JPH0896087A - Card reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent the copy and alteration of a card by eliminating the taking of card delivering timing period while the card is being carried and surely holding the forcus length of a reading sensor. CONSTITUTION: An endless timing belt 15 having a pawl 16 for carrier on its back surface so as to deliver the card 11 laminated on a magazine 14 to a card reading portion is arranged, and the pulley of the endless timing belt 15 is connected with a rotation sensor. The rotation signal of the pulley by the rotation sensor is taken out, the timing command signals of the position control of the pawl 16 for carrier and the data reading of the card 11 are transmitted, the card 11 is ejected from a normal card ejection portion after the card reading was performed at a data reading possible time, and the card 11 is ejected from a defective card ejection portion by stopping a driving motor at a data reading impossible time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card reader for reading a prize card in which a preset store and an amount of money are recorded and displaying the total amount of money and the number of coins, mainly in a pachinko prize exchange. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, when a card 2A at the bottom of a plurality of cards 2 stacked in a magazine 1 is sent from a card insertion slot to a card reading portion,
A card 4 having a claw portion 3 is used to push out and convey the card 2A, or as shown in FIG. 8, a weight 5 is placed on the upper portion of the card 2 loaded in the magazine 1 and is pressed and supported on the lower surface of the card 2A at the lowermost stage. Friction roller 6
The card 2A is pushed out and conveyed while being rotated by the frictional resistance. Further, in the conventional card reading section, as shown in FIG. 9, at least two feeding rubber rollers 7 are provided below so that the card 2A is not vertically deflected.
Place more than one side by side, and press the pressure roller 8 on the upper part facing it.
Is placed in a state of being urged toward the feed rubber roller 7 side,
There is a card which sends out the card 2A sandwiched between the feed rubber roller 7 and the pressure contact roller 8 only by rotating the feed rubber roller 7. Further, the conventional card reading means emits visible light and a visible light sensor having a light emitting portion which emits visible light and a light receiving portion which receives the reflected light emitted by this light emitting portion and reflected by the print mark on the card 2 surface. There has been a device for detecting recorded data by an infrared ray sensor having a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion which receives the reflected light reflected by the thermal mark on the surface of the card 2 by the light emitting portion.

[0003]

However, among those described in the prior art, in the case of using the cam 4 and the friction roller 6, after confirming that the preceding card 2A is discharged, the next card is discharged. 2B must be pushed out, otherwise, when the preceding card 2A slips in the roller row, it collides with the next card 2B, which is an obstacle to the card reading operation.
In short, it is necessary to adjust the speed of pushing out the card 2 between the transport rollers and the timing of the transport cycle. Also, when the feed rubber roller 7 and the pressure contact roller 8 are used to convey the friction of the upper and lower rollers, the guide groove for guiding the card 2 to the insertion slot cannot be used, and the focal length of the reading sensor cannot be secured. However, there is a problem in that a sensor with a large depth must be used, resulting in high cost. Further, in the card reading means as described above, there is a risk of copying or falsification on the reflective surface of the writable card, which is very dangerous.

Therefore, the present invention was created in view of the above existing circumstances, and it is not necessary to take the timing cycle of card sending out during conveyance, and the focal length of the reading sensor is surely maintained. The present invention aims to provide a card reading device that can be used safely, can minimize the card sending interval, can finish reading a large number of cards in a short time, can prevent copying and tampering, and can be used safely. .

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the first invention, a plurality of sheets are stacked in a magazine by meshing with a pulley that connects a magnetic rotation sensor or an optical rotation sensor. The bottom of the card has both sides of the card along the guide groove of the card insertion slot to the card reading part on the back side, and the endless timing belt arranged under the magazine and the rotation A count control circuit that takes out the rotation signal of the pulley by the sensor and sends the timing command signal of the position control of the carrying claw and the data reading of the card, and the card is ejected from the non-defective card ejection port after reading the card when the data can be read. , When the data cannot be read, stop the drive motor and make the card defective. An electromagnetic solenoid to be discharged, characterized in that to constitute a card transport means and a card determination mechanism composed by interlocking the drive motor for operation timing by the timing command signal from the count control circuit.

In the second invention, a circuit CPU
The light emitting diode and the light receiving sensor connected to the circuit are arranged opposite to each other at a predetermined plurality of places where the card is read, the visible light or infrared rays emitted from the light emitting diode is scanned and transmitted to the card, and the transmitted light diffracted is detected by the light receiving sensor. It is characterized in that a card reading means for detecting and reading a signal of the read recording data to the circuit CPU circuit and displaying the signal-processed recording data on a predetermined display portion is constituted.

Further, the card reading means has a thickness range of about 1 in which numerical data information of a preset store and an amount of money is recorded.
Read a free gift card of mm or more and analyze the predetermined data in the circuit CPU circuit. For a good gift card, add the amount to the total amount to count and display the number. It is possible to set such that an error is displayed and the card discriminating mechanism is stopped when the above occurs.

Then, the card is provided with a visible light sensor on the display spot according to the transmission scanning type reading means.
It is a mark that can read transmitted light or diffracted light with an infrared sensor, and can display carbon printing marks such as ink ribbons and ink jets, etc. A thermal mark is displayed in a required pattern according to predetermined information on special thermal agent coated paper It is preferable that a plate material having a predetermined refractive index is laminated on both surfaces of the above.

[0009]

The feeding claw on the back surface of the endless timing belt constituting the card feeding means pushes the card at the lowest stage in the magazine to the card insertion slot without having to take out the feeding cycle, and continues the subsequent feeding. Further, the magnetic rotation sensor or the optical rotation sensor detects the movement distance of the conveying claw of the endless timing belt by extracting the rotation signal of the pulley, and sends this detection signal to the count control circuit to detect the position of the conveying claw. Sends a timing command signal for control and card data reading. Then, the card discriminating mechanism using the electromagnetic solenoid ejects the card from the non-defective card ejection port after reading the card when the data can be read, and stops the drive motor when the data cannot be read to eject the card from the defective card ejection port. .

The light emitting diode and the light receiving sensor forming the card reading means read the data by transmitting and diffracting the recording surface of the card, and the circuit CPU circuit counts the data, and the signal-processed recording data is displayed in a predetermined manner. Display on the department. And the card is
It is a special thermal agent coated paper that can display carbon printing marks such as ink ribbons and ink jets, and thermal marks are displayed in a required pattern according to predetermined information, and both sides have a predetermined refractive index. Since the plates are laminated, there is no possibility of tampering with the marks.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the following, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the figure, reference numeral 10 indicates, for example, a free gift card of a preset store and amount of money, and the total amount of money and the number of cards are displayed. In the card reading device main body as described above, a guide groove 13 for inserting a relatively thick card 11 of about 1 mm or more in which numerical information is recorded from the holder 12A into the card insertion slot 12 is formed to face the holder 12A. A switch 12B for operating the device is provided,
For example, the lowermost stage of a large number of cards 11 stacked in a magazine 14 having a loading capacity of about 40 sheets is sent out along the guide groove 13 by a pair of endless timing belts 15 having transfer claws 16 protruding from the back surface thereof, which will be described later. It has a structure for reading recorded data with an appropriate sensor for reading.

The card carrying means will be described below.
The card reading device main body 10 has one end of a rotary shaft 18 connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 17, and the drive transmission belt 1
Multiple magnetic bodies (in the case of a magnetic rotation sensor) or through holes (in the case of an optical rotation sensor) through 9
A disc-shaped detection rotor 21 forming 20 is connected to a pulley 22 attached thereto, and the detection rotor 21 is rotated by making it face a rotation sensor 23 constituting a magnetic rotation sensor or an optical rotation sensor. The number of rotations of the shaft 18 can be detected. Then, two pulleys 24A and 24B are arranged side by side at substantially the center of the rotary shaft 18,
The pulleys 24A, 24B and idlers 25A, 25B
And a pair of endless timing belts 15 are interlocked in parallel with each other, and on the back surface of each endless timing belt 15, a card 11A at the bottom of the cards 11 stacked in the magazine 14 Side-sided wedge-shaped transfer claws 16 are integrally formed so as to project while pushing out both sides of the card along the guide groove 13 of the card insertion port 12 toward the card reading portion (see FIG. 2).

A connecting pulley 2 is provided at one end of the rotary shaft 18.
6 is attached, and the connecting pulley 26 and the transmission rotary shaft 28
Transmission belt 27 mounted on the connecting pulley 29 at one end of the
The rotary shaft 18 and the transmission rotary shaft 28 are connected to each other via. Then, a gear 30 is provided at the other end of the transmission rotary shaft 28 and meshes with a gear 33 at one end of a discharge roller 32 provided near a non-defective card discharge port 31 provided at the rear of the card reading device body 10 to discharge the card. The rotation of the roller 32 and the rotation of the rotation shaft 18 and the output shaft of the drive motor 17 are interlocked with each other, and the card 11 is discharged from the non-defective card discharge port 31 after the card is read when data can be read. In addition, a defective card discharge port 34 is opened on the side surface of the card reading device body 10 near the non-defective card discharge port 31, and a side surface opposite to this is opened.
An electromagnetic solenoid 36 having a protrusion 35 is attached to stop the drive motor 17 and eject the card 11 from the defective card ejection port 34 when data cannot be read (see FIG. 4). The drive motor 17 may be used together with the electromagnetic solenoid 36.

Then, the rotation signal of the pulleys 24A and 24B for moving the endless timing belt 15 is taken out by the rotation sensor 23 inside the card reading device main body 10 to control the position of the carrying pawl 16 and read the data of the card. A count control circuit for transmitting a timing command signal is provided. In this way, when the data of the card 11 cannot be read, the drive motor 17 is stopped to make the card defective.
The card discriminating mechanism 38 is constructed by connecting the electromagnetic solenoid 36 to the drive motor 17 which is operated in timing by the timing command signal of the count control circuit so as to be discharged from No. 4. Further, in order to feed the card 11 horizontally, the feeding rubber roller 3 is provided through the arm 40 swingably supported by the card reading device body 10.
9 is attached and is always urged downward by a spring 41.

Next, as a card reading means, for example, a light emitting diode 43 and a light receiving sensor 44 connected to a circuit CPU circuit are arranged opposite to each other at a plurality of predetermined places which are card reading portions, and the light emitted from the light emitting diode 43 is visible. The light or infrared ray is scanned and transmitted through the display panel of the card 11 on which information is recorded, the transmitted light transmitted with a predetermined refractive index is detected by the light receiving sensor 44, and the signal of the read record data is read by the circuit CPU.
The recording data sent to the circuit is processed and displayed on a predetermined display unit 45. At this time, the display function of the display unit 45 includes, for example, an error display of 1 digit (red), an amount display of 6 digits (red) of up to 999 and 999 yen, and a total number display of 99 types for each denomination. It is set to 2 digits (red) and is turned off when no error occurs. The RS-232C communication condition setting sets the data length to 8 bits and 7 bits, sets the parity to even parity, odd parity, and no parity, and sets the baud rate to 9600 bps, 4800 bps,
It is set to 2400 bps and 1200 bps. still,
This device is provided with a cumulative amount holding function, and is capable of holding cumulative data for the past four times.

Further, the card reading means reads a gift card having a thickness width of about 1 mm or more in which numerical data information of preset stores and amounts is recorded, and the circuit CP
Predetermined data analysis is performed in the U circuit, and the non-defective prize card 11 is added to the total amount to count the number and displayed on the display unit 45.
Can be set to display an error and stop the card discrimination mechanism 38 when a predetermined number or more, for example, nine or more error cards appear. At this time, for example, 4 denominations out of 8 denominations can be set, and card denominations are 100 yen, 200 yen, 500 yen, 1 at the time of shipment.
000 yen, 2000 yen, 2500 yen, 3000 yen, 50
2 to 4 denominations of 00 yen are preset in this device. At this time, the store code is also set at the same time. Also, 10 (60
(Expandable up to) 1 of the stores can be identified. An automatic payment machine 46 may be connected to the card reading device 10 so that the predetermined amount displayed on the display unit 45 can be automatically paid (see FIG. 1).

The card 11 is a mark for reading transmitted light or diffracted light on a display spot by a visible light sensor or an infrared sensor in accordance with the transmission scanning type reading means. It is assumed that the thermal mark is displayed in a required pattern according to the specified information on the special thermal agent coated paper that can display the print mark, and the plate material with the specified refractive index is laminated on both sides. Preferably (see FIG. 3).

Although not shown in the drawings, as the configuration of the card 11, for example, a Fraunhofer hologram card in which numerical holograms are recorded in advance on the card as necessary as the number of digits may be employed. In this case, in order to reproduce the number from the hologram, the light emitting diode 4
The light emitted from 3 passes through the lens to be a parallel light beam, and is irradiated while scanning the hologram from the slit. The light diffracted by the hologram forms an original dot pattern on its focal plane through the lens. A light receiving sensor 44 is arranged at the image forming position of the reproduced dot pattern, and the number is judged by the output of the electric signal. Alternatively, this signal may be shaped into a pulse signal and then converted into a BCD code to determine the collation number.

Next, to explain an example of the use of the device of the present invention, first, when the magazine in which the cards 11 are loaded and stored is placed on the holder 12A, the switch 12B turns on the card 11.
The card 11 starts being loaded about 0.5 seconds after the card 11 is pushed by its own weight. The card 11 is inserted from the holder 12A into the insertion slot 12 along the guide groove 13, and the card 11 is discriminated by the card discriminating mechanism 38 in the card reading device 10 at an discrimination speed of 0.7 seconds / sheet. At this time, when the data cannot be read, the drive motor 17 is stopped and the card 11 is ejected from the defective card ejection port 34. When the data can be read, the card reading means reads the gift card 11 of a preset store and the amount of money and displays the total amount of money and the total number of cards for each card by LED. When that happens,
If 9 or more error cards appear, a device error occurs and the number of error cards is displayed.

[0020]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the pushing of the lowermost card and the subsequent conveyance are performed only by the endless timing belt which operates in timing, it is necessary to take out the feeding cycle. Absent. In addition, since the subsequent conveyance is not friction feed, it is carried on both sides of the card along the guide grooves facing the card insertion slot, so the focal length of the reading sensor can be reliably held, and the sensor with a large depth as in the past. By using, it is possible to eliminate the disadvantage of high cost. Further, the rotation signal can be taken out anywhere in the pulley rotation transmission path of the endless timing belt which operates in timing, and it is easy to control the position of the conveying claw and generate a timing command signal for reading data. Since the cards are fixed on the endless timing belt, the interval between the cards can be minimized, and reading of a large number of cards can be completed in a short time.

According to the second to fourth aspects of the present invention, a special thermal agent coated paper capable of displaying a carbon printing mark such as an ink ribbon or an ink jet is formed in a predetermined pattern according to predetermined information. It is a card that displays a thermal mark and is laminated on both sides with a plate material having a predetermined refractive index.This card scans and transmits visible light or infrared rays emitted from a photo diode, and transmits transmitted light or diffracted light. Since it is detected by the light receiving sensor, it is possible to further strengthen the prevention of copying and tampering as compared with the conventional reflection type detection on the surface of the card, and it can be used safely.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view for explaining the outline of the card carrying means in the same manner.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a card used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same device.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the same device.

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the same device.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional technique.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional technique.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Card reader body 11, 11A
Card 12 Card insertion slot 12A Holder 12B Switch 13 Guide groove 14 Magazine 15 Endless timing belt 16 Conveying claw 17 Drive motor 18 Rotating shaft 19 Drive transmission belt 20 Through hole 21 Detection rotor 22 Pulley 23 Rotation sensor 24A, 24B Pulley 25A, 25B
Idler 26,29 Connection pulley 27 Transmission belt 28 Transmission rotation shaft 30,33 Gear 31 Good card ejection port 32 Ejection roller 34 Bad card ejection port 35 Sprout 36 Electromagnetic solenoid 38 Card discrimination mechanism 39 Feed rubber roller 40 Arm 41 Spring 43 Light emitting diode 44 Light receiving sensor 45 Display

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A card which is meshed with a pulley in which a magnetic rotation sensor or an optical rotation sensor is connected to each other, and both sides of a card at the bottom of a plurality of cards stacked in a magazine are guided along a guide groove of a card insertion slot. It has a transfer claw on the back so that it can be sent to the card reading part, and it takes out the rotation signal of the endless timing belt arranged under the magazine and the pulley by the rotation sensor to control the position of the transfer claw and read the data of the card. The timing control circuit that sends the timing command signal and the card is ejected from the non-defective card ejection port after reading the card when the data can be read, and the drive motor is stopped to eject the card from the defective card ejection port when the data cannot be read. Timing of the electromagnetic solenoid to the count control circuit A card reading device, wherein a card conveying means is composed of a card discriminating mechanism which is linked to a drive motor which is operated in timing by a command signal. 2. A light-emitting diode and a light-receiving sensor connected to a circuit CPU circuit are arranged opposite to each other at a predetermined plurality of points which are card reading parts, and visible light or infrared rays emitted from the light-emitting diode is scanned and transmitted through the card to be diffracted. The transmitted light is detected by the light receiving sensor, and the signal of the read recording data is sent to the circuit CPU circuit,
A card reading device comprising card reading means for displaying signal-processed recording data on a predetermined display unit. 3. The card reading means has a thickness width of about 1 mm in which numerical data information of a preset store and an amount of money is recorded.
The above free gift cards are read, and predetermined data analysis is performed in the circuit CPU circuit.
3. The amount of money is added to the total amount of money to be displayed after counting the number of defective prize cards, and an error is displayed and the card discriminating mechanism is stopped when the number of defective prize cards exceeds a predetermined number. Card reader. 4. The card is a mark which can read transmitted light or diffracted light by a visible light sensor or an infrared sensor on a display spot according to the transmission scanning type reading means, and is carbon printing such as ink ribbon or ink jet. 2. A structure in which a plate material having a predetermined refractive index is laminated on both surfaces of a special thermal agent-coated paper on which a mark can be displayed and a thermal mark is displayed in a required pattern according to predetermined information. 3. The card reader according to any one of 3 above.