JPH0528292A - Recording and reproducing device for card type recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a device whose constitution is easy and which accesses at high speed by writing or reproducing data in a first recording area in a process where a card type recording medium is loaded or unloaded within a recording/reproducing device. CONSTITUTION:A mechanism system control part controls the opening/closing of the shutter 32 and the loading/unloading of the card type recording medium 1, and a magnetic recording R/W part writes/reproduces data in the magnetic stripe of the card type recording medium 1. An optical recording R/W part writes/reproduces data in the optical recording area of the card type recording medium and RAM temporarily stores data read-out from the magnetic recording W/R part or the optical recording W/R part or data to write-in. Then, CPU controls the operation of the respective part. In this case, a carrying means (rollers 13 and 14) holding and carrying the card type recording medium 1 inserted to an insertion port 11 is provided and data is read/written while the card type recording medium 1 is carried by the carrying means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus for a card-shaped recording medium in which a magnetic recording area and an optical recording area are mixed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a card-shaped recording medium in which a magnetic recording medium and an optical recording medium are mixed has a structure as shown in FIGS. That is, FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the back surface of the card-shaped recording medium 1, and the magnetic stripe 2 is a magnetically recordable and reproducible recording area provided in the card-shaped recording medium 1. FIG. 4 shows the structure of the surface of the card-shaped recording medium 1, and the optical recording area 3 is an optically recordable and reproducible recording area provided in the card-shaped recording medium 1.

Conventionally, as a recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing the above card-shaped recording medium 1, one having a structure shown in FIG. 5 is known. In FIG. 5, the card-shaped recording medium 1 is inserted into the insertion port 11. The roller 13 is connected to the motor 12,
It rotates clockwise or counterclockwise according to the rotation of the motor 12. The roller 14 presses the card-shaped recording medium 1 toward the roller 13 in order to transmit the rotational force of the roller 13 to the inserted card-shaped recording medium 1. The card holding portion 15 is composed of a card support plate 16 on which the card-shaped recording medium 1 is placed and a slot-shaped pressing plate 17 for pressing the card-shaped recording medium 1.

The shaft receiving portion 22 is provided on the card holding portion 90 and is guided along the guide shaft 23.
The drive belt 21 is wound around gears 19 and 20 and is driven by the motor 18. The magnetic head 24 writes or reproduces information on the magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1. The optical head 25 writes or reproduces information on the magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1.

The operation will be described based on the above configuration. When the card-shaped recording medium 1 is inserted into the insertion port 11,
The motor 12 is driven and the roller 14 is used for the card-shaped recording medium 1.
Rotate in the loading direction. The loaded card-shaped recording medium 1 is inserted and held between the card support plate 16 and the mouth pressing plate 17.

Next, the case of writing or reproducing information on the magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1 will be described.
The drive belt 21 is driven to move the card holding unit 15 holding the card-shaped recording medium 1 to a writable or reproducible position. After that, when the magnetic head 24 moves in the direction of the arrow and comes into contact with the magnetic stripe 2, the card holding unit 1 again.
5 moves at a predetermined speed. Information is written or reproduced on the magnetic stripe 2 by moving the card holder 15.

When writing information in the optical recording area 3 of the card-shaped recording medium 1, the drive belt 21 is driven to bring the card holding portion 15 holding the card-shaped recording medium 1 to a writable position. Moving. Then, the card holder 15 is moved again to write information in the optical recording area.

As described above, information is written and reproduced on the magnetic stripe 2 and the optical recording area 3 of the card-shaped recording medium 1.

[0009]

As described above, in the conventional recording / reproducing apparatus for the card-shaped recording medium, in order to access the information of the magnetic stripe 2 and the optical recording area 3, the card holding section 15 is required each time. Must be moved to a position where recording and reproduction can be performed, so the access speed becomes slow. Further, since the magnetic head 24 has to be moved up and down, there is a problem that the mechanism is complicated and the cost is increased.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus for a card-shaped recording medium having a simple structure and a high access speed.

[0011]

A recording / reproducing apparatus for a card-shaped recording medium according to the present invention comprises a first recording area and a second recording area which is recorded by a method different from the recording method of the first recording area. A recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing a card-shaped recording medium having: an insertion opening into which the card-shaped recording medium is inserted; a conveying means for holding and conveying the card-shaped recording medium inserted into the insertion opening; First recording / reproducing means for reading or writing data from the first recording area and second recording / reproducing for reading or writing data from the second recording area while the card-shaped recording medium is being conveyed by the conveying means. And means.

[0012]

In the card-shaped recording medium recording / reproducing apparatus having the above-described structure, data is written or reproduced in the first recording area while the card-shaped recording medium is being conveyed by the conveying means. The speed can be increased.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same requirements as those in FIGS. 3 to 5 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1, the magnetic sensor 31 is an insertion opening 1
The magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1 which is provided in the vicinity of 1 is detected. The shutter 32 is opened according to the detection output of the magnetic sensor 31. The magnetic head 33 is fixed inside the main body of the recording / reproducing apparatus.

In FIG. 2, a mechanical system controller 41 controls the opening / closing of the shutter 32 of the card-shaped recording medium 1 and loading / unloading. Magnetic recording R / W section 4
Data 2 is written on or reproduced from the magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1. The optical recording R / W unit 43 writes or reproduces data in the optical recording area 3 of the card-shaped recording medium 1. R
AM 44 is a magnetic recording R / W unit 42 or an optical recording R / W unit 43.
The data read from and the data to be written are temporarily stored. C
The PU 45 controls the operation of each unit described above.

The operation will be described based on the above configuration.

When the card-shaped recording medium 1 is brought close to the insertion port 11, the magnetic sensor 31 detects the magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1 and outputs a detection signal. CPU45
In response to this detection signal, the device sends a shutter open signal to the mechanism system control unit 41 via the data bus 46 and the interface 47. As a result, the shutter 32 opens in the direction of the arrow, and the rollers 13 and 14 rotate in the direction in which the card-shaped recording medium 1 is loaded.

When the card-shaped recording medium 1 is further inserted through the insertion port 11, the card-shaped recording medium 1 is rotated by the roller 13,
Loaded by 14. At this time, since the card-shaped recording medium 1 moves while the magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1 and the magnetic head 33 are in contact with each other, the data recorded on the magnetic stripe 2 is read. The read data is transferred from the magnetic recording R / W unit 42 to the RAM via the interface 49, the data bus 46, and the CPU 45.
It is temporarily stored in 44.

When the card-shaped recording medium 1 is further loaded, the card-shaped recording medium 1 is inserted and held between the card supporting plate 16 and the mouth pressing plate 17. At this time, the CPU 45 outputs a positioning signal to the mechanism system control unit 41. Upon receiving the positioning signal, the mechanical system control unit 41 moves the card holding unit 15 to an optically writable or reproducible position.

On the other hand, the data stored in the RAM 44 is sent to the host computer via the CPU 45 and the communication interface 50 as needed.

The optical head 2 is moved from the optical recording area 3 of the card-shaped recording medium 1 which has been moved to an optically writable or reproducible position.
The data is read by 5. The read data is transferred from the optical recording R / W unit 43 to the interface 48, CPU
45, it is sent to the host computer via the communication interface 50. Alternatively, write data is sent from the host computer to the optical recording R / W unit 43 via the communication interface 50, the CPU 45, and the interface 48. This write data is recorded by the optical head 25.
It is recorded in the optical recording area 3. In this way, reading or writing of data from the optical recording area 3 is performed.

Next, when writing or reading of data to or from the optical recording area 3 is completed, the CPU 45 outputs a return signal.
When the return signal is sent to the mechanical system control unit 41, the holding unit 15
Moves to an unloadable position. Then roller 1
3 and 14 rotate in a direction in which the card-shaped recording medium 1 can be unloaded based on a command from the CPU 45.

The card-shaped recording medium 1 that has moved to the unloadable position is unloaded by the rollers 13 and 14. During unloading, the card-shaped recording medium 1 moves while the magnetic stripe 2 of the card-shaped recording medium 1 and the magnetic head 33 are in contact with each other. At this time, the CPU 45 sends the data from the host computer or the RAM 44 to the magnetic recording R / W 42 as necessary, so that the data is recorded on the magnetic stripe 2.

In this way, when the card-shaped recording medium 1 is inserted into or ejected from the recording / reproducing apparatus, data is read from or written on the magnetic stripe 2.

[0025]

As described above, since the data is written or reproduced in the first recording area while the card-shaped recording medium is being loaded or unloaded in the recording / reproducing apparatus, the access speed can be increased with a simple structure. There is an effect such as being able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a recording / reproducing apparatus for a card-shaped recording medium of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an embodiment of a recording / reproducing apparatus for a card-shaped recording medium of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the configuration of an example of a card-shaped recording medium.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the configuration of an example of a card-shaped recording medium.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an example of a conventional recording / reproducing apparatus for a card-shaped recording medium.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card-shaped recording medium 2 Magnetic stripe (first recording medium) 3 Optical recording area (second recording medium) 11 Insertion slot 13 Roller (conveying means) 14 Roller (conveying means) 15 Card holding section (conveying means) 33 Magnetic head (first recording / reproducing means) 25 Optical head (second recording / reproducing means)

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A recording method for recording and reproducing a card-shaped recording medium having a first recording area and a second recording area which is recorded by a method different from the recording method of the first recording area. In the reproducing apparatus, an insertion opening for inserting the card-shaped recording medium, a transporting unit for holding and transporting the card-shaped recording medium inserted in the insertion port, and a transporting unit for transporting the card-shaped recording medium by the transporting unit. A card shape comprising first recording / reproducing means for reading or writing data from the first recording area and second recording / reproducing means for reading or writing data from the second recording area. Recording medium reproducing apparatus.