JPH06191717A - Automatic transportation classification system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Efficiently perform classified discharge processing according to the processing results of media. [Configuration] An automatic transporting device for transporting a medium and a plurality of types of processing devices for processing the medium are provided, and an automatic transporting device classifies and ejects the medium according to a processing result such as abnormality / normality in the processing device. In the transport system, when the processing result in the processing device is abnormal, the error information is transferred to the processing devices subsequent to the processing device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a classification processing system in an automatic carrier for carrying out media processing such as writing personal data corresponding to identification information on media such as magnetic cards, IC cards and optical cards. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, at a bank, data for each customer
It is conceivable that you can put it in a card to issue it or issue an IC card with employee data written at your company.
The system shown in is proposed. For example, when issuing an IC card containing data for each customer at a bank, the customer data is stored in advance on a magnetic tape or a floppy disk, and this data can be written on the IC card by the personal computer 1. After conversion, the issuing device 3 creates and issues an IC card. The issuing device 3 is composed of a reader / writer and is shown in FIG.
The collation information is written in advance on the magnetic stripe 5 of the IC card 4 as shown in FIG. 2, data matching the collation information is searched from the IC card file, and the IC card data is written to the IC chip 7. In this way, a large number of customer data are sequentially written in the IC card and issued.

[0003]

By the way, in order to process a large amount of media at a high speed, media supply / conveyance, media check / process, media sorting / discharging process according to process results are all automated. Needed, but so far no such system has been proposed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an automatic transport classification processing system capable of performing accurate and high-speed media processing by efficiently performing classification discharge processing according to the processing results of media. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an automatic transport classification processing system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining processing steps. The processing devices 51 to 53 are for performing processing such as reading the identification information attached to the medium and writing data to the medium. Automatic transport device 54
Sequentially conveys the medium, and when the processing in each processing device is completed, the end information is sent, and when the information is received, the automatic conveying device conveys the medium to the next processing step. At this time, the processing end is also notified to the next processing unit between processing units, and when an abnormality occurs in the processing in one processing unit, information that always causes an error in the processing units subsequent to that processing unit. To transfer. In the last processing device 53, the classification information according to whether the medium processing result is normal or abnormal is sent to the automatic transport device, and in response to this, the automatic transport device sorts and ejects the medium.

[0006] Explaining such a processing step with reference to FIG. 2, for example, writing to the card is performed based on the normal or abnormal processing results of the processing devices 51 and 52.
That is, if the data is normal, the data corresponding to the medium is written by the processing device 53 and the classification information “normal” is sent to the automatic transport device 54. If the data is abnormal, the error result is processed. When the error file is transmitted to the device 53 and the medium is regarded as a defective product, the classification information “abnormal” is transmitted to the automatic transport device 54. Upon receiving this classification information, the automatic transport device 54 transports and ejects the medium in accordance with the classification information.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the medium is sequentially conveyed by the automatic conveying device and the predetermined treatment is performed on the medium by the plural kinds of treating devices,
When the processing result is abnormal, the processing device subsequent to that processing device always transfers the error information, and the automatic processing device sends the processing result only from the last processing device. As a result, the transport device does not need to have an error classification discharge path on the way, and the discharge can be performed without changing the normal processing sequence, and the processing results are exchanged with each processing device at the end. Therefore, the control can be easily performed.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration when the present invention is applied to an IC card issuing process, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control system of an IC card issuing processing system of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a device configuration. 5 (a) is a plan view and FIG. 5 (b) is a side view. In the figure, 10 is an IC card automatic issuing processor, 1
1 is a host computer, 12 is an automatic transfer device controller, 13 is a card identification device controller, and 14 is an IC
A unit controller, 20 is a magazine, 21 is a magazine conveyor, 22 is an inlet / outlet conveyor, 23 is a four-push pusher, 24 is an IC card, 25 is a four-feed pusher, 26 is a chain conveyer, 27 is an identification device feed pusher, 30 Is a card feeder, 31 is an identification device, 32
Is an identification device discharge pusher, 33 is an IC supply conveyor, 4
Reference numeral 0 is an IC card supply pusher, 41 is an IC card transport device, 42 is an IC unit, 43 is a selection conveyor, 44 is an IC card discharge pusher, 45 is a good product stocker, 46 is a defective product stocker, and 47 is a retest stocker.

In this embodiment, the IC card issuance processing is performed at high speed, and magnetic data (name of owner, date of birth, member number, account number, etc.) is already stored in the IC card. It is assumed that personal identification information such as a bar code and a face photograph is written. The processing device may be connected to a host computer for control. The examples given below are for this case.

In the control system shown in FIG. 4, the automatic IC card issuing / processing device 10 has an automatic carrier controller 12, an identification device controller 13, and eight IC unit controllers 14, each of which is a host computer 1.
It is controlled by communicating with 1. The automatic carrier controller 12 communicates with the host computer 11 while
This is for controlling each transport means to transport the card according to a predetermined sequence. The identification device controller 13 is for detecting the conveyed IC card and reading the personal identification information. The IC unit controller 14 receives from the host computer the IC writing file that is searched and generated by the host computer based on the personal identification information, writes the file in the corresponding IC card, and normalizes the processed card to normal or abnormal. It is intended to be classified as a retest. Further, the automatic carrier controller 12 communicates with the host computer, and at the same time, the identifier controller 13, I
It also communicates with the C unit controller 14 to carry a card.

Next, FIG. 3 showing the system configuration of the IC card automatic issuance processing device, and FIG. 5 (a) (b) showing the device configuration.
Will be described with reference to. Magazine 2 for storing IC cards
0 has a four-row configuration, and for example, 100 IC cards can be stored in each row, for a total of 400 IC cards. This magazine 20 is conveyed upward by a magazine conveyor 21 of an automatic conveying device, and when it is delivered to an inlet / outlet conveyor 22 and reaches a predetermined position, it is pushed out by four pushers 2.
3, the IC cards 24 are pushed out in units of four. The IC card 24 pushed out is carried on the chain conveyor 26 by the four-feed pusher 25. IC conveyed by the chain conveyor 26
The cards are delivered one by one to the card delivery device 30 by the identification device supply pusher 27 at a predetermined position.

Card transportation by the card feeder 30
It is started by transmitting a start signal from the automatic transport device controller 12 to the identification device controller 13. The card feeding device 30 is equipped with one or several types of identification devices 31, which are used to identify individuals such as magnetic data (owner's name, date of birth, membership number, account number, etc.), barcodes, facial photographs, etc. The identification information can be read. If the identification device 31 is of three types, for example, a magnetic data identification device 31a, a barcode identification device 31b, and a face photo identification device 31c, the identification device 31a first performs identification processing, and if identification is successful, another The identification process by the two identification devices is omitted. Further, when the identification device 31a cannot identify, the next identification device 31b performs the identification process, and when the identification device 31c identifies, the identification device 31c omits the identification process. In this way, the identification devices are serially operated, and the identification process is terminated when the identification is successful first, so that the process can be speeded up. When all the identification devices cannot identify the card, the card feeding device 30 is reversely conveyed and the identification process is repeated again the designated number of times. It is desirable to arrange the identification devices so that the face photographs are converted in order from the shortest processing time, since the data conversion of the face photograph takes time at the time of identification. In addition, the result of the identification processing is transmitted to the host computer, and if, for example, an error continuously occurs in one identification device, the host computer controls so as not to perform identification in the corresponding identification device thereafter. To do.

The IC card whose personal information has been identified is further conveyed by the card feeder 30 and then sent out to the IC supply conveyor 33 by the identification device discharge pusher 32. The IC supply conveyor 33 sequentially conveys the IC cards, and the IC card supply pusher 40 transfers the IC cards in units of four.
It is sent to the card carrier 41. At this time, the host computer is informed of the IC unit number for writing data to each card from the host computer, and the IC supply conveyor 33 is controlled to be set in the corresponding IC unit.

The IC card transport device 41 has, for example, a four-row structure, and four IC cards can be placed in one row. First, when the IC card supply pusher 40 sets four cards at positions 1 ′ to 4 ′ in the figure, and then at the positions 5 ′ to 8 ′, respectively, the IC card transport device 41 sets the eight cards. The card is conveyed one step to the right in the figure. The cards in the positions 1'to 8'are set in the positions 1 to 8. As a result, four cards are set by the IC card supply pusher 40 at positions 1'to 4'in the empty row, and the next four cards are set at positions 5'to 8'on the IC supply conveyor 33. Is brought to you. 16 at positions 1 to 8 and 1'to 8 '
After confirming that the cards with the numbers 1 to 8 have completed the IC writing process and there is no card at the positions 1 "to 8", the IC cards are pushed out by the IC card supply pusher 40 onto the IC card carrier 41. It will be. Data is written by the IC unit 42 to the IC card set in the IC card transport device 41 in this order. In this embodiment, eight IC units 42 are provided. Each host computer designates a device for writing to each card, and a personal file is transferred to the designated unit. Write. Therefore, there is no risk of mismatch between the card and the personal file. The processed IC cards are sequentially placed on the sorting conveyor 43,
The C-card discharge pusher 44 sorts and discharges the non-defective product stocker 45, the defective product stocker 46, and the retest stocker 47. The sorting process is performed by the IC unit 42. Whether the product is a good product or a defective product is determined by the output information from the IC card being different from the response information. The automatic transfer device controller 12 receives the information from the IC writing device, and discharge processing is performed.

Next, normal processing and abnormal processing of the entire system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 shows a normal processing flow, and shows each processing for the host computer, the transport system, the identification device, and the IC unit. When the used IC unit number and the number of identification information read retries are set from the host computer, the transport system is activated, the card is transported to the identification device, the identification device reads the identification information, and based on the read identification information, The host computer searches for a personal IC file. In the transport system, the card is transported to the IC unit, and the retrieved personal IC file is transferred to and stored in the IC unit.
The IC unit performs card detection, contact check, for example, (ANSWER TO RESET) signal comparison test and continuity check, performs an issuing process, sends an issuance result to the host computer, and the host computer performs history management. The transport system ejects the card to the stacker, and the IC unit erases the personal IC file.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing flow when an identification device error occurs. Explaining only the points different from FIG. 6, the identification device checks the data according to the initialized format, requests the transport system to retry the transport in the case of a read error, and if the read error occurs even after a predetermined number of retries (read If it is impossible or the data is abnormal), the error information is transmitted to the host computer. The host computer sends an error file whose output information from the card does not match the response information to the IC unit and forcibly renders the card defective.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an abnormal processing flow when a file search error occurs. As a result of searching the personal IC file based on the identification information from the identification device, if the corresponding file is not found, an error file in which the output information from the card does not match the response information is sent to the IC unit and forced. To be a defective product.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary for the transfer device to have an error classification discharge path in the middle thereof, and the discharge can be performed without changing the normal processing sequence. Since the exchange of the processing results of the above is collectively performed at the end, the control can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a processing step.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an IC card issuing process.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control system of the IC card issuance processing system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of an IC card issuance processing device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a normal processing flow.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an abnormality processing flow.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an abnormality processing flow.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a conventional IC card issuing process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an IC card.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Host computer, 51-53 ... Processing device, 5
4 ... Automatic transport device.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic transporting device for transporting a medium and a plurality of types of processing devices for processing the medium, wherein the automatic transporting device classifies and ejects the medium in accordance with a processing result such as abnormality / normality in the processing device. In the automatic transport system
An automatic transportation classification processing system, wherein when a processing result in one processing device is abnormal, information that causes an error is transferred in a processing device subsequent to the processing device and a medium is transported. 2. The automatic transport classification processing system according to claim 1, wherein the automatic transport device receives the final processing result from the last processing device and sorts and discharges it.