JPH02235780A - Bankbook handling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arbitrarily alter the relative position of a recording medium and an optical sensor by placing one or a plurality of sensors on a printing carrier, and laterally tracing on the medium controlled to be conveyed under the carrier to arbitrarily set it at a recording position. CONSTITUTION:The position of a printed line is specified by an optical sensor 13 for optically detecting the printed line 14 of a medium 1 to be introduced into an apparatus by rollers 3-3', the medium 1 is conveyed toward a position to be updated and printed with it as a reference, and updated and printed by a printing head 8. The sensor placed on a printing head carrier can be laterally moved on the medium 1 in a direction of an arrow. That is, it is so controlled as to stop at a specific character row of the printed line 14 on the medium 1, and the printed line can be detected by a spot sensor 12 by conveying the medium 1 via the rollers 3-3'.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a passbook handling device that optically reads recorded information on a print medium such as a passbook.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, the recorded information on passbook media has been barcode information that distinguishes the pages and types of passbooks. and printed line information for searching for new printed lines. Of these, barcode information can be roughly divided into two types: vertical barcodes and horizontal barcodes, and the printing positions vary from company to company. Also, regarding the printing lines, the printing positions were not necessarily uniform both left and right and top and bottom. In these cases, the arrangement of optical sensors and optical reading methods are necessarily different in relation to the above-mentioned barcode. I didn't get it.

A related device of this type is, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 56-153479.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In such conventional techniques, bar code reading and printed line detection are often shared by a plurality of independent optical sensors or image sensors. However, in both cases, the optical sensor is fixed according to the recording position on the medium, and it is inevitably possible to use it only with a specific recording medium. No consideration was given to flexibility.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate these conventional constraints on the layout on a medium, and to make it possible to detect vertical and horizontal barcodes and printed lines.

An object of the present invention is to provide a passbook handling device that can arbitrarily change the relative position of the recording medium and the optical sensor.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, one or more sensors that optically read recorded information on a medium are mounted on a print carrier, and the recording medium whose conveyance is controlled under the carrier is traced across the surface. In this way, the recording position can be set arbitrarily. In addition, when mounting the optical sensor on the printed carrier, only the optical detection section is left in the limited space of the printed carrier, and its electrical signal conversion section is fixed to the circuit board of the device, and the gap between them is connected with a highly flexible optical fiber. This is what I did.

Furthermore, the bar code or the Japanese tiles of the printed rows are selectively read by a reading control means that mutually controls the movement control of the print carrier and the conveyance control of the information medium.

[Effect]

The movement of the optical sensor mounted on the print carrier is controlled toward an arbitrary character position in the same manner as the printing operation by a normal print head. In other words, with respect to an optical sensor that moves across the medium aiming at a specific position in the horizontal direction of the medium to be read, the medium is positioned in the vertical direction with respect to the medium by its conveyance operation, and Any position on the medium can be selected along with the direction. In other words, both barcodes can be read by performing a transverse tracing operation on the medium for a vertical barcode, and by performing a vertical tracing operation while transporting the medium for a horizontal barcode. In addition, in detecting a printed line, after performing specified positioning of the medium in the horizontal direction, the printed character string can be read by transporting the medium, that is, tracing the medium in the vertical direction.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 shows a passbook printer, which is an example of a passbook handling device, and its operation will be explained below. The strip @ 1 (hereinafter referred to as the medium) is inserted into the lower inserter 2 and taken into the device 4 by the conveyance roller 3, and is read out from the stripe in order to read the recorded information on the magnetic stripe 5 recorded on the medium 1. When the position reaches the position of the reading head 6, it is stopped and the target information is read.

Based on the read information, inquiries are made to the central processing unit (not shown) to verify the account to be traded from now on, balance verification, etc. Once the correct information is verified, the transaction is started, and depending on the result of the current transaction, Then, the medium 1 is further conveyed into the apparatus, and transaction information is printed on the medium 1 in a printing section consisting of a platen 7 and a printing pad 8. When the desired printing is completed, the magnetic stripe 5 is sent back until it reaches the position of the magnetic head 6 in order to update and record the transaction result on the magnetic stripe 5 on the medium 1, and after updating the record, the lower inserter Discharge to 2. The upper inserter 9 inserts the approval medium 10 as necessary to record the approval of this transaction result, and the upper inserter 9
The information is imported into the device and printed for approval.

In other words, when printing is performed on the medium 1 in this device, in order to guarantee that it will be printed next to the previous transaction line, the line to be updated and printed based on the magnetic strip 1 live information of the medium 1 will be in the center. A command is given by the processing device, and based on the result, the medium 1 is stopped at a desired position and printing processing is performed. However, in transactions where the medium does not have a magnetic stripe or does not have record information of updated printed lines, the handler must directly specify the printed line or search for printed lines and find unprinted lines. You need to find it yourself and print it out.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment for optically detecting the printed lines. That is, rollers 3 to 3'
As a result, printed line 14 of medium 1 taken into the device
The position of the printed line is specified by the optical sensor 13 that optically detects the line, and the medium 1 is conveyed toward the position for update printing based on the position, and the print head 8 performs update printing.

In other words, in the conventional technology, the arrangement of the optical sensor for optically reading fixed printed character strings, such as the year, month, and year, or the high quon connecting the year and month, is also fixed. Ta.

Furthermore, for media consisting of bifoliate media such as bankbooks, barcode 15 in Figure 2 is used as page information for managing the page.
It was necessary to prepare another reading means (not shown) for optically reading fixed information such as.

An object of the present invention is to provide a reading method for detecting such printed lines and for commonly reading the axis of information on a medium that is positionally independent of a page bar code.

In FIG. 2, an optical sensor (hereinafter referred to as a spot sensor) mounted on a print head carrier (hereinafter referred to as a carrier) can move transversely over the medium 1 in the direction of the arrow. In other words, it is controlled to stop at a special character string in a printed line 14 on the medium 1, and then the medium 1 is conveyed by rollers 3 to 3', and the spot sensor 12 detects the printed line. can be done.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a means for mounting a sponoto sensor in the limited space of a print carrier in order to realize highly accurate and highly reliable reading of printed information. In FIG. 3, the spot sensor 12 mounted on the print carrier has only its optical detection part, and the part that converts the optical information on the medium into an electrical signal is placed on the part 17 on the circuit board 16 of the device 4, and the part between them is placed at a high altitude. Connect with a flexible optical cable. By doing so, the spot sensor can be easily mounted on the print carrier, and a highly reliable detection method that is resistant to external noises generated in the process of converting optical information into electrical signals can be achieved.

Next, an application example of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. (OL) (b) in Figure 4 shows the bar coat 15 on the medium 1.
An example of a medium having printed lines 1/1.14' and 14' is shown. That is, in the present invention, since the spot sensor has the ability to move nJ transversely to the medium 1, the fourth
When reading a horizontal barcode in figure (α), the printing carrier is controlled to read the position of column A of the printed row, or after reading the horizontal barcode, the barcode information or predetermined instructions are read. Depending on the column B or C
It is also possible to search columns. In (b), the medium 1 is conveyed and controlled to stop at the reading position of the vertical barcode 15, and then the spot sensor is traced to read the vertical barcode, and then, as in (α), any printed line is read. By using a spot sensor or transporting the medium for detection, it is possible to detect various barcodes or printed lines.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the effects described below.

By mounting a pair of spot sensors on the print carrier, any character string position in the lateral direction of the medium can be specified. Furthermore, by combining the two operations of tracing the printed lines by transporting the medium after stopping at the arbitrary position, it becomes possible to detect barcodes or printed lines on the medium individually or consecutively.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of a passbook printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, Fig. 3 is a schematic front view of its operation, and Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an application example of the present invention. It is an explanatory diagram. 1... Communication @ (medium), 6... Magnetic head, 8... Print head, 12... Optical sensor 14... Printed line, 15... Bar code, 18... Optical fiber cable. (Spot sensor) 2 ports

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a passbook handling device in which at least one pair of sensors for optically reading recorded information on a medium is mounted on a printed carrier, recorded information on a medium that is controlled to be conveyed under the printed carrier is read. A passbook handling device characterized by selective reading. 2. The passbook handling device according to claim 1, wherein the recorded information on the medium is read by tracing it in the same direction as the print carrier. 3. Claim 1 characterized in that it has two or more pairs of the sensors and simultaneously reads a plurality of recorded information on the medium.
The passbook handling device described in Section 1. 4. The first aspect of the present invention is characterized in that fixed information printed in advance on the medium is read, and based on the information, the sensor is moved to a prespecified position to detect a printed line. The passbook handling device described in Section 1. 5. The passbook handling device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is moved to a specified position and the information on the medium is read by a command from a higher level.