JPH10326328A - Magnetic card processor and magnetic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform customer management by bar code reading in a magnetic card processor. SOLUTION: A magnetic card 1 includes an information rewrite part, which is formed of a thermally reversible recording material and allows additional entry of magnetic data and a bar code print part, which is formed of an irreversible thermosensitive material and enables the printing of a bar code on the same surface and a scanner 7 is provided as a card information read means. When the magnetic recording data on the magnetic card 1 are read, the bar code printed on the magnetic card 1 is read by the scanner 7 and refers to customer management information on a host device 12 to perform customer management. Consequently, even if the magnetic data on the magnetic card 1 are destroyed, a card can be reissued according to the information that the host device 12 has. The customer information is stored in the host device 12 and then the customer management can be performed with the small magnetic information on the magnetic card 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic card processing apparatus and a magnetic card, and more particularly, to a customer data management system for a magnetic card processing apparatus and a magnetic card used for the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a known example of this type of magnetic card processing apparatus, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-334501 is known. The configuration of this conventional card processing apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration showing the entire components of a conventional card processing device and the host device connected thereto. Referring to FIG. 3, this card information device is a host device 21 such as a computer device or a POS.
A control unit 22 for controlling the operation of the card processing device; and an I / F (interface) unit 23 for exchanging commands and data between the card processing device and the host device 21.
It is composed of

The control unit 22 is connected to an erase unit 24 including a heater 26, a heater driving unit 27 for driving the heater 26, and a card position detecting sensor 28 for detecting the presence of a card at the position of the heater 26. The I / F unit 23 includes a magnetic head 30, a magnetic card reader / writer unit 31, a thermal head 32, a print head driving unit 33, a motor 34 for driving the magnetic card, and a card position detection sensor for detecting the position of the magnetic card. 35,
Magnetic reader / writer unit controller 29 for controlling these
Magnetic Reader / Writer 25
Is connected.

[0005] The magnetic information read by the magnetic head 30 is sent to the host device 21 via the magnetic reader / writer unit 31 and the magnetic reader / writer unit control unit 29 and the I / F unit 23. And the host device 2
In step 1, the newly added information is added to the transmitted magnetic information, and then the magnetic information is written again in the reverse path from that for reading. As described above, the conventional magnetic card processing device reads magnetic data information from the magnetic card and performs data processing based on the information.

[0006]

In the magnetic card processing method in the above-described conventional configuration, customer management is performed based on the magnetic data of the magnetic card. There is a disadvantage that the information of the owner of the magnetic card, that is, the customer is lost. In addition, since the customer information is magnetic data recorded on a magnetic card, the amount of information is limited.

An object of the present invention is to minimize the magnetic data recorded on a card, and to perform customer management by collating the information of the card with the information of a host device by means other than magnetic data. An apparatus and a magnetic card are provided.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a magnetic reader / writer unit for reading / writing magnetic data of a magnetic card received from an insertion slot, and a printing / erasing unit for printing / erasing necessary information in the magnetic card on the card. In a magnetic card processing device having an erasing head, a scanner for reading a barcode recorded on the magnetic card, and customer information and magnetic data of the magnetic card stored in a host device based on the barcode information. Collating means for collating, and when issuing the magnetic card, a barcode for customer management can be simultaneously printed together with magnetic data.

The magnetic card used in this magnetic card processing apparatus is composed of a thermoreversible recording material on the same surface of the magnetic card and an information rewrite section on which magnetic data can be additionally written, and a nonreversible thermosensitive material. A barcode printing unit capable of printing a barcode.

[0010]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a magnetic card processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a magnetic card used in the magnetic card processing device of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a magnetic card processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an insertion / ejection port 2 for inserting a magnetic card 1 owned by a customer, a magnetic head 3 for recording or reading magnetic data on the magnetic card, A magnetic card reader / writer unit 4 for controlling the head 3, a print head 5 for printing, an erasing head 6 for erasing, a scanner 7 for reading a bar code printed on the magnetic card 1,
A card position detection sensor 9 for detecting that the inserted magnetic card 1 has been transported to the standby position 8;
, A control unit 11 for controlling these magnetic reader / writer units, and a host device 12. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the magnetic card 1 used in the magnetic card processing device includes an information recording and printing unit 13 and a barcode printing unit 14 made of an irreversible thermosensitive material.

Next, each operation of the magnetic card processing device of the present invention thus configured will be described.

The operation of the magnetic card processing apparatus is as follows.
Inhalation of the magnetic card 1, reading and writing of magnetic recording data, erasing of characters, printing, and ejection of the magnetic card. The magnetic card 1 inserted into the insertion / ejection port 2 is transported by the feed roller 10 to the standby position 8. At this time, the magnetic recording data on the magnetic card 1 is read by the magnetic head 3, and the last transaction information at the time of the previous card use is recorded on the magnetic recording data. This information is transmitted to the host device 12 via the magnetic reader / writer unit 4 and the control unit 11.

Here, the magnetic card 1 transported to the standby position 8 is detected by a card position detecting sensor 9. At this standby position 8, the barcode printed on the barcode printing unit 14 on the magnetic card 1 is read by the scanner 7. The barcode information read by the scanner 7 is transmitted to the host device 12 via the control unit 11 as information of the card owner, that is, the customer. The barcode information is referred to as customer information by the host device 12, and is stored as data together with sales information and the like.

The updated sales information is transmitted to the host device 12.
Is transmitted to the control unit 11. This information is recorded on the magnetic card 1 as magnetic data. Similarly, the previous print character is erased to the information recording and printing unit 13 of the magnetic card 1 by the erase head 6.
The print data created on the basis of the sales information updated by the host device 12 is printed by the print head 5. After the completion of this operation, the magnetic card 1 is conveyed by the feed roller 10 and discharged from the insertion / discharge port 2.

Next, the processing when a magnetic card is issued will be described.

For the issuance of a magnetic card to a new customer, during the operation described above, the print head 5 prints the print data created on the basis of the sales information by the print head 5 and the bar code print unit 14. Bar code printing is performed by the print head 5.

[0018]

As described above, the magnetic card processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with the scanner for reading the barcode, so that the barcode previously printed on the magnetic card can be read. As a result, even if the magnetic recording data on the magnetic card is destroyed, the card can not be updated conventionally, but it can be reissued based on the customer management information stored in the host device. Along with
By storing the customer information in the host device, there is an effect that the customer management can be performed with a small amount of magnetic recording data on the magnetic card.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a magnetic card processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a magnetic card used in the magnetic card processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration including card information processing in a conventional card processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Magnetic card 2 Insertion / ejection port 3, 30 Magnetic head 4, 31 Magnetic card reader / writer unit 5 Print head 6 Erasing head 7 Scanner 8 Standby position 9, 28, 35 Card position detection sensor 10 Feed roller 11, 22 Control unit 12 , 21 Host device 13 Information recording and printing unit 14 Barcode printing unit 23 I / F unit 24 Erase unit 25 Magnetic reader / writer / thermal printing unit 26 Heater 27 Heater driving unit 29 Magnetic reader / writer unit control unit 32 Thermal head 33 Print head driving Part 34 motor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A magnetic card process comprising: a magnetic reader / writer unit for reading and writing magnetic data of a magnetic card received from an insertion slot; and a print / erase head for printing / erasing necessary information in the magnetic card on the card. In the device,
A scanner that reads a barcode recorded on the magnetic card, and a collation unit that collates customer information stored in a higher-level device with magnetic data of the magnetic card based on the barcode information. Magnetic card processing device. 2. The magnetic card processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when issuing the magnetic card, a bar code for customer management can be simultaneously printed together with magnetic data. 3. A magnetic card used in the magnetic card processing device according to claim 2, wherein an information rewrite section made of a thermoreversible recording material and capable of additionally writing magnetic data is provided on the same surface of the magnetic card. A barcode printing portion made of a reversible thermosensitive material and capable of printing barcodes.