JPS61253591A - Card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid such an inconvenient case where a proper card is misjudged as in improper card due to the difference of devices caused by the variance produced between devices, by deciding a proper card as long as the length of a deciding mark measured from a single end of the card or the length from the other end of the card is set within the allowable value. CONSTITUTION:A deciding mark 13 is drilled to a card 10 at a place excepting the center of the card and different from a magnetic stripe 11 on a track 12 parallel to the card shift direction. A mark reader 22 consisting of a photoelectric sensor is set at the middle part of a route of a card shift mechanism. The reader 23 reads the position of the mark 13 from the end part of the card 10. The lengths l1 and l2 of the first and second halves of the mark 13 are different from each other. Thus a proper card 10 is decided as long as either one of both values corresponding to the lengths l1 and l2 is set within the allowable value.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Field of the Invention This invention is applicable to, for example, telephone cards used in public telephones, cash cards used in banks and post offices,
Alternatively, the present invention relates to a card processing device for determining whether or not a card such as a credit card used by a credit card company is a proper card when the card is inserted into an automatic transaction device corresponding to the card handled.

(B) Background of the Invention As the use of cards that record magnetic information or cards that have value has become more widespread, cards for various purposes have been issued. First, it is determined whether the card is a specified card used exclusively for the device, thereby preventing the import of cards that are not handled.

As a means of determining the above-mentioned specific card, a mark such as a perforation or a magnetic substance is attached to the specified position of the card, and the length from the edge of the card to the position of the above-mentioned mark is measured, and this measured length is By comparing and determining the length with a preset reference length, it is possible to determine whether or not the card is an appropriate card.

Further, the above-mentioned mechanism for measuring the length of the card to the mark position can be configured by a transport mechanism that transports the card and a sensor that reads the end of the card and the mark.

Furthermore, if the transfer mechanism described above is a mechanism in which the transfer belt is driven by a stepping motor, the feed length of the transfer belt is determined according to the pulse applied to the stepping motor, so the sensor described above By counting the number of applied pulses while detecting the mark, a count value corresponding to the measurement length can be obtained.

In addition, if the above-mentioned transfer mechanism is a mechanism in which the transfer belt is driven by an AC motor or a DC motor, a slit disk may be provided on the motor shaft to generate pulses, or a pulse generator may be used to generate pulses. By generating pulses, the length of the transfer belt is determined in accordance with the generated pulses, so by counting the number of pulses generated while the sensor described above detects the mark from the card edge, it is possible to determine the length of the conveyor belt corresponding to the measured length. Count values can be obtained.

However, in any of the above cases, due to variations in the thickness of the transfer belt and the diameter of the rollers that drive this transfer belt, in multiple devices, the length of feed per pulse on the outer periphery of the transfer belt, that is, on the card transfer surface. This causes the inconvenience that even if the card is a valid card, it may be determined to be an invalid card by a certain device.

(c) Purpose of the invention This invention provides that either the length from one end of the card to the judgment mark or the length from the judgment mark to the other end of the card is within a preset allowable length. An object of the present invention is to provide a card processing device that does not judge a valid card as an invalid card.

(D) Summary of the Invention This invention provides a judgment mark on a track set on a card, except for the center position of the card, and extends from one end of the card to the judgment mark and from this judgment mark to the card. A card processing device that determines a card as a proper card when either one of the first value and second value corresponding to the respective lengths to the other end is within a preset tolerance value. characterized by something.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to this invention, since the judgment mark is attached to the card except for the center position, the length of the judgment mark from one end of the card and the length from the other end of the card are different. Therefore, if a value corresponding to one of the lengths is found in the allowable value, and the card is judged to be a valid card, the judgment tolerance can be expanded. This can prevent the inconvenience of determining a valid card as an invalid card, and if a card is determined to be invalid because the value corresponding to either length is not within the allowable value,
Accurate judgment of specific cards is possible.

(f) Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawings show a card processing device, and FIG. 1 shows a card 10 used in this processing device, and the card 10 has a magnetic stripe 11 coated with a magnetic material formed on a set track parallel to the card transport direction. However, necessary card data is magnetically recorded on this magnetic stripe 11.

Further, on the above-mentioned card 10, a judgment mark 13 is formed on a track 12 parallel to the transport direction of the card 10 at a position different from the magnetic stripe 11, and this judgment mark 13 pierces the card 10. Furthermore, the perforation positions are formed except for the central position of the card 10, and in this embodiment, the length from one end of the card 10 to the mark 13, and the length from the other end of the card 10 to the mark 13. is set to have a ratio of 2:1.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show a card processing device, in which side plates 15, 15111 form a transport width for the card 10, and a transport mechanism for the card 1o is constructed between them.

That is, the transfer belt 18 is stretched between the upper pair of rollers 16 and 17, and the lower pair of rollers 16 and 17 are stretched between the upper pair of rollers 16 and 17. -La 19,2
A transfer belt 21 is also stretched between the 0 and 0 rollers, and a pulse motor 22 capable of forward and reverse rotation is connected to the 0 and 17 to form a card transfer mechanism.

A mark reader 23 composed of a photoelectric sensor is provided at a position corresponding to the track 12 on the transport surface of the card 10 in the intermediate portion of the path of the above-mentioned transport mechanism. From judgment mark 13
Read the position of.

Further, on the above-mentioned card transfer surface, a magnetic head 24 and a pressing roller 25 are provided oppositely at a position corresponding to the magnetic stripe 11, and the magnetic head 24 copies the card data on the magnetic stripe 11.

A card insertion guide plate 26 is attached to the entrance side of the above-mentioned card transfer mechanism to form a card insertion slot 27, and a position slightly inside the card insertion slot 27 and the above-mentioned 0-ra 17.20. First and second card detectors 28 and 29, each consisting of a photoelectric sensor, are arranged at a position slightly in front of the arrangement position.

FIG. 4 shows the control circuit of the card processing device, in which the CPU 30
The CPLJ 30 drives and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 31, and this CPLJ 30 has a built-in timer and counter.

The RAM 32 stores and reads data, and also stores the length jl of the first half of the card from the front end of the card 1o to the judgment mark 13, and the length jl of the front half of the card from the judgment mark 13 to the rear end of the card 1o. The number of pulses of the reference value and its tolerance value corresponding to the length j2 of the rear half of the card are stored in advance, and these values are, for example, the number of pulses 50±5.
．． It is set as 25±5.

Clock pulse generator 33 generates clock pulses,
The mark reader 23, the magnetic head 24, and the first and second card detectors 28, 29 are connected to the CPU 30 via the interface 34, and the upper 11.1Jfl1 machine 35
, the pulse motor 22 is connected to the CPt 130 via an interface 36.

In addition, the above-mentioned upper control 11! ! 35 corresponds to the device main body to which this card processing device is attached.

The card processing operation of the card processing device configured as described above will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the first step 41, when the card 1o is inserted into the card insertion slot 27, in the second step 42, the first card is detected! 28 is card 1
The CPU 30 detects the insertion of 0 and controls the pulse motor 22 to rotate forward in a third step 43 based on this detection signal.

With the normal rotation of the pulse motor 22 mentioned above, the transfer belt 18.2
1 is driven in the direction of taking in the card 1o, and the card 10 is taken into the interior.

In a fourth step 44, the mark reader 23 reads the card 10.
When the tip of C is detected and turned ON, in the fifth step 45, C is turned on.
The PU 30 reads clock pulses from the clock pulse generator 33 and starts counting with a built-in counter.

In the sixth step 46, when the mark reader 23 takes one judgment mark 13 and turns OFF, in the seventh step 47, the CPLJ 30 stops counting the counter and judges the counted value from the tip of the card 10. This value is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 32 as a value corresponding to the length 11 of the first half up to the use mark 13.

In the eighth step 48, the mark reader 23 is turned ON again based on the passing of the judgment mark 13. In the ninth step 49, the CPU 30 starts counting clock pulses by the counter again, and in the tenth step 5o, When the mark reader 23 detects the rear end of the card 10 and turns off, the CPLJ 30 stops counting the counter in an 11th step 51 and transfers the counted value from the position of the judgment mark 13 to the back of the card 1o. It is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 32 as a value corresponding to the length j2 of the latter half up to the end.

At a twelfth step 52, the CPU 30 first reads out the pulse number value corresponding to the length 11 of the first half of the card 10 and a preset reference value for the first half of the card from the RAM 32, and compares the two values.

That is, if the number of pulses in the first half of the card is, for example,
If it is within the range of 50±5, it is determined to be appropriate;
If it is not included, it will be judged as inappropriate.

When it is determined in the thirteenth step 53 that the card is inappropriate, in the fourteenth step 54, the length of the rear half of the card 10 is 12.
The value of the number of pulses corresponding to 1 and the preset reference value for the latter half of the card are read out from the RAM 32, and the two values are compared.

That is, when the number of pulses in the latter half of the card is within the allowable range of 25±5, for example, it is determined to be appropriate, and when it is not, it is determined to be inappropriate.

In addition, in the above-mentioned judgment, since the card 100 judgment mark 13 is formed at a displaced position except for the central position, if the card 10 is originally correct, the card 100 judgment mark 13 is
If either the first half or the second half of 0 is determined to be proper, but the device itself does not handle the card, the lengths of both the front and rear parts are different, so both are judged to be improper.

If it is determined to be appropriate in the fifteenth step 55, or if it is determined to be appropriate in the thirteenth step 53 described above, in the sixteenth step 56, the judgment result is transmitted to the host controller 35, and the magnetic Card data on the magnetic stripe 11 read by the head 24 is also transmitted.

Note that a card that is determined to be inappropriate in both the thirteenth step 53 and the fifteenth step 55 is determined to be a card that cannot be handled by this device.

In the seventeenth step 57, when the card 10 is transferred to the end and the second card detector 29 detects the card 10, the CPU
30 controls the pulse motor 22 in reverse.

With the reversal of the pulse motor 22 mentioned above, the transfer belt 18.2
1 is driven in the return direction, and the card 10 is inserted into the card insertion slot 2.
Transferred to the 7 side.

In the nineteenth step 59, when the first card detector 28 detects the arrival of the card 10, in the twentieth step 60, based on this detection signal, the CPU 30 uses a built-in timer to determine the time required for ejecting the card 10. When the time is up, the pulse motor 22 is controlled to stop in a 21st step 61, and the card 10 is inserted into the card insertion slot 2.
7 and the process ends.

Since the card 10 processed in this way has a judgment mark attached to all but the central position of the card, the lengths pl and p2 of the first half and the second half of this judgment mark are different, and therefore, the lengths of these marks are different. If at least one of the values corresponding to the value is within a preset allowable value, it can be determined that the card is an appropriate card.

In the above-described embodiment, the determination mark 13 is formed by drilling, but the mark may be applied by applying a magnetic material. In this case, the mark reader may be composed of a magnetic head.

In correspondence between the configurations of this invention and the embodiments described above, the transfer means of the invention includes the transfer belt 18.21 of the embodiment.
Similarly, the reading means corresponds to the mark reader 23 and the determining means corresponds to the processing of steps 52 to 55 of the CPU 30, but the present invention is limited to the configuration of the embodiment. It is not something that will be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the card processing device, FIG. 3 is a side view of the card processing device, and FIG. 4 is a diagram of the card processing device. The control circuit diagram and FIG. 5 are flowcharts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card having a judgment mark attached to it except for the center position of the card on a track set parallel to the card transport direction; a transport means for transporting the card; and a card provided in the card transport path of the transport means , a reading means for reading the position of the judgment mark from the edge of the card, and a position calculated based on the reading signal of the reading means, from one end of the card to the judgment mark, and from this judgment mark to the other end of the card. , and determining means for determining a card as a proper card when either value among the first value and the second value corresponding to each length is within a preset tolerance value. Device.