JP3117209B2 - Information recording card processing device - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an information recording card processing device used in a prepayment card system or the like.

(Prior Art) In a system using a card such as a prepayment card, the value of the card is reduced according to the service to the user, and the balance is displayed to the user by displaying the value by a punch hole or the like. Like that.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of an information recording card processing device used in such a system.

The information recording card processing device shown in this figure includes a card processing mechanism 101 and an information processing circuit 102, and reads and writes contents recorded on the information recording card 104 under the control of the host control device 103. Processing, punching, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 6, the information recording card 104 includes a thin plate-like substrate 105 formed of paper or the like, and a magnetic stripe 106 provided inside the substrate 105. A plurality of balance displays 107 are printed, and a card ID, issuance amount, balance, issuance date, and check data are recorded in the magnetic stripe 106 as shown in FIG.

Further, a card processing mechanism 101 includes a magnetic head mechanism for performing a writing process and a reading process for information on a magnetic stripe 106 of the information recording card 104, and the information recording card 10.
And a punch mechanism for forming a punch hole on the balance display 107 in accordance with the balance of 4. The information is supplied to the magnetic stripe 106 of the information recording card 104 based on the information supplied from the information processing circuit 102. Writing is performed, and information is read from the magnetic stripe 106 and is read out from the information processing circuit 1.
02, and when a punch command is supplied from the information processing circuit 102, a punch hole is formed at a position of the information recording card 104 designated by the punch command.

The information processing circuit 102 includes a stored program memory 109, a microprocessor 110, a host interface 111, an encoder / decoder 112, a card data memory 113, and a punch control unit 114. Reading processing of the content recorded on the information recording card 104 by controlling the card processing mechanism 101 below,
Write processing, punch processing, and the like are performed.

The stored program memory 109 stores a program or the like that regulates the operation of the microprocessor 110.The stored program memory 109 sequentially reads out the stored program in response to a read command supplied from the microprocessor 110, and reads out the stored program. To supply.

The microprocessor 110 controls the circuit components based on the program stored in the stored program memory 109 to read the content recorded on the information recording card 104, write the content, punch the content, and execute the host control 103. And the like.

The host interface 111 is the microprocessor 1
When the write processing contents, the read processing contents, the punch processing contents, and the like for the information recording card 104 are supplied from 10, they are supplied to the host controller 103, and when the control information is supplied from the host controller 103, Is supplied to the microprocessor 110.

Also, when write information is supplied from the microprocessor 110, the encoder / decoder 112 converts the write information into information in a format corresponding to the recording format of the card using the card data memory 113, and When the read information is supplied from the card processing mechanism 101, the read information is converted into information in a format corresponding to the data format of the microprocessor 110 by using the card data memory 113 to convert the read information into the microprocessor. Supply 110.

The card data memory 113 is a memory accessed by the encoder / decoder 112 and the microprocessor 110.
2 and used as a work area for the microprocessor 110.

In addition, the punch control unit 114
A punch command is generated based on the punch information from the CPU and supplied to the card processing mechanism 101.

However, in the information recording card 104 processed by such a conventional information recording card processing device, a punch hole is formed slightly above a plurality of balance displays 107 printed on the front surface to display the balance. The balance display position such as a punch hole is fixedly determined by each card system. That is, assuming that the maximum amount handled by the system is, for example, 5,000 yen, as shown in FIG. 8 (a), in the case of a 5,000 yen card, the leading edge portion A of the card
5,000 yen, and then print 3,000 yen, 1,000 yen,
One hundred yen, one hundred yen and zero yen are printed toward the other end B. In the case of a 3,000 yen card, as shown in FIG.
3,000 yen, 1,000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 0 yen and the above-mentioned maximum amount of 5
The card is printed at the same position as each of the 1,000 yen cards. Similarly, in the case of a 1,000 yen card, as shown in FIG. 8 (c), 1,000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 0 yen and 5 yen It was printed at the same position as each of the 1,000 yen cards, and punched holes were made at the balance printing position according to the amount of use.

Therefore, in such a conventional system, first, since the maximum amount peculiar to the system is determined, even if a new higher-priced card is to be issued, the card is written on the card as shown in FIG. There was a drawback that the card reader could not cope with it because there was no problem.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 (a), (b) and (c),
Since the balance display of the card 104 is at the same position for each amount, for example, when a card with a small amount of 5 hundred yen is created in a card system with a large maximum amount of 100,000 yen, a card with a small amount of 5 hundred yen Has a drawback that the balance display area becomes extremely narrow, making it impossible to display a fine balance, and making reading difficult.

Such a problem is not limited to the punch hole method, but is the same in a card that prints the remaining amount at each position instead of the punch hole.

Therefore, it is conceivable to change the punch position in accordance with the issue amount of the information recording card 104. However, in such a method, the punch hole mechanism must be changed every time the issue amount of the information recording card 104 changes. However, there is a problem that the method becomes too complicated.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the related art, and it is possible to increase the issuance amount without changing a punch mechanism and the like, and to improve the information recording card. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording card processing device capable of coping with diversification.

(Summary of the Invention) In order to solve the above problems, in an information recording card processing apparatus according to the present invention, a substrate formed in a thin plate and information is displayed in a format provided on the substrate and recognizable by five senses. Information on an information recording card comprising a display unit to be processed and a processing target information recording unit provided on the substrate and recording information to be processed, and recording the information in the processing target information recording unit according to the usage status In addition, in an information recording card processing device that displays information in a format that can be recognized by the five senses on a display unit, a table indicating the relationship between patterns displayed on the display unit of the information recording card and usage conditions is stored as data. A table, a reading section for reading and decoding information recorded in a processing target information recording section of the information recording card, and information decoded by the reading section And extracting identification information indicating the table included in the processing target information recording unit, reading a table from the table based on the type information, and writing the contents of the table and the information to be written on the information recording card. A display information creating section for creating display information based on the display information, and a record for recording information on a display section of the information recording card in a format recognizable by the five senses of a person based on the display information created by the display information creating section. And a part.

(Examples) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated examples.

 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The information recording card processing device shown in FIG. 1 includes a card processing mechanism 1 and an information processing circuit 2, and reads and writes contents recorded on the information recording card 4 under the control of the host control device 3. Processing, punching, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information recording card 4 includes a thin plate-like substrate 5 formed of paper or the like, and a magnetic stripe 6 provided inside the substrate 5, and the surface thereof corresponds to the issue amount. A plurality of balance indications 7 are printed, and a card ID 21 as shown in FIG.
And issue amount 22, balance 23, issue date 24, balance display pattern number 25, and check data 26.

The card processing mechanism 1 has a magnetic head mechanism for writing and reading information to and from a magnetic stripe 6 of the information recording card 4 and a balance display 7 according to the balance of the information recording card 4. A punch mechanism for forming a punched hole 20 for writing information to the magnetic stripe 6 of the information recording card 4 based on the information supplied from the information processing circuit 2;
And supplies the information to the information processing circuit 2,
When a punch command is supplied from the information processing circuit 2, a punch hole 20 is formed in the information recording card 4 at a position designated by the punch command. Here, in the balance display 7 portion of the information recording card 4, the amount is displayed over the entire area regardless of the amount of the amount for the reason described later.

The information processing circuit 2 includes a stored program memory 9, a microprocessor 10, and a host interface.
11, encoder / decoder 12, and card data memory
13, punch control unit 14, balance display pattern table 15
Under the control of the host control device 3, the card processing mechanism 1 is controlled to perform a reading process, a writing process, a punching process, and the like of the content recorded on the information recording card 4.

The stored program memory 9 is a microprocessor
A program or the like for controlling the operation of 10 is stored, and the stored programs are sequentially read out and supplied to the microprocessor 10 in response to a read command supplied from the microprocessor 10.

In addition, the host interface 11 writes contents from the microprocessor 10 to the information recording card 4,
When the contents of read processing, punch processing, etc. are supplied,
The control information is supplied to the host control device 3, and when control information is supplied from the host control device 3, the control information is taken in and supplied to the microprocessor 10.

When the write information is supplied from the microprocessor 10, the encoder / decoder 12 converts the write information into information in a format corresponding to the recording format of the card by using the card data memory 13, and 1
When the read information is supplied from the card processing mechanism 1, the read information is converted into information in a format corresponding to the data format of the microprocessor 10 by using the card data memory 13, and To supply.

The card data memory 13 is a memory accessed by the encoder / decoder 12 and the microprocessor 10, and is used as a work area of the encoder / decoder 12 and the microprocessor 10.

The punch controller 14 generates a punch command based on punch information from the microprocessor 10 and supplies the same to the card processing mechanism 1.

Further, the balance display pattern table 15 stores a table 16 indicating the relationship between the balance display pattern number and the punch position as shown in FIG. 4, and is stored when a read command is supplied from the microprocessor 10. The contents of Table 16 are read out and supplied to the microprocessor 10.

The microprocessor 10 controls each part of the circuit based on the program stored in the stored program memory 9 to read, write, and punch the contents recorded on the information recording card 4;
And the like.

Next, the balance updating operation and the punching operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when information written in the information recording card 4 is supplied from the card processing mechanism 1 via the encoder / decoder 12, the microprocessor 10 takes in this information and supplies the information via the host interface 11. A new balance is calculated based on the balance update information from the host control device 3.

Thereafter, the microprocessor 10 creates write information on the basis of the new balance obtained by the arithmetic operation, supplies the write information to the card processing mechanism 1 via the encoder / decoder 12, and supplies the write information to the magnetic stripe of the information recording card 4. 6 stores this.

At this time, the microprocessor 10 takes out the balance display pattern number 25 included in the information read from the information recording card 4 and reads the balance display pattern table 15 using the balance display pattern number 25 as key information. After accessing and reading the punch position information corresponding to the balance display pattern number 25, it is checked whether the current balance has reached the punch position according to the punch position information and the new balance, and this is determined as the punch position. If it has reached, a punch command indicating a punch position is generated, and the punch command is supplied to the card processing mechanism 1 via the punch control unit 14 to form a punch hole 20 in the information recording card 4.

In this case, since the relationship information between the balance and the punched holes 20 is stored in the balance display pattern table 15, the information recording card 4 can be issued regardless of whether the issued amount of the information recording card 4 is high or low. A punch hole 20 is formed at a position corresponding to the amount of money printed over the entire area of the balance display 7 to inform the user of the remaining amount.

Thus, in this embodiment, the information recording card 4
The remaining amount display pattern number 25 is recorded in the memory, and the punch hole position is determined using the remaining amount display pattern number 25, so that the issue amount can be increased without changing the punch mechanism and the like, and the information can be increased. It is possible to cope with diversification of recording cards.

In the above-described embodiment, the table 16 is stored in the balance display pattern table 15 in advance. However, the content of the table 16 may be downloaded from the host control device 3 and stored in the balance display pattern table 15. good.

This can prevent the capacity of the remaining amount display pattern table 15 from increasing even in a system in which the information recording card 4 is frequently changed.

In the above-described embodiment, the magnetic stripe 6
And information is recorded on the information recording card 4 using the punch holes 20. However, the information may be recorded by a bar code, a hologram, or the like.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the issue amount without changing the punch mechanism and the like, and to cope with diversification of information recording cards.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information recording card and its processing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a configuration example of the information recording card shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of information recorded on a magnetic stripe shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a table stored in a balance display pattern table shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of an information recording card and its processing device, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of the configuration of the information recording card shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is recorded on a magnetic stripe shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of information to be transmitted, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a problem of a conventional information recording card and its processing device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reading part, recording part (card processing mechanism), 2 ... Information processing circuit, 4 ... Information recording card, 5 ... Substrate, 6 ...
… Processing information recording unit (magnetic stripe), 10… Display information creating unit (microprocessor), 15… Table (balance display pattern table), 16… Table, 20… Display unit (punch hole), 25 ... Type information recording unit (remaining amount display pattern number).

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI G07F 7/08 DJ

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A substrate formed in a thin plate shape, a display unit provided on the substrate for displaying information in a format recognizable by the five senses of a person, and a process provided on the substrate and recording information to be processed. An information recording card that reads information from an information recording card comprising an object information recording section and records the information in a processing object information recording section in accordance with the state of use, and displays the information on a display section in a format that can be recognized by the five senses of human beings A table in which a table indicating a relationship between a pattern displayed on a display unit of the information recording card and a use state is stored as data, and information recorded in a processing target information recording unit of the information recording card. A reading unit for extracting the identification information indicating the table included in the processing target information recording unit from the information decoded by the reading unit. A display information creating unit that reads a table from the table based on the type information and creates display information based on the contents of the table and the contents to be written to the information recording card; An information recording card processing device, comprising: a recording unit that records information on a display unit of the information recording card in a format recognizable by five senses based on the displayed information.