JPS61249183A - Card selecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a card selecting device which decreases widely the labor of a human being by reading automatically an information to show the contents of an input and discharging automatically it four card storing rooms in accordance with the contents of the information. CONSTITUTION:A card 1 with an information recording surface under a hopper 7 is laminated and mounted and a selecting key is pushed, and then, the data for 52 cards using a random number list are sent from the external memory device to a CPU and the data are divided equally into four, A-D groups for 13 pieces each and stored. When the selecting key is pushed again in accordance with an indication, a horizontal shifting stand 18 is driven in a right direction, a reading head 19 reads an information (bar code) printed on the card 1 and sends to the CPU. The CPU judges to which of the A-D groups the information belongs, drives a stepping motor 32 and shifts the position of storing rooms 34-37 to the corresponding place. Here, the CPU rotates a motor 22, drives a solenoid mechanism 26, and then, the card 1 is discharged from a discharging port 15 to a relative storing room. The action is repeated, 52 pieces are selected and processed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field of the invention]

The present invention relates to a sorting device for cards, particularly playing cards, on which barcode information, magnetic information, OCR information, etc. are recorded.

[Background of the invention]

It is known that Trumpdeme has a game called Contract Bridge. This is 2ff for 4 people.
i compete in a game, and when dealing cards ν
Since all 52 cards in total are dealt, 13 per person, this is the card with the highest number of cards in the Trump Deme. If this league match is held and 50 teams play, the game will be played 2450 times, so the total number of cards will be 129850. Considering the action of cutting cards in addition to this, it will be difficult for the person who deals It will require a lot of effort and patience.

[Objective of the Invention] This invention was made in view of the above points, and the information recorded on the card that represents the contents of the card is automatically read by a reading head, and the information recorded at 4m is read out according to the information content. Card sorting is configured to automatically eject cards into the card storage chamber, greatly reducing human effort! II. [Summary of the Invention J] That is, in the card sorting 111 according to the present invention, a reading head and a conveying means for sequentially conveying the stacked cards starting from the lowest card are set under the base on which the cards are stacked. In addition, it has multiple storage chambers near the card ejection port,
By setting the vertically movable stacker means, the force, −
When the card is in a stationary state, the information on the card is read, the contents are determined by a computer, the stacker means is moved and stopped at a position according to the contents, and the card is ejected by the conveyance means and stored in the target storage chamber. It is. Embodiments of the Invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of a card 1 used in the present invention. On one side, a pattern 2 of the card type, that is, a clover, a diamond, a heart, and a spade, and a letter 3 representing the permutation are shown. The cards are printed and can be visually identified by humans. Further, on the same side, information 4 that can be read by a machine to identify the type of card is printed in the form of a barcode in this example, and is read by a reading head, that is, a barcode sensor, which will be described later. Note that the information 4 may be magnetic information or OCR information, and the reading head corresponds to a magnetic head or an OCR sensor, respectively. In FIG. 2, cards 1 are stacked on a hopper 7 made up of bases 5 and 6 with their information printing surfaces 1a facing down.
A weight 8 is placed on the top of the card 1. h-do 1
When stacking and mounting the cards, one set of cards, that is, the last 53rd card out of 53 cards, is always placed with the utmost attention to be separated into one set. Insertion slot 9 is card 1
It also serves as a dating means to pass through one sheet at a time, and 1
There is a gap of one card between July 0 and Loaf 11. Inside the base 5.6, there are 11 handles ff12 for reading the information 4 of the card 1 when the card is in a stationary state.
, $1, llI21F) carrier Pi13.14, and a stacker means 16 for sorting and accommodating the cards 1 discharged from the discharge port 15 are set. The reading means 12 is a horizontally moving table 1 driven by a motor 17.
8, a reading pad 19 fixed to the horizontal moving table 18 and moving parallel to the card 1, and a sensor 2 for positioning the card 1.
0.21 Tokara 9, reading information 4 on card 1 is read while Rad 19 is moving horizontally. The first conveyance means 13 includes a drive roller 23 driven by a motor 22, a link mechanism 25 that rotates around a shaft 24 in order to bring the drive roller 23 into contact with the car P1 or to retreat from the car P1. Solenoid @926, which is the drive source for rotating the link mechanism 25, and its return spring 2
7, when conveying the card 1, the motor 22 drives the drive roller 23, which is normally retracted from the card 1, and then the solenoid mechanism 26 is driven to rotate the link 25, and the drive roller 23 is moved away from the card 1. The card 1 is conveyed by contacting the card 1. The second conveying means 14 consists of a driving roller 228 provided between the date means 9 and the discharge port 15, and a driven roller 29 pressed against the driving roller 228, and the driving roller 28 is the first conveying means. The card 1 is conveyed while being sandwiched between a drive roller 28 and a driven cooler 29. Further, sensors 30 and 31 for detecting the card 1 are provided before and after the second conveyance means 14 to detect the end of the card 1 passing therethrough. The stacker means 16 includes a stepping motor 32 and a vertically movable table 33, which is moved and stopped in the vertical direction by the stepping motor 32, and storage chambers 34, 35, 36, 3 for 4 pieces.
7, a disc 39 attached to the ring of the stepping motor 32, and a disc 39 arranged around the disc 39 for detecting the notch of the disc 39' to detect the rejuvenating position. consisting of a series of sensors 40.41.42.43;
The vertical moving table 33 is moved and stopped at a predetermined position according to a command from the combinator, the entrance of one storage chamber is made to correspond to the discharge port 15, and the card 1 is stored in the predetermined storage chamber. 44 is an outlet of the container 38. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the processing control circuit section for the card sorting device configured as described above, in which the central processing unit 71
45 (CPU), a selection key 46, a representation section 47, an external storage device 48, and the like. FIG. 4 is a timing diagram of control by the processing circuit. The selection operation of the card 1 will be explained in relation to such a processing circuit. A total of 795 cards 1, for example, 15 sessions, with the information recording surface 1a facing down, are stacked in the hopper 7, and the dust 8 is placed on top of them. At this time, 5 points for one set of cards
The third card always has a ν layer-force to differentiate one set of cards. In this state, execute the preset processing program and press the selection key 4 according to the instructions on the display section 47.
When 6 is pressed, data for 52 cards using a random number table is sequentially sent from the external memory table a48 to the CPU 45, and the sent data is stored inside the CPU 45 in groups of 13 A and 13 cards B.
It is divided into four groups: group 0, group D, and at the end of group D, y
One piece of data corresponding to m-force is given and stored. These A, B, 0, and D groups each have a containment room of 34.35
．． 36.37, and it is better to judge that one set of cards is divided into four equal parts. When the selection key 46 is pressed in accordance with the next instruction on the 0 display section 47, in this example, the timing chart shown in FIG. As shown, since the sensor 20 has already detected the position of the horizontal moving table 18, the motor 17 is rotated clockwise, and the horizontal moving table 18 is driven to the right as shown in FIG. A sensor) 19 reads information (barcode) 4 printed on the car P1, and the read data is sent to the CPU 45 via a decoder. In the CPU 45, the sent read data is classified into groups A, B, and 0.
It is judged to which group it belongs: Group D, Group D, or ■-force. In this example, the read data is determined to belong to group A,
When the sensor 21 detects the position of the horizontal moving table 18, the motor 17 is controlled to stop. If the sensor 42 has not yet detected the notch in the disk 39, this means that the storage chamber 36 is facing the ejection port 15, so if the card 1 is ejected as it is, it will belong to group 0. Become. Therefore, C
The PU 45 sends a rotation direction command CW1 step number 22 (Z is the number of steps equivalent to the moving distance of one storage chamber) and a start command to the control system of the stepping motor 32, and the stepping motor 32 moves CW, that is, 22 steps clockwise. After rotating and moving the vertical moving table 33 upward by two storage chambers, the sensor 40 detects the notch in the disc 39 and stops. Therefore, since the entrance of the storage chamber 34 faces the ejection port 15, if the card 1 is ejected here, this card will correctly belong to group A. When the detection signal of the sensor 40 is sent to the GPU 45, the CPU 45
A counterclockwise rotation drive signal for 2 is generated. Due to the rotation of the motor 22, the driving roller 23.2B is rotated counterclockwise, and the driven roller 29, which is in pressure contact with the driving roller 28, is also rotated, but the driving roller 2j is still in contact with the card 1. Therefore, when the solenoid mechanism 26 is driven, the link mechanism 25 is rotated clockwise around the shaft 24, and the rotating drive roller 23 is pressed against the card 1. , card 1 begins to be conveyed. At this time, since the date hand R9 consisting of the block 10 and the roller 11 has only a gap for one card, only one card 1 is conveyed through the date means 9. When the sensor 30 detects the leading edge of the transported card 1, the solenoid mechanism 26 opens with a slight delay (the time required for the leading edge of the card 1 to drive from the sensor 30 and reach the roller 28), and then returns to its original state. The link mechanism 25 rotates counterclockwise around the shaft 24 due to the tensile force of the spring 27 and the weight of the drive roller 23, etc., and the drive roller 23 separates from the card 1 that was in contact with it and moves to the first conveying means. The conveyance by is completed. therefore,
The drive roller 23 continues to rotate, but does not transport the next card 1. When the card 1 reaches the #I2 transport means 14, the card 1 is held between the drive roller 28 and the driven roller 29 and is transported. Then, it is swept out from the discharge port 15 and stored in the storage chamber 34 by inertia. At this time, the rear end of the card 1 is detected by the sensor 31, the motor 22 is controlled to stop based on this detection signal, and the reading operation for the 0th card 1, which completes the processing for one card, is started.The above operation is repeated for 52 cards. When the 53rd card is sorted, the information on the strength of the 53rd card is read, and the card is stored in the storage chamber 37, the sorting operation for one set of cards is completed. Then, the container 38 is taken out from the opening 44, and the empty container 38 is set on the vertical moving table 33 instead, and the processing operation for the next set is performed. P1 is
You may also distribute 13 cards each belonging to Group A, Group B, Group 0, and Group D (excluding the card from Group D) to 4 people, or prepare a set of selected cards for the number of games in advance. You can leave it there. [Effect of the Invention 1] As described above, in the card sorting device according to the present invention, by simply stacking several sets of 533-card cards in the hopper and operating them according to the instructions on the display, Since the information on the card is read while the card is stationary and is automatically stored in a predetermined storage chamber, it has the effect of greatly reducing human labor. Moreover, since information can be read when the card is in a stationary state, it is very effective in making the device compact.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a card used in the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a card sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. #13 is a processing circuit section that drives and controls the above device. FIG. 4 is a timing chart of control signals by the processing circuit section. 1... Card, 7... Hopper, 9... Date means. 12... Reading means, 13... First conveying means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A hopper for stacking the cards, a conveying means for sequentially conveying the stacked cards, a date means for passing the cards one by one, and a hopper for storing the information recorded on the cards. A card characterized by comprising a reading means for reading the card when the card is in the state, and a stacker means having a plurality of storage chambers for receiving and accommodating the ejected card by moving and stopping in response to the information content of the card. Sorting equipment.