JPS619809A - Magnetic code generator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a device handily and easily to generate various kinds of information code similarly to punching by constituting each magnetic code generating member so that is can write a magnetic code on a magnetic stripe of a magnetic card and arranging a shield plate so that it can be slid or freely moved forward and backward. CONSTITUTION:When a detaining spring 11 is engaged with the first rack tooth 8a, a slide plate 8 is in the state where it is slid most right, and fronts of an lagnetic code generating members 6... are opened. A code is written magnetically on all code generation columns MS1-MS4 of a magnetic card MC, which is inserted into a guide path 3, by the magnetic force action of magnetic code generating members 6..., and for example, the magnetic code indicating ''free'' shown in the first stage of the figure in generated. When the slide plate 8 is slid left to engage the detaining spring 11 with the second rack tooth 8b, three columns MS1-MS3 other than the column MS4 are magnetized to generate the magnetic code indicating ''half fare'' shown in the second stage because a shield plate 10 shields the front of the fourth magnetic code generation column MS4.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to creating a magnetic code (information) on a magnetic card, and in particular, to creating a magnetic code on a magnetic card used in an automatic parking lot management system that completely unmanned the management of people exiting the parking lot. The present invention relates to a magnetic code creation machine suitable for use in various cases. [Conventional technology]

For example, if a company, store, etc. that does not have its own parking lot, such as a tenant store in a supermarket or department store, allows customers to use the shared parking lot of the contracted company for free or at a discount, the customer may While providing parking fee services by handing out service tickets, metal chips, etc. issued based on the contract with the parking lot (management company), or stamping a seal on the parking ticket issued at the time of parking. The parking lot side checks the entry time recorded on the parking ticket when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, as well as the service ticket, metal, chip type, stamp, etc., and then calculates the actual parking fee to the contracted party (tenant store, etc.) Sold on credit to
The arrangement is such that it will be settled at a later date. However, with the above-mentioned method of crediting the parking fee using a service ticket or stamp, the settlement process of calculating the credited parking fee and tabulating it to the contracted customer (tenant store, etc.) is extremely complicated. In addition, since it is necessary to always have an attendant dedicated to credit sales at the exit of a parking lot, there is a problem in that parking lots that use credit sales cannot fully automate charge settlement management. Therefore, the present applicant filed the earlier patent application No. 56-7328.
We have developed an automatic parking lot management device as seen in No. 3 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-189284) to solve the above-mentioned problems. The automatic parking lot management device seen in this application installs a punch machine that punches a code for discounting or free parking on the parking ticket issued at the time of parking at each tenant store. At the exit of the parking lot, an automatic fare settlement machine is installed, which is equipped with a reader that reads the above-mentioned punch and a calculation control unit that allows the customer to store the reading result (receivables). The automatic management device makes it easy to tally accounts receivables on the customer side, eliminates the need for staff dedicated to credit sales at the exit gate, and has the advantage of completely automating parking lot management. . [Problems to be solved by the invention] However, the biggest drawback of the above-mentioned automatic parking lot management device is that
The punch machines installed in each tenant store are extremely expensive. In order to code the customer side code, discount rate, etc. and punch it in the correct position on the parking ticket, a fairly high-precision, high-quality punching machine is required, so it is used in this type of automatic management device. Punch machines are becoming expensive no matter what, and a high percentage of tenant stores prefer stamps, service coupons, or token metals that can be used easily and inexpensively, so they implement the automatic parking lot management device mentioned above. It became an obstacle to doing so.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention was proposed in order to improve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to make it easy and convenient to use in place of expensive punch machines, and to be able to process various information codes in the same way as punches. An object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic code creation machine for a magnetic card that can create a magnetic card.In order to achieve these objects, the present invention includes a card guide means for guiding an inserted magnetic card to a fixed position, and a card guide means for guiding an inserted magnetic card to a fixed position. It consists of a plurality of magnetic code creating members equipped with magnets for creating magnetic codes, and each of these magnetic code creating members is guided by the card guide means and inserted into the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card. , is constructed so that the magnetic force of each of the magnets can be applied and converted into a magnetic code, while a shield plate is provided on the front surface of each of the above-mentioned magnetic code creation members to be able to shield the magnetic force of the magnet on the magnetic stripe. It is arranged so that it can slide or move forward and backward.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The magnetic code creation machine according to the present invention converts the magnetic stripe MS formed on the magnetic card MC as shown in FIG. 2 or 8 into a code like the parking fee map shown in FIG. 6, for example. In Figs. 2 and 8, MSL is a semi-fixed code formed in advance on the magnetic stripe MS, and as shown in the figure, the magnetic card MC is used for parking service carts. In this case, the store-specific code of the tenant store TN, which is the issuer of the card MC, is written in the field of the semi-fixed code MSL. Also, MSl, MS2, MS
3. MS4 is a specific code generation side, and in the case of the code generation machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention, these columns MSI to MS
4 is magnetized and made into a synthetic fiber to create a magnetic cord as shown in FIG. The magnetic code is erased to create a magnetic code as shown in FIG. 6, and both of the above embodiments will be explained below in order. A first embodiment, that is, FIGS. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention,
In each of these columns, on the upper surface of one side of the main body of the making machine, which is generally indicated by the reference numeral 1, a magnetic card MC is placed vertically with the magnetic stripe MS facing forward as shown in Figure 2. A card insertion slot 2 is formed, and a guide passage 3 is connected to the card insertion slot 2 for guiding the inserted magnetic card MC toward a fixed position. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 4 denotes an opening window formed on one side wall of the guide passage 3, through which a magnetic card M is inserted from the inside of the guide passage 3 through the insertion opening 2.
C indicates the surface on which the magnetic stripe MS is formed with this opening window 4.
It is inserted in front of him. Reference numeral 5 denotes a mounting shaft installed within the main body 1, and a total of four excitation type magnetic code creation members 6 are mounted at intervals on this mounting shaft 5. These four magnetic code creation members 6 are composed of left and right excitation pole plates 6N, 6, as detailed in FIG.
Attach a magnet 6M to the sandwich inch between S and both excitation pole plates 6N. The tips 6N1 and 6S1 of the 6S are respectively bent inward so that a strong magnetic field MF is formed between both ends. In addition, each of these magnetic code creation members 6 . In order to be able to act on the specific code generation sides MSI to MS4, each end is attached with its tip facing the opening window 4 of the guide passage 3, and when each specific code generation side MS1 to MS4 is affected by the magnetic field band MF, The magnetic films are each magnetized into a substantially bar shape. Next, reference numeral 7 denotes a guide shaft installed in the main body 1 in parallel with the mounting shaft 5, and one end side (the right end side in the drawing) of the guide shaft projects outside the main body 1. The slide plate, generally indicated by reference numeral 8, has brackets 9a vertically installed at the middle part of the bottom and the bottom of the right end.
, 9b are slidably supported on the guide shaft 7. Reference numeral 10 denotes a shield plate made of rubber, for example, which is vertically disposed on the front bottom side of the slide plate 8, and when the slide plate 8 is slid leftward from the state shown in FIGS. Gradually close the opening window 4 from the right direction,
The magnetic field band MF sequentially shields between the tip of each magnetic code creation member 6 and the guide path 3, specifically the magnetic stripe MS of the inserted magnetic card MC, and the code creation side MS1 ~Make it not as good as MS4. 8a, 3b, 8c, and 3d are rack teeth continuously formed on the side edge of the slide plate 8, and the locking spring 11 attached to the main body 1 side
are engaged with these rack teeth 8a to 8d, and the slide plate 8
Temporarily fasten. A locking spring 11 is attached to the first rack tooth 8a.
The state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in which the slide plate 8 is engaged is the state when the slide plate 8 is slid to the farthest right, and at this time, the front portions of all the magnetic code creation members 6 are opened. is,
Magnetic writing is performed on all the code creation sides MS1 to MS4 of the magnetic card MC inserted into the guide passage 3 by the magnetic force of each magnetic code creation member 6. For example, as shown in FIG. A "free" magnetic code is created as shown in the column below. Further, when the slide plate 8 is slid to the left and the locking spring 11 is engaged with the second rack tooth 8b, the shield plate 10 shields the front surface of the fourth magnetic code generation side MS4. For this reason, for example, as shown in the second row of FIG.
A "half price" magnetic code is created in which the MS3 is magnetized. Similarly, when the locking spring 11 is engaged with the third rack tooth 8C, the first and second code generation side MS1. 1300 yen discount" in which only MS2 is magnetized, and when the locking spring 11 is engaged with the fourth rack tooth 8d, the first For example, a magnetic code of "200 yen discount" is created with only the code creation field MSI being magnetized and the other fields MS2 to MS4 being blank. 12a, 12b, 12. c and 12d are display characters indicating the contents of the magnetic code displayed on the top surface of the slide plate 8,
When the slide plate 8 is set at the 1 free position as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the displayed characters 12 are made up of free characters.
a is displayed on the top display window 13 of the main body 1, and similarly, other characters 12b to 12d are also displayed on the display window 13 according to the sliding state of the slide plate 8, so that the contents of the currently recorded magnetic code can be viewed. You can find out by looking at it. Also, in the figure, 8
h is a slide lever of the slide plate 8. Second Embodiment The second invention according to the present invention has an erasable magnetic code creating member 20 as shown in FIG. 7 in place of the excitation type magnetic code creating member 6 of the first embodiment. ... are mounted on the mounting shaft 5 at equal intervals, and all other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment. The erasable magnetic code creation member 20 used in this example is as follows:
The part of the magnetic stripe MS of the magnetic card MC shown in FIG. A magnetic code is created depending on whether or not it is erased by magnetic force, and if the shield plate 10 shields the front surface of the rightmost (fourth) magnet 22 as shown in FIG. 7, the code shown in FIG. Code creation field M in the rightmost column as shown in
It is possible to create a magnetic code in which the magnetism of S4 is not erased and the other side MS1 to MS3 are erased, and if the slide plate 8 is slid and the shield plate 10 is sequentially moved to the left, the first implementation It is possible to create other different magnetic codes similarly to the example. Incidentally, the magnetic card M on which the code is created according to the present invention
If C is a service ticket for a parking lot as shown in Figures 2 and 8, this code generation machine will be provided at each tenant store, etc., and a service code determined based on the purchase amount etc. will be issued to the visitor. is created on a magnetic card MC using this machine and handed over to the customer.The customer then inserts this card MC into the exit management machine installed at the exit gate when exiting the garage, and the customer receives the card for free or at a certain discount. By paying, you can leave the warehouse. In addition, the parking lot (management company) side can easily calculate parking charges for each customer (tenant store) using the magnetic code of these used magnetic cards MC.

【Effect of the invention】

The magnetic code creation machine for magnetic cards of the present invention is as described above, and a desired magnetic code can be created on a magnetic card simply by sliding the slide plate to an arbitrary position. Issuance of parking lot service tickets as described is convenient for writing codes on parking tickets issued at the time of parking, or for issuing cards for various other services or confirmations. With,
In particular, the desired magnetic code can be created simply by applying the magnetism of the magnet to the corresponding opening of the magnetic stripe, making it extremely easy to operate and anyone can use it, as well as being extremely simple to configure. It is economical and can be manufactured and purchased much more cheaply than conventional punching machines, and its effects are enormous.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view of a code creation machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the code generator shown together with a magnetic card, and FIG. Line cross section, 4th
The figure is a perspective view showing the configuration of the slide plate, Figure 5 is a plan view illustrating the configuration of the excitation type magnetic code creation member and its excitation action, and Figure 6 shows a parking fee service code, which is an example of the magnetic code. The code map shown in Fig. 7 is the second code map of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a plan sectional view showing an enlarged main part of the code creation machine according to the embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a front view of the magnetic card used in this second embodiment. MC......MSI to MS4 on magnetic card...Magnetic code creation column, 1...
...Main body of the creation machine, 2...Card slot,
3...Guide passage, 6...Excitation type magnetic code creation member, 6M...Magnet, 8...
・Slide plate for 1o・old・・shield plate, 20・・
...Erasable magnetic code creation member, 20M...
magnet.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) Consisting of a card guide means for guiding an inserted magnetic card to a fixed position, and a plurality of magnetic code creation members each equipped with a magnet for creating a magnetic code, each of these magnetic code creation members is A magnetic code creation machine characterized in that the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card inserted while being guided by the card guide means is configured to be magnetically coded by applying the magnetic force of each of the magnets. . (2) It consists of a card guide means for guiding the inserted magnetic card to a fixed position, and a plurality of magnetic code creation members each equipped with a magnet for creating a magnetic code, and each of these magnetic code creation members is The magnetic stripe of the magnetic card guided and inserted by the card guide means is configured to be magnetically encoded by the magnetic force of each of the magnets, and the magnetic stripe of each of the magnetic code creation members is A magnetic code making machine characterized in that a shield plate capable of shielding the magnetic force of the magnet against the magnetic stripe is disposed on the front surface so as to be slidable or movable. (3) Each of the magnetic code creation members is an excitation type creation member that magnetizes and codes the corresponding portion of the magnetic stripe by the magnetic force of each magnet. magnetic code making machine. (4) Each of the magnetic code creation members is an erasable creation member that erases the magnetic force of the corresponding portion of the magnetic stripe and codes it.
Magnetic code making machine as described in section.