JPH10320614A - Card issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a blank card from being sold as a regular card falsely and an unusable card from being issued by giving a mark indicating a card inserting direction for card use to the card when it is judged that specific information is correctly recorded on the card. SOLUTION: A magnetic information writing means 61 when receiving a charge throw-in signal outputs a card issue request signal to a blank card supply device and also outputs a write conveyance command to a conveyance control means 67. Then a signal corresponding to specific amount information is outputted to a magnetic head 44 to write the specific amount information on the card. A magnetic information read means 62 outputs a read conveyance command to the conveyance means 67 to read out the information stored on the card through a magnetic head 44. A write confirmation means 63 compares the information read out of the card with the specific amount information to decide whether or not the information is correctly recorded. When it is confirmed that the information is correctly recorded, an arrow is printed as a mark indicating the card inserting direction at a specific position on the surface of the card.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card issuing device for recording and issuing predetermined magnetic information on a raw card,
The present invention relates to a technology for preventing the purchase and sale of unauthorized cards and the issuance of unusable cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A magnetic card issuing device such as a prepaid card sends out a raw card stored in a raw card storage unit from the raw card storage unit every time there is a request for issuance, and records predetermined frequency information and amount information. And issued. Generally, on the surface of the raw card, an arrow indicating the card insertion direction with respect to the card-using device is printed in advance along with various printed indications.

[0003]

However, in such a system in which only magnetic information is written and issued on a raw card, the appearance of the raw card cannot be distinguished from a card correctly issued from the card issuing device. There is a risk that a raw card may be bought and sold as a legitimate card.

[0004] Further, when a raw card is accommodated in the card accommodating section, if the front and rear directions are mistaken, an unusable card in which the arrow preprinted on the card does not correspond to the recording direction of the magnetic information on the card. Is issued.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to solve this problem and to provide a card issuing device which does not risk buying and selling a raw card as a legitimate card or issuing an unusable card.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a card issuing apparatus of the present invention accommodates a raw card having a magnetic recording surface on which magnetic information can be recorded, and stores the raw card. Card feeding device for feeding the raw cards one by one, a card transport path for receiving the raw cards sent from the raw card feeding device, and a card transport for transporting the raw cards received in the card transport path along the card transport path. An apparatus, a magnetic head arranged on the card transport path for reading and writing magnetic information on a card transported through the card transport path, and a magnetic recording surface of the raw card received from the raw card supply device. Magnetic information writing means for writing predetermined information in a predetermined direction via a head; and information on a card written by the magnetic information writing means via the magnetic head Magnetic information reading means for reading out, a write confirmation means for comparing the information read by the magnetic information reading means with the predetermined information, and confirming whether the predetermined information is correctly recorded on the card, A card insertion direction providing means for providing a mark indicating a card insertion direction when the card is used, when the write confirmation means confirms that the predetermined information is correctly recorded on the card; Issuing card discharging means for discharging a card provided with a mark indicating the card insertion direction by the direction providing means.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a card issuing device 20 according to an embodiment for issuing a prepaid card in which information of a predetermined amount is magnetically recorded. The front surface 10a of the raw card 10 used by the card issuing device 20 is
Each time it is used, it is heat-sensitive so that the remaining amount can be printed. For example, as shown in FIG.
a is a blank state where nothing is printed (a predetermined pattern or character may be printed in advance instead of a blank state).

In FIG. 1, a raw card supply device 21 comprises:
A raw card accommodating portion 22 for accommodating a plurality of raw cards 10 with their surfaces facing upward, and a raw card accommodating portion 22
And a raw card delivery device 23 that sends out the raw cards 10 stored in the card processing device 25 one by one each time a card issuance request signal is received.

The card processing device 25 has a card transfer path 25a of a predetermined length for transferring the card substantially horizontally, and a card receiving port 2 for receiving a raw card at one end thereof.
6 is provided, and a card issuing port 27 is provided on the other end side.

In the vicinity of the card slot 26, a light emitter 28a and a light receiver 28b for detecting the entry of the raw card 10 into the card slot 26 are arranged so as to face each other across the card transport path 25a. , Light emitter / receiver 28a, 28b
In the card issuing port 27, the raw card received from the card receiving port 26 is drawn in, and the defective card is returned to the card receiving port 27.
Conveying rollers 29 and 30 for discharging from the sheet 6 are arranged vertically with their outer peripheral surfaces in contact with each other.

The platen roller 31 and the thermal head 3 are provided on the card issuing port 27 side of the transport rollers 29 and 30.
2 are arranged so as to sandwich the card transport path 25a.
The thermal head 32 is supported by a support member 33,
The support member 33 is rotated by the force of the plunger 34. When energized, the plunger 34 rotates the support member 33 in a direction to move the thermal head 32 into the card transport path 25a.

Platen roller 31 and thermal head 32
The light emitting device 35a and the light receiving device 35
b are arranged so as to face each other across the card transport path 25a.

Two pulleys 37 and 38 are vertically arranged near the light emitting and receiving devices 35a and 35b, and two pulleys 39 and 40 are vertically arranged near the card issuing slot 27. Between the two pulleys 37 and 39 and between the two pulleys 38 and 40 on the lower side.
When the pulley 37 is driven to rotate, the two conveyor belts 41 and 42 are held in a state where both sides of the card are sandwiched between the outer peripheral surfaces of the belts. The card is transported along the card transport path 25a.

The pulley 38 is located between the lower pulleys 38, 40.
, A magnetic head 44 for reading and writing information from and to the card is arranged.
The light emitting device 45a and the light receiving device 45
b are arranged so as to face each other across the card transport path 25a. Also, pulleys 39 and 40 and card issuing port 27
Between them, the light emitter 46a and the light receiver 46b are arranged so as to face each other across the card transport path 25a.

The transport roller 29, platen roller 31, and pulley 37 are driven to rotate by the force of a motor 47. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a motor pulley 48 attached to a rotating shaft 47a of a motor 47 is provided.
And a large-diameter pulley 49 attached to a shaft 37 a of the pulley 37, a driving belt 50 is stretched over the pulley 37.
The gear 51a of the pulley 51 with a gear attached to the shaft 37a of the first gear 37 meshes with the gear 52 attached to the shaft 31a of the platen roller 31. A connection belt 54 is stretched between a pulley 51 with a gear and a pulley 53 attached to the shaft 29 a of the transport roller 29.

Therefore, in FIG. 3, when the motor 47 is rotated clockwise (forward), the card transport path 2 is rotated.
The card in 5a is conveyed to the card issuing port 27 side, and when the motor 47 is driven to rotate counterclockwise (reverse rotation), the card in the card conveyance path 25a is conveyed to the card receiving port 26 side. . Here, the motor 47 has a rotating shaft 47.
A rotary encoder that outputs a pulse every time a rotates by a predetermined angle is built in.

In addition, below the raw card supply device 21,
A defective card accommodating section 53 for collecting the defective card discharged from the card receiving slot 26 of the card processing device 25 is provided.

In FIG. 1, the fee processing unit 55
It accepts the bills and coins inserted by the user, determines the authenticity and the amount thereof, and when the insertion of the predetermined amount is confirmed, collects it and outputs a charge input signal to the control unit 60.

The control unit 60 is constituted by a microcomputer and a driver circuit.
Is controlled. The control unit 60 is configured as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG.

That is, when receiving the charge input signal, the magnetic information writing means 61 outputs a card issuance request signal to the raw card supply device 21 and outputs a write / transport command to the transport control means 67 described later. When a write start signal is received from the transport control means 67, a signal corresponding to the predetermined amount information is output to the magnetic head 44, and the predetermined amount information is written on the raw card 10. In the following description, a card on which no magnetic information is recorded is referred to as a raw card 10, and a card on which magnetic information is written is simply referred to as a card 10.

When the writing of information by the magnetic information writing means 61 is completed, the magnetic information reading means 62
7 to read out the information recorded on the card 10 via the magnetic head 44.

The write confirmation means 63 compares the information read from the card 10 with the predetermined amount information to determine whether or not the predetermined amount information has been correctly recorded on the card 10.

The insertion direction printing means 64 includes the writing confirmation means 6
When it is confirmed in Step 3 that the predetermined amount information has been correctly recorded, a print transport command is output to the transport control means 67, and a print start signal is received from the transport control means 67, and the plunger 3
4 is energized, and an arrow mark, for example, is printed as a mark indicating the card insertion direction at a predetermined position on the surface of the card 10 via the thermal head 32.

When it is confirmed by the writing confirmation means 63 that the predetermined amount information is not recorded correctly, the card collection means 65 outputs a collection and conveyance command to the conveyance control means 67 to store the card 10 in the defective card storage area. The card issuance request signal is output to the card supply device 21 again.

The transport control means 67 includes the light receivers 28b to 46
The card transport is controlled based on the signal b and the pulse signal from the motor 47. When a write transport command is received, the raw card 10 received from the raw card supply device 21 is sent to the card issuing port 27 side. The raw card 10 is conveyed, and the end on the card issuing port 27 side is
A write start signal is output to the magnetic information writing means 61 when a predetermined distance between 45b is exceeded. When receiving the read / convey instruction, the card 10 on which the writing has been completed is conveyed to the card receiving port 26 until the end of the card on the card issuing port 27 side reaches between the light emitting and receiving devices 35a and 35b.

Further, upon receiving a print transport instruction, the card 10 from which reading has been completed is transported to the card issuing port 27 side, and the card 1 on which the arrow mark indicating the insertion direction is printed.
0 is discharged from the card issuing port 27. Further, when receiving the collection and conveyance command, the card 10 from which the reading has been completed is conveyed as a defective card to the card receiving slot 26 side, and the card is collected in the defective card storage unit 53.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit 60. Hereinafter, the operation of the card issuing device 20 will be described based on this flowchart.

A predetermined amount (for example, 100
(0 yen) is input and the charge input signal is output, and the control unit 60 outputs a card issuance request signal to the raw card supply device 21 (S1, S2).

Then, the raw card 10 is sent out from the raw card supply device 21 receiving the request, and when the leading end of the card passes between the light emitting and receiving devices 28a and 28b, the control unit 60 accepts the raw card 10. Check motor 47
Is rotated forward, and the raw card 10 is transported by the transport rollers 29, 30.
Between the conveyor belts 41 and 42 and the card issuing port 2
7 and the card 10 as shown in FIG.
When the rear end reaches the magnetic head 44 beyond a predetermined distance between the light emitting and receiving devices 28a and 28b (writing start position), the writing of the predetermined amount information to the raw card 10 is started (S3 to S6). ).

Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, the card receiving slot 2 of the card 10 in which the writing of the predetermined information has been completed.
After the end on the 6th side has passed a predetermined distance between the light emitting and receiving devices 35a and 35b, the motor 47 is reversed to read out the information recorded on the card (S7 to S9).

Then, the read information is compared with the predetermined amount information, and if they match each other, the motor 47 is rotated forward again, and as shown in FIG. After returning to the printing start position where the side end and the platen roller 31 overlap with each other, the plunger 34 is driven to press the thermal head 32 against the surface of the card, and the motor 47 is again rotated in reverse, as shown in FIG. As shown, an arrow mark 11 indicating the insertion direction when the card is used is printed at a predetermined position on the front surface 10a of the card 10 (S10 to S1).
5).

When printing is completed, the motor 47 is rotated forward and the card is ejected from the card issuing slot 27 (S1).
6, S17).

If the information read from the card does not match the predetermined amount information, the card is conveyed to the card receiving port 26 as it is, and the card is completely ejected from the card receiving port 26 and the defective After being collected in the card storage unit 53, the card issuing request signal is output to the raw card supply device 21 again, and the process returns to S3 (S18 to S1).
9).

As described above, the card issuing device 20 prints and issues a mark indicating the insertion direction only for a card on which predetermined amount information is correctly recorded.

For this reason, by looking at the surface of the card 10, it can be easily determined whether or not the card 10 has been issued legally, and there is a risk that a raw card or a defective card may be bought and sold as a false card. Disappears. In particular, as mentioned above,
When the surface of the raw card 10 is blank, the presence or absence of a mark indicating the insertion direction can be easily recognized, and the discriminating property of the card becomes very high.

Further, even if the direction of accommodating the raw card in the raw card accommodating section 22 is wrong, the recording direction of the predetermined amount information of the issued card always matches the direction of the mark indicating the card insertion direction. The issued card is correctly recognized by the user device, and no unusable card is issued.

In the above-described embodiment, printing is used as a means for giving a mark indicating the insertion direction at the time of using a card. However, this is not limited to the present invention.
A mark indicating the insertion direction may be provided by a punch device, or a mark indicating the insertion direction may be provided by an embossing machine.

[0038]

As described above, the card issuing apparatus of the present invention magnetically writes predetermined information on a raw card, reads it out, checks whether the predetermined information is correctly recorded, and writes the information on the card. It is issued with a mark indicating the card insertion direction at the time of use.

Therefore, it is possible to easily discriminate between a raw card and a correctly issued card, and it is possible to prevent illegal trading of cards.

Further, even if the direction of storing the raw card in the raw card storing section is wrong, the unusable card is issued because the recording direction of the predetermined information and the direction of the mark indicating the card inserting direction correspond. Fear is gone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the front surfaces of a raw card and an issued card;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a part of the mechanism according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a main part of the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 raw card 20 card issuing device 21 raw card supply device 22 raw card storage unit 23 raw card feeding device 25 card processing device 25a card transport path 26 card receiving port 27 card issuing port 32 thermal head 34 plunger 44 magnetic head 47 motor 55 charge Processing unit 60 Control unit 61 Magnetic information writing unit 62 Magnetic information reading unit 63 Write confirmation unit 64 Insertion direction printing unit 67 Transport control unit

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 26, 1997

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] All figures

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

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Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Makoto Goto 5-10-27 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Anritsu Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A raw card supply device for receiving a raw card having a magnetic recording surface capable of recording magnetic information and feeding out the stored raw cards one by one; A card transport path for receiving a raw card, a card transport device for transporting the raw card received in the card transport path along the card transport path, and reading and writing of magnetic information on the card transported on the card transport path A magnetic head arranged on the card transport path; magnetic information writing means for writing predetermined information in a predetermined direction on the magnetic recording surface of the raw card received from the raw card supply device via the magnetic head; Magnetic information reading means for reading the information of the card written by the information writing means via the magnetic head; Writing confirmation means for comparing the received information with the predetermined information to confirm whether or not the predetermined information is correctly recorded on the card; and that the predetermined information is correctly recorded on the card by the writing confirmation means. When it is confirmed that the card is inserted, the card insertion direction providing means for providing a mark indicating the card insertion direction when the card is used, and the card provided with the mark indicating the card insertion direction by the card insertion direction providing means is ejected. A card issuing device provided with an issued card discharging means.