JPH02111580A - Account medium issuance processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To concurrently execute issuance processes for two or more cards by a method wherein account information related to an issuance process is recorded on an account medium to be fed in the form of magnetic information, the card is fed to a discharge end, said information is recorded in the form of character information, and a feed control and a recording control are individually carried out. CONSTITUTION:The title processor has an account medium supply means 8 containing an arbitrary number of cards C with account information to a magnetic stripe MS unrecorded in stacked states and successively paying out the cards C by a pay-out roller 7 disposed on the upper end thereof, a magnetic information record and feed means 9 disposed from the vicinity of the means 8 to a point which divides the left part of a device body 2 into approximately halves, and a character information record and feed means 10 disposed from the vicinity of the discharge end of the means 9 to a card discharge port 2a provided on a rotating area of a turn table 6. The magnetic information record and feed means 9 is provided with a first belt-type feed path 21 and a magnetic head 11 opposed to an upper feed surface 21a. The character information record and feed means 10 is provided with a second belt-type feed path 22 and a printer 12 facing an upper feed surface 22a.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a transaction medium issuance processing device, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a transaction medium issuance processing device, and more specifically, it is used to issue and process tickets for various transportation periods, prepaid cards (telephone carts, highway cards, etc.). The present invention relates to a transaction medium issuance processing device for issuing transaction media such as cards, etc.

(Prior Art) As a conventional example of this type of transaction medium issuing processing device, there are a magnetic strip 1 to live for recording transaction information such as issue date 2 issue amount, and a character information recording unit such as usage date and usage amount. A magnetic card (hereinafter referred to as a "card") as a transaction medium equipped with

)! A device is known that includes a single-structure conveying means for J0 feeding, and a magnetic head and a printer arranged facing the conveying surface of this conveying means.

The magnetic head, printer, and transport means of this device are controlled by one CPtJ,
Recording of transaction information using a magnetic head.

The cart on which the character information has been recorded by the printer is transported by a transport means in the opposite direction to the direction in which it was taken in, and sent back to the intake port.

However, in the case of a conventional device with such a configuration, - once a card is loaded into the device, the recording of the two-character transaction information described above is completed and the next card is sent back to the loading port. There was a problem in that it was impossible to process any cards.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a transaction in which the issuance process of multiple cards can be executed simultaneously and the issuance process time can be shortened. The object of the present invention is to provide a media issuance processing device.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The transaction medium issuing processing device of the present invention includes a transaction medium supplying means for sequentially feeding out transaction media, and a transaction medium supplying means for conveying and transporting the transaction medium from the transaction medium supplying means. a magnetic recording conveyance means for recording transaction information related to issuance processing in the form of magnetic information on a transaction medium to be issued; and a transaction medium that conveys the transaction medium sent from the magnetic recording conveyance means toward a discharge end. a character information recording and conveying means for recording transaction information related to issuance processing in the form of character information; and a control means for individually performing conveyance control and recording control in each of the character information recording and conveying means of the magnetic information recording and conveying means. It has the following.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

When the transaction medium is sequentially fed from the transaction medium supply means to the magnetic information recording and conveying means, the magnetic information recording and conveying means conveys the transaction medium and transfers transaction information regarding the issuing process to the transaction medium in the form of magnetic information. The recorded transaction medium is then sent to the character information recording conveyance means.

The character information recording and conveying means conveys the sent transaction medium toward the discharge end, records transaction information regarding the issuing process on the transaction medium in the form of character information, and sends the recorded transaction medium to the discharge end.

In this case, the magnetic information recording conveyance means takes in the subsequent transaction medium from the transaction medium supply means at the stage when the preceding transaction medium is sent to the character information recording conveyance means under individual control by the control means. Then, magnetic information recording processing similar to that described above is performed. The above operations are repeated one after another.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

1 and 2 show the external appearance of a transaction medium issuance processing device 1. This device 1 has a box-shaped device main body 2.
In the front area on the left side from the center, an operation panel 3 is provided for stacking the carts C and carrying them into the apparatus.

Additionally, a warning display section 4 is provided upward from the upper left end of the device main body 2 to notify the operator of malfunctions in the device.
is installed.

On the other hand, in the area from the center to the right end of the device main body 2, there are a number of stockers 5 as storage sections, each with its upper side open and a turn for growing a part of an oblong storage means. It is placed on the table 6.

As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 3, inside the device main body 2, an arbitrary number of cards C with unrecorded transaction information for the magnetic stripe MS are stored in a stacked state, and a feed roller provided at the upper end. 7, a transaction medium supply means 8 configured to sequentially feed out each card C, and a magnetic field disposed extending from the vicinity of the transaction medium supply means 8 to a position approximately bisecting the left side inside the device main body 2. An information recording and conveying means 9 and a character information recording and conveying means 10 arranged from near the ejection end of the magnetic information recording and conveying means 9 to the card ejection opening 2a provided above the rotation area of the turntable 6 are provided. There is.

The magnetic information recording conveyance means 9 includes a Bell type first conveyance path 21 and an upper conveyance surface 21a of this first conveyance path 21.
A magnetic head 11 facing toward the front is attached.

The character information recording conveyance means 10 includes a belt-type second conveyance path 22 and an upper conveyance surface 22a of the second conveyance path 22.
It has a printer 12 facing the front.

As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 4, the card C includes a card base C1 made of, for example, synthetic resin, a magnetic stripe MS provided on one surface of the force-strapped base C1, and a magnetic stripe MS provided on the same surface. The section for writing written information (month, date, amount, etc.) is equipped with a and.

Next, the control system of the main parts of this device 1 will be explained with reference to FIG.

This device 1 includes a program memory 24 storing an operating program of this device 1, the magnetic information recording and conveying means 9 and the transaction medium supplying means 8 which store the operating program.
The control means 26 includes a first CPU 25A that controls the operation program, and a second CPU 25B that controls the character information recording and conveying means 10 based on the operation program.

A first conveyance drive unit 27 is connected to the first CPU 25A, and the first conveyance drive unit 27 drives a first motor 28 for the first conveyance path 21.

The first CPU 25A also includes the magnetic head 11 and a magnetic information memory 2 that stores transaction information associated with issuing processing.
9 is connected. Furthermore, a roller motor 30 that drives the feeding roller 7 is connected to the first CPU 25A.

A second transport drive unit 37 is connected to the second CPU 25B, and the second transport drive unit 31 drives the second motor 32 for the second transport path 22.

Further, the second CPU 25A includes the printer 12,
A print memory 33 is connected that stores character information such as one character for month, date, etc. associated with the issuing process. Furthermore, the second CPU 25
A turntable drive unit 34 that drives the turntable 6 is connected to B.

Next, the operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The feeding roller 7 of the transaction medium supplying means 8 feeds the card C 1
When the card C is immediately fed out toward the upper conveyance surface 21a of the first conveyance path 21, the first conveyance drive unit 21 drives the first motor 28 under the control of the first CPU 25A. It is taken into the conveyance surface 21a (ST1)
, and is further conveyed in the direction of arrow X and passes through the magnetic radar 11.

At this time, the first CPU 25A controls to read the transaction information from the magnetic information memory 29, send it to the magnetic disk 11, and record it on the magnetic stripe MS of the card C (S
T2).

Furthermore, the first CPU 25Δ accesses the second CPU 25B based on the operation program, determines whether the receiving posture of the character information recording 110 sending means 10 is appropriate (ST3), and if the receiving posture is appropriate, the first CPU 25B The conveyance drive unit 27 is controlled to rotate the first motor 2B in the same direction as when the first motor 2B is turned upward, and the card C is sent out to the upper conveyance surface 22a of the second conveyance path 22 (ST4).

Thereafter, the operation of the magnetic information recording and conveying means 9 returns to step 1 to take in the subsequent card C.

On the other hand, at the stage when the second CPU 25B receives the card C from the first conveyance path 21 (ST5), the second CPU 25B controls the second conveyance drive section 31 based on the operation program and drives the second motor 32.
by rotating the upper conveying surface 22a of the second Ill conveying path 22.
Control is performed to transport the upper card C in the X direction. As a result, the card C on the upper transport surface 22a is transported to the position of the printer 12. At this time, the second CPU 25A executes the operation program, reads character information from the print memory 24, sends it to the printer 12, and performs control to print the character information of the month, date, and amount on the writing section k of the card C (ST6 )
.

After that, the cart C is further transported in the direction of the arrow X and the discharge port 2
A is discharged into the stocker 5 (ST7).

During the operation of the character information recording and conveying means 10, the magnetic information recording and conveying means 9 performs conveyance processing and recording processing for the following cart C under the control of the first CPU 25A.
When the character information recording conveyance means 10 is ready for receiving, the cart C is sent to the second conveyance path 22.

The above-described operations are repeated one after another, and the process of issuing a plurality of E-Cs is efficiently performed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified in various ways within the scope of its gist.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention detailed above, magnetic recording processing and printing processing can be performed simultaneously, and processing time can be shortened when issuing multiple transaction media. It is possible to provide a transaction medium processing device that can perform

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the external appearance of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a front view of the same device, FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the internal configuration of the device, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of a card, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the main parts of the control system of the device. , FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment apparatus. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Transaction medium issuing processing device, 8...Transaction medium supply means, 9...Magnetic information recording conveyance means, 10...Character information recording conveyance means,

Claims (1)

[Claims] a transaction medium supply means for sequentially feeding out the transaction medium; a magnetic recording conveyance means for conveying the transaction medium from the transaction medium supply means and recording transaction information regarding issuance processing in the form of magnetic information on the transaction medium being conveyed; When the transaction medium sent from the magnetic recording conveyance means is conveyed toward the discharge end, a character information recording conveyance means for recording transaction information related to issuance processing in the form of character information on the transaction medium being conveyed; 1. A transaction medium issuance processing device comprising a control means for individually performing transport control and recording control in an information recording conveyance means and a text information recording conveyance means.