magnetic stripe reader for a banking book

摘要

The apparatus includes a feed controller (6b) for positioning a passbook (1a) in place on the basis of given position data, and magnetic stripe reader for reading a magnetic stripe attached on the passbook and providing an error signal when data is not read correctly. It performs the following steps: sets in a priority table (12a) priorities for a plurality of the passbooks (1a), stores in a position data memory (9b) the position data for each of the passbooks on the basis of which a positioning mechanism (R1-R2) positions the passbooks, performs a read control operation to read the position data from the position data memory (9b) according to the priorities set in the priority table (12a), to activate the positioning mechanism (R1-R3) by giving read position data and then to activate a magnetic stripe reader (H), activates read control operations one by one for the position data until data is read correctly, and retries a cycle of the read control operations for all the position data stored in the position data memory (9b) for the pre-designated number of times, when data has not been read correctly for the position data.