JPH0159625B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a medium such as a passbook with a magnetic stripe,
It relates to a method for accurately aligning the magnetic reading position to a desired position such as a writing position or a printing position.

(Prior technology) Magnetic reading of media such as passbooks with magnetic stripes,
A conventional method used for aligning to a desired position such as a writing position or a printing position will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a conventional alignment operation, and in the same figure, the medium 1 inserted in direction A
When detected by the sensor 2, the medium 1 is clamped and conveyed by a pair of rollers 3a.
When the conveyed medium 1 is detected by the sensor 5, it stops, and the position of the medium in the conveying direction is determined.

Next, the clamp on the medium 1 by the pair of rollers 3a is removed, and the medium 1 is moved by the medium width adjustment member 6.
The medium is aligned in the lateral direction by pressing from above and moving it so as to draw it toward the medium abutting reference surface 7.

Thereafter, the medium 1 is clamped by rollers 3a and 3b, and the medium 1 is sent to the desired position by performing a feeding operation of a fixed number of pulses from the above-mentioned position using a pulse motor or the like (not shown).

In the conventional method described above, when the medium is inserted in an oblique state as shown in 1a, it is detected by the sensor 5, and when the medium 1a that has stopped is brought to the side by the width adjusting member 6, the abutting reference for the medium 1a is determined. Face 7
Since the medium 1a rotates around the corner B nearer to the fulcrum, the sensor 5 detects the medium and the medium deviates from the position where it was stopped.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) Conventionally, when aligning the position of the medium in the transport direction in this way and then performing lateral positioning by adjusting the width of the medium, the rotational movement at the time of adjusting the width of the medium As a result, the position in the conveyance direction was shifted, and when the medium was then conveyed a certain distance, it was not possible to accurately align the medium to the desired position. Therefore, there were drawbacks such as errors occurring in magnetic reading and writing that required precision in the relative position of the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head, and overprinting or skipped printing when printing on bankbooks, etc. .

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention uses means for detecting a medium such as a passbook with a magnetic stripe, means for transporting the medium, and means for aligning the medium to a reference surface to magnetically read the medium, determine the writing position, Alternatively, when aligning the media to a desired position such as a printing position, the inserted medium is first aligned with a horizontal reference plane by a width adjusting means, and then the medium is aligned to the desired position by carrying out a conveyance operation. .

(Function) According to the present invention, as described above, the lateral positioning is performed by width-aligning the medium, and then the positioning in the transport direction is performed. Registration in the transport direction is performed regardless of positional deviation.

(Example) FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure in FIG. 1. FIGS. 4A to 4D are schematic side views showing the operating state in FIG. 3.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 3, and 4 A to D below, in the embodiment of the present invention, a medium such as a passbook with a magnetic stripe is aligned to a desired position such as a magnetic reading position, a writing position, or a printing position. This section explains how to do this.

1 is a medium such as a passbook with a magnetic stripe, and when this is inserted in the C direction and detected by the sensor 2,
The roller 3a clamps the medium 1 as shown in FIG. 4A. Next, a pulse motor (not shown) operates for _n1 pulses, and rollers 4a and 4b shown in FIG. Here, n ₁ pulses are the number of pulses required for the pulse motor to operate and transport the medium 1 from the position of the sensor 2 to the position in front of the sensor 5.

Next, when the medium 1 stops before the sensor 5,
The clamp by the roller 3a is removed, and the medium 1 is pulled while being pressed by the width adjustment member 6 until the side edge of the medium 1 comes into contact with the medium abutting reference surface 7. The state at this time is shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4C, the rollers 3a and 3b are
clamps the medium 1, and at the same time, the pressure on the medium 1 by the width adjusting member 6 is released.

The medium 1 is conveyed by rollers 4a and 4b that operate in conjunction with the pulse motor, and when the medium 1 is detected by the sensor 5 as shown in FIG. By operating _two pulses, the medium 1 is conveyed to a desired position such as a magnetic stripe reading, writing, or printing position by the magnetic head 8, etc., and the magnetic stripe is read, written, or printed.
Processing such as writing and printing is performed. Here, n ₂ pulses are the number of pulses required for the pulse motor to operate and transport the medium 1 from the position of the sensor 5 to the desired position.

If the medium is inserted obliquely as shown in FIG. 1, width adjustment is performed from the position of the medium 1b stopped before the sensor 5. At this time, a rotational movement using one corner D of the medium _1b as a fulcrum occurs, causing a positional shift in the transport direction. Since this is given, the medium can then be conveyed and aligned in the conveying direction by being detected by the sensor 5 like the medium 1c.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the alignment of the medium in the transport direction is performed after the lateral alignment by media width alignment, so the rotational movement during width alignment It is possible to accurately align the medium to a desired position such as a magnetic reading position, a writing position, a printing position, etc., regardless of the deviation in the transport direction of the medium that occurs. This eliminates magnetic reading and writing errors caused by the magnetic head, overprinting on passbooks, etc., and line jump printing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention, showing the alignment operation of a medium such as a passbook, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a conventional alignment operation, and FIG. 3 is the procedure of the operation in FIG. 1. The flowchart shown in FIG. 4A to D is a schematic side view showing the operating state in the procedure of FIG. 1... Medium, 2, 5... Sensor, 3a, 3b, 4
a, 4b...roller, 6...width adjustment member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A medium positioning method for positioning a medium such as a passbook with a magnetic stripe to a predetermined position in both the transport direction and a direction perpendicular to the transport direction, comprising: a medium transport means for transporting the medium; and an insertion or a first medium detection means for detecting a medium to be conveyed; a medium width shifting means for shifting the medium detected by the first medium detection means to a reference position; and a second medium detection means installed at the back of the width adjusting means to detect the medium to be conveyed, and when the medium to be inserted or conveyed is detected by the first medium detection means, the medium conveyance means After conveying the medium a certain distance, the medium is stopped once, the medium is brought to a standard position in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction by the medium width adjustment means, and the medium is conveyed by the second medium detection means. is conveyed until the medium is detected, and further after the medium is detected by the second medium detection means,
A method for positioning a medium, comprising: aligning the medium in the transport direction by transporting the medium a predetermined distance and then stopping the medium.