JP2824940B2 - Card transaction processor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card transaction processing device which is internally provided in, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine for station services.
More specifically, the present invention relates to a card transaction processing device that can efficiently process two cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a card transaction processing apparatus of this kind takes in a card inserted into a card insertion slot and performs card data processing such as magnetic data processing, punch hole processing, and printing processing. The card has been returned to the original card slot. At this time, there is also known an apparatus in which a new card is issued as needed and an old card is collected to improve the processing performance of the card (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 1-18340).
No. 5).

[0003]

When a ticket or the like is purchased with this card, it is not possible to make a transaction with a single card having a small balance.
You trade using one card.

However, when using these two cards,
Because the card transport path is a linear transport configuration that only advances and retreats the card with respect to the card insertion slot, the card inserted first is located at the back of the inside, and the card inserted afterwards is located at the front. In order to return the cards, the order of the rear card is the order of the destination card. In this case, the data processing of the destination card is performed after the return of the rear card is completed, and then the processing is performed for each card to be returned. When two cards are used, the processing time of the card becomes longer, and particularly, the waiting interval when returning the two cards becomes longer, which has caused the forgetting to take the second card.

[0005] The present invention relates to a card transaction processing apparatus which can change the order in which cards are returned in accordance with the balance at the time of transaction of two cards, and can shorten the card processing time and prevent the card from being forgotten. For the purpose of providing.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a card inserted into a card insertion slot is taken in, and data processing is performed.
After the data processing, a card loading / unloading processing system for returning the card to the original card insertion slot, a card issuing processing system for issuing a new card based on the transaction data, and a card collection processing system for collecting and processing the old card. A card transaction processing apparatus comprising: a card loading / unloading processing system; a card issuing processing system; and a card collection processing system, which are connected in a loop to allow reversible transport, and provided with the three processing systems. At least one holding unit for temporarily holding a card is provided on each transport path of the system.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when two cards are inserted, the first card and the second card are temporarily held separately in any of the holding units on the transport system provided in a loop, and these loops are stored in the loop. The two cards are reversibly conveyed on the conveyer and the data processing is efficiently performed inside the two cards. Further, at the time of return, the two cards are continuously returned. Further, at the time of continuous return, it is possible to select one of them according to the data content and return it first without affecting the insertion order from the transport system configured in a loop.

[0008]

As described above, since a loop-shaped transport system suitable for data processing of two cards is provided, both inserted cards can be efficiently processed internally, so that the card Since the processing time can be shortened and two cards can be returned in succession, the return interval of the cards can be shortened to prevent the second card from being forgotten, and a loop-shaped transport system can be used. The transport path can be shortened to reduce the size of the apparatus, and the cards can be selected and returned in the order of the remaining balance.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a card transaction processing device 11 internally provided in an automatic ticket vending machine.
A card loading / unloading path L1, a card issuing path L2, and a card collection path L inwardly communicating with the card insertion slot 12 on the front side.
The three transport paths L1 to L3 are connected to each other by allowing reversible transport in a loop.

The card loading / unloading path L1 is provided with an encoding unit including a magnetic head 13 and a punch unit 14, and a printing unit 16 for front and back sides provided with thermal heads 15, 15, where a card is inserted. It is responsible for reading the magnetic information of the card C inserted through the opening 12 and rewriting the magnetic information, punching the card, and punching the new card C to be issued and writing the magnetic information. Thermal printing of predetermined data is performed. The outer end of the card loading / unloading path L1 is connected to the card insertion slot 12 to allow the loading / unloading of the card C, and the inner end is connected to the second flapper F.
2 and the card issuance path L2, and the intermediate portion is connected to the card collection path L3 via the first flapper F1.

The card issuing path L2 is provided with a first card issuing section 17 and a second card issuing section 18, which are disposed vertically with respect to the start end and the intermediate section of the card issuing path L2. First card issuing unit 17 and second card issuing unit 1
8, the first and second feeding portions 17a, 18a and the first,
The second feeding transport paths L4 and L5 are the second flapper F2 and the third
One end of the card issuing path L2 is connected to the above-described card carry-in / out path L1 via the second flapper F2, and the other end is connected to the card collection path L3 via the fourth flapper F4. Connected.

The card collection path L3 has one end connected to the middle of the card loading / unloading path L1 and the other end collecting a card C that has become used and a card collection section 19 that collects a card that has been forgotten. The card collection section 19 is connected to the card collection path L3 via the waste ticket collection path L6 and the fourth flapper F4 described above, and the card C inserted into the card insertion port 12 therefrom is connected to the forgotten collection section 20. For example, a cash voucher card with a zero amount and a number card with a zero use count are collected. Further, the forgotten collection section 20 is connected to the card collection path L3 via the forgotten collection path L7 and the fifth flapper F5, and is configured to collect the card that has been forgotten at the card insertion slot 12. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a first card for temporarily storing the first card when two cards are received in the card insertion slot 12 and efficiently processing the internal card is provided on the transport path described above. To H4 to H4.

The first holding unit H1 connects the card loading / unloading path L1, the card issuing path L2, and the feed-out transport path L4.
It is set at the position of the flapper F2, the second holding unit H2 is set at the position of the third flapper F3 that connects the feeding conveyance path L5 on the card issuing path L2, and the third holding unit H3 is set at the intermediate position on the card collection path L3. The fourth holding unit H4 is set on the waste ticket collection passage L6.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the card transaction processing device 11. The CPU 31 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and stores the control data in the RAM 33.

The first motor M1 drives the card loading / unloading path L1 in the normal / reverse direction to move the card C back and forth on the loading / unloading path L1, thereby executing card reading / writing, punching, printing processing and the like.

The second motor M2 is connected to another transport path L2.
L7 are driven forward and reverse to convey the card, and the drive output is executed via the clutch 34 to execute a card feeding operation and a collection operation.

A number of card detection sensors S are arranged on the transport paths L1 to L7 to check the carry-in, carry-out, transport position, and standby position of the card.

[0019] Next, processing operation of the card transactions processing apparatus with reference to flowchart illustrations and its operation explanatory diagram of FIGS 24.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the card issuing processing operation.
Now, when the CPU 31 outputs a card issuing signal and issues a new card from the first card issuing section 17, the second flapper F2 guides the card to the card loading / unloading path L1.
(Steps n1 to n2), and when a new card is issued from the second card issuing unit 18, the third flapper F3 is also operated to guide the card to the card loading / unloading path L1 (step n3). To n5), the new card that has been fed is sorted and conveyed from the card issuing path L2 to the card loading / unloading path L1. At this time, the printing section 16 prints the new card information, and further the magnetic head 13 prints the new card information. After recording and reading are confirmed, the card is released from the card insertion slot 12 and a new card C is issued (steps n6 to n8).

FIGS. 6 to 8 show a card receiving processing operation. When a single card is received, the card data inserted from the card insertion slot 20 is read by the magnetic head 13 and then read.
The card is then led to the card issuing path L2 and temporarily suspended in the first holding unit H1, so that predetermined card data processing is executed (steps n11 to n12).

At the time of receiving two cards, the data of the preceding card inserted from the card insertion slot 20 is read by the magnetic head 13 and then guided to the card issuing path L2 to be transported to the second holding section in the middle of transport. H2 temporarily (step n21)
-N23), after the card is inserted, the data of the card is read by the magnetic head 13 and then guided to the card issuance path L2 to temporarily stand by at the first holding unit H1, and these two cards are moved in the same transport direction. Hold in series. Then, while one of the first cards is being held, the other cards are sequentially conveyed sequentially from the second card to execute data processing (steps n24 to n25).

FIGS. 9 and 10 show one card return processing operation, in which the card temporarily suspended in the first holding unit H1 is guided to the card loading / unloading path L1 in the return direction, and the balance data and the like based on the transaction data are returned. Printing is performed by the printing unit 16, guided to the positions of the punch unit 14 and the magnetic head 13, and subjected to an encoding process such as a punching process, a read / write process, and the like, and then released from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n 31 to n).
33).

FIG. 11 , FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 show the operation of returning two cards . First, the card is temporarily put on standby in the first holding section H1, and then guided to the card loading / unloading path L1 in the return direction to convert the transaction data. The printing unit 16 prints the remaining balance data and the like based on the remaining amount data.
After performing encoding processing such as punching processing, read / write processing, etc., the card is temporarily suspended in the third holding unit H3 on the card collection path L3 (steps n41 to n44), and then the second holding is performed. After releasing the hold of the first card temporarily suspended in the section H2, the preceding card is similarly guided to the printing section 16 and the encoding section to perform printing processing and encoding processing,
At this time, if the remaining amount of the previous card is large, after the encoding process, the previous card is returned from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n45 to n49).

Then, when it is confirmed that the destination card having the large remaining amount has been removed, the card is temporarily held in the third holding unit H3, and then the holding support of the card is released. Thereafter, the card is guided in the returning direction. The card is returned from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n50 to n53).

If it is determined in step n48 that the remaining amount of the post card is large, the post card is guided to the card issuing path L2 after the encoding process so that the post card is returned first. (2) The card is temporarily held in the second holding unit H2 (step n54). After the card is temporarily held in the third holding unit H3, the holding support of the card is released, and then the card is guided in the return direction and returned from the card insertion slot 12. (Steps n55 to n57).

Then, when it is confirmed that the card is removed after the remaining amount is large, subsequently, the holding support of the previous card temporarily suspended in the second holding section H2 is released, and the preceding card is guided in the returning direction. It is returned from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n58 to n60).

FIGS. 14 and 15 show a card switching processing operation. Now, when the CPU 31 outputs a new card switching signal, the card held in the first holding unit H1 is put on standby by the printing unit 16, the punch unit 14 and the magnetic unit. After the card is guided to the position of the head 13 and subjected to waste ticket processing, the card collection path L
3 to temporarily wait in the third holding unit H3 (steps n61 to n61).
n64) In this standby state, a new card is fed out from the first card issuing unit 17 or the second card issuing unit 18, the new card information is printed by the printing unit 16, and the new card information is recorded by the magnetic head 13. The new card is ejected from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n65 to n68).

Then, when it is confirmed that the new card has been removed, the holding support of the old card which has been temporarily suspended in the third holding section H3 is released, and the old card is led to the waste ticket collection passage L6. Then, the card is collected by the card collection unit 19 (steps n69 to n73).

FIG. 16, FIG. 17, FIG. 18 and FIG.
This shows the card switching processing operation when the previous card at the time of accepting the card is discarded. When the CPU 31 outputs a switching signal to a new card, the first holding unit H1 puts the card on standby and then prints the card. 16 and the position of the magnetic head 13 to perform card data processing, and then temporarily wait in the third holding unit H3 on the card collection path L3 (steps n81 to n8).
4) Subsequently, the leading card held in the second holding unit H2 is guided to the positions of the printing unit 16, the punch unit 14 and the magnetic head 13 to perform a waste ticket processing, and then the card is issued via the card issuing path L2. And temporarily suspends at the fourth holding unit H4 on the waste ticket collection passage L6 (steps n85 to n88). In this waiting state, a new card is fed out from the first card issuing unit 17 or the second card issuing unit 18 and printed. The new card information is printed at 16 and the new card information is read and written by the magnetic head 13. If the remaining amount of the new card is larger than the remaining amount of the succeeding card, the new card is preferentially ejected from the card insertion slot 12. (Steps n89 to n93).

When it is confirmed that the new card has been removed, the card is first put on standby in the third holding unit H3, and then the card is released from holding and the card is returned from the card slot 12. (Steps n94 to n97), and after confirming that the card has been removed, the fourth holding unit H4
Release the hold support of the previous card that was temporarily waiting at,
The card which has been discarded is collected by the card collection unit 19 from the discarded ticket collection passage L6 (steps n98 to n100).

When it is determined in step n92 that the balance of the new card is larger than the balance of the new card,
After the new card is encoded, the second card issuance path L2
It is led to the holding unit H2 to make it temporarily wait (step n101).
After the card is temporarily held in the third holding unit H3, the holding support of the card is released, and then the card is guided in the returning direction and returned from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n102 to n104).
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Then, when it is confirmed that the card has been removed after the remaining amount is large, subsequently, the holding support of the new card temporarily suspended in the second holding section H2 is released, and the new card is guided in the returning direction. The card is returned from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n105 to n107).

When it is confirmed that the new card has been removed, the fourth card holder H4 releases the hold of the previous card that has been temporarily put on hold, and removes the discarded previous card from the discarded ticket collection passage L6. The card is collected by the card collection unit 19 (steps n108 to n110).

FIG. 20, FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 show a card switching processing operation when the card is discarded after the reception of two cards . When the CPU 31 outputs a switching signal to a new card, the first hold is performed. After the card has been put on standby in the unit H1, the card is printed by the printing unit 16, the punch unit 14, and the magnetic head 1.
After the card is disposed of at the position of No. 3, the card collection path L
3 to the fourth holding unit H4 on the waste ticket collection passage to temporarily wait (steps n111 to n116).
After the leading card held in the holding section H2 is guided to the printing section 16 and the encoding section to perform card data processing, the card is guided to the third holding section H3 on the card collection path L3 to temporarily wait (steps n117 to n117). n121) In this standby state, a new card is fed from the first card issuing unit 17 or the second card issuing unit 18, the new card information is printed by the printing unit 16, and the new card information is read and written by the magnetic head 13. If the balance of the new card is larger than the balance of the previous card, the new card is preferentially discharged from the card insertion slot 12 (steps n122 to n126).

When it is confirmed that the new card has been removed, the third card is released from the card slot 12 by releasing the hold of the previous card which has been temporarily suspended in the third holding section H3. (Steps n127 to n130) When it is confirmed that the card has been removed, the fourth holding unit H4 temporarily suspends the card, releases the holding support of the card, and discards the card after the card has been discarded. The card is collected by the card collection unit 19 from the collection passage L6 (steps n131 to n133).
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[0037] By the way, if it is determined that the balance of the previous card is greater than the balance of the new card in the above-described step n125, the handling of these cards step n101 ~ of FIG. 18
Since the handling operation is the same as the processing operation of the new card and the subsequent card described in n110, the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 show the operation of collecting a forgotten card .
Is returned to or issued to the card insertion slot 12, if the card is not removed after a certain period of time at the position of the card insertion slot 12 (steps n141 to n143).
The card C which has been forgotten is taken in via the card carry-in / out path L1 and card recovery path L3, and is collected by the forgotten collection path L7 in the forgotten collection section 20 (steps n144 to n147).

As described above, since a loop-shaped transport system suitable for processing two data is provided, both the first and second cards can be efficiently processed internally. Therefore, the processing time of the card can be reduced, and
Since two cards can be returned in succession, the card return interval can be shortened to prevent the second card from being forgotten, and the transport path can be shortened for the loop transport system to reduce The card can be reduced in size, and the cards can be selected and returned in the order of the remaining balance.

In correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the card carry-in / out processing system of the present invention corresponds to the card carry-in / out path L1 of the embodiment. Corresponding to the card issuing path L2, the card collection processing system corresponds to the card collection path L3, and the holding unit includes a first holding unit H1, a second holding unit H2, a third holding unit H3, and a fourth holding unit. Although corresponding to the section H4, the present invention is not limited to only the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a card transaction processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a card holding position according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram of the card transaction processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a card issuing processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a transfer explanatory view showing a card issuing processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of accepting one card according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of accepting two cards according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a transport explanatory view showing the card receiving processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing one card return processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a transfer explanatory diagram showing a single card return processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of returning two cards according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG . 11;

FIG. 13 is a transfer explanatory view showing a two-card return processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a card switching processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a transfer explanatory view showing a card switching processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a card switching processing operation when a previous card is discarded according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a transfer explanatory view showing a card switching processing operation when a previous card is discarded according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a card switching processing operation when a rear card is discarded according to the present invention.

FIG. 21 21 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 20.

FIG. 22 is a transport explanatory view showing a card switching processing operation when a rear card is discarded according to the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the operation of a forgotten card collection process according to the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a transfer explanatory view showing the operation of collecting a forgotten card according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: Card transaction processing device 12: Card slot L1: Card loading / unloading path L2: Card issuing path L3: Card collection path H1 to H4: Reservation unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card loading / unloading processing system which takes in a card inserted into a card insertion slot, processes the data, and returns the card to the original card insertion slot after the data processing.
A card transaction processing device comprising a card issue processing system for issuing a new card based on transaction data, and a card collection processing system for collecting and processing an old card, wherein the card import / export processing system and the card issuance processing system Three processing systems with a card collection processing system are connected in a loop to allow reversible conveyance, and at least one holding unit for temporarily holding cards is provided on each of the conveyance paths of the three processing systems. Card transaction processing device.