JPS6215963A - Card processing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain quick maintenance countermeasure to a filed device by providing a storage means rewriting the content into value information changed in use and recording device information of a processing unit. CONSTITUTION:In loading a magnetic card 1 to a card insertion slit 21, it is sensed by a sensor 22,a motor 13 is driven forward to carry the magnetic car 1, a magnetic head 15 reads magnetic information on a magnetic stripe 3 and the result is inputted to a CPU 30. Then the result is sent to a host controller 25 via an interface 28, a new value is calculated depending on, e.g., number of talkings, the magnetic head 15 rewrites the magnetic information on the magnetic stripe 3 in response to the new recording information and an installed station code and the device No. are rewritten. Then if the device is failed, for example, if abnormal information is written on the car 1 or a deviation takes place to the punched position, in which device the failure takes place is discriminated by reading the magnetic stripe on the card and quick maintenance is attained.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Field of the Invention This invention relates to; For example, punching cards such as telephone cards used in public telephones or coupon tickets used in station service, and the value of the information recording part of magnetic stripes. The present invention relates to a card processing device that updates information.

(b) Background of the Invention Conventionally, as the card processing device of the above-mentioned example, for example,
There is an apparatus described in No. 9-197333.

That is, it is a device that changes the value information in the information recording section of a value card such as a telephone card in accordance with the use of the card.

A large number of the above-mentioned card processing devices are installed in various places,
If incorrect information is written due to a malfunction on the device side when exchanging value card information, the card may become unusable.In such a case, which card processing device among the many card processing devices This poses a problem in that it is unclear whether the wrong information was written by the device, and prompt maintenance measures cannot be taken for the malfunctioning device.

(c) Purpose of the Invention This invention records device information such as device number on a card, and when an abnormality occurs in the device, by reading the information recording part of the card, it is possible to determine in which Vt position an abnormality occurs. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a processing device that can determine whether there is an abnormal VT purchase and can quickly take maintenance measures against abnormal VT purchases.

(D) Summary of the Invention The present invention is characterized in that it is a card processing device that is equipped with a recording means that records device information of the processing device as well as converts it into value information that has been changed due to use.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to this invention, since device information such as the device number is recorded in the information recording section of the card by the above-mentioned recording means along with the value information, erroneous information is generated when an abnormality occurs in the device. By reading the recorded information recording portion of the card, it is possible to determine which device is experiencing an abnormality based on the device information.

As a result, it becomes possible to take prompt maintenance measures against the abnormal device 2, which is extremely effective as the number of operating card processing devices increases.

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

The drawing shows a card processing device, and the magnetic card 1 used in this card processing device is J3 in FIG.
A magnetic stripe 3 as a magnetic information recording section is formed on a track separate from the perforation position 2.

The magnetic stripe 3 described above has a plurality of recording blocks 3a, 3
b and 3c, and each of these recording blocks 3a to 3C
The same information is magnetically recorded in each according to a predetermined magnetic encoding format.

That is, from the right side to the left side in FIG. 1, each of the blocks 38 to 3C has timing information a, information start code b, value information C1, information end/start code d, and a code indicating the installation location. For example, information such as installation station code e, information end/start code f, device Nog, and information end code are magnetically recorded.

In this way, each of the plurality of recording blocks 3a, 3b.

The reason why the same information a to h is magnetically recorded on the 3C according to a predetermined magnetic encoding format is that even if the card 1 is scratched etc. and it becomes difficult to read the information in one recording block, it can be recorded in another recording block. This is to make it possible to read the information.

The card processing device 4 for processing the magnetic card 1 constructed in this way is as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

That is, a card transport mechanism described below is disposed between the side plates 5 and 6. That is, the conveyor belt 9 is stretched between the upper pair of rows 57 and 8, and the lower pair of rollers 1
A conveyor belt 12 is stretched between 0.11 mm and a reversibly rotatable motor 13 for conveyance is connected to the roller 8 to form a card conveyance mechanism.

In addition, a pad roller 14 and a magnetic head 15 are disposed opposite to each other on the card transport surface in the intermediate portion of the card transport mechanism formed in this way, and the magnetic head 15 allows
The magnetic stripe 3 of the magnetic card 1 described above is configured to read and write value information and read and write device information.

Furthermore, a drilling solenoid 16, a drilling machine 17, and a drilling table 18 are located slightly to the right of the above-mentioned magnetic head 15 arrangement position in the drawing.
A perforated structure 19 is provided.

Furthermore, a card insertion guide plate 20 is attached to the entrance side next to the card transport Ia mentioned above, and the card insertion slot 21 is
At the same time, a first sensor 22 and a second sensor 22 as card detectors are located slightly inward from the card insertion slot 21 and slightly in front of the rollers 8 and 11, respectively. A sensor 23 is provided.

Each of the first and second sensors 22 and 23 described above is constituted by a photoelectric sensor including, for example, a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

Further, the above-mentioned magnetic head 15 scans the magnetic stripe 3 on the magnetic card 1 and prints each recording block 3a, 3b.
, 3c's value information C1 installed station]-de, device Nαq is read, and each of these pieces of information c, e, and g are updated.

Figure 4 shows the control circuit of the card processing device, CPL13
0 controls the motor 13, magnetic head 15, perforation solenoid 16, and upper control control ta 25 according to the program stored in the ROM 24, and the RAM 26 controls the device N of the device.
Stores necessary data such as O1 installation station code.

In addition, in Fig. 4, each element 13, 15, 16 and CPt
J30 is connected via an interface 27, and the upper control 1!25 (on the main body side) and the CPU 30 are connected via an interface 28.

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

When the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the card insertion hole 21 in the first step 31, the first sensor 22 detects this and turns on in the second step 32, and receives an on signal from the sensor 22. Then, in the third step 33, the motor 13
rotates forward.

When the motor 13 rotates normally, the magnetic card 1 is carried in by the drive of the card transport mechanism shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

Next, in a fourth step 34, the magnetic head 15 reads the magnetic information on the magnetic stripe 3, and transfers this read information to the CPU 3.
Enter 0.

Next, in a fifth step 35, the CPU 30 determines whether or not normal information is recorded in each of the aforementioned recording blocks 3a, 3b, and 3c. collate the information of
Based on this verification, it is determined whether the information is normal or not.

When the CPU 30 determines in the above-mentioned sixth step 36 that the mutual information does not match, in the seventh step 37,
The aforementioned motor 13 is reversed, and the magnetic card 1 is returned on the 3rd day of the eighth step.

On the other hand, when it is determined in the previous sixth step 36 that the mutual information matches, in the next ninth step 39, Cl) U 3
0 sends the magnetic read information already read from the magnetic stripe 3 to the host controller 25 via the interface 28.
Send to.

Next, when the magnetic card 1 carried in as described above reaches the position where the second sensor 23 is installed, the next tenth step 4 is carried out.
0, this second sensor 23 is turned on, and this sensor 2
In the next 11th step 41 after receiving the ON signal from 3,
Motor 13 stops.

The host controller 25, for example a receiver, calculates a new value according to the number of calls used, and in a twelfth step 42 calculates a new value.
The U30 receives the new recorded information (value information) extracted by the upper control In25 via the interface 28.

Next, in a thirteenth step 43, when the motor 13 is rotated in the opposite direction, the magnetic card 1 begins to be conveyed to the left in FIGS. 2 and 3.

Next, in a fourteenth step 44, the CPU 30 calculates the drilling position corresponding to the new value information from the above-mentioned host controller 25.

For example, when card 1 was inserted, card 1 had a value of 2,000 to 3,000 yen, and as shown in Fig. 1, a hole h1 was already punched at the position where the remaining amount was in the 2,000 yen range.
If the new value corresponding to the number of calls is, for example, 1,700 yen, the CPU 30 calculates the drilling position of the hole h2 corresponding to the remaining amount in the 1,000 yen range.

Next, in a fifteenth step 45, the CPU 30 determines whether or not a drilling operation is necessary, and when determining that the above-mentioned hole h2 needs to be drilled, the CPU 30 moves to the next sixteenth step 46.

That is, when the second sensor 23 is turned off in the 16th step 46 due to the conveyance of the magnetic card 1 in the unloading direction, the CPU 30 calculates the position from the card 1 end using its built-in counter in the 17th step 47. By selecting, 31 numbers of drilling position distances are performed.

Next, in an 18th step 48, the motor 13 is stopped, and then, in a 19th step 49, the drilling solenoid 16 is turned on and off depending on the above-mentioned drilling position to drill the hole h2 in the magnetic card 1.
perforate.

Next, in a 20th step 50, the motor 13 is reversed again,
The magnetic cards 1 described above begin to be sequentially conveyed in the unloading direction.

Next, in a twenty-first step 51, the above-mentioned new recorded information (1
, 700 yen>, the magnetic head 15 rewrites the magnetic information on the magnetic stripe 3 to 1,700 yen.

Next, in a twenty-second step 52, the CPU 30 again controls the above-mentioned magnetic head 15 to drive the magnetic head 15.
5, the installed station code and the device Nα are rewritten at a predetermined location on the magnetic stripe 3 shown in FIG.

When the magnetic card 1 is transported in the unloading direction and reaches the first t7 sensor 22 placement position, the first sensor 22 is turned on in the twenty-third step 53, and then in the twenty-fourth step 54, The CPU 30 measures the time necessary for ejecting the card using its built-in timer, and stops the motor 13 in a twenty-fifth step 55 when this timer times up.

Therefore, the magnetic card 1 (see FIG. 1) having new value is taken out from the card insertion slot 21.

In the above-mentioned format, the magnetic stripe 3 of the magnetic card 1 is printed with value information by the above-mentioned magnetic head 15 along with "C! AV!".
Device information of the device that processed the card 1, such as INQ and station code, is recorded.

Therefore, when an abnormality occurs in the device, for example, when abnormal information is written on card 1 or when the punching position is misaligned, the above-mentioned procedure can be performed by reading the magnetic stripe of the card on which the erroneous information has been recorded. Which 5 from the equipment ship or station code
It is possible to determine whether there is an abnormality in the A position,
This makes it possible to quickly take maintenance measures for malfunctioning devices, which is particularly effective when a large number of card processing devices are in operation.

Regarding the correspondence between the structure of the present invention and the above-described embodiments, the card of the present invention corresponds to the magnetic card 1 of the embodiment, and the information recording section corresponds to the magnetic stripe 3, and the recording means corresponds to the magnetic card 1 of the embodiment. Although the present invention corresponds to the magnetic head 15, it is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a magnetic card used in a card processing device, FIG. 2 is a side view without showing the card transport mechanism, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the card transport mechanism. Figure 4 is a control circuit block diagram of the card processing device, and Figure 5 is an O-chart. 1...Magnetic card 3...Magnetic stripe 1
5...Magnetic head Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A card processing device that changes value information in an information recording section according to the use of the card, the card processing device rewriting the value information changed by the use and recording the device information of the processing device. A card processing device equipped with a recording means.