JPH1091745A - Card encoding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evade such a case where several cards that seem normal to the human eyes are continuously stored as error tickets by correcting a lower level of decision reference value of the encoding information when a print confirmation means confirms occurrence of a print error. SOLUTION: A print confirmation part 6 compares the data value read out of a card with the reference value and then interrupts the encoding processing to display the read data on a display 14 together with a message 'Is the normal print confirmed?' when a print error is decided. If an operator selects 'Yes' when the normal print is confirmed to the human eyes despite occurrence of the print error, a main CPU corrects a lower level of the reference value. On the other hand, a higher level of the reference value is corrected when no print error is decided through the comparison carried out between the data value read out of the card and the reference value.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a card encoding device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional card encoding device receives information about encoding from a host computer and automatically prints magnetic information encoding, an issue number, and the like on a plurality of new highway card tickets stored in a hopper. It is a device performed in.

[0003] Verify check of magnetic encoding, C
The print is checked by the CD line sensor, and if an error is determined, the error is automatically stored in the error ticket storage box.

When a transport error occurs, the motors are stopped and an error screen is displayed. The types of encoding include new creation, re-creation, and rewriting (re-writing). New creation and re-creation are processes for encoding and printing an unencoded new ticket. Rewriting is a process of re-encoding and printing the same information on the encoded card.

[0005]

However, in the case of the above-described conventional card encoding device, the print density is checked by the CCD line sensor. However, depending on the type of the card, even a card that is normally printed is recognized as an error. Resulting in. This is because the degree of irregular reflection of light applied to the card differs depending on the card medium. For this reason, a situation arises in which a number of normal cards are successively stored as error tickets in human eyes.

If a transport error occurs, a message is displayed on the screen unconditionally as an error, and after the card is removed by the attendant, this card is reissued as an error ticket.
At present it is discarded.

However, for a card having a transport error that has occurred after the printing process has been completed, both the magnetic processing and the printing process have been completed normally, and although the card is normal, it has been treated as an error ticket. .

That is, whether or not printing has been completed normally is not displayed at all, but only an error is displayed.
This is because it is difficult to judge how to handle the card, but this is wasteful and wasteful of the card.

Further, when performing a rewrite, information of a card to be reissued is inputted by a key input for a required number of sheets, and the hopper carries out the issuance processing by inserting the original cards in that order. After printing with erroneous information, it is recognized as an error only when compared with the magnetic information of the card in the print check.

In this case, the card must be discarded as an error ticket, so that the card is wasted. That is, the rewrite function for saving the card has not exhibited an effective effect.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and avoids a situation in which a number of cards that are normal for the human eye are continuously stored as an error ticket, and issuance of a card at the time of issuance. Provided is a card encoding device that can reduce waste and improve economic efficiency and further effectively function a rewrite function.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided a printing means for printing encoding information on a card, a storage means for storing a criterion value of encoding information to be printed on a card in a plurality of steps, Reads the encoded information printed on the card, compares the printed state of the encoded information with the judgment reference value stored in the storage means, and confirms normality of printing and occurrence of an error. When an error is detected,
A print control for lowering the judgment reference value of the encode information and revising the judgment reference value of the encode information upward when the print state of a fixed number of cards is normally confirmed after the printing of the encode information on the card is resumed. Means.

According to the present invention, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a plurality of cards that are normal to the human eye are successively stored as error tickets by the appropriate downward correction and upward correction of the judgment reference value. Card issuing efficiency can be improved.

According to the present invention, in a card encoding apparatus that encodes encoding information on a card and issues the card, the degree of various abnormalities of the card to be issued and processed can be determined based on a reusable abnormality and a non-reusable abnormality. It is characterized by comprising abnormality analysis means for analyzing, and display means for displaying a reusable abnormality to be analyzed by the abnormality analysis means and a coping method corresponding to each non-reusable abnormality.

According to the present invention, a reusable abnormality,
Since a countermeasure corresponding to each non-reusable abnormality is displayed, it is possible to eliminate the waste of discarding a card with a reusable abnormality.

Further, the present invention relates to a card encoding device for printing and printing print data on a card on which magnetically encoded data is written, wherein the input means for inputting print data and the reading means for reading magnetically encoded data of the card. Determining means for determining the consistency between the print data from the input means and the magnetically encoded data read by the reading means; and when the determination means determines that the print data and the magnetically encoded data are compatible, the card Printing means for printing the print data on the card, and means for prompting a correction process of the print data for the card when the inconsistency between the print data and the magnetic encoding data is determined by the determination means. Features.

According to the present invention, the consistency between the input print data and the magnetic encoded data is ensured, so that the rewrite function is effectively operated, and the issuance of an error ticket is greatly reduced, and the normal card issuance efficiency is improved. Can be increased.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a card encoding apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This card encoding device includes a ROM and an R
A main CPU 1 having an AM for performing overall control, and a ROM
And a transmission CPU 2 having a RAM for controlling communication of data with the compiling device 25 via the transmission control unit 8, and a shared memory 3a, 3b having a RAM for storing various data;
, A sub-CPU 4 having a ROM and a RAM, and a printing unit 5 for performing printing on a card
A print confirmation unit 6 for confirming the printing of the card, an error ticket storage unit 7 for storing an error ticket, a hopper unit 9 and a hopper extraction unit 10.

The card encoding device includes a bar code reading section 11 for reading a bar code, a magnetic processing section 12 for performing magnetic processing on a card, a keyboard 13 for inputting various characters and data, and a keyboard for inputting various characters and data. A display 14 for displaying, and a status display lamp 1 using, for example, LEDs for displaying the processing status of the card encoding device.
5, a buzzer 16, an elevator 17, an electronic counter 18, an electromagnetic counter 19, a memory card I / F (interface) unit 20, a turntable unit 21,
A power supply unit 22 and a journal printer 27 are provided.

Next, a print check process of a card in the card encoding device will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the shared memory 2b, "bit out", "print density, unevenness", "character inclination, deviation",
“Character size” is stored, and each element is 0 to 7
It is assumed that the rank can be set to a total of eight levels.

When the print check process starts (step S1), the print confirmation unit 6 compares the data read from the card with a reference value and determines whether or not a print error has occurred (step S2).

If there is a printing error, the encoding process is interrupted (step S3) and the display 1
4 displays the data read from the card,
A message "Is the printing performed normally?" Is displayed (step S4).

That is, when the read data value is less than the reference value, it is considered that a printing error has occurred, and the processing of the encoding device is interrupted to wait for a judgment by human eyes. If the read data satisfies the reference value, the processing of the encoder is continued.

Here, the operator inputs "yes" or "no" from the keyboard 13 (step S5). In this case, if it is determined that a printing error has occurred but printing is normally performed by human eyes, the operator selects “Yes”. If it is determined that an error has occurred, "No" is selected.

If "Yes" is input by the operator in step S5 (step S6), a downward correction process of the reference value, which will be described in detail later, is performed under the control of the main CPU 1 (step S7).

Next, the encoding process for the card is restarted under the control of the main CPU 1 (step S8). If the operator inputs "No" in step S5 (step S6), the main CPU 1
The encoding process for the card is immediately restarted under the control (step S8).

If it is determined in step S2 that there is no printing error, a correction process is performed on a reference value, which will be described in detail later (step S9).

With the above, the print check processing is completed.

Next, the process of correcting the reference value downward in step S7 will be described with reference to FIG.

The print confirmation section 6 compares the data read from the card with a reference value as shown in FIG. 5 to determine whether or not a "bit out" error has occurred (step S1).
1).

When a bit-out error occurs, the value of the reference value in that case is set to "-1", that is, the reference value is corrected downward (step S12), and the process proceeds to step S13. At this time, the value of the bit out counter (X1) provided in the electronic counter 18 is updated.

Next, in the case where no "bit out" error has occurred, and in the case where the reference value of the bit out has been corrected downward by "-1", the print check section 6 determines whether or not an "print density, unevenness" error has occurred. A determination is made (step S13).

If an error "print density, unevenness" occurs,
In this case, the value of the reference value is set to "-1", that is, the reference value is corrected downward (step S14), and the process proceeds to step S15. At this time, the print density and the value of the unevenness counter (X2) provided in the electronic counter 18 are updated.

Next, when no "print density and unevenness" error has occurred and when the reference values of the print density and unevenness have been corrected downward by "-1", the print confirming unit 6 sets the "character inclination, shift".
It is determined whether an error has occurred (step S15).

If a character inclination or displacement error occurs, the value of the reference value in that case is set to "-1", that is, the reference value is corrected downward (step S16), and step S16 is performed.
Move to 17. At this time, the values of the character inclination and the displacement counter (X3) provided in the electronic counter 18 are updated.

Next, when no "character tilt, shift" error has occurred and when the reference value of the character tilt and shift has been corrected downward by "-1", the print confirmation section 6 determines whether a "character size" error has occurred. Is determined (step S17). And
When a character size error occurs, the value of the reference value in that case is set to “−1”. That is, the reference value is corrected downward (step S18). At this time, the value of the character size counter (X4) provided in the electronic counter 18 is updated.

In this way, it is checked which element of the read data value is in error, and the reference value of the corresponding element is set to 1
The rank is dropped and corrected (even when an error occurs in a plurality of elements, the reference value of the corresponding element is corrected downward).

Next, the upward correction of the reference value in step S9 will be described with reference to FIG. In this reference value upward correction processing, when the above-described reference value is downwardly corrected, a certain number of sheets (X:
When the print check processing is performed in the range of “reference value <read data value”, the reference value of the element is corrected by one rank. Note that the upward correction of the reference value is up to the standard reference value (for example, 4 of the values 0 to 7 shown in FIG. 5).

In the upward correction process of the reference value, first, each of the counters (X1 to X4) is incremented (step S21).

Next, the print confirmation unit 6 compares whether or not the read data value of the bit break from the card is equal to the value of the bit break counter (X1) (step S2).
2) If they are equal, it is determined that the reference value of the bit break is weak, and the reference value in that case is incremented by "+1", that is, the reference value is corrected upward (step S23), and the process proceeds to step S24. At this time, the value of the bit out counter (X1) is updated.

Next, when the read data value of the print density and the unevenness are not equal to the values of the print density and the unevenness counter (X2), and when the reference value is corrected upward, the print confirmation unit 6 outputs the data from the card. It is determined whether the read data value is equal to the value of the print density and the value of the unevenness counter X2 (step S24). If they are equal, it is determined that the reference values of the print density and unevenness are low, and the reference value in that case is determined. "+1", that is, the reference value is corrected upward (step S25), and the process proceeds to step S26. At this time, the print density and the unevenness counter (X
The value of 2) is updated.

Next, it is compared whether or not the read data value of the character inclination and the displacement is equal to the value of the character inclination and the displacement counter (X3) (step S26). Is determined to be weak, the reference value in that case is incremented by "+1", that is, the reference value is corrected upward (step S27), and the process proceeds to step S28. At this time, the values of the character inclination and deviation counter (X3) are updated.

Next, it is compared whether the read data value of the character size is equal to the value of the character size counter (X4) (step S28). If they are equal, it is determined that the reference value of the character size is weak. And the reference value in that case is "+
1 ", that is, the reference value is corrected upward (step S2
7) The process proceeds to step S28. At this time, the value of the character size counter (X4) is updated.

According to the above-described processing, the image is normally printed when confirmed by human eyes. However, when a printing error is determined by the printing check of the encoding device, the reference value is corrected stepwise and downward for each error element. By doing so, a card printed at the same level in the next print check is also determined to be a normally printed card, and the number of error tickets decreases.

The reference value corrected downward is corrected upward when a certain number of sheets are printed normally, whereby
It is also possible to prevent a state where the reference value is corrected downward.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, an outline of a card (prepaid card) issuing process will be described. Hopper 31 shown in FIG.
(Corresponding to the hopper 9 in FIG. 1) A new card that is not encoded is set.

Next, data necessary for the card to be created is input from the keyboard 13 shown in FIG. When the input is completed normally, the process proceeds to the encoding process. The card ejected from the hopper 31 is transported on a transport path 33 and encoded by a write (write) head 32. Thereafter, the card printed by the print head 34 and determined to be in error is stored in the error reject box 36 by the sorting gate 35. If no error,
It is stored in the storage box 37.

Next, the overall processing flow of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

A new card which has not been encoded is set in the hopper 31 of FIG. 6 and the state after data necessary for the card to be created is inputted from the keyboard 13 will be described.

When the input has been completed normally, it is determined whether or not the issuance of the designated number of sheets has been completed (step 31). If the issuance has not been completed, the process proceeds to a card (prepaid card) issuance process (step 32). A check is performed to determine whether or not an error has occurred during the reading process (step 33).

In this case, if it is not a transport error, that is, if a bar code error has occurred (step 33), a writing error has occurred (step 34), or a printing error has occurred (step 35) and the jam after printing is not (step 39). Then, the card is regarded as non-reusable, the display example shown in FIG. 9 is displayed (step 42), and an instruction is given to put the card into the error reject storage 36. Thereafter, when the confirmation button is pressed (step 43), the process returns to the prepaid card issuing process (step 32).

If there is a transport error, the card is regarded as having no abnormality, and a display example shown in FIG. 8 is displayed to reuse the card (step 37), and an instruction is given to put the card at the top of the hopper 31. . Thereafter, when the confirmation button is pressed (step 38), the process returns to the prepaid card issuing process (step 32).

If no abnormality is detected in step 33, it is checked whether a write error has occurred, that is, whether an error has occurred during magnetic reading or writing (step 34). If no writing error has occurred, it is checked whether or not an error has occurred during the printing process (step 35). If there is an error during the printing process, it is determined whether or not the jam is after printing (step 39).
If the jam is after printing (transport error), the display shown in FIG. 10 is performed (step 40). Then, when the confirmation button is pressed (step 41), the process returns to the prepaid card issuing process (step 32).

If no other error other than the above-mentioned errors has occurred (step 36), the process returns to the prepaid card issuance processing (step 32).

For the occurrence of other errors (for example, a power supply trouble), if the card does not need to be removed and the processing can be resumed, the display example of FIG. 11 is displayed (step 37), and thereafter, When the confirmation button is pressed (step 38), the process is restarted.

As described above, when it is necessary to remove a card, if the card to be removed is not encoded, the display example shown in FIG.
When the confirmation button is pressed, the process returns to the card issuing process.

If the card to be removed is after encoding and before printing, the display example of FIG. 9 is displayed, an instruction is given to put the card into the error reject storage 36, and when the confirmation button is pressed, the card issuing process is started. Return. Further, if the card to be removed has been printed, the display example of FIG. 9 is displayed, and an instruction is given to put the card in the storage box 37. When the confirmation lead is suppressed, the process returns to the card issuing process.

When the scheduled number of sheets has been created (step 31), the card encoding process is terminated.

The input of various processes as described above is shown in FIG.
8 to 1 are performed by using the keyboard 13 shown in FIG.
The display shown in 1 is performed on the display 14.

According to the second embodiment, the operator who operates the automatic card encoding apparatus operates in accordance with the display on the display 14, so that the management of the number of cards and the reuse of the cards can be performed reliably. That is, it is possible to discriminate what can be reused depending on the degree of the abnormality, so that waste can be reduced.

Further, after the printing process, the card 14 which is regarded as an error due to an error such as a jam is displayed on the display 14 indicating that the card can be used as it is, so that it is not necessary to perform the issuing process again.

(Embodiment 3) Next, with reference to FIG. 13, a description will be given of a process of rewriting a card according to Embodiment 3. In the third embodiment, the following description is made on the assumption that the card encoding device shown in the figure is used.

The rewriting process is a method of performing reprinting (rewriting) by matching encoded data (serial number or the like) of a manually input defective card with already written magnetic data. Note that the conditions for performing the rewrite process are intended for a card on which magnetic data writing has been completed normally and a printing failure.

The rewriting method according to the third embodiment is as follows.

First, a defective printing card is visually determined (step 51).

Then, the encoded data (serial number etc.)
Is manually input from the keyboard 13 (step 52).

Next, the card is ejected from the hopper 9 of the elevator 17 (step 53), transported, and magnetic data is read by the magnetic processing unit 12 (step 5).
4). If the read magnetic data is not present or abnormal (step 55), an error message is displayed on the display 14 and the card is conveyed to the hopper for the error ticket, that is, the error ticket storage unit 7 (step 56). 53
Return to

If the read magnetic data is normal (step 55), the read magnetic data is compared with the input encoded data (step 57). And
If the two data match (step 58), the print processing unit 6
Transfer the card to

If they do not match (step 62),
The data contents are displayed on the screen of the display 14, and the input data is corrected (step 63) or terminated (step 6).
5) That is, rewrite cancellation (card unit) is selected. If the data is corrected (step 63), the encoded data is re-input (step 64), and comparison with the magnetic read data is performed again (step 57).

Next, the printing section 5 is operated by the printing process (step 58) to print on the card. If the printing is normal (step 59), the card is transported to the storage box on the turntable unit 21. If an error occurs during a series of printing processes (No at Step 60), the card is stored in the error ticket storage unit 7 (Step 5).
6).

In this way, the above processing is repeated until the number of rewrites is completed (step 61).

As described above, according to the third embodiment, by comparing input data and magnetic data,
The conventional rewriting due to input error data is eliminated.
That is, the reliability of rewriting can be improved.

[0076]

According to the present invention, the normal card issuing efficiency can be improved, the waste of discarding a card with a reusable abnormality can be eliminated, and the rewriting function can be effectively performed. , A card encoding device capable of improving its reliability can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a card encoding device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a print check process of the card encoding device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating downward correction processing of the card encoding device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating upward correction processing of the card encoding device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of a reference value of the card encoding device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card encoding device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of the card encoding device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a processing message of the card encoding device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a processing message of the card encoding device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a processing message of the card encoding device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a processing message of the card encoding device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a part of a card encoding device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing of the card encoding device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main CPU 3b Shared memory 5 Printing part 6 Printing confirmation part 7 Error ticket storage part 9 Hopper part 12 Magnetic processing part 13 Keyboard 14 Display 18 Electronic counter 31 Hopper 32 Write head 33 Transport path 36 Error reject storage 37 Storage box

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A printing means for printing encoding information on a card, a storage means for storing a criterion value of encoding information to be printed on a card in a plurality of stages, and a storage means for storing encoding information printed on the card. Reading a print check means for comparing the print state in the encoded information with a judgment reference value stored in the storage means to check for the occurrence of a print error; and And a printing control means for correcting the judgment reference value downward. 2. A printing means for printing encoding information on a card, a storage means for storing a judgment reference value of encoding information to be printed on a card in a plurality of stages, and a storage means for storing encoding information printed on the card. The print state in the encoded information is compared with the judgment reference value stored in the storage means. The print confirmation means confirms the normality of the print and the occurrence of an error. When the print error means confirms the occurrence of a print error. In addition, the judgment reference value of the encoding information is corrected downward, and after the printing of the encoding information on the card is resumed, when the normality of the printing state of a fixed number of cards is confirmed, the judgment reference value of the encoding information is corrected upward. A card encoding device, comprising: control means; 3. A printing means for printing encoding information on a card, a storage means for storing a criterion value of encoding information to be printed on the card in a plurality of stages, and a storage means for storing the encoding information printed on the card. Reading The print state in the encoded information is compared with the judgment reference value for each element stored in the storage means, the print confirmation means for confirming the normality of the print and the occurrence of an error, and the occurrence of a print error is confirmed by the print confirmation means. Then, the judgment reference value for each element of the encoding information is corrected downward for each element, and after the printing of the encoding information on the card is resumed, the normality of the printing state of a certain number of cards is confirmed. Print control means for upwardly correcting the judgment reference value for each element for each step, and a card encoding device comprising: Place. 4. A card encoding apparatus for encoding and issuing encoding information to a card, comprising: an abnormality analyzing means for analyzing the degree of various abnormalities for the card to be issued and processed; and an abnormality analyzing means for analyzing the degree of abnormality analyzed by the abnormality analyzing means. And a display means for displaying a corresponding coping method. 5. A card encoding apparatus that encodes encoding information on a card and issues the card, and analyzes the degree of various abnormalities for the card to be issued and reusable and non-reusable. A card encoding device, comprising: means for displaying reusable abnormalities analyzed by the abnormality analyzing means, and a countermeasure corresponding to each of the non-reusable abnormalities. 6. A card encoding device that encodes encoding information on a card and performs issuance processing, wherein a non-reusable abnormality such as a reusable abnormality such as a transport abnormality or a writing abnormality or a reading abnormality for the card to be processed is determined. Abnormality analysis means for analyzing the degree of various abnormalities of the above, a reusable abnormality analyzed by the abnormality analysis means, a coping method for encouraging reuse according to the non-reusable abnormality, and a coping method indicating reusability And a display unit for displaying the following. 7. A card encoding device for printing and printing print data on a card on which magnetic encoded data is written, input means for inputting print data, reading means for reading magnetic encoded data of the card, and input means Determination means for determining the consistency between the print data from the printer and the magnetically encoded data read by the reading means; and when the determination means determines the consistency between the print data and the magnetically encoded data, the printing on the card is performed. A card encoding device, comprising: printing means for printing data. 8. A card encoding device for printing and printing print data on a card on which magnetic encoded data is written, input means for inputting print data, reading means for reading magnetic encoded data of the card, and input means Determination means for determining the consistency between the print data from the printer and the magnetically encoded data read by the reading means; and when the determination means determines the consistency between the print data and the magnetically encoded data, the printing on the card is performed. Printing means for printing data; and means for prompting correction processing of the print data for the card when the inconsistency between the print data and the magnetically encoded data is determined by the determination means. Card encoding device. 9. A card encoding device for printing and printing print data on a card on which magnetic encoded data has been written, an input unit for inputting print data, a reading unit for reading magnetic encoded data of the card, and the reading unit Means for judging whether the magnetic encoded data read by the means is normal or abnormal, and judging the consistency between the print data from the input means and the magnetic encoded data read by the reading means; and When the consistency with the encoded data is determined, a printing unit that prints the print data on the card, and when the inconsistency between the print data and the normal magnetic encoded data is determined by the determining unit, Means for prompting correction processing of the print data for the card; A discarding unit for discarding a card whose encoded data has been determined to be abnormal;