JP2017102571A - Recording medium handling apparatus, and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a skimming device from reading data magnetically recorded on a recording medium.SOLUTION: A recording medium handling apparatus 30 comprises: an opening 4 into which a rectangular or substantially rectangular shaped recording medium 1 including a portion 21 having magnetized information recorded in a longer direction can be inserted with its end face in the longer direction heading forward; a sensor 5 capable of detecting that the recording medium 1 is inserted into the opening 4 with the end face in the longer direction heading forward; a conveyance part 26 capable of conveying the recording medium 1 inserted into the opening 4; and a control part 17 controlling the conveyance part 26 according to a detection result of the sensor 5. When the detection result indicates that the recording medium 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in a normal direction, i.e., with the end face in the longer direction being heading forward, the conveyance part 26 is controlled to convey the recording medium 1 to a prescribed position. On the other hand, when the detection result indicates that the recording medium 1 is inserted in a direction different from the normal direction, the conveyance of the recording medium 1 is prohibited or the conveyance to the prescribed position is prohibited.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field for controlling the operation of a recording medium handling apparatus that handles a recording medium such as a magnetic card.

  A third party is magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe provided on the magnetic card in the vicinity of the magnetic card insertion slot where the magnetic card such as a quiche card is inserted in an automatic teller machine in a bank or the like. There has been a crime to install skimming devices that read data illegally. It is known that a third party commits a crime of creating a new magnetic card that records the same data as the magnetic card read by the installed skimming device and illegally using the magnetic card. .

  In order to prevent such crimes, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a recording medium at a position corresponding to a head that reads / writes data from / to the recording medium in at least a part of the recording medium insertion port of the recording medium receiving apparatus. A technique for forming a protrusion that guides the insertion of the device is disclosed.

  Patent Document 1 describes that it is difficult for a third person to attach the skimming device due to the length in the longitudinal direction and the end shape in the longitudinal direction of the protrusion. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228561 describes that a foreign object attached to the vicinity of the protrusion is detected by an optical sensor that monitors the vicinity of the protrusion.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a skimming device in which a tip portion where reading of a magnetic card is started by a restriction portion when the user inserts the card into a card insertion slot into which the magnetic card is inserted is placed in a protection portion. A technique for protecting the read head from proximity is disclosed.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a technique that enables imprinting (embossing) of a magnetic card to be imprinted in either the vertical direction or the horizontal direction of journal paper. In Patent Document 3, when the orientation of the magnetic card to be imprinted is different from the orientation of the magnetic card imprinted last time, the card is conveyed by driving the motor after the magnetic card is conveyed to a predetermined position on the card conveyance table. It is described that the table is rotated 90 degrees in a predetermined direction.

JP 2011-2322862 A JP-A-2015-103211 JP-A-61-222888

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 only suppresses the opportunity to install the skimming device on the protruding portion. That is, in Patent Document 1, for example, when a third party processes a protrusion and attaches a skimming device, the contents of the recording medium inserted into the insertion slot by the user by the attached skimming device. There is a problem that can be read.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, when reading the data of the card having the same content data recorded on the front and back, when the skimming device is attached at the same position on the opposite side of the protection unit across the card, There is a problem that the contents of the magnetic recording medium on the back side of the card are read. In addition, when another protective part having the same shape as the protective part is provided at the same position opposite the protective part across the card, the user inserts the leading end portion of the card into a narrow gap between the protective parts facing each other. There is a problem of feeling stress.

  Patent Document 3 does not describe any reading of magnetic data recorded on a magnetic card.

  The main object of the present invention is to prevent data recorded magnetically on a recording medium from being read by a skimming device when a recording medium such as a magnetic card is inserted into an automatic teller machine (magnetic card processing device) or the like. It is to provide a recording medium handling apparatus and the like.

In one aspect of the present invention, the recording medium handling apparatus includes:
An opening into which a recording medium having a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape including a portion where magnetized information is recorded in the longitudinal direction can be inserted with the end surface along the longitudinal direction as the head, and the end surface in the longitudinal direction A sensor capable of detecting that the recording medium has been inserted into the opening, a conveyance unit capable of conveying the recording medium inserted into the opening, and the conveyance according to a detection result of the sensor A control unit that controls the operation of the unit, and the sensor is provided inside the device near the opening. When the recording medium is detected to be inserted into the opening in the normal direction, the transport unit is controlled so that the recording medium is transported to a predetermined position, while the recording medium is in a direction different from the normal direction. The above When it is detected that the medium is inserted may prohibit or conveyance of the recording medium, or controls the transport unit so as to inhibit the transport to the predetermined position.

In another aspect of the present invention, a control method for the recording medium handling apparatus includes:
A recording medium having a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape including a portion where magnetized information is recorded in the longitudinal direction, an opening into which the end surface along the longitudinal direction can be inserted, and an opening in the vicinity of the opening. A sensor provided inside the apparatus, capable of detecting that the recording medium is inserted into the opening with the end face in the longitudinal direction at the top, and a transport unit capable of transporting the recording medium inserted in the opening; In accordance with a detection result of the sensor, a recording medium handling apparatus including a control unit that controls the operation of the transport unit, in accordance with a detection result of the sensor, in a normal direction with an end surface along the longitudinal direction as a head. When it is detected that the recording medium is inserted into the opening, the transport unit is controlled so that the recording medium is transported to a predetermined position, while the recording is performed in a direction different from the normal direction. When it is detected that the body is inserted, prohibit or conveyance of the recording medium, or controls the transport unit so as to inhibit the transport to the predetermined position.

  In the present invention, when a recording medium such as a magnetic card is inserted into an automatic teller machine (magnetic card processing device) or the like, data recorded magnetically on the recording medium is prevented from being read by the skimming device. There is an effect that can be done.

1 is a side view conceptually showing the configuration of a recording medium handling apparatus 30 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a top view conceptually showing the structure of a recording medium handling apparatus 30 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the structure of the magnetic card 1 inserted in the recording medium handling apparatus 30 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is the top view which showed notionally the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 40 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the top view which showed notionally the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 50 which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view (1/4) showing the composition and operation state of recording medium handling device 60 showing a 4th embodiment. It is a side view (2/4) which shows the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 60 which shows 4th Embodiment, and the state of operation | movement. It is a top view (1/2) which shows the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 60 which shows 4th Embodiment, and the state of operation | movement. It is a side view (3/4) which shows the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 60 which shows 4th Embodiment, and the state of operation | movement. It is a top view (2/2) which shows the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 60 which shows 4th Embodiment, and the state of operation | movement. It is a side view (4/4) which shows the state of a structure and operation | movement of the recording medium handling apparatus 60 which shows 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control part 19 which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>
First, the recording medium handling apparatus 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a side view conceptually showing the structure of a recording medium handling apparatus 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a top view conceptually showing the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 3 is a top view illustrating the configuration of the recording medium (magnetic card) 1 inserted into the recording medium handling apparatus 30 according to this embodiment. The recording medium 1 has, for example, a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape, and includes a portion (magnetic stripe) 21 in which magnetized information is recorded in the longitudinal direction on the surface. The arrow 24 indicates that the recording medium 1 starts from the end surface along the short direction of the recording medium 1 and has a recording medium insertion slot of an existing magnetic data processing apparatus (not shown) (for example, an automatic teller machine card). The insertion direction when inserting into the insertion slot or the like) is shown to the user.

  1 and 2 show a state in which the recording medium 1 is inserted into the recording medium handling apparatus 30 according to the present embodiment. 1 and 2, the recording medium handling apparatus 30 includes an opening (card insertion slot) 4, a sensor 5, a transport unit 26, and a control unit 17.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the opening 4 has a width that allows the recording medium 1 to be inserted with the end surface along the longitudinal direction as the head.

  The sensor 5 is provided in the vicinity of the opening 4 on the inner side of the recording medium handling apparatus 30 than the opening 4 (rightward in the drawing).

  The sensor 5 can detect that the recording medium 1 is inserted into the opening 4 with the end face along the longitudinal direction as the head. The sensor 5 is inserted into the upper part inside the recording medium handling device 30 as an example so that the recording medium 1 can be detected when the recording medium 1 is inserted into the opening 4 with the end face along the longitudinal direction as the head. The recording medium 1 is provided along the longitudinal direction. In the present embodiment, the sensor 5 is, for example, a photoelectric sensor that can detect the presence or absence of an object or the like. The sensor 5 may be another type of sensor as long as it can detect the presence or absence of an object or the like over the longitudinal direction, and may be constituted by a plurality of separated sensors instead of being integrated. .

  The transport unit 26 is provided in the vicinity of the opening 4 inside the recording medium handling apparatus 30 with respect to the opening 4, and can transport the recording medium 1 inserted into the opening 4 to a predetermined position. The predetermined position is a card insertion slot (not shown) such as an existing magnetic card processing device (not shown) provided in the depth direction (right direction on the paper surface) from the opening 4. The conveyance unit 26 is a general conveyance mechanism configured by, for example, a belt, a roller, or the like.

  The sensor 5 and the transport unit 26 are connected to the control unit 17, respectively.

  The control unit 17 controls the operation of the transport unit 26 according to the detection result output from the sensor 5.

  Next, the operation of the recording medium handling apparatus 30 in the present embodiment will be described.

  In this embodiment, the user or the like inserts the magnetic card 1 into the opening 4 with the end face along the longitudinal direction as the head so as to be orthogonal to the direction in which the magnetic stripe 21 extends. The direction of insertion into the opening 4 starting from the end face along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1 will be referred to as “normal direction” hereinafter.

  The sensor 5 detects whether or not the magnetic card 1 has been inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction, and notifies the control unit 17 of the detection result.

  When the control unit 17 detects that the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction starting from the end surface along the longitudinal direction based on the detection result received from the sensor 5, the control unit 17 controls the transport unit 26. Then, the magnetic card 1 is conveyed to a predetermined position.

  On the other hand, if the detection result received from the sensor 5 detects that the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in a direction different from the normal direction (that is, the non-normal direction), The unit 26 is controlled to prohibit the transfer of the magnetic card 1 or to prevent the transfer of the magnetic card 1 to a predetermined position.

  Here, as shown by dotted lines in FIGS. 1 and 2, it is assumed that the skimming device 22 is attached to the upper portion of the opening 4 as an example by a third party.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the skimming device 22 has a skimming magnetic head 23. It is assumed that the skimming magnetic head 23 can read information magnetized in the magnetic stripe 21 when the magnetic stripe 21 can be scanned in the longitudinal direction.

  However, when a user or the like inserts the magnetic card 1 into the opening 4 in the normal direction, the skimming magnetic head 23 scans in the short direction perpendicular to the magnetic stripe 21, so that the magnetic data recorded in the magnetic stripe 21 is recorded. Information cannot be read correctly.

  When a user or the like inserts the magnetic card 1 into the opening 4 in the non-regular direction, the control unit 17 controls the transport unit 26 to prohibit the transport of the magnetic card 1 or the magnetic card The conveyance to the predetermined position of 1 is prohibited. As a result, in this embodiment, the skimming magnetic head 23 can read only a part of the magnetized information recorded in the magnetic stripe 21, and depending on the recording start position of the magnetized information in the magnetic stripe 21. Information cannot be read at all.

  Thus, in the recording medium handling apparatus 30 of the present invention, even when the skimming device 22 is attached to the recording medium handling apparatus 30, the magnetized information recorded on the magnetic stripe 21 of the magnetic card 1 is stored in the skimming apparatus 22. Can be prevented from being read.

  As described above, this embodiment has an effect that skimming by the skimming device 22 can be sufficiently suppressed.

  The reason is that the recording medium handling apparatus 30 handles the magnetic card 1 only when the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in a direction orthogonal to the magnetic stripe 21 on which the magnetized information is recorded. It is because it has constituted so that it may convey to the predetermined position inside apparatus 30.

  The magnetic card 1 shown in FIG. 3 used in the present embodiment is a cash card used in an automatic teller machine such as a bank. However, the type of the magnetic card 1 is not limited to the cash card described above, and may be various credit cards, various point cards, or the like.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a top view conceptually showing the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 40 according to the second embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, the configuration of the recording medium handling device 40 according to the present embodiment is that the sensor 25 is used instead of the sensor 5 in the recording medium handling device 30 of the first embodiment, instead of the transport unit 26. The point which uses the conveyance part 27 and the point which uses the control part 18 instead of the control part 17 differ from the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 30 of 1st Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the configuration of the second embodiment that is different from the configuration of the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the description of the same configuration of the second embodiment as the configuration of the first embodiment will be repeated. Is omitted.

  The sensor 25 is different from the sensor 5 in that the sensor 5 has a function of detecting magnetism in addition to being able to detect that the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction.

  Further, the transport unit 27 is provided in the vicinity of the opening 4 inside the recording medium handling apparatus 30 with respect to the opening 4 so that the transport unit 26 can transport the recording medium 1 inserted into the opening 4 to a predetermined position. In addition, the following points are further different. That is, the transport unit 27 changes the recording medium 1 inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction to the recording medium 1 by changing the direction to the direction when it is inserted or a direction different from the direction when it is inserted. The point which can be conveyed to the predetermined position inside the handling apparatus 40 differs from the conveyance part 26. FIG.

  Next, the operation of the recording medium handling apparatus 40 in this embodiment will be described.

  The sensor 25 detects whether or not the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction, and of the two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1, the one end face closer to the magnetic stripe 21 is the head. It is detected whether it is inserted with the other end surface at the head.

  The control unit 18 controls the transport unit 27 according to the detection result, and changes the transport operation of the magnetic card 1 as follows.

  That is, when the detection result received from the sensor 25 detects that the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in the non-regular direction, the control unit 18 prohibits the conveyance of the magnetic card 1 or magnetically The conveyance unit 27 is controlled so as to prohibit conveyance of the card 1 to a predetermined position (for example, storage in a card collection box (not shown)).

  Further, the control unit 18 detects that the detection result received from the sensor 25 detects that the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction, and has two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1. Among these, when it is detected that one end face closer to the magnetic stripe 21 is inserted at the head, the following operation is performed as an example. That is, the control unit 18 controls the transport unit 27 so that the inserted magnetic card 1 is rotated 90 degrees clockwise as viewed from above in FIG. 4 and transported to a predetermined position.

  On the other hand, when the detection result received from the sensor 25 detects that the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction, the control unit 18 has two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1. Among these, when it is detected that the other end surface far from the magnetic stripe 21 is inserted, the following operation is performed as an example. That is, the control unit 18 controls the transport unit 27 so that the inserted magnetic card 1 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise as viewed from above in FIG. 4 and transported to a predetermined position.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, skimming by the skimming device 22 can be sufficiently suppressed, and the magnetic card 1 opens in the normal direction starting from any one of the two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1. Even if it is inserted in the magnetic card 1, there is an effect that the magnetic card 1 can be transported to a predetermined position.

  The reason is that the magnetic card 1 inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction is changed to a direction different from the direction when it is inserted, depending on the detection result by the sensor 25. This is because it is configured to be conveyed to a predetermined position inside the recording medium handling apparatus 40.

(Modification of the second embodiment)
Next, a modification of the second embodiment based on the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, when the user or the like inserts the magnetic stripe 21 into the opening 4 in the normal direction with the magnetic stripe 21 facing the lower surface, the sensor 25 alone has any one of the two end surfaces along the longitudinal direction. It cannot be determined whether the end face is inserted in the opening 4 in the normal direction.

  Therefore, in a modification of the second embodiment, a sensor (not shown) that can detect magnetism is added to a position opposite to the sensor 25 via the magnetic card 1. At the same time, the conveyance unit 27 can invert the front and back of the magnetic card 1 around the line parallel to the end surface along the longitudinal direction in the recording medium handling device 40 based on the detection result of the added sensor described above. A reversing mechanism (not shown) is added.

  As the reversing mechanism described above, for example, a general mechanism that is currently used when reversing a ticket surface such as a ticket in an automatic ticket gate in a station or the like can be adopted.

  Hereinafter, in this modification of the second embodiment, the configuration of the modification of the second embodiment that is different from the structure of the second embodiment will be mainly described, and the second same as the configuration of the second embodiment. An overlapping description of the configuration of this modification of the embodiment will be omitted.

  Next, the operation of the modification of this embodiment will be described.

  The control unit 18 indicates that the detection result received from the sensor 25 and the added sensor indicates that the magnetic card 1 is the back surface, and one of the two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1 that is closer to the magnetic stripe 21. For example, the following operation is performed when it is detected that the insertion is performed with the one end face of the head as the head. In other words, the control unit 18 reverses the front and back of the magnetic card 1 around the line parallel to the end surface along the longitudinal direction of the inserted magnetic card 1, and 90 degrees counterclockwise in a top view in FIG. The conveyance unit 27 is controlled to rotate and to be conveyed to a predetermined position.

  On the other hand, the control unit 18 indicates that the detection result received from the sensor 25 and the added sensor is that the magnetic card 1 is the back surface and the magnetic stripe 21 is out of the two end surfaces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1. When it is detected that the far end is inserted at the other end surface, the following operation is performed as an example. That is, the control unit 18 inverts the front and back of the magnetic card 1 around a line parallel to the end face along the longitudinal direction of the inserted magnetic card 1 and rotates it 90 degrees clockwise in a top view in FIG. Then, the transport unit 27 is controlled so as to be transported to a predetermined position.

  As described above, in this modified example, skimming by the skimming device 22 can be sufficiently suppressed, and the magnetic card 1 has either one of the two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1 as the head and magnetic There is an effect that the magnetic card 1 can be transported to a predetermined position even if it is inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction with any surface of the card 1 facing upward.

  The reason is that the magnetic card 1 inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction remains in the direction when it is inserted or is different from the direction when it is inserted, depending on the detection results of the sensor 25 and the added sensor. This is because it is configured to be transported to a predetermined position inside the recording medium handling apparatus 40 by changing the direction.

  The recording medium handling apparatus 40 described in the present embodiment may be provided, for example, in a card insertion slot (not shown) or the like of an existing cash deposit apparatus (not shown) or the recording medium handling apparatus 40 itself. May be a new cash deposit machine provided in its own device.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a top view conceptually showing the structure of the recording medium handling apparatus 50 according to the third embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5, the configuration of the recording medium handling apparatus 50 according to the present embodiment is the second embodiment in that a magnetic sensor (magnetic head) 29 is added to the configuration of the recording medium handling apparatus 40 of the second embodiment. This is different from the configuration of the recording medium handling apparatus 40 of the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the configuration of the third embodiment that is different from the configuration of the second embodiment will be mainly described, and the description of the same configuration of the third embodiment as that of the second embodiment will be repeated. Is omitted.

  The magnetic head 29 can read the magnetized information of the magnetic stripe 21 by scanning the magnetic stripe 21 of the magnetic card 1 in the longitudinal direction when the magnetic card 1 is conveyed in the longitudinal direction. Is a different magnetic sensor.

  Next, the operation of the recording medium handling apparatus 50 in this embodiment will be described.

  The control unit 18 controls the transport unit 27 according to the detection result of the sensor 25 and transports the magnetic card 1 as follows. That is, when the detection result received from the sensor 25 detects that the magnetic card 1 has been inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction, the control unit 18 controls the transport unit 27 to remove the magnetic card 1. Then, the magnetic card 21 is conveyed so that the magnetic stripe 21 is positioned at a predetermined position which is a position in front of the magnetic head 29 with the end face along the short direction of the magnetic card as the head.

  As described above, in this embodiment, skimming by the skimming device 22 can be sufficiently suppressed. At the same time, even if the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction starting from any one of the two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card, the magnetic card 1 is placed in front of the magnetic head 29. There is an effect that the magnetic stripe 21 can be transported so as to be positioned at a predetermined position.

  The reason for this is that the magnetic card 1 inserted into the opening 4 in the normal direction remains in the direction when it is inserted, or is changed to a direction different from the direction when it is inserted, before the magnetic head 29. This is because the magnetic stripe 21 is transported so as to be positioned at a predetermined position which is the position of.

  Note that the above-described recording medium handling apparatus 50 is provided with the above-described magnetic head 29 and has an opening (not shown) that can be inserted with the end face along the short direction of the magnetic card 1 as the head, for example, an automatic teller machine. It can be attached to an external device (not shown).

  As a result, the control unit 18 uses the magnetic card 1 inserted in the normal direction in the opening 4 of the recording medium handling device 50 as its own device, and shortens the magnetic card 1 in the opening of an automatic teller machine as an external device. It can be conveyed so that the magnetic stripe 21 is positioned in front of the magnetic head 29 with the end face along the direction as the head.

<Fourth Embodiment>
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  6, FIG. 7, FIG. 9 and FIG. 11 are side views showing the configuration of a recording medium handling apparatus 60 according to the fourth embodiment. 8 and 10 are top views showing the configuration of the recording medium handling apparatus 60 according to the fourth embodiment.

  Referring to FIG. 6, the recording medium handling device 60 of the present embodiment includes an opening (card insertion slot) 4, a sensor 25, a transport unit 36, a control unit 19, and an existing magnetic card processing device 20. . The existing magnetic card processing apparatus 20 has an opening (card insertion slot) 28 and a magnetic head 29.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the configuration of the present embodiment that is different from the configurations of the first to third embodiments will be mainly described, and the configuration of the present embodiment that is the same as the configurations of the first to third embodiments will be described. Will not be described again.

  The transport unit 36 includes the motor 2, the turntable 3, the solenoid 7, the transport roller 8, the transport roller 9, the motor 10, the transport roller 13, and the sensor 14. The transport unit 36 corresponds to, for example, the transport unit 27 of the recording medium handling apparatus 40 described in the second embodiment. The control unit 19 corresponds to, for example, the control unit 18 of the recording medium handling apparatus 40 described in the second embodiment.

  6 to 11, in order to avoid complication of each drawing, each electrical connection between the control unit 19 and the motor 2, the sensor 25, the solenoid 7, the motor 10, and the sensor 14 is as follows. Those descriptions are omitted.

  In addition, the alternate long and short dash line connecting the motor 2 shown in FIGS. 6 to 11 to the conveyance roller 8 and the conveyance roller 13 schematically represents each mechanical connection for transmitting the driving force of the motor 2 to each conveyance roller. For example, it represents a general mechanism such as a belt or a chain.

  The conveying roller 8 and the conveying roller 9 are arranged such that the leading end (top) of the magnetic card 1 inserted from the card insertion port 4 in the normal direction is moved from the upper surface side of the magnetic card 1 by the conveying roller 8 and from the upper side of the magnetic card 1 by the conveying roller 9. It arrange | positions in the position which opposes so that it can clamp from 1 lower surface side.

  Further, the transport roller 9 described above may be a trapezoidal member indicated by hatching in FIG. 6 that can hold the magnetic card 1 between the transport roller 8 instead of the transport roller 9. Good. In that case, the conveyance roller 9 is unnecessary.

  Thus, in this embodiment, the head of the end face of the magnetic card 1 inserted from the card insertion slot 4 abuts (interferences) with at least one of the above-described transport rollers.

  According to the configuration of the transport unit 36 described above, when the user or the like inserts the magnetic card 1 in the normal direction with the end surface along the longitudinal direction closer to the magnetic stripe 21 as the head, the user or the like The magnetic card 1 can be inserted into the card insertion slot 4 as follows. That is, a user or the like can insert the magnetic card 1 into the card insertion slot 4 until the magnetic stripe 21 is hidden from the outside of the recording medium handling device 60 in a state where the magnetic card 1 is not conveyed by the conveying roller 8. It is.

  Therefore, even if a skimming device that scans the magnetic stripe 21 in the longitudinal direction by a third party is installed near the card insertion slot 4 of the recording medium handling device 60, the recording medium handling device 60 uses the magnetic stripe 21 by the skimming device. It is possible to sufficiently prevent the magnetized information stored in the memory from being read.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the conveyance units 36 such as the conveyance roller 8 and the conveyance roller 9 are provided on the back side of the recording medium handling apparatus 50 with respect to the sensor 25 (rightward in FIG. 6) will be described. However, the conveyance unit 36 described above may be provided from the same position in the recording medium handling apparatus 50 as the position where the sensor 25 is provided.

  The motor 2 drives the conveyance roller 8 and a conveyance roller 13 described later in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 19.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the turntable 3 is a rectangular flat plate having substantially the same top view as the magnetic card 1 shown in FIG. 3, and the magnetic card 1 can be placed on the upper surface thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the turntable 3 has a rotation shaft having one end connected vertically downward to the center of the turntable 3 and the other end connected to the rotation shaft of the motor 10. Can be rotated.

  The motor 10 drives the rotating shaft of the turntable 3 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 19.

  The control unit 19 inputs a predetermined number of pulse signals to the motor 2. In response to the pulse signal input from the control unit 19, the motor 2 drives the rotation shafts of the transport roller 8 and the transport roller 13 by an angle corresponding to a predetermined distance on the circumference of each transport roller.

  The control unit 19 inputs a predetermined number of pulse signals to the motor 10. In response to the pulse signal input from the control unit 19, the motor 10 drives the rotating shaft of the turntable 3 in a predetermined direction by a predetermined angle.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the conveyance roller 13 is provided on a solenoid 7 described later so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis of the conveyance roller 13, and is disposed above the turntable 3.

  In the present embodiment, there are two transport rollers 8 and 13 for transporting the magnetic card 1 in parallel as shown in FIG. 9, and the two rollers are centered around the rotation axis. Shall rotate.

  The transport roller 8, the transport roller 9, and the transport roller 13 have an outer peripheral portion (not shown) made of an elastic member or the like having a predetermined friction coefficient that can transport the magnetic card 1.

  When the solenoid 7 is energized by the control unit 19, the transport roller 13 descends from the solenoid 7 toward the turntable 3. When energization of the solenoid 7 is interrupted by the control unit 19, the transport roller 13 rises from the turntable 3 toward the solenoid 7.

  The sensor 14 is provided between the transport roller 13 and a card insertion slot 28 described later, and detects the head of the end surface along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1 that reaches the sensor 14 described later. The sensor 14 is a photoelectric sensor that can detect the presence or absence of an object, for example.

  The control unit 18 controls each unit described above.

  The existing magnetic card processing device 20 is a general magnetic card processing device such as an automatic teller machine. In the existing magnetic card processing apparatus 20, the user or the like has the magnetic card 1 along the longitudinal direction closer to the magnetic stripe 21 toward the card insertion slot 28 with the magnetic stripe 21 of the magnetic card 1 as the upper surface. The card can be inserted into the card insertion slot 28 with the end surface along the short direction leading, with the one end surface positioned on the right side.

  Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 19 according to the fourth embodiment.

  Now, the user or the like has the magnetic card 1 with the magnetic stripe 21 of the magnetic card 1 as the upper surface, and one of the two end surfaces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1 that is closer to the magnetic stripe 21. Assume that the card is inserted into the card insertion slot 4 from the normal direction at the beginning (FIG. 6).

  The sensor 25 detects that the magnetic card 1 has been inserted into the card insertion slot 4 from the normal direction. (Step S51).

  Upon receiving a detection result indicating that the magnetic card 1 has been inserted into the card insertion slot 4 from the normal direction from the sensor 25, the control unit 19 drives the motor 2 to drive the magnetic roller 1 by the conveyance roller 8 and the conveyance roller 9. The magnetic card 1 is conveyed to the turntable 3 (step S52).

  When the control unit 19 receives a detection result indicating that the magnetic card 1 has been inserted into the card insertion slot 4 from the non-regular direction from the sensor 25, the control unit 19 does not drive the motor 2. As a result, the magnetic card 1 is not transported to the turntable 3 in the recording medium handling device 60.

  As a result, the recording medium handling device 60 of the present embodiment is magnetized in the magnetic stripe 21 of the magnetic card 1 recorded by the skimming magnetic head 23 even when the skimming device 22 indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 6 is installed. It is possible to prevent the read information from being read.

  The magnetic card 1 sandwiched between the transport roller 8 and the transport roller 9 is transported to the back side (right side of the sheet) of the recording medium handling device 60 by the rotation of the transport roller 8, and is rotated on the upper surface of the turntable 3. It is placed so as to overlap the table 3.

  If the magnetic card 1 is no longer detected from the sensor 25, the controller 19 stops driving the motor 2 described above.

  Of the two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the magnetic card 1 detected in step S51, the control unit 19 is inserted with one end face closer to the magnetic stripe 21 as the head or the other end face as the head. The following processing is performed based on whether it has been inserted (step S53).

  That is, when the control unit 19 determines in step S53 that the insertion has been made with one end face closer to the magnetic stripe 21 as the head (YES in step S53), the motor 10 is driven to move the turntable 3 to the timepiece. Rotate around 90 degrees (step S54).

  Thus, the control unit 19 turns the end face of the magnetic card 1 along the short direction to the top.

  On the other hand, if the control unit 19 determines in step S53 that the other end face is inserted (NO in step S53), the control unit 19 rotates the turntable 3 by 90 degrees counterclockwise by driving the motor 10. (Step S55). Thus, the control unit 19 turns the end face of the magnetic card 1 along the short direction to the top.

  When the processing of step S54 or step S55 is completed, the control unit 19 drives the solenoid 7 to extend the transport roller 13 so that the lower end of the transport roller 13 contacts the upper surface of the magnetic card 1 ( Step S56).

  Note that the turntable 3 may be movable in the vertical direction when the turntable 3 rotates. That is, the turntable 3 may further be provided with a mechanism in which the upper surface of the turntable 3 moves upward when the turntable 3 rotates in any direction in step S54 or step S55. In this case, the solenoid 7 is not necessary, and the rotating table 3 rotates in either direction and then rotates in the opposite direction to return to the original direction. Return to the height of the top surface.

  The controller 19 drives the motor 2 to rotate the transport roller 13 until the sensor 14 detects the leading end of the end face along the short direction of the magnetic card 1 (step S57).

The controller 19 drives the motor 2 so that the magnetic head 29 in the card insertion slot 28 of the existing magnetic card processing device 20 starts the magnetic stripe 21 with the end face along the short direction of the magnetic card 1 as the head. The magnetic card 1 is transported for the remaining predetermined distance until it reaches a readable predetermined position (step S58).

  In this way, the control unit 19 can insert the head of the end surface along the short direction of the magnetic card 1 into the card insertion slot 28.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the example in which the control unit 19 controls the motor and the solenoid to transport the magnetic card 1 by the transport roller has been described. However, in the present embodiment, the means for transporting the magnetic card 1 is not limited to the motor, solenoid, and transport roller described above.

  Note that the existing magnetic card processing device 20 discharges the magnetic card 1 from the card insertion slot 28 when the processing of depositing and paying the magnetic card 1 is completed.

  The recording medium handling device 60 receives the magnetic card 1 ejected from the existing magnetic card processing device 20, transports the magnetic card 1 in the direction opposite to the transport direction of the magnetic card 1 described above, and from the card insertion slot 4. The magnetic card 1 is ejected. The user or the like receives the ejected magnetic card 1. The above description of the operation of returning the magnetic card 1 to the user or the like will be omitted.

  As described above, the present embodiment has an effect that the skimming by the skimming device can be sufficiently suppressed as in the first and second embodiments.

  The reason is that the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the card insertion slot 4 in a direction orthogonal to the magnetic stripe 21 on which the magnetized information is recorded, and the orientation of the magnetic card 1 is set in the recording medium handling device 60. This is because the configuration is changed so that it can be inserted into the card insertion slot 28 of the magnetic card processing apparatus 20.

  In addition, since the existing magnetic card processing device 20 can be diverted to the subsequent stage of the recording medium handling device 60, the development cost can be suppressed rather than newly developing the entire magnetic card processing device including the recording medium handling device 60. There is an effect that can be done.

1 Recording medium (magnetic card)
2 Motor 3 Turntable 4 Opening (Card insertion slot)
5 Sensor 7 Solenoid 8 Transport Roller 9 Transport Roller 10 Motor 13 Transport Roller 14 Sensor 17 Control Unit 18 Control Unit 19 Control Unit 20 Existing Magnetic Card Processing Device 21 Site (Magnetic Stripe)
22 Skimming device 23 Magnetic head for skimming 24 Arrow 25 Sensor 26 Transport unit 27 Transport unit 28 Opening (card insertion slot)
29 Magnetic sensor (magnetic head)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 30 Recording medium handling apparatus 36 Conveying part 40 Recording medium handling apparatus 50 Recording medium handling apparatus 60 Recording medium handling apparatus

Claims (10)

A recording medium having a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape including a portion where magnetized information is recorded in the longitudinal direction, an opening into which an end surface along the longitudinal direction can be inserted, and an opening.
A sensor capable of detecting that the recording medium is inserted into the opening with the end face in the longitudinal direction at the top;
A transport unit capable of transporting the recording medium inserted into the opening;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the transport unit according to the detection result of the sensor,
The sensor is provided inside the device near the opening,
The controller is
When it is detected from the detection result by the sensor that the recording medium is inserted into the opening in the normal direction with the end face along the longitudinal direction as the head, the recording medium is conveyed to a predetermined position. While controlling the transport unit,
When it is detected that the recording medium is inserted in a direction different from the normal direction, the conveyance unit is prohibited to convey the recording medium or to the predetermined position. Yes Recording media handling device. The sensor is further capable of detecting magnetism,
The transport unit is
The recording medium inserted in the normal direction is transported to the predetermined position inside the apparatus by changing the direction in which the recording medium is inserted or in a direction different from the direction in which the recording medium is inserted. Is possible and
The controller is
The sensor detects that the recording medium has been inserted in the normal direction, and is inserted with one end face closer to the portion of the two end faces along the longitudinal direction of the recording medium as the head. The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control of the transport operation by the transport unit is changed according to a result of detecting whether the second end surface is inserted at the head. The predetermined position is a front position of a magnetic sensor different from the sensor capable of reading the magnetized information by scanning the part in the longitudinal direction,
The control unit controls the transport operation by the transport unit,
The recording medium inserted in the normal direction at the opening is conveyed at the predetermined position so that the end surface along the short direction of the recording medium is at the head and the part is positioned in front of the magnetic sensor. The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 2. The external device provided with the magnetic sensor has an opening that can be inserted starting from an end surface along the short direction of the recording medium,
The control unit controls the transport operation by the transport unit,
The recording medium inserted in the normal direction in the opening of its own device, the end surface along the short direction of the recording medium in the opening of the external device as the head, and the part in front of the magnetic sensor The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording medium handling apparatus is transported so as to be positioned. Of the two end surfaces along the longitudinal direction of the recording medium, when the recording medium is inserted in the normal direction with the end surface closer to the part as the head, the conveyance by the conveyance unit is not performed. The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism capable of inserting the recording medium to a position where the portion is hidden from the outside of the apparatus. The mechanism is
In a state where the recording medium is not conveyed due to the conveyance roller being stopped, the part can be inserted to a position hidden from the outside of the apparatus, and the recording medium interferes with the conveyance unit at the position. The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 5, realized by: The transport unit has at least one transport roller provided on the inner side of the device relative to the sensor,
The mechanism can be inserted to a position where the part is hidden from the outside of the apparatus by setting the recording medium not to be conveyed when the conveyance roller is stopped, and the recording medium is inserted at that position. The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a structure that interferes with the conveyance unit is realized. The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance unit includes a pair of conveyance rollers provided inside the apparatus with respect to the sensor. The recording medium is a magnetic card;
The recording medium handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the part is a magnetic stripe provided on the magnetic card. A recording medium having a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape including a portion where magnetized information is recorded in the longitudinal direction, an opening into which an end surface along the longitudinal direction can be inserted, and an opening.
A sensor provided inside the apparatus near the opening and capable of detecting that the recording medium has been inserted into the opening with the end face in the longitudinal direction at the top;
A transport unit capable of transporting the recording medium inserted into the opening;
According to a detection result of the sensor, a recording medium handling apparatus comprising a control unit that controls the operation of the transport unit,
When it is detected from the detection result by the sensor that the recording medium is inserted into the opening in the normal direction with the end face along the longitudinal direction as the head, the recording medium is conveyed to a predetermined position. While controlling the transport unit,
When it is detected that the recording medium is inserted in a direction different from the normal direction, the conveyance unit is prohibited to convey the recording medium or to the predetermined position. A method for controlling a recording medium handling apparatus.

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