JPH04302076A - Recording medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To read magnetic information recorded on a recording medium like a passenger ticket in the stable state. CONSTITUTION:A passenger ticket 12 received from a reception hole 14 is interposed between a reader 24 and a supporting member 32 which supports the passenger ticket 12 on the reader 24, and magnetic information recorded on the passenger ticket 12 is read by the reader 24.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Purpose of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium processing apparatus such as an automatic ticket gate device which performs ticket inspection or collection of recording media such as train tickets.

0002

[Prior Art] In recent years, for example, in the railway industry, ticket gates have been installed at entrances or exits of facilities such as railways in order to save labor. When transferring between facilities, an automatic ticket gate system takes in and inspects the ticket the user is carrying, and if the ticket is valid, the user is allowed to pass, and if it is not, the user is blocked from passing. It has been introduced.

[0003] This automatic ticket gate reads magnetic information (for example, entry station and valid fare, etc.) magnetically recorded on the ticket inserted by the user when entering, exiting, or transferring. Based on the information, a decision is made to allow or block the user's passage.

[0004] In the above-mentioned automatic ticket gate, the mechanism for reading the magnetic information recorded on the ticket is constructed as follows. That is, a magnetic information reading member such as a magnetic head and a supporting member such as a rotating roller are provided, and the distance between the magnetic information reading member and the supporting member is appropriately spaced. A device that maintains an appropriate pressure between the magnetic information reading means and the ticket by interposing the ticket at a set interval between the magnetic information reading means and the ticket, and reads the magnetic information recorded on the ticket by the magnetic information reading means. It is.

By the way, the relationship between the lengths of the conventional magnetic information reading member (including the holding member that holds the magnetic information reading member) and the support member in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the ticket is generally longer than that of the magnetic information reading member. The length of the support member was configured to be longer. With such a configuration, if the distance between the magnetic information reading member and the support member is set, and the ticket is interposed between them to read the magnetic information recorded on the ticket, the support member will prevent the board from boarding. If excessive pressure is applied to the ticket, the ticket will be bent at the end of the magnetic information reading member in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the ticket is conveyed, resulting in damage to the ticket. Was.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In conventional automatic ticket gates, the ticket is interposed between the magnetic information reading member and the support member, and when reading the magnetic information recorded on the ticket, the support member If excessive pressure is applied to the ticket, the ticket may be bent at the end of the magnetic information reading member, and the ticket may be damaged by this end. This scratch causes the magnetic information recorded on the ticket to be destroyed, resulting in the problem that the magnetic information recorded on the ticket cannot be read in a stable manner.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium processing device such as an automatic ticket gate device that can stably read magnetic information recorded on a recording medium such as a train ticket. [Structure of the invention]

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a receiving means for receiving a recording medium including a recording section for recording mechanically readable recorded information, and a recording medium received by the receiving means. A discharge means for discharging the recording medium, a conveyance means for conveying the recording medium along a predetermined conveyance route from the receiving means to the discharge means, and a conveyance means provided on the conveyance route of the conveyance means to mechanically record recorded information recorded on the recording section of the recording medium. A reading means holding member for holding the reading means and a supporting means for supporting the recording medium conveyed by the conveying means with respect to the reading means, the length of the supporting means in the direction orthogonal to the conveying path is a processing means configured to have a length in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance path of the reading means and smaller than a length in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance path of the reading means holding member, and for reading recorded information from a recording medium conveyed by the conveyance means; The apparatus is characterized by comprising a control means for ejecting the recording medium to the ejecting means based on recorded information read by the ejecting means.

[0009]

[Operation] The recording medium processing device of the present invention receives and conveys a recording medium, and supports the recording medium with appropriate pressure by a support member for a reading device that reads recorded information recorded on the conveyed recording medium. By doing so, the magnetic information recorded on the recording medium is read by the reading device, and the recording medium is ejected based on the read recorded information.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a recording medium processing device such as an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of an embodiment of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention. That is, at one end of the automatic ticket gate main body 10, information such as train tickets, coupon tickets, admission tickets, prepaid tickets with monetary value, and deferred payment tickets with monetary value is stored by magnetic means or the like. A recording medium 12 (hereinafter referred to as a ticket) comprising a magnetic recording section
A receiving port 14 is provided at the other end for receiving the ticket 12, and a discharge port 16 is provided at the other end for discharging the ticket 12 received at the receiving port 14.

A transport path 18 is formed between the receiving port 14 and the discharging port 16 for transporting the ticket 12 received by the receiving port 14 to the discharging port 16. The receiving port 14 is provided with a detector 20 for detecting that the ticket 12 has been received, and the discharging port 16 is provided with a detector 22 for detecting that the ticket 12 has been ejected.

Magnetic information reading units (magnetic heads) 24 and 2 are provided along the conveyance path of the conveyance path 18 from the intake port 14 to the discharge port 16 for reading magnetic information recorded on the ticket 12.
6. Magnetic information recording sections (magnetic heads) 28 and 30 for recording magnetic information on the ticket 12 are provided. Also, along the conveyance path 18, magnetic information reading sections 24 and 26 are provided.
, support members (rotating rollers) 32, 33, 34, and 35 are provided on the opposite side of the conveyance path 18 of the magnetic information recording units 28 and 30.

Furthermore, the supporting member 32 is attached to the magnetic information reading section 24, the supporting member 33 is attached to the magnetic information reading section 26, and the supporting member 34 is attached to the magnetic information recording section 2.
8, and the supporting member 35 is attached to the magnetic information recording section 30.
These support members 32, 33, 3
4 and 35 are attached to a base 39 forming one side of the automatic ticket gate main body 10.

Here, the magnetic information reading section 24 and the magnetic information recording section 28 are arranged so that the magnetic recording section provided in the ticket 12 is connected to the conveyance path of the conveyance path 18. Activated when the ticket 12 is received in the reception opening 14 with the ticket 12 facing the side facing the
The magnetic information reading section 26 and the magnetic information recording section 30 are in a state in which the magnetic recording section of the ticket 12 is directed toward the side where the magnetic information reading section 26 and the magnetic information recording section 30 are provided with respect to the conveyance path of the conveyance path 18. It is activated when the ticket 12 is received at the reception port 14.

Further, on the transport path 18, if the received ticket 12 is a ticket 12 to be discharged, the ticket 12 is sorted in the direction of the discharge port 16, and the received ticket 12 is sorted toward the discharge port 16.
In the case of tickets 12 to be collected, a distribution section 34 is provided that distributes the tickets 12 toward a ticket collection section 32 that collects the tickets 12. Further, detectors 36 and 38 are provided on the conveyance path 18 to detect passage of the ticket 12 being conveyed. Further, the automatic ticket gate main body 10 is provided with a door section 40, etc., which is closed to prevent users from passing through.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the control system of the automatic ticket gate constructed as shown in FIG. The control system of the automatic ticket gate includes a central processing unit 42 (hereinafter referred to as CPU) that controls the entire automatic ticket gate, and a read-only memory 44 (hereinafter referred to as ROM) that stores a control program for the CPU 42. a random access memory 46 (hereinafter abbreviated as RAM) that stores information read from the ticket 12 and as a buffer for the control program; or an entry station code corresponding to the entry station), a fare memory 48 that stores fare information corresponding to the entry station code, a reading circuit 50 that controls the magnetic information reading sections 24 and 26, and a recording circuit that controls the magnetic information recording sections 28 and 30. 52, a ticket detection circuit 54 that detects the conveyance state of the ticket 12 based on the outputs of the detectors 20, 22, 36, and 38; a conveyor that controls a conveyance motor (not shown) that conveys the ticket 12 along the conveyance path 18 control circuit 56,
It is composed of a door control circuit 60 that controls a door opening/closing mechanism 58 that drives the door section 40, a transmission control circuit 62 that transmits information between a control panel (not shown) that controls the automatic ticket gate 10, a host computer, etc. ing.

Now, the magnetic information reading section 24 shown in FIG.
and 26, magnetic information recording sections 28 and 30 and support member 32
, 33, 34, and 35 are similar combinations, so of these, the combination of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the support member 32 will be described below as a representative.

A schematic configuration of a combination of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the support member 32 is shown in FIGS. 3 to 5. Figure 3
4 is a perspective view of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the support member 32, FIG. 4 is a front view, and FIG. 5 is a side view.

The ticket 12 is transferred to the conveyor belt 64 of the conveyor section 18.
The magnetic information reading section 24 is held between the magnetic information reading section 24 and the support member 32 by being conveyed in the direction of arrow 66 in the figure. At this time, the opposing surfaces 66 and 67 of the magnetic information reading section 24 facing the support member 32 and the opposing surfaces 68 and 69 of the supporting member 32 facing the magnetic information reading section 24 maintain a parallel relationship with each other, and a predetermined relationship is maintained. They are spaced apart by a spacing, for example a spacing of 100 micrometers. The ticket 12 (thickness in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the ticket is over 100 micrometers, e.g., 200 micrometers) in the direction of arrow 70 in the figure, the magnetic information reading section 24
When reading the magnetic information recorded on the ticket 12, the ticket 12 will not rotate in the direction of the arrow 70.
The magnetic information recorded on the ticket 12 can be read accurately and without error. Magnetic information recording section 28
30 and the supporting members 34 and 35, magnetic information can be recorded on the ticket 12 accurately and without error.

Next, the support member 32 of the magnetic information reading section 24
A configuration for holding the facing surface 66 facing the support member 32 and the facing surface 68 facing the magnetic information reading section 24 of the supporting member 32 parallel to each other will be described.

The magnetic information reading section 24 is attached to a magnetic information reading section attachment member 72, and the support member 32 is attached to a support member attachment member 74. Adjustment members 76 and 78 are provided on the magnetic information reading unit mounting member 72. This adjustment member 76 (adjustment member 78 has the same configuration as adjustment member 76, so the explanation is omitted) is an eccentric cam 80.
, an adjustment screw 82 and a movable member 83. When the eccentric cam 80 is rotated in the direction of arrow 84 via the adjustment screw 82, the movable member 83 is moved to the magnetic information reading unit mounting member 7.
2, the movable member 83 moves in the direction of arrow 86.
The support member attachment member 74 that is locked to is similarly moved in the direction of arrow 86. Thereby, the distance between the facing surface 66 of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the facing surface 68 of the supporting member 32 can be increased. Furthermore, when the eccentric cam 80 is rotated in the direction of arrow 88 via the adjustment screw 82, the movable member 83 moves in the direction of arrow 90 with respect to the magnetic information reading unit mounting member 72, so that it is locked to the movable member 83. Similarly, the support member attachment member 74 is moved in the direction of arrow 90. Thereby, the distance between the facing surface 66 of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the facing surface 68 of the supporting member 32 can be narrowed. At this time, since the movable member 83 is moved using the eccentric cam 80, the amount of movement of the movable member 83 can be set finely. The distance from the opposing surface 68 can be finely adjusted.

The distance between the facing surface 66 of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the facing surface 68 of the supporting member 32 can be adjusted with the magnetic information reading section 24 and the supporting member 32 attached to the base 39 of the automatic ticket gate main body 10. Even base 39
This can be done even if it is removed from the

As explained above, since the adjustment member 76 is configured to adjust the distance between the facing surface 66 of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the facing surface 68 of the supporting member 32,
Since the distance between the facing surface 66 of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the facing surface 68 of the supporting member 32 can be finely set, the distance between the facing surfaces 66 and 67 of the magnetic information reading section 24 and the supporting member 32 can be finely set.
Since the distance between the opposing surfaces 68 and 69 can be maintained parallel to each other, a uniform pressing force can be applied to the ticket introduced between the magnetic information reading section 24 and the support member 32. The magnetic information reading unit 24 can read the magnetic information recorded on the ticket 12 accurately and without error.

The support member 32 is made of an elastic member such as rubber. For this reason, the head (
By setting the relationship between the width a of the reading head holding member), the reading head width b for reading the magnetic information recorded on the ticket 12, and the head width c of the support member 32 to satisfy b<c<a, magnetic information can be read. The distance between the portion 24 and the support member 32 is the same as that of the ticket 1.
Even if it is extremely narrow compared to the thickness of ticket 1,
2 can be prevented from being bent by the pressing force of the support member 32. That is, since the ticket 12 can be prevented from being bent, the reader head can read the ticket 12 without destroying the magnetic information recorded on the ticket 12.
It is possible to read magnetic information recorded on.

As explained above, according to the automatic ticket gate device of the present invention, the distance between the facing surface of the magnetic information reading section or the magnetic information recording section and the facing surface of the supporting member is adjusted using the adjusting member. Since the space between the opposing surface of the magnetic information reading section or the magnetic information recording section and the opposing surface of the supporting member can be set finely, the distance between the opposing surface of the magnetic information reading section or the magnetic information recording section and the supporting member can be finely set. Since the distance between the opposing surfaces can be maintained parallel to each other, these magnetic information reading sections or magnetic information recording sections and the supporting member 32
The magnetic information reading section reads the magnetic information recorded on the ticket, and the magnetic information recording section writes the magnetic information on the ticket. Records can be made accurately and without errors.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, magnetic information recorded on a recording medium such as a ticket can be read in a stable state.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of an embodiment of a recording medium processing device such as an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a control system of an embodiment of a recording medium processing device such as an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a processing means of an embodiment of a recording medium processing device such as an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a processing means of an embodiment of a recording medium processing device such as an automatic ticket gate of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a processing means of an embodiment of a recording medium processing device such as an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

18 transportation means, 14 receiving means, 16
Ejection means, 24, 26 Reading means, 32, 33, 34, 35
support means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a recording medium including a recording section for recording mechanically readable recorded information; a discharging means for discharging the recording medium received by the receiving means; and a discharging means from the receiving means. a conveyance means for conveying the recording medium along a predetermined conveyance path up to a predetermined conveyance path; a reading means provided on the conveyance path of the conveyance means for mechanically reading recorded information recorded on a recording section of the recording medium; and this reading means. and a support means for supporting the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance means with respect to the reading means, the length of the support means in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance path being equal to the length of the reading means. processing means configured to be larger than the length of the reading means holding member in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance path and smaller than the length of the reading means holding member in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance path, and for reading recorded information from the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance means; and a control means for ejecting the recording medium to the ejecting means based on recorded information read by the processing means.