 is negative, the routine proceeds to step S53, where DP counter value ≦ 578.
Is determined, and if the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S54 and the DP counter value = 40.
It is judged whether or not it is 1. When this judgment is positive,
In step S56, the operation of setting the line feed flag is executed. When the result in step S53 is negative, the process proceeds to step S55, and the DP counter value is forcibly set to 1.

By this operation, the card data is printed on one line of the slip paper. In this example, D
Until the P counter value reaches 400, the print head 25 prints, but between 401 and 578, no printing is performed, and only the paper is fed in the Y direction. Then, at 578, the DP counter value is reset to 1 and the next printing is performed.

Next, the configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. In the figure, 61 is a format card, and as the format card 61, one that stores decryption information corresponding to the format parameter of the customer card used by the hospital in which the slip printer is installed is used. It The format card 61 is read by the card reader 62, and the decryption information reading means 63 reads the decryption information. The decryption information is stored in the decryption information storage unit A64 or the decryption information storage unit B75 according to the designation of the decryption information storage position designating unit 74. The decryption information storage means A64 and the decryption information storage means B75 are provided in the EEPROM 34.
Can be used.

Next, when the card 65 is read by the card reader 62, the card discriminating means 66 discriminates the type of the card. In the case of a customer card, the identification information (Kanji IN command) is further checked, and the print character string generation means 6
The customer card data is read according to the decryption information corresponding to No. 7, and the order of the data is converted into a predetermined order and stored in the customer card content storage unit 69.

On the other hand, when the card is not a customer card, it is stored in the person-in-charge card content storage means 70 or the comment card content storage means 71 according to the type of the card. After that, when a slip is inserted into the printing mechanism and printing is started by the printing start means 68, the customer card content storage means 69, the person in charge card content storage means 70,
Data is read from the comment card content storage means 71 and the time data storage means 72 and printed by the print control means 73.

As described above, according to the present invention, even if there are two types of format parameters of the information of the customer card,
By reading the decoding information corresponding to the format parameter into the slip printer, it is possible to deal with the above two types of customer cards.

Furthermore, even if there are two types of patient cards (old type that does not store kanji patient names and new type that is stored) in the same hospital, the patient cards are automatically identified and read. be able to.

In FIG. 1, the dotted line indicates the decryption information corresponding to each format parameter, which is the decryption information storage means A.
64, or a line to be read into the decoding information storage means B75, a solid line is a line to read the data of each card into the storage means 69 to 71 prior to printing, and a thick line is a line for printing the data on the slip. Indicates.

In the present embodiment, the patient card used in the hospital has been described, but it may be used as a customer card in schools such as swimming schools and driving schools.

Further, although the present embodiment has described the printing of both old and new types of patient cards, that is, two types of customer cards having different format parameters, the present invention is not limited to this and a plurality of types of card having different format parameters can be used. It may be used for printing customer cards.

For example, when there are a plurality of different format parameters, the number of decryption information storage means may be increased by a necessary number corresponding to the number of the format parameters.

[0102]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a plurality of types of format cards are pre-read in the slip printer, and the information of the customer card is read by using the decoding information of the read format cards. Since the card is read, it is not necessary to pass the corresponding format card through the card reader before the plural types of customer cards are inserted, and the operability is improved as compared with the conventional device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the slip printer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a printing mechanism of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a slip printer of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of patient card information.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of doctor card information.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of comment card information.

FIG. 8 is a 7-unit code diagram of data used for a customer card.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing storage locations and capacities of standard patient card information.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing usable characters of patient card information and an example thereof.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a print area of patient card information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing storage contents and storage positions of a format card.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a ROM map.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a RAM map.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of an example of an EEPROM map.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a slip obtained by this embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing another example of a slip obtained by this embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an operation of selecting a setting mode process.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an operation of setting mode processing.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of a screen displayed during setting mode processing.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a reading operation of the card reader.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of normal print processing mode processing.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart continued from FIG. 22.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print character generation process in FIG. 22.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of print control processing.

FIG. 26 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 25.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of interrupt processing by a DP signal.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional slip.

[Explanation of symbols]

61 ... Format card, 62 ... Card reader, 63
Decoding information reading means, 64 Decoding information storage means A, 6
5 ... Card, 66 ... Card discriminating means, 67 ... Print character string generating means, 69 ... Customer card content storing means, 74 ... Decoding information storing position designating means, 75 ... Decoding information storing means B

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card data reading method of a slip printer for automatically distinguishing a plurality of types of customer cards by making it possible to read in-card information having different format parameters, and decoding the contents of the customer card. Format card reading means for storing information for storing the read format card, non-volatile storage means for storing decoding information of the read format card, and storing the decoding information each time the content of the format card is read. Decoding information storage position designating means for designating the storage location of the storage means, means for identifying the difference between a plurality of types of customer cards, and decryption information of the customer card identified by the identifying means. A card data reading method for a slip printer, comprising: a printing character string generating means for reading the contents of a customer card based on the above.