JPS62281166A - Recording medium and its identification device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To identify plural information even with lots of different formats by reading plural information and format information relating to the plural information from a recording medium synchronously with a synchronizing signal and identifying the plural information in response to the format information. CONSTITUTION:A data recorded on a gift coupon is detected by a detection sensor 14-1 provided to a carrying path 14, a detection signal is converted into a data information signal by a detection sensor input circuit 17 and inputted to a microcomputer 19 while being amplified. A control program applying the carrying control, read of the data of the gift coupon, discrimination of the data and transmission/reception of the data with an external device is stored in a ROM 20 built in the microcomputer 19 and the decision processing of the data corresponding to the format by the number of kinds of the format codes. For example, since the gift coupon stores the format of the gift coupon information and an identification device identifies the data information according to the format, one set of identification device identifies lots of kinds of gift coupons.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a recording medium and an identification device thereof, and more particularly to an identification device for identifying type information of gift certificates, gift certificates, etc. that include a recording medium.

[Prior Art] Generally, gift certificates that are identified by an identification device are
It has an information recording medium that records data signals such as ticket issue category 1 product category, number of products, amount 7 issue year, etc., and a synchronization signal for reading the data signals in synchronization.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a conventional gift certificate.

In FIG. 6, 1 is a gift certificate, and 2 is a synchronization signal band made up of a magnetic recording medium on which a synchronization signal is recorded. Synchronization signals (strobe signals) are recorded at predetermined intervals along the synchronization signal band 2.

3 is a data signal band composed of a magnetic recording medium for recording gift certificate information.

787F7+, ÷a! *? An example of the structure of the data signal is shown below.

In FIG. 7, a 1-bit data signal of, for example, "1" or "0" is recorded in data signal band 3 in response to a customer strobe signal, and is coded such as ticket issue category, product category, number of products, amount, and year of issue. The received gift certificate information is composed of 4 bits as one data. These data (data 1 to data n) are arranged in a predetermined order, and the identification device reads this data to identify gift certificates.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in conventional gift certificates of this type, if the above-mentioned arrangement of data or the number of bits of the data were changed, the identification device would read abnormal code contents. There was a drawback that it was difficult to change the data structure of the gift certificate. Another disadvantage is that if the surface of the gift certificate is printed with magnetic ink or the like, changing the design will cause the magnetic ink to wrap around the 6N recording medium, making it difficult to change the design.

Therefore, there is a problem in that when the data structure of a gift certificate is changed, an identifier is required to distinguish between the gift certificate before the change and the gift certificate after the change.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The purpose of the present invention is to solve these problems and provide a recording medium and an identification device for the same, which are capable of identifying gift certificates even if there are differences or changes in the information content, such as the order of the information or the number of digits in the code. Our goal is to provide the following.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention has an area for storing a synchronization signal, an area for storing a plurality of information, and a plurality of format information regarding the plurality of information. A recording medium is provided with an area for storing information in association with the information, a means for extracting a synchronization signal from the recording medium, a means for reading an information code in synchronization with the extracted synchronization signal, and a means for reading an information code in synchronization with the extracted synchronization signal. The present invention is characterized in that the identification device includes means for reading format information and means for identifying a plurality of pieces of information read according to the read format information.

[Effect].

The present invention reads a plurality of pieces of information and format information related to the plural pieces of information from a recording medium in synchronization with a synchronization signal, and identifies the plurality of pieces of information according to this format information. Information can be identified.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a first recording format of a gift certificate in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, predetermined format codes such as the data structure of the gift certificate information, the recording code order, the number of data, etc. are recorded in the storage area 4 as 4-bit information. When the format code is "0001", the storage area 5 stores, for example, data 1 as ticketing classification information, data 2 as product classification, data 3 as number of products, and data 4 as amount information (thousands, hundreds, children). n+1 pieces of gift certificate information (n is a predetermined integer) are recorded in the data signal band 3 in the order of year of issue (numerical information in the digit) and data 7.

Next, FIG. 2 shows the data format when the format code is "0002'".

In Figure 2, storage area 4 has a format code °
'0002' is stored, and then the data is stored in storage area 5.
Ticketing classification information and data as 1 and number of products as 2
Numerical information for the 0th digit, data 2' corresponds to the numeric information for the 1st digit of the product number, data 5 to 7 correspond to n+1 pieces of information such as the 10,000 digit, child digit, and 100th digit. Code information is recorded in data signal band 3.

The way the data is arranged is different from Figure 1, the format code,
Data 1. Data・2. Data 2', Data 5
．． Data・6. Data 7, Data 3. Data・4.
n+1 pieces of data are recorded on the recording medium in the order of data 5...data n-1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance of the embodiment of the present invention.

The gift certificate shown in FIG. 1 or FIG.
The gift certificate is inserted through the gift certificate insertion slot 11 provided in 00.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a discriminator in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 4, 100 is a transport mechanism that transports gift certificates, and 200 is a control section that controls the transport mechanism 100.

The gift certificate inserted into the insertion slot 11 is conveyed through the conveyance path 14 in the direction of arrow A by the conveyance motor 13.

A detection sensor 14-1 provided in the conveyance path 14 detects data recorded on the gift certificate, and converts the detection signal into a data information signal. A detection sensor input circuit 17 converts the detection signal into a data information signal. The data information signal is amplified by the amplifier circuit 8 and inputted to the microcomputer 19 .

The microcomputer 19 has read only memory (RO
M) 20 is built in, and the read-only memory ROM is used to control transportation, read gift certificate data, judge data,
Contains control programs that send and receive data to and from external devices.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a control procedure in an embodiment of the present invention.

Note that three types of gift certificate formats are shown.

In FIG. 5, when a gift certificate is inserted into the insertion slot 11, the sensor 14-1 reads the data signal of the gift certificate in synchronization with the strobe signal recorded on the gift certificate (steps S-1 to 5-2). ). If there is no gift certificate inserted, there will be a wait for human assistance. In step S3, the format code “
1", and the format code in the data arrangement order shown in Figure 1. If it is "1", check whether the gift certificate can be accepted, such as the authenticity of the data after the format code in the specified order. After performing the determination process, this control procedure ends.

If the format code is not "°1", it is determined in step S5 whether the format code is "°2".

When the format is the format code "2" in the data arrangement order shown in FIG. 2, the process advances to step S6, where the data of the gift certificate after the format code is determined, and this control procedure ends.

If the format code is not .degree.2", it is determined in step S7 whether the format code is "3".

When the format code is "3'', the data of the gift certificate of format "3" (not shown) is determined in step S8, and the present control procedure is ended.

When the format code is 0.3'' and not 1, the inserted gift certificate is determined to be false, the gift certificate is returned in step S9, and this control procedure is ended.

In this embodiment, the control procedure is shown when there are 3 types of format codes + 7), but it goes without saying that when there are more than 3 types of format codes, it is sufficient to provide as many judgment processes for data corresponding to the format as there are types of format codes. stomach. Further, when adding or changing the format code, only the read-only memory (ROM) 20 that stores the control program needs to be replaced.

Furthermore, although the magnetic recording medium has been described in this embodiment, it goes without saying that an optical recording medium may also be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the gift certificate stores the format of the gift certificate information, and the identification device identifies the data information according to the format, so that the data format of the gift certificate can be changed. In addition, it is possible to identify two or more types of gift certificates, old and new, and various types of gift certificates having the same recording medium with one recognition device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams showing an example of a data format in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of the external appearance of a discriminator in an embodiment of the present invention. '. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a gift certificate identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control procedure in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an example of the configuration of a gift certificate in a conventional example. Explanatory diagram: FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the structure of gift certificate information in a conventional example. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Gift certificate, 2... Synchronization signal band, 3... Data signal band, 4... Storage area, 5... Storage area, 11... Gift insertion slot, 13... Transportation Motor, 14... Conveyance path, 14-1... Detection sensor, 19... Microcomputer, 20... ROM. 21... Conveyance motor drive circuit, ioo... Conveyance mechanism, 200... Control unit.岑城≦口月ズ珀1 broiled Shiirali IZ″F1・1 Prode°−
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) An area for storing a synchronization signal, an area for storing a plurality of pieces of information, and an area for storing format information regarding the plurality of pieces of information in association with the plurality of pieces of information. Characteristic recording media. 2) Extracting the synchronization signal from a recording medium comprising an area for storing a synchronization signal, an area for storing a plurality of pieces of information, and an area for storing format information regarding the plurality of pieces of information in association with the plurality of pieces of information. means for reading the information code in synchronization with the extracted synchronization signal; means for reading the format information in synchronization with the synchronization signal; and means for reading the information code in synchronization with the extracted synchronization signal; An identification device characterized by comprising: means for identifying information of.