JPH06243300A - Card processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a device small-sized, to prevent the complicatedness accompanied with card insertion of a vehicle rider, and to receive a charge for many sections by taking various cards into an automatic tollbooth through the same slot. CONSTITUTION:When a card is inserted to a ticket slot at the exit of a multi- section toll road, this insertion is detected by an insertion detecting sensor, and the taken-in card is carried to a discriminating part 21 and is discriminated by a card length detecting sensor and a thickness sensor, and the card is discriminated as a pass, a plate, or a highway card. When it is discriminated as a pass, it is sent to a pass processing part 23 by a switched carrying path, and the charge is displayed. In the case of a highway card or a plate, it is sent to the discriminating part 21 through the ticket slot in the same manner as the pass, and the carrying path is switched in accordance with the card, and the plate is sent to a plate processing part 22 and the charge is received, and the highway card is sent to a highway card processing part 24 through the plate processing part 22 and the charge is received.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card processing machine applied to processing of various cards in an automatic toll collection machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automatic toll collection machine for collecting tolls in a uniform section, as shown in FIG. 4, various kinds of cards other than a pass ticket are inserted. 44, coupon ticket slot 45
Are provided separately. For this reason, the user in the state of boarding the car needs to insert the cards into the respective insertion openings 43, 44, 45 in the automatic toll collection machine according to the types of various cards.

Depending on the type of card, the insertion port 43,
Since 44 and 45 are separate, it is necessary to make the construction space of the automatic toll collection machine wide. In FIG. 4, 41
Is an intercom, 42 is a call button, 46 is a bill insertion slot, 47 is a toll display lamp, 48 is a charging amount display lamp, 4
Reference numeral 9 is a certificate slot, 50 is a fee slot, 51 is a receipt button, 52 is a change / receipt outlet, and 53 is a return slot.

[0004]

In the conventional method, the insertion ports 43, 44, 45 differ depending on the type of card.
When a user boarding a car pays the fee, it is necessary to search for the insertion slot with the card used. Furthermore, when using a plurality of types of cards, it is necessary to insert the cards into different insertion openings for each card, which gives the user confusion and annoyance.

Further, since the automatic toll collection machine for multiple sections requires processing of various cards including pass tickets, the conventional method used for card processing in uniform sections is practical. is not. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, by inserting one insertion port, it is possible to insert all of the various cards, by processing by determining the type of various cards, The purpose is to eliminate the user's confusion and annoyance caused by inserting the card up to.

[0006]

According to the present invention, all kinds of cards are taken in by means of a single insertion slot, and even if the taken-in cards are of different types, they are sent to the discriminating section by means of the same conveying path. The card discriminating unit discriminates the card type, and the discriminated card is sent to the transport path to various card processing units according to the card type at the end of the discriminating unit, regardless of the card insertion order. Instead, it is characterized by having a function of performing processing by means of processing the card.

[0007]

By providing a single insertion port for inserting various cards, it is possible to prevent the occupants of the vehicle from complicating the card insertion and to downsize the device. In addition, it becomes possible to make the toll collector for multiple sections practical.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic toll collection machine used at the exit of a multi-section toll road, which incorporates the card processing machine of the present invention. The card processing machines are provided in the upper and lower three stages of the automatic toll collection machine. Figure 1
In FIG. 1, 1 is a ticket insertion slot, 2 is a guide display section, 3 is a coin slot, 4 is a change slot, 5 is a bill slot, and 6 is a call button. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of card processing.

At the exit of the multi-sector toll road, when the vehicle approaches the exit toll collection machine, the vehicle passenger who is guided by the voice guidance and guidance display unit 2 to insert the pass ticket will insert the pass ticket. , Through the ticket insertion slot 1. At this time, even if a different card such as a plate, credit card, highway card, etc. other than the pass ticket is inserted, normal card processing can be performed by the card processing flow block diagram shown in FIG. 5 as described later.

When the pass ticket is inserted into the ticket insertion slot 1 of FIG. 1, the insertion detection sensor 31 shown in FIG. 3 detects the insertion and takes in the pass ticket. The taken-in pass ticket is conveyed to the discriminating section 21 shown in FIG. 2 by the same conveying path 30,
The card length detection sensors 32, 32 ', 32 "and the thickness sensor 33 shown in Fig. 3 discriminate the card to discriminate between a pass ticket, a plate, and a highway card. The card discriminated as a pass ticket is the solenoid shown in Fig. 3. The flapper 38 is switched by the driving of 34 or 34 'and is sent to the pass ticket processing unit 23 of Fig. 2 by the switched transport path, which is carried by the stepping motor 36 and the motor driver 37.

The pass ticket sent to the pass processing unit 23 is processed and stored in the stacker. After the processing of the pass, the charge is displayed on the guide display unit 2 in FIG. The vehicle occupant will pay the highway card, plate or cash depending on the displayed fare. As for the highway card and the plate, as in the case of the pass ticket,
It is sent to the discriminating unit 21 through the similar ticket insertion unit 1, the transport path is switched according to the card, and in the case of a plate, it is sent to the plate processing unit 22 for processing. In the case of a highway card, it passes through the plate processing section 22 and is sent to the highway card processing section 24 for processing. By these operations, the toll collection is performed and the passage of the vehicle is permitted.

In the above description, the upper card processing machine has been described, but even in the case of the middle and lower card processing machines, the discrimination section 21 ', the discrimination section 21 ", the plate processing section 22', 22 ″, pass processing units 23 ′, 23 ″,
Similar card processing is performed by the highway card processing units 24 'and 24 ". The card length detection sensors 32, 32' and 32" and the thickness sensor 3 in the plate processing unit 22 are also provided.
The arrangement of 3 is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the card length detection sensor 6
2, 62 ', 62 "and the thickness sensor 62 may be arranged.

The discriminating section 21 discriminates the card based on the following conditions of thickness and card length. Length Thickness Passage ticket 120mm About 0.2mm Highway card About 86mm About 0.2mm Plate (credit card) About 86mm About 0.7mm

Card length detection sensors 32, 32 ', 32 "
For the above, three photosensors are used, and when the distance between the two sensors is L, the condition is 120 mm>L> 86 mm, and the condition is set by the motor feed speed, the sensor sensitivity, and the like. Further, the card length detection can be performed even with one photo sensor. The card is conveyed at a constant speed by the driving method of the motor, and the length is determined by the feeding time width.

That is, when the card length is C, the transport speed is V, and the time width is T, it can be obtained from the relationship of T = C / V. Regarding the thickness detection, the roller 35 moves up and down depending on the thickness of the card moving on the conveying path, the movement is converted into the displacement of the metal plate, and the displacement is measured and detected by the thickness detection sensor 33 by the eddy current.

When a plurality of types of cards are inserted, the following processing is performed based on the card processing flow of FIG. When a highway card or plate is inserted after inserting a ticket When a ticket is inserted after the guidance display, the ticket is processed and a payment request is made. After the request, the highway card is inserted, and after the card is determined, the highway card is transferred to the highway card processing section and payment processing is performed. When the plate is inserted immediately after the highway card is inserted, the highway card is conveyed to the highway card processing unit, and then the plate is ejected. When the charge is insufficient, a payment request is made as shown in FIG.

In the case where the plate and the highway card are inserted after the passage ticket is inserted In this case as well, in the same manner as in the case of (1), when the payment request is made after the passage ticket is processed and the plate is inserted, the plate is processed after the card is discriminated. It is transported to the department and processed. When the highway card is inserted immediately after the plate is inserted, the highway card and the plate are ejected after the plate processing. There is no shortage of charges for the plate.

[0018]

As described above in detail with reference to the embodiments, according to the card processor of the present invention, the processing of various cards in the multi-section toll collector is performed by using the individual slot instead of the individual slot. It can be taken in through the same insertion slot, and the card can be conveyed to the processing section according to the card by distinguishing various cards in the distinguishing section, and normal charge collection regardless of the card insertion order be able to.
As a result, the multi-section toll collector becomes practical and can be downsized.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (a) and 1 (b) are a top view and a front view showing the appearance of an automatic toll collection machine incorporating a card processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a card processing machine.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a determination plate processing unit.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a conventional automatic toll collection machine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing steps of card processing.

6 (a) and 6 (b) are explanatory views showing a configuration of a discriminating unit sensor position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ticket insertion slot 2 guide display section 3 coin insertion slot 4 change dispensing slot 5 bill insertion slot 6 call button 21, 21 ', 21 "discriminating section 22, 22', 22" plate processing section 23, 23 'pass ticket processing Part 24, 24 ', 24 "Highway card processing unit 30 Same transport path 31 Insertion detection sensor 32, 32', 32" Card length detection sensor 33 Thickness sensor 34, 34 'Solenoid 35 Roller 36 Stepping motor 37 Motor driver 38 Flapper 41 Intercom 42 Call button 43 Plate insertion slot 44 Highway card insertion slot 45 Number of tickets insertion slot 46 Banknote insertion slot 47 Toll fee indicator light 48 Payment amount indicator light 49 Certificate insertion slot 50 Fee insertion slot 51 Receipt button 52 Change / receipt Take-out port 53 Return port 60 Insertion detection sensor 61, 1 ', 61 "card length detecting sensor 62 thickness detecting sensor 63 roller

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A card processing machine in an automatic toll collection machine, wherein various cards can be loaded from the same insertion slot. 2. A card processing machine capable of processing various cards regardless of the order of card insertion in an automatic toll collection machine. 3. A card processing machine, wherein after the various cards are taken in from the same insertion slot, the various cards are discriminated. 4. A card processing machine for carrying various cards, wherein the cards are carried on the same carrying path until the various cards are discriminated.