Control method of card issue device and card issue device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11138481-B2
Application number	US-201816488631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2018
Priority date	Feb 27, 2017
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

A control method of a card issue device may include a card direction determination step including taking the card into the card reader before the card is issued and determining a direction of the card; and a card issue step comprising issuing the card is executed based on the card direction determined in the card direction determination step.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control method of a card issue device comprising a card accommodation part in which a card before issue is accommodated and a card reader structured to perform at least one of reading of data recorded in the card and recording of data to the card, the control method comprising:
a card direction determination step comprising taking the card into the card reader before the card is issued and determining a direction of the card; and
a card issue step comprising issuing the card is executed based on the card direction determined in the card direction determination step,
wherein
the card is magnetic card comprising a magnetic stripe in which magnetic data is recorded,
the card reader comprises a magnetic head which performs recording of magnetic data to the card and reading of magnetic data recorded to the card,
in the card direction determination step, recording and reading of magnetic data to and from the card are performed in the card reader and the direction of the card is determined based on a reading result of the magnetic data,
the card issue device comprises a card inversion mechanism structured to invert front and back sides of the card,
the card direction determination step comprises:
a first recording-reading step comprising taking the card sent out from the card accommodation part into the card reader to perform recording and reading of magnetic data to and from the card;
a card inversion step comprising, in a case that normal reading of the magnetic data has not been performed in the first recording-reading step, ejecting the card from the card reader and inverting the front and back sides of the card by the card inversion mechanism; and

a second recording-reading step comprising taking the card into the card reader after the card inversion step to perform recording and reading of magnetic data to and from the card, and
the card issue device comprises a first card reader and a second card reader as the card reader,
a conveyance direction of the card conveyed in the first card reader and a conveyance direction of the card conveyed in the second card reader are parallel to each other,
when a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the card and a thickness direction of the card conveyed is defined as a width direction of the card,
the card to be issued is taken into the first card reader and the second card reader from one side in the conveyance direction of the card,
the magnetic head of the first card reader is disposed on one side in the width direction of the card, and the magnetic head of the second card reader is disposed on an other side in the width direction of the card,
in the first recording-reading step and the second recording-reading step, the card is taken into the first card reader, and
the card direction determination step comprises a third recording-reading step comprising, in a case that normal reading of magnetic data has not been performed in the second recording-reading step, taking the card ejected from the first card reader into the second card reader to perform recording and reading of magnetic data to and from the card.

2. The control method of the card issue device according to wherein
the card direction determination step comprises a second card inversion step comprising, before the third recording-reading step, ejecting the card from the first card reader and inverting the front and back sides of the card by the card inversion mechanism, and
in a case that normal reading of magnetic data has not been performed in the second recording-reading step, the second card inversion step is executed and the third recording-reading step is executed after the second card inversion step.

3. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 2 , wherein
the card direction determination step comprises, in a case that normal reading of magnetic data has not been performed in the third recording-reading step:
a third card inversion step comprising ejecting the card is ejected from the second card reader and inverting the front and back sides of the card by the card inversion mechanism; and
a fourth recording-reading step comprising taking the card is taken into the second card reader after the third card inversion step to perform recording and reading of magnetic data to and from the card.

4. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 3 , wherein
the card issue device comprises a printer structured to print an image on the card,
the card issue step comprises a printing step comprising printing the image on the card by the printer, and
in the printing step, a direction of the image to be printed on the card is determined based on the result of the determination process in the card direction determination step.

5. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 1 , wherein
the card further comprises an IC chip and an outside connection terminal of the IC chip,
the card reader further comprises:
an IC contact block having a plurality of IC contact springs structured to contact with the outside connection terminal, and

in the card direction determination step, recording and reading of magnetic data to and from the card and activation processing of the card are performed in the card reader and the direction of the card is determined based on the reading result of the magnetic data and a result of the activation processing.

6. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 1 , wherein
the card reader comprises a scanner structured to acquire an image of the card, and
in the card direction determination step, the image of the card is acquired in the card reader and the direction of the card is determined based on an acquired image.

7. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 1 , wherein
the card issue device comprises a printer structured to print an image on the card,
the card issue step comprises a printing step comprising printing the on the card by the printer, and
in the printing step, a direction of the image to be printed on the card is determined based on the result of the determination process in the card direction determination step.

8. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 1 wherein
the card direction determination step comprises, in a case that normal reading of magnetic data has not been performed in the third recording-reading step:
a third card inversion step comprising ejecting the card from the second card reader and inverting the front and back sides of the card by the card inversion mechanism; and
a fourth recording-reading step comprising taking the card into the second card reader after the third card inversion step to perform recording and reading of magnetic data to and from the card.

9. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 8 , wherein
the card issue device comprises a printer structured to print an image on the card,
the card issue step comprises a printing step comprising printing the image on the card by the printer, and
in the printing step, a direction of the image to be printed on the card is determined based on the result of the determination process in the card direction determination step.

10. The control method of the card issue device according to claim 1 , wherein
the card issue device comprises a printer structured to print an image on the card,
the card issue step comprises a printing step comprising printing the image on the card by the printer, and
in the printing step, a direction of the image to be printed on the card is determined based on the result of the determination process in the card direction determination step.

Assignees

• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Morozumi Shinya

Classifications

• G06K13/08

  Feeding or discharging cards · CPC title

• G06K13/07 Primary

  Transporting of cards between stations · CPC title

• G06K13/06

  Guiding cards; Checking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms · CPC title

• G06K7/082

  using inductive or magnetic sensors · CPC title

• G06K13/067 Primary

  Checking presence, absence, correct position, or moving status of cards · CPC title