WO2016170824A1

WO2016170824A1 - Card processing device

Info

Publication number: WO2016170824A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/054133
Authority: WO
Inventors: 雅之石井
Original assignee: 日立オムロンターミナルソリューションズ株式会社
Priority date: 2015-04-20
Filing date: 2016-02-12
Publication date: 2016-10-27
Also published as: KR101949630B1; CN107004143A; JP6208920B2; JPWO2016170824A1; KR20170086569A; CN107004143B

Abstract

[Problem] To downsize a card processing device while achieving constraints in processing a card. [Solution] This card processing device comprises: two pairs of rollers which convey a card; a first shutter provided near a card insertion slot; a second shutter provided at a further inner side of the card processing device than the first shutter; a solenoid which opens/closes the first shutter and the second shutter via a solenoid lever; a first lever which is in contact with the first shutter to operate the first shutter in accordance with movement of the solenoid lever; and a second lever which is in contact with the second shutter to operate the second shutter in accordance with movement of the solenoid lever. When a card is inserted, a voltage is applied to the solenoid to move a solenoid cover in a direction opposite to the card insertion slot, thereby providing a card processing state where the first shutter is in a closed state by being pushed by the first lever and the second shutter is in an open state by being pushed by the second lever.

Description

Card processing device

The present invention relates to a card processing apparatus and is preferably applied to a card processing apparatus having a shutter structure.

In a card processing apparatus that handles magnetic cards, IC cards, and the like, a shutter for permitting or prohibiting insertion of a card is disposed at a card insertion slot of the card processing apparatus. The shutter of the card processing device also has a function of preventing another card or a foreign object from being inserted from the card insertion slot while processing the card in the card processing device.

The card inserted from the card insertion slot is transported by a plurality of rollers provided in the card processing device. In order to keep the conveyance speed of a card conveyed by a plurality of rollers constant, the distance between the rollers is set to a distance slightly smaller than the total card length (about 86 mm). Further, due to the restrictions on the configuration of the card processing device, the total length of the card processing device excluding the shutter mechanism needs to be nearly twice or more than the total length of the card.

JP 2009-183307 A

Usually, it is common to configure a card processing device so as to shorten the processing time for processing a card. However, there are certain restrictions on the conveyance speed and conveyance position when the card is conveyed, and there are also restrictions on the positional relationship between the card reading position and the shutter in order to prevent foreign matter from being inserted during card processing. Therefore, it may be difficult to simplify or downsize the configuration of the card processing device.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a card processing device capable of reducing the size of the card processing device while realizing restrictions during card processing.

In order to solve this problem, in the present invention, two pairs of rollers for transporting a card, a first shutter provided near the card insertion slot, and an inner side of the card processing device from the first shutter. The second shutter, the solenoid that opens and closes the first shutter and the second shutter via a solenoid lever, and the first shutter are brought into contact with the first shutter, and the solenoid is moved according to the movement of the solenoid lever. A first lever that operates the first shutter; and a second lever that is in contact with the second shutter and operates the second shutter in accordance with the movement of the solenoid lever; When the card is not inserted, the first shutter is in the open state and the second shutter is in the closed state. In this case, a voltage is applied to the solenoid, the solenoid lever moves in the opposite direction to the card insertion slot, the first lever is pushed by the first lever, and the first shutter is closed. A card processing device is provided, wherein the card processing state is set such that the second shutter is opened by being pushed by the second lever.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the size of the card processing device while realizing restrictions during card processing.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the card processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state transition of the shutter in the card processing apparatus concerning the embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state transition of the shutter in the card processing apparatus concerning the embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Outline of the present embodiment The card processing apparatus includes a plurality of rollers for transporting a card. The distance between the plurality of rollers is set to a distance slightly smaller than the total length of the card (about 86 mm), the card conveyance speed by the plurality of rollers is kept constant, and the card is normally read / written. The shutter mechanism is disposed in front of the plurality of rollers (card insertion slot). Due to the restrictions on the configuration of these card processing devices, the total length of the card processing device excluding the shutter mechanism needs to be nearly twice or more than the total length of the card.

In general, the card processing apparatus is configured so as to shorten the processing time for processing the card, but there are certain restrictions on the transport speed and transport position when the card is transported. For example, when performing read processing in the card return direction, there is a restriction that the card is transported from the back of the card processing device in the card processing device toward the card insertion slot and the rear end of the card reaches the magnetic head. Provided. This is a restriction that when returning a card, the front end of the card should not come into contact with the closed shutter and stop or the card transport speed should not change abruptly.

Furthermore, in order to prevent foreign objects from being inserted during card processing, there are restrictions on the positional relationship between the card reading position and the shutter. For example, when processing an IC card, with the IC card pressed down on the IC contact, the next card or foreign object is inserted from the card insertion slot and the IC card being processed moves, preventing the IC card processing. It is necessary to prevent this. For this reason, it is necessary that the rear end of the IC card is inside the shutter while the IC card is pressing the IC contact.

Thus, it is required to simplify the management of the entire card processing apparatus by simplifying or downsizing the configuration of the card processing apparatus while realizing the above constraints.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, two pairs of card transport rollers are arranged and two shutters are arranged, and card insertion in a state where no card is inserted by the second shutter (state without a card) is restricted. In the state where the card is inserted by the first shutter (during card processing), insertion of the next card or foreign object is restricted.

Specifically, the magnetic head is disposed between two pairs of rollers, and two shutters are disposed in front of one roller. Also, the two shutters can be operated in conjunction with one actuator such as a solenoid. In addition, in a state of waiting for card insertion when no card is inserted, the first shutter is configured to freely move in the opening direction by movement in the card insertion direction. At this time, the second shutter is closed and the movement in the opening direction is restricted, thereby preventing the card from being inserted. As described above, the card processing function can be exhibited while miniaturizing the card processing apparatus by effectively arranging the two card transport rollers, the magnetic head, and the two shutters.

(2) Configuration of Card Processing Device FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a card processing device 2 according to the present embodiment. A side view of the card processing device 2 is shown at the top of the drawing, and each transaction is shown at the bottom of the drawing. Indicates the position in the card transport direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, the card 1 is inserted from the card insertion slot 3 of the card processing device 2. When the inserted card 1 passes over the magnetic stripe detection head 4 through the card transport path 30, the magnetic data signal of the card 1 is detected. Further, the position of the card 1 is detected by using the width sensor 10 and

card sensors

31, 32 and 33 constituted by a photo sensor or the like.

Card 1 is transported by two pairs of rollers,

card transport rollers

6a and 6b. The inter-axis distance L between the

card transport rollers

6a and 6b is set to be slightly shorter than the total length (about 86 mm) of the card 1. The read / write magnetic head 7 and the IC contact 8 are arranged between the card transport roller 6a and the card transport roller 6b.

A shutter mechanism 5 including a first shutter 9 and a second shutter 16 is disposed in front of the card transport roller 6a. The magnetic stripe detection head 4 is disposed between the first shutter 9 and the second shutter 16. The first shutter 9 and the second shutter 16 can be operated in conjunction with an actuator such as a solenoid 20. A first shutter 9 is disposed near the card insertion slot 3, and a second shutter 16 is disposed on the inner side of the card processing device 2 than the first shutter 9.

Next, the configuration of the shutter mechanism 5 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the shutter mechanism 5 is mainly composed of a first shutter 9 and a second shutter 16, and opens and closes in conjunction with the movement of a solenoid lever 21 operated by a solenoid 20.

The first shutter 9 includes a first shutter projection 9a and a first shutter arm 9c orthogonal to the first shutter projection 9a. The first shutter projection 9a and the first shutter arm 9c are connected to each other. It operates around the first shutter shaft 9b positioned therebetween. Moreover, it has the part (engagement part of a 1st shutter) 9d which the projection part 10c of the width | variety detector 10 engages.

In addition, a width detector 10 and a width detection sensor 11 for detecting the opening / closing width of the first shutter 9 are provided in parallel with the first shutter 9, and the opening / closing of the first shutter 9 is provided below the first shutter 9. A first shutter opening / closing sensor 12 for detecting the above is provided. Further, the width detector 10 includes an inclined portion (a backward inclined portion of the detector) 10a at the rear, an inclined portion (a forward inclined portion of the width detector) 10b at the front, and a protruding portion (the protruding portion of the width detector) at the upper portion. ) 10c.

The width detector 10 is located behind the first shutter 9. When the card 1 is inserted from the card insertion slot 3, the front end of the card 1 comes into contact with the front inclined portion 10b of the width detector 10, the width detector 10 is lowered, and the position of the width detector 10 is lowered downward. Is detected by the width detection sensor 11 to detect whether the card is inserted.

The first shutter arm 9c of the first shutter 9 is biased by the first tension spring 13 so that the first shutter 9 is positioned below. The first shutter arm 9 c is in contact with the first lever 15. The first lever 15 is connected to the protruding portion 21a of the solenoid lever 21 by the third tension spring 14, operates around the first lever shaft 15a, and presses the first shutter arm 9c.

Normally, as shown in FIG. 2, the first shutter 9 is in a shutter open state in which the card 1 from the card transport path 30 is inserted while being lowered downward. Then, the solenoid 20 moves the solenoid lever 21 in the direction of the arrow (the direction opposite to the card insertion slot 3) by the solenoid 20, and the first lever 15 connected to the protrusion 21a of the solenoid lever 21 by the third tension spring 14 is the first. The first lever 15 is rotated clockwise around the first lever shaft 15a, and the upper portion of the first lever 15 is inclined in the direction of the first shutter arm 9c. As a result, the first shutter arm 9c that is in contact with the first lever 15 is pushed, and the first shutter 9 moves upward and the shutter is closed.

The second shutter 16 includes a second shutter projection 16a and a second shutter arm 16c orthogonal to the second shutter projection 16a, and the second shutter projection 16a and the second shutter arm 16c are connected to each other. It operates around the second shutter shaft 16b positioned therebetween. In addition, a projection (second shutter projection) 16 d that abuts on the projection 21 c of the solenoid lever 21 is provided. A second shutter opening / closing sensor 17 that detects opening / closing of the second shutter 16 is provided below the second shutter 16.

The second shutter arm 16c of the second shutter 16 is urged by the second tension spring 18 so that the shutter 16 is positioned upward. The second shutter arm 16 c is in contact with the second lever 19. The second lever 19 abuts on the protrusion 21b of the solenoid lever 21, operates around the second lever shaft 19a, and presses the second shutter arm 16c.

In a normal state, the second shutter 16 is in the shutter closed state when it is raised upward as shown in FIG. In addition, since the protrusion 16d of the second shutter 16 is in contact with the protrusion 21c of the solenoid lever 21, the second shutter 16 does not move in the shutter opening direction by an external force. Then, the solenoid 20 moves the solenoid lever 21 in the direction of the arrow (the direction opposite to the card insertion slot 3) by the solenoid 20, and the second lever 19 in contact with the projection 21b of the solenoid lever 21 moves the second lever shaft 19a. By rotating clockwise about the center, the upper part of the second lever 19 is inclined in the direction of the second shutter arm 16c. As a result, the second shutter arm 16c that is in contact with the second lever 19 is pushed, and the second shutter 16 moves downward to enter the shutter open state.

(3) Operation of Shutter Mechanism Next, details of the operation of the shutter mechanism 5 of the card processing apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

The shutter mechanism 5 operates in a “card insertion standby state” in which no card is inserted into the card insertion slot 3, and in a state in which a card is inserted from the card insertion slot 3 and card processing is being executed. It is roughly divided into “processing state”.

In the card insertion standby state, no voltage is applied to the solenoid 20, and the first shutter and the second shutter 16 are in the state shown in FIG. That is, the first shutter 9 is in a shutter open state in which the card 1 from the card transport path 30 is inserted in a state where the first shutter 9 is lowered downward.

Since the first shutter 9 is not locked by a stopper or the like, the first shutter arm 9c is pulled by the first tension spring 13 to be in an open state regardless of whether or not the card 1 is inserted. . Further, the second shutter 16 is pulled by the second tension spring 18 and is in the shutter closed state when it is raised upward. Since the protrusion 16d of the second shutter 16 is in contact with the protrusion 21c of the solenoid lever 21, the second shutter 16 does not move in the shutter opening direction due to external force.

In the card insertion standby state, the first shutter open / close sensor 12 checks that the first shutter is open, and the second shutter open / close sensor 17 closes the second shutter. Is checked. Thereby, it is possible to confirm whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the shutter mechanism 5 in the card insertion standby state. Note that the abnormality determination of the shutter mechanism 5 in the card insertion standby state may be checked only with either the first shutter opening / closing sensor 12 or the second shutter opening / closing sensor 17.

When the card 1 is inserted from the card insertion slot 3 and the width detector 10 detects that the card 1 is inserted, a voltage is applied to the solenoid 20 and the solenoid lever 21 is moved in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Moves to the card processing state of FIG.

When the card 1 is inserted to enter the card processing state, the solenoid lever 21 moves in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2, and the third tension spring 14 connected to the protrusion 21a of the solenoid lever 21 Pull the lever 15. The first lever 15 pulled by the third tension spring 14 rotates clockwise around the first lever shaft 15a, and the first shutter 9 is in the shutter closed state.

Since the first shutter 9 is not locked by a stopper or the like, the first shutter 9 opens even when a force greater than the third tension spring 14 is applied even when the shutter is closed. Therefore, while the card 1 is inserted into the card insertion slot 3 and the card passes through the upper part of the first shutter 9, the shutter is in the open state, and after the card passes through the upper part of the first shutter 9. The shutter is closed.

In addition, when a voltage is applied to the solenoid 20 and the solenoid lever 21 moves in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2, the second shutter 16 has the second lever 19 in contact with the protrusion 21 b of the solenoid lever 21 in the second shutter 16. The second shutter 16 enters the shutter open state by rotating clockwise around the second lever shaft 19a.

In the card processing state, the first shutter opening / closing sensor 12 checks that the first shutter 9 is closed, and the second shutter opening / closing sensor 17 opens the second shutter 16. The status is checked. Thereby, it can be confirmed whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the shutter mechanism 5 in the card processing state. Note that the abnormality determination of the shutter mechanism 5 in the card processing state may be checked only by either the first shutter opening / closing sensor 12 or the second shutter opening / closing sensor 17.

During the card processing, the second shutter 16 is kept open. This is to prevent a reading error from occurring when the magnetic data is read while transporting the card 1 from the rear to the front. Specifically, when the card 1 is transported from the rear to the front, the end on the near side of the card 1 as viewed from the insertion slot 3 passes through the position of the second shutter 16 and moves toward the insertion slot 3. At this time, since the second shutter 16 is held in the open state, the front end of the card 1 comes into contact with the second shutter 16 to change the conveyance speed, thereby preventing the occurrence of a reading error.

During the card return operation after the card reading operation, the card 1 is transported to the card insertion slot 3. A state in which no voltage is applied to the solenoid 20 when it is detected that the end on the back side of the card 1 transported in the direction of the card insertion port 3 as viewed from the card insertion port 3 has passed the card sensor 32 of FIG. The solenoid lever 21 moves in the direction of the arrow in FIG. That is, the card insertion standby state shown in FIG.

At this time, when the card 1 is on the second shutter 16, the shutter 16 is urged to the lower surface of the card 1 by the second tension spring 18. Thereafter, when the rear end of the card 1 viewed from the card insertion slot 3 passes through the second shutter 16, the second shutter 16 is moved in the closing direction by the second tension spring 18. Then, the protrusion 16d of the second shutter 16 comes into contact with the protrusion 21c of the solenoid lever 21, so that the second shutter 16 is not moved in the shutter opening direction by an external force.

(4) Effects of the present embodiment As described above, in the present embodiment, the card processing device 2 is provided in the vicinity of the card insertion rollers 3 and the two pairs of

card transport rollers

6a and 6b that transport the card 1. The first shutter 9, the second shutter 16 provided on the inner side of the card processing device with respect to the first shutter 9, the first shutter 9 and the second shutter 16 are connected via a solenoid lever 21. The first and

second solenoids

20 and 9 are in contact with the first shutter 9, and the first lever 15 and the second shutter 16 are operated in accordance with the movement of the solenoid lever 21. And a second lever 19 that operates the second shutter 16 in response to the movement of the solenoid lever 21, and in the card insertion standby state in which no card is inserted, In the card processing state in which the shutter 9 is opened and the second shutter 16 is closed and the card is inserted, a voltage is applied to the solenoid 20 so that the solenoid lever 21 is connected to the card insertion slot 3. Moving in the opposite direction, the first shutter 15 is pushed and the first shutter 9 is closed, and the second lever 19 is pushed and the second shutter 16 is opened.

Thus, by arranging the two card transport rollers and the two shutters so as to surely perform the card processing function, the total length of the processing apparatus can be shortened and the cost of the entire processing apparatus can be reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card 2 Card processing apparatus 3 Card insertion slot 4 Magnetic stripe detection head 5

Shutter mechanism

6a, 6b Card conveyance roller 7 Read / write magnetic head 8 Contact 9 1st shutter 9a 1st shutter projection part 9b 1st shutter Shaft 9c First shutter arm 9d First shutter engaging part 10 Width detector 10a Width detector rearwardly inclined part 10b Width detector forward inclined part 10c Width detector protrusion 11 Width detector sensor 12 First Shutter opening / closing sensor 13 first tension spring 14 third tension spring 15 first lever 15a first lever shaft 16 second shutter 16a second shutter protrusion 16b second shutter shaft 16c second shutter Arm 16d Second shutter protrusion 17 Second shutter open / close sensor 18 Second tension spring 19 Second lever 19a Second lever shaft 20 Solenoid 21

Solenoid lever

21a, 21b, 21c Solenoid lever protrusion 30

Card transport path

31, 32, 33 Card sensor

Claims

Two pairs of rollers to carry the card;
A first shutter provided near the card insertion slot;
A second shutter provided on the inner side of the card processing device than the first shutter;
A solenoid that opens and closes the first shutter and the second shutter via a solenoid lever;
A first lever that is in contact with the first shutter and that operates the first shutter in response to movement of the solenoid lever;
A second lever that is in contact with the second shutter and operates the second shutter according to the movement of the solenoid lever;
With
When the card is not inserted, the first shutter is in an open state, and the second shutter is in a closed state, and a card insertion standby state is set.
When the card is inserted, a voltage is applied to the solenoid, the solenoid lever moves in a direction opposite to the card insertion slot, and the first shutter is closed by being pushed by the first lever. And a card processing state in which the second shutter is opened by being pushed by the second lever.
A card processing device.
The first shutter includes a first shutter protrusion and a first shutter arm orthogonal to the first shutter protrusion, and is between the first shutter protrusion and the first shutter arm. Opening and closing operation about the first shutter shaft located at
The second shutter includes a second shutter protrusion and a second shutter arm orthogonal to the second shutter protrusion, and is between the second shutter protrusion and the second shutter arm. The card processing device according to claim 1, wherein the card processing device performs an opening / closing operation around a second shutter shaft positioned at the center.
The first shutter arm of the first shutter is urged by a first tension spring so that the first shutter is positioned downward, and the first shutter arm abuts on the first lever. And
The second shutter arm of the second shutter is biased by a second tension spring so that the second shutter is positioned upward, and the second shutter arm contacts the second lever. Being
The card processing device according to claim 2, wherein:
When a voltage is applied to the solenoid and a voltage is applied to the solenoid, and the solenoid lever moves in a direction opposite to the card insertion slot,
The first lever presses the first shutter arm to close the first shutter;
The card processing device according to claim 3, wherein the second lever presses the second shutter arm to open the second shutter.
When the card is returned to the card insertion slot after completion of the card processing of the card, if the card passes the second shutter, no voltage is applied to the solenoid, and the solenoid lever moves toward the card insertion slot. The first shutter is in an open state and the second shutter is in a closed state to switch to a card insertion standby state, and the closed state of the second shutter is maintained and the state is opened by an external force. The card processing device according to claim 1, wherein:
A first opening / closing sensor for detecting opening / closing of the first shutter;
A second opening / closing sensor for detecting opening / closing of the second shutter;
A width detection sensor for detecting insertion of a card by an opening / closing width of the first shutter;
The card processing device according to claim 1, comprising:
The card processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the width detection sensor detects that the card has been inserted into a card insertion slot, a voltage is applied to the solenoid.