JP2953327B2 - IC card recording device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an IC card recording device used together with a card printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printing line for continuously printing characters and images on a card made of resin such as vinyl chloride has been established.

In the printing line, a card is supplied from a hopper in which unprocessed cards are stored to a card printer, and after printing is performed by the card printer, the cards are transferred to an overcoating process. Is applied.

On the other hand, in recent years, IC cards in which an IC (integrated circuit) is incorporated in a resin card are becoming widespread.

[0005] In this IC card, data must be recorded by a data recording device, and characters and images must be printed by a card printer, similarly to a conventional card without an IC.

The printing processing time by the card printer varies depending on the type of printing and the like, but is usually about 10 seconds. On the other hand, the data recording processing time by the data recording device differs depending on the type of the IC card and the like, but the 0-order issue (initializing), the primary issue (securing the data area), and the secondary issue (data writing) are performed. When you do
Usually about 40 seconds.

For this reason, if a data recording device is incorporated in the conventional printing line and the printing process and the data recording process are to be performed continuously, the line speed is influenced by the data recording process time. Will be slowed down.

In view of the above, conventionally, when performing printing processing and data recording processing on an IC card, only data recording processing is performed in advance on a recording line different from the printing line, and the IC card on which this recording processing has been performed is performed. The card was supplied to a printing line to perform a printing process.

[0009]

However, if the data recording process and the printing process are performed on separate lines as described above, the number of lines may increase, or the cost of stocking the IC card after the data recording process may increase. However, there has been a problem that the cost of the recording and printing process increases.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an IC card recording apparatus which can be added to a printing line without lowering the conventional line speed.

[0011]

In order to solve such a problem, the invention according to claim 1 records data on a plurality of IC cards, and sequentially prints the IC cards on which recording processing has been performed. Card transfer device for transferring an IC card on a turntable, wherein a plurality of data recording devices move their card entrances and exits to the turntable side. And a second card transfer means for transferring a recorded IC card on which data is recorded to the card printer, with the card insertion side facing the rotary table. It is characterized by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, data is recorded on a plurality of IC cards sent from a card printer,
What is claimed is: 1. An IC card recording device for sequentially transferring an IC card on which recording processing has been performed to an outside of the device, wherein a first card transfer means for transferring the IC card is arranged on a turntable, and a plurality of data recording devices are provided. Second card transfer means for transferring the recorded IC card on which data is recorded to the outside of the apparatus is disposed in a ring shape with the card entrance and exit facing the turntable side. Characterized in that they are arranged to face.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of data recording devices are arranged, data recording processing is performed in parallel on a plurality of IC cards, and the data recording processing is sequentially completed. By taking out the recorded IC card from the device and transferring the recorded IC card to the card printer, the data recording processing time of the IC card recording device for one IC card can be adjusted to the printing processing time of the card printer. Can be. For this reason, even if this IC card recording device is arranged in front of the card printer on the conventional printing line, the recording process and the printing process can be performed at the same line speed as the conventional one.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1,
Similarly to the invention described in (1), since the processing time of the IC card recording device can be adjusted to the printing processing time of the card printer for one IC card, this IC card recording device is arranged after the card printer in the conventional printing line. However, the recording process and the printing process can be performed at the same line speed as in the related art.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a configuration of a recording and printing processing line L of a C card.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an unprocessed IC card C
The IC card C is supplied from the hopper 1 to the IC card recording device 2, is printed by the card printer 3, passes through the overcoat 4, and is accumulated in the stacker 5. It goes.

The printing processing time of the card printer 3 used in the recording and printing processing line L varies depending on the type of printing and the like, but is about 10 seconds, and the overcoat processing time by the overcoat 4 is 10 seconds or less. It has become.

IC card recording device 2 in this embodiment
Has a configuration as shown in FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 7 denotes a rotary table arranged on the apparatus main body 6. The rotary table 7 is rotatable around a rotary shaft 7a by a stepping motor 8 via a drive belt 9. Have been.

On the rotary table 7, an IC card C
A first roller device 10 is disposed as a "first card transfer means" that transfers the first card.

The first roller device 10 comprises two pairs of rollers 11, and an IC card C
Is inserted and the roller 11 rotates, so that this I
The C card C is transferred.

On the apparatus main body 6, four data recording apparatuses 12 to 15 are provided with card entrances 12a to 15a.
Are arranged in a ring shape with the rotating table 7 facing the rotating shaft 7 a side of the rotating table 7.

Each of the data recording devices 12 to 15 is an S-type recording device.
Next issuance (data area reservation) and secondary issuance (data writing) are performed, and further, a write check (verify) is performed. The total processing time is 8k bytes IC card C
In this case, the time is about 40 seconds.

That is, I for one IC card C
In order to make the data recording processing time of the C card recording device 2 equal to the printing processing time of the card printer 3, in this embodiment, four data recording devices 12 to 15 are arranged. Therefore, if the printing processing time of the card printer 3 is faster, by arranging four or more data recording devices in accordance with the processing time, the data recording processing time of the IC card recording device 2 and the card printer 3 can be made equal to the printing processing time.

On the apparatus main body 6, a second roller device 16 as "second card transfer means" is arranged with its card insertion side facing the rotation shaft 7a of the turntable 7.

The second roller device 16 is composed of two pairs of rollers 17, and an IC card C
Is inserted and the roller 17 rotates, so that this I
The C card C is transferred to the card printer 3 side.

As described above, the data recording devices 12 to 15 and the second roller device 16 are connected to the rotary shaft 7 of the rotary table 7.
Since the IC card recording device 2 is arranged in a ring around the center a, the entire IC card recording device 2 is compact.

Reference numeral 18 in the figure denotes a card detection sensor which detects the leading and trailing ends of the IC card C and controls the rotation of the first roller device 10 by the card detection sensor 18.

Although FIG. 1 shows only a pair of card detection sensors 18, each of the data recording devices 12 to
A plurality of pairs of detection sensors 18 are arranged perpendicular to the IC card input / output direction with respect to the IC card 15.

The recording and printing processing line L having such a configuration
Are centrally controlled by one main control means (not shown).

That is, each of the data recording devices 12 to 15,
Based on a signal from the card detection sensor 18 and the like, the stepping motor 8, the first and second roller devices 10, 16
And so on.

Next, the processing operation of the recording and printing processing line L will be described.

First, the roller 1 of the first roller device 10
As shown in FIG. 1, in a state where one rotation direction coincides with the card supply direction A, the first roller device 10
Is supplied with an IC card C.

When the card detection sensor 18 detects the leading end of the IC card C, the roller 11 rotates, and the IC card C is transported. When the card detection sensor 18 detects the rear end of the IC card C, the roller 11 rotates. 11 is stopped, and the IC card C is positioned at the center of the turntable 7. At this time, the rotation of the roller 11 causes I
Since the transfer of the C card C is performed, the IC card C can be transferred instantaneously by increasing the rotation of the roller 11.

Next, the driving of the stepping motor 8 causes the turntable 7 to rotate and the first data recording device 12 to rotate.
The IC card C faces the card entrance 12a.
At this time, since the rotary table 7 is rotated by the stepping motor 8, the rotary table 7 can be accurately rotated to a predetermined angular position without using an angle sensor or the like.

Subsequently, the roller 11 rotates and the IC card C is sent to the first data recording device 12, and the first data recording device 12 starts data recording processing.

Again, the turntable 7 is rotated so that the rotation direction of the roller 11 matches the card supply direction A,
By the same operation as described above, each of the data recording devices 13 to 1
The IC card C is sent to 5.

Here, each of the data recording devices 12 to 15 has
The time interval at which the C card C is sent is set to 10 seconds.

Next, when the data recording process is completed in the first data recording device 12 (after a lapse of a previously known processing time (here, 40 seconds)), the rotation direction of the roller 11 coincides with the card inlet / outlet 12a. Thus, the turntable 7 is rotated.

Subsequently, the roller 11 rotates, and the IC card C is picked up by the first roller device 10 and the card detection sensor 18 (for the first data recording device 12).
When the sensor 18) arranged perpendicular to the C card input / output direction detects the rear end of the IC card C, the rotation of the roller 11 is stopped, and the IC card C is positioned at the center of the rotary table 7.

The rotating table 7 is rotated again, and the rotating direction of the roller 11 is made to coincide with the rotating direction of the roller 17 of the second roller device 16. At this point, Roller 1
1 and 17 rotate, and the IC card C becomes the first roller device 1
0 to the second roller device 16 and further to the card printer 3 side. In addition, the roller 17
You may make it rotate constantly.

A success / failure signal indicating whether or not the data recording process has been normally performed is transmitted from the first data recording device 12 to the main control means. Then, based on the success / failure signal,
When the data recording process is performed normally, the transferred IC card C is printed by the card printer 3 and then stored in the stacker 5 through the process of the overcoat 4. If the data recording process is not performed normally, the IC card C is not supplied to the card printer 3 and is removed from the recording / printing processing line L by an elimination device (not shown).

On the other hand, the IC card C is supplied from the hopper 1 to the first roller device 10 in the same manner as described above.
The IC card C is sent to the first data recording device 12.

Such a processing operation is sequentially and cyclically performed on each of the data recording devices 12 to 15.

As described above, the IC card recording device 2 includes:
Four data recording devices 12 to 15 are arranged, and one I
Since the data recording processing time for the C card C is equal to the printing processing time by the card printer 3, the IC card recording device 2 as in this embodiment is used.
Is arranged in front of the card printer 3 in the conventional printing line, the data recording process and the printing process can be performed at the same line speed (processing speed of the card printer 3) as in the related art.

For this reason, the recording line and the printing line are unified, and the cost of the recording and printing process of the IC card is reduced by reducing the number of lines and the stock cost of the IC card after the data recording process. be able to.

In this embodiment, the IC card recording device 2 is arranged before the card printer 3, but the IC card recording device 2 is arranged after the overcoat 4, and the data recording process is performed after the printing process. You may.

Also in this case, the printing processing time and the data recording processing time for one IC card C become equal, and the printing processing and the data recording processing can be performed at the same line speed as in the related art.

[0050]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of data recording devices are arranged, data recording processing is performed on a plurality of IC cards in parallel. Sequentially take out the recorded IC card from the data recording device that has completed the processing, and
By transferring a card to a card printer, one IC
The data recording processing time of the IC card recording device for the card can be matched with the printing processing time of the card printer. For this reason, even if this IC card recording device is arranged in front of the card printer on the conventional printing line, the recording process and the printing process can be performed at the same line speed as the conventional one.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
Similarly to the invention described in (1), since the processing time of the IC card recording device can be adjusted to the printing processing time of the card printer for one IC card, this IC card recording device is arranged after the card printer in the conventional printing line. However, the recording process and the printing process can be performed at the same line speed as in the related art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an IC card recording device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a recording and printing processing line in the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 IC card recording device 3 Card printer 7 Rotary table 8 Stepping motor 9 Drive belt 10 First roller device (first card transfer device) 11, 17 rollers 12 to 15 Data recording device 16 Second roller device (second card transfer device) ) 18 Card detection sensor C IC card

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. Recording data on a plurality of IC cards,
What is claimed is: 1. An IC card recording device for sequentially transferring an IC card on which a recording process has been performed to a card printer, wherein a first card transfer means for transferring the IC card is disposed on a turntable, and a plurality of data recording devices are provided. A second card transfer means for transferring a recorded IC card, on which data is recorded, to the card printer, wherein the card insertion / exit port is arranged in a ring shape with the card entrance facing the rotary table; An IC card recording device, which is arranged facing the turntable. 2. An IC in which data is recorded on a plurality of IC cards sent from a card printer and recording processing is performed.
An IC card recording device for sequentially transferring cards to the outside of the device, wherein a first card transfer means for transferring the IC card is arranged on a turntable, and a plurality of data recording devices are connected to the card entrance and exit by the card entrance and exit. A second card transfer means for transferring a recorded IC card on which data is recorded to the outside of the apparatus, the card insertion side being arranged toward the turntable side; An IC card recording device.