JPH0823963B2 - Card read hold device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a card read hold including a card read unit having a reading unit for reading data from a card and a card hold unit having a detecting unit for detecting the presence of the card. It relates to the device.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, at financial institutions such as banks, terminal devices for teller transactions for automatically performing transaction processing such as deposits and payments at tellers have become widespread, but this is due to the importance of the processing at these terminal devices. Registering an operator to operate, reading the identification data from the operator's card with the card read section when executing the process in the terminal device, and storing the read identification data in the storage means in the device and registering it. The operator is registered and managed by.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a keyboard and a display device that are part of a terminal transaction terminal device used in a financial institution,
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a conventional card read / hold device provided in the device of FIG. 3 for operator management.

In the figure, 1 is a keyboard as an input means operated by an operator, 2 is a display device, 3 is a connection cable, and the keyboard 1 and the display device 2 and a computer center (not shown) are connected to the connection cable 3. When data is input with the keyboard 1, the input data and data from a computer center (not shown) are displayed on the screen 2a of the display device 2.

4 is a card lead part, 5 is a card hold part,
The card read unit 4 and the card hold unit 5 constitute a card read hold device.

Here, the card read unit 4 and the card hold unit 5 are
The card lead portion 4 is provided independently on the left and right of the rear portion of the keyboard 1 and has a slide groove 4a for manually sliding a card 6 having a magnetic stripe on which operator identification data is written, and this slide groove 4a.
Of the magnetic head 4b as a data reading means disposed in the middle of the path length, and the card holding portion 5 is installed opposite to the holding hole 5a for inserting and holding the card 6 and the holding hole 5a. It is composed of a sensor 5b as a card detecting means composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

In this configuration, the operator holds his card 6 by hand when using the device,
Insert from the closed end side on the left side of 4a, slide the card 6 in the direction of the arrow, and pass it to the open end side.

As a result, the magnetic head 4b reads the identification data of the operator from the magnetic stripe of the card 6 and sends the read data to a controller (not shown).

Subsequently, when the operator inputs a personal identification number by operating the keyboard 1, the personal identification number is sent to the control unit, where the control unit compares the personal identification number with the read data and confirms that the comparison result matches. For example, the identification data is stored in a storage means (not shown) to register the operator.

After that, when the operator inserts the card 6 into the holding hole 5a of the card holding unit 5 and the sensor 5b detects the presence of the card 6, the control unit sets the apparatus to a usable state.

After the device is used, when the operator removes the card 6 from the holding hole 5a of the holding unit 5, the control unit cancels the operator registration, and the device becomes unusable.

 In this way, the operator management of the device is performed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional device, since the card read section and the card hold section are provided separately,
After removing the card that has been read by the card read section, you have to insert it again into the card hold section, which is cumbersome to operate, and you can insert it into the card and the card hold section where data was read by the card read section. However, even if the detected card is not the same, it cannot be distinguished, so that there is a problem that the reliability of operator registration is lacking.

Further, in the conventional device, even when the operator performs the process only once, the card must be held in the hold section until the process is completed, so that the operator easily forgets to remove the card, and therefore the card is removed. If the operator forgets, when the next operator uses a processing device such as a terminal transaction terminal device, it is necessary to remove the forgotten card and cancel the operator registration. There was also the problem of reducing efficiency.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and realizes a card read hold device that is excellent in operability, has high reliability, and can reduce forgetting to remove a card from a hold portion. That is the purpose.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a card read unit having a reading unit for reading data from a card having data for identifying an operator who operates a processing device that performs a predetermined process, and a card. In a card read and hold device having a detection means for detecting the presence of a card and a card hold part for holding a card after reading data by the card read part, one end side of a slide groove for sliding the card is read. And the other end side as a card hold part, the card inserted from the card read part side is slid to be held in the card hold part, and the reading means and the detecting means are connected to the card by the reading means. Just before the end of reading the data of the And a timer, a registration unit for registering the data of the card, and the detection unit detects the card after the reading unit reads the data of the card, the data of the card read by the reading unit. Is registered in the registration unit so that the processing device can be used, and the time required for one processing by the processing device is set in the timer, and the detection means detects the card within the set time. If it does not, the registration data in the registration unit is erased after the current processing is finished, the processing device is disabled, and the detection means detects the card even after the set time has elapsed. When the processing is being performed, a control unit for controlling the processing apparatus to be in a usable state even after the processing is completed is provided.

[Action]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, since the card lead portion and the card hold portion are integrally coupled by the slide groove, the card inserted in the slide groove is slid from the card lead portion side and read by the reading means. After reading the data, the detection means detects the card immediately before finishing reading the data, and then the card can be slid and held in the card hold part, which allows the card read by the card read part to be removed from the device. Since it can be held in the card hold section without any trouble, it is excellent in operability, and data reading from the card and detection of the card are performed continuously as a series of operations, so operator registration management is correct. Can be done, which can increase reliability That.

Further, when the detection unit detects the card after the reading unit reads the data of the card, the data of the card read by the reading unit is registered in the registration unit to make the processing device usable, and The time required for one processing by the processing device is set in the timer, and when the detection means stops detecting the card within this set time, the registration data of the registration unit is erased after the current processing is completed. Therefore, when the processing is performed only once, the operator does not hold the card data in the card holding section after the reading means reads the data of the card and the card holding section holds the card. Card can be pulled out from the slide groove of the card read hold device, and the pulled out card can be immediately stored in a specified pocket etc. For Utsureru the execution of al processing,
It is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the card, and as a result, when the next operator uses the processing device, there is no need to remove the forgetting card and cancel the operator registration. It is possible to prevent a decrease in use efficiency of.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a card read / hold section according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) shows a data reading state and FIG. 1 (b) shows a card holding state.

In the figure, 7 is a card read section, 7a is a magnetic head as a reading means for reading operator identification data from the magnetic stripe of the card 6, and 8 is a card hold section.
Reference numeral 8a is a sensor composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element as a detecting means for detecting the presence of the card 6 in the card holding portion 8. The card lead portion 7 and the card holding portion 8 are the same as those in FIG. It is integrally formed by one slide groove 9 provided in the rear part of the keyboard.

That is, in this embodiment, the open one end of the slide groove 9 is used as the card lead portion 7 having the magnetic head 7a, and the closed end side of the slide groove 9 is used as the card holding portion 8 having the sensor 8a. By inserting the card 6 from the open end of 9 and sliding it in the direction of arrow A, the card 6 can be held by the card holding section 8 without being pulled out from the card lead section 7.

In the present embodiment, the magnetic head 7a is provided at a right angle to the slide groove 9, and the sensor 8a is installed so that the light emitting element and the light receiving element face each other through the slide groove 9. Distance l between 7a and sensor 8
Is set to be slightly shorter than the length of the card 6, so that in the A direction of the card 6 immediately before the magnetic head 7a finishes reading the identification data for the magnetic stripe of the card 6 slid in the slide groove 9. The tip cuts off the light from the sensor 8a.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the above-mentioned configuration, and S in the figure indicates the processing step of each operation.

The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

Note that here, as an example, the processing device used by the operator is assumed to be a terminal device for teller transactions of a financial institution.

First, the operator holds his / her own card 6 by hand when using a device (not shown), inserts it into the card lead portion 7 from the open end side of the slide groove 9 and slides the card 6 in the direction of arrow A. Magnetic head 7a is card 6
The identification data of the operator is read from the magnetic stripe of, and the read identification data is sequentially sent to a control unit (not shown) (S1).

Then, immediately before the magnetic head 7a finishes reading the identification data, when the tip of the card 6 in the A direction blocks the light of the sensor 8a of the card hold unit 8, the sensor 8a
Is turned on, the presence of the card 6 is detected (S2), and when the signal is sent to the control unit, the control unit starts a timer (not shown) in which the time required for one transaction is set based on the signal. Allow (S3).

After the reading of the identification data, the card 6 is slid until the tip of the card abuts against the closed end of the slide groove 9, and is held by the card hold section 8.

After the timer is started, the control unit controls the magnetic head 7a.
It is determined whether or not the identification data read by is correct data (S4), and if it is correct data, the control unit causes the display device to display a prompt for inputting the personal identification number.

When the operator sees this display and inputs the personal identification number using the keyboard (S5), the control unit judges whether the input personal identification number and the personal identification number included in the identification data match (S6), and If yes, the operator is registered by storing the identification data in a storage means (not shown) (S7), and the counter transaction terminal device is made usable.

If it is determined that the data is not correct in (S4) or if the personal identification numbers do not match in (S6), a message indicating that the device cannot be used is displayed on the display device and the operation is performed again. (S8).

After the operator registration, the control unit monitors the time set by the timer (S9), and further monitors whether the sensor 8a is turned off, that is, whether the card 6 is removed from the card hold unit 8 (S10). ).

On the other hand, the operator starts the transaction accepted from the customer when the counter transaction terminal device becomes available.

Then, the card 6 is pulled out from the card hold portion 8 within the time set by the timer, and the sensor 8a
When is turned off, the control unit executes only the transaction currently in progress (S11), and after completion, deletes the identification data registered in the storage means (S12), and the counter transaction terminal device cannot be used. To be in a good state.

In addition, when the set time has elapsed, the control unit
It is determined whether 8a is OFF (S13). If it is OFF, that is, if it is removed from the card hold unit 8, the current transaction is executed in the same manner as above (S11), After the end, the identification data registered in the storage means is erased (S12), and the counter transaction terminal device becomes unusable.

Further, when the sensor 8a is not turned off, it is assumed that the card 6 is continuously held in the card hold unit 8 and the operator continuously executes transactions (S1
4) Wait for the sensor 8a to turn off, and after turning it off, go to (S1
After the processes of 1) and (S12), the terminal device for counter transaction is disabled.

As described above, in this embodiment, the card 6 is detected by the detection sensor 8a immediately before the operator reads the operator identification data from the card 6 by the card read unit 7, the holding control of the card 6 is activated based on the detection, and then the card hold is performed. Part 8
When the card is removed from the card, only the transaction currently in progress by the operator can be executed, and when the card is held in the card hold section 8,
Continuous transaction processing from card hold unit 8 to card 6
It can be repeated until it is removed.

It should be noted that although the above-described embodiment is an example of the operation of the terminal transaction terminal device in a financial institution, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a device that requires operator management registration. is there.

Further, as the card, a magnetic card is mainly used at present, and therefore the card 6 having a magnetic stripe is used in the above-mentioned embodiment, but an IC card or the like can be used, and in that case, as a reading means. As the head, a head corresponding to that may be used.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, one end side of the slide groove for sliding the card is the card lead portion and the other end side is the card holding portion, and the card inserted from the card lead portion side is slid to the card holding portion. In addition to holding the reading means and the detecting means, the reading means and the detecting means are arranged at intervals such that the detecting means detects the card immediately before the reading means finishes reading the data of the card by sliding the card, and the timer and the data of the card. A registration unit for registering the card, and the detection unit detects the card after the reading unit reads the data of the card,
The card data read by the reading means is registered in the registration unit to make the processing device usable, and the time required for one processing by the processing device is set in the timer. When the detection means no longer detects the card, the registration data in the registration unit is erased after the process currently in progress is finished to render the processing device unusable, and the set time elapses. Even when the detection unit detects the card, the control unit controls the processing apparatus so that the processing apparatus can be used even after the processing is completed.

Therefore, according to this, since the card lead portion and the card hold portion are integrally connected by the slide groove, the card inserted in the slide groove is slid from the card lead portion side to read the data by the reading means. After the detection means detects the card immediately before reading the read data, the card can be slid and held in the card hold part without removing the card read by the card read part from the device. Since it can be held in the card hold part, it has excellent operability, and data reading from the card and detection of the card are performed seamlessly as a series of operations, so correct management of operator registration is required. It will be possible to improve reliability. Effect can be obtained.

Further, when the detection unit detects the card after the reading unit reads the data of the card, the data of the card read by the reading unit is registered in the registration unit to make the processing device usable, and The time required for one processing by the processing device is set in the timer, and when the detection means stops detecting the card within this set time, the registration data of the registration unit is erased after the current processing is completed. Therefore, when the processing is performed only once, the operator does not hold the card data in the card holding section after the reading means reads the data of the card and the card holding section holds the card. Card can be pulled out from the slide groove of the card read hold device, and the pulled out card can be immediately stored in a specified pocket etc. For Utsureru the execution of al processing,
It is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the card, and as a result, when the next operator uses the processing device, there is no need to remove the forgetting card and cancel the operator registration. It is also possible to obtain the effect of preventing a decrease in the use efficiency of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a card read / hold device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the above-mentioned constitution, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a terminal device for tellers used in financial institutions. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a conventional card read / hold device provided in the terminal device of FIG. 7: Card lead part, 7a: Magnetic head 8: Card hold part, 8a: Sensor 9: Slide groove

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card read section having a reading means for reading data from a card holding data for identifying an operator who operates a processing device for performing a predetermined process, and a detection for detecting the presence of the card. In a card read hold device having means and holding a card after reading data by the card read part, one end side of a slide groove for sliding the card is a card lead part and the other end side As a card hold unit, the card inserted from the card read unit side is slid and held in the card hold unit, and the reading unit and the detection unit are provided immediately before the reading unit finishes reading the data of the card by sliding the card. Is arranged at an interval at which the detection means detects the card, and a timer A registering unit for registering the data of the card, and when the detecting unit detects the card after the reading unit reads the data of the card, the data of the card read by the reading unit is registered in the registering unit. The processing device is set to a usable state, and the time required for one processing by the processing device is set in the timer, and when the detection unit no longer detects the card within the set time, the present progress is made. When the registration data of the registration unit is erased after the processing in the middle is finished to make the processing device unusable and the detection unit detects the card even after the set time has passed, A card read / hold device including a control unit for controlling the processing device to be in a usable state even after completion of the above.