JPH04361951A - Medium carrying control method for automatic cash transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize a positive stopping of a medium at its stopping position to improve the reliability of a medium carrying mechanism by providing plural medium stopping means for to one medium stopping position. CONSTITUTION:A card carrying control method is characterized by providing control for stopping a card while monitoring a sensor 7 and control for stopping the card while monitoring a sensor 6, thereby carrying and stopping the card at a stopping position when the card is to be stopped at an ic read/write position 18 in a card carrying mechanism 1. A card carrying control method is also characterized by carrying a card without using any abnormality sensor by storing a sensor in which any abnormality is generated in an abnormal sensor memory unit.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a medium conveyance mechanism such as an automatic teller machine, and more particularly to a medium conveyance control method that is effective as a solution when it is necessary to reliably stop a medium at a certain stop position. It is.

0002

[Prior Art] A conventional medium conveyance control system is
As described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 175684-175684 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 58-175685, only one sensor is used as a stop trigger sensor to stop the vehicle. Therefore, if the sensor is abnormal,
No matter how many times I tried, I couldn't get it to stop in the correct position.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above conventional technology monitors only one sensor as a stop trigger sensor for one stop position, so if that sensor becomes abnormal, no matter how many retries are repeated, the The problem was that it could not be stopped in position.

[0004] An object of the present invention as set forth in claim 1 is to provide a plurality of control means each using different sensors as stop trigger sensors for one stop position, thereby preventing card transport even when one sensor becomes abnormal. The object of the present invention is to enable control to be performed without reducing the reliability of control and to ensure that the medium can be stopped at a stop position.

[0005] The object of the present invention according to claim 2 is to provide means for detecting an abnormality in a sensor and a part for storing the abnormality sensor.
The object of the present invention is to eliminate control using an abnormality sensor and eliminate unnecessary retry operations.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the object of claim 1, a plurality of control means each having different sensors as stop trigger sensors are provided for one card stop position, and by combining the controls, one This allows the card to be reliably stopped at the stop position even if the sensor becomes abnormal.

In order to achieve the object of claim 2, means for detecting an abnormality in the sensor and means for storing the abnormality sensor are provided, and based on the information, the medium is transported without using the means for using the abnormality sensor as a stop trigger. It enables control.

[0008]

[Operation] The plurality of stop control means according to claim 1 reliably stop the medium at the normal stop position by retrying the medium using a different sensor as the stop trigger sensor when the medium is at an abnormal stop position. This can prevent the device from going down and allow processing to continue.

The means for detecting an abnormality in the sensor and the means for storing the abnormality sensor according to claim 2 are control means for identifying and storing the abnormality sensor through the above control, and using the abnormality sensor as a stop trigger sensor for subsequent control. By not using , unnecessary retry operations can be avoided and processing time can be prevented from being extended.

0010

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a card transport mechanism used to implement the present invention, FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the card transport mechanism shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a retry diagram using a plurality of stop means for card transport stop control. It is a flowchart of control.

The card transport mechanism shown in FIG. 1 sucks a card 2 inserted into an insertion slot 3, reads/writes the magnetic stripe of the card 2 with a magnetic head 10, and after transporting the card 2 in the ejection direction, an IC contact 5 closes the card 2. This is a unit that reads/writes the IC information of the IC and ejects it into the insertion slot 3 again.

An example of the general operation of the card transport control mechanism will be explained below.

When the card 2 is inserted into the insertion slot 3 in FIG. 1 by the customer, an instruction is given to the main control section 11 through the upper line control section 14 in FIG. 2 in response to an instruction from a higher level. For example, if the instruction is to read the magnetic stripe of the card and read the IC information, the main controller 11 instructs the card transport controller 12 to rotate the card transport motor 4 in FIG. 1 in the suction direction, and the sensor controller The magnetic stripe is read by the magnetic head 10 while being conveyed to the magnetic stripe read end position 17 based on the reading result of the sensor 13. Next, the main control section 11 controls the card transport control section 1.
2 to rotate the card transport motor 4 in the ejection direction, and similarly, the card is transported to the IC read/write position 18 based on the sensor reading result of the sensor control unit 13, and the IC contact 5
Reads IC information. Finally, the card is transported in the ejection direction in the same manner, and the card is returned to the customer.

[0015] Hereinafter, a card conveyance control system which is an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention will be described with respect to conveyance from the magnetic stripe read end position 17 to the IC read/write position 18.

In FIG. 1, it is assumed that the card 2 is at the magnetic stripe read end position 17 (the sensor 6 is in the dark position and the sensor 5 is in the write position). When the main control section 11 in FIG. 2 reports this position to the upper layer through the upper line control section 14, the upper layer instructs the main control section 11 through the upper line control section 14 to read the IC information of the card 2. The main control section 11 controls the IC read/write position 18 for the card transport control section 12 as explained in the above-mentioned general operation.
If the stop position is not correct, the card is sucked in and positioning is performed again.

This operation will be explained below along the flowchart of FIG.

First, the card conveyance control section 12 drives the card conveyance motor 4 to discharge the card, monitors the sensor 7 from dark to light using the sensor control section 13, and after detection, stops and starts the card conveyance motor 4 at the position of 27 pulses. to stop it. Originally, this position was the IC read/write position 18, and the sensor 8 was installed at a position where the rear end of the card could be confirmed, and the sensor control unit 13 checked the dark/light of the sensor 8, and the sensor 8 detected that there was no card. In this case, the card conveyance control unit 12 suction-drives the card conveyance motor 4 to convey the card 2 to the magnetic stripe read end position 17 (position of the sensor 6 dark and sensor 5 light), and then aligns the card 2 in the ejection direction again. . At that time, first, retry 1
In the same way as the previous time, the sensor control unit 13 controls the sensor 7.
Monitors dark → light and after detection, starts and stops at the position of 27 pulses. Here, the dark/light status of the sensor 8 is checked again, and if the IC still cannot be stopped at the IC read/write position 18, another retry is performed using a different sensor as the stop trigger sensor. In the second retry, the sensor control unit 13 monitors the sensor 6 from dark to light, and after detection, starts and stops the sensor 6 at the position of 350 pulses.

[0019] As a result, two types of card stopping means are used to control one card stopping position, which not only prevents the device from going down and allows processing to continue, but also makes it possible to Since the device can be stopped at the stop position, reading information and writing information of card information such as IC information of an IC card can be improved.

An embodiment of claim 2 of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
This will be explained with reference to FIG.

According to the control according to the first aspect, when the card transport control section 12 detects an abnormality in the stop position in the transport triggered by the sensor 7 but does not detect an abnormality in the transport triggered by the sensor 6, , the main control unit 11 determines that the sensor 7 is an abnormal sensor and stores it in the abnormal sensor storage unit 16. Regarding the subsequent control, when the main control section 11 issues a control instruction to the card transport control section 12, based on the information in the abnormality sensor storage section 16, the main control section 11 starts from the beginning without using the stopping means using the sensor 7 as the stop trigger sensor. It is controlled by a stopping means using the sensor 6 as a stopping trigger sensor. This makes it possible to avoid unnecessary retries.

In this embodiment, an example of control for transporting a card has been described above, but similar control can be performed for media such as passbooks and statement slips that are stopped by a sensor.

[0023]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, since a plurality of card stopping means are provided for one card stopping position, even if a problem occurs with one stopping means, the other stopping means can be used to save the card. This has the effect of being able to reliably stop the card at the card stop position.

Furthermore, an abnormal sensor can be identified as well as whether the sensor is good or bad, and by avoiding the use of the abnormal sensor in subsequent control, unnecessary retry operations are eliminated and processing time can be shortened.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a card transport mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the card transport mechanism in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of retry control using a plurality of stop means for card conveyance stop control.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Card transport mechanism, 2... Card, 4... Card transport motor, 6, 7, 8... Transport path sensor, 5... IC contact, 10... Magnetic head, 17... Magnetic stripe read end position, 18... IC read/write Position, 16... Abnormal sensor storage section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A media transport mechanism comprising a sensor for checking passage and residual of a medium, a means for transporting and stopping the medium while monitoring the sensor, and a transport path for transporting the medium, with respect to one stop position. 1. A media transport control method for an automated teller machine, characterized in that reliable media transport is possible by providing a plurality of means that use different sensors as stop triggers. 2. In the medium transport mechanism according to claim 1, by providing means for detecting an abnormality in the sensor and means for storing the abnormality sensor, a means for using the abnormality sensor as a stop trigger for subsequent control can be used. A media conveyance control method for an automated teller machine, characterized in that the media is conveyed without any movement.