JPH10269681A - Information recording/reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make possible adding another additive recording/reproducing means for basic device constitution at need with a simple shape by providing a separate recording/reproducing means attachable/detachable for a main body and a control means discriminating the presence of its means and allowing recording or reproducing. SOLUTION: A drive mechanism part 80 drives an optical card 66 in the card long side direction, and a motor 56 and a belt 55 drive a card placing base 52 in the short side direction for an optical recording medium added onto a card C, and information is recorded/reproduced. Moreover, a magnetic head mechanical part 72 and an IC head mechanical part 89 respectively constituted as single unit are able to be fitted easily and attachably/detachably onto a substrate loading the drive mechanical part 80. Wires respectively short- circuiting a set of contacts are provided in connectors connecting these units to a control substrate in the device main body, and even when respective heads are connected separately, automatic discrimination is made possible, and the matter that the recording/reproducing is allowed separately is made possible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing information on / from a plurality of different information recording cards or recording media of a composite information recording card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information recording media are in the form of tapes, disks, cards, and the like, and are properly used depending on the purpose. Among them, cards are particularly suitable for storage and portability. Because of its superiority, it is widely used mainly in applications such as cash cards. They are mainly magnetic cards, but reflecting the recent information age,
Due to the large amount of information to be handled, information recording cards, such as IC cards and optical cards, having a large recording capacity or capable of high-speed access are attracting attention.

Further, there has been proposed a hybrid card (hereinafter referred to as a hybrid card) which takes advantage of the large capacity of an optical card and the high-speed access of an IC card. In such a hybrid card, for example, as shown in FIGS. 7 (card front) and 8 (card back), an optical recording layer c1 and a magnetic stripe c3 are formed on a front surface of a card C, and an IC c2 is formed on a back surface. And various recording media on a single card.

[0004] In order to maintain compatibility with a system using a magnetic card that has been established as an existing infrastructure, it is desirable for the configuration of the information recording / reproducing apparatus to be adaptable to each recording medium attached to the card. It is rare. like this,
As an information recording / reproducing apparatus that can use an existing magnetic card, IC card, and optical card together, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
No. 8 discloses a device described in the publication. Here, a magnetic card and an optical card can be used together.

The structure and operation of the apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 9. A card insertion slot 16 is provided on one side of the apparatus main body 15, and the inside of the apparatus main body 15 is arranged in order from the card insertion opening to the inside. Magnetic card reader / writer 17
And an optical card reader / writer section 18 are arranged in series. The magnetic card reader / writer 17
Is composed of a plurality of lower rollers 19 driven by a single belt, a plurality of rollers 20 disposed above and opposed to the lower rollers 19, respectively, and a magnetic head 21. The optical card reader / writer 18
Is configured by a card mounting table 22 for holding a card, a drive system 23 including a belt and a pulley attached to the card mounting table 22, and an optical head 24 disposed opposite to the upper side of the card mounting table 22. ing.

Then, the magnetic card D is inserted into the card slot 16.
When the magnetic card D is inserted from above, the magnetic card D is sandwiched between the roller 20 and the lower roller 19 and is conveyed by the rotational force of a drive motor (not shown). The transport of the card into the apparatus main body 15 is completed by the magnetic card reader / writer 17, where a predetermined process is performed by the magnetic head 21. That is, the magnetic card D is not conveyed to the optical card reader / writer 18.

On the other hand, when the optical card C is inserted into the card insertion slot 16, first, the optical card C passes through the magnetic card reader / writer 17, and the optical card reader / writer 1
8 and is conveyed to a card mounting table 22 arranged close to the entrance. The card mounting table 22 is linearly reciprocated in a direction parallel to the card insertion direction by driving a motor (not shown) via a conveying means including a belt and a pulley connected to the card mounting table 22. Then, the reciprocating motion and predetermined reproduction processing by the optical head 24 are performed.

[0008]

In an information recording / reproducing apparatus having a configuration adapted to a plurality of information recording media as described above, the plurality of recording media can be accessed, but the use of the recording media is difficult. However, in the case where the number is limited to one, for example, it is necessary to equip a recording / reproducing means for an unnecessary recording medium in advance. For example, in the case of providing an information recording / reproducing apparatus corresponding to all optical, IC, and magnetic media, if a user adopts a system using only light and an IC, a magnetic recording / reproducing hardware is unnecessary. It is.

However, it is not preferable from the viewpoint of versatility to prepare various types of information recording / reproducing apparatuses depending on the combination of recording media used. Therefore, additional other recording / reproducing means can be simply added to the basic device configuration.
A configuration of a customizable information recording / reproducing apparatus which can be added as required is desired.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has a structure comprising an information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording or reproducing information on a card-shaped recording medium. In the apparatus, a recording / reproducing means for performing recording and / or reproduction on an optical recording medium provided on the card, and at least one of the optical recording media different from the optical recording medium are provided. Another recording / reproducing means detachable from the apparatus main body for recording and / or reproducing on another recording medium, and identification means for identifying the presence or absence of the latter recording / reproducing means on the apparatus main body And control means for permitting recording and / or reproduction of the latter recording / reproduction means recognized by the identification means.

In this case, the discriminating means includes an electric circuit configured to detect connection between the detachable recording / reproducing means and an electric board for controlling access of the recording / reproducing means. It may be used.

The information recording / reproducing apparatus having the above-described configuration is
For example, recording / reproducing means for magnetically or electrically recording and / or reproducing is provided in the apparatus main body easily, so that it can be set according to the type of the target information recording medium. Can be arbitrarily selected and attached, and additional means can be constituted only by attaching / detaching the hard unit of the recording / reproducing means. By recognizing the addition of the recording / reproducing means, a predetermined recording / reproducing process can be performed for a card that meets the conditions.

As described above, a configuration of a customizable device is provided which simply adds another recording / reproducing means to the basic device configuration as required. As a result, unlike the related art, there is no increase in cost due to the addition of recording / reproducing means for unnecessary recording media, and there is no need to develop a plurality of models. Furthermore, even for a new type of recording medium, a version upgrade that adds a function to the system can be realized by simply adding a necessary recording / reproducing unit to correspond to the new type of recording medium. This has the effect of eliminating unnecessary investment.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. This device is shown in FIG.
This corresponds to the hybrid card shown in FIG. 8 (card back) and FIG. 8 (back of the card), and incorporates an optical head, a magnetic head, and an IC head. On the left side of the apparatus main body 50, a card insertion slot 51 through which the card C can be inserted and removed in the long side direction is provided. Further, a card mounting table 52 is provided in the apparatus main body, and is supported on guide shafts 53 and 54 so as to be movable in the card short side direction. Is connected to the belt 55. Then, the belt 55 is
When driven by a motor via the
2 moves.

Pressing plates 57 and 58 are provided at positions corresponding to both long sides of the card on the upper surface of the mounting table, and the card C is held by a pressing member (not shown) provided below. Further, one of the holding plates 58 has a notch 5
8a, a cam-shaped roller 59 is arranged above the roller so that its rotation axis is aligned with the short side of the card.

Further, an insertion slot 16 inside the apparatus body 15 is provided.
Guide grooves 60 and 61 for guiding both long sides of the card, and a pair of card transport rollers 62 and 63 above and below one of the guide grooves 60, respectively. Is provided. The roller pairs 62 and 63 and the cam roller 59 are driven at the same transport speed by driving the same motor 64.

When the card C is inserted through the insertion slot 16, the insertion of the card C is detected by a sensor 65 provided near the insertion slot, and the transport drive motor is started. When the card is sandwiched between the pair of rollers 62 and 63, the card C is conveyed to the mounting table 52 in this state, and is transferred to the cam roller 59 on the way. Finally, the card C is pressed by the cam roller 59 against the abutting portion 52a at the back of the mounting table, and settled.

An optical head 66 on which an AT / AF actuator and optical components are mounted is disposed above the card. Then, the optical head 66 and the card mounting table 52 are
Focusing the laser beam on the card recording layer while moving in a relatively orthogonal direction to form a spot of several microns, record information, and identify the change in reflectance due to the spot Thus, information can be reproduced.

In this embodiment, the card is driven in the short side direction and the optical head is driven in the long side direction. However, the following configuration can exhibit the same function.

A magnetic head 67 is disposed above the card and at the end of the loading table 52 on the insertion port side.
The apparatus main body is provided with a magnetic head mechanism 72 including a member 68 having a magnetic head 67 at the tip, a slider member 78, and a drive mechanism 80 including a motor 74 and the like. .

Further, below the mounting table 52, there is provided an IC head mechanism 89 comprising a support member 83 having one end attached to the IC head 81 and a guide member 87 for guiding the support member 83. . Then, the IC head 81
Is driven by the drive mechanism section 80 and comes into contact with an IC on the card through a window 52b provided in the mounting table 52.

The magnetic head mechanism 72, the IC head mechanism 89, and the drive mechanism 80 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. Member 6 having magnetic head 67 at its tip
Numeral 8 is configured to be rotatable about a shaft 68a as a fulcrum in a vertical plane in the card long side direction, and is normally urged by a spring 70 in a direction in which the magnetic head and the card are separated from each other. .

On the other hand, the slider member 78 constituting the drive mechanism 80 is provided with a plate 7 provided on the base 76 vertically.
Pins 77a, 77b protruding from the long holes 78a, 77b
8b is guided to move in the horizontal direction. Further, the rack 71a of the slider member is
5 and a worm gear 73 are connected to a motor 74. With such a configuration, the slider member 7
8 is driven by a motor 74 in the horizontal direction, and its slider position is detected by a combination of a light blocking plate 71b provided on the slider and a photo interrupter 79, and stops at a predetermined position.

To access the card, the slider member 78 moves to the magnetic head mechanism 72 side and the member 6
8 comes into contact with one arm 68b. Since the other arm 68c of the member 68 is connected to the arm 68b via the shaft 68b, when one end of the arm 68b is pushed by the end of the slider member and rotates, the magnetic head comes into contact with the card. . When the position of the slider member is detected by the sensor 79, the motor 74 stops and the slider member 78 is stopped.
Is held by the torque of the transmission system composed of the worm gear 73.

On the other hand, a cylinder member 84 is provided on the other side of the member 83 on which the IC head 81 is mounted at the tip, and is supported inside the guide member 87 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. Normally, the IC 86 is urged by a spring 86 in a direction in which the IC head and the card C are separated, that is, downward. When accessing the card C, the drive unit 80 is also used. The slider member 78 moves in a direction opposite to the magnetic head mechanism 72. in this case,
A pin 85 is provided on the cylinder member 84, and the pin 85 is guided upward along an inclined surface 78c provided at an end of the slider member 78, and a contact 82 provided on the IC head is connected to the card. Contact with the embedded IC chip. The motor 74 controls the slider member 7 by the sensor 79.
8 stops, and the slider member 78 is stopped.
Is held by the torque of the transmission system.

The above-described magnetic head mechanism 72, IC
Each of the head mechanisms 89 is configured as a single unit, and the base 7 on which the drive mechanism 80 is mounted is mounted.
6 is easily attached. As shown in FIG.
It can be easily attached to and detached from the device main body.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control electric board built in the apparatus main body is provided with a dip switch for determining the presence or absence of a head. Note that the control electric board and the control program must have a configuration corresponding to all heads. Each bit corresponds to each head, and the presence / absence of each head is identified by ON / OFF of a switch. After the power is turned on, the information recording / reproducing apparatus determines the presence or absence of an accessible head based on the setting of the dip switch, and recognizes a usable recording / reproducing head as a head access flag. Is stored in the internal memory. For example, if the first bit is defined as magnetic, the second bit is defined as IC, and the third bit is defined as light, the value is 100 when only the optical head is used, but is 111 when the magnetic and IC heads are mounted. Based on such a head access flag, a head to be accessed is selected, and a predetermined recording / reproducing process is performed.

In this embodiment, since the setting of the dip switch is manually performed when each head is mounted, a setting error may occur. Therefore, means for automatically identifying when each head is incorporated is more reliable. As a specific example, the following automatic identification means can be considered. That is, the magnetic head unit 72 and the IC head unit 89 are provided with flexible cables 71 and 88, respectively, for connecting a signal line for the head to a control electric board in the apparatus main body. As shown in FIG. 6, an electric circuit unit 91 for recording / reproducing each head and an electric circuit unit 92 for detecting the presence / absence of a head are formed in the control electric board. The circuit 92 has a simple configuration including a constant voltage and a resistor.

Further, on the substrate 90, a connector 93 for connecting each head to a circuit is provided. The connector 93 has n signal lines Sl to Sn from the circuit 91.
And two signal lines Sa and Sb from the circuit 92 are connected. On the other hand, in the cable 94 connected to the head 95, there are head signal lines Sl to Sn and signal lines Sa and Sb.
, And a single line 96 for shorting the contacts.

The connector 9 is connected to the control electric board 90.
3, when the cable 94 is connected, the signal line S
Since a and Sb are short-circuited, the voltage Vo for monitoring the end point of the resistor R becomes equal to the input voltage V +. On the other hand, when the head is not connected, Vo is at the GND level. Therefore, when the monitor output Vo is input from the circuit 92 to the circuit 91, the presence or absence of the unit is identified. Since such automatic identification means is provided for each head, automatic identification is possible even when each head is individually attached and detached.

[0031]

According to the present invention, as described above,
In an information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording or reproducing information on a card-shaped recording medium, recording / reproducing means for recording and / or reproducing on / from an optical recording medium provided on a card. And another recording / reproduction detachable with respect to the apparatus main body for performing recording and / or reproduction on at least one other recording medium provided on a card different from the optical recording medium. Means, identification means for identifying the presence or absence of the latter recording / reproducing means with respect to the apparatus main body, and control means for permitting recording and / or reproduction of the latter recording / reproducing means recognized by the identifying means. It is characterized by having.

Therefore, the recording / reproducing means for magnetically and electrically recording and / or reproducing can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body. Can be selected and attached, and additional recording / reproducing means can be recognized by only attaching / detaching the hard unit of the recording / reproducing means, and predetermined recording / reproducing processing can be performed.

Thus, for the basic device configuration,
By realizing a customizable device configuration in which other recording / reproducing means are added as needed in a simple manner, addition of recording / reproducing means to unnecessary recording media can be avoided, and a corresponding amount can be avoided. This does not incur high costs and there is no need to develop multiple models. Also, when upgrading the system to add a function to a new type of recording medium, it is only necessary to add a necessary recording / reproducing unit. It is possible to do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is also a side view.

FIG. 3 is a partially detailed view, similarly.

FIG. 4 is also an explanatory view.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a first detection circuit according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a second detection circuit according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the hybrid card.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the hybrid card.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 C card c1 optical recording section c2 IC c3 magnetic recording section 52 mounting table 59 cam roller 65 card sensor 66 optical head 70, 86 spring 72 magnetic head unit 78 slider member 80 drive unit 82 IC contact 89 IC head unit 92 detection circuit 93 connector 71 , 88, 94 Flexible cable 96 Dip switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording or reproducing information on a card-shaped recording medium,
Recording / reproducing means for performing recording and / or reproduction on an optical recording medium provided on the card, and at least one other recording provided on the card which is different from the optical recording medium Another recording / reproducing means detachable from the apparatus main body for performing recording and / or reproduction on a medium, and identification means for identifying the presence or absence of the latter recording / reproducing means for the apparatus main body; An information recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: control means for permitting recording and / or reproduction of the latter recording / reproducing means recognized by the identification means. 2. The recording / removing device according to claim 2, wherein
2. The optical information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical information recording / reproducing apparatus is an electric circuit configured to detect a connection between the reproducing unit and an electric board for controlling access of the recording / reproducing unit.