JPH0935015A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor for a hybrid card which is reducible in size and can secure the reliability of operation. SOLUTION: This information processor at least either records or reproduces information on or from an optical recording area and an IC chip by linearly moving the hybrid card having the optical recording area and IC chip, and has a 1st conveyance means which consists of couples of rollers 15a and 28, and 15b and 27 for conveying the card 1 to make the optical recording area correspond to an optical head 29 and an IC card conveying means which consists of a roller shaft 32 and rollers 33a and 33b for further conveying the card 1 to make the IC chip correspond to an IC terminal 48. For the optical recording area corresponding to the optical head 29 by the 1st conveyance means, the rollers 33a and 33b of the IC card conveyance means are separated from the surfaces of the reference rollers 34 and 35 by the movement of the roller shaft 32 by the rotation of arms 52a and 52b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to recording of information on a composite type card (hereinafter referred to as a hybrid card) having an IC chip and at least one of an optical recording area and a magnetic recording area on the card. The present invention relates to an information processing device that performs at least one of reproduction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a card-shaped recording medium, a magnetic card for recording and reproducing information using a magnetic stripe,
2. Description of the Related Art There are known an optical card that optically records and reproduces information using a laser beam, an IC card in which an IC chip is embedded in the card, and the like.

By the way, these cards are excellent in portability, but each has the following advantages and disadvantages. For example, for magnetic cards, the production cost is low and information can be read and written, but since the storage capacity is as small as a few kilobytes, it is not possible to store much information, and for optical cards, It has a storage capacity of several megabytes and can store a large amount of information, but because information cannot be rewritten, its use is limited. Furthermore, IC cards can be accessed at high speed, and information is kept secret. Since it is easy to maintain the property, it is advantageous in terms of safety, but it is considered that the unit price per unit storage capacity is high.

Therefore, conventionally, a hybrid card having at least one of an optical recording area and a magnetic recording area together with an IC chip has been considered in order to make full use of the characteristics of each of these cards and to make up for their respective drawbacks. .

However, conventionally, as a hybrid card of this type, an optical recording area and an IC are provided on one side of the card.
There is one in which each chip area is provided, and as an information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing information of such a hybrid card, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-26618.
No. 9, JP-A-4-302386, and JP-A-5-
67250, JP-A-5-342427, JP-A-6-12535, JP-A-6-266910 and the like are proposed.

Also, although not for hybrid cards,
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-59578 proposes a device in which one device can be used without damaging each of the magnetic card, the optical card, and the IC card.

[0007]

However, in any of the recording / reproducing apparatuses proposed for these hybrid cards, the hybrid card is mounted on a mounting table called a shuttle, and an optical recording area on the card is set. Since it reciprocates with respect to the optical head, there is a problem that the device itself becomes large.

Further, in the recording / reproducing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-59578, a magnetic card, an optical card, I
Since the respective recording / reproducing devices for the C card are simply arranged, it is inevitable that the devices themselves will be large in this case as well. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus for a hybrid card, which can ensure the downsizing of the apparatus and the reliability of its operation.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An information processing apparatus that performs linear transfer of a card-type recording medium having first and second recording units to record and / or reproduce information on and from the first and second recording units. First to detect information from department
Information detecting means, second information detecting means for detecting information from the second recording portion, and linear movement of the recording medium to make the first recording portion correspond to the first information detecting means. Transporting means, second transporting means for linearly transporting the recording medium linearly transported by the first transporting means to make the second recording section correspond to second information detecting means, and the second transporting means. The second transporting means is configured to avoid the second transporting means from the transporting path of the recording medium at the time of transporting corresponding to the first information detecting means by the first transporting means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect, a detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a second recording section mounted on the recording medium, and an access request to the second recording section. When the mounting of the second recording unit of the recording medium is detected by the detecting unit and the access request of the second recording unit is detected by the controlling unit, the avoiding unit is used. The avoidance of the second transport means from the transfer path of the recording medium is released.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the detecting means can detect the presence or absence of the second recording section from the recorded contents of different areas of the first recording section. As a result, according to the invention of claim 1, when the card type recording medium is transferred to the first information detecting means by the first conveying means, the second conveying means is moved to the recording medium transfer path. As a result, the recording medium can be prevented from coming into contact with the second conveying means during the movement of the recording medium by the first conveying means, and the first conveying means and the second conveying means can be prevented. The distance to the means can be minimized.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the transfer of the recording medium of the second conveying means is performed on condition that the second recording section is mounted on the recording medium and the access request to the second recording section is made. Since the avoidance from the road is cancelled, it is possible to prevent the recording medium not equipped with the second recording unit from being erroneously conveyed by the second conveying unit, and to prevent the recording medium from being damaged.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the presence or absence of the second recording section can be detected by the detecting means from the recorded contents of different areas of the first recording section.
Even if the card-type recording medium is inserted in the opposite direction, the presence or absence of the second recording unit can be detected.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a hybrid card, and as shown in FIG. 2A, the hybrid card 1 has an optical recording area 1a provided along the longitudinal side edge of one of the same surfaces and a substantially central portion in the width direction. And having an IC chip 1b embedded in a position close to one end side, as shown in FIG. 2B, an optical recording area 1a provided on almost the entire one surface and a width direction of the other surface. One having an IC chip 1b embedded in a position close to one end side in a substantially central portion, and provided from one longitudinal side edge of one of the same surfaces to a substantially central portion as shown in FIG. One having an optical recording area 1a and a magnetic area 1c provided along the other side edge in the longitudinal direction, and light provided from one side edge in one surface to substantially the central portion as shown in FIG. Recording area 1a and the other Magnetic regions are provided along the other longitudinal side edges of the surface 1
Examples thereof include those having c.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the optical recording area 1a provided on substantially the entire surface of one side and the optical recording area 1a on the other side are embedded in a position close to the one end side at a substantially central portion in the width direction. A description will be given by using the one having the IC chip 1b.

And such a hybrid card 1
Can be inserted in the arrow direction X from a card insertion opening (not shown) at one end of the frame 2. A card detector 3 is provided at this card insertion port. The card detector 3 detects the insertion of the card 1 from the card insertion slot.

A roller shaft 4 is arranged on the frame 2 in a direction orthogonal to the card insertion slot. Both ends of the roller shaft 4 are rotatably supported by support members 6a and 6b, and a rubber roller 5a for transferring the card 1 is separated by a predetermined distance (smaller than the width of the card 1). 5b are attached. This roller shaft 4
Is connected to a motor 12 via a pulley 8, a belt 9 and a pulley 10, and the power of the motor 12 is transmitted to the roller shaft 4. In this case, the card 1 can be transferred in the insertion or ejection direction by the rotation direction of the roller shaft 4 accompanying the rotation of the motor 12.

Another roller shaft 14 is arranged on the frame 2 in parallel with the roller shaft 4 at a predetermined distance (shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the card 1). The roller shaft 14 has one end abutting against the reference member 17 and is urged from the other end in the direction of one end by a spring 31. Further, both ends are pressed downward by the spring 18 and the spring 19, so that the spring 18, A rubber roller 15a is movably supported in the vertical direction under the biasing force of the spring 19 and is rotatably supported, and is also separated by a predetermined distance (smaller than the width of the card 1) to transfer the card 1. , 15b are attached. Here, 16 and 20 are guides for guiding the vertical movement of the roller shaft 14.

Further, the roller shaft 14 is provided on the pulley 3
It is connected to the motor 12 via 0, the belt 11 and the pulley 10, and the power of the motor 12 is also transmitted to the roller shaft 14. Also in this case, the card 1 can be moved in the insertion or ejection direction depending on the rotation direction of the roller shaft 14 accompanying the rotation of the motor 12.

Reference rollers 27 and 28 are arranged on the frame 2 side so as to face the rollers 15a and 15b. These reference rollers 27 and 28 are the rollers 15 of the roller shaft 14.
The card 1 is nipped and transferred together with a and 15b, and by the biasing force of the springs 18 and 19, the rollers 15a,
The pressing force from 15b is applied.

Further, on the frame 2, the roller shaft 14
A predetermined distance in parallel with (shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the card 1)
Another roller shaft 32 is arranged separately. The roller shaft 32 is provided with rubber rollers 33a and 33b for moving the card 1 at a predetermined distance (shorter than the width of the card 1).

Both ends of the roller shaft 32 have arms 52.
a and 52b are rotatably supported at one end, and the other ends of the arms 52a and 52b are at the support portion 3 on the frame 2.
It is rotatably supported by 7, 38.

A solenoid 54 is connected to the arms 52a and 52b. When the solenoid 54 is turned on, the roller shaft 32 is moved downward to move the roller 33.
When the solenoid 54 is turned off, the roller shaft 32 moves upward due to the biasing force of a spring (not shown), and the rollers 33 and 33b are brought into contact with the reference rollers 34 and 35 described later.
The a and 33b are separated from the reference rollers 34 and 35.

Further, reference rollers 34 and 35 are arranged on the frame 2 side so as to oppose these rollers 33a and 33b. These reference rollers 34 and 35 are roller shafts 32.
The card 1 is nipped and transferred together with the rollers 33a and 33b.

A gear 39 is attached to one end of the roller shaft 32.
When the roller shaft 32 descends due to the rotation of the arms 52a and 52b, it is fitted with the gear 40 attached to the output shaft of the motor 41 so that the power from the motor 41 is transmitted. There is.

Further, the roller shaft 32 is provided on the frame 2.
A predetermined distance in parallel with (shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the card 1)
The roller shaft 45 is arranged separately. Both ends of the roller shaft 45 are supported by supporting portions 49 and 50 on the frame 2. In this case, the roller shaft 45 is attached to the support portion 4
It may be fixed to 9, 50, or may be rotated to reduce resistance. A roller 46 is provided on the roller shaft 45. The roller 46 is for pressing the contact portion of the IC chip 1b of the card 1 against the IC terminal 48.

Card guides 80, 81 are arranged along the transfer path of the card 1 between the roller shafts 4 and 14 on the frame 2 and the transfer path of the card 1 between the roller shafts 14 and 32, respectively.
Has been arranged. These guides 80 and 81 are the card 1
This guides the transfer of the card 1 in a state where one side edge in the longitudinal direction is in contact. Also, these guides 80, 8
The reference rollers 25 and 26 are arranged with the roller shaft 14 interposed therebetween. The reference rollers 25 and 26 slightly project in the card 1 direction from the card guides 80 and 81. The roller 2 rotatably attached to the springs 21 and 23 facing the reference rollers 25 and 26.
2 and 24 are arranged. These rollers 22, 24 are
The card 1 is brought into contact with the other side edge of the card 1 in the longitudinal direction, and exerts a biasing force in the directions of the reference rollers 25 and 26.

Further, a pair of card guides 43 and 44 are arranged along the transfer path of the card 1 between the roller shaft 32 and the roller shaft 45 on the frame 2. The card guides 43 and 44 guide the card 1 further transferred by the rollers 33a and 33b of the roller shaft 32 until the card 1 contacts the stopper 51.

On the frame 2, a sensor 7 is arranged near the roller shaft 4, and a sensor 36 is arranged near the roller shaft 32. These sensors 7 and 36 are for controlling the range of reciprocal movement of the card 1 when reading and writing information from the optical recording area 1a by the optical head 29 described later.

On the frame 2, roller shafts 4 and 1
The IC sensor 82 is arranged between the four. The IC sensor 82 detects the metal (conductor) portion of the IC chip 1b to detect the presence of the IC chip 1b.

An optical head 29 is provided near the roller shaft 14. This optical head 29 is used for the optical recording area 1a of the card 1 which is transferred by the rotation of the roller shaft 14.
It reads and writes information to and from.

FIG. 3 shows a control circuit of the information processing apparatus configured as described above. A control unit 70 is connected to an operation unit (keyboard) 71, and the motors 12, 4 are connected to the control unit 70.
1, the optical head 29, and the solenoid 54 are connected, and further connected to the IC terminal 48 via the IC input / output unit 60. A predetermined program is stored in advance in the control unit 70 here, and in accordance with the program in accordance with an operation instruction from the operation unit 71, the above-described motors 12, 41, the optical head 29, the solenoid 54, and the IC input / output unit 60 are used. The IC terminal 48 is controlled.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, in step 401, the hybrid card 1 is inserted in the arrow direction X from a card insertion opening (not shown) on one end side of the frame 2, and in step 402, the card detector 3 inserts the card 1 from the card insertion opening. If detected, in step 403, the motor 12 is started according to an instruction from the control unit 70 shown in FIG.

Then, the roller shaft 4 is rotated through the pulley 10, the belt 9 and the pulley 8 and the rubber roller 5 is rotated.
The card 1 is transferred in the direction of the roller shaft 14 by the rotation of a and 5b. In this case, the card 1 is transferred with one longitudinal side edge abutting the card guide 80.

The leading end of the card 1 is the roller shaft 14
6A and the state of FIG. 6A is reached, the control unit 70 resets the flag of the memory (not shown) to “0” and forcibly turns off the solenoid 54 in step 404. This flag indicates the position of the card 1 in the information processing apparatus. The flag "0" indicates that the optical recording / reproducing process is performed at the card insertion port side, and the flag "1" is farther from the card insertion port where recording / reproduction is performed on the IC chip. Indicates that.

Next, in step 405, the type of card 1 is determined. In this case, the type determination of the card 1 is based on the detection result based on the presence or absence of the metal (conductor) part of the IC chip 1b by the IC sensor 82 accompanying the transfer of the card 1 in the roller shaft 14 direction, and the leading end of the card 1 is the sensor. The optical recording area 1 is moved by the optical head 29 during the transfer until reaching 36.
This is performed based on the recognition result of the card type information read from the first area of a. That is, I by the IC sensor 82
If only the C chip 1b is detected, the IC card is used. If it is determined that only the optical recording area 1a is obtained from the read signal from the first area, the optical card is used. Then, the optical signal is obtained from the read signal from the first area. When it is determined that the area 1a and the IC chip 1b are also included, the hybrid card is determined.

Then, in step 406, it is determined whether the card can be used in the information processing apparatus. In this case, based on the determination result of step 405, if the card does not correspond to any of an IC card, an optical card, and a hybrid card, it is determined that the card is not usable, and step 407
Then, the type of the card 1 is determined by the second area. The second area is prepared in a part of the optical recording area 1a so that the type of the card 1 can be determined even when the insertion direction of the card 1 is reversed. The type determination of the card 1 is performed from the read signal of No. 1 in the same manner as described above.

Then, in step 408, it is determined whether the card can be used. In step 408, I
When it is determined that the card does not correspond to any of the C card, the optical card, and the hybrid card, it is determined that the card is not usable, and in this case, in step 409, the control unit 70
In response to this instruction, the motor 12 is rotated in the reverse direction, the card 1 is ejected from the card insertion slot, and a message to that effect is displayed on the LCD (not shown).

In this embodiment, the optical recording area 1
A hybrid card is judged to have both a and IC chip 1b. Step 406 or 408
When it is determined that the card can be used, the process proceeds to step 410, and it is first determined whether the optical recording area 1a is to be accessed. If NO, the process proceeds to step 411.
It is determined whether to access the chip 1b. Then, if NO in this case as well, the process returns to step 410, and waits in this state until an access command is input to the optical recording area 1a or the IC chip 1b.

Then, in step 410, the optical recording area 1
When the access instruction to a is recognized, in step 412,
Optical recording / reproducing processing is executed. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5A, first, in step 501, it is determined whether or not the flag of the memory (not shown) of the control unit 70 is “1”. At this point, the flag has been reset to "0" and N
Since it is O, the process proceeds to step 502, and recording / reproduction is performed on the optical recording area 1a of the card 1.

In this case, the motor 12 rotates in the forward direction according to an instruction from the control unit 70 shown in FIG.
1, the roller shaft 14 is rotated via the pulley 30, the rubber rollers 15a and 15b and the reference roller 27,
In the state of being sandwiched by 28, the card 1 is transported in the direction of the roller shaft 32 until the tip of the card 1 reaches the sensor 36. In this case, the card 1 is transferred with one side edge in the longitudinal direction in contact with the card guide 81.

When the tip of the card 1 reaches the sensor 36 as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the motor 12 is reversely rotated by the instruction of the control unit 70, and the roller shaft 14 is reversely rotated this time, and the rubber is rotated. Rollers 15a, 15b and reference roller 2
When the card 1 is sandwiched between the rollers 7 and 28, the card 1
As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the rear end of the card 1 faces the sensor 7
Will be transferred until. Then, when the rear end of the card 1 reaches the sensor 7, the motor 12 is normally rotated again by the instruction of the control unit 70, and is held between the rubber rollers 15a and 15b and the reference rollers 27 and 28. 1 is
The recording medium is transferred in the direction of the roller shaft 32, and thereafter, by repeating such reciprocal transfer of the card 1, recording / reproduction of information in the optical recording area 1a of the card 1 by the optical head 29 is executed.

In this case, when the card 1 is reciprocated, the tip of the card 1 passes between the rollers 33a and 33b of the roller shaft 32 and the reference rollers 34 and 35. In this case, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the control unit 70 in step 464.
The solenoid 54 is turned off in response to the instruction, and the arm 52a (52b) is rotated clockwise by the biasing force of a spring (not shown), whereby the roller shaft 32 moves upward and the rollers 33a and 33b move to the reference roller 34, Since it is separated from 35, the roller shaft 32 can be used to transfer the card 1.
The rollers 33a and 33b are prevented from becoming an obstacle.

Then, in step 503, the control unit 70 resets the flag of the memory (not shown) to "0" and returns to the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the process returns to step 410 again, and waits until the optical recording area 1a or the IC chip 1b is accessed. Similarly, the optical head 29
The recording / reproducing of information to / from the optical recording area 1a of the card 1 is executed by.

On the other hand, when the IC chip 1b is accessed, the IC recording / reproducing process is executed in step 413. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5B, first, in step 601, it is determined whether the flag of the memory (not shown) of the control unit 70 is “0”. When step 413 is executed for the first time after inserting the card, the flag remains reset to "0" in step 404, and since it is YES, the process proceeds to step 602, and first, the control unit 7 shown in FIG.
By the instruction of 0, the solenoid 54 is turned on. Then, as shown in FIG. 7B, the arm 52a (52b) is rotated counterclockwise by the operation of the solenoid 54,
The roller shaft 32 moves downward and the rollers 33a, 33b
Comes into contact with the reference rollers 34 and 35.

In step 413, a step of determining whether or not the card 1 inserted in the apparatus has the IC chip 1b may be added immediately before step 601. This step is intended to prevent the IC recording / reproducing processing operation from being mistakenly performed on the card 1 having no IC chip 1b. If a malfunction occurs, step 602 is executed and the card 1 without the IC chip 1b and the IC terminal 48 come into contact with each other, possibly damaging the optical or magnetic recording area. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the IC chip 1b is provided. If the IC chip 1b is not provided, the error processing is performed. If the IC chip 1b is provided, the process proceeds to step 601. Whether or not to have the IC chip 1b is determined in Step 40.
Judgment is made based on the detection results of 6, 407 and 408.

At the same time, when the motor 41 is rotated in the forward direction, the roller shaft 32 is moving downward, and the gear 39 provided at one end of the roller shaft 32 is attached to the output shaft of the motor 41. Since it is fitted with 40, the power from the motor 41 is transmitted to the roller shaft 32.

As a result, when the roller shaft 32 rotates forward, the card 1 is further sandwiched between the rubber rollers 33a and 33b and the reference rollers 34 and 35 as shown in FIG. While being guided by the guides 43 and 44 to the both side edges in the longitudinal direction, they are transported until they contact the stopper 51 as shown in FIG. 6 (c) to FIG. 6 (d).

In this case, the transfer control of the card 1 is stopped by rotating the motor 41 for a necessary and sufficient time, which is judged from the transfer speed and the transfer distance of the card 1 according to the instruction of the control means 70, or Or the stopper 5 of the card 1
The rotation of the motor 41 is stopped by determining that the card 1 is at a predetermined position where the IC chip 1b and the IC terminal are connected by a sensor (not shown) that detects the contact with 1.

Then, in step 603, I of the card 1
Recording / reproduction of information to / from the C chip 1b is executed. In this case, the IC chip 1b portion of the card 1 is connected to the IC terminal 48 by the roller 46 of the roller shaft 45 as shown in FIG.
It is pressed to the side to secure the connection with the IC terminal 48.

Then, in step 604, the control unit 70 sets the flag of the memory (not shown) to "1" and returns to the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the process returns to step 410 again, and waits until the optical recording area 1a or the IC chip 1b is accessed. However, if the IC chip 1b is accessed again, the same as described above. Then, recording / reproducing of information to / from the IC chip 1b is executed.

In this case, if the access to the IC chip 1b is repeated twice or more, the step 413 after the second time is performed.
In the IC recording / reproducing process in step 1, since the IC chip 1b is already connected to the IC terminal 48 and the flag is "1" to indicate that state, the step immediately after step 601 is step 603. Then, recording / reproducing of information to / from the IC chip 1b of the card 1 is started.

If the optical recording area 1a is accessed immediately after the recording / reproducing of information to / from the IC chip 1b, the IC chip 1b of the card 1 is connected to the IC terminal 48 at this point. Since the optical recording / reproducing process in step 412 is performed in step 501,
Then, it is determined that the flag is "1", and the process proceeds to step 504.

In this case, the solenoid 54 is turned on according to an instruction from the control unit 70 shown in FIG. 3, and the arm 52a (52b) is rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 7B in the same manner as described above. By the movement, the roller shaft 32 is moved downward, and the rollers 33a and 33b come into contact with the reference rollers 34 and 35. At the same time, the motor 41 is rotated in the reverse direction and the power from the motor 41 is transmitted to the roller shaft 32, whereby the card 1 is made of rubber rollers 33a, 3a.
3b and the reference rollers 34 and 35, the state shown in FIG.
Reverse transfer to the state shown in (c).

Then, in step 505, the solenoid 54 is turned off according to an instruction from the control unit 70, and the roller shaft 32 is moved upward by the clockwise rotation of the arm 52a (52b) by the biasing force of a spring (not shown). , Roller 33
After the a and 33b are separated from the reference rollers 34 and 35, the optical head 29 in step 502 described above.
The recording / reproducing of information to / from the optical recording area 1a of the card 1 is executed by.

After that, when the recording / reproducing process for the optical recording area 1a and the IC chip portion 1b is completed and the card 1 is to be ejected, an instruction to that effect is given from the operation portion 71.
In (c), in step 701, it is determined whether the flag of the memory (not shown) of the control unit 70 is "0". Here, if the flag is “0” and YES, it is determined that the card 1 is located on the roller shaft 14 side, and step 702
Then, the motor 12 is rotated in the reverse direction according to an instruction from the control unit 70 shown in FIG. 3, and the card 1 is ejected from a card insertion slot (not shown).

On the other hand, if the flag is "1" and NO, it is determined that the card 1 is located on the roller shaft 32 side, and in step 703, the motor 41 is rotated in the reverse direction according to the instruction of the control unit 70 shown in FIG. Then, in step 702, the motor 12 is rotated in the reverse direction so that the card 1 is ejected from the card insertion opening (not shown).

In the above-described embodiment, the hybrid card 1 having the optical recording area 1a and the IC chip 1b.
However, for the optical card having only the optical recording area 1a, only the optical recording / reproducing process in step 412 is executed, and for the IC card having only the IC chip 1b, the IC recording / reproducing in step 413 is performed. Only the processing needs to be executed. Further, in the above-described embodiment,
Although the hybrid card 1 having the optical recording area 1a and the IC chip 1b has been described, it can be applied to a hybrid card in which the magnetic recording area and the IC chip are combined.

FIGS. 8A and 8B show a schematic structure of another embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. In this case, when the card 1 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow, it comes into contact with the roller 90. This roller 9
0 is provided at the tip of an arm 91 whose one end is rotatably supported, and the arm 91 is always biased in a direction in which a spring 92 presses the roller 93, that is, in a direction in which the card 1 is biased. . Roller 9 by spring 92 here
The urging of 0 in the direction of the card 1 is performed with a small amount of force that does not affect the conveyance of the card 1, and when recording / reproducing to / from the optical recording area of the card 1, the card 1 comes into contact with the card 1. I try not to have any effect.

When the motor 95 is started from the state where the card 1 is held between the rollers 90 and 93, the motor 9
The power from 5 is transmitted to the roller 93 via the belt 94, and the card 1 is transferred to the IC area side.

Therefore, in this way, the roller 9
Although 0 is in contact with the card 1, it does not substantially hinder the movement of the card 1, so that recording / reproduction can be performed without any trouble in the optical recording area of the card 1. By waiting for the start of the motor 95 and transmitting the driving force to the roller 93, the card 1 can be quickly transferred to the IC area side.

Although the above description is based on the embodiment,
The present invention includes the following inventions. (1) In an information processing device for performing at least one of recording and reproducing of information on the first and second recording units by linearly transferring a card-type recording medium having the first and second recording units, First information detecting means for detecting information from the first recording section, second information detecting means for detecting information from the second recording section, and linear transfer of the recording medium to the first recording section. First conveying means corresponding to the first information detecting means, and the recording medium linearly conveyed by the first conveying means are further linearly conveyed so that the second recording section becomes the second information detecting means. A second transporting means which is associated with the second transporting means, and an avoiding means which avoids the second transporting means from the transporting path of the recording medium when the first transporting means transports the second information corresponding to the first information detecting means. Information processing characterized by having Apparatus.

In this way, when the card type recording medium is transferred to the first information detecting means by the first conveying means, the second conveying means is avoided from the recording medium transfer path. In addition, since it is possible to prevent the recording medium from coming into contact with the second transportation means during the transportation of the recording medium by the first transportation means, it is possible to avoid the speed fluctuation when the recording medium is transported, Moreover, since the distance between the first transport means and the second transport means can be minimized, the device can be downsized.

(2) In the information processing apparatus described in (1), a detection means for detecting the presence / absence of the second recording section mounted on the recording medium, and an access request to the second recording section are further provided. When the controller detects the mounting of the second recording unit of the recording medium by the detecting unit and the access request of the second recording unit is detected by the controlling unit, the avoiding unit detects the access request. The avoidance of the second transport means from the transfer path of the recording medium is canceled.

In this way, on condition that the second recording unit is mounted on the recording medium and the access request to the second recording unit is made,
Since the avoidance of the recording medium from the transfer path of the second conveying unit is released, it is possible to prevent the recording medium not equipped with the second recording unit from being mistakenly conveyed by the second conveying unit. As a result, the reliability of the operation can be ensured, such as the damage of the recording medium can be prevented.

(3) In the information processing apparatus described in (1), the detecting means can detect the presence or absence of the second recording section from the recorded contents of different areas of the first recording section. By doing so, the presence or absence of the second recording section can be detected from the recorded contents of the different areas of the first recording section, so that even if the card-type recording medium is inserted in the opposite direction, the presence or absence of the second recording section is detected. Can be detected and the usability of the device can be improved.

(4) A card type recording medium inserted from the card insertion slot is nipped by a pair of rollers in the thickness direction of the card, and the rollers are rotated to convey the card back and forth. In an information recording processing device for recording and / or reproducing information by means of an input / output, the input / output is provided downstream of the pair of rollers in the insertion direction of the card and for recording / reproducing information on / from an IC chip. Between the IC input / output unit that is connected to a terminal and performs at least one of recording and reproduction of information with respect to the IC chip, and the pair of rollers and the IC input / output unit, with respect to the conveyance path surface of the card. In the case where the card is reciprocally conveyed by the pair of rollers, which is movably provided, and which reciprocally conveys the card to and from the IC input / output means. The information processing apparatus characterized by comprising a control means for controlling so as to separate the IC card conveying means from the conveying road.

In this case, as the card type recording medium,
In FIG. 1, the composite type card 1 corresponds. The pair of rollers correspond to the roller 15a and the roller 28, and the roller 15b and the roller 27. The rollers 15a and 15b are fixed to the roller shaft 14, and the roller shaft 14 is used for the motor 1
Rotated by 2. The optical head 29 corresponds to a device that records and / or reproduces information on the card when the card is conveyed by the pair of rollers, but a magnetic head may be used. The IC terminal 48 and the IC input / output unit 60 correspond to the input / output means of the IC. I
As the C card conveying means, a roller shaft 32, a roller 33
a and 33b, rollers 34 and 35, gear 39 and gear 40,
The configuration including the motor 41, the arm 52a, the arm 52b, and the solenoid 54 corresponds. In the embodiment,
The roller shaft 32 moves vertically with respect to the recording surface of the card, but it may move left and right with respect to the side surface of the card. The control means 70 corresponds to the control means.

In this way, when the card is reciprocally conveyed by the pair of rollers, the control means causes the IC card conveying means provided between the pair of rollers and the IC input / output means to be formed on the conveyance road surface. Works to separate from. As a result, when the card is being reciprocally conveyed by the pair of rollers, the card is moved away from the IC card conveying means conveying path surface, so that the card comes into contact with the IC card conveying means during the reciprocating conveyance, so that the card suddenly moves. It is possible to suppress various speed fluctuations, and it is possible to normally perform recording / reproduction by reciprocating conveyance. Further, the IC card carrying means is provided between the pair of rollers and the IC input / output means and is separated from the carrying path surface, so that the IC card carrying means is provided between the pair of rollers and the IC input / output means. The gap can be minimized, and the device can be downsized.

(5) The information processing device according to (4), further comprising a detecting means for detecting whether or not an IC chip is mounted on the card, and a control means for instructing access to the IC chip. When the detecting unit determines that the IC chip is mounted on the card and the access to the IC chip is instructed, the IC card conveying unit is moved to the conveying road surface.

In this case, the control unit 70 and the operation unit (keyboard) 71 in FIG. 4 correspond to the detection unit and the control unit for instructing access to the IC chip. If you do this, when you insert the card from the card insertion slot,
The determination means determines whether or not the card has an IC. Then, when it is determined that the IC is mounted on the card and the access to the IC chip is instructed, the IC card carrying means is moved to the carrying road surface. As a result, only when the IC is determined to be mounted on the card and the access to the IC is selected, the IC card transfer means is moved to the transfer road surface so that the card on which the IC is not mounted is moved. Alternatively, it is possible to prevent a card whose IC is not in the proper position from being conveyed to the IC input / output means, and
It is possible to prevent the input / output unit from being damaged and the IC input / output unit from being damaged. Further, the IC card carrying means is provided between the pair of rollers and the IC input / output means, and only when it is determined that the IC is mounted on the card and the connection to the IC is selected, Since it is moved to the conveying road surface, the gap between the IC input / output means of the pair of rollers can be minimized.

(6) In the information processing apparatus described in (5), the detecting means starts from the first area on the card.
When it is not detected that the IC chip is mounted on the card, the detection is performed in the second area different from the first area.

By doing so, when it is not possible to detect that the IC is mounted on the card from the first area on the card, the detection is performed on the second area different from the first area. Even if a card with an IC chip is inserted in the direction opposite to the card insertion direction when recording / reproducing information from the IC chip, it is determined that the IC chip is mounted on the card. it can.

(7) In the information processing apparatus according to (6), the control means inserts the card into the insertion slot when the detecting means determines that information cannot be normally read from the second area. Control to discharge from.

In this way, when it is determined that the information could not be read normally from the second area, the card with the IC chip records / reproduces information from the IC chip by ejecting the card from the insertion slot. It is possible to inform the card holder that the card is inserted on the side opposite to the card surface when the card is inserted, and that the card cannot be used in the present device. At this time, it is more preferable to notify that effect on a display or the like.

(8) In the information processing device according to (6) or (7), the control means detects that an IC chip is mounted on the card from the second area, and accesses the IC chip. When is selected, the card is controlled to be ejected from the insertion slot.

By doing this, it is possible to inform the owner of the card that the card with the IC chip is inserted on the side opposite to the insertion direction of the card when recording / reproducing information from the IC chip. Yes, you can be prompted to insert the card backwards. At this time, it is more preferable to notify that fact on a display or the like.

(9) In the information processing apparatus described in (3) to (7), at least one of recording and reproducing information on the card is performed by an optical means that irradiates light on the surface of the card. Be seen.

By doing so, at least one of recording and reproducing of information on the card can be performed optically by recording and reproducing the information on the card.

(10) In the information processing apparatus described in (9), the card has a write-once type optical recording medium. In this way, the write-once type optical recording medium can record / reproduce information by optical means, but cannot rewrite it. Therefore, the reliability of the information recorded on the recording medium is improved. be able to.

(11) In the information processing apparatus described in (10), the card further has an IC chip on which information is recorded and an input / output terminal for performing at least one of recording and reproducing information on the IC chip. Therefore, the detection of the information that the IC chip is mounted is obtained from the recording of the specific area of the optical recording medium.

In this way, when the card is inserted,
Since the detection means detects from the read information of the specific area of the optical recording medium on the card whether or not the IC chip is mounted, only the card on which the IC chip is mounted should be conveyed to the IC input / output means. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an accident such as damage to the optical recording medium on the card by the IC input / output means.

(12) In the information processing device described in (4) to (10), at least one of recording and reproducing information on the card is performed by a magnetic means for reading a change in magnetism on the surface of the card. .

In this way, information can be magnetically recorded / reproduced on the card. (13) In the information processing device according to (12), the card has a magnetic recording medium.

In this way, information can be recorded / reproduced by magnetic means. (14) In the information processing device according to (13), the card further has an IC chip on which information is recorded and an input / output terminal for performing at least one of recording and reproducing information on the IC chip, The information that the IC chip is mounted is detected from the recording of the specific area of the magnetic recording medium.

In this way, when the card is inserted,
A specific area of the magnetic recording medium on the card is read and I
Since it is detected whether or not C is mounted, only the card on which the IC chip is mounted can be transported to the IC input / output means, and the magnetic recording medium on the card is damaged by the IC input / output means. You can prevent accidents.

(15) In an information processing apparatus for recording and / or reproducing information on / from a card type recording medium to be transferred, first conveying means for conveying the recording medium over a first conveying range. And a second transport means for transporting the recording medium over a second transport range, wherein the second transport means performs the recording when the recording medium is transported by the first transport means. An information processing device characterized by being displaceable from a medium.

Even in this case, it is possible to prevent the transfer of the recording medium by the first conveying means from being influenced by the second conveying means, so that the same effect as the above (1) can be expected. (16) In an information processing device that records and / or reproduces information on / from a card-type recording medium that is transported, a first transporting unit that transports the recording medium over a first moving space; A second transport means for transporting the recording medium over the second moving space, the second transport means performing the second transport when the recording medium is transported by the first transport means. An information processing apparatus comprising: a retracting unit that retracts the unit from the first moving space. Even in this case, it is possible to prevent the transfer of the recording medium by the first transporting device from being affected by the second transporting device, so that the same effect as (1) above can be expected.

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As described above, according to the present invention, when the card type recording medium is transferred to the first information transfer section by the first conveying means, the second conveying means is changed to the recording medium. It is possible to prevent the recording medium from coming into contact with the second transporting means during the transport of the recording medium by the first transporting means, so that the speed at the time of transporting the recording medium can be prevented. Since the fluctuation can be avoided and the distance between the first transporting means and the second transporting means can be minimized, the device can be downsized.

Further, the avoidance of the second conveying means from the transfer path of the recording medium is released under the condition of mounting the second recording section on the recording medium and requesting access to the second recording section. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording medium having no second recording unit from being erroneously conveyed by the second conveying unit, and to prevent the recording medium from being damaged.

Further, since it is possible to detect the presence / absence of the second recording section from the recorded contents of the different areas of the first recording section, it is possible to detect the presence / absence of the second recording section even if the insertion direction of the card type recording medium is reversed. It can be detected and the usability of the device can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a hybrid card used in one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control circuit according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration for explaining the operation of one embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration for explaining the operation of one embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Hybrid card, 1a ... Optical recording area 1a, 1b
... IC chip, 2 ... Frame, 3 ... Card detector, 4 ...
Roller shafts 5a, 5b ... Rollers, 6a, 6b ... Support members, 7 ... Sensors, 8 ... Pulleys, 9 ... Belts, 10 ... Pulleys, 11 ... Belts, 12 ... Motors, 14 ... Roller shafts, 15a, 15b ... Rollers , 16 ... Guide, 17 ... Reference member, 18, 19 ... Spring, 20 ... Guide, 21, 23
... Spring, 22, 24 ... Roller, 25, 26 ... Reference roller, 27, 28 ... Reference roller, 29 ... Optical head, 30
... pulleys, 31 ... springs, 32 ... roller shafts, 33a, 3
3b ... Roller, 34, 35 ... Reference roller, 36 ... Sensor, 37, 38 ... Support part, 39 ... Gear, 40 ... Gear, 4
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Motor, 43, 44 ... Card guide, 45 ... Roller shaft, 46 ... Roller, 48 ... IC terminal, 49, 50 ... Support part, 51 ... Stopper, 52a, 52b ... Arm, 54 ...
Solenoid, 60 ... IC input / output unit, 70 ... Control unit, 71
... operation part, 80, 81 ... card guide, 82 ... IC sensor, 90 ... roller, 91 ... arm, 92 ... spring, 93 ...
Rollers, 94 ... Belts, 95 ... Motors.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card-type recording medium having first and second recording sections is linearly transferred to obtain the first and second recording sections.
In an information processing apparatus that records and / or reproduces information in and from the recording unit, a first information detecting unit that detects information from the first recording unit and a second information detecting unit that detects information from the second recording unit. Information detecting means, first conveying means for linearly transferring the recording medium to make the first recording section correspond to the first information detecting means, and the recording medium linearly conveyed by the first conveying means. Is further linearly conveyed to make the second recording section correspond to the second information detecting means, and when the first conveying means transfers the second recording section to the first information detecting means. An information processing apparatus comprising: an avoiding unit that avoids the second conveying unit from a transfer path of the recording medium. 2. A second device mounted on the recording medium
And a control unit for detecting an access request to the second recording unit, and the detection unit detects mounting of the second recording unit on the recording medium. 2. The control means detects the access request for the second recording unit, and cancels the avoidance means to avoid the second transport means from the transfer path of the recording medium. Information processing equipment. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the detection means is capable of detecting the presence or absence of the second recording section from the recorded contents of different areas of the first recording section.