EP2776176A2 - Dispositif et procédé d'appariement de cartes et de supports de cartes, de manipulation de cartes et/ou de tri de cartes, ainsi que magasin de cartes - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé d'appariement de cartes et de supports de cartes, de manipulation de cartes et/ou de tri de cartes, ainsi que magasin de cartes

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EP2776176A2
EP2776176A2 EP12787350.3A EP12787350A EP2776176A2 EP 2776176 A2 EP2776176 A2 EP 2776176A2 EP 12787350 A EP12787350 A EP 12787350A EP 2776176 A2 EP2776176 A2 EP 2776176A2
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card
cards
manipulator
buffer
carrier
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Heiner Kudrus
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Boewe Systec GmbH
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Boewe Systec GmbH
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to an apparatus and a method for merging cards and card carriers, for handling cards and / or for sorting cards.
  • Corresponding devices are known, for example, from WO 2008/107839 A2, from WO 2004/039711 A1, from DE 10 2004 053 562 B4 or from US Pat. No. 4,866,259.
  • WO 2008/107839 A2 discloses a device for merging of cards and card carriers in an Applizier Scheme in which cards and card carriers are married to each other via an industrial manipulator, with a card providing for the supply of cards to the Applizier Scheme and with a card carrier channel for supply of card carriers, which are usually in the form of letters and the like, to the Applizier Scheme.
  • the cards in the card carrier channel are checked and recorded electronically to the extent that a corresponding letter can be printed with a corresponding address and guided in the card carrier channel synchronously to the corresponding card to the Applizier Scheme.
  • the cards are applied in the Applizier Scheme on the card carriers, the manipulator also rejects bad cards on a separate stack, which must then be removed manually.
  • WO 2004/03971 1 AI discloses a cache or a card magazine in which cards can be cached according to a fifo principle.
  • US 4,866,259 and DE 10 2004 053 562 B4 each disclose devices with which cards that are to be applied to card carriers, can be personalized.
  • these cards for example, with personalized data, such as a personal photo of a user, the user name or the like, provided.
  • the object mentioned at the outset solves a device for merging cards and card carriers in an application area, in which cards and card carriers are married to one another via an industrial manipulator, with a card supply for supplying cards to the application area and with a card carrier channel for supplying Card carriers to the Applizier Scheme, which is characterized in that at least one card processing station and / or a measuring station and / or a reversible intermediate memory are arranged within reach of the manipulator.
  • a measuring station for detecting certain card properties, such as a camera, in particular with a suitable image recognition, a magnetic strip release, a chip reader or the like, in the immediate vicinity of the manipulator, which accordingly also makes the entire apparatus much more compact leaves.
  • the reversible buffer is in contrast to the discharge point for faulty cards, which is disclosed in WO 2008/107839 A2, advantageous because any cards that are fed by sorting errors or other previous errors erroneously about the card provision, there cached can be, so that the actual Appliziervorgang can be followed undisturbed. Cards can be picked up again by the manipulator via the buffer at the appropriate time if suitable card carriers are available. In particular, this is advantageous in conjunction with card processing stations, over which possibly any errors are corrected, such as corresponding electronic writing devices for chips or other memory cards.
  • the object mentioned at the outset also solves a method for merging cards and card carriers in an application area, in which cards and card carriers are married to one another via an industrial manipulator, the method being characterized in that the manipulator recognizes the card after receiving a card and supplies, as needed, to a card processing station and / or a metering station and / or a reversible latch prior to marrying the card carrier.
  • a card transport can be provided, which transports cards out of the area of the manipulator, so that the cards, which ultimately have to be sorted out or otherwise reworked, also during become accessible to the process operation.
  • a card transport for example, a separate conveyor, such as a conveyor belt, or even a card slide or the like.
  • groups of cards can be sorted out together, for example, by a card-collecting car is used accordingly.
  • the manipulator may accordingly be advantageous to use the manipulator also for sorting out card carriers, for whatever reason, for example because they are defective. This can be done, for example, by the manipulator manipulating a card carrier accordingly with an effector arranged on it, for example, simply sweeping it over a corresponding surface and pushing a card carrier aside. Likewise, if necessary, the effector, which is provided for the cards, such as a sucker, can be used to capture a card carrier and store it elsewhere for sorting. [13]
  • the advantages of a manipulator can be optimally utilized, in particular, if at least two intermediate memory locations are arranged within the reach of the manipulator.
  • cards are in particular money cards, credit cards or similar cards.
  • SIM cards or chips in particular telephone chips, can accordingly be married as cards with card carriers.
  • the term "cards" comprises flat, substantially rigid bodies which are not larger than 10 by 10 cm.
  • the provision of cards includes, in particular, the card channel known from WO 2008/107839 A2, but also corresponding magazines, as disclosed there.
  • card delivery may also include a table or chute insofar as it is appropriately ensured that the manipulator can recognize and pick up a card as such.
  • this makes it possible to avoid a complex sorting process in advance and, for example, individual cards can be very easily fed to a corresponding device by merely placing them on a corresponding table.
  • the manipulator takes cards directly from a magazine. Also can serve as a cache memory arrangements, such as stacking compartments or certain storage locations of a card provision.
  • a card carrier is specifically requested for a card located in the buffer and provided via the card carrier channel, whereby, for example, incorrectly assigned cards or cards which have been stored in the buffer since an associated card carrier, with this card should be married, had to be rejected as faulty in an intermediate inspection, can be quickly and reliably transferred back into the overall process.
  • the object stated at the outset also solves a device for merging cards and card carriers in an application area, in which cards and card carriers are married to one another, with a card supply for supplying cards to the application area, with a card carrier channel for supplying card carriers the Applizier Scheme and with a cache for caching at least two cards, wherein the device is characterized in that the cache has independently addressable buffer locations.
  • the cache has independently addressable buffer locations.
  • the input asked task also solves a magazine for cards with at least one input and / or output and with a plurality of card slots having card memory whose card slots are displaced relative to the input and / or output by means of a drive, which thereby distinguishes that each of the card slots an absolute or relative address is assigned and a control drives the drive until an addressed card slot is located at the input and / or output.
  • a magazine usually provides for a substantially one-dimensional arrangement of the card slots in staple magazines are arranged linearly or successively and in rolling magazines in a closed path.
  • the control of the drive preferably has a signal input for specifying a card location address, so that a corresponding card slot easily and precisely at the input and / or output for an input of a card in the card magazine or in the corresponding cache or for a Issue or removal of a card from the card magazine or from the corresponding cache can be requested.
  • a signal output for indicating when a particular card slot is located at the input and / or output.
  • the latter may be, for example, the exact address, an identification of a card located under this address in the magazine, or simply a binary signal, the latter when the desired card location address has been reached.
  • the indication at the signal output preferably takes place only when the card location is also accessible via the input and / or output, so that erroneous accesses can be limited to a minimum in this way without further measures.
  • An absolute addressing of the card slots can be implemented particularly easily if each card slot is assigned an address carrier carrying a unique address and an address tag device is provided in a spatially fixed relationship to the drive on which the address bearer relocates the card slots pass.
  • the access time can be kept to a minimum, especially for roller magazines or endlessly arranged card slots.
  • a reversal of direction otherwise also allows a flexible use of the card magazine, while endlessly arranged card slots also allow space saving independent of this, a large number of card slots in the card memory.
  • At least one card holder can be assigned to each card slot be, which has a recess and the recess on at least two sides surrounding holder edge, which comprises a card support, so that in the region of the recess adhesive may be present on the cards. It is understood that this feature is also vorteilharft advantageous regardless of the other features of the present invention in a card magazine or a cache.
  • the object mentioned at the outset also solves a method for merging cards and card carriers in an application area, in which cards and card carriers are purposefully married to one another, whereby possibly unsuitable or separately to be treated cards are temporarily stored in a buffer, wherein the method is characterized in that the cards are selectively removed from the cache and married with an associated card carrier.
  • a card carrier corresponding to this card may be provided in the application area before the targeted removal of a card from the intermediate memory, wherein this may optionally also be carried out with or after the targeted removal of the card in so far as a corresponding programming is used to select a card located in the buffer as to be applied at a specific time. The actual removal can then take place at a time that card carrier and card, which are to be married to each other, get synchronized in the Applizier Symposium.
  • each card carrier a card carrier data set and each card assigned a card record and two to be married card carrier and cards are initially identified and the targeted removal from the cache occurs when the identified card carrier is supplied to the Applizier Scheme. In this way, the process can be carried out extremely effectively.
  • the intermediate memory may have intermediate memory locations that can be accessed directly and individually by the manipulator, so that a targeted removal of these intermediate memory locations is possible.
  • magazines can also be used without further ado, in which case they can be stack magazines, for example, which likewise operate on the filo principle.
  • magazines as disclosed for example in WO 2004/039711 AI, are used, wherein preferably each one input and / or output of the magazines, be it stacking magazines or rolling magazines or other magazines, are arranged in the region of the manipulator , Depending on the concrete implementation of the present invention, these magazines may have addressable memory locations, so that a targeted removal is also possible here, which is not possible with magazines having non-addressable memory locations per se without individual card recognition.
  • this manipulator depending on the specific implementation of this invention either directly an intermediate storage space or drives but picks up a card of an input and / or output of a buffer or drops there.
  • the manipulator stores cards at different intermediate storage locations and resumes them as needed and / or if the temporary storage device comprises a magazine with an output, from which the manipulator receives a card as required after providing the magazine with the appropriate card on the issue. All this leads to an extremely flexible process management with a compact design of the corresponding system.
  • At least one card processing station is arranged within reach of the manipulator, in particular since this allows a correspondingly compact construction of the device.
  • the benefits of combining a manipulator with at least one card processing station, especially in several card processing stations are so serious that already at a device for handling cards with a card providing and a card output and a manipulator, in the range of both the card provision and the card issuance is arranged, as this is disclosed for example in WO 2008/107839 A2, by a card processing station within reach of the manipulator also regardless of an application to a card carrier, a compact processing of cards is possible.
  • personalization devices such as those disclosed in US Pat. No. 4,866,259 or DE 10 2004 053 562 B4 also make possible an extremely compact arrangement, since card issuing, card supply and processing stations can ultimately be arranged very close to each other around the respective manipulator , In particular, further processing stations can be arranged accordingly close to the other components of this device.
  • cards must also be sorted. This happens, for example, in a separate working step and on a separate machine before applying on a card carrier in which, for example, cards of different types, such as a personalized cash card and a non-personalized gift card are alternately placed in a magazine, which then fed to a Appliziervorraum so that the cards from this magazine can be successively removed and fed to the application area. Not only the order of the cards is to be sorted, but also possibly the position of the card - ie the front or rear side upwards or a certain orientation in the map plane - to be influenced in a targeted manner. Corresponding sorting processes may also be necessary if any accidents happen and, for example, a filled magazine falls down and suddenly empties.
  • sorting operations may become necessary if, for example, personalized cards are provided in one magazine and cards personalized in another magazine, the personalized cards possibly also having to be sorted, for example, to letters which to be sent to different countries or sorted by postal code should be applied.
  • a corresponding sorting device for sorting cards with a card providing and a card output is relatively compact, if this includes a cache and an industrial manipulator, which takes cards from the card provision and sorted at the card issuing sorted using the cache.
  • the buffer can be used in particular even in such an arrangement but also in the aforementioned arrangements. In that sense, the cards to be sorted or otherwise processed or handled can also manually or otherwise abandoned as the cache and sorted from there or be led to further processing or handling in the device or in the process.
  • a card or the like can be used as card provision, so that the card can be fed into the corresponding sorting apparatus in a very simple and unordered manner, especially if they sort in a specific implementation both in terms of their order and their orientation can, with correspondingly preferred embodiments, which are helpful in this regard, will be explained below.
  • the object mentioned also solves a method for sorting of cards, which is characterized in that the cards are removed by means of an industrial manipulator of a card provision and sorted output at a card output, for sorting the cards are optionally cached.
  • the card issue includes multiple issuers.
  • multiple dispensers or a card dispenser to different dispensers allows sorting according to different types of cards, such as the presence of a magnetic stripe and / or a chip, or types of cards, such as money or credit cards, chips, SM cards or Telephone chips, electronic memory cards or the like is.
  • a measuring station or a card processing station is provided, such that automatic recognition of the card or its orientation and, optionally, processing, in particular, for example, personalization is possible.
  • a very good sortability and compact design If one or more measuring stations or one or more card processing stations are within reach of the manipulator, particularly many corresponding measures can be carried out in a compact manner in a spatially very limited, ie compact area in a compact manner.
  • the advantages of a manipulator on a sorting device or in connection with a sorting method can be optimally utilized, in particular, if at least two intermediate storage locations or at least three intermediate storage locations are arranged within reach of the manipulator, which are arranged in two dimensions relative to one another. Depending on the specific configuration of the manipulator, even a three-dimensional arrangement of intermediate memory locations for cards can be provided, if accordingly many intermediate memory locations should be available compactly.
  • Such an embodiment of the device, in which the manipulator itself reach several buffer locations and there store cards or recording is structurally very easy to implement and allows without further action, cards very individual and cacheable in a compact space and very flexible again in the corresponding process due.
  • maps can also advantageously be selectively removed from the cache memory during sorting processes and output sorted at a suitable location.
  • the buffer can have buffer locations which can be reached directly and individually by the manipulator, so that a Targeted removal of these buffer locations is possible.
  • magazines can also be used without further ado, in which case they can be stack magazines, for example, which likewise operate on the filo principle.
  • magazines as disclosed for example in WO 2004/03971 1 AI, are used, preferably each one input and / or output of the magazines, be it stacking magazines or rolling magazines or other magazines, arranged in the manipulator are.
  • these magazines may have independently addressable memory locations, so that a targeted removal is also possible here, which is not possible with magazines having non-addressable memory locations per se without individual card recognition.
  • the removal takes place from the buffer by a manipulator of the sorting device, said manipulator depending on the specific implementation of the present invention either directly an intermediate storage space or drives a card of an input and / or output of a Takes intermediate storage or deposits there.
  • a measuring station in particular, for example, a camera, or even a card processing station, such as a stamp or a Device for applying a gluing point, also directly on the manipulator or on its effector, he may be the only part of a handling device or an applicator or sorting device may be arranged.
  • the manipulator turns the card as needed. Accordingly, a method for merging cards and card carriers and / or for sorting and / or handling cards in which the cards are brought from a card providing to a card issuing by means of a manipulator when the manipulator turns the card as needed is also advantageous. As a result, a suitable sorting of the cards can be carried out in a compact manner.
  • the card is detected by a camera before turning so that its orientation can be determined. This can be done for example by a suitable image recognition or by a comparison with stored in a database card-specific data.
  • the orientation is determined cumulatively or alternatively via the position of a magnetic strip or other components that can be detected by means of other measuring stations.
  • the position of the magnetic stripe may possibly be determined by several Trial operations.
  • a device for handling or sorting of cards or a device for merging of cards and card carriers with a manipulator has at least one assembly of a Wenders for turning the cards. Accordingly, it is of course of particular advantage in this case if the entire turner is provided on the manipulator, which however - depending on the specific embodiment of the manipulator or its effector - may possibly be very complicated.
  • the manipulator has only a correspondingly rotatable gripper or card holder, but does not have its own motor drive, so that the manipulator performs, for example by passing a projection on a corresponding rotational movement to turn the card.
  • the inverter comprises on the one hand the correspondingly rotatable card holder and on the other hand the corresponding projection, which in turn is not arranged on the manipulator, as an assembly.
  • the terms “turner” and “turn” refer to a rotation of the map in which the Rotation axis in the map plane or parallel thereto. By turning a top or bottom of a card can thus be replaced. To distinguish this is a rotation, in which an associated axis of rotation is aligned perpendicular to the map plane, so that the card rotates in its map plane.
  • a magnetic strip can be brought into the correct position or else the orientation of a card on a card carrier can be influenced in a suitable manner, wherein such a rotation is also possible, for example, in the arrangement according to WO 2008/107839 A2 by means of the manipulator disclosed therein.
  • the manipulator comprises a leno assembly.
  • the orientation of a card can be changed not only when applying but also independently thereof in interaction with processing or measuring stations, so that for example both sides of a map can be detected by a camera.
  • a magnetic stripe reader can read both sides of a card or even try to read at different positions of a card. The same applies of course to other processing and measuring stations.
  • a turner and / or a turner are arranged on an effector of the manipulator.
  • This allows a particularly compact design of the entire arrangement and in particular a compact process control, since a turning and / or turning during the movement of the manipulator can be performed.
  • two differently effective card carrying tools are arranged on an effector of the manipulator. This allows a particularly high degree of flexibility in the handling of the card by the effector especially while the manipulator is in motion.
  • a first card carrying tool may be particularly adapted to receive cards from a tray or from a stack, which may, for example, be implemented by a sucker.
  • a sucker By means of such a nipple and an application on a card carrier is very easy.
  • a gripper is used, which engages a card, so to speak, with "pointed fingers" from above
  • Such a gripping since cards are naturally relatively thin, usually relatively prone to error, especially if high accelerations by the Manipulator are conditional.
  • a sucker it is understood that other suitable Hebez. Carrying tools may be used, such as electrostatic acting adhesive devices or the like, each of which interacts with a flat side of a card with this.
  • suckers or other card carrying tools which act essentially from one side of a card on this, is that a turning is very difficult and in particular under relatively large space is possible. With respect to the respective card carrying tool turning is even excluded, as long as this holds the card.
  • the situation is different with grippers or similar card carrying tools, which interact with a card from the side.
  • Such tools can readily perform a turning operation, but it is extremely difficult to apply by means of such tools a card on a card carrier or deliberately store. For this purpose, further measures are usually necessary if this is even possible.
  • such a card carrying tool especially if it embraces the card from both surface sides, carries a card relatively reliable, but this may have the disadvantage that certain areas of the card for editing or for measuring are not accessible, as this may are covered by the gripper or assemblies of the corresponding card carrier tool.
  • the second of the two card carrying tools on the effector is a gripper or a similar carrying device acting on the card from two opposite sides.
  • a manipulator is a horizontal articulated-arm robot, as shown by way of example in WO 2008/107839 A2.
  • an articulated-arm robot is extremely flexible and, on the other hand, sufficiently stable even at high speeds of movement or accelerations.
  • robots or manipulators with serial kinematics for example articulated arm or portal manipulators, or with parallel kinematics, for example hexapod or delta robots, are possible as manipulators, with horizontal articulated arm robots or SCARA (as already explained above) being preferred.
  • Selective Complaints Assembly Robot Arm) - robots can be used because they are both cost-effective and on the other hand build relatively stable even at high speeds.
  • the manipulator carries on one arm, preferably on its effector, a camera and / or another measuring station.
  • This can be for example a bar code reader, with a suitable image recognition and a camera can be used as a bar code reader.
  • a magnetic stripe reader or an RFID reader or another chip reader may be provided on the manipulator.
  • the latter is advantageous because the reading of electronic storage on a card is often relatively time consuming, so that reading a relatively long time is available while the manipulator holds a card and possibly even processing stations, such as a device for applying a Glue point or a complementary arranged elsewhere magnetic stripe reader aneutic.
  • a processing station such as a chip card writing instrument or the like, on the manipulator or on the effector.
  • a card printer such as an inkjet or foil printer, especially for printing images, a Receiveembosser, means for writing a magnetic stripe and / or means for describing an electronic memory on a card, so a personalization of the corresponding card can be implemented in a particularly compact way, especially for small series or for custom-made, for example, if a personalized card lost gone is of considerable advantage.
  • the card processing station can in particular also comprise a means for applying a splice to a card, which can be implemented, for example, by applying a corresponding gluing point or by spraying an adhesive or by gluing a double-sided adhesive label.
  • a means for applying a splice to a card which can be implemented, for example, by applying a corresponding gluing point or by spraying an adhesive or by gluing a double-sided adhesive label.
  • Such application means may possibly also be provided on the manipulator or on its effector, wherein, since there is usually regular refilling, an arrangement in the vicinity of the manipulator or in its range is advantageous, so that the corresponding splice shortly before the application can be applied to a card carrier on the card.
  • a database contains not only card-specific information sorted according to card types and types, which is already known from the prior art, but also visual information and / or location information about modules of the card of at least one type of card and / or one type of card in contrast to the prior art in devices for merging cards and card carriers and / or in devices for sorting and / or handling of cards regardless of the other features of the present invention quickly and reliably aligned a map depending on the desired specifications and on a card output, if necessary sorted output or applied to a card carrier.
  • This is particularly advantageous when cards are completely unsorted, for example, lying on a table, the appropriate device supplied. In particular, even if indeed extremely rare but not entirely avoidable misalignments can thereby be intervened even during a major contract corrective, so that the actual, the large order processing process is not or only slightly affected or impaired.
  • the corresponding devices preferably include measuring stations by means of which information relating to the visual information and / or position information about assemblies in the database can be measured on a corresponding card.
  • these may be corresponding cameras that capture such visual information.
  • scanners can be used in this regard.
  • the object mentioned at the outset also solves a device for merging cards and card carriers and / or for sorting and / or handling cards with a card-specific information sorted according to card types and types, which device is characterized in that it a reversible cache having at least one buffer space and that the database contains card-specific information about a cached in the buffer space map.
  • a subsequent assignment of a card located in the cache to a card carrier can be done in a compact manner, wherein - depending on the specific implementation of this solution - a corresponding card carrier before, during or after the card is stored in the cache, can be requested ,
  • a corresponding process control to retrieve a corresponding card from the buffer system in a targeted manner and to use the associated card Card carrier married, if this is then provided accordingly.
  • the card carrier channel has measuring stations, which detect a particular card carrier as such, whereupon a corresponding card is then selectively removed from the temporary storage and married to corresponding card carriers.
  • the reversible intermediate memory is addressable, which greatly facilitates the method procedure described above, irrespective of whether it is merely a handle or a sorting or application, wherein this is even further simplified if the buffer is independently addressable so that a targeted removal from the cache can be done at any time and very quickly.
  • an order may be issued to provide a suitable card carrier before, during or after an associated card is placed in the cache. This ultimately depends on when can be determined in the procedure, that for a card a suitable card carrier is not available, for example, because this had to be subsequently eliminated in a check before marrying.
  • the card carrier can be created according to specifications from a database, taking into account the respective card-specific information in the database.
  • a correspondingly personalized cover letter can be generated, which is then married as a card carrier with the associated card, which in turn is temporarily stored in the buffer until the corresponding card carrier is created.
  • a card in a preferred embodiment of the method, can be selectively removed from the temporary storage when an associated card carrier is supplied to the application area.
  • individual data of the card carrier are preferably measured for this purpose, for example by optical image acquisition and recognition of an address field or by reading a bar code, and the intermediate storage location of the respective card can be determined on the basis of the measured values from a database.
  • Such a procedure is extremely flexible, since ultimately corresponding card carriers can also be manually inserted into the card carrier channel.
  • the individual data of a card carrier located at a specific point of the card carrier channel is generally known, if necessary by a corresponding measurement or acquisition, or, alternatively, of course, on the basis of this Information targeted addressing the corresponding buffer space done.
  • the present invention solves the above object also a method for handling cards with a manipulator whose effector has a first card-carrying tool, wherein the method is characterized in that one of the first card carrying tool of the manipulator transferred card to a second card carrying tool, then manipulated the card manipulated, checked, turned, rotated, - especially in faster movements - held or stored more secure, and then passed back to the first card carrying tool of the manipulator.
  • card carrying tools in particular, for example, suckers or other card carrying tools only applied to one surface of a card, are particularly suitable for certain operations, such as lifting off flat surfaces or stacks and placing them on flat surfaces or stacks, while such Card carrying tools for other activities, in particular for a turning process or a two-sided processing are ultimately unsuitable.
  • card carrying tools which can be used in particular as second card carrying tools and which grip a card from either side from its front and back or from two opposing edges, are generally much more secure in holding a card, and then discard or recording without further complementary measures is usually relatively difficult.
  • the second card carrying tool does not necessarily have to be arranged on the manipulator or on an effector of the manipulator.
  • a map turner can also be arranged within reach of the manipulator, so that a card can be transferred to the map turner, turned and then picked up again by the second card carrier tool, in such an embodiment, the inverter has the second card carrying tool, which the card during the Wendens wears.
  • the second card carrying tool is also provided on the effector of the manipulator, so that a card received by the first card carrying tool of the manipulator can be transferred to a second card carrying tool of the effector, which accordingly also exists independently of the other features Invention the above-mentioned object in a method for handling cards with a manipulator whose effector has a first card carrying tool triggers.
  • the first card carrying tool may in particular be a card carrying tool which can grasp and carry a card from only one card surface
  • the second card carrying tool is preferably a card carrying tool which feeds a card from two sides encompasses two edges.
  • the first card carrying tool can be a gripper
  • the second card carrying tool does not have to be arranged on the manipulator and yet, for example, a sucker or other only one Surface acting card carrying tool is, for example, which is located directly above the Applizier Silver continuous card carriers and can apply a card by lowering, while the gripper passes the corresponding card previously to this second card carrying tool from below.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first sorting device with a manipulator in perspective
  • FIG. 2 shows a second sorting device with a manipulator in perspective
  • Figure 3 shows a further sorting device with a manipulator in perspective
  • Figure 4 seen the device of Figure 3 from another direction;
  • Figure 5 shows an Appliziervorraum with a manipulator in perspective
  • FIG. 7 shows a further application device with a manipulator and a
  • FIG. 9 shows a further application station with a manipulator and a card channel for
  • FIG. 10 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 9 in a detail view from another
  • Figure 1 a further Applizierstation with a card channel as a card providing and a conventional Applizierer and an independently addressable magazine as a buffer memory;
  • Figure 12 shows the arrangement of Figure 1 1 from a different perspective
  • FIG. 13 shows another application device with a manipulator in perspective
  • Figure 14 shows a further Appliziervorses with a manipulator in perspective
  • FIG. 15 shows another application device with a manipulator and several
  • Figure 16 is a perspective view of a first effector for a manipulator
  • Figure 17 is a perspective view of a second effector for a manipulator
  • FIG. 18 shows the effector according to FIG. 17 with the card in a different perspective
  • Figure 19 is a perspective view of another effector
  • Figure 20 is a perspective view of another effector
  • FIG. 21 schematically shows an occupancy of a database
  • Figure 22 is a section through a card magazine
  • Figure 23 is a Schamtician front view in the direction of arrow XXII on the
  • Figure 24 is a plan view of a card holder of the card magazine of Figures 22 and
  • Figure 25 is a plan view of an alternative card holder
  • Figure 26 is a side view of the card holder of Figure 25.
  • Figure 27 is a plan view of another Appliziervorraum.
  • the handing device 1 or sorting device 2 illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises, as a card providing device 20, a table 26 on which different cards 5 can be placed in different arrangements. These may be, on the one hand, cards 5A with personalized data, cards 5B with magnetic stripes, cards 5C with one chip, cards 5D printed only with the same image, or else SIM cards 5E. It is understood that in this regard, quite different cards can be processed accordingly.
  • the handling device 1 or sorting device 2 moreover has a manipulator 50 with an arm 51 which carries an effector 55 as a horizontal articulated-arm robot with which the cards 5 are gripped and, on the one hand, at different intermediate storage locations 61 of two intermediate storage 60 or at delivery points 16 can be stored to magazines 17 a card issue. Also, in the area of the manipulator 50, a card processing station 53 or measuring station 54 is arranged in the form of a chip card reading and writing device 7.
  • FIG. 1 Not shown in FIG. 1 is a camera which, depending on the specific embodiment, is stationarily directed on the table 26 or arranged on the effector 55, so that the cards 5 can be visually detected and grasped by the manipulator 50 in the desired manner.
  • the card processing station 53 or measuring station 54 it is also possible via the card processing station 53 or measuring station 54 to read any chip cards or also to describe them specifically for personalization.
  • the manipulator can specifically control or address the individual intermediate memory locations 61 and thus independently address them. Since the cards 5 can be stored in the temporary storage 60 and also removed there again from the manipulator 50, it is a reversible intermediate storage 60.
  • a chute or the like this naturally occurs immediately when the manipulator 50 deposits a card 5 on the chute accordingly, unless a separate tilting or holding device is provided which holds or even inserts a card 5 at a temporary storage location 61 Accumulation of multiple cards allowed until a decision to sort out card 5 was made. Also, a conveyor belt or a trolley may be provided by means of which cards 5 or groups of cards 5 can be sorted out as needed.
  • the handling device 1 or sorting device 2 according to FIG. 2 essentially corresponds to the arrangement according to FIG. 1, so that multiple explanations of identical or identically acting assemblies are dispensed with. Also in the following embodiments will proceed accordingly.
  • the arrangement according to FIG. 2 comprises two magazines 62, which are designed purely mechanically corresponding to the magazines according to WO 2004/039711 A1 as rotating intermediate storages 60.
  • these magazines 62 have been modified in addition to the embodiment of the prior art to the effect that the individual buffer locations of these magazines are individually addressed independently, so that maps can be specifically removed from certain buffer locations and stored there.
  • the arrangement according to FIG. 2 also has a temporary store 60 with intermediate storage locations 61 arranged side by side and in front of and behind one another, as is also provided in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG.
  • This sorting activities can be performed much easier than with the magazines 62.
  • one of the provided with memory locations 61 in two dimensions plates is not used as a cache as in the embodiment of Figure 1, but as a card output 15 with multiple dispensers 16, which then as needed according sorted stacks of cards can be removed manually.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 can also be combined with one another and extended by further intermediate memories 60 or card processing stations 53 and measuring stations 54, it being already apparent from the drawing that for this purpose in the area of the manipulator 50 remains sufficient space, so that in this way a special compact design is readily possible even with a variety of aggregates.
  • the devices shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are also a handling device 1 or sorting device 2, in which, however, cards 5 are fed from magazines 22 in a conventional card supply 20 by means of a card channel 21 known per se.
  • the card channel 21 has a removal opening 21 A, through which a card 5 the card channel 21 by means of a gripper 59, which is provided on the effector 55 of the manipulator 50, can be removed.
  • cards 5 can easily be taken out of the card channel 20, sorted and returned so that any errors found in a sorting order of the magazines 22 can be corrected.
  • the card channel 21 can again open into a magazine or else lead to an application area or to similar devices.
  • another card output which is not shown here, may be provided.
  • the Appliziervoriques 3 comprises a manipulator 50, in whose range on the one hand an Applizier Scheme 10 for marrying the cards 5 with card carriers 6 and on the other hand a buffer 60 with a plurality of spaced apart in two dimensions buffer locations 61 and a plurality of processing stations 53 and measuring stations 54 are arranged.
  • this Appliziervoroplasty 3 comprises a card carrier channel 31 with a supply 32 and a measuring station 34 which leads to the Applizier Scheme 10 and starting still another measuring station 34 for a final inspection, a folding station 35 and an output 36.
  • the card carrier 6 letterhead which are to be married to the cards 5, accordingly, the processing station 33 is a printer and the supply 32 is a corresponding printer shaft.
  • the printed letterheads are checked in the measuring station 34 via a camera, not shown, and possibly sorted out, which just makes a temporary storage necessary.
  • the card carriers 6 or the letters are married to the cards 5, whereupon again a measuring station 34 follows, which likewise checks via a camera whether the correct card 5 has been applied to the correct card carrier 6. This is followed by folding in the folding station 35 into finished letters, which are then provided at the output 36 for further treatments.
  • a chip card and magnetic stripe reader as measuring station 54 and two glue dot dispensers as processing stations 53 are arranged within reach of the manipulator 50 so that personalized information can be read out on the respective cards 5 before the corresponding cards 5 be cached in the cache 60.
  • a corresponding print job is then issued to the printer 33, wherein the measuring station 34 in turn informs, if a corresponding card carrier 6 was accurately and correctly manufactured, that the manipulator 50 removes the appropriate card 5 from the buffer 60 and in the Applizier Scheme 10 at the associated card carrier 6 applied.
  • the glue dot dispenser which are used only immediately before applying a card 5, a corruption of the adhesive, the cards 5 or other components of the device can be effectively avoided.
  • the effector 55 is directly suitable as a rotator by being rotated about its vertical axis, so that here a separate numbering is not made.
  • the effector 55 includes a passive inverter assembly 71 that can be rotationally fixed or released only about a horizontal axis. Via a prism as a further turning assembly 71 within reach of the manipulator, a card can now optionally be turned if it lies with its top side down on the table 26 and just the other way around on the card carrier 6 is to be applied.
  • a configuration has the advantage that it can be dispensed with a complex motor system on the effector 55 for turning.
  • the cards 5 fed via the card channel 21 correspond to a standard large-volume order, whereby personalized data of a card 5 are read via a chip and magnetic stripe reading device as the measuring station 24 and a corresponding print job is issued to the printer 33.
  • the corresponding card is provided with a glue point at a processing station 23 and removed from the card channel 21 by means of the manipulator 50 and to the corresponding card carrier 6 applied. If a card carrier 6 already placed in order is sorted out at the measuring station 34, an application by the manipulator 50 does not take place, but instead the respective card 5 is stored in the temporary storage 60 without an adhesive point. There is a new print job to the printer 33, so that the card removed from the buffer 60, provided with a glue point on the processing station 53 and applied to the corresponding card carrier 6 when the re-printed card carrier 6 passes the measuring station 34 and is not sorted out ,
  • the manipulator 50 also takes 5 cards that are on the table 26 of the card providing 20, puts them in the chip and magnetic stripe reader of the processing station 54 in order to record these data and then also temporarily store in the buffer 60 until a corresponding card carrier 6 is ready for application in the Applizier Scheme 10 after issuing a corresponding print job.
  • FIG. 7 also essentially corresponds to the arrangements shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, but in contrast to the arrangement according to FIG. 6, a card channel 21 and a table 26 of card supply 20 have been dispensed with.
  • the card provision here includes only 4 magazines 22.
  • the arrangement of Figure 7 corresponds to the arrangements of Figures 5 and 6 and similar to these in their operation.
  • the manipulator 50 each removes cards 5 from the magazines 22, the type of card or card type per magazine 22 being known. In this respect, the manipulator 50 only puts the cards 5 on the trained as a chip and magnetic card reader measuring station to then start a correspondingly personalized print job, with a respective card is then cached accordingly long. Non-personalized cards can be fed directly to the Applizier Scheme 10 and there at a corresponding card carrier 6 are applied. Before application, all cards 5 are first supplied to the processing station 53 for application of a glue dot.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 8 essentially corresponds to the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 7, but only three magazines 22 are used and a chip and magnetic stripe card reading and writing device is provided as card processing station 53 and measuring station 54.
  • a further card processing station 53 is provided within reach of the manipulator 50, which is able to visually personalize cards or to personalize, in this embodiment, a film printer for printing photos, especially passport photos, is provided at this point , Since this personalization takes a relatively long time, card blanks are first printed accordingly and also individualized according to their magnetic strip or chip and stored in the buffer 60. Only then is a corresponding print job for the card carrier 6 issued.
  • the cards 5, bypassing the intermediate memory 60 can be applied directly to a respective card carrier 6, whereby an intermediate storage of such cards 5 may take place if a card carrier 6, which has already been addressed, is temporarily rejected due to any errors becomes.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 also essentially corresponds to the embodiment according to FIG. 6, wherein a table 26 for card supply was dispensed with.
  • the card feeder 20 also includes a not individually numbered plate, which substantially corresponds to the plate of the buffer 60, so that here individual cards can be stored easily, which can then accommodate the manipulator 50 as needed. In this case, these cards can be read and recognized via the processing station 53, so that a database can make a corresponding assignment.
  • the applicator 3 shown in Figures 11 and 12 uses a conventional applicator per se, however, a buffer known per se in the prior art has been modified as a buffer 60 in the form of a magazine 62 by providing it with independently addressable memory locations has been provided.
  • a card located in the intermediate memory 60 can be removed from the intermediate memory 60 again as required and fed individually to the application area 10 via the card channel 21, in which a conventional applicator 11 is provided for the cards.
  • the measuring station 34 which personalized data of the corresponding card carrier 6 reads out the associated cards 5 are specifically requested for the respective card carrier 6 from the memory 60.
  • cards 5, to which, for whatever reason, no card carrier 6 is available in good time, but which are donated from the magazine 22 can be temporarily stored in the intermediate memory 60.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 essentially correspond to the arrangement according to FIG. 6, but instead of the table 26, a separate plate, which corresponds to the buffer 60, is used as additional card supply 20, so that here an arrangement is similar the arrangement shown in Figure 9 is present and only the plate of the card providing 20 is arranged elsewhere.
  • the database 90 directly controls the magazines 22 and thereby predefines the basic rhythm of the application apparatus 3 according to FIG.
  • the database is finally issued by the magazine 22 card 5, which then issues a corresponding print job to the printer 33, so that the corresponding card 5 and the corresponding card carrier 6 are married accordingly can.
  • the cards are placed in the cache 60 and a new print job is issued.
  • each card is provided with a glue dot before the application at the card processing stations 53.
  • the manipulator 50 with its effector 55 is designed both as a turner and as a turner, so that a separate turner assembly 71 can be dispensed with.
  • another card processing station 53 is provided, by means of which double-sided adhesive labels can be applied to the cards 5, which is preferable to a glue point of liquid adhesive in certain card materials.
  • a printer 33 in the card carrier channel 31 is dispensed with.
  • the card carriers 6 are provided separately in this embodiment.
  • a card carrier 6 is checked via a camera 37 at the measuring station 34 and a corresponding order is issued for issuing a card from the magazine 22, which are then fed to the application area 10 via the card channel 21.
  • Special cards can be provided via the separate plate of the card provision 20, which if appropriate - similar to any incorrect deliveries from the magazine 22, can also be temporarily stored in the buffer 60 until a suitable card carrier 6 is ready.
  • the arrangement according to FIG. 15 has the buffer memory 60, three instead of the intermediate buffer 60 being shown in FIGS.
  • Personalization stations 25 are provided, in which held in magazines 22 cards 5 can be personalized very personalized.
  • Such a personalization relates in particular to punching or embossing as well as printing of the respective card 5, either with logos of the companies issuing the cards or with images of the respective users, which can be done by suitable printers, such as ink jet printers and film printers, can be put into practice.
  • the effectors 55 shown in FIGS. 16 to 20 may each be used in the manipulators 50 of the embodiments explained above, depending on the specific implementation.
  • a first card carrying tool 56 which comprises a nipple 57, which in turn is vertically displaceable, as indicated by the double arrow 56A as an example in FIG. 16, but also in the other embodiments according to FIGS. 17 to 20 implemented.
  • a card 5 as shown by way of example in FIG. 18, can be easily grasped and carried on one of its sides. This allows, in particular, a removal of any stacks or of any surfaces on which the cards 5 lie, as well as an application to card carriers 6.
  • the effectors shown in FIGS. 16 to 20 have a second card carrying tool 58, which comprises a gripper 59, by means of which the cards 5 can be gripped on opposite edges, whereby this gripper 59 moves away from the gripper of the gripper Embodiment according to Figures 3 and 4 differs, which engages the cards each at its top and bottom.
  • a second card carrying tool 58 which comprises a gripper 59, by means of which the cards 5 can be gripped on opposite edges, whereby this gripper 59 moves away from the gripper of the gripper Embodiment according to Figures 3 and 4 differs, which engages the cards each at its top and bottom.
  • the gripper 59 has respective rigid arms 59A each carrying an active gripping element 59D which is displaceable parallel to the plane of the cards 5.
  • the gripper element 59B is actively driven and can be moved by motor or by a corresponding actuator in the map plane on the map to and from this card.
  • the gripper members 59B are moved toward the card 5 by the actuator and the card 5 is positively gripped in this manner. Then the first card carrying tool 59 can release the card 5.
  • the gripper members 59B may be passively formed so that the first card carrying tool 56 grips the card between the gripper members 59B, which are biased toward the cards, for example, by springs. To remove the card, the first card carrying tool 56 can then be reconnected to the card 5 and push it out of the gripper members 59B by appropriate force.
  • a chip card reader is additionally arranged as the measuring station 54, against which the card 5 can be pressed by means of the first card carrying tool 56, so that a chip card of the card 5 is transported during transport can be read with the effector 55.
  • FIGS. 16 to 18 a chip card reader is additionally arranged as the measuring station 54, against which the card 5 can be pressed by means of the first card carrying tool 56, so that a chip card of the card 5 is transported during transport can be read with the effector 55.
  • the 17 and 18 also has a camera as a measuring station 54, by means of which, on the one hand, image recognition and barcode recognition on the card for reading in personalized data can be carried out.
  • the camera 14 can also be used for targeted application and its control and for finding maps on a table 26.
  • the gripper elements 59B are rotatably mounted in the arms 59A, whereby it is ensured by corresponding latching elements that they can rotate only when a card 5 is gripped by the gripper elements 59B. In this way it is ensured that the gripper elements 59B maintain their position when no card 5 is gripped by them. By the way, the position of the card can be secured by the first card carrying tool 56 when a card 5 is gripped.
  • a corresponding backup is opened by the withdrawal of the nipple 57, when the effectors 55 shown in Figures 16 to 18 are guided to a stationary Wenderbauuite 71 and thus the manipulator 50, the corresponding card 5 selectively applies. Accordingly, the gripper elements 59B are also turning assemblies 71 of a reverser 70.
  • the gripper elements 59B of the effectors 55 shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 are actively rotating, ie they are designed with their own motor drive about a horizontal axis. For this reason, in these two embodiments, the gripper elements 59B are the only ones that provide the turner assemblies 71, so that the effector 55 of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 is also a turner 70.
  • both arms 59A can be moved away from the cards or onto the card 5 via joints, so that active gripping can take place. The same applies to the arrangement according to FIG. 20, wherein only one arm 59A is horizontally displaceable there, which is realized via a slide. It is understood that in the arrangements according to FIGS. 19 and 20 measuring stations 54 or card processing stations 53 can also be provided, as is indicated by way of example in the exemplary embodiments according to FIGS. 16 to 18.
  • extensions 59C are provided on the gripper elements 59B in the exemplary embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20, making it possible to grasp cards 5 in a similar manner as with tweezers. For turning, however, it is preferable to place cards with the first card carrying tool 56 in the central rotational center of the gripper members 59B.
  • the database 90 As shown by way of example in particular in FIGS. 9, 13 and 14, there are card carrier data records 91 and card data records 92, so that a corresponding data comparison can be carried out without further ado.
  • the card data record 92 in addition to personalization data 93 and card type data 94, which is already known per se, the card data record 92 also has visual information 95 or position information 96, as indicated by way of example in FIG. Likewise, information about the type of card may be stored in the respective map data record 92. By virtue of such a database 90, it is possible to carry out targeted card alignment automatically.
  • the magazines 62 can be constructed in different ways.
  • a more detailed example of a magazine 62 is shown in Figures 22 and 23 and comprises a housing 110 within which a plurality of card holders 1 1 1 are provided on a circulating around rollers 1 13 band 1 12.
  • the upper deflection roller 1 13 is driven by a drive 1 14, which in turn can be set and stopped by means of a control 1 16 in the desired manner.
  • the control 1 16 is connected via a line 1 17 with a signal input 1 1 8 and signal output 119, which are realized in this embodiment via a common plug, which also ensures a power supply. [135] In addition, the control 1 16 is connected via a line, not shown, with an address device 120, which addresses, which are as binary code 121 (see Figure 24) on the card holders 1 1 1, which serve as address carrier 122, attached , reads out and to the driver 116 are.
  • the latter is designed in this case such that the drive 1 14, like a stepping motor, only stops when a card holder 1 1 1 is exactly in position with respect to the input and / or output 63, ie in this embodiment exactly horizontal (FIG. Horizontal 123) is positioned so that a card input or card output can be done.
  • the card holder 125 comprises outer equipment 126, which delimit and define the card spaces 15, in particular radially outward. Via a lateral opening 127, cards 5 can be inserted or pushed out of the input and / or output 63 into the card spaces 15 by engaging corresponding drive devices in the openings 127.
  • card holder 1 11 and addresses carrier 122 can not necessarily be realized on an identical module but also in different modules.
  • Both card holders 1 1 1 and 125 each have a recess 128 which is realized in these embodiments by a complete relinquishment of material at this point, but possibly also by a corresponding thinner material layer of the card holder 1 1 1, 125 in a corresponding area can be formed.
  • the recess 128 has a holder edge 129 of the respective card holder 1 1 1, 125 at least on two sides, in these embodiments, even on three sides, each forming a card support 130, so that a splice to a card 5 in the region of Recess 128 in the magazine can not degenerate so fast.
  • the application device 3 shown in FIG. 27 comprises a sorting device 2, and two manipulators 50, wherein a first manipulator 50 has within its reach on the one hand an application region 10 for marrying cards 5 with card carriers 6 and on the other hand a buffer 60 with several magazines 62 and has respective outputs 63, while a second manipulator 50 has in its range on the one hand on the magazines 62 associated inputs 63 and on the other hand, several output points 16 not explicitly illustrated magazines.
  • sorting operations can be carried out between the magazines, not shown, with the delivery points 16 and the outputs 63 and the first manipulator 50 with the aid of the magazines 62, so that these assemblies are part of the sorting device 2.
  • machining stations 53 or measuring stations 54 and the like can also be arranged within reach of the manipulators 50, so that a handling device can also be present here in each case.
  • this application device 3 comprises a card carrier channel 31 which leads to the application region 10.
  • the card carrier 6 letterhead which should be married to the cards 5, depending on the specific implementation of this embodiment, even more stations, as already explained above, may be present.
  • the magazines 62 are each provided with circularly arranged card holders in a circular card memory 140 which rotates, as indicated in the lower part of FIG. It is assumed here that a card memory 140 designed in this way permits very high rotational speeds and a large number of card slots in relation to the card memory shown in FIGS. 22 and 23. Such an embodiment also makes it possible to dispense with movable bands for conveying the card holders.
  • the card memory 140 can also be used in particular for the card holders 11 1 or 125.
  • Applicator 50 Manipulator
  • E SDVI card 56 first card carrier tool card carrier 56A direction of displacement chip card reader and writer 45 57 Sucker

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L'invention concerne un dispositif pour l'appariement de cartes et de supports de cartes dans une zone d'application, dans lequel des cartes et des supports de cartes sont unis par un manipulateur industriel, ce dispositif comprenant une section de fourniture de cartes de cartes pour l'apport de cartes vers la zone d'application, et un canal de supports de cartes pour le transport des supports de cartes vers la zone d'application, et présentant une structure rendue aussi compacte que possible par le positionnement d'un poste de traitement de carte, d'un poste de mesure et/ou d'une unité de stockage intermédiaire réversible à portée du manipulateur.
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