JPH0711822B2 - Card encoder - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a card encoding device for encoding on a magnetic stripe of a card with a magnetic stripe.

[Prior Art] The use of a card with a magnetic stripe in Japan preceded that of a credit card as an automatic cash withdrawal card of a bank. For this reason, in Japan, the bank cash card started with Japan's unique standard (hereinafter referred to as JIS II type), which is different from the international standard, and two types of standards, the standard corresponding to the credit card international standard (hereinafter referred to as JIS I type). Exists. Therefore, most recent credit cards that are affiliated with credit cards have two types of magnetic stripes on both sides of the card, and the card encoding device must encode the above two standards.

Conventionally, encoding by each device that performs encoding of both standards has been performed separately. At present, as an apparatus capable of encoding both standards, one in which two heads are installed side by side at a predetermined distance in a transport path is considered.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, it takes time and effort to separately encode, and a device in which two heads are arranged becomes large in size. Therefore, there is a demand for a card encoding device that avoids upsizing and can perform one-sided encoding and two-sided encoding with one device.

Therefore, it has been considered to install two encode heads on both sides of the card transport path so as to face each other. In this case, however, due to friction between the card surface and the head surface on the non-encoded surface during single-sided encoding, the card and head are Encoding mistakes frequently occur due to damage to the card or vibration of the card.

Further, even when two magnetic encoding heads are close to each other for encoding, an encoding error frequently occurs due to the influence of the magnetic field itself or the vibration of the card.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and can freely perform single-sided magnetic encoding and double-sided magnetic encoding while avoiding an increase in size of the device, and at the same time, a magnetic encoding error due to damage to the card and head during single-sided magnetic encoding or vibration of the card. To provide a card encoding device that prevents the above.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to freely perform single-sided magnetic encoding and double-sided magnetic encoding without increasing the size of the device, prevent damage to the card and head during single-sided magnetic encoding, and prevent magnetic encoding mistakes due to vibration of the card. (EN) Provided is a card encoding device which avoids the proximity of a magnetic encoding head and prevents an encoding error due to the influence of a magnetic field itself or the vibration of a card.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to solve this problem, a card encoding device of the present invention is a card encoding device that magnetically encodes on a magnetic stripe of a card with a magnetic stripe, and the card is installed in a predetermined transport path. Card conveying means for conveying along,
First magnetic encoding means for magnetically encoding one surface of the card in the transport path, and installed at substantially the same position as the first magnetic encoding means and facing the first magnetic encoding means. Second magnetic encoding means for magnetically encoding the other surface of the card, and retract means for separating at least one of the first and second magnetic encoding means from the transport path according to the card type. The retracting means includes a rotating body in which the one magnetic encoding means and a roller for holding a contact of the card with the other magnetic encoding means are installed at a predetermined circumferential position and are axially supported, and the rotating body. And a braking means for stopping the braking at a predetermined position according to the card type, and the first and second magnetic encoding means are compliant with JIS standards for bank cash cards. Te respectively selected from a magnetic encoding means for magnetic encoding in accordance with JIS standards for magnetic encoding means and credit card for magnetic encoding, and performs desired magnetic encoding in accordance with the card type.

Further, the card encoding device of the present invention is a card encoding device for magnetically encoding on a magnetic stripe of a card with a magnetic stripe, comprising card conveying means for conveying a card along a predetermined conveying path, and A first magnetic encoding unit that magnetically encodes one surface of the card, and a first magnetic encoding unit that is installed at substantially the same position as the first magnetic encoding unit and faces the first magnetic encoding unit. And a second magnetic encoding means for magnetically encoding the other surface, and a retract means for separating at least one of the first and second magnetic encoding means from the conveying path according to a card type. The means has a card carry-in path and a card carry-out path, which are arranged in a substantially straight line, and two substantially parallel card carry paths separated by a predetermined distance, The first magnetic encoding means is on one of the card transport paths, the second magnetic encoding means is on the other of the card transport paths, and the retract means is the card loading path and the card depending on the card type. And a means for controlling the carry-out path to be connected to one of the two card carrying paths, wherein the first and second magnetic encoding means magnetically perform magnetic encoding in accordance with JIS standards for bank cash cards. It is characterized in that it is selected from encoding means and performs desired magnetic encoding according to the card type.

[Operation] In such a configuration, by separating one of the two encoding means from the transport path according to the card type, it is possible to avoid an increase in the size of the apparatus and to perform one-sided encoding and two-sided encoding freely.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the card encoding device of this embodiment.

Reference numeral 10 is an encode controller for controlling this device, including a CPU 11 for arithmetic control and a ROM 12 for storing a control program.
A RAM 13 having a card type flag 13a and an encoded data portion 13b for auxiliary storage, an I / O interface 14 with an external device, and an encoding portion interface 15 with each encoding portion.

Reference numeral 21 is a keyboard for inputting and instructing characters, 22 is a CRT for displaying the state of the apparatus and operator's instructions, and 23 is a large-capacity external storage unit such as Flotpie. Reference numeral 31 is a card transport control unit for transporting a card to be encoded, 32 is an I-type head 33 for encoding head (for JIS I type encoding; hereinafter also referred to as “ISO” because it complies with ISO storage) and II type head 34 (JI
This is a head control unit for controlling S II type encoding; hereinafter referred to as "J" because it is unique to Japan).

The encode controller 10 can automatically perform desired encoding by controlling the card transport controller 31 and the head controller 32 according to the card type.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a schematic control procedure of the encode controller 10.

First, in step S2, the type of card is checked.
The card type data may be input from the keyboard 21 or an external storage unit stored in advance. If the card is a bank cash card, JIS
Only the II type encoding is performed, and the card type flag 13a is set to "1" in step S4. If the card is a credit card that encodes both JIS type I and type II by cooperation, set flag "3" in step S6.
If it is a credit-only card, set the flag to "2" at step S8. Note that there are few credit cards currently available, so in the following explanation of encoding, the flag "2" will be used.
The case is excluded.

In step S10, the encode data is read into the encode data section 13b, and in step S12, the card transport control section 31 and the head control section 32 are instructed to start encoding. This instruction data may include a flag and encode data. At step S14, the end of the encoding process is waited for. If it is completed, an error check is performed at step S16, and if there is an error, it is displayed on the CRT 22 at step S18.

FIG. 3A is a flow chart showing a basic control procedure of the card transportation control unit 31.

At step S20, wait for the start instruction from the encode controller 10. If there is an instruction, go to step S22 and refer to the card type flag. If the flag = 1, only the II type is encoded, so step S24 is the II type head section. Set the transportation to. If flag = 3, step S26 is type I, II
Set the transfer to both heads of the mold. The conveyance is started in step S28. Since the transport setting and transport method in steps S24 and S24 differ depending on the following two specific examples,
Therefore, it will be described in detail.

When the transportation is over, check the error with step S30,
If there is an error, the error information is transmitted to the encode controller 10 in step S32.

FIG. 3B is a flow chart showing the basic control procedure of the head controller 32.

In step S40, the start instruction from the encode controller 10 is awaited, and if there is an instruction, the process proceeds to step S42 to receive the encoded data of the encoded data portion 13b. In step S44, it is checked whether the card has come to the predetermined position, and if it is, the card type flag is checked in step S46. If the flag is 1, the encoded data is sent to the II type head. If the flag = 3, the encoded data is sent to both the II type head and the I type head. The timing of this encoding is also different in the following two concrete examples.

In step S52, the occurrence of an error is checked, and if there is an error, the error information is transmitted to the encode controller 10 in step S54.

<First Specific Example> FIGS. 4A and 2B are a part of a first specific example in which the encoding apparatus according to the present embodiment is realized. Here, FIG. 4A shows type I, II
FIG. 4B shows a state when only type II is encoded when both types are encoded. The lower transport path is not shown.

In FIG. 4A, the card is conveyed in the groove 37a of the conveying path 37 in the X direction. The I-shaped head 33 is located on a rotating body 36 which is pivotally supported and rotates in the Y direction, and a rubber roller 35 is set on the opposite side of the main body head 33. Reference numeral 38 denotes a lever for urging the rotation of the rotating body 36. The rotating body 36 may be rotated manually, but it is preferable that the rotation is automatically performed under the control of the card transport controller 31 (steps S24 and S26). ). in this way,
For cards entering in the X direction, heads 33 and 34 simultaneously perform I-type and II-type encoding on both sides.

In FIG. 4B, the rotator 36 rotates 180 °, the rubber roller 35 faces the II type head 34, and the card entering in the X direction performs only the II type encoding.

In this example, the I-type head 33 and the rubber roller 35 can be rotated, but a similar mechanism may be provided on the II-type head 34 side. As in this example, the rubber roller 35 is made to face in the case of only the II type, in the case of the II type only card (bank cash card), there is no magnetic stripe on the surface of the I type head side,
For this reason, if the I-type head 33 is placed as it is facing the II-type head, scratches on the surface of the I-type head 33 will occur and the slippage of the card will be deteriorated, resulting in an extremely high error rate of encoding by the II-type head. This is because. According to this example, it is possible to realize an apparatus that performs only the II type and the I type and the II type encoding with a small apparatus and without increasing the error occurrence rate.

<Second Specific Example> FIG. 5 is a part of a second specific example in which the encoding apparatus of the present embodiment is realized. 6A and 6B are views for explaining the operation of the present example when FIG. 5 is viewed from above, and FIG. 7 is a view when FIG. 5 is viewed from the right side. Note that the lower transport path is not shown in FIGS. 5 to 7.

41 has a groove 41a through which a card passes in the transport path. 42 is 2
There are two grooves 421 and 422, and an I-type head (IS
O) 33, the II side head (J) 34 on the groove 422 side, and a rubber roller 46 installed between the two heads. The carrier 42 receives the driving force from the solenoid 45 (may be a motor) in the order of the shaft 45a → the rotary arm 44 → the shaft 43a → the supporting arm 43, and on the sliding shafts 42a and 42b in the Z direction at intervals of the grooves 421 and 422. Moving.

FIG. 6A shows the state of the transport path at the time of type II encoding, and FIG. 6B shows the state of the transport path at the time of type I encoding. The card moving in the X direction in the groove 41a of the transport path 41 enters the groove 422 in FIG. 6A and is encoded by the II type head 34. On the other hand, in FIG. 6B, the groove 421
Is encoded in the I-type head 33. Figure 7 shows
The rotating arm 44 ′ and the supporting arm 43 ′ corresponding to FIG.
The rotating arm 44 and the supporting arm 43 corresponding to FIG. 6B are shown by solid lines.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the procedure for card transportation and transportation path switching in this example. In this example, the card is sent back because encoding verification (error check) is performed after encoding.

By default, the transport path is type II encoded as shown in Figure 6A. In step S70, the card enters the groove 41a in the X direction into the groove 422, and the II type writing is performed. After writing in step S72, the card is sent back in the groove 422 in the X'direction, and at this time, an error check of encoding is performed. In step S74, the card type flag is checked, and if flag = 1, the encoding is completed. In step S84, the card is ejected and the process returns.

If the flag = 3, then the solenoid 45 is picked at step S76 to change the groove of the conveying path from the groove 422 of FIG. 6A to the groove 421 of FIG. 6B for II type encoding. In steps S78 and S80, the I-type encoding and the encoding check are performed by moving the card forward and backward. Step S8
In 2 the solenoid 45 is turned off and the transport path is returned to the original state, and in step S84 the card is ejected and the process returns.

In this way, it is possible to realize a small-sized card encoding device capable of freely performing single-sided and double-sided encoding.

The card conveying means is not limited to this example. For example, if the II type is forward and the I type is backward, the processing time is significantly shortened. However, in this case, it is necessary to juxtapose the encoding head and the checking head. The encoding order may be I-type → II-type instead of II-type → I-type, but the order of this example is preferable considering the current card usage.

As described above, both the first concrete example and the second concrete example realize the card encoding device in which the heads are gathered in one place to prevent the device from increasing in size, and one side and both sides can be freely encoded.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to freely perform single-sided magnetic encoding and double-sided magnetic encoding without increasing the size of the device, and prevent damage to the card and head during single-sided magnetic encoding and magnetic encoding mistakes due to vibration of the card. A card encoding device can be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to freely perform single-sided magnetic encoding and double-sided magnetic encoding without increasing the size of the device, prevent damage to the card and head during single-sided magnetic encoding, and prevent magnetic encoding errors due to vibration of the card. It is possible to provide a card encoding device which avoids proximity of the magnetic encoding head and prevents encoding errors due to the influence of the magnetic field itself or the vibration of the card.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the card encoding apparatus of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the general processing procedure of the encode controller 10, and FIG. 3A is a basic processing procedure of the card transport controller 31. Flow chart, FIG. 3B is a flow chart showing a basic processing procedure of the head controller 32, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are perspective views showing a part of a first concrete example for realizing the card encoding device of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a part of a second specific example for realizing the card encoding device of this embodiment. FIGS. 6A and 6B are views of FIG. 5 seen from above, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a right side view of FIG. 5, and FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the conveyance path control in the second specific example. In the figure, 10 ... Encoding controller, 11 ... CPU, 1
2 …… ROM, 13 …… RAM, 13a …… Card type flag, 13b
...... Encoded data section, 14 …… I / O interface, 1
5 ... Encoding interface, 21 ... Keyboard, 22 ... CRT, 23 ... External storage, 31 ... Card transport control, 32 ... Head control, 33 ... I-type head, 34 ...
… Type II head, 35 …… Rubber roller, 36 …… Rotating body, 37…
… Conveyance path, 37a …… Groove, 38 …… Lever, 41 …… Conveyance path, 4
1a-groove, 42-support arm, 43a-axis, 44-rotating arm, 4
5 …… Solenoid (motor), 45a …… Axis, 421,422 ……
It is a groove.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A card encoding device for magnetically encoding on a magnetic stripe of a card with a magnetic stripe, comprising card conveying means for conveying the card along a predetermined conveying path, and one of the cards in the conveying path. The first magnetic encoding means for magnetically encoding the surface and the first magnetic encoding means at substantially the same position as the first magnetic encoding means.
Second magnetic encoding means for magnetically encoding the other surface of the card, which is installed opposite to the magnetic encoding means, and at least one of the first and second magnetic encoding means depending on the card type. And a roller for holding the contact of the card to the other magnetic encoding means, the roller being supported at a predetermined circumferential position. A rotating body and braking means for stopping and stopping the rotating body at a predetermined position according to the card type. The first and second magnetic encoding means are compliant with JIS standards for bank cash card use. Select from magnetic encoding means that performs magnetic encoding and magnetic encoding means that performs magnetic encoding according to the JIS standard for credit cards. Card encoding apparatus which is characterized in that the desired magnetic encoding in accordance with the card type. 2. A card encoding device for magnetically encoding on a magnetic stripe of a card with a magnetic stripe, comprising card conveying means for conveying the card along a predetermined conveying path, and one of the cards in the conveying path. Magnetic encoding means for magnetically encoding the surface of the first magnetic encoding means and the first magnetic encoding means at substantially the same position as the first magnetic encoding means.
Second magnetic encoding means for magnetically encoding the other surface of the card, which is installed opposite to the magnetic encoding means, and at least one of the first and second magnetic encoding means depending on the card type. A card carry-in path and a card carry-out path, which are arranged in a substantially straight line, and a substantially parallel two cardboard.
One card transport path, the second magnetic encode means is on the other card transport path, and the retract means is a card type. And a means for controlling the card carry-in path and the card carry-out path to be connected to one of the two card carrying paths according to the above, wherein the first and second magnetic encoding means are JIS standards for using a bank cash card. Is selected from magnetic encoding means for performing magnetic encoding in conformity with JIS and magnetic encoding means for performing magnetic encoding in conformity with JIS standards for credit cards, and is characterized by performing desired magnetic encoding according to the card type. Card encoding device.