JP3064474B2 - Automatic ticket gate with return function - 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 station services such as railways, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate with a return function for improving the performance of returning bad tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a ticket gate which automatically turns on tickets such as ordinary tickets, coupons and commuter passes when using a train or the like, as shown in FIG. 8, has a ticket entrance 8a and a ticket exit. 8b is connected by a conveyor belt device 8c, and an alignment unit 8d for narrowing the inserted ticket between the conveyors, a ticket for indirectly changing by reading and writing magnetic information of the ticket. An indirect data processing unit 8e, a ticket direct data processing unit 8f that prints a ticket and punches holes to directly change the outer surface of the ticket, and a card that performs direct data processing such as punching on a boarding card Direct data processing unit 8
g, a card indirect data processing unit 8h for performing indirect data processing such as a change in magnetic recording on the boarding card and a discharge unit 8i are provided in the main frame in this order.

[0003] When a non-automated ticket, for example, which has not been subjected to magnetic processing, is erroneously inserted into such an automatic ticket gate, the non-automated ticket is left unprocessed based on the detection of the erroneous insertion. The passenger passes the vehicle and discharges it to the front outlet, closes the door of the ticket gate, sounds an alarm, and turns on an alarm lamp to notify the customer that the ticket is incorrectly inserted.

However, a passenger who recognizes an erroneous insertion due to the passage restriction or the alarm output goes to the front of the ticket gate, pulls out the ticket released to the front discharge gate, then returns again and evacuates from the ticket gate. At the time of this evacuation, however, they collided with the next passengers behind and greatly hindered the flow of passengers using the ticket gate.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic vehicle with a return function that can immediately reverse a ticket and return it to a customer from the position of the slot even if a non-automated ticket that cannot be ticketed is incorrectly inserted into the slot. The purpose is to provide ticket gates.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a data processing unit for processing data of a inserted ticket is provided in a ticket processing system connecting an insertion port and a discharge port opened to one side and the other side of the apparatus main body. An automatic ticket gate, which is disposed in the ticket processing system and determines whether the ticket is an automated ticket or a non-automated ticket, and detects the insertion of a non-automated ticket based on a determination signal of the automated ticket determining device. In this case, the automatic ticket machine is provided with a return function having a non-automated ticket return control means for returning the non-automated ticket and returning it to the original slot.

An automated ticket determiner provided in the ticket processing system for determining whether the ticket is an automated ticket or a non-automated ticket, and when the insertion of the non-automated ticket is detected based on the determination signal of the automated ticket determiner, Return the non-automated ticket directly from the data processing unit
The return provided at the intermediate portion between the input port and the discharge port via the
It is an automatic ticket gate with a return function provided with a non-automated ticket return control means for returning to a return slot .

[0008]

According to the present invention, when a non-automated ticket that cannot be ticketed is erroneously inserted into the slot, the non-automated ticket is immediately determined by the automated ticket determiner to be a non-automated ticket that cannot be ticketed, Based on this, the non-automated ticket return control means returns the non-automated ticket back to the original slot.

When the inserted ticket is determined to be a non-automated ticket, the non-automated ticket return control means converts the non-automated ticket into data.
It returns the front of the outlet via a direct return passage from the processing unit
Return it to the entrance .

[0010]

As a result, even if a non-automated ticket that cannot be ticketed is erroneously inserted into the slot, the inserted non-automated ticket is returned to the original slot immediately after being inserted, and is returned as if pushed back. By performing the return operation, the customer can quickly recognize the incorrectly inserted ticket and can evacuate 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, and therefore, the flow of passengers using the ticket gate is always smooth. In addition, when it is determined that the ticket is a non-automated ticket, the paper is not transported to the discharge port at the other end for a long time.

Further, newly provided a return for port opening for returning between the outlet and the inlet, directly from the data processing unit
If you return it to the return port , the return process will be faster,
Immediately after being returned in front of the customer, the customer can quickly recognize the wrongly inserted ticket.
In other words, it is more clear that the ticket is non-automated ticket that cannot be ticketed because it is not released from the regular outlet, and in this case, the position of the return port is released immediately after insertion because the customer starts entering the ticket gate passage It is suitable to open it close to the input port where it can be made.

[0012]

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 a return function, which is provided with opening / closing doors 12 for controlling passengers passing in front and behind the ticket gate main body 11, and is well-known at front and rear positions on the upper surface of the ticket gate main body. Ticket entrance 13 and ticket exit 1
4 are open.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conveyor belt 15 having a ticket entrance 13 and a ticket exit 14 at both ends is provided as a ticket processing system inside the ticket gate main body 11, as shown in FIG.
An alignment unit 16 for aligning the inserted tickets along the ticket transport direction of the transport belt 15, a ticket indirect data processing unit 17 for reading, writing, and checking ticket information by various magnetic heads, Ticket direct data processing section 18 for performing punching processing and station name printing processing based on the card, and card direct data processing section 19 for performing punching processing and station name printing processing on inserted cards.
And a card indirect data processing unit 20 for rewriting and checking magnetic data recorded on the card, and a discharging unit 21 for discharging the ticket and the card, so that the inserted ticket or card is automatically processed. Tickets are processed.

The above-mentioned ticket indirect data processing unit 17 is disposed at the start end of the conveyor belt 15 and performs magnetic data processing of the ticket inserted here. Take an automatic ticket with an effective magnetic treatment for the automatic ticket gate, or a non-magnetic ticket or a non-automated ticket such as a badly read ticket that has not been subjected to a magnetic treatment that cannot be automatically ticketed, and check the magnet at the initial stage, If a non-automated ticket is detected, the ticket cannot be automatically turned on. Therefore, the ticket is temporarily pooled in the pool section 22 disposed at the subsequent stage, and then immediately returned and returned to the original position of the ticket slot 13 and returned. ,
In the case of an appropriate automated ticket, predetermined magnetic data processing and direct data processing are performed and the ticket is released from the ticket discharge port 14.

FIG. 3 shows a control circuit block diagram of an automatic ticket gate with a return function. 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 a non-automated ticket is detected, the CPU 31 reversibly controls the conveyor belt 15 so that the non-automated ticket is once sent back from the pool section 22 and instantly pushed back to the original position of the ticket slot 13. return. For this reason, when a non-automated ticket is inserted, it is protruded toward the near side and returned at substantially the same time as the insertion operation, so that it is immediately recognized that the ticket is an incorrectly inserted ticket at the time of the inserting operation, and the incorrectly inserted operator enters the ticket gate passage. The evacuation operation is performed before and the flow of the ticket gate passage is always smooth.

A large number of sensors S are arranged along the conveyor belt 15 to detect a ticket, a card insertion and ejection, and other position detection. The solenoid 34 drives each flapper disposed at a branch position of the transport belt 15 to perform a reversing operation or a sorting operation of a ticket or a card. The motors M ...
The reversible transport drive for rotating the transport belt 15 forward / reverse, and the width shifting roller of the alignment unit 16 are driven.

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

Now, when a customer inserts a ticket or card into the ticket slot 13, the size of the input is detected by the sensor S. Based on this detection signal, the CPU 31 determines that the size of the input ticket is small. Or a large card size. If the ticket size is small, the alignment unit 1
6 to the appropriate transport position via the width-adjusting roller 6, and in the case of a large card size, the width-adjusting roller of the alignment section 16 is retracted to allow inward passage (steps n1 to n2).
).

At this point, the input materials arranged and guided to the ticket indirect data processing unit 17 are first read and checked for their face information, and at this time, it is determined whether an automated ticket valid for an automatic ticket gate or an unsuitable non-automated ticket. Magnetic check (step n3-
n4), if it is determined that the ticket is magnetically processed,
The face information is written if necessary, and the written face information is checked (steps n5 to n6).

At this time, the CPU 3
If 1 is a ticket type, if it is a ticket such as a coupon, ticket, commuter pass, etc., it is led to the ticket direct data processing unit 18, and if it is a coupon, it is subjected to printing processing and punching processing, and if it is a ticket, Performs punching processing, and in the case of a commuter pass, directly skips the data processing and discharges each to the ticket release port 14 (steps n7 to n11).

However, if the inserted object is a boarding card, the front and back of the inserted card are checked, and if the inserted surface is turned upside down, the card is inverted and then guided to the card direct data processing unit 19 ( Steps n12 to n13), where the punching process and the thermal printing process are performed, and then the ticket is released from the ticket release port 14 (steps n14 to n15).

When the ticket indirect data processing unit 17 detects in step n4 that a non-automated ticket which is not suitable for an automatic ticket gate has been inserted, the non-automated ticket acquired by the CPU 31 based on this detection signal. At the same time, the ticket is once pooled in the pool section 22, and at the same time, the non-automated ticket is returned to the ticket entrance 13 by feeding back the conveyor belt 15. As a result, the non-automated ticket protrudes in front of the customer and is returned, and at the time of the insertion operation, the customer can be recognized as an incorrectly inserted ticket, and the customer who has performed the incorrectly inserted operation is entered at the entrance of the ticket gate passage. Since the evacuation operation can be performed more immediately, the flow of the ticket gate user is not hindered, and the flow of the ticket gate passage is always smoothly maintained (steps n16 to n17).

In this way, even if the customer erroneously inserts a non-automated ticket into the ticket slot 13 that cannot be gated, the inserted non-automated ticket is returned to the original ticket slot 13 and By performing the opposing return operation immediately after the insertion, the customer can quickly recognize the incorrectly inserted ticket, and can evacuate 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. Further, since the paper is not transported long to the ticket discharge port 14 at the other end, occurrence of jam can be reduced, and stability and reliability at the time of internal transport processing are improved, and at the same time, the operation rate is improved.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show another embodiment of an automatic ticket gate with a return function according to the present invention.
Opening / closing doors 52, 52 provided before and after
And a ticket entrance 53 and a ticket exit 54 provided at front and rear positions on the upper surface of the ticket gate main body, and a dedicated ticket return port 55 provided at an intermediate portion thereof.

The ticket return dedicated port 55 is provided at an intermediate portion between the ticket input port 53 and the ticket release port 54 and is opened toward the input port side. The opening is branched from the internal conveyor belt 56. The non-automated ticket is returned via the connected return-only passage 57. Furthermore, in this case, it is suitable that the opening position of the ticket return dedicated opening 55 is provided immediately after the ticket entrance 53 because the customer starts to enter the ticket gate passage.

The above-mentioned return passage 57 is connected to the position of the internal ticket indirect data processing unit 58 so that it can be returned immediately upon completion of the magnetic check of the non-automated ticket. To be released to

The processing operation of the automatic ticket gate with return function provided with such a ticket return dedicated port 55 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the flowchart of FIG. 7, steps 21 to 35 correspond to the steps of the flowchart of FIG.
Since the processing operations are exactly the same as those described in steps 1 to 15, the description thereof is omitted.

In step n24, when the ticket indirect data processing unit 58 detects that a non-automated ticket has been inserted, the non-automated ticket is directly returned to the passage 5
7 and is returned to the dedicated ticket return port 55 instantly, and the non-automated ticket is returned to the front dedicated ticket return port 55 as soon as it is inserted. In this way, immediately after the operation of inserting the non-automated ticket, the ticket return dedicated port 55 is used instead of the regular ticket discharge port.
By returning the ticket, it becomes clear that the ticket is a non-automated ticket that cannot be ticketed, and can be immediately evacuated from the entrance of the ticket gate, so that the flow of the ticket gate is always maintained smoothly (step n36).

In the 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 bodies 11 and 51 of the embodiment. , 53, and the outlet is the ticket outlet 14,
54, the automated ticket determinator corresponds to the ticket indirect data processing units 17, 58, and the non-automated ticket return control means
Although corresponding to U31, the present invention is not limited to only 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 a return function of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic ticket gate with a return function according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate with a return function of the present invention.

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

FIG. 5 is an external view of an automatic ticket gate with a return function showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an internal configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate with a return function showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a ticket inspection process according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an internal configuration diagram of a conventional automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 51 ... ticket gate body 13, 53 ... ticket entrance 14, 54 ... ticket exit 15, 56 ... conveyor belt 17, 58 ... ticket indirect data processing unit 31 ... CPU 55 ... ticket return dedicated port

────────────────────────────────────────────────── (5) References JP-A-54-5623 (JP, A) JP-A-54-81900 (JP, A) JP-A-1-160568 (JP, U) (58) Survey Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 11/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate provided with a data processing section for processing data of a inserted ticket, wherein the ticket processing system connects an insertion port and a discharge port opened to one side and the other side of the apparatus body. An automated ticket determiner disposed in the ticket processing system to determine whether the ticket is an automated ticket or a non-automated ticket; and when the non-automated ticket is detected based on the determination signal of the automated ticket determiner, the non-automated ticket is reversed. An automatic ticket gate with a return function equipped with non-automated ticket return control means for sending and returning to the original slot. 2. An automatic ticket gate machine comprising a ticket processing system connecting an insertion port and a discharge port opened on one side and the other side of an apparatus body with a data processing section for processing data of inserted tickets, and automation ticket determiner determines automated ticket or non-automated ticket is disposed ticket gate processing system, upon detecting the insertion of non-automated ticket based on the determination signal of the automated ticket determiner, the non automated ticket said Data processing unit
An automatic ticket gate with a return function, comprising a non-automated ticket return control means for returning to a return port provided in an intermediate portion between the input port and the discharge port via a return path directly from the terminal .