JPH09282532A - Preventing device for illegal use and forgery of prepaid card or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply the prevention device to a device which treats the magnetic prepaid cards and to prevent the use of forged cards and the forgery of cards of zero balance. SOLUTION: A card 1 inserted through a card slit 2 is sent to a magnetic card reader/writer 9 and read and written there. Then the card 1 is returned to the slit 2. The device of such a constitution is provided with a breaking means which breaks the magnetic recording surface of the card 1 by means of a mechanical or thermal means, while the card 1 of zero balance is returned to the slit 2. The breaking means is actuated by a signal of zero balance. At the same time, a casing placed between the slit 2 and the reader/writer 9 is provided with a vibration sensor 5 which detects the recessing/projecting parts of the magnetic recording surface of the card 1, a sensor which identifies the denomination sorting color applied on the card surface and a breaking means which breaks the magnetic recording surface of the card 1 via a mechanical or thermal means when the card 1 of zero balance is ejected. Thus, a function is secured to immediately eject illegal cards forged or altered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a prepaid card for a pachinko machine, a telephone card, an orange card, etc. When the balance of a prepaid magnetic card becomes 0 in use, the card is destroyed in a non-reusable state. The invention relates to a device for preventing unauthorized use / counterfeit of prepaid cards and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Prepaid cards for pachinko CR machines,
Magnetic cards made of PET, such as telephone cards and orange cards, have a high level of security in terms of magnetic recording methods and codes. Also, prepaid cards for pachinko CR machines are common throughout Japan. For cards purchased at other stores, read the data on the magnetic recording surface of the card at the store's card reception machine to check for fraud and other illegalities, and then re-encode the data such as store encryption before use. I am able to do it. That is, the card is intended to prevent abuse of a forged / altered card by applying a high degree of security such as magnetism.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the card that has been subjected to a high degree of security such as magnetism is obtained and analyzed, and the device that handles the card is obtained by an unauthorized means. Forgery the card by filling the punch holes of the card and re-encoding
There has been a problem in that it is impossible to prevent these illegal cards in a device that handles the card because it can be altered.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a card inserted from a card insertion port is conveyed to a card magnetic reading / writing device for reading / writing, and the insertion port is inserted. In a card reading / writing device adapted to be returned to a card, a card having a balance of 0 is provided with a destruction means for destroying the magnetic recording surface of the card by a mechanical means or a thermal means on the way to the insertion slot. A vibration detection sensor for detecting irregularities on the magnetic recording surface of the card in the housing between the card insertion slot and the magnetic reading / writing device of the card, and the denomination coating of the card surface so that the card is operated by the signal of the balance 0. Forgery / alteration is provided by providing a sensor for identifying the color and a destruction means for destroying the magnetic recording surface of the card by mechanical means or thermal means when the card with a balance of 0 is discharged. If an incorrect card has been inserted, characterized in that a function of directly discharging.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. The card 1 is inserted into the housing from the card insertion slot 2 and is conveyed by the conveyance roll 3 driven by the drive source 4. Midway uneven vibration detection sensor,
The thickness detection sensor 5 identifies whether the card does not have regular irregularities such as corrugations, or whether it is a modified card pasted with adhesive tape or the like. If the card is NG, immediately return it from the card insertion slot 2. To be done. When the identification by the uneven vibration detection sensor and the thickness detection sensor 5 is OK, the color identification sensor 6 identifies the denomination coating color of the card, and the card handling device outside the housing handles the card handling device with the carrier roll 8. It is conveyed to the magnetic reading / writing device 9. The card handling device magnetic reading / writing device 9 collates the card denomination identified by the color identification sensor 6 with the face value of the read card, and accepts the card only when the balance is not fraudulent. As a result of the use, the card with a balance of 0 is returned to the card insertion slot 2, and a pair of flat plates are formed by interlocking the card with a corrugation processing device or a laser beam / halogen light irradiation device 7. By passing between the teeth of the gear, wavy unevenness is formed on the card magnetic recording surface, or thermal destruction is caused by irradiation with a laser beam or halogen light. If an unauthorized card is created based on the card that has been subjected to this process, both can be identified by the uneven vibration detection sensor and the thickness detection sensor 5, and therefore it is possible to prevent the use of a forged / altered card. The present invention may be attached to the outside of the conventional machine or may be incorporated therein.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a card reading / writing device in which a card inserted from the card insertion port is conveyed to a card magnetic reading / writing device for reading / writing and then returned to the insertion port. Then, a card having a balance of 0 is provided with destruction means for destroying the magnetic recording surface of the card by mechanical means or thermal means while returning the card to the insertion slot so that the card is activated by the signal of the balance 0 and the card is inserted. A vibration detection sensor for detecting irregularities on the magnetic recording surface of the card in the housing between the mouth and the magnetic reading / writing device of the card, a sensor for identifying the denomination coating color of the card surface, and a card with a balance of 0 When the card is ejected, a destruction means for destroying the magnetic recording surface of the card by mechanical means or thermal means is provided, and if a fraudulent card such as forgery / alteration is inserted, it is directly ejected. As it is equipped with a function, prepaid magnetic cards such as pachinko-only prepaid cards, telephone cards, orange cards, etc. can be obtained by analyzing the cards that have been subjected to a high level of security in addition to the conventional magnetic and other cards, and handle the cards. It is possible to prevent counterfeiting and use that was possible by obtaining the device by unauthorized means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 card 2 card insertion slot 3 transport roll 4 drive source 5 unevenness vibration detection sensor, thickness detection sensor 6 color identification sensor 7 corrugation processing device or laser beam, halogen light irradiation device 8 card handling device transport roll 9 card handling device magnetic Read / write device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A card inserted from a card insertion port is conveyed to a card magnetic reading / writing device for reading / reading.
In a card reading / writing device that writes data and returns it to the insertion slot, the magnetic recording surface of the card is destroyed by mechanical or thermal means while the card with a balance of 0 is returned to the insertion slot. A device for preventing unauthorized use / counterfeit of a prepaid card or the like, which is provided with a destruction means for operating the balance and is operated by the signal of the balance 0. 2. A vibration detection sensor for detecting irregularities on the magnetic recording surface of the card in a housing between the card insertion slot and the magnetic reading / writing device for the card, and a sensor for identifying the denomination coating color of the card surface. When a card with a balance of 0 is ejected, a destruction means for destroying the magnetic recording surface of the card by mechanical means or thermal means is provided, and if a fraudulent card such as forgery / alteration is inserted, it is directly ejected. A device for preventing unauthorized use / counterfeiting of cards such as prepaid cards that has a function to enable 3. A mechanical destructing means for meshing a pair of spur gears with a gap through which a card can pass and meshing the spur gears so as to form corrugated irregularities on the magnetic recording surface of the card. A card unauthorized use / counterfeiting prevention device such as the prepaid card according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A card unauthorized use / counterfeiting prevention device for a prepaid card or the like according to claim 1, further comprising a thermal destruction means for thermally destroying the magnetic recording surface of the card by irradiating a laser beam or a halogen light.