JPH08180218A - Card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a card processor capable of normally continuing reading processing when the other reading means is normal even if reading abnormality occurs in one reading means, reducing user's dissatisfaction and improving the efficiency of reading and that of maintenance/inspection. CONSTITUTION: When a CPU judges a passenger ticket P charged from a charge port 2 as a magnetic information reading error, the ticket P is led into an SF processing part 25 by the control of a distribution gate 22 and inverted by a front-rear inverting part and the inverted ticket P is returned to a carrier path 4 and reversely sent to the charge port 2 by the carrier path 4 whose mode is switched to reverse carrying. When the reversely sent ticket P is detected by a detector 7, the carrier path 4 is switched to forward carrying again to execute rereading processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card processing device such as an automatic ticket gate device for automatically accepting a ticket inserted by a user and automatically performing a ticket inspection at a railway station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in the railroad industry, automatic ticket gates have been installed at entrances and exits of facilities such as railways for the purpose of labor saving in ticket gate operations. This automatic ticket gate accepts and inspects a ticket (a card on which certain information is recorded) carried by a user when entering or exiting the facility or when changing the facility. As a result of this inspection, if the ticket is valid, the passage of the user is permitted, and if it is improper, the passage of the user is blocked.

In such an automatic ticket gate, the data is recorded in a magnetic recording section formed on one side (back side) of the ticket inserted into the slot by the user at the time of entry, exit, or transfer. The magnetic information (for example, entrance station and effective fare) is read by the magnetic head, and based on the read information, it is determined whether the user is allowed to pass or blocked, and the ticket is subjected to a predetermined process, For example, after the printing process is performed on the face of the ticket and the magnetic information is written in the magnetic recording unit, the ticket is ejected to the exit.

The automatic ticket gate of this type is usually
When the ticket is inserted in either the front or back side, magnetic information can be written in and read from the magnetic recording section on the back side so that it can be written up and down along the transportation path of the ticket, respectively. A magnetic head for reading is provided.

[0005]

Conventionally, a passenger ticket inserted by a user is inadequate (such as destruction of magnetic information), or inadequate reading means of magnetic information (damage of a magnetic head, misalignment, etc.). ), The one-sided direction of the ticket inserted by the user (for example, magnetic information is recorded on the back side)
Since it has only the re-conveyance function (retry function) of, the reading magnetic head provided below the conveyance path of the ticket may be damaged or misaligned.
Even if the boarding ticket is re-conveyed, even if it is a genuine ticket, the determination will be defective.

[0006] Further, when the re-conveyance function is operated, the user is dissatisfied because it is not provided with means for guiding the user to that effect. Furthermore, even if the above-mentioned trouble occurs, it was unclear which magnetic head caused the problem.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if a reading error occurs in one reading unit, if the other reading unit is normal, the reading process can be continued normally, and further, the user's dissatisfaction is reduced and the reading is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card processing device capable of improving the efficiency and the efficiency of maintenance and inspection.

[0008]

A card processing device of the present invention comprises a receiving means for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface thereof, and a conveying means for conveying the card received by the receiving means. Two reading means provided on both sides of the carrying means for reading information recorded on the carried card, and one of the two reading means for reading information from the card,
When a reading error occurs, the card is conveyed by the conveying means and the card is turned upside down, and the card turned upside down by the sheet upside down is sent back to the receiving means. Transport it to the reading means,
The control means controls the carrying means so that the other reading means of the two reading means rereads the information on the card.

Further, the card processing apparatus of the present invention includes a receiving section for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface thereof, a discharging section for discharging the card received by the receiving section, and the receiving section. Conveying means which is provided between the ejecting section and conveys the card received by the receiving section to the ejecting section, and information which is provided on both sides of the conveying means and which is recorded on the conveyed card. When the reading error occurs when the information is read from the card by one reading unit of the two reading units, the reading unit for reading the The card is turned upside down and then returned to the conveying means, and the card turned upside down and returned by the table upside down is sent back to the receiving section, and then the card is returned again to the step 2 And conveyed to the reading means, and a control means for controlling said conveying means to perform the re-reading of information for the card at the other of the reading means of the two reading means.

Further, the card processing apparatus of the present invention includes a receiving section for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface thereof, a discharging section for discharging the card received by the receiving section, and the receiving section. A first transporting unit that is provided between the discharging unit and transports the card received by the receiving unit to the discharging unit, and a card that is provided on both sides of the first transporting unit and is transported. The reading means for reading the information recorded on the card and the first conveying means are provided so as to branch from each other, and when one of the two reading means reads information on the card, a reading error is detected. When it occurs, the second conveyance means for receiving the card conveyed by the first conveyance means, reverses the front and back, and then returns it to the first conveyance means, and the second conveyance means for the front and back sides. Flipped back Card again later were fed reverse toward the receiving unit, and conveyed toward the two reading means,
The control means controls the first transporting means so that the other reading means of the two reading means rereads the information on the card.

Further, the card processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a receiving means for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface inserted by the user, and a conveying means for conveying the card received by the receiving means. , Two reading means provided on both sides of the carrying means for reading information recorded on the carried card, and when reading information from the card by one of the two reading means When a reading error occurs, the card is conveyed by the conveying means to be turned upside down, and the card turned upside down by the sheet turned upside down is sent back to the receiving means, and then the card is returned again to the step 2 A control for controlling the carrying means so that the carrying means is carried toward one reading means, and the other reading means of the two reading means rereads information on the card. And means, when rereading of information for the card, and a guide means for guiding the fact to the user.

Further, the card processing apparatus of the present invention has a receiving means for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface thereof, a conveying means for conveying the card received by the receiving means, and a conveying means for the conveying means. Two reading means provided on both sides for reading information recorded on the conveyed card, and a reading error occurs when reading information from the card by one of the two reading means. Then, the front and back reversing means for reversing the front and back of the card conveyed by the conveying means, and the card which is turned upside down by the front and back reversing means are sent back to the receiving means and then again directed to the two reading means. And the control means for controlling the carrying means so that the other reading means of the two reading means rereads the information on the card. Counting means for counting a re-reading number information to de, when the count value of the counting means reaches a predetermined value, and a notifying means for notifying to that effect.

Further, the card processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a receiving section for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface thereof, a discharging section for discharging the card received by the receiving section, and the receiving section. A first transporting unit that is provided between the discharging unit and transports the card received by the receiving unit to the discharging unit, and a card that is provided on both sides of the first transporting unit and is transported. Two reading means for reading information recorded on the recording medium and branching from the first conveying means are provided to receive a specific card conveyed by the first conveying means and convey it to the discharging section. A second conveying unit; and a printing unit provided on the second conveying unit for printing predetermined information on the conveyed specific card,
When a reading error occurs when information is read from the card by one of the two reading means provided in the second carrying means, the card carried by the first carrying means is read. A front and back reversing means for receiving via the second transport means, reversing the front and back, and then returning to the first transport means through the second transport means, and a card which is turned upside down by the front and back reversing means and returned. Is sent back to the receiving section and then conveyed again to the two reading means, and the other reading means of the two reading means rereads the information on the card.
Control means for controlling the transport means of

[0014]

When a reading error occurs in one of the reading means, the card is turned upside down to perform the re-conveyance processing (retry processing), and if the other reading means is normal, the operation of the apparatus is stopped. Read processing can be continued normally. Further, by providing guidance by display or voice during the retry processing, it is possible to reduce user dissatisfaction.

Further, by counting the number of times of retry processing, it becomes possible to grasp the operating state of the apparatus before the failure of the reading means is completely caused and the reading becomes abnormal. Further, by using such a retry process, the reading rate of the card is improved, and the blocking of the user due to a defect on the device side is reduced. Therefore,
It also contributes to alleviating user congestion.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of an automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate of a station of a railway organization as an example of a card processing device according to the present invention. That is, at one end of the upper portion of the automatic ticket gate apparatus main body 1, for example, a slot for receiving a card-shaped ticket (card) P having a magnetic recording portion on the back surface of which predetermined information is recorded by a magnetic recording method is received. 2) is provided, and the inlet 2 is provided at the other end.
An exit (discharging part) from which the ticket P inserted from is discharged
3 is provided.

In this embodiment, as the boarding ticket P, for example, a fare prepaid system having a monetary value (such as an ordinary ticket, a commuter ticket, and a number of tickets), or a prepayment having a monetary value is used. Tickets with various thicknesses, widths, etc. are used, such as a stored fair system (hereinafter abbreviated as SF system) that is reduced each time. For example,
An ordinary ticket is a paper ticket, the width of which is a small so-called ticket size, and commuter tickets and coupon tickets are plastic cards, and the width of which is a so-called commuter ticket size.

The coupon ticket is a commuter ticket of a commuter ticket size in which punch holes are punched at predetermined positions on the ticket surface for each boarding. That is, the width of the ticket P is roughly classified into two types,
When it comes to thickness, depending on the material, it is approximately 0.18 mm ~
It will vary up to about 0.45 mm.

Between the inlet 2 and the outlet 3, the inlet 2
A transport path (first transport means) 4 for transporting the boarding ticket P that has been inserted from to the outlet 3 is formed. Transport path 4
A plurality of detectors 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are provided on the upper side, and a ticket P conveyed on the conveyance path 4 by these detectors.
The passage of is detected. Each detector 5-9
Is, for example, an optical sensor including a light source and a light receiving element, and detects the ticket P by light shielding when the ticket P passes between the light source and the light receiving element.

Read heads (magnetic heads) as reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded in the magnetic recording portion of the ticket P are provided between the inlet 2 and the outlet 3 on both upper and lower sides of the conveying path 4. ) 10, 11, writing heads (magnetic heads) 12, 13 as writing means for writing magnetic information to the magnetic recording portion of the ticket P, and reading means for reading magnetic information recorded on the ticket P. Read head (magnetic head) 1
4 and 15 are provided respectively.

Each of the read / write heads 10 to 15 is provided with rotary rollers 16 to 21 so as to have a predetermined space as the transport path 4 and to maintain the respective spaces.

The read / write heads 10 to 15 are
When the ticket P is inserted into either the front or back side, one pair is provided on each of the upper and lower sides of the transport path 4 so that the magnetic information can be read and written to the magnetic recording section on the back side. It is provided.

Sorting gates 22, 23, 24 for sorting the tickets P are provided on the transport path 4, respectively. Since the sorting gate 22 has different post-processing for normal tickets and other tickets, the ticket P is, for example, an SF card (hereinafter abbreviated as SF card) depending on its width.
Etc. are assigned to the SF processing unit 25 side, and ordinary tickets are assigned to the thermal printer 26 and the scissors punch unit 27 side, respectively.

When the loaded ticket P is an SF card, the sorting gate 23 sorts the ticket P that has passed through the SF processing section 25 in the direction of the exit 3, and the loaded ticket P When the ticket P is turned over by passing through the SF processing unit 25, the boarding ticket P is distributed in the direction of the transport path 4.

The sorting gate 24 takes out the boarding ticket P when the inserted ticket P is to be discharged.
When the inserted ticket P is to be collected, the ticket P is distributed to the collecting section 28.

A display unit 29 is provided near the exit 3 on the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate body 1 for displaying the determination result of the ticket P and various guidance messages to the user. Further, a door 30 is provided at the end of the automatic ticket gate body 1 on the outlet 3 side so as to be openable and closable so as to prevent passage of a user by closing the door 30.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the SF processing section 25 in detail. The SF processing unit 25 is detachably unitized in the automatic ticket gate apparatus main body 1. That is,
The SF processing unit 25 has a transportation path (second transportation means) 41 that transports the ticket P carried in from the arrow A through the sorting gate 22, carries it out from the arrow B and leads it to the sorting gate 23. It is provided. The transport path 41 includes a transport belt 42, a drive roller 43, and a transport motor 44 that drives these.
Etc.

Then, along the conveying path 41, for example,
Front and back reversing unit (front and back reversing means) 45 for reversing the ticket 2 inserted on the back side to the front side, and a standard punching unit as a punching mechanism unit for punching a standard hole in the ticket P in accordance with the frequency of use 46, a printing unit 47 (from the thermal head 48 and the pressing roller 49, etc.) as a printing unit that prints information such as the date and time of boarding, the name of the boarding station, the time, and the remaining balance on one side (the air recording section on the back side) of the ticket P. Are sequentially arranged.

A reversing pocket 51 is rotatably supported on the shaft 50 of the front / back reversing portion 45. Inverted pocket 51
A coil spring 52 is attached to the shaft 5
The inversion pocket 51 is biased in the direction of arrow C in the figure with 0 as the center. A support roller 53 is supported by the reversing pocket 51 from above to enter the inside, and a support roller 54 is supported from below to enter the inside. Further, a stopper 55 is formed at the tip of the reversing pocket 51, and a detector 56 that optically detects the entry position of the ticket P immediately before the stopper 55 (for example, 15 mm before) is provided. .

Further, the front and back reversing portion 45 has a support roller 5
A rotating roller 57 is arranged so as to face the roller 4.
On the other hand, a belt 58 is attached to the ticket carrying-in section indicated by the arrow A.
A driving roller 59 for driving the rotating roller 57 in a predetermined direction is provided. Further, a drive roller 60 is provided which is driven in the same direction as the drive roller 59 and faces the support roller 53 when the reversing pocket 51 rotates.

Between the driving roller 59 and the driving roller 60, there is provided a sorting gate 61 for sorting the ticket P from the ticket carrying-in section to the reversing pocket 51 side or the driving roller 60 side. In addition, in the upper part of the inversion pocket 51,
A plunger solenoid 62 is provided for pressing the reversing pocket 51 as needed.

A detector 6 for optically detecting the ticket P to be conveyed is provided in front of and behind the reference punch portion 46 of the conveying path 41.
3, 64 are provided respectively. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the control system of the automatic ticket gate constructed as described above. That is, this control system is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the entire automatic ticket gate.
Unit) 71, a ROM (read only memory) 72 storing a control program of the CPU 71, storage of information read from the ticket P, and R serving as a storage means for storing information as a buffer of the control program.
AM (random access memory) 73, fare memory 74 that stores fare information corresponding to the entrance station (or entrance station code corresponding to the entrance station) where the use of the ticket P has started, the reading head A read circuit 75 that controls 10, 11, 14, and 15, a write circuit 76 that controls the write heads 12 and 13, a print control unit 77 that controls the thermal printer 26, and a scissor punch unit 27 are controlled. The punch control unit 78, the gate control unit 79 for driving and controlling the sorting gates 22 to 24, the detectors 5 to 9,
Main conveyance for controlling the drive of a ticket detection circuit 80 for detecting the conveyance status of the ticket P based on the detection outputs of 56, 63, 64, and a main conveyance motor 81 for driving the main conveyance system such as the conveyance path 4. A control circuit 82, an SF processing control circuit 83 that controls the SF processing unit 25, a door control circuit 85 that controls a door opening / closing mechanism 84 that drives the door 30, a guide that controls the display unit 29 and a voice guidance unit 86, respectively. It comprises a control circuit 87, a transmission control circuit 88 for transmitting information to and from a supervisory control device for supervising and controlling this device or a host computer, and the like.

The SF processing control circuit 83 has a speed control circuit 89 for controlling the rotation speed of the carrying motor 44, a punch driver 90 for driving the standard punching section 46, and a print driver 91 for driving the thermal head 48. A gate driver 92 that drives the distribution gate 61 and a solenoid driver 93 that drives the solenoid 62 are connected to each other.

Next, a normal boarding ticket processing operation in the above configuration will be described. Normally, when the ticket P is inserted into the slot 2, first, the size in the width direction is detected by the detectors 5 and 6, and the detection result is taken into the CPU 71 via the ticket detection circuit 80. Ticket P
Is conveyed as it is on the conveying path 4 regardless of the front and back sides, and magnetic information is read by either one of the read heads 10 and 11, and the magnetic information is read by the reading circuit 75.
Is taken in by the CPU 71 via.

At this time, the CPU 71 obtains information as to which side of the inserted ticket P is up by the read head 10 or 11 that has read the magnetic information.
Further, the CPU 71 causes the ticket P to pass through as it is, and performs a magnetic information writing process, etc., based on the fetched information. For example, when the magnetic information writing process is performed, one of the write heads 12 and 13 writes the magnetic information to the magnetic recording portion on the back surface of the ticket P, and the write result is read by the read head. Confirm by reading either one of 14 and 15.

Then, the CPU 71 sends the ticket P to
If it is determined that the ticket is a specific ticket for punching and printing, that is, a SF card, the value of which is reduced each time it is used in advance payment of monetary value, and the sorting gate 22 is controlled. The ticket P is distributed to the SF processing unit 25 side. In the case of other tickets P, sorting gate 22
Through the scissors punching unit 27, the scissors punching process is carried out, and then the scissors punching unit 27 discharges them to the take-out port 3 or collects them in the bill collecting unit 28.

On the other hand, the tickets P distributed to the SF processing section 25 have their surfaces aligned in one direction by the front and back reversing section 45 according to the front and back state, and the guide punch section which is the next step by the transport path 41. It is conveyed to 46. Here, the reference holes are punched according to the frequency of use of the ticket P, and other items are passed through as they are.

When the ticket P passes through the standard punching section 46, the ticket P is conveyed to the next step of the printing unit 4 by the conveyance path 41.
It is delivered to 7. Here, while being pressed by the thermal head 48 and the platen roller 49, the thermal head 4
For example, the boarding date, the time, the boarding station name, and the balance of the deduction are printed on the surface (the recording section on the back surface) that is in contact with 8.
After that, the boarding ticket P is carried out from the SF processing unit 25 and finally discharged from the take-out port 3.

Next, the re-transporting operation (retry operation) when a reading error occurs in reading the magnetic information of the inserted ticket P will be described. First, a case will be described in which the front / back surface reversing unit 45 of the SF processing unit 25 reverses the front surface / back surface and then the retry operation is performed. In this case, when the CPU 71 determines that there is a magnetic information reading error, the ticket P is processed by the SF processing unit 25 under the control of the sorting gate 22.
When it is guided to the side and enters the ticket carrying-in section indicated by the arrow A, it is sorted by the control of the sorting gate 61, and is transferred to the reversing pocket 51 in the direction indicated by the arrow D in FIG. For example, about 2000 mm / sec).

After confirming that the detector 56 has detected the ticket P for a certain time, the CPU 71 drives the solenoid 62 to press the reversing pocket 51 rotatably supported by the shaft 50, The plunger of the solenoid 62 projects and the reversing pocket 51 is pressed in the direction of arrow F in FIG.

As a result, the ticket P is rotated by the rotating roller 53.
Is pressed by the driving roller 60 facing the driving roller 60.
Of the driving roller 60 and the rotating roller 53
Is reversely conveyed in the direction of arrow E in FIG.
It is guided to the conveyance path 41 and conveyed to the reference punch section 46 side. Here, the boarding ticket P is in a state of being turned upside down.

When the ticket P, which has been turned upside down, is conveyed on the conveying path 41, and the detector 63 provided in front of the reference punch section 46 detects it, the CPU 71 causes the motor speed control circuit 89 and the main conveyance control. For circuit 82,
The motor speed control circuit 89 and the main transfer control circuit 8 are instructed by switching the transfer speed and the transfer direction.
2, the conveyance is temporarily stopped (speed: 0 mm / sec), and then the reverse rotation conveyance (speed: 2000 mm / sec) is immediately switched.

As a result, the ticket P that has been turned upside down is
It is conveyed in the direction opposite to the arrow A on the conveying path 41, guided to the conveying path 4 via the sorting gate 22, and is reversely conveyed on the conveying path 4 to the insertion port 2 side.

When the detector 7 detects the ticket P conveyed in the reverse direction on the conveyance path 4, the CPU 71 causes the main conveyance control circuit 8 to operate.
By instructing 2 again to switch the transport speed and the transport direction, the main transport control circuit 82 temporarily stops the transport (speed: 0 mm / sec), and immediately thereafter, the normal transport (speed: 2000 mm / sec). Is switched to. At this time, the transport motor 44 is stopped at the same time.

As a result, the boarding ticket P is conveyed again in the normal direction on the conveying path 41, and the magnetic information is reread by the reading head 10 or 11. That is, for example,
When the first reading process is performed by the lower reading head 10 and a reading error occurs, the ticket P is turned upside down, and the rereading process is performed by the upper reading head 11.

When the CPU 71 determines that a reading error has occurred and the retry operation is started, the CPU 71
By instructing the guidance control circuit 87 to display the message indicating that the retry operation is being performed on the display unit 29,
For example, "Please wait for a while during reprocessing" is displayed on the display unit 29, and the user is informed accordingly. At this time, the guidance control circuit 87 also drives the voice guidance unit 86 at the same time to provide voice guidance, for example, "reprocessing. Please wait for a while".

Further, the CPU 71 counts the number of times the above-described retry operation is performed and stores it as maintenance data in the retry number storage section secured in the RAM 73. Then, the CPU 71 determines whether or not the count value in the retry count storage unit is equal to or greater than a specified count, or
It is always checked whether the number of retries for the number of passing tickets P has exceeded a certain ratio, and if so,
The display unit 29 displays a warning message such as "read head 1 defect".

Next, a case will be described in which the reverse processing is performed by passing through the SF processing section 25 and the retry operation is performed. In this case, when the CPU 71 determines that there is a magnetic information reading error, the ticket P is guided to the SF processing unit 25 side by the control of the sorting gate 22, and is fed to the ticket loading unit indicated by the arrow A. When entering, it is distributed by the control of the distribution gate 61, guided to the conveyance path 41, and is directly conveyed to the printing unit 47 side at a predetermined conveyance speed (speed: 2000 mm / s).
ec).

When the ticket P transported on the transport path 41 is detected by the detector 64 provided in front of the standard punch section 46, the CPU 71 causes the main transport control circuit 82 to determine the transport speed and the transport direction. By instructing the switching, the main transport control circuit 82 temporarily stops the transport of the transport path 4 (speed: 0 mm / sec) and then immediately switches to the reverse transport (speed: 2000 mm / sec).

Further, at this time, the CPU 71 controls the switching of the sorting gate 23 so that the boarding ticket P conveyed on the conveying path 41 is distributed to the conveying path 4 side and is switched to the reverse conveying. Guided to 4. As a result, the boarding ticket P is turned upside down and is reversely conveyed along the conveying path 4 to the insertion slot 2 side.

Since the operation thereafter is the same as the above-mentioned case, the description thereof will be omitted. As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, for example, even when the lower reading head for reading the magnetic information on the back surface of the ticket is defective (head damage, misalignment, etc.), the ticket is flipped over and retried. Since the rereading process is performed by the operation, if the upper reading head is normal, it is not necessary to stop the operation of the apparatus, and the reading process can be continued normally.

Further, since the display and the voice guidance are given during the retry operation, the user's dissatisfaction as in the conventional case is reduced. Further, by counting and storing the number of times that the retry operation has become normal, it becomes possible to grasp the operating state of the apparatus before the failure of the read head or the like completely causes a read error.

Further, by using such a retry operation, the reading rate of the ticket is improved, the passage of the user due to a defect on the device side is reduced, and the congestion of the user is reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the automatic ticket gate apparatus which automatically accepts the ticket inserted by the user and automatically performs the ticket gate operation at the railway stations is explained. It is not limited, but for example, an automatic ticket inspection device that automatically performs ticket inspection operations at entrances and exits of facilities such as amusement parks, or accepts magnetic cards or IC cards, The same can be applied to a card processing device such as a card reader / writer that performs reading and writing.

[0055]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, even if a reading error occurs in one reading unit, if the other reading unit is normal, the reading process can be continued normally, and the utilization is improved. It is possible to provide a card processing device which can reduce the dissatisfaction of a person and can improve the reading rate and the efficiency of maintenance / inspection.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view schematically showing a configuration of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the configuration of an SF processing unit in detail.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a control system.

[Explanation of symbols]

P: Ticket (card), 1 ... Automatic ticket gate, 2
…… Inlet (reception part), 3 …… Outlet (discharge part), 4…
... transportation path (first transporting means), 5 to 9 ... detector, 1
0,11 ... Read head, 12, 13 ... Write head,
22 to 24 ... distribution gate, 25 ... SF processing unit, 30
...... Door, 41 ...... Transport path (second transport means), 45 ...
... front and back reversing section (front and back reversing means), 47 ... printing unit (printing means), 61 ... distribution gate, 71 ... CPU,
73 ... RAM, 75 ... reading circuit, 76 ... writing circuit, 79 ... gate control unit, 80 ... passage ticket detection circuit,
81 ... Main transport motor, 82 ... Main transport control circuit, 8
3 ... SF processing control circuit, 86 ... Voice guidance section, 87 ...
... Guidance control circuit, 92 ... Gate control unit.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface thereof, a transporting means for transporting the card received by the receiving means, and both sides of the transporting means. Two reading means for reading the information recorded on the conveyed card, and when a reading error occurs during reading of information on the card by one of the two reading means, the reading means conveys the information. Front and back reversing means for reversing the card, and the card reversed by the front and back reversing means is sent back to the receiving means, and then conveyed again to the two reading means to read the two readings. A card processing means, comprising: a control means for controlling the carrying means so that the other reading means of the means re-reads information on the card. Apparatus. 2. A receiving section for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface, a discharging section for discharging the card received by the receiving section, and a receiving section provided between the receiving section and the discharging section. Transporting means for transporting the card received by the receiving portion to the discharging portion, and two reading means provided on both sides of the transporting means for reading information recorded on the transported card, When the reading abnormality occurs when information is read from the card by one of the two reading means, the card conveyed by the conveying means is turned upside down when branching from the conveying means. After that, the front and back reversing means to be returned to the conveying means, and the card which has been turned upside down and returned by the front and back reversing means is sent back to the receiving section, and then again conveyed to the two reading means, Card processing apparatus characterized by comprising a control means for controlling said conveying means to perform the re-reading of information for the card at the other of the reading means of the serial two reading means. 3. A receiving section for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface, a discharging section for discharging the card received by the receiving section, and a receiving section provided between the receiving section and the discharging section. , First transporting means for transporting the card received in the receiving part to the discharging part, and information provided on both sides of the first transporting means for reading information recorded on the transported card Two reading means and a branching from the first conveying means are provided, and when a reading error occurs during reading of information on the card by one of the two reading means, the first conveying means The second conveyance means for receiving the card conveyed by the means, turning it over and returning it to the first conveying means, and the card which has been turned upside down and returned by the second conveying means. To the receiving section A control for controlling the first conveying means so that the card is conveyed again to the two reading means after being sent back, and the other reading means of the two reading means rereads the information on the card. A card processing device comprising: 4. A receiving means for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface inserted by a user, a transport means for transporting the card received by the receiving means, and both sides of the transport means. Two reading means provided respectively for reading the information recorded on the conveyed card, and when a reading error occurs when reading information from the card by one reading means of the two reading means, The front and back reversing means for reversing the front and back of the card conveyed by the conveying means, and the card which is turned upside down by the front and back reversing means, is sent back to the receiving means, and then again conveyed to the two reading means. , A control means for controlling the carrying means so that the other reading means of the two reading means rereads information on the card, and When reading re broadcast, the card processing device being characterized in that comprising a guide means for guiding the fact to the user, the. 5. A receiving means for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface thereof, a conveying means for conveying the card received by the receiving means, and both sides of the conveying means. Two reading means for reading the information recorded on the conveyed card, and when a reading error occurs during reading of information on the card by one of the two reading means, the reading means conveys the information. Front and back reversing means for reversing the card, and the card reversed by the front and back reversing means is sent back to the receiving means, and then conveyed again to the two reading means to read the two readings. Control means for controlling the carrying means so as to re-read the information on the card by the other reading means of the means, and the number of times of re-reading the information on the card. Counting means for counting, when the count value of the counting means reaches a predetermined value, the card processing device being characterized in that comprising a notification means for notifying to that effect, the. 6. A receiving section for receiving a card having predetermined information recorded on one surface, a discharging section for discharging the card received by the receiving section, and a receiving section provided between the receiving section and the discharging section. , First transporting means for transporting the card received in the receiving part to the discharging part, and information provided on both sides of the first transporting means for reading information recorded on the transported card Two reading means, and a second conveying means that is provided so as to be branched from the first conveying means and that receives a specific card conveyed by the first conveying means and conveys it to the discharging section. A printing unit that is provided in the second transporting unit and prints predetermined information on the transported specific card; and a reading unit that is provided in the second transporting unit and is one of the two reading units. Information for said card by If an abnormal reading occurs during the reading of the card, the card conveyed by the first conveying means is received through the second conveying means, the front and back sides are reversed, and then the second conveying means is operated. The front and back reversing means for returning to the first conveying means, and the card which is turned upside down by the front and back reversing means and is returned to the receiving section, and then conveyed again to the two reading means, A card processing device, comprising: a control unit that controls the first transporting unit so that the other reading unit of the one reading unit rereads information on the card.