JP2003006709A - Bankbook printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bankbook printer, with which bankbook processing can be applied in a short processing time without providing a special mechanism when the same bankbook printer is to handle a plurality of bankbooks with stuck different magnetic stripes. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a longitudinal magnetic stripe reading/writing mechanism and a lateral magnetic stripe reading/writing mechanism, the lateral magnetic stripe reading/writing mechanism is arranged on the deep side of the longitudinal magnetic stripe reading/writing mechanism with respect to a slot for bankbooks, and the lateral magnetic stripe reading/ writing mechanism is arranged at a position corresponding to a bankbook printing part. In a process for feeding an inserted bankbook to the printing part, longitudinal magnetic stripe reading is executed and when there are magnetic data, processing is performed as a longitudinal magnetic stripe bankbook but when there is no data, processing is performed as a lateral magnetic stripe bankbook without feeding the bankbook.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a passbook printing apparatus suitable for handling passbooks of different magnetic stripes in an automated teller machine, a passbook entry machine, or a passbook issuing apparatus mainly installed by financial institutions such as banks. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The specifications of the magnetic stripe of a passbook differ depending on the financial institution, etc., which issued it. Also, due to the recent merger and collaboration of financial institutions, it is necessary to handle multiple types of passbooks with different specifications, but in the conventional passbook printing device, the magnetic stripe is read only for passbooks with specified specifications. However, there is a problem that it is not possible to deal with passbooks having different types of magnetic stripes.

Therefore, conventionally, a passbook printing mechanism has been proposed which is capable of reading / writing on the magnetic stripes of different passbooks. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-165990 proposes that a vertical magnetic stripe and a horizontal magnetic stripe be read by rotatably mounting a magnetic head for reading and writing a magnetic stripe.

However, the above-mentioned prior art has a drawback that an actuator mechanism for rotating the magnetic head is required, and the mechanism is complicated and expensive. Further, in order to read the magnetic stripe, it is necessary to stop the transportation of the passbook, which causes a problem that the passbook print processing time becomes long.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when a plurality of passbooks having different magnetic stripes are handled by the same passbook printer, a special mechanism is provided even if the types of magnetic stripes of the inserted passbooks are different. It is possible to identify without the need of providing the above, and to shorten the processing time.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a first method for reading / writing a magnetic stripe attached in the carrying direction (longitudinal direction) of a passbook.
Is installed in the passbook transport path, and the second magnetic head that reads / writes the magnetic stripe attached in the direction (transverse direction) perpendicular to the passbook transport direction is also transported for printing. I placed it in the position of the magnetic stripe of the passbook that is stopped.

Thus, while the passbook is inserted from the insertion port and conveyed to the print position, the first magnetic head
The information on the magnetic stripe of the passbook is read. At this time, if the magnetic stripe of the passbook is in the lateral direction of the passbook, the first magnetic head cannot detect a magnetic signal, so that the lateral magnetic stripe is attached to the passbook. The magnetic head reads the information of the magnetic stripe, and the second magnetic head writes the information of the magnetic stripe.

Further, in the case where the magnetic stripe of the passbook is in the vertical direction, when the passbook is carried out, by the first magnetic head,
Write information to magnetic stripe.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show an example of a magnetic stripe of a passbook, FIG. 1 shows a passbook with a horizontal magnetic stripe, and FIG. 2 shows a passbook with a vertical magnetic stripe. The passbook 1 has a horizontal magnetic stripe 2 at the bottom of the passbook cover.
Is attached, and the horizontal bar code 3 is printed above the inside paper on which the transaction details are printed. A vertical magnetic stripe 5 is attached to the lower side of the cover of the passbook 4, and a vertical bar code 6 is printed above the middle paper. Individual data such as the account number of the passbook is written in the horizontal magnetic stripe 2 and the vertical magnetic stripe 5, and the horizontal bar code 3 and the vertical bar code 6 indicate the subject and page of the opened page. Is.

FIG. 3 shows the construction of the passbook printing apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 7 is a passbook insertion slot, and 8a to 8j are conveyance rollers for conveying the passbook to a predetermined position. A magnetic stripe read / write mechanism 9 for reading / writing a vertical magnetic stripe from the insertion slot 7 toward the rear of the apparatus, an optical system for reading a page barcode. A reading mechanism 10, a magnetic stripe reading / writing mechanism 11 for reading / writing a horizontal magnetic stripe, and a print head unit 12 for printing on a passbook are arranged in this order. Further, when the passbook 1 is stopped at a position where the reading and writing of the horizontal magnetic stripe can be performed by the magnetic stripe reading and writing mechanism 11 which reads and writes the horizontal magnetic stripe, the passbook printing surface is arranged at a position corresponding to the print head unit 12. There is. Next, a page changing mechanism unit 13 for turning over pages of the passbook and a collecting mechanism 14 for collecting the passbook are arranged behind the print head unit. Device bottom 15
Is a control unit for controlling this apparatus.

The reading / writing operation of the vertical magnetic stripe of the passbook 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The magnetic head 16 of the vertical magnetic stripe read / write mechanism 9 is arranged at a position where it can contact the vertical magnetic stripe 5 attached to the cover of the passbook 4, and the passbook 4 is read while the vertical magnetic stripe 5 and the magnetic head 16 are in contact with each other. It is carried out by detecting the magnetic signal of the magnetic stripe 5 by being conveyed by the conveying roller 8. Needless to say, the vertical magnetic stripe read / write mechanism 9 may be prepared for each target passbook type and arranged according to the horizontal position of the vertical magnetic stripe of the passbook.

The reading / writing operation of the horizontal magnetic stripe of the passbook 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Magnetic stripe 2 of passbook 1
Transports the passbook to a position that coincides with the magnetic head 17 of the magnetic stripe read / write mechanism 11, and then brings the magnetic head 17 into contact with the magnetic stripe 2 and moves it in a direction parallel to the magnetic stripe 2 so that the magnetic signal of the magnetic stripe 2 is transmitted. Implement by detecting. At this time, the inside paper side of the passbook 1 is in a position facing the print head portion 12.

Next, the operation when the passbook 1 is inserted is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The passbook 1 or the passbook 4 is inserted from the insertion opening 7 with the printing surface on the front side, and is conveyed into the passbook printer by the conveying roller 8. The magnetic head 16 for reading the uniform vertical magnetic stripe regardless of the type of passbook inserted at this time
Touch the passbook and read the magnetic data. Next, the bar code printed on the passbook is read by the optical reading mechanism 10, and then the passbook 1 is stopped at a position where the horizontal stripe is aligned with the horizontal magnetic stripe reading magnetic head 17.

At this time, when a magnetic signal is detected by the vertical magnetic stripe reading previously performed, the inserted passbook is recognized as the passbook 4 to which the vertical magnetic stripe is pasted, and the passbook printing mechanism is read from the read signal. The control unit 15 analyzes the data. If the read data is abnormal, the passbook 4 is conveyed again and the reading retry is performed by the vertical magnetic stripe reading mechanism 9. If the reading is normal, this data is reported to the upper control unit 18.

When no magnetic signal is detected in the vertical magnetic stripe reading, the inserted passbook is recognized as the passbook 1 to which the horizontal magnetic stripe is attached, and the magnetic signal is read by the horizontal magnetic stripe reading magnetic head 17. Read. At this time, if a magnetic signal is detected, the magnetic stripe is recognized as a horizontal type, and the passbook printing mechanism control unit 15 analyzes the data from the read signal. If the read data is abnormal, the horizontal magnetic stripe reading mechanism 11 operates the magnetic head 17 again to perform a read retry. If the read is normal, this data is reported to the upper control unit 18. At this time, if no magnetic signal is detected, the passbook is returned to the insertion slot 7 because the passbook is inserted in the wrong direction.

Next, the bar code type of the passbook is identified from the type of magnetic stripe read above. The passbook 1 has a horizontal bar code 3 and the passbook 4 has a vertical bar code 6 stored in the control unit 15 in advance, and it is possible to identify the passbook 1 or the passbook 4 from the magnetic stripe reading of the inserted passbook. The data read by the optical reading mechanism 10 at the time of carrying the passbook is analyzed as a corresponding bar code pattern, and the result is reported to the upper control unit 17.

The upper control unit 18 identifies the corresponding passbook from the reported magnetic stripe data and the bar code information, and transmits the print data to be recorded in the passbook and the magnetic stripe information to the passbook printing mechanism control unit 15. The passbook inserted by this information aligns the line to be printed by the transport roller 8 with the print head unit 12 to print the print data, and further the magnetic stripe information is identified by the identification information identified when the magnetic stripe of the passbook is read. Write to the magnetic stripe of and return to the insertion slot.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the horizontal magnetic stripe reading mechanism is arranged in the back of the vertical magnetic stripe reading mechanism, and whether the passbook inserted while the passbook is conveyed to the printing unit is the vertical magnetic stripe or not. Whether it is a horizontal magnetic stripe or not can be identified, and in the case of a vertical stripe, information can be read, so that the processing time can be shortened. Also,
Since no special mechanism such as an actuator for rotating the magnetic head is required, the passbook printing apparatus can be realized at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a passbook to which a horizontal magnetic stripe is attached.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a passbook to which a vertical magnetic stripe is attached.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic mechanism of a passbook printing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view when reading a vertical magnetic stripe passbook.

FIG. 5 is a side view when reading a horizontal magnetic stripe passbook.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a passbook process according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a passbook printer according to the present invention.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 ... passbook, 2 ... horizontal magnetic stripe, 3 ... horizontal bar code, 4 ... passbook, 5 ... vertical magnetic stripe, 6 ... vertical bar code, 7 ... insertion port, 8 ... conveying roller, 9 ... Vertical magnetic stripe read / write mechanism, 10 ... Optical read mechanism, 11 ... Horizontal magnetic stripe read / write mechanism, 12 ... Print head part, 1
3 ... Page change mechanism section, 14 ... Passbook collecting section, 15 ... Control section,
16 ... Magnetic head, 17 ... Magnetic head, 18 ... Upper control unit

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[Submission date] July 17, 2002 (2002.7.1)
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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A passbook printing device for reading information from a magnetic stripe attached to a passbook and printing the transaction details of a corresponding account, wherein the magnetic stripe is provided on the passway of the passbook and attached in the pass direction of the passbook. The first magnetic stripe read / write unit that reads / writes and the second magnetic stripe read / write unit that reads / writes the magnetic stripe that is attached in the lateral direction with respect to the conveyance direction of the passbook when the passbook is stopped at the print position. And a passbook printing device. 2. The passbook printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first magnetic stripe read / write unit reads the magnetic stripe during conveyance of a passbook, and the second magnetic stripe read / write unit includes the first magnetic stripe read / write unit. A passbook printer which performs magnetic stripe reading / writing when the magnetic stripe reading / writing unit cannot detect a magnetic signal. 3. The passbook printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first magnetic stripe read / write unit reads information on the magnetic stripe when the passbook is carried in and writes information on the magnetic stripe when the passbook is carried out. Passbook printer.