JP5702078B2 - Card punching inspection apparatus and card punching inspection method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a card punching inspection apparatus and a card punching inspection method for punching out a card in a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows from a single sheet and inspecting the card.

(1) Conventional card inspection is performed by imaging both sides of a card set unit (work supply unit 1) for setting a group of cards to be inspected in a card inspection device and cards ejected from the card set unit one by one. An imaging means (camera 3a) for acquiring card surface data, and a determination unit (control device 10) that compares (contrasts) the card surface data with reference surface data acquired in advance to determine good / bad (good or bad). ), A good card storage unit (work collection unit 5) for storing good cards determined to be good by the determination unit, and a defective card storage unit (work storage) for storing defective cards determined to be defective by the determination unit Part 11) is known. (For example, Patent Document 1)
(2) Further, conventionally, the width of the card (<53.392 mm to 54.03 × 85.47 mm to 85.72 mm] for the <ISO9001> credit card, and [53.83 mm to 54.03 mm × 85 for the prepaid card. .40 mm to 85.80 mm]) is measured and the data is stored. However, the card width is mainly measured manually using calipers and the like, for example, one punched card (20 cards in 5 rows x 4 columns) once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Was to measure.

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(1) In the above-described conventional technology, a large number of cards punched out from a large number of sheets are collectively set in a card setting unit, ejected one by one, imaged to obtain card surface data, The device only compares the card surface data with the pre-stored reference card surface data to discriminate between good cards and defective cards and separates them. Therefore, since it only inspects the state including a large number of defective cards and sorts the cards, it is impossible to grasp and deal with defects in the card group during card punching.
That is, since a large number of cards punched out from a large number of sheets are collectively set in the card setting unit and inspected, for example, defects are continuously generated on the punching device side. When it is the cause, it has a defect that defective portions are formed on all of a large number of sheets and a large number of defective cards are generated. This is especially true if the cards on a single sheet are different from each other, such as playing cards, and each card forms a set of cards. In other words, it is necessary to take a measure such as requiring a troublesome work to add a defective card or removing a defective card.
(2) In the method of measuring and storing the card width of a single sheet with an appropriate number of punches or an appropriate punch time, there is a risk that a defective width card is included.

  In view of the drawbacks of the prior art as described above, the card punching operation in the card punching device is proceeding, and the occurrence location of the defect on the card punching device side is quickly identified, It is an object of the present invention to provide a card punching inspection apparatus and a card punching inspection method that can quickly cope with this.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows.
<Invention of Claim 1>
A card punching device for punching cards from a single sheet in an array of multiple columns and multiple rows;
A card group forming unit for forming a card group in which cards for each sheet discharged from the card punching device are stacked in a predetermined order;
A card setting unit for setting the card group;
Card group automatic setting means for automatically setting the card group in the card setting unit;
A card discharge section for discharging the cards of the card group one by one from the card set section;
An imaging means for imaging the front and / or back of the card discharged by the card discharge section;
A card surface data storage unit for storing card surface data imaged by the imaging means;
A card array address assigning unit for assigning a card array address of the sheet to the card surface data;
The reference card surface data stored in the reference card surface data storage unit is compared with the card surface data to determine whether the card surface data is good or bad , or the card surface data is good for each card group. A determination unit for determining a defect ;
A determination result storage unit for storing the determination result of the determination unit;
A defective card that is classified as a good card determined as good by the determination unit and a defective card determined as defective by the determination unit , or is a single card that includes all defective cards according to the determination result for each card group A card sorting means for sorting a group of cards,
A control unit for controlling the card punching device, the card group forming unit and the card group automatic setting means based on the determination result;
The card punching inspection apparatus is configured as described above.
<Invention of Claim 2>
A first card receiving portion having a first shutter for receiving the first row cards of the cards ejected from the card punching device in a row and having an nth shutter for receiving the nth row cards. a card group forming unit including n card receiving units, a shutter opening / closing unit that opens and closes the first shutter to the n-th shutter, a card stack conveying unit provided below the card group forming unit, Providing a card transfer means for setting the card group on the card overlap conveyance unit to the card setting unit,
When the receipt of all the cards of one sheet on the card group forming unit is completed, the first card stack is formed to form a one-row card stack in which the first-row card stack is placed on the card stack transport unit. The shutter opening / closing unit is controlled to open the shutter, the card stack conveying unit is then controlled to move the one-row card stack directly below the second card receiving unit, and then the 1 By repeating the process of placing the second row card stack on the row card stack and opening the second shutter to form a two row card stack, a card group that is an n row card stack is obtained. 2. The card punching inspection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a card group formation control unit configured to control the shutter opening / closing unit and the card overlap conveyance unit.
<Invention of Claim 3>
A display for displaying the data of the determination result storage unit is provided, and if a defect is detected, the card punching device is immediately or immediately after the inspection of the card group being inspected is completed and before the next card group inspection. The card punching operation according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the card punching operation is stopped, and an image of a defective card arrangement address and defective card surface data is displayed on the display. Inspection equipment.
<Invention of Claim 4>
A first card storage portion for receiving and storing a card discharged from the card setting portion by the card discharge portion or from a card transport portion following the discharge portion, provided on the opposite side of the first card storage portion A reversing card that is provided with a card reversing unit that performs a rotation or rotation operation for reversing the card composed of the second card storage unit, and carries a reversed card provided below the card storing reversing unit. A transport unit is provided, a first image pickup means for capturing an image of one surface of the card stored in the card storage reversing unit is provided above the card storage reversing unit, and the reversing card transport is provided above the reversing card transport unit. The card punching inspection apparatus according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, further comprising a second imaging unit that images the other surface of the card conveyed through the card. It is.
<Invention of Claim 5>
An image compositing unit is provided in the control unit, and the imaging operation of the imaging means performs the first imaging for imaging the first half of the card sent to the imaging gap, obtains the first half of the data, and then sends it out from the imaging gap. The second half of the image of the second half of the card is picked up to obtain the second half of the data, and the first half of the data and the second half of the data are synthesized in the image synthesis unit to obtain the card side of the entire card. The card punching inspection device according to claim 1, wherein the card punching inspection device is obtained.
<Invention of Claim 6>
The reference card width range data of the card is preliminarily assigned to the reference card surface data, and a card width detection unit for detecting the card width from the card surface data is provided, and the card width data detected by the card width detection unit is included in the card surface data. 6. The determination unit according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether the card width is a good card within the reference card width range or a defective card outside the reference card width range. 2. A card punching inspection apparatus according to item 1.
<Invention of Claim 7>
A card punching process in which a card punching device punches out a card in a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows from a single sheet;
A card group forming step of forming a card group in which the cards per sheet discharged in the card punching process and discharged from the card punching device are stacked in a predetermined order;
A card setting step of automatically setting the card group in a card setting unit;
A card discharge step of discharging the cards of the card group one by one from the card set unit;
An imaging step of capturing card surface data by imaging the front and / or back of the card discharged from the card set unit by any imaging means;
A card surface data storage step of storing the card surface data in a card surface data storage unit;
A card array address assigning step of assigning a card array address of the sheet to the card surface data;
Wherein by comparing the card surface data and reference card surface data stored in advance, determines the good or defective of the card surface data obtained determination result, or good or bad of the card surface data for each of the card group A determination step for determining a result to obtain a determination result ;
A determination result storing step of storing the determination result,
The determination in the determination step and good and determined to be good card defective in the determination step the sorts defective card, or a said sheet one all cards including the defective card by the determination result of each of the card group defective A card sorting process for sorting a card group,
A data output step of outputting information on a defective card occurrence address based on the data of the determination result storage step ;
It is a card punching inspection method characterized by being configured as described above.
The order of each process is not limited to the order described above.
<Invention of Claim 8>
A card width detecting step for detecting the card width from the card surface data to detect the card width and acquiring the card width data is provided, and the card width data is compared with prestored reference card width range data. The card punching inspection method according to claim 7, wherein it is determined in a determination step whether or not it is within the reference card width range.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 1>
A card punching device for punching cards from a single sheet in an array of multiple columns and multiple rows;
A card group forming unit for forming a card group in which cards for each sheet discharged from the card punching device are stacked in a predetermined order;
A card setting unit for setting the card group;
Card group automatic setting means for automatically setting the card group in the card setting unit;
A card discharge section for discharging the cards of the card group one by one from the card set section;
An imaging means for imaging the front and / or back of the card discharged by the card discharge section;
A card surface data storage unit for storing card surface data imaged by the imaging means;
A card array address assigning unit for assigning a card array address of the sheet to the card surface data;
The reference card surface data stored in the reference card surface data storage unit is compared with the card surface data to determine whether the card surface data is good or bad , or the card surface data is good for each card group. A determination unit for determining a defect ;
A determination result storage unit for storing the determination result of the determination unit;
A defective card that is classified as a good card determined as good by the determination unit and a defective card determined as defective by the determination unit , or is a single card that includes all defective cards according to the determination result for each card group A card sorting means for sorting a group of cards,
A control unit for controlling the card punching device, the card group forming unit and the card group automatic setting means based on the determination result;
Since the card punching inspection apparatus is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
That is,
A card group is formed by stacking the cards of one sheet discharged from the card punching device in a predetermined order, and this card group is automatically set in the card setting unit, and the cards of the card group are integrated. Since the image is taken one by one to judge whether it is good or bad, it realizes a system in which card punching work and card good / bad judgment are performed in parallel, and there is a defective card. The card array address is stored and the occurrence location of the defective card can be specified. When a defective card is generated, the card punching device, the card group forming unit and the card setting unit are stopped based on the determination result. Control is possible.
Thus, for example, when a defective card is detected, the card punching device is immediately stopped, and the card arrangement address where the defective card is generated is immediately known, so that no further defective cards are generated. At the same time, it is possible to quickly identify the cause of the occurrence of the defect and enable quick and prompt failure resolution.
This is realized by forming a card group of cards for each sheet and performing good / bad determination for each card group. For example, the card group currently being inspected 1 It is possible to stop the occurrence of defects with a total of four defective sheets, one sheet currently being conveyed to the card setting unit, one sheet currently being stacked, and one sheet currently being punched.
<Effects of Invention of Claim 2>
A first card receiving portion having a first shutter for receiving the first row cards of the cards ejected from the card punching device in a row and having an nth shutter for receiving the nth row cards. a card group forming unit including n card receiving units, a shutter opening / closing unit that opens and closes the first shutter to the n-th shutter, a card stack conveying unit provided below the card group forming unit, Providing a card transfer means for setting the card group on the card overlap conveyance unit to the card setting unit,
When the receipt of all the cards of one sheet on the card group forming unit is completed, the first card stack is formed to form a one-row card stack in which the first-row card stack is placed on the card stack transport unit. The shutter opening / closing unit is controlled to open the shutter, the card stack conveying unit is then controlled to move the one-row card stack directly below the second card receiving unit, and then the 1 By repeating the process of placing the second row card stack on the row card stack and opening the second shutter to form a two row card stack, a card group that is an n row card stack is obtained. The card punching inspection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a card group formation control unit that controls the shutter opening / closing unit and the card overlap conveyance unit to form the card punching inspection device. Also it exhibits the same effects as the invention of claim 1, wherein by the Do configuration.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 3>
A display for displaying the data of the determination result storage unit is provided, and if a defect is detected, the card punching device is immediately or immediately after the inspection of the card group being inspected is completed and before the next card group inspection. The card punching operation according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the card punching operation is stopped, and an image of a defective card arrangement address and defective card surface data is displayed on the display. Since this is an inspection apparatus, the same effect as that of the invention described in any one of claims 1 and 2 can be obtained by such a configuration.
<Invention of Claim 4>
A first card storage portion for receiving and storing a card discharged from the card setting portion by the card discharge portion or from a card transport portion following the discharge portion, provided on the opposite side of the first card storage portion A reversing card that is provided with a card reversing unit that performs a rotation or rotation operation for reversing the card composed of the second card storage unit, and carries a reversed card provided below the card storing reversing unit. A transport unit is provided, a first image pickup means for capturing an image of one surface of the card stored in the card storage reversing unit is provided above the card storage reversing unit, and the reversing card transport is provided above the reversing card transport unit. The card punching inspection apparatus according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, further comprising a second imaging unit that images the other surface of the card conveyed through the card. Since it is, it is possible to obtain the same effect as the invention described in any one of claims 1, 2, it exhibits the following described effects.
That is, the first imaging unit images one surface (for example, the front surface) of the card in the card storage reversing unit from the top to the bottom, and the second imaging unit stores the inverted card on the reversing card transport unit from top to bottom. Since the other side (for example, the back side) is imaged, both the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit have an effect of realizing imaging in a form in which dust is not applied to the lens with the lens facing down.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 5>
An image compositing unit is provided in the control unit, and the imaging operation of the imaging means performs the first imaging for imaging the first half of the card sent to the imaging gap, obtains the first half of the data, and then sends it out from the imaging gap. The second half of the image of the second half of the card is picked up to obtain the second half of the data, and the first half of the data and the second half of the data are synthesized in the image synthesis unit to obtain the card side of the entire card. Since it is a card punching inspection device according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, the invention according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3 is obtained. In addition to the same effects, the following effects are achieved.
That is,
Since the imaging means captures and synthesizes half the card surface, it is possible to image the imaging means closer to the card surface than to capture the entire card, thereby reducing the resolution of the imaging means. It has the same effect as raising it. Therefore, an inspection apparatus that realizes the same high-precision determination at a low cost as a high-resolution image by using an inexpensive low-resolution image-capturing means that is not an expensive high-resolution image-capturing means is realized.
<Advantageous Effects of Invention>
The reference card width range data of the card is preliminarily assigned to the reference card surface data, and a card width detection unit that detects the card width from the card surface data is provided, and the card width data detected by the card width detection unit is the card surface data 6. The determination unit according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether the card width is a good card within the reference card width range or a defective card outside the reference card width range. Since it is a card | curd punching inspection apparatus of Claim 1, while there exists an effect similar to the invention of any one of Claims 1-5, there exist the following effects.
That is, the card width of all the cards is measured, and whether or not it is within the standard card width range of the card is determined. The card sorting means sorts the defective width card and the good width card. There is an effect that it is possible to provide a card having no bad width.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 7>
A card punching process in which a card punching device punches out a card in a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows from a single sheet;
A card group forming step of forming a card group in which the cards per sheet discharged in the card punching process and discharged from the card punching device are stacked in a predetermined order;
A card setting step of automatically setting the card group in a card setting unit;
A card discharge step of discharging the cards of the card group one by one from the card set unit;
An imaging step of capturing card surface data by imaging the front and / or back of the card discharged from the card set unit by any imaging means;
A card surface data storage step of storing the card surface data in a card surface data storage unit;
A card array address assigning step of assigning a card array address of the sheet to the card surface data;
Wherein by comparing the card surface data and reference card surface data stored in advance, determines the good or defective of the card surface data obtained determination result, or good or bad of the card surface data for each of the card group A determination step for determining a result to obtain a determination result ;
A determination result storing step of storing the determination result,
The determination in the determination step and good and determined to be good card defective in the determination step the sorts defective card, or a said sheet one all cards including the defective card by the determination result of each of the card group defective A card sorting process for sorting a card group,
A data output step of outputting information on a defective card occurrence address based on the data of the determination result storage step ;
Since the card punching inspection method is configured as described above, the same effects as those of the first aspect of the invention can be obtained.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 8>
A card width detecting step for detecting the card width from the card surface data to detect the card width and acquiring the card width data is provided, and the card width data is compared with prestored reference card width range data. Then, in the card punching inspection method according to claim 7, it is determined in the determination step whether it is within the reference card width range or not. <Effect of the invention according to claim 6> Has the same effect as

1 is an overall conceptual plan view of a punching card inspection apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The card group formation operation | movement figure by the card group formation part and card | curd overlap conveyance part of Example 1 of this invention. The side view of the card inspection part of Example 1 of this invention. The block diagram of the control part of Example 1 of this invention. The chart figure of card | curd surface data formation of Example 1 of this invention. The card | curd arrangement | positioning address of Example 1 of this invention and the card | curd overlapping state figure of a card group. The card arrangement | positioning address of Example 2 of this invention and the card | curd superposition state figure of a card group. The side view of the imaging part of Example 3 of this invention. The side view of the card inspection part of Example 4 of the present invention. The top view of Example 5 of this invention, a mechanism side view, and the expanded sectional view of a card accommodation reverse part. The operation | movement sequence diagram of Example 5 of this invention. The mechanism side view of Example 6 of this invention. Sectional drawing and operation | movement figure of the card | curd accommodation inversion part of Example 7 of this invention. Sectional drawing and the top view of the card | curd accommodation inversion part of Example 8 of this invention. The operation | movement figure of the card storage inversion part of Example 8 of this invention. Sectional drawing and top view of the card | curd accommodation inversion part of Example 9 of this invention.

  Embodiments that are the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below. However, the present invention is not intended to be limited to these examples. Further, in the description of the embodiments to be described later, the same reference numerals are given to the same components of the above-described embodiments, and the overlapping description is omitted.

In the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the card punching inspection apparatus 1 has the following configuration.
Card punching having a card punching section 3 composed of four punching blades 3a to 3d for punching four cards one by one in an array of a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows (4 rows and 5 columns in this embodiment) from the sheet 2. A first shutter 5a having a first shutter 5a for receiving the first row cards (card array addresses 1-1 to 1-5) of the cards punched by the device 4 and ejected from the card punching device 4 in a row. A first card receiving portion 6a, a second card receiving portion 6b having a second shutter 5b for receiving the second row cards (card arrangement addresses 2-1 to 2-5), and a third row card (card arrangement). A third card receiving portion 6c having a third shutter 5c for receiving the addresses 3-1 to 3-5, and a fourth card for receiving the fourth row cards (card array addresses 4-1 to 4-5). Fourth card receiving portion 6 having a shutter 5d , The card group forming part 7 made of capital,
A shutter opening / closing section 8 for separately opening and closing the first shutter 5a to the fourth shutter 5d;
A belt conveyor 98 driven by a motor 9 provided under the card group forming unit 7, and a card group to be dropped, which is provided on the belt conveyor 98, is received and held by a base portion protruding inward, and a belt Card holding walls 100a, 100b, 100c, which are arranged in an inverted T-shape (may be L-shaped) as viewed from the front, forming a gap 99 between the conveyor 98 and the lowermost card, respectively. A card stacking and conveying unit 10 composed of a card receiving and holding unit 101 (provided at a predetermined interval for storing each card group CG) formed by 100d;
When the receipt of all the cards of one sheet 2 on the card group forming unit 7 is completed (FIG. 2A), the card-holding unit 101 has the first row card of the first card receiving unit 6a. The shutter opening / closing section 8 is controlled to open the first shutter 5a in order to form the one-row card stack C1 by placing the stacks (card array addresses 1-1 to 1-5) (see (b) of FIG. Next, the card stacking and conveying unit 10 is controlled so that the movement of the card receiving / holding unit 101 is stopped just below the second card receiving unit 6b (FIG. 2 (c)), and then one row of cards. A shutter opening / closing unit is arranged to open the second shutter 5b in order to form a second row card stack C2 by placing a second row card stack (card array addresses 2-1 to 2-5) on the stack C1. 8 (FIG. 2C), and then the card receiving / holding unit 101 The card stack conveyance unit 10 is controlled so as to stop moving immediately below the third card receiving unit 6c (FIG. 2D), and then the third row card is stacked on the second row card stack C2. The shutter opening / closing unit 8 is controlled to open the third shutter 5c in order to form the three-row card stack C3 by placing (card array addresses 3-1 to 3-5) (FIG. 2D). Next, the card stacking and conveying unit 10 is controlled so that the movement of the three-card receiving / holding unit 101 is stopped just below the fourth card receiving unit 6d (FIG. 2 (e)), and then the three-row card stacking is performed. A shutter opening / closing section 8 is disposed so as to open the fourth shutter 5d in order to form a four-row card stack C4 by placing a fourth-row card stack (card array addresses 4-1 to 4-5) on C3. To form a card group CG composed of four-row card stack C4 Of (e) Figure) As FIG. 2, the card group formation control unit 14 for controlling the shutter opening and closing part 9 and the card overlaid conveyor section 10,
A card transferring means 12 for lifting the card group CG on the card receiving / holding portion 101 into the gap 99, putting the claws 102 of the arm 103 into the gap 99 and moving the card group CG to the card setting portion 11;
A card set unit 11 for setting a predetermined number of cards punched out from the sheet 2 in a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows in a predetermined order and set to inspect the card group CG conveyed by the card overlap conveyance unit 10; ,
Cards of the card group CG from the card set unit 11 are discharged to the lower surface of the lowermost card by a discharge roller 15 driven by a motor 30 and wider than the thickness of one card discharged one by one from the lowermost portion by the discharge roller 15. A card discharge section 16 comprising a card passing gap (not shown) having a gap distance and a gap distance narrower than two cards;
A nipping and conveying roller group including an image pickup conveying unit 31, a first branch conveying unit 32, and a second branch conveying unit 33 for nipping and conveying the card discharged from the card discharging unit 16 and driven by a motor 30. A card transport unit 29 which is a nipping and transporting roller group;
Imaging means 17 for imaging the front and back surfaces of the card ejected from the card setting unit 11;
A card width detection unit 155 that detects the card width of the card surface data 64 imaged by the imaging means 17 to acquire the card width data 153 and assigns the card width data 153 to the card surface data 64;
A card surface data storage unit 19 for storing the card surface data 64 to which the card width data 153 is assigned;
A card array address assigning unit 20 for assigning the card array address of the sheet 2 to the card surface data 64 (20 addresses of the card array addresses 1-1 to 5-5);
A determination unit 22 that compares (contrasts) the card surface data 64 with the reference card surface data 21 to determine good / bad;
A determination result storage unit 23 for storing a determination result of the determination unit 22 (such as a card array address of card surface data determined to be defective, or a card surface data determined to be defective and its card array address);
A good card storage unit 24 having a lift floor 37 for storing a good card determined to be good by the determination unit 22;
A first defective card storage unit 25 having a lift floor 38 for storing defective cards determined to be defective by the determination unit 19;
A second defective card storage unit 26 having a raising / lowering floor 39 for storing a defective card group which is all cards of one sheet 2 including defective cards;
The good card and the bad card are separated, the good card can be stored in the good card storage unit 21, and the defective card can be stored in the first defective card storage unit 25. Card sorting means 28;
A good card group or a defective card group provided above the good card storage unit 24 and the second defective card storage unit 26 is stored. If the stored card group is a good card group, the good card storage unit 24 is stored. When the stored card group is a defective card group, the card is moved horizontally by a horizontal drive unit 34 controlled by the control unit 13 to be dropped and stored in the second defective card storage unit 26. Card sorting means 35 having an open / close shutter 36 at the bottom in a form of receiving
The data output setting unit 41 outputs the card surface data of the card arrangement address where the defective card is generated and the defective card based on the data in the determination result storage unit 23 to the display 40 or the like as an image.
The card setting unit 11, the imaging unit 17, the card card transport unit 29, the card sorting unit 28, the card sorting unit 35, the good card storage unit 24, the first defective card storage unit 25, and the second defective card storage unit 26. A card inspection unit 42 is formed.
Card array addresses 1-1 to 5-5 may be array numbers such as card array addresses A-1 to E-5.
The storage of all the cards in one line in the card group forming unit 7 is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the belt conveyor 98 moves a predetermined distance based on the detection.
All the drive parts and the detection part of the card punching inspection apparatus 1 are controlled by the control part 13, and when an error is detected at some point, the control part 13 immediately or inspects the card group being inspected. A unified and appropriate control including the stop of all the devices is performed at an appropriate timing, for example, the card punching operation of the card punching device is stopped before the inspection of the next card group after completion.

There are the following methods for imaging the card surface.
Imaging timing A
The front surface image pickup means 55a and the back surface image pickup means 55b send a detection signal from the card detection sensor 53 at the leading edge of the card to the image pickup instruction section 52. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the image pickup instruction section 52 causes the front half of the card to pick up an image, A detection signal from the card detection sensor 53 at the trailing edge of the back of the card is sent to the imaging instruction unit 52 so that the second half of the card is imaged.
Imaging timing B
Instead of detecting the trailing edge of the card, the first half of the card is imaged by detecting the leading edge of the card, and the second half is imaged after a specified time has elapsed since the detection of the leading edge of the card. Good.
The arrangement position of the card detection sensor 53 in the case of the imaging timing A is arranged on the upstream side of the imaging gap 58, and the arrangement position of the card detection sensor 53 is arranged on the downstream side of the imaging gap 58 in the case of the imaging timing B.

  The card punching device 4 adsorbs and conveys the sheet storage unit 45 in which the sheets 2 being punched are stacked and stored, and the uppermost sheet 2 of the sheet storage unit 45, and sets them in the card punching unit 3. The sheet conveying means 46 controlled by the control unit 13 and four punching blades 3a for punching four cards one by one from the sheet 2 in an array of a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows (4 rows and 5 columns in this embodiment). A card punching unit 3 of 3 to 3d, a transport roller 48 (which may be a belt) driven by a motor 47 for transporting a card punched line by line by the card punching unit 3, and this transport roller 48 Four inclined belts 50 (clamping rollers, air jet sliding surfaces, Bernoulli principle air jets) driven by a motor 49 for sliding the card discharged from the card or transporting and storing the card in the card group forming unit 7 Has since also may) and in the sliding surface.

When the sensor (not shown) detects that the card receiving / holding portion 101 on which the card group CG of one sheet 2 has arrived and stopped just below the card transfer means 12, it is provided inside the belt conveyor 98. The arms 107a and 107b move the front and rear of the card group CG by the centering means 108 from the front and rear surfaces consisting of a pair of arms 107a and 107b that are opened and closed by a link mechanism (not shown) operated by a solenoid or a motor. Centering is performed so as to be sandwiched, the lifting arm 103 of the card transfer means 12 is lowered, and a nail 102 is placed under the card group CG (also serving as centering means from the side), and The card group CG is set in the card setting unit 11 by horizontally moving. Inspection is started when a sensor (not shown) detects that the card group CG is set correctly.
The center aligning means 108 and the card transferring means 12 form a card group automatic setting portion 109.

The imaging operation of the imaging means 17 and subsequent processing will be described with reference to FIGS.
The imaging means 17 includes a front surface imaging means 55a that images the front surface of the card and a back surface imaging means 55b that images the back surface of the card. Each has lighting to illuminate the card being imaged, but is omitted.
The imaging part of the imaging conveyance unit 31 is performed by an imaging gap 58 formed between the roller 56 and the roller 57 that are card conveyance parts, so that the front surface imaging unit 55a faces downward and the back surface imaging unit 55b There is provided an illumination (not shown) that illuminates the card surface. It is also possible to take an image in an imaging gap where the surface imaging means 55a and the surface imaging means 55b are separated.
Imaging and processing of the back surface and the front surface of the card C sent to the imaging gap 58 are performed as follows.
The back side imaging means 55b performs the first imaging 130 for imaging the back half surface 59 of the card C sent out to the imaging gap 58 (lower first leading half entering the imaging gap 58 first), and back side half face data 131. , And then the second back side image data 133 is obtained by performing the second imaging 132 for imaging the back rear half surface 60 of the card C that is sent out from the imaging gap 58 (a little more than half of the second trailing half entering the imaging gap 58 later). The back half-surface data 131 and the back half-surface data 133 are sent to the image composition unit 61.
In the surface imaging means 55a, the first imaging 134 for imaging the front half surface 62 of the card C sent out to the imaging gap 58 (the upper leading half entering the imaging gap 58 first) is performed, and the front half plane data 135 is obtained. Then, the second imaging 136 for imaging the front half surface 63 of the card C sent out from the imaging gap 58 (upper half of the upper and lower half entering the imaging gap 58 later) is performed, and the rear half plane data 137 is obtained. The front half-surface data 135 and the front half-surface data 137 are sent to the image composition unit 61.
The image composition unit 61 composes the back half-surface data 131 and the back half-surface data 133 to form the card back-side composite data 138, and synthesizes the front half-surface data 135 and the front and back half-surface data 137 to create the card surface composite data 139. Is further formed, and card surface data 64 which is combined double-sided data obtained by integrating the card back surface combined data 138 and the card front surface combined data 139 is formed.
Card width data 153 is given to the card surface data 64. The card width data 153 is obtained by detecting the number of pixels of that width in the card surface data 64.

The card surface data 64 to which the card width data 153 is assigned is sent to the determination unit 22 and compared with the reference card surface data 21 and the reference card range data 154, and the determination data 65 is output.
The reference card surface data 21 instructs the reference card surface data generation setting unit 66 to generate a reference card, the card surface of the good card is imaged by the imaging means 17, and the reference card width range input by the reference card width setting unit 156 is used. Data 154 (<53.392 mm to 54.03 × 85.47 mm to 85.72 mm] for <ISO9001> credit card, [53.83 mm to 54.03 mm × 85.40 mm to 85.80 mm] for prepaid card) Thus, the image is stored in the reference image storage unit 67 in advance. (For the assignment, there is some kind of association such as a form in which the reference card width range data 154 is linked to the reference card face data 21, and the same card array address is assigned to the reference card width range data 154 in the reference card face data 21. Is a form that has been
A reference data input unit (not shown) is provided, and an input from the reference data input unit is instructed by the reference card surface data creation setting unit 66, and image data, print data, etc. read in advance by the scanner are used as the reference card surface data 21. A configuration in which the image is stored in the reference image storage unit 67 is also possible.
The imaging unit 43 is formed by the roller 56, the roller 57, the imaging gap 58 (the imaging gap 58 of the surface imaging means 55 a and the surface imaging means 55 b may be separate parts), and the imaging means 17.
An image pickup means (camera) and a camera controller are integrated. The controller uses an image determination function (a reference card width setting unit 156, a reference image storage unit 67, a card width detection unit, as well as camera control). 155, a card surface data storage unit 19, and a determination unit 22).

The card arrangement address data 70 of the sheet to be punched out is selected or input by the card arrangement setting unit 71 and stored in the card arrangement address assigning unit 20. Alternatively, in many cases, the number and arrangement of the punching blades, the size of the sheet, and the card arrangement to be punched are fixed, so that the card arrangement address data 70 is set in advance at the factory shipment stage and cannot be easily changed. If you want to change it, it is better not to change it by normal operations such as changing the memory or changing the setting by entering a password.
The determination method setting unit 72 sets the determination method. Specifically, if all cards are of the same type, “one reference card” is selected, and if there are a plurality of types, “all reference cards” or “reference card designation” is selected.
Since the reference card surface data 21 is one card data if all the cards are of the same type, “one reference card” can be used in many cases.
When there are a plurality of types of cards formed from a single sheet, a plurality of reference card surface data 21 corresponding to the number of types is created, or all card surface data is used as the reference card surface data 21, and the corresponding cards. A card array address is assigned from the array address assigning unit 20 (not shown).
If there are multiple types of cards punched from one sheet, the reference card surface data is the multiple types or all types, and the multiple types of reference card surface data or all card surface data is the reference surface card data. The card array address data is assigned to and stored in each reference plane card data, and the determination unit 22 compares and determines each card reference plane card data and the card plane data.
“Specify reference card” is to set a group for each type by pressing a corresponding part of the screen from the screen displayed on the display, and set the reference card surface data to one data for each group. In the case of 5 groups, the reference card surface data is five types, or all the cards are selected and the 20 types which are all the cards of the sheet are set as the reference card surface data 21.
The display setting display image in the case of designating a plurality of types of reference cards may be displayed with card surface data arranged in a card arrangement so that the types can be visually recognized. As a setting method, in the case of a card arrangement of 4 rows × 5 columns = 20 cards, the card arrangement image displayed on the corresponding arrangement address (the same as the card punching arrangement address of the sheet), and the group Setting buttons 1 to 20 are displayed, and the same type of card face image is pressed with a finger to invert the color to the selected color to determine group 1, and the group 1 button is pressed to invert the selected color of group 1 to the group final color. Confirm group 1. One or all of the group 1 card surface data is preferably stored in the reference image storage unit as group 1 reference card surface data.
Also, a plurality of card sorting means 28 are provided, and a branch transport unit + second branch transport unit 33 equal to or more than the number of types of cards other than the first branch transport unit 32 and the second branch transport unit 33 is provided. Good cards should be stored or packaged separately for each type.

In the determination unit 22, a defective part marking unit 69 gives a marking (mark) to the defective part to create defective card data 68. The defective card data 68 is stored in the determination result storage unit 23 and output to the display 4 or the like. It is possible to display the number of occurrences for each defective card array address, the image of the defective card, and the defective part marking. For example, an array image such as the sheet 2 in FIG. 6 is displayed, the number of defects is displayed at the corresponding array address, and the array addresses with defects are informed by a thick frame having a different color from the others and displayed. When the display button is pressed, the card surface image corresponding to each array address is displayed, and the defective part is indicated by marking (not shown) (→ mark, circle, square box, etc.). .
The card width defect is displayed with markings as well as the characters “width defect”, or the deviation distance from the reference card width range is displayed as + −. When there are a plurality of defective portions, the plurality are displayed.
A determination result storage setting unit (not shown) is provided so that the determination result stored in the determination result storage unit 23 can be selected to store only defective card surface data or all card surface data. It is good to make it.
Even if a defect is found, the inspection is not immediately stopped, the inspection of the card group CG (one sheet) being inspected is completed, and then stopped before the inspection of the card group CG. The punching operation of the sheet is stopped after the punching and discharging of the sheet being punched is completed, and the card group forming unit 7 stacks the cards discharged from the card punching device 4 to form a card group CG and stops. To be.

A symbol identification setting unit (not shown) (a symbol is a number, a character / symbol, a bar code, etc.) is provided, and the symbol identification setting unit detects a symbol at a specific location in the card surface data 64 (the image data of the specific location). Detection memory, text obtained by reading an image of a specific location, text converted, or both image data and text), a sorting mode is set, and a specific location detection unit (not shown) that performs detection instructed by the symbol identification setting unit is provided. The detection result of the specific location detection unit may be stored in the determination result storage unit 23 so that the determination result can be provided to the customer.
This is effective for inspection such as when a serial number (symbol) is printed at a predetermined location on each card, such as a credit card. That is, by providing both the defective card and the good card to the customer and providing the serial number data of the defective card together, the customer himself can check the defective card and the defective card serial number. By providing all the cards in which defective cards and good cards are mixed (overlapping in a predetermined order) and serial number data of defective cards, it is possible to perform defective card extraction work that also serves as a check on the customer side. As a result, it is possible to prevent illegal use of a defective card from occurring on the card punching company side.
Even if a defective card is generated, it is also effective to perform non-stop setting for punching, inspection, and packaging without stopping the device.

The card punching inspection apparatus 1 as described above has printing defects, card scratches, dirt, unplugging, and dimensions (including burrs) for all the cards punched by the card punching apparatus 4 automatically as they are. If a defective card is detected, the device is stopped by the device stop setting, and the location is immediately identified and dealt with. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the occurrence of defective cards.
A card width data storage instruction section (not shown) and a card width data storage section (not shown) for storing card width data are provided, and the card width data of all cards is set by an instruction (setting) of the card width data storage instruction section. Can be stored and the card width data of all cards can be provided to customers.

A reference card width range data 154 of a card is given in advance to the reference card surface data 21, a card width detection unit 155 that detects the card width from the card surface data 64 is provided, and the card width data 153 detected by the card width detection unit 155 is provided. It is given to the card surface data 64, and the determination unit 22 determines whether the card width is a good card within the reference card width range or a defective card outside the reference card width range.
“The card width data 153 is added to the card surface data 64” means that the card surface data 64 is stored in the card surface data storage unit 19, and the card width data 153 is added to the card surface data 64. Any of the methods of being stored in the card surface data storage unit 19 in the form is included in the technical category.
“The reference card width range data 154 of the card is preliminarily assigned to the reference card surface data 21” means that the reference card surface data 21 is stored in the reference image storage unit 67. Any method in which the card width range data 154 is stored in the reference image storage unit 67 in a form to which the card width range data 154 is assigned is included in the technical category.

The determination data 65 is sent to the card destination instruction unit 74.
The card destination instructing unit 74 uses the defect processing form setting unit 75 in advance to perform the A process of sending a good card to the good card storage unit 24 and sending the defective card to the first defective card storage unit 25, or good for each sheet. Whether or not the B process is set to send the card group to the good card storage unit 24 and send the defective card group for each sheet to the second defective card storage unit is set.
In the case of the A processing, when the defective card passes through the card sorting unit 28, the card sorting unit 28 swings the head upward to send the defective card to the second branch transport unit 33, and the first defective unit. When the good card is stored in the card storage unit 25 and passes through the card sorting unit 28, the card sorting unit 28 swings the head downward to send the good card to the first branch transport unit 32 and to the good card storage unit 24. Stored.
When the B process is set, all the cards are sent to the first branch conveyance unit 32, and all the cards of one sheet are stacked and stored in the card sorting means 35. If the card group of one sheet is all good cards, all the cards are dropped and stored in the good card storage unit 24, and if the card group is defective with a defective card in the one sheet card group, the card The sorting means 35 moves right above the second defective card storage unit 26 to drop the defective card group and store it in the second defective card storage unit 26.
The defective card storage unit may be a simple case, and the defective card may be simply dropped.
It is preferable that a plurality of good card storage units 25 are provided, and when a predetermined number of good cards are stored in one good card storage unit 25, the good card storage unit 25 is automatically replaced with the next good card storage unit 25.
Further, the failure processing form setting unit 75 can be set so that a measure such as stopping the device is not performed due to a failure of a specific card array address where the failure continues to occur. By doing so, the occurrence of a defective card due to a printing failure at the same card array address can be processed without stopping the apparatus, and the defective card is sorted into the defective card storage unit.
Further, the defect processing form setting unit 75 can be set so that the punching operation and the inspection operation are not stopped at all even when a defective card occurs.

The good card storage number setting unit 77 sets the number of good cards stored in the good card storage unit 24 in the card number count storage unit 78 in advance, so that the device stop setting unit 79 when the number of good cards stored reaches the set number. Stops the entire apparatus and notifies the fact by the operation of the notification unit 82.
In addition, in the defective card stop setting unit 80, by setting either or both of the limit on the number of occurrences of defective cards and the limit on the number of generated defective cards, if the limit on the number of generated defective cards or the limit on the number of generated defective cards is reached. The apparatus stop setting unit 79 stops the entire apparatus, and this is notified by the operation of the notification unit 82.

With the manual inspection setting unit 83, it is possible to manually set and inspect a large number of cards such as several hundreds in the card setting unit 11. Prepare a large number of card storage cases (not shown) to be stored in the card setting unit 11, prepare a large number of cards in a large number of card storage cases in advance, and then replace them with empty nut card storage cases. It is also good to do so.
The card inspection unit 42 can independently perform card inspection without being interlocked with the card punching device 4. At that time, it is possible to perform inspection by setting a large number of cards in the card setting unit 11. In addition, it is possible to perform an inspection in a state where a number of card groups CG stacked in a predetermined order are stacked, and at that time, a card array address can be given to the card surface data.

  Since the back surface image pickup means 55b and the front surface image pickup means 55a image the half surface of the card C, it is possible to image the image pickup means closer to the card C surface than to image the entire card C. It has the same effect as increasing the resolution of the means. Therefore, it is possible to achieve the same high-precision judgment as that of a high-resolution image by using an inexpensive low-resolution image-capturing means integrated with a controller that is not an expensive high-resolution image-capturing means integrated with a controller. To do.

  The back surface image capturing means 55b and the front surface image capturing means 55a use an area sensor (area sensor camera) such as a CCD image sensor or a CMOS image sensor for the stability of determination of image data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Other detection devices such as a line (linear) sensor (line scan camera) may be used. The line sensor is superior to the area sensor in terms of high resolution, high speed, and continuous processing.

  The card arrangement setting unit 71, the defective processing form setting unit 75, the good card storage number setting unit 77, the defective card stop setting unit 80, the reference card surface data creation setting unit 66, and the manual inspection setting unit 83 are displayed on the operation display (the display 40 or the like). It is possible to set the operation by touching the item.

In the first embodiment, the following card punching inspection method is realized.
A card punching process for punching cards from a single sheet 2 in a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows (4 rows and 5 columns in this embodiment) by a card punching device 4, and a card punching device punched by this card punching step A card group forming step in which cards of one sheet 2 discharged from 4 are stacked in a predetermined order, and a card group forming unit 7, a card stacking transport unit 10 and a card transfer means. 12, a card setting step of automatically setting the card set unit 11 in the card setting unit 11, a card discharging step of discharging the cards in the card group CH one by one from the card setting unit 11, a surface of the card discharged from the card setting unit 11, and An imaging process for obtaining the card surface data 64 by imaging the back surface by the imaging means 17, and card surface data recording for storing the card surface data 64 in the card surface data storage unit 19. A card array address corresponding process for storing the card order of the card group CG and corresponding the preset card array addresses (1-1 to 4-5) of the sheet 2 to the stored card order; A determination step for comparing the reference card surface data 21 and the card surface data 64, and determining whether the card surface data is good or bad by the determination unit 65 and obtaining a determination result; A defective card array address storing step of storing the card array address of the received card in the determination result storage unit 23, and sorting the defective card determined to be good by the determination unit and the defective card determined to be defective by the determination unit The card sorting process for sorting the defective card group which is all the cards of the one sheet including the card, and the information of the defective card occurrence address is output based on the data of the determination result storage unit 23. A data output step of a card punching inspection method comprising the construction described above.
Further, the card punching inspection method is provided with a card width detecting step of detecting the number of pixels by the card width detecting unit 155 that detects the card width from the card surface data 120, thereby acquiring the card width data 153, and the card width data. 153 is a card punching inspection method in which it is determined in a determination step whether the card width data 153 is within the reference card width range 153 by comparing with reference card width range data 154 stored in advance. Also good.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7, the main difference from the first embodiment is that the card array addresses are 1 to 5 in the first column, 6 to 10 in the second column, and 11 to 15 in the third column. The fourth row has a continuous number of 15 to 20, and thus the card group CG formed has card arrangement addresses 1 to 20 from the bottom.

In the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8, the main difference from the first embodiment is that the lower surface of the card C is sucked and transported to the imaging gap 58 between the rollers 56 and 57 by the upper surface. A belt 84 and an upper surface suction conveyance belt 85 that sucks and conveys the upper surface of the card C following the belt 84 are provided, and a surface imaging means 55a that images the surface of the card C is disposed above the lower surface suction conveyance belt 84. Under the upper surface suction conveyance belt 85, a back surface imaging unit 55b that images the back surface of the card C is disposed. The front surface imaging unit 55a captures the entire surface of the card C at a time, and the back surface imaging unit 55b is the back surface of the card C. The image pickup unit 95 is formed so that the entire image is picked up at once.
Although not shown, a card detection sensor 53 is arranged near the front surface imaging means 55a and the back surface imaging means 55b, and illumination is also arranged.
The lower surface suction conveyance belt 84 and the upper surface suction conveyance belt 85 are sucked between an endless belt 88 that travels by rubber rollers 89 and 90 having a number of suction holes (not shown) and the endless belt 88. An enclosure 86 and a suction tube 87 communicated with a suction device (not shown) for sucking air from the suction enclosure 86 are included.

The fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 9 is different from the first embodiment mainly in that a good card stack receiving portion 91 for storing and storing good cards in place of the card sorting means 35 is provided. A retractable opening / closing shutter 92 is provided at the bottom of the card, and a conveying belt 94 driven by a motor 93 is provided below the good card stack receiving part 91 instead of the good card storage part 24 and the second defective card storage part 26. The card inspection section 96 is provided with the above.
The control unit 13 is provided with a good card number setting unit (not shown). When the good card set by the good card number setting unit is stored in the good card overlap receiving unit 91, the opening / closing shutter 92 is opened. The good card group CGR is dropped on the conveyor belt 94. The good card group CGR of the conveyor belt 94 is conveyed to an automatic packaging unit (not shown).
The first defective card storage unit 25 is a box in which defective cards are simply discarded.

The fifth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is mainly different from the first embodiment in that the imaging section 43 is an imaging section 111 with the lenses of the imaging means 55a and 55b facing downward, and imaging corresponding thereto. The conveyance unit 115 is provided.
The image pickup conveyance unit 115 opens the roller 56 and the roller 57 to a position where the roller 57 is lowered, and the roller 57 between the roller 56 and the roller 57 has the same conveyance horizontal position as the through hole for passing air. A reversing card transport unit 117 (a transport mode in which a card slides on its inclined surface (including Bernoulli's principle) is also possible) including a belt conveyor having a large number of belt conveyors is provided above the card loading transport unit 117. Cards partitioned by a partition plate 118 having a plurality of through openings 119 that open and receive the card C that is discharged from the roller 56 and that has a plurality of through openings 119, and a card mounting portion 118b on the opposite side. It comprises a storage unit 115a and a card storage unit 115b on the opposite side (upper and lower relationship) of the card storage unit 115a. A card storage reversing unit 113 that performs a rotation operation or a rotation operation for reversing the card is provided, and a stepping motor that rotates or rotates the card storage reversing unit 113 (not limited to this, a servo motor, an ultrasonic motor, a solenoid and a link) There is a drive means 114 comprising a variety of drive means such as a combination of mechanisms), and a reversing card transport section 117 for placing and transporting the inverted card is disposed below the card storage reversing section 113. . In addition, an imaging means 55a for imaging one surface of the card C stored in the card storage reversing unit 113 is provided above the card storage reversing unit 113, and the reversing card transport unit 117 is disposed above the reversing card transport unit 117. An imaging means 55b for imaging the other surface of the card C to be conveyed is provided.
Since both of the imaging means 55a and 55b have the lens facing downward, dust does not accumulate on the lens.
The driving means 114 is positioned on the side surface side of the card storage reversing unit 113, but may be positioned on the front surface or the rear surface of the card storage reversing unit 113 in the card traveling direction.

As the imaging mode, both of the imaging units 55a and 55b capture the entire surface of the card C at one time. The imaging unit 55a captures the entire surface of one surface of the card C at a time, and the imaging unit 55b. Then, there is a half-side imaging composition method in which half of the other side of the card C is imaged and combined to form a full image. The imaging means 55b of the half-surface imaging composition method can perform close-up imaging with the imaging means 55b being closer to the card C, so that card surface data with high resolution can be obtained. It also realizes acquisition of card surface data with high resolution without using expensive image pickup means with high resolution.
As described above, the resolution for selecting the low resolution setting and the high resolution setting so that the entire surface imaging (low resolution imaging) and the half surface imaging synthesis (high resolution imaging) can be performed by the imaging unit 55a and / or the imaging unit 55b. It is preferable that a setting unit is provided so that selection can be made and the distance from the imaging unit 55a and / or the imaging unit 55b can be switched between short distance and long distance.

The card storage reversing portion 113 has a large number of holes formed in the floor plate which is the side wall and the mounting surface so that the entire ventilation is improved and the time to the mounting surface of the card C is shortened. For example, the card storage reversal portion may have a surrounding shape formed by bending a rod-like member. In order to make the fall faster, it may be pushed from above with spray air or the like.
The card storage reversing unit 113 is rotated or rotated by the driving means 114 which is a stepping motor, and the reversing speed is controlled to be reversed in 0.12 seconds. This is 01 seconds after the card C is ejected from the roller 56 and dropped and stored, so that the next card is received within 0.2 seconds. Therefore, it is possible to inspect 5 cards per second.
The card C discharged from the discharge roller 15 without the roller 56 may be received by the card storage reversing unit 113.
In the present embodiment, the tip of the shaft of the driving means 114 is fixed to the central portion of the side surface of the card storage reversing unit 113, and the card storage reversing unit 113 is rotated toward the roller 56 only in one clockwise direction. Yes. By this rotation operation, even if a part of the card from the roller 56 appears, the card storage reversing unit 113 can store the card without hitting the card. A large number of through openings 120 are also provided on the side wall of the card storage reversing unit 113 so that air can pass therethrough.

Above the card storage reversing unit 113, an air injection unit 116 for injecting air toward the card storage reversing unit 113 is provided so that air is blown toward the card at all times or when the card is stored and dropped.
The partition plate 118 on which the card of the card storage reversing unit 113 is placed is a through opening 119 (there are various through opening forms such as an opening form through which a card does not pass, a mesh form, a lattice form, and a plurality of bar floor forms). Therefore, for the card placed on the partition plate 118, the card is pushed from above with air so that the drop to the partition plate 118 is accelerated. For the falling card, the air that has passed through the partition plate 118 removes the card. The card acts so that the card can be quickly dropped and landed on the reverse card transport unit 117 quickly and stably without wobbling.

The driving means 114 is provided on either of the left and right side surfaces of the card storage reversing unit 113 and is rotated in the same direction as the card traveling direction or in the opposite direction. Means 114 may be provided to rotate or rotate at right angles to the card traveling direction.
The card storage reversing unit 113 is not limited to a card receiving form of stopping and receiving a card in a horizontal state, but may also be a stop in the inclined form of the card storing reversing unit 113 and a receiving form in the inclined form of the card, A non-stop card receiving / receiving form may be used in which the card storage / reversing unit 113 does not stop, and the card is received / received at a constant speed or at a constant rotation that changes the speed. This non-stop card receiving mode can further increase the processing speed of the card, and can also reduce the rotational speed of the card storage reversing unit 113, so that the centrifugal force applied to the card when the card is dropped is reduced. The influence can be reduced, and the falling landing of the card to the reverse card transport unit 117 can be reduced.

In the sixth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 12, the main difference from the fifth embodiment is that the card set portion 11 is tilted forward and inclined, and the conveying portion from the discharge roller 15 to the roller 56 is similarly inclined. As described above, the card C discharged from the roller 56 enters the card storage reversing unit 113 in a state where the traveling tip is inclined downward with the traveling tip side down. As a result, a part of the card C on the advancing side enters the card storage reversing portion 113 in an inclined state with a part of the roller 56 being sandwiched. The card C is surely secured by the drop form with a low downward air resistance, that is, the drop in the forward tip downward inclined state, and the fact that a part is already in the card storage reversing part 113 while a part is held by the roller 56. In addition, it is possible to fit in the card storage reversing unit 113 without wobbling quickly.
In the present embodiment, the tip of the shaft of the driving means 114 is fixed to the central portion of the side surface of the card storage reversing unit 113, and the card storage reversing unit 113 is rotated toward the roller 56 only in one clockwise direction. Yes. By this rotation operation, even if a part of the card from the roller 56 appears, the card storage reversing unit 113 can store the card without hitting the card.

In the seventh embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 13, the main difference from the sixth embodiment is that the card mounting portion 121a, in which the card mounting portions 118a and 118b of the card storage reversing portion 113 are inclined downward in the traveling direction, The difference is that the partition plate 121 is changed to 121b.
When the card C falls on the card mounting part 121a (card mounting part 121b) by the card mounting part 121a (card mounting part 121b) which is an inclined floor surface, the leading end side of the card C is the card mounting part 121a (card mounting part). 121b) Since the roller 56 is released from being pinched before it hits the surface, the card 56 is weak at the end of the card and is not easily scratched. Since the form is close to that of the roller 56, the entire landing of the card C is accelerated. As a result, a better overall landing state of the card C on the surface of the card mounting portion 121a (card mounting portion 121b) is performed, and the card storage reversing portion 113 is reversed (0.12 sec).
However, since the reversal is performed with a better overall landing state on the surface of the card mounting portion 121a (card mounting portion 121b), the card C at the time of the reversal does not occur and the card C after the reversal is completed. Falls in an inclined form in which the traveling direction is downward and the rear is upward, and even if the tip in the traveling direction is pressed against the inner surface of the side wall of the card storage reversing part 113 by the centrifugal force at the time of reversal, Therefore, stable falling without wobbling and stable landing from the leading end side to the reversing card transport unit 117 that travels are achieved.
In addition, an air suction part 122 is provided between the belts of the reversing card transport part 117 so as to be separated from the belt, and a downward suction airflow is formed in the air from the through hole 110 of the upper belt from below at all times. In order not to cause a rampage when the falling card C lands on the belt, the card C is gently sucked and worn so as not to collapse.

In the eighth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the main difference from the fifth embodiment is that a plurality of punch holes made of plate bodies that naturally fall on the partition plate 118 of the card storage reversing portion 113 are removed. The card mounting portions 123a and 123b are separate plate members.
The card placement portion 123a is a movable floor of the card storage portion 115a, and the card placement portion 123b is a movable floor of the card storage portion 115b. A plurality of projections 125 that are passed through a plurality of openings 124 formed on the side wall of the card storage reversing unit 113 are provided on the opposite side surfaces of the card mounting portions 123 a and 123 b so as not to be detached from the card storage reversing unit 113. It has become.
The card C discharged from the roller 56 enters the card storage portion 115a and is placed on the card placement portion 123a ((a) of FIG. 15). The card storage reversing unit 113 is reversed, the card storage unit 115a is down, the card C is positioned below the card mounting unit 123a, and the card mounting unit 123a is dropped by its own weight. At that time, the card C, which is lighter than the card mounting portion 123a and receives air resistance, falls together with the card mounting portion 123a in such a form that it presses against the surface of the card mounting portion 123a, and the card mounting portion 123a falls. At the time of stopping, the card posture is set to a horizontal state ((b) in FIG. 15), and the card is placed on the lower reverse card transport unit 117 in the horizontal posture.
In order to adopt a form in which one side of the card mounting portions 123a and 123b is not lowered and the other side is lowered, the opening portion 124 on one side where the projection 125 on one side is inserted is used as a short opening portion. It is also possible to adopt a form in which the other side rotates and descends with the protrusion 125 as a substantially fulcrum. It is also possible that one is a hinge and the other is lowered.

In the ninth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 16, the main difference from the eighth embodiment is that the side wall structure of the card storage reversing portion 113 is formed of a plurality of bars forming a vertically erected enclosure with the tip released. The connecting member 126 is provided with a connecting and fixing plate 127 that is connected and fixed through the bar member 126 at the center thereof, and a slide bearing 128 is provided at the center of the connecting and fixing plate 127. A slide shaft 129 made of a hollow member that moves linearly (a punching hole 152 that also overlaps the card mounting portions 123a and 123b is formed) is provided, and the card mounting portion 123a is fixed to the card storage portion 115a side of the slide shaft 129. The card mounting portion 123b is fixed to the card storage portion 115b side of the slide shaft 129.
One or more through-holes 150 through which the rod member 126 passes are provided at opposite ends of the card mounting portions 123a and 123b. The card mounting portions 123a and 123b are in a downward state and the rod-through hole 150 is detached from the rod member 126. It is stopped at a position near the tip of the rod member 126 that is not present.
On both surfaces of the connection fixing plate 127, buffer members 151 for buffering the drop impact, rebound and sound toward the connection fixing plate 127 with the card mounting portions 123a and 123b facing upward are provided.
The basic operation of the card mounting portions 123a and 123b is the same as that of the eighth embodiment. However, since the slide shaft 129 is restricted from moving downward by the slide bearing 128, the card fixedly integrated with the slide shaft 129 is integrated. The downward movement (falling) of the mounting portions 123a and 123b is always a linear downward movement in the horizontal state, and the dropping operation and the stopping operation of the card mounting portions 123a and 123b do not disturb the horizontal posture and the dropping operation, and a malfunction occurs. The card C is dropped to the reverse card transport unit 117 in the same horizontal posture.
The slide bearing 128 has a structure in which a bearing set hole is passed through the bearing body, and a polymer bearing having a bearing hole for slidingly supporting and guiding the slide shaft 129 is provided in the bearing set hole.
When the slide bearing is not a circular bearing but a square bearing or a concave / convex bearing having a shape corresponding to this, the slide shaft does not rotate, so the rod through hole 150 is not required, and the card mounting portions 123a and 123b are rods. All are accommodated in the enclosure of the member 126 group (in the card storage portions 115a and 115b). In this bearing configuration, the card mounting portions 123a and 123b may protrude from the tip of the bar member 126, and the lowering distance may be such that the card C is integrally pushed closer to the reverse card transport portion 117.
In addition, when the card placement portions 123a and 123b are positioned downward in the card traveling direction, the card traveling side tip is inclined so as to face downward from the rear, and the falling card moves forward in the card traveling direction. It is also possible to land the reversing card transport unit 117 obliquely downward.

  The present invention is utilized in industries that use card punching devices and card inspection devices.

C: Card
C1: 1 row card stack,
C2: Double row card stack,
C3: 3-row card stack,
C4: 4-row card stack,
CG: card group,
CGR: good card group,
1: Card punching inspection device,
2: Sheet,
3: Card punching part,
3a-3d: Punching blade,
4: Card punching device,
5a: first shutter,
5b: second shutter,
5c: third shutter,
5d: the fourth shutter,
6a: first card receiving part,
6b: second card receiving part,
6c: Third card receiving part,
6d: fourth card receiving part,
7: Card group forming unit,
8: Shutter opening / closing part,
9: Motor,
10: Card stack conveyance unit,
11: Card set part
12: Card transfer means,
13: Control unit,
14: Card group formation control unit,
15: discharge roller,
16: Card ejector
17: Imaging means,
19: Card surface data storage unit,
20: Card array address assigning unit,
21: Reference card surface data,
22: determination unit,
23: determination result storage unit,
24: Good card storage,
25: First defective card storage unit,
26: Second defective card storage unit,
27: Solenoid,
28: Card sorting means,
29: Card transport section,
30: motor,
31: Imaging conveyance part,
32: 1st branch conveyance part,
33: 2nd branch conveyance part,
34: Horizontal drive unit,
35: Card sorting means
36: Open / close shutter,
37: Elevating floor,
38: Elevating floor,
39: Elevating floor,
40: Display, etc.
41: Data output setting section,
42: Card inspection department,
43: Imaging unit,
45: Sheet storage unit,
46: Sheet conveying means,
47: motor,
48: Conveying roller,
49: motor,
50: Inclined belt,
52: Imaging instruction unit,
53: Card detection sensor,
55a: surface imaging means,
55b: back surface imaging means,
56: Laura,
57: Laura,
58: imaging gap,
59: Lower half,
60: Lower half,
61: Image composition unit
62: Front half
63: The second half of the table,
64: Card surface data,
65: determination information,
66: Reference card surface data creation setting unit,
67: Reference image storage unit,
68: Bad card data
69: Marking part of defective part,
70: Card layout address data,
71: Card arrangement setting unit,
72: Determination method setting unit,
74: Card destination instruction section,
75: Defect processing form setting unit,
76: Card transfer means control unit,
77: Good card storage number setting section,
78: Card number count storage unit,
79: Device stop setting unit,
80: Bad card stop setting section,
81: Notification control unit,
82: Notification section,
83: Manual inspection setting unit,
84: Lower surface adsorption conveyance belt,
85: Upper surface suction conveyance belt,
86: Suction enclosure
87: suction tube,
88: Belt,
89: Laura,
90: Laura,
91: Good card stack receiving part,
92: Open / close shutter,
93: Motor,
94: Conveyor belt,
95: Imaging unit,
96: Card inspection department
98: belt conveyor,
99: gap,
100a, 100b, 100c, 100d: card holding wall,
101: Card receiving and holding unit
102: nails,
103: lifting arm,
107a, 107b: arms,
108: Centering means,
109: Card group automatic setting section,
110: Through opening,
111: Imaging unit,
112: Imaging conveyance part,
113: Card storage reverse part,
114: driving means,
115a, 115b: card storage unit,
116: an air injection unit,
117: Inversion card transport unit,
118: Partition plate,
118a, 118b: card placement section,
119: Through opening,
120: Through opening,
121: Partition plate,
121a, 121b: card placement section,
122: Air suction part,
123a, 123b: card placement section,
124: opening,
125: protrusion,
126: Bar member,
127: connection fixing plate,
128: slide bearing,
129: slide shaft,
130: first imaging,
131: Back half data,
132: Second imaging,
133: Back half data,
134: First imaging
135: Front half-surface data,
136: Second imaging,
137: Data on the latter half of the table,
138: Card back side composite data,
139: Card surface synthesis data.
150: rod through hole,
151: cushioning member,
152: punching hole,
153: Card width data,
154: Reference card width range data,
155: Card width detection unit,
156: Reference card width setting unit.

Claims (8)

A card punching device for punching cards from a single sheet in an array of multiple columns and multiple rows;
A card group forming unit for forming a card group in which cards for each sheet discharged from the card punching device are stacked in a predetermined order;
A card setting unit for setting the card group;
Card group automatic setting means for automatically setting the card group in the card setting unit;
A card discharge section for discharging the cards of the card group one by one from the card set section;
An imaging means for imaging the front and / or back of the card discharged by the card discharge section;
A card surface data storage unit for storing card surface data imaged by the imaging means;
A card array address assigning unit for assigning a card array address of the sheet to the card surface data;
The reference card surface data stored in the reference card surface data storage unit is compared with the card surface data to determine whether the card surface data is good or bad , or the card surface data is good for each card group. A determination unit for determining a defect ;
A determination result storage unit for storing the determination result of the determination unit;
A defective card that is classified as a good card determined as good by the determination unit and a defective card determined as defective by the determination unit , or is a single card that includes all defective cards according to the determination result for each card group A card sorting means for sorting a group of cards,
A control unit for controlling the card punching device, the card group forming unit and the card group automatic setting means based on the determination result;
A card punching inspection apparatus configured as described above. A first card receiving portion having a first shutter for receiving the first row cards of the cards ejected from the card punching device in a row and having an nth shutter for receiving the nth row cards. a card group forming unit including n card receiving units, a shutter opening / closing unit that opens and closes the first shutter to the n-th shutter, a card stack conveying unit provided below the card group forming unit, Providing a card transfer means for setting the card group on the card overlap conveyance unit to the card setting unit,
When the receipt of all the cards of one sheet on the card group forming unit is completed, the first card stack is formed to form a one-row card stack in which the first-row card stack is placed on the card stack transport unit. The shutter opening / closing unit is controlled to open the shutter, the card stack conveying unit is then controlled to move the one-row card stack directly below the second card receiving unit, and then the 1 By repeating the process of placing the second row card stack on the row card stack and opening the second shutter to form a two row card stack, a card group that is an n row card stack is obtained. The card punching inspection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a card group formation control unit that controls the shutter opening / closing unit and the card stacking and conveying unit to form the card.   A display for displaying the data of the determination result storage unit is provided, and if a defect is detected, the card punching device is immediately or immediately after the inspection of the card group being inspected is completed and before the next card group inspection. The card punching operation according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the card punching operation is stopped, and an image of a defective card arrangement address and defective card surface data is displayed on the display. Inspection device.   A first card storage portion for receiving and storing a card discharged from the card setting portion by the card discharge portion or from a card transport portion following the discharge portion, provided on the opposite side of the first card storage portion A reversing card that is provided with a card reversing unit that performs a rotation or rotation operation for reversing the card composed of the second card storage unit, and carries a reversed card provided below the card storing reversing unit. A transport unit is provided, a first image pickup means for capturing an image of one surface of the card stored in the card storage reversing unit is provided above the card storage reversing unit, and the reversing card transport is provided above the reversing card transport unit. The card punching inspection apparatus according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, further comprising a second imaging unit that images the other surface of the card conveyed through the card. .   An image compositing unit is provided in the control unit, and the imaging operation of the imaging means performs the first imaging for imaging the first half of the card sent to the imaging gap, obtains the first half of the data, and then sends it out from the imaging gap. The second half of the image of the second half of the card is picked up to obtain the second half of the data, and the first half of the data and the second half of the data are synthesized in the image synthesis unit to obtain the card side of the entire card. The card punching inspection device according to claim 1, wherein the card punching inspection device is obtained.   The reference card width range data of the card is preliminarily assigned to the reference card surface data, and a card width detection unit for detecting the card width from the card surface data is provided, and the card width data detected by the card width detection unit is included in the card surface data. 6. The determination unit according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether the card width is a good card within the reference card width range or a defective card outside the reference card width range. The card punching inspection apparatus according to item 1. A card punching process in which a card punching device punches out a card in a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows from a single sheet;
A card group forming step of forming a card group in which the cards per sheet discharged in the card punching process and discharged from the card punching device are stacked in a predetermined order;
A card setting step of automatically setting the card group in a card setting unit;
A card discharge step of discharging the cards of the card group one by one from the card set unit;
An imaging step of capturing card surface data by imaging the front and / or back of the card discharged from the card set unit by any imaging means;
A card surface data storage step of storing the card surface data in a card surface data storage unit;
A card array address assigning step of assigning a card array address of the sheet to the card surface data;
Wherein by comparing the card surface data and reference card surface data stored in advance, determines the good or defective of the card surface data obtained determination result, or good or bad of the card surface data for each of the card group A determination step for determining a result to obtain a determination result ;
A determination result storing step of storing the determination result,
The determination in the determination step and good and determined to be good card defective in the determination step the sorts defective card, or a said sheet one all cards including the defective card by the determination result of each of the card group defective A card sorting process for sorting a card group,
A data output step of outputting information on a defective card occurrence address based on the data of the determination result storage step ;
It is comprised as mentioned above, The card punching inspection method characterized by the above-mentioned.   A card width detecting step for detecting the card width from the card surface data to detect the card width and acquiring the card width data is provided, and the card width data is compared with prestored reference card width range data. The card punching inspection method according to claim 7, wherein it is determined in a determination step whether or not it is within the reference card width range.

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