JPS6265234A - Magnetic memory card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enter previously information to be selected and to decrease the number of times of key operation by using one surface of a card as a fixed information surface and the other surface as a selective information surface and positioning information positions on the top and reverse surfaces so that they do not overlap with one another. CONSTITUTION:Select information such as a card name 3, district names 4 to be selected, markers 5, and an insertion-direction array 6 is printed on the top surface 1a of the magnetic memory card 1 with magnetic ink. On the reverse surface 1b, on the other hand, magnetic information 6 as fixed information is printed with magnetic ink without overlapping with the information on the top surface 1a. Then, the card 1 is taken out of a stock to mark a marker 5 corresponding to, for example, 'Hokuriku districts' and inserted into a magnetic reader, and then the 17-digit magnetic information 6 and 1-digit marker 5 are read, so that the tour reservation image plane of the 'Hokuriku districts' appear on a CRT immediately. Thus, the number of times of key operation is decreased.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Production JllQ Sendanri 1Chuichi The present invention relates to magnetic memory cards.

Obedience! ub1 For example, so-called striped cards such as bank cash cards are often used as magnetic memory cards.
Such striped cards can only store fixed information written in advance using a dedicated device, so information selected by the card user cannot be stored later.

Furthermore, in terminal operations such as the Captain System, which has recently been put into practical use, magnetic memory cards are used in which information is stored using magnetic ink on non-magnetic media such as paper, plastic, and metal. For example, reservations for domestic travel are made using the Captain System terminal device as follows.

First, take out the magnetic memory card for domestic travel reservations from the card stock. On one side of this magnetic memory card, visual information is printed in non-magnetic ink as required, and on the other side there is information indicating that this card is a card that calls the domestic travel reservation system. Printed with magnetic ink. The removed card is inserted into a magnetic reader using a magnetic sensor such as a semiconductor magnetoresistive element or a Hall element of the terminal device, and the above information is read. The domestic travel reservation system operates based on this read information, and instructions to select which region the reservation is for by key operation on the terminal device are displayed on the CRT of the terminal device. Press the key to select the region for reservation.

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In this way, in conventional magnetic memory cards, the fixed information written in advance is information on major items, and the information below medium items is selected by operating the keys on the terminal device based on instructions displayed on the CRT. Therefore, there are disadvantages in that the number of key operations required by the user increases, the key operations are troublesome, and the possibility of erroneous key operations increases. Further, depending on the user, the types of information to be selected from middle items and below may be limited. In such a case, with conventional magnetic memory cards, there is a problem in that the same key operations must be performed to select the same information every time the system is called up, which is a cumbersome operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned current situation, and an object thereof is to provide a magnetic memory card in which information to be selected can be written in advance and the number of key operations can be reduced.

One of the features of semiconductor magnetoresistive elements, Hall elements, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "magnetoresistive elements") used in magnetic reading devices for the eye is that they have good spacing characteristics. That is, when reading magnetic information, the magnetoresistive element has a property of accurately reading the magnetic information configured on the medium even if the magnetoresistive element and the information medium are a little apart. In other words, the magnetoresistive element has the function of being able to read magnetic information configured on both the front and back sides of a sheet-like medium from either the front or back side.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the properties of such a magnetoresistive element, and in order to achieve the above object, the magnetic memory card of the present invention is a non-magnetic medium on one side of which is written in advance. The magnetic information surface, the other surface is a selective magnetic information surface, and the location where the selective magnetic information is written on the other surface overlaps with the position of the fixed magnetic information written on the one surface through the medium. It is characterized by the fact that it is a position where it cannot be used.

! −Direct−■ An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an embodiment of a magnetic memory card according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a rear view thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a magnetic memory card made of a thin plastic plate, which is used to make reservations for the aforementioned domestic travel using a system similar to the Captain System. On the surface 1a of the card 1, the following required visual or optical information is printed with non-magnetic ink. That is, a card name 3 for visually identifying that this card is used for domestic travel reservations, a name 4 of the region to be selected, a marker 5 provided corresponding to each region name 4, and an arrow 6 indicating the insertion direction of the car and 1 into the magnetic reading device.

Predetermined magnetic information 6 is stored on the back side 1b of the card 1. Magnetic information 6 is fixed magnetic information for specifying that this card 1 is for domestic travel reservations on the Captain System, and is a 17-digit, 15-line dot pattern printed with magnetic ink. . The magnetic clock pulse information CP printed near the center of the magnetic information 8 is provided one for each row of the magnetic information 6.

Further, an interval 7 corresponding to one digit is provided between the first digit and the second digit of the magnetic information 6, and the dot pattern of the magnetic information is not printed in this interval 7. and,
Each marker 5 on the front surface 1a is a second marker when viewed from the back surface 1b side.
It is printed at the position of the circle 5' indicated by the broken line in the figure, in other words, within the interval 7. In this case, each marker 5 and the printed magnetic information 6 are printed so as not to overlap each other.

When making a reservation for a domestic trip using the magnetic memory card 1 having such a configuration, the card 1 is first removed from the card stock. The fact that this card 1 is a card for domestic travel reservations has already been stored as fixed information by the magnetic information 6 as described above, so it is possible to select the region for which the reservation is made from among the region names 4 printed on the front surface 1a. , and mark the marker 5 corresponding to the region using a magnetic transfer card or a magnetic pencil. In the example shown in FIG. 1, in order to make a reservation for the Hokuriku region, the marker in front of "Hokuriku" among the markers 5 is marked. If there are many reservations for the Hokuriku region, a card marked as such may be prepared in advance and used every time a reservation is made for the Hokuriku region.

The thus marked card 1 is inserted into a magnetic reader of a terminal device in the direction of arrow 6, and the magnetic information is read. The magnetic reader is provided with 18-digit magnetic sensors made of magnetoresistive elements, and these are arranged on the side corresponding to either the front surface 1a or the back surface 1b of the card 1. As the card 1 and the magnetoresistive element move relative to each other, magnetic information recorded on the card 1 is sequentially read for each row. In this case, the magnetoresistive element is the card 1
However, as mentioned above, the magnetoresistive element reads the magnetic information on both sides (front side 1a and back side 1b) of the card 1, which is a paper medium. be able to. Therefore, the 17-digit magnetic information 6 written on the back side 1b and the 1-digit selective magnetic information written by the mark of the marker 5 on the front side 1a can be read as 18-digit magnetic information by such a magnetoresistive element. information that they would like to make a reservation for a trip to the Hokuriku region is immediately sent to the system. Therefore, the CRT of the terminal device immediately becomes a screen for making travel reservations in the Hokuriku region without any complicated key operations.

In the above-described embodiment, the card 1 is made of plastic, but the material of the card is not limited thereto, and may be any non-magnetic material such as paper or metal. Furthermore, the respective magnetic information configured on both sides of the card may be magnetized or non-magnetized.

Main period! Bow 1 [As is clear from the above description, the magnetic memory card of the present invention provides the following effects.

(1) Since the information to be selected can be entered in advance, the number of complicated key operations to select necessary information is reduced.

(2) Magnetic information is written on both sides of the card, but
Since reading can be performed from one side, a conventional magnetic reader can be used without the need for a special reader.

As described above, according to the magnetic memory card of the present invention, it becomes possible to easily and inexpensively perform control inputs for information devices, electrical devices, etc., which will become increasingly diverse in the future.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof. 1...Magnetic memory card, 1a...front surface, 1b...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] One side of the non-magnetic medium is a pre-written fixed magnetic information side, the other side is a selective magnetic information side, and the selective magnetic information on the other side is written on one side. A magnetic memory card characterized in that the fixed magnetic information is located at a position that does not overlap with the medium.