Document Validator Printer Interface for Card Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for handling valuable documents require cumbersome operations to visually confirm document authenticity, involving unlocking cabinets, removing stackers, and lowering plates, and lack intercommunication between validators and printers for information access and updating.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a validator for authenticating documents, a printer for printing information on cards, and an interface for bi-directional communication between the validator and printer, allowing the transmission and printing of validation information, as well as updating operational programs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a document stacker with observation window is used to visually confirm documents, then visual confirmation is enabled, but the operation becomes troublesome and time-consuming requiring unlocking cabinet, removing stacker, and lowering pushing plate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy of the validation information by printing it on a card that can be viewed through the observation window. Instead of requiring physical manipulation to see the original document, the system generates a printable representation that can be confirmed visually without cumbersome operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a card as an intermediary carrier between the validator and the user. The validation information is transferred to the card, which then serves as the medium for visual confirmation, eliminating the need to directly handle the original document or perform complex stacker operations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If validator and printer are individually connected to gaming machine, then each device functions independently, but there is no intercommunication between validator and printer for information access and updating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the validator and printer into an integrated system where the validator can transmit information directly to the printer. This combination enables the printer to access validation information and update operational programs without requiring separate connection paths through the gaming machine, simplifying the overall system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The printer is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a document output device and as an information access terminal for the validator. It can receive validation information for printing and also update operational programs, making it a universal interface for both information display and system configuration.
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AI summary
A system for handling valuable documents is provided that comprises a validator 2 for validating authenticity of a valuable document, and a printer 3 for printing on a card 20 information in validator 2 and an interface 4 for connecting validator 2 and printer 3 for their intercommunication. Automatically or after a certain period of time, validator 2 transmits its stored validation information to printer 3 through interface 4. Otherwise, receiving a transmission instruction signal of validation information given upon turning a trigger switch on or receiving a retrieval instruction signal from printer 3, validator 2 transmits its stored validation information to printer 3 through interface 4 to print the validation information on card 20.