JPH0751649Y2 - Parking ticket authenticator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device] [Industrial field of application] This device has completed its own errands for parking users, such as shopping, use of financial institutions, visits to hospitals, use of hotels, administrative procedures of government offices, public use, etc. Parking ticket authentication used to record or certify the contents of the parking lot usage service on the parking ticket card so that you can certify the fact at the appropriate counter / counter and receive the parking lot usage service that matches the proof. It is a machine.

[Prior Art] To record information as a proof on a card in a conventional authentication device, a punching method for making a hole in the card is adopted, and a stamp with fixed contents is pressed as a character display, and the operation method is also specified. After the card is set to the position, punching recording and display processing are performed by manual pressing. Here, as for the types of punching and stamping, one type of punching and stamping is performed by one authentication machine.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Since the conventional authentication machine performs punching recording and display processing by manual pressing as described above, it has various problems as described below.

Since perforation recording of information is performed manually by setting the perforation position in advance, it is not possible to increase the number of types of authentication items that can be authenticated. I couldn't record the numbers.

In addition, since the record is a character display by punching and imprinting, it does not have a data coding means to prevent fraud, and it is indispensable especially when processing the recorded card without obtaining it. It did not have means such as fraudulent judgment processing and processing related to time. Therefore, as the processing related to the time, for example, it was not possible to automatically process the parking fee based on the authentication time, the exit control for determining whether it is within the stayable time before leaving the parking lot, or the like. .

Also, in the authenticator, the part that sets the authentication type is semi-fixed, that is, the pin position of the hole is mechanically set, and it is not easy to change it, so when performing several types of authentication in parallel, It is necessary to prepare for that number,
Moreover, even if incorrect authentication was made, it could not be corrected. Moreover, since the punching position on the card is also fixed, it is not possible to validate all types of duplicate authentication, for example, when the authentication is performed at two or more places.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a parking ticket authenticator that can record various parking lot utilization service contents on a parking ticket and enables detailed service by a plurality of authentications.

[Means for Solving Problems] A parking ticket authenticator according to the present invention includes a first channel for magnetic recording of parking lot usage information and a magnetic recording of authentication information including contents of a parking lot usage service. And a magnetic recording on the second channel of a card including the second channel of the card and print recording on the surface of the card, and the renewal of the authentication information or the additional distinction to additionally record is selectively set. Duplicate authentication operation unit, an authentication type operation unit that gives a predetermined authentication type from authentication items indicating the contents of several types of parking lot utilization services, a clock unit that outputs an authentication time, and a card that is stored from the first channel of the card. Whether the information reading unit that reads the magnetic data of the parking lot usage information and the magnetic data of the parking lot usage information read by the information reading unit are collated with predetermined data to record the authentication information on the card. If it is determined that the card information identification unit that determines whether or not the information can be recorded by the card information identification unit, the authentication type from the authentication type operation unit and the authentication time of the clock unit are used as the authentication information in the second channel of the card. An information recording unit that magnetically records according to the setting distinction of the duplicate authentication operation unit, and a visible display processing unit that visually prints and records on a card the authentication type given by at least the authentication type operation unit among the authentication information, And a transport unit for transporting the card to the information reading unit, the information recording unit, and the visible display processing unit.

[Operation] The distinction of renewal or duplication including new is input to the duplication authentication operation unit, and renewal or renewal duplication of updating the content of the service is selected and set. From the authentication type operation unit, an authentication type corresponding to an errand to receive the service is selected and given from authentication items indicating several kinds of service contents. The current time of authentication is output from the clock unit. For a recordable card incorporated in a parking ticket authenticator, the information reading unit reads the magnetic data of the first channel of the card. The read data is collated with predetermined data by the card information identification unit, and the card information identification unit determines whether or not the data can be recorded on the card. For the card determined to be recorded by the card information identification unit in the information recording unit, the authentication information including the authentication type set and distinguished by the authentication type operation unit and the authentication time is provided to the second channel by the duplicate authentication operation unit. It is recorded according to the renewal or duplication that has been set. At this time, when renewal is set, new or previously recorded contents are updated and recorded, and when duplication is set, new service contents are recorded in addition to the previously recorded contents. Furthermore, the visible display processing unit prints and records at least the authentication type of the authentication information on the card in a visible manner. The card transport unit transports and moves between the respective units that process cards.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the parking ticket authenticator of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an authenticator, 2 is a first channel for magnetic recording of parking lot utilization information, and a second channel for magnetic recording of authentication information including contents of parking lot utilization service. It is a card that can be printed on the display, the first channel is recorded in a parking lot (not the authenticator) different from the authenticator according to the present invention, and the part recorded by the authenticator 1 is the second channel. Is. Reference numeral 3 is a card insertion detection unit for detecting the presence of the card 2, and 4 is the authentication device 1 for the card 2.
A card transport section for transporting the card to a predetermined position inside the card, an information reading section for reading data of the first channel of the card 2,
Reference numeral 6 is a card information identification portion for checking whether or not the parking lot usage information data read by the information reading portion 5 is collated with predetermined data to determine whether or not the data can be recorded. An effectiveness display unit for displaying that the service is valid, and 8 is a duplication authentication operation unit for selectively setting the distinction of renewal or additional recording of the service content. The authentication is performed by recording the content of the service in the card 2, and there is duplication with the renewal. For the record by renewal, the authentication in the case of a new one, the correction (correction) in the case of incorrect authentication, or the authentication of the valid parking use service for the convenience of the business, for example, comes to be authenticated in two places. When the order comes, there is rewriting when the content that was authenticated first is changed to that content by the later authentication. In addition, in the case of duplication records, if you authenticate at two or more places, you can add all the authenticates and receive the service of using the parking lot. In some cases, additional service content may be recorded. Reference numeral 9 is an overlap display unit visually displayed in the case of overlap authentication, and 10 is an authentication type operation unit that outputs a code of a predetermined authentication type from several kinds of authentication items. Here, in view of the fact that the type of authentication is not limited to one location, for example, there are a plurality of facilities that are contracted with one parking lot, the shopper is given a service type according to the purchase amount, and a finance. period,
Hospitals and government office users have service types corresponding to the usage items, and hotel users have service types according to the usage form, and according to the service types, benefits can be obtained for using the parking lot. Reference numeral 11 is an authentication number setting unit for associating the operation button number of the authentication type operation unit 10 with the code of the authentication type, 12 is an authentication display unit for confirming the authentication performed on the authentication type operation unit 10, and 13 Is a clock unit that outputs the authentication time, that is, the current time, and 14 is the setting of renewal or duplication of the duplicate authentication operating unit 8 with the authentication information including the authentication type from the authentication type operating unit 10 and the authentication time from the clock unit 13. This is an information recording unit for recording on the card 2 according to the distinction, and when the setting distinction is renewal and new, the service content is newly recorded, and in the case of correction and rewriting, the service content already authenticated and recorded is newly updated. In the case of duplication, the service content to be newly authenticated is additionally recorded in addition to the service content already authenticated and recorded. Reference numeral 15 is a visible display processing unit for visually recording the authentication information on the card 2.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 is a housing of the authentication device, 23 is a card insertion / removal opening, 27 is a valid / invalid display lamp which constitutes a part of the validity display section 7 of FIG. 1, and 28 is of FIG. A duplication authentication operation button which constitutes a part of the duplication authentication operation section 8, 29 constitutes a part of the duplication authentication section 9 of FIG. 1 is an authentication operation button forming a part of the authentication type operation unit 10 in FIG. 1, 212 is an authentication display unit 12 in FIG.
An authentication indicator lamp, which constitutes a part of the authentication operation button 210 and is incorporated in the authentication operation button 210, is the same as the authentication number setting unit 11 in FIG. Here, the authentication operation button 210 can be made to correspond to the authentication number set by the authentication number setting unit 11 in advance for each authentication machine, so that flexibility can be set for any authentication item (number).

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a visible display example of the card 2. Paper is used as the material of the card 2, but pet material or vinyl chloride may be used, for example. The back surface is magnetically coated on the front surface to enable magnetic recording. A magnetic stripe may be attached or welded depending on the material. At least the authentication type is printed and displayed on the front surface, but in the example of FIG. 3, the entry information and the authentication type or the authentication information are printed and displayed. Here, the entry information is printed at the parking lot when this card is used as a parking ticket, and entry information (entry time, serial number, Device number). The device number in the entry information is the entry control device number in the parking lot. Further, the authentication information is magnetically recorded in the information recording unit 14 of the authenticator 1 according to the present invention so that the user can receive the parking lot privilege service for an occasion other than the use of the parking lot. The information includes an authentication type and an authentication time. Visual display processing unit 15
The printer at least prints and displays at least the authentication type, but prints the authentication information if necessary. Here, the authentication type is represented by an authentication number and an operation button number. That is, as described above, the authentication operation button 210 corresponds to the authentication number previously set by the authentication number setting unit 11 for each device,
This certification number corresponds to the certification item. Therefore, the service type selected from the authentication items and authenticated, that is, the authentication type, is represented by the authentication number and the operation button number. The authentication type is shown as an authentication type (authentication number, operation button number) above FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b). In FIG. 3B, as the authentication information, an authentication time, a serial number, and a device number are printed in addition to the above authentication number and operation button number. The device number of this authentication information is the number of the authentication device. In addition,
In the case of FIG. 3 (b), the entry information as a parking ticket is not printed, it is not used for parking lot, and the authentication information is printed, so that it may be used at a later date. It is possible. On the other hand, there are 2 channels on the back,
On one of the channels, that is, on the first channel, information such as entry time, issuing serial number, issuing device number, parking lot code, fraud prevention code, and data error detection code is stored as parking lot use information as entry information. Magnetically recorded at the parking lot. It should be noted that in the case of a non-recorded ticket, there is no data on the magnetic recording on the back surface, and in the case of a discarded ticket, data in which the error detection code of the data is an error is recorded. The authentication information is magnetically recorded in the authenticator 1 on the other of the two channels, that is, the second channel, as described later.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of this authenticator.

The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.

If the authentication type is not printed, the clerk will judge that it is new in order to prove that the card user has finished using the parking lot, and it is printed as shown in FIG. In this case, referring to it, it is judged whether it is a renewal or duplication, and if it is duplication authentication, the duplication authentication operation button 28 of the authentication device 1 is operated. The duplication authentication operation unit 8 selectively sets the distinction of renewal or duplication as described above, and illuminates the duplication authentication display lamp 29 to the clerk to visually display that the renewal or duplication is selected and set. After that, the clerk selects and judges the authentication corresponding to the predetermined business and selects one of the authentication operation buttons 210 out of several (5 in FIG. 2). At this time, the authentication type is visually displayed on the authentication display lamp 212 for confirmation to the staff. The clerk reconfirms that there is no mistake and inserts the card into the card insertion slot 23.

In FIG. 1, the card 2 is detected by the card insertion detecting unit 3 and the card 2 is conveyed to the information reading unit 5 by the card conveying unit 4. In the information reading section 5, the first of the card 2
The parking lot usage information that is magnetically recorded in the channel is read. When the card 2 has already magnetically recorded the parking lot usage information in the parking lot, the read data is not verified by the card information identification unit 6 depending on, for example, the parking lot code or the time zone, or A ticket issued by a certain issuing machine is collated with predetermined data set in advance to make a determination such as invalidation, and it is determined whether or not new authentication can be recorded on the card 2. If the parking lot usage information is not recorded on the card 2, it is determined that the card is unused and new. If the data is judged to be a predetermined one or is not recorded and is not used as a parking ticket, the card 2 is valid and the fact is displayed on the validity display section 7.
In FIG. 2, the valid / invalid display lamp 27 lights up the validity. If the data in which the parking lot usage information is recorded is not determined to be the predetermined data, it is determined that new authentication information cannot be recorded in the card 2, and the validity / invalidity display lamp 27 illuminates and displays the invalidity.

Thereafter, the card transport unit 4 transports the card 2 to the information recording unit 14. In the information recording unit 14, according to the update from the duplicate authentication operating unit 8 or the duplicate authentication record, the signal of the current time from the clock unit 13, the number corresponding to the authentication type from the authentication type operating unit 10, and the device unique to each authentication device. Receiving the number signal, these are renewed or duplicated magnetically recorded on a predetermined portion of the card 2, that is, the second channel of the two channels on the back surface of the card 2. Further, the card transport unit 4 transports the card 2 to the visual display processing unit 15. The visible display processing unit 15 prints and visually displays at least the authentication type of the new authentication information, as shown in FIG. 3 (a) or (b), for example.
At this time, the visible display processing unit 15 needs to make a new print the next line of the previous print, unless the process is new.
A sensor (not shown) detects a line with already printed characters, and the card transport unit 4 moves the card 2 by a required distance. After that, the card transport unit 4 returns the card 2 to the card insertion / removal port 23 (FIG. 2).
When the card 2 is again removed by the staff member and the card insertion detection unit 3 no longer detects the presence of the card 2, the display is erased in preparation for the next handling, and the operation is completed.

In addition, after the duplicate authentication operation unit 8 or the authentication type operation unit 10 is operated, a control unit (not shown) counts time, and if the operation is not performed within a certain time after the insertion of the card 2, the operation is performed by mistake. Judge that it is a thing and return to the initial state in preparation for the next treatment. Needless to say, even if the card 2 is unused, it can be recorded, for example, for preferential use later.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the parking ticket authenticator of the present invention, the recording of the authentication information and the printing of the visible display processing of the authentication type are automatically performed only by the operation of authenticating the target card. It has the advantage of being easy to handle because it can be done. Furthermore, by recording time information etc. with the increase in the amount of information, renewal, and duplicate authentication, the service form of parking lot use can be improved. It is possible to obtain an authentication machine that enables detailed services from a single specification to multiple combination specifications.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a block circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are authentication by an authentication device according to the present invention. Front view of a card showing an example of printing type and authentication information, FIG. 4 (a),
(B) is an integrated view of one figure and is a flowchart of the operation of the authenticator according to the present invention. 1 ... Authentication device, 2 ... Card, 3 ... Card insertion detection unit, 4 ...
Card transport unit, 5 ... Information reading unit, 6 ... Card information identification unit, 7 ... Effectiveness display unit, 8 ... Duplicate authentication operation unit, 9 ... Duplicate display unit, 10 ... Authentication type setting unit, 11 ... Authentication number setting unit , 12
... Authentication display section, 13 ... Clock section, 14 ... Recording section, 15 ... Visible display processing section.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP 61-54590 (JP, A) JP 61-196393 (JP, A) JP 61-112292 (JP, A) JP 62- 154195 (JP, A) JP-A-2-121079 (JP, A) Actually developed 1-120259 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A card having a first channel for magnetic recording of parking lot utilization information and a second channel for magnetic recording of authentication information including contents of a parking lot utilization service, to the second channel of the card. A parking ticket authenticator that prints and records on a magnetic recording and the surface of the card, a duplication authentication operation unit that selectively sets the distinction of renewal or additional recording of the authentication information, and several types of parking lots. An authentication type operation unit that gives a predetermined authentication type from an authentication item indicating the content of the service to be used, a clock unit that outputs the authentication time, and an information reading unit that reads the magnetic data of the parking lot usage information from the first channel of the card. A card information identification unit that compares the magnetic data of the parking lot usage information read by the information reading unit with predetermined data to determine whether or not the authentication information can be recorded on the card; When it is determined that the code information can be recorded by the code information identification unit, the authentication type from the authentication type operation unit and the authentication time of the clock unit are used as authentication information in the second channel of the card according to the setting distinction of the duplicate authentication operation unit. An information recording unit that performs magnetic recording, a visible display processing unit that visually prints and records on a card the authentication type given by at least the authentication type operation unit among the authentication information, and the card, the information reading unit, and the information recording unit. , A transporting unit for transporting to the visible display processing unit, and a parking ticket authenticator.