JP2007018241A - Magnetic stripe reader - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic stripe reader capable of reading each passbook at high speed even if magnetic stripes of different specifications are mixed. <P>SOLUTION: This magnetic stripe reader has: a lateral magnetic reader 14 having a magnetic head corresponding to the magnetic stripe formed on a passbook face along a direction orthogonal to a carrying direction; a longitudinal magnetic reader 15 having a magnetic head corresponding to the magnetic stripe formed on the passbook face along a direction parallel to the carrying direction; and a controller controlling the reading of the lateral magnetic reader and the longitudinal magnetic reader. When the controller detects a minute reading signal only in a short period during a reading operation period when reading the magnetic stripe formed on the passbook face through the magnetic head of the lateral reader, the controller changes over the reader from the lateral reader to the longitudinal reader. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a magnetic stripe reader, and more particularly to a magnetic stripe reader capable of reading a passbook mixed with magnetic stripes of different specifications at high speed.

  For example, if banks that use bankbooks with different magnetic stripe specifications merge, the new bank's Automatic Teller Machine will have multiple bankbooks with different magnetic stripe specifications. Will be inserted.

For example, in Patent Document 1, when these passbooks are discriminated, for example, when a magnetic stripe of one specification is read using a dedicated reading mechanism and reading is impossible, the magnetic stripe of the other specification is used. Has been shown to read using its own reading mechanism. Further, it is shown that when reading a magnetic stripe, a magnetic reading head is operated to detect the position of the magnetic stripe.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-162640

 In the above-described prior art, the magnetic stripe of one specification is read using a read mechanism dedicated to it, and when reading is impossible, the magnetic stripe of the other specification is read using a read mechanism dedicated to it. That is, even if the reading of the magnetic stripe of one specification is impossible, the reading operation is continued until the end, and the reading of the magnetic stripe of the other specification is started after the end of the reading operation.

  For this reason, it takes time to read the magnetic stripe attached to the passbook, and the processing speed decreases.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and provides a magnetic stripe reader capable of reading each passbook at high speed even when magnetic stripes having different specifications are mixed.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means.

  A transverse magnetic reading device having a magnetic head corresponding to the magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface along the direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and a magnetism corresponding to the magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface along the direction parallel to the transport direction A vertical magnetic reader having a head, and a controller for controlling the reading of the horizontal magnetic reader and the vertical magnetic reader, the controller having a magnetic field formed on the passbook surface via the magnetic head of the horizontal reader. When reading a stripe, when a minute reading signal is detected only in a short period during the reading operation period, the reading device is switched from the horizontal reading device to the vertical reading device.

  Since the present invention has the above configuration, it is possible to provide a magnetic stripe reader capable of reading each bankbook at high speed even when magnetic stripes having different specifications are mixed.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a magnetic stripe reader according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 11 is a passbook with a magnetic stripe attached, 12 is a passbook insertion slot, and 13 is a conveyance path of a passbook printing mechanism 17 equipped with a magnetic stripe read / write device. The conveyance path 13 includes a plurality of conveyance rollers 13a.

  Reference numeral 14 denotes a transverse magnetic read / write device, which is a magnetic read / write device that supports reading of a transverse magnetic stripe (a magnetic stripe formed on a passbook surface along a direction orthogonal to the transport direction). Reference numeral 15 denotes a vertical magnetic read / write device, which is a vertical magnetic read / write device corresponding to reading of a vertical magnetic stripe (a magnetic stripe formed on a passbook surface along a direction parallel to the transport direction). Reference numeral 16 denotes a page changing mechanism, which changes the page of the passbook brought in from the vertical magnetic read / write device 15 side, and then returns it to the vertical magnetic read / write device 15 side.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a transverse magnetic read / write device. In the figure, 14 is a transverse magnetic read / write device, and 42 is a transverse magnetic stripe, and a magnetic stripe 42 is formed on the passbook surface along a direction (X) orthogonal to the transport direction (Y) of the passbook 11. Reference numeral 21 denotes a reading head of the transverse magnetic reading device 14, which is driven along a direction (X) orthogonal to the passbook transport direction (Y).

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a longitudinal magnetic read / write device. In the figure, 15 is a longitudinal magnetic read / write device. Reference numeral 44 denotes a longitudinal magnetic stripe, which is formed on the passbook surface along the conveyance direction (Y) of the passbook 11. Reference numeral 31 denotes a read head of the longitudinal magnetic reader 15, which is fixedly attached to the longitudinal magnetic reader / writer 15. For this reason, the vertical magnetic stripe 44 affixed to the passbook is conveyed along the read head 31. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the passbook affixed with the magnetic stripe. Here, FIG. 4A shows a passbook provided with transverse magnetic stripes (magnetic stripe 42 formed on the passbook surface along a direction orthogonal to the transport direction), and FIG. 4B shows vertical magnetic stripes (transport direction). Shows a passbook with magnetic stripes 44) formed on the passbook surface along the line.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of reading the passbook with the vertical magnetic stripe 44 attached to the horizontal magnetic read / write device 14. In this example, the read head 21 of the transverse magnetic read / write device 14 is driven along a direction (X) orthogonal to the passbook transport direction (Y). Therefore, the reading head 21 can detect a minute signal signal waveform during the driving (scanning), that is, when scanning across the longitudinal magnetic stripe.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of reading a passbook with a transverse magnetic stripe 42 attached to the longitudinal magnetic read / write device 15. In this example, the read head 31 of the longitudinal magnetic read / write device 15 is fixedly attached to the magnetic read device 15 as described above. For this reason, the read head 31 drives (scans) in the Y direction on the bankbook as the bankbook is conveyed. A minute signal waveform can be detected during this scanning, that is, when scanning across the transverse magnetic stripe.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining processing of the control device that controls reading of the magnetic stripe reader. First, in step S71, the passbook 11 is inserted into the passbook insertion port 12 of the passbook printing mechanism 17. When the insertion of the bankbook is detected, the bankbook printing mechanism 17 drives the transport roller 13a constituting the bankbook transport path 13 to transport the bankbook 11 to the position of the horizontal magnetic read / write device 14. Here, the scanning is performed by driving the reading head 21 of the transverse magnetic read / write device in the X direction of the passbook.

  In step S72, it is determined whether or not the reading in step S71 has been completed normally. If the reading has been completed normally, it is determined in step S73 that the inserted bankbook is a transverse magnetic stripe specification bankbook.

  When reading cannot be performed normally, the process proceeds to step S74, where it is determined whether or not a minute signal waveform has been detected (as described above, the reading head 21 of the horizontal magnetic read / write device 41 is driven (scanned)). A small signal waveform can be detected when crossing the vertical magnetic stripe in the middle).

  If a minute signal waveform cannot be detected, the process proceeds to step S75. In step S75, it is determined whether or not the number of retries is less than or equal to the predetermined number. If the number is less than or equal to the predetermined number, the process returns to step S72 to perform scanning (retry) again. If the reading cannot be completed normally even after repeating the predetermined number of retries, the process proceeds to step S78 (vertical magnetic stripe processing).

In step S74, if a minute signal waveform can be detected, the process proceeds to step S77, where the vertical magnetic stripe processing is switched. In step S78, the bankbook 11 is conveyed to the position of the longitudinal magnetic read / write device 15. Since the reading head 31 of the longitudinal magnetic read / write device is fixed, the longitudinal magnetic stripe is read by driving the transport roller 13a and scanning the passbook in the Y direction.
In step S79, it is determined whether or not the reading has been completed normally. If the reading has been completed normally, it is determined in step S80 that the inserted bankbook is a bankbook of vertical magnetic stripe specifications.

  If the reading cannot be performed normally, the process proceeds to step S81, where it is determined whether or not the number of retries is equal to or less than a predetermined number. . If the process cannot be hunted normally even after retrying a predetermined number of times, the process (transaction) is stopped.

  In the case of this example, if reading cannot be performed normally in step S71, it is determined in step S74 whether or not a minute signal waveform can be detected. This minute signal waveform is a signal waveform obtained when the read head 21 of the transverse magnetic read / write device 41 crosses the longitudinal magnetic stripe during the drive (scan) as described above. Therefore, it is possible to immediately switch to the vertical magnetic stripe processing (step S77) when the minute signal waveform is detected. That is, the processing speed can be remarkably improved only by adding the processing in step S74.

  Although the horizontal magnetic read / write device and the vertical magnetic read / write device are arranged in this order from the passbook insertion port 12 side of the passbook transport path, they can be arranged in the reverse order. In this case, the process for the “longitudinal magnetic stripe” and the process for the “lateral magnetic stripe” in FIG. 7 may be replaced.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the minute signal waveform obtained when the read head for the transverse magnetic stripe crosses the longitudinal magnetic stripe, or the read head for the longitudinal magnetic stripe crosses the transverse magnetic stripe. A small signal waveform obtained at this time is detected to determine the passbook specifications (lateral magnetic stripe, vertical magnetic stripe). For this reason, the retry process can be omitted, and the time required for determination can be shortened. Further, this process can be realized only by changing a part of the program. For this reason, it can be constructed at low cost without adding an extra mechanism to the passbook printing mechanism.

It is a figure explaining the magnetic stripe reader concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining a horizontal magnetic reading / writing apparatus. It is a figure explaining a vertical magnetic read / write device. It is a figure explaining the passbook which stuck the magnetic stripe. It is a figure explaining the example which reads the passbook which stuck the vertical magnetic stripe with respect to a horizontal magnetic read / write device. It is a figure explaining the example which reads the passbook which stuck the horizontal magnetic stripe with respect to the vertical magnetic reading / writing apparatus. It is a figure explaining the process of the control apparatus which controls the reading of a magnetic stripe reader.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Passbook 12 Insertion port 13 Conveyance path 13a Conveyance roller 14 Horizontal magnetic read / write device 15 Vertical magnetic read / write device 16 Page change mechanism 21 Horizontal magnetic stripe read head 31 Vertical magnetic stripe read head 42 Horizontal magnetic stripe 44 Vertical magnetic stripe 44

Claims (6)

A transverse magnetic reading device comprising a magnetic head corresponding to a magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface along a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction;
A longitudinal magnetic reader having a magnetic head corresponding to a magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface along a direction parallel to the transport direction;
A controller for controlling reading of the transverse magnetic reader and the longitudinal magnetic reader;
When reading the magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface via the magnetic head of the horizontal reading device, the control device detects the minute reading signal only in a short period during the reading operation period, and then moves the reading device vertically from the horizontal reading device. A magnetic stripe reader characterized by switching to a reader. The magnetic stripe reader according to claim 1.
A magnetic stripe reading apparatus, wherein a magnetic head constituting a transverse magnetic reading apparatus is scanned along a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction at the time of reading. The magnetic stripe reader according to claim 1.
A magnetic stripe reader characterized in that a transverse magnetic reader is arranged upstream of a conveyance path for carrying a bankbook, and a longitudinal magnetic reader is arranged downstream. A transverse magnetic reading device comprising a magnetic head corresponding to a magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface along a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction;
A longitudinal magnetic reader having a magnetic head corresponding to a magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface along a direction parallel to the transport direction;
A controller for controlling reading of the transverse magnetic reader and the longitudinal magnetic reader;
When reading the magnetic stripe formed on the passbook surface via the magnetic head of the vertical reading device, the control device detects the minute reading signal only in a short period during the reading operation period, and removes the reading device from the vertical magnetic reading device. A magnetic stripe reader characterized by switching to a transverse magnetic reader. The magnetic stripe reader according to claim 4.
A magnetic stripe reading apparatus, wherein a magnetic head constituting a transverse magnetic reading apparatus is scanned along a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction at the time of reading. The magnetic stripe reader according to claim 4.
A magnetic stripe reader characterized in that a longitudinal magnetic reader is arranged upstream of a conveyance path for carrying a bankbook, and a transverse magnetic reader is arranged downstream.

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