JPH07152949A - Punching device for magnetic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the punching device for perforating punch holes at specific positions in the magnetic card accurately at all times. CONSTITUTION:A magnetic head 2 reads bit cells out of the specific magnetic track of the magnetic card which is conveyed by a conveyor belt 4. A control part 6 counts the bit cells to brake the driving of the conyeyor belt 4 by a conveyor roller 5 once detecting a bit cell corresponding to the punch hole perforation position, stops the belt when the punch hole perforation position comes to a position facing a punch unit 3, and drives the punch unit 3, thereby forming the necessary punch hole. In this constitution, the movement distance of the conveyor belt 4 from the start to the stop of the braking becomes constant irrelevantly to the punch hole perforation position, so the braking can be done in constant braking pattern, the magnetic card is stopped at the accurate position at all times, and the necessary punch hole can be formed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a punching device for punching required punched holes in a magnetic card such as a stored fair card or a coupon ticket when an automatic ticket gate is used.
In this specification, the magnetic card includes not only what is usually called a magnetic card but also a ticket-shaped or sheet-shaped magnetic recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a stored fair card is inserted into an automatic (entrance) ticket gate, necessary processing such as determination of validity or invalidity and calculation of remaining amount of money after deduction of initial fare is performed, and the remaining amount of money reaches a predetermined value. When it becomes, a punch hole is punched at a position corresponding to the display of the remaining amount of money printed in advance for the purpose of displaying the remaining amount of money.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of such a conventional punching device. In FIG. 2, 1 is a magnetic head for reading information from the stored fair card, 22 is a photo sensor for detecting the tip of the stored fair card, 3 is a punch unit, 24 is a conveyor belt,
Reference numeral 25 is a conveyance roller, and 26 is a control unit having a CPU as a core.

The operation will be described. The stored fair card loaded into the loading slot (not shown) is placed on the transport belt 24 driven by the transport roller 25 and transported in the direction of arrow A, and is recorded by the magnetic head 1 on each magnetic track of the stored fair card. Information is read out,
Based on this information, the control unit 26 performs the required processing as described above. When the stored fair card further advances, the front end of the photo sensor 22 is detected.

At this time, if a punch hole is to be punched by the required processing, the control unit 26 causes the tip of the steered fair card to advance a required distance from the position of the photo sensor 22, and the required punch of the stored fair card. When the position of the hole comes to the position facing the punch unit 3, the transport belt 24 is stopped and the punch unit 3 is driven to open a required punch hole as shown by 7 in FIG.

After the driving of the punch unit 3 is completed, the control unit 2
6 re-drives the transport roller 25 to carry out the stored fair card to a card outlet (not shown).

[0007]

As described above, in the conventional example, since the punch hole position is determined with the tip of the stored fair card as the reference position, as the punch hole position moves according to the remaining amount, The time and movement distance from the detection of the front end of the photo sensor 22 to the stop of the stored fair card change. That is, since the braking condition changes depending on the punch hole position, it is difficult to always stop the stored fair card accurately at a predetermined position, and it is difficult to always make a required punch hole at a predetermined position accurately. Is.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a punching device capable of always punching a punched hole at a predetermined position of a magnetic card accurately. It is a thing.

[0009]

To achieve the above object, in the present invention, a punching device for a magnetic card is constructed as follows (1).

(1) Conveying means for conveying a magnetic card,
A magnetic head which is arranged along the conveying path of the conveying means and reads position information from a magnetic track provided on the magnetic card, and a magnetic head which is arranged along the conveying path at a predetermined distance downstream from the magnetic head. A punching device for a magnetic card, comprising: a punching means for punching required punching holes; and a control means, wherein the control means has a position corresponding to the punching position according to the position information read from the magnetic head. Is detected, the conveying means is braked, and when the punching position reaches a position facing the punching means, the punching means is stopped to drive the punching means.

[0011]

With the configuration (1) described above, required position information can be read from the magnetic card by the magnetic head, and the magnetic card can be stopped at the required position based on this position information to punch holes.

[0012]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction of a "punch punching device for magnetic cards" which is an embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a magnetic head for reading necessary information from a magnetic track of a magnetic card such as a stored fair card or a coupon ticket, and 2 is a bit cell of a predetermined magnetic track of the magnetic card (magnetic track carrying fixed information). Is a magnetic head, 3 is a punch unit, 4 is a transport unit, 5 is a transport roller, and 6 is a control unit whose core is a CPU.

The operation will be described. When a stored fair card is loaded from a slot (not shown), it is placed on the transport belt 4 driven by the transport roller 5 and transported in the direction of arrow A, and the magnetic head 1 records on each magnetic track of the stored fair card. Information is read out,
Based on this information, the control unit 6 performs the required processing. At this time, if the remaining amount of money is a predetermined value,
The punching is determined, and the number of bit cells corresponding to the punching position is obtained by the table search.

When the stored fair card approaches the magnetic head 2, the control unit 6 reads out and counts the bit cells of the predetermined magnetic track by the magnetic head 2, and the counted number becomes the previously determined number of bit cells. At this time, braking of the transport roller 5 is started, and thereafter, the transport roller 5 is stopped in a predetermined braking pattern, and the punch unit 3 is stopped.
Is driven to punch a required position on the remaining amount display portion of the stored fair card as shown in FIG. After punching is completed, the transport roller 5 is re-driven to carry out the stored fair card to a card outlet (not shown).

In this embodiment, as described above, the bit head position corresponding to the punching position is detected by the magnetic head 2 to brake the conveyance of the stored fair card, and the bit cell position faces the punch unit 3. When I came to Tokyo, the transportation of stored fair cards was stopped. That is, since the moving distance of the conveyor belt 4, which is the moving distance of the stored fair card from the start to the stop of braking, is constant regardless of the punch hole position on the stored fair card, a constant braking pattern is used. Can always be stopped at an accurate movement distance, and punch holes can always be accurately made at predetermined positions on the stored fair card.

(Others) In the embodiment, after the bit cell corresponding to the punching position is detected, the stop is performed in a predetermined braking pattern regardless of the bit cell detection. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, for example, the bit cell detection corresponding to the punching position is continued after the bit cell detection, and the rotation of the transport roller is feedback-controlled so that the time pattern of the bit cell detection becomes a predetermined pattern, and stopped at a predetermined braking pattern. Can be implemented in the form of.

Further, in the embodiment, the bit cells relating to the fixed information of the magnetic card are counted.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to provide a magnetic track on which a punching position indicating information is newly mounted on a magnetic card and read the position indicating information.

Further, in the embodiment, the magnetic head for reading the necessary information from the magnetic card is arranged in the same transport system as the magnetic head and the punch unit for reading the positional information from the magnetic card, but the present invention is not limited to this. Not something
The magnetic head that reads out the necessary information from the magnetic card is arranged in a transport system that is always driven, different from the transport system in which the magnetic head that reads the position information from the magnetic card and the punch unit are arranged. You can also In this case, the conveyance system in which the magnetic head for reading the position information from the magnetic card and the punch unit are arranged can be shortened and the inertia is reduced, so that the braking / stopping operation of the conveyance system for punching holes can be performed more accurately. be able to.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Punch holes can always be made accurately at predetermined positions on a magnetic card.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional example

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of punching holes in a stored fair card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 magnetic head 3 punch unit 4 conveyor belt 5 conveyor roller 6 controller 7 punch hole

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Yoshikazu Terashima 1-13-8 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. Yono Works

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transport means for transporting a magnetic card, a magnetic head arranged along the transport path of the transport means for reading position information from a magnetic track provided on the magnetic card, and a magnetic head for transporting magnetic information along the transport path. A punching device for a magnetic card, the punching device being provided at a predetermined distance from a head for punching a required punch hole in the magnetic card, and a control means, wherein the control means is the magnetic head. Based on the position information read from the position information, the position corresponding to the punch hole punching position is detected, the conveyance means is braked, and when the punch hole punching position reaches the position facing the punch means, the punch means is stopped and the punch means is driven. A punching device for a magnetic card, which is characterized in that