JPH11272895A - Magnetic information record medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process an information record medium effectively when it is inserted again by continuing prescribed processing when it is inserted into the body of a magnetic information record medium processor and read data coincides with data to be written this time after the prescribed processing is suspended on the way. SOLUTION: When data to be written this time is also entrance data of an A station, which means that the same train ticket is inserted twice and therefore, a door is originally closed and the entrance is rejected (S106 yes, S108 no and S114). However, the second insertion is performed when restoration is made after a trouble takes place in a body, that is, when an operator provided in the body inputs a signal showing that abnormality of the body is solved to a controller by operating the depression, etc., of a reset button and a reinputting button (S108) and the train ticket that is inserted again is regarded as a valid ticket, the door is opened and entrance is allowed after punch and print processing is performed at need. (S110 and S112).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus, and more particularly to a magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing a magnetic information recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a magnetic information recording medium is a ticket such as a commuter pass or the like, in order to prevent a so-called back pass in which a plurality of users enter and exit with one ticket,
It is configured so that the ticket cannot be used continuously.

Further, in the case of a stored fair card (SF card) in which a magnetic information recording medium can be directly inserted into and exited from the main body of an automatic ticket gate, double entry of fees is caused if entry is performed continuously. Since it is impossible to deal with entry and exit, continuous insertion of SF cards is prohibited.

[0004] In order to prohibit the above continuous use, when a ticket or SF card is inserted into the body of the automatic ticket gate, data such as date and time of use and place of use recorded on the ticket or SF card are read. It is compared with the date and time of use, installation location, etc. related to this input, and if they match, entry and exit is prohibited,
In addition, it is configured such that the fee reduction processing is also prohibited.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned conventional magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus is so constructed that it cannot be used continuously in order to prevent a back path, double drawing, etc. When interrupted on the way, for example, when the ticket is interrupted due to a jam in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and after the jam is cleared, if the ticket is re-entered into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, it is determined that continuous use is performed. There was an inconvenience that entry and exit were refused.

In the case where the automatic ticket gate is of a type capable of processing a plurality of tickets at the same time, such as an express ticket and an ordinary ticket, or an alight ticket and an advance ticket, some of the tickets are processed. After that, if all the returned tickets are re-entered, the processed tickets will be used continuously, and the combination of the tickets will be determined to be abnormal and entry and exit will be refused. .

Accordingly, the present invention provides a magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus capable of effectively processing when the processing of the magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus is interrupted and thereafter the magnetic information recording medium is re-inserted. It is intended to be.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus according to the present invention has a data recording medium recorded on an information recording medium inserted in a main body of the magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus. A magnetic information recording medium processing device for reading data, performing arithmetic processing based on the read data and performing predetermined processing, and writing new data resulting from the arithmetic processing into the information recording medium. Processing control means for performing the predetermined processing when the data inputted and read into the main body of the magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus and the data to be written this time do not match, and suspending the predetermined processing when they match. And after the predetermined processing is interrupted halfway, the information recording medium is re-input to the main body of the magnetic information recording medium processing device and the read data and the data to be written this time. It is characterized by having a continuous means to continue its predetermined processing when they match.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the magnetic information medium processing device according to the present invention is an automatic ticket gate.

That is, FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card handler A portion of a main body (hereinafter, referred to as a "main body") of an automatic ticket gate, and shows a ticket (shown in FIG. A transfer path L for a ticket driven by a motor M is provided between an input port 1 for inputting a ticket and a discharge port 2 for returning a ticket to a user.

In the transport path L, an aligning section 3 for adjusting the attitude of the inserted ticket from the input port 1 to the discharge port 2 and a read head H for reading data recorded on the ticket.
1, H1 ', write heads H2, H2' for writing new data obtained by the arithmetic processing, and verify heads H3, H for checking the written data.
3 ', and a punching / printing unit 4 comprising a punching unit for punching a used punch hole in a ticket and a printing unit for printing a predetermined content such as an entry station name on the ticket. The above heads H1 ', H2', H3 '
Is for dealing with a case where a ticket is inserted with its back side up.

In FIG. 1, C is a controller formed mainly of a microcomputer, and is a read head H1, H1 '.
The outputs read by the verifying heads H3 and H3 'are subjected to predetermined processing such as amplification processing and slicing processing to perform F2F.
It is configured to be able to generate a signal to perform arithmetic processing, and to record new data (entrance / exit data) of the arithmetic processing result on the ticket via the write heads H2, H2 '. It is configured.

The controller C not only controls each of the above-mentioned heads, but also controls the drive path of the motor M to control the transport path L, the drive control of the punching / printing unit 4, or not shown. It is configured such that the main body a can be controlled comprehensively, such as by opening and closing the door.

Hereinafter, the control operation of the main unit a will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when a ticket (a ticket in FIG. 2) is inserted into the slot 1 of the main body a (Yes at Step 100).
Hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”. ), Read head H1
(Or H1 '. Hereinafter, the description will be made assuming that the ticket has been inserted with its front side up.), And the entry and exit calculation processing is performed (S102). Although omitted in FIG. 2 (a), when it is determined that the ticket is invalid due to expiration or the like in the above-described calculation processing, entry / exit is naturally refused, but here, the ticket is regarded as a valid ticket. explain.

In the arithmetic processing, when new data to be written this time, that is, data for one customer such as date and time of use and place of use coincides with read data on which the arithmetic processing is based, That is, when the read data input to the main body a is the entrance data of the instep station and the data to be written this time is also the entrance data of the instep station, it means that the same ticket is input twice. Therefore, the door is normally closed and entry is refused (S106: Yes, S108: No, S114).

However, the second input is performed after recovery after a trouble has occurred in the main body a, that is, a reset button or a re-input button (not shown) operated by a staff provided in the main body a is pressed. When a signal indicating that the abnormality of the main body a has been eliminated is input to the controller C (S108), the re-entered ticket is regarded as valid, and punching / printing processing is performed as necessary. Later (omitted when the ticket is a commuter pass. Also omitted when already processed at the time of initial insertion), the door is opened and entry is permitted (S110, S
112).

If it is determined that the inserted ticket is not used continuously (No at S106), new data, that is, the entrance data at the station K, is written by the write head H2, and the written data is written. Are checked via the verify head H3.

In the above example, the main body a is used for admission,
At the time of participation, the same processing is performed using the data for participation of one customer.

In the above example, the magnetic information recording medium is a ticket, but the same processing is performed for an SF card. That is, if the reduction processing is performed before the interruption of the main body a, the processing is performed without reduction when reinserting. Also, when the magnetic information recording medium processing device is an automatic payment machine,
The continuous use is stopped, and the processing is also effectively performed when re-input after the interruption.

[0020]

According to the magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus of the present invention, when the data recorded in the information recording medium inserted into the main body of the magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus does not match the data to be written this time, And a processing control means for stopping the predetermined processing when they match, and after the predetermined processing is interrupted halfway, the information recording medium is re-inserted into the main body of the magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus. And the continuation means for continuing the predetermined process when the read data and the data to be written this time match, so that when the magnetic information recording medium is reinserted after the interruption, it can be processed effectively. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card handler portion of an automatic ticket gate when a magnetic information recording medium processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied to the automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input port 2 Discharge port 3 Alignment section 4 Punch / printing section H1, H1 'Read head H2, H2' Write head H3, H3 'Verify head L Transport path C Controller M Motor a Body of automatic ticket gate (Main body of magnetic information recording medium processing device) A Card handler

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for reading data recorded on an information recording medium inserted into a main body of a magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus,
A magnetic information recording medium processing device that performs predetermined processing by performing arithmetic processing based on the read data and writes new data resulting from the arithmetic processing into the information recording medium, wherein the information recording medium is Processing control means for performing the predetermined processing when the data input and read into the main body of the information recording medium processing apparatus and the data to be written this time do not match, and canceling the predetermined processing when they match, After the predetermined processing is interrupted, when the information recording medium is re-input to the main body of the magnetic information recording medium processing apparatus and the read data matches the data to be written this time, the predetermined processing is continued. A magnetic information recording medium processing device, comprising: