JP2992652B2 - Automatic ticket gate with regulated loading - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate installed in a station such as a railway, for example, and more particularly, to improving the ticket gate processing performance by restricting the erroneous insertion operation of unhandled tickets that cannot be ticketed. The automatic ticket gates with import restrictions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 5, a ticket gate that automatically processes tickets such as ordinary tickets, coupons, and commuter passes when using a train or the like is equipped with a ticket entrance 5a and a ticket release. An outlet 5b is connected by a conveyor belt device 5c, and an aligning unit 5 for narrowing the inserted ticket between the conveyors.
d, a ticket indirect data processing unit 5e for reading and writing magnetic information of the ticket to indirectly change the data, performing a printing process on the ticket, punching a punch hole, and directly changing the outer surface of the ticket. Ticket direct data processing section 5f, card direct data processing section 5g for performing direct data processing such as punching processing on a boarding card, card indirect data processing section 5h for performing indirect data processing such as magnetic recording change on a boarding card, and discharging section 5i
Are installed on the mainframe in this order.

If a non-magnetized ticket that has not been subjected to magnetic processing and cannot be ticketed is incorrectly inserted into such an automatic ticket gate,
This automatic ticket gate discharges the non-magnetized ticket from the front discharge port as it is unprocessed, closes the door of the ticket gate passage, sounds an alarm sound, further turns on the alarm lamp, and is an incorrectly inserted ticket. To inform the customer.

[0004] However, the customer who recognizes the erroneous insertion operation due to the passage restriction and the two alarm outputs immediately goes to the ticket gate, pulls out the ticket discharged to the discharge gate, then returns again and returns from the ticket gate. They were evacuating, but at the time of this evacuation, they collided with the next passengers behind and greatly hindered the flow of passengers using the ticket gate. In addition, when a special ticket such as a large ticket or a hard ticket is inserted among non-magnetized tickets, there is a problem that a jam is easily generated in an internal conveyance processing system.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate machine with a gate control which can always perform a smooth gate operation by restricting the operation of inserting an erroneous ticket which cannot be gated at the position of the slot. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a magnetic data processing unit for performing data processing of magnetic data of a inserted ticket in a ticket processing system connecting an insertion port and a discharge port opened to one and the other sides of the apparatus main body. An automatic ticket gate provided with: a magnetic ticket determiner disposed at the beginning of the take-up mechanism of the ticket processing system corresponding to the slot to determine whether the ticket is a magnetic ticket or a non-magnetic ticket; and the magnetic ticket determiner When a non-magnetic ticket is detected on the basis of the determination signal, the automatic ticket gate is provided with a loading control means including a loading control means for controlling loading into the ticket processing system.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when a non-magnetic ticket that cannot be ticketed is erroneously inserted into the insertion slot, the non-magnetic ticket is immediately determined by the magnetic ticket determiner to be a non-magnetic ticket that cannot be ticketed, On the basis of this, the take-in restricting means regulates the take-in operation of the non-magnetic ticket into the ticket processing system so that the non-magnetic ticket stays at the position of the slot.

[0008]

As a result, even if the customer erroneously inserts a non-magnetized ticket into the slot that cannot be ticketed, it is not taken into the slot and the customer immediately recognizes the erroneous slot at the time of the slot operation. Thus, the evacuation operation can be performed before entering the ticket gate passage.
Therefore, it is possible to eliminate an unnatural evacuation behavior such as returning backward in the ticket gate passage, so that the flow of passengers using the ticket gate is always smooth. In addition, since it is possible to reliably prevent the insertion of a unique ticket that easily induces a jam at the position of the insertion slot, the stability and reliability at the time of internal transport processing are improved,
At the same time, the operating rate is improved.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic ticket gate with regulation of taking-in. The front and rear of the ticket gate main body 11 are provided with opening / closing doors 12 for controlling passengers passing therethrough. The ticket entrance 13 and the ticket exit 14 are open.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conveyor belt 15 having a ticket input port 13 and a ticket discharge port 14 at both ends is provided as a ticket processing system inside the ticket gate main body 11,
A magnetic sensor 16 for magnetically checking whether the inserted ticket is a magnetized ticket or a non-magnetized ticket along the ticket conveying direction of the conveyor belt 15, an alignment unit 17 for aligning the inserted ticket, Reads face information with various magnetic heads
A ticket indirect data processing unit 18 for writing / checking, a ticket direct data processing unit 19 for punching and station name printing based on the indirect data, and a punching process and station name printing for the inserted card A card direct data processing unit 20 for performing processing, a card indirect data processing unit 21 for rewriting and checking magnetic data recorded on the card, and a discharging unit 22 for discharging tickets and cards are provided. Tickets or cards are automatically processed for ticket inspection.

The above-mentioned magnetic sensor 16 is used for the transfer belt 15.
, And detects whether the ticket at the time of insertion operated here is a valid magnetized ticket for automatic ticket inspection or an inappropriate non-magnetized ticket that cannot be automatically ticketed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the automatic ticket gate with the loading restriction. The CPU 31 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and stores the control data in the RAM 33.

When the CPU 31 detects through the magnetic sensor 16 that a non-magnetic ticket whose ticket cannot be ticketed has been erroneously inserted, the CPU 31 stops the transport belt 15 based on the detection signal and controls the non-magnetic ticket. The take-in operation is regulated, and the non-magnetic ticket is kept at the position of the ticket entrance 13. In this way, by restricting the loading of inappropriate non-automated tickets, it plays the role of promptly recognizing the customer as an incorrectly inserted ticket at the time of the inserting operation, and evacuating the incorrectly inserted operator before entering the ticket gate passage. And the flow of the ticket gate passage is always smooth.

A large number of sensors S are arranged along the conveyor belt 15 and detect a ticket, insertion and discharge of a card, and other positions. The solenoid 34 drives each flapper disposed at a branch position of the transport belt 15 to perform a reversing operation of a ticket or a card or a sorting operation at the time of a collecting operation. The motors M drive the conveyor belt 15, the width shifting roller, and the like.

Next, the processing operation of the automatic ticket gate with intake control will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a ticket is input into the ticket slot 13, the tip of the input ticket is subjected to a magnetic check corresponding to the magnetic sensor 16, and a magnetic effect effective for this automatic ticket gate. It is detected whether the ticket is an improper demagnetized ticket or not (step n1).
When the non-magnetic ticket 31 is determined to have been erroneously inserted by a non-magnetic ticket, the conveyor belt 15 is immediately stopped to restrict the take-in operation of the non-magnetic ticket, and the operation is stopped at the entrance of the ticket input slot 13. As a result, the customer is prevented from inserting the ticket at the time of the insertion operation, recognizes that the ticket is erroneously inserted, and can quickly evacuate from the entrance of the ticket gate passage, obstructing the flow of ticket gate users. (Step n2).

On the other hand, when a magnetized ticket is inserted, the magnetic sensor 16 detects its validity. Based on this detection signal, the CPU 31 determines that the ticket is valid for an automatic ticket gate and determines whether the ticket is valid. Is driven to take in the inserted ticket inside (step n3).

The size of the ticket or card taken in is detected by the sensor S. Based on this detection signal, the CPU 31 determines whether the input material is a small ticket size or a large card size. When the card size is large, the width adjustment roller is retracted so as not to hinder the passage (steps n4 to n5). After the alignment processing, the paper is guided to the ticket indirect data processing unit 18 where the input material is input. Is read, and if necessary, the written face information is written, and the written face information is checked (step n).
6 to n8).

At this time, the CPU 3
If 1 is a ticket type, it is guided to the ticket direct data processing unit 19 if the ticket is a ticket, where a printing process and a punching process are performed for a coupon ticket, and a punching process is performed for a ticket. In the case of commuter passes, skip the data processing directly,
Each is released to the ticket release port 14 (step n9
To n13).

However, if the input object is a boarding card, the front and back sides of the inserted card are checked. Guidance (steps n14 to n15),
Here, after performing punching processing and thermal printing processing,
Release from the ticket release port 14 (steps n16 to n1)
7).

As described above, even if the customer erroneously inserts a non-magnetized ticket into the ticket entrance that cannot be changed, the ticket is not taken into the ticket entrance, and the customer is not taken in at the time of the ticket entry operation. It is possible to immediately recognize an incorrectly inserted ticket and perform an evacuation operation before entering the ticket gate passage. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate an unnatural evacuation behavior such as returning backward in the ticket gate passage, so that the flow of passengers using the ticket gate is always smooth, and the ticket gate processing performance is improved. In addition, since the insertion of a unique ticket that easily causes a jam at the position of the ticket insertion slot can be accurately prevented, the stability, reliability, and ticket gate processing efficiency of the internal transport processing system are improved.

In correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the apparatus main body of the present invention corresponds to the ticket gate main body 11 of the embodiment. , The outlet corresponds to the ticket outlet 14,
The loading mechanism of the transport processing system corresponds to the transport belt 15,
The magnetic ticket determiner corresponds to the magnetic sensor 16, the magnetic data processing unit corresponds to the ticket indirect data processing unit 18 and the card indirect data processing unit 21, and the capture restricting unit is a CPU 31.
However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate with intake restriction according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic ticket gate with intake control according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the automatic ticket gate with intake restriction according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a ticket inspection processing operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an internal configuration diagram of a conventional automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Ticket gate machine 13 ... Ticket entrance 14 ... Ticket exit 15 ... Conveyor belt 16 ... Magnetic sensor 18, 21 ... Indirect data processing part 31 ... CPU

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-22189 (JP, A) JP-A 55-107678 (JP, U) JP-A 56-168867 (JP, U) (58) Investigation Field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07B 11/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An automatic ticket gate provided with a magnetic data processing unit for processing magnetic data of a inserted ticket in a ticket processing system connecting an insertion port and a discharge port opened on one side and the other side of the apparatus main body. A magnetic ticket determiner disposed at the beginning of the take-in mechanism of the ticket processing system corresponding to the slot to determine whether the ticket is a magnetic ticket or a non-magnetic ticket; An automatic ticket gate with intake restriction, comprising: intake restriction means for restricting the entrance to the ticket processing system when the insertion of a ticket is detected.