JPH063601B2 - Cardboard type automatic front system for hotels - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an improvement of a card key of a card key type automatic front system for a hotel, which opens and closes a lock of a passenger room by using the card key.

[Prior art and its problems]

An outline of a conventional hotel automatic front system will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 12.

As shown in FIG. 7, the accommodation card 1 for guest registration has a handwritten portion 1A in which predetermined items such as an address and a name are written, and a room number, a deposit, a staying date, a staying day, a key number, etc. And a printing unit 1B.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the card key 2 is provided with a magnetic stripe 2A, a guest room number, a deposit, a staying date, a staying date, and the like, and a printing unit 2B. Since the structure of this card key is already known, its explanation is omitted.

FIG. 9 shows a simplified configuration diagram of an automatic front machine. In the figure, 3 is an automatic front machine, and the automatic front machine 3 is an accommodation card insertion slot 31, a card insertion slot 32, a card payout slot 3.
3, coin slot 34, banknote slot 35, amount indicator 36
Etc.

FIG. 10 shows an insertion path of the accommodation card 1 for guest registration. In the drawing, 11 is a forward / reverse unloading mechanism, 12 is a printer, 13 is a paper storage box, and 14 is a control unit.

FIG. 11 shows a payout path of the card key 2. In the drawing, 21 is a card payout machine which stores the card key 2 and pays out cards, 22 is a transport mechanism capable of forward rotation, and 23.
Is a card writer with a printer function for recording / writing on the magnetic stripe 2A of the card key 2.

FIG. 12 shows an insertion path of the card key 2. In the figure, reference numeral 25 is a card reader for recording and reading the magnetic stripe 2A of the card key 2.

The control unit 14 commonly controls each mechanism by a predetermined program.

In this configuration, the operation at the time of check-in is such that the person planning to stay has the accommodation card 1 for accommodation registration
Then, the address, name, age, and occupation are written in the handwritten portion 1A of the card 1, and the card 1 in which predetermined items are written is inserted into the accommodation card insertion opening 31 of the automatic front machine 3. When the card is inserted, a guide is output from the control unit 14 to an operation unit (not shown), and the guest room is selected by looking at this guide,
A fixed accommodation charge is inserted from the bill insertion slot 35. Here, assuming that the accommodation is established, the card 1 is conveyed to the printer 12 by the carry-out mechanism 11, and the printer 12 prints, for example, a guest room number, a date, a receipt amount, a key number, etc. on the card 1 as a copy on the hotel side. The card 1 is stored in the storage box 13. When the guest room to be stayed is determined in this way, one card key of the card dispenser 21 is sent to the card writer with printer function 23 via the transport mechanism 22. In the card writer 23, the magnetic stripe 2 of the card key 2
The key number, the date, the number of stays, the amount of receipt, etc. are recorded in A, and the key number, the date, the number of stays, the amount of receipt, etc. are printed in the printing section 2B of the card key 2. This data is transmitted to the front machine by the well-known transmission method of the hotel vendor system. When a predetermined item is written in the card key 2 in this way, the card key 2 is used for the card payout opening 3
Pay out from three. The guest uses the issued card key 2 to open and close the lock in the guest room.

Next, at the check-out operation, the card key 2 is inserted into the card insertion slot 32 of the automatic front machine 3, the recorded contents of the magnetic stripe 2A of the card key 2 is read by the card reader 25, and the card key 2 is used by the hotel. The settlement is performed, and if there is a shortfall, the amount of the shortfall is paid, and if the excess is paid, the surplus amount is returned and the settlement is completed. After the settlement, the recording of the magnetic stripe 2A of the inserted card key 2 is erased, and the card key invalidation process is performed. Then, the invalidated card key 2 is returned to the guest or taken into the automatic front machine.

As described above, a series of operations of the automatic front system has been briefly described. However, such a system requires two types of cards, that is, an accommodation card for registration and a card key, and the device becomes large accordingly. However, there is a problem in that it becomes an expensive device. Further, when the usage status is totaled with the accommodation card, the printing of the printing unit has to be done manually, which is a troublesome work.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a card-key type automatic front system for a hotel, in which the structure of the device is simplified and magnetic information can be surely written.

[Main points of the invention]

This invention is an automatic hotel hotel that inserts an accommodation card for registering guests to issue a card key in which information is written on a magnetic stripe, and the lock of the guest room can be opened and closed by the card key. In the front system, the above card key and the above accommodation card are integrated, and a composite card in which a mark for detecting the magnetic information writing position is provided on both card connection parts, a transport & cut unit, and a card lead with a printer function. An automatic front machine equipped with an & writer and a control unit is provided, and by inserting the composite card into the automatic front machine at the time of check-in, the mark for detecting the magnetic information writing position is read, and each information is stored in each card. , And then separate the mark card key from the guest card and control the card key to be carried out. By, with simplified system, it is desirable to make write reliably magnetic information.

Example of Invention

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention,
The details will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows a composite card 4, which is, for example, a card key 4A on which a room number, a date, a charge, etc. are printed.
And an accommodation card 4B necessary for registration of accommodation having a handwritten entry portion such as an address and a name, and 4C is a magnetic stripe and is provided across the card key 4A and the accommodation card 4B. Reference numeral 4D denotes a connecting portion between the card key 4A and the accommodation card 4B, and the connecting portion 4D is provided with notches 4E as marks for detecting a magnetic information writing position on both sides of the card.

FIG. 2 shows an automatic front machine 5 of the present invention, which has an insertion opening 5 for inserting the composite card 4.
1, a card key outlet 52 for taking out the card key 4A side, a coin slot 53, a bill slot 54, and an amount indicator 55.

FIG. 3 shows a card insertion and carry-out path, and a carrying and cutting unit 41 in which a card carrying mechanism and a cutting mechanism are integrated, a card for writing / reading magnetic information of the card, and a printer function having a printer function. Card read & writer 42, card storage box 43, control unit 44
Consists of.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are views showing a state in which the composite card 4 is inserted into the card read & writer 42 with printer function. The card read & writer 42 with printer function is a start position sensor for writing magnetic information. 42A, an end position sensor 42B, a magnetic head 42C, and a printer function 42D. A known optical sensor may be used as the sensor.

In this configuration, first, the operation at the time of check-in will be described. The address and name are entered on the accommodation card 4B side of the composite card 4 placed in front of the automatic front machine 5, and the composite is inserted in the card insertion slot 51. When the user inserts the card 4 and selects a guest room to stay in by using the operation unit (not shown) and inserts a predetermined amount of money, the control unit 44 outputs a signal according to a predetermined program, and the transport & cut unit 41 once causes a printer function. It is conveyed to the attached card lead & writer 42. Here, referring to FIGS. 4 to 6, since the composite card 4 is inserted from the card key 4A side, the end portion on the card key 4A side is detected by the start position sensor 42A. The guest room number, date, receipt amount, key number, etc. are written on the magnetic stripe 4 on the card key 4A side by scanning with the magnetic head 42C, and when the notch 4E of the composite card 4 is reached, the start position sensor 42
A detects this, and detects the end of the card key 4A and the start of the accommodation card 4B. By this end detection, the writing to the card key 4A side is completed, and by the start end detection, the magnetic stripe 42C on the accommodation card 4B side is scanned by the magnetic head 42C, and the same guest room number and date as the card key 4A side are displayed. , The receipt amount, the key number, etc. are written, and the magnetic information writing and the card feeding are stopped by the detection of the end position sensor 42B. When the writing is completed, the composite card 4 is moved to the transport & cut unit 41. At this time, the printer function 42D prints at a predetermined position on the card key 4A side so that the guest can also confirm the predetermined matter. After the writing and printing are completed in this way, the composite card 4 is transferred to the transport & cutting unit 4
Returning to the 2 side, after this, the composite card 4 is cut into the card key 4A and the accommodation card 4B at the connection portion 4D by the transport & cut unit 42, and the accommodation card 4B is stored in the storage box 43.
The card key 4A is paid out to the card key outlet 52. As a result, the lock of the passenger compartment can be opened and closed by the card key 4A.

Next, the operation at checkout will be described. When a card key is inserted into the card insertion opening 51 of the automatic front machine 5,
A signal is output from the control unit 44, and the transport & cut unit 41 once transports it to the card read & writer 42 with a printer function. Here, the information of the card key 4A is read, the additional fee is settled, and after the settlement is completed, the card 4A is invalidated and returned to the card key outlet 52.

Further, if the corner portion formed by the notch 4E has an R shape, the customer does not feel discomfort due to the cut portion.

As described above, the device can be simplified by integrating the card key and the accommodation card.

Further, since the magnetic stripe is provided on the accommodation card side and the information is written in the magnetic stripe, the use situation of the hotel guest room can be easily grasped if a card reader is provided.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to this invention, by inserting an accommodation card for registering a guest, a card key in which information is written on a magnetic stripe is issued, and the hotel enables opening and closing of locks in guest rooms. In the automatic front system for a vehicle, a magnetic stripe in which magnetic information can be written is provided, and the card key and the accommodation card that are integrated are provided, and a mark for detecting a magnetic information writing position is provided at both card connecting portions. Since only one card is required, information can be written accurately from the card edge, and even if there is some variation in the cutting position, it does not affect the magnetic information in any way. It is also possible to obtain the effect of being able to deal with each of them individually.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a card showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a front view of an automatic front machine showing an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the flow of the card of the embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 4 to 6 are enlarged configuration diagrams of the card lead & writer portion of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a conventional accommodation card. 8 is a front view showing a conventional card key, FIG. 9 is a front view showing a conventional automatic front machine, and FIGS. 10 to 12 are block diagrams showing the flow of a conventional card. is there. 4 ... Compound card, 4A ... Card key, 4B ... Accommodation card, 4C ... Magnetic stripe, 5 ... Automatic front machine, 51
... insertion port, 52 ... card key outlet, 41 ... transport & cut unit, 42 ... printer / card reader / writer, 44 ... control unit, 4D ... connection unit, 4E ... notch, 42
A ... Start position sensor, 42B ... End position sensor, 42C
… Magnetic head.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hotel for which a card key in which information is written on a magnetic stripe is issued by inserting an accommodation card for registering a guest, and the lock of the guest room can be opened and closed by the card key. In the automatic front system, the above card key and the above accommodation card are integrated,
A check-in is provided with an automatic front machine equipped with a composite card with marks for magnetic information writing position detection on both card connections, a transport & cut unit, a card reader & writer with printer function, and a controller. Sometimes, by inserting the composite card into the automatic front machine, the mark for magnetic information writing position detection is read, each information is written on each card, and then the mark card key and the guest card are separated,
The card key type automatic front system for hotels is characterized by controlling the card key to be carried out.