JP2001052212A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collect used train tickets into the main body of an automatic ticket examination by discriminating whether an inserted train ticket is in the relation of an outward or inward trip train ticket to an inserted zone ticket. SOLUTION: The outward trip train ticket and outward trip express ticket of train tickets required for a trip to a station B, which is the entrance/exit station of a zone, and a zone ticket are inserted to a slot 1 of a main body (a) of the automatic ticket examination machine installed in the station B. In a separating part 3, the outward trip train ticket is first fed, read by a magnetic head H1 and held by a stopper S3, the outward trip express ticket is read and held by a stopper S2 and the zone ticket is read and held by a stopper S1. The CPU of a controller C discriminates the relation of the three tickets on the basis of read data. It is decided that the outward trip train ticket and the outward trip express ticket are used, and these tickets are collected through a wing W into a ticket box 5. The zone ticket is ejected to a takeout port 2 and returned.

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,
In particular, the present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate capable of efficiently processing a specific area valid ticket and other tickets such as an ordinary ticket and an express ticket used together with the specific area valid ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows that a station A is a departure station and a destination station, and a station B, which is a predetermined distance from the station A, is a specific area (hereinafter, referred to as a station).
It is called a "zone." FIG. 2 is a route map of an entrance station and an exit station (exit station) of Z.

[0003] In this route map, between the A station and the B station,
It is an honor train line (hereinafter referred to as a "Shinkansen") that requires an express ticket in addition to a regular ticket, and also has two Shinkansens in Zone Z (between c and d stations, between B station and between f stations)
It is included. The other routes in this zone Z are conventional lines that can be boarded only with ordinary tickets.

A passenger (passenger) having an outbound pass ticket, an outbound express ticket, a zone ticket (a ticket that can be freely hopped on and off in zone Z), a return ticket, and a return travel express ticket from station A, For example, when trying to enter via an automatic ticket gate (not shown) installed at station c, the main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as “main unit”).
When the zone ticket is inserted into the, the entry is permitted and the zone ticket is discharged to the exit and returned.
That is, regardless of the ticket used for the ride from Station A to Station B, entry is permitted if the zone ticket is a valid ticket. Therefore, the ticket used for the ride from Station A to Station B remains in the user's hand. Further, when the ticket used for the ride from Station A to Station B is inserted into the main body together with the zone ticket, the ticket is discharged to the slot and returned to the user.

[0005] When a user enters and exits in zone Z, and subsequently arrives at station A from station B in zone Z, and wishes to enter via the main body of station A, a return ticket and return ticket are required. Participation is permitted when an express ticket is inserted. That is, regardless of the used zone ticket, entry is permitted if the return ticket and return express ticket are valid tickets. Therefore, the used zone ticket remains in the user's hand. In addition, when the used zone ticket is inserted into the main body together with the return ticket and the return express ticket, the used zone ticket is discharged to the slot and returned to the user.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate is configured to permit entry if a ticket satisfying the entry conditions exists at the station where the main body is installed. A used ticket such as a used zone ticket remains in the hand, which may be illegally used.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to propose an automatic ticket gate capable of collecting used tickets in a main body. is there.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is provided with a ticket which can be boarded to a specific area set a predetermined distance from a predetermined departure station, and Participation processing when a zone ticket used in the predetermined specific area is inserted into the body of an automatic ticket gate installed in the predetermined area for participation, or from the predetermined specific area to the predetermined An automatic ticket gate used for entry processing when a ticket that can be taken to the departure station and its zone ticket are inserted into the body of the automatic ticket gate installed at the predetermined departure station for entry, Determining means for determining whether or not the inserted ticket has a relationship of an outbound ticket or a return ticket with respect to the inserted zone ticket; and an outbound ticket for the zone ticket in which the inserted ticket is inserted. It was determined to be a ticket It is characterized by having a collecting bills control means for collecting bills, the the ticket to.

[0009] In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is provided with a ticket which can be taken to a predetermined specific area set a predetermined distance away from a predetermined departure station, and a specific specific area thereof. Participation processing when the zone ticket to be used is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate installed in the predetermined area for participation, or it can be boarded from the predetermined specific area to the predetermined departure station An automatic ticket gate used for entry processing when the ticket and its zone ticket are inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate installed at the predetermined departure station for entry, and the entered ticket is Determining means for determining whether or not the inserted zone ticket has a relationship of a forward pass ticket or a return pass ticket, and when the inserted ticket is determined to be a return pass ticket for the inserted zone ticket To the zone ticket It is characterized by having a collecting tag control means for Atsumarisatsu.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment. A ticket entry slot 1 is provided at one longitudinal end of a main body a.
On the other end side, an outlet 2 for returning the ticket to the user is provided.

In the main body a, there is provided a separating section 3 for separating a plurality of tickets from the slot 1 when they are stacked and inserted one by one, and is driven by a motor M. A well-known transport path 4 composed of a belt conveyor is provided. The transport path 4 is composed of an aligned transport path 4a, a main transport path 4b, and a discharge transport path 4c. Among them, the aligned transport path 4a has a function of aligning the tickets inserted from the slot 1. ing. Between the main transport path 4b and the discharge transport path 4c, there is provided a wing W which operates when the ticket inserted into the main body a is collected in the tag collection box 5 without returning to the exit 2. Have been.

In the transport path of the main transport path 4b, a magnetic head H1 for reading magnetic data recorded on the ticket is provided in order from the upstream side in the transport direction from the slot 1 to the outlet 2. A pool P temporarily holding a ticket formed by a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) stoppers S1 to S3, and data read by a magnetic head H1 are calculated by a controller C mainly constituted by a microcomputer. A magnetic head H2 for processing and writing the calculation result on the ticket;
A verifying magnetic head H3 is provided to check whether the written data is correctly recorded. In addition, the discharge conveyance path 4c is provided with a grouping portion including a stopper S4 for discharging a plurality of tickets collectively.

The stoppers S1 to S3 of the pool portion P are driven by a solenoid (not shown) and are connected to the main transport path 4b.
Are arranged in series in such a manner that the tickets determined as valid tickets as a result of the arithmetic processing of the CPU described later can be temporarily held one by one. In addition, the stopper S4 of the grouping unit is also driven by a solenoid (not shown), and when the ticket is discharged to the exit 2 and returned to the user, it is temporarily held until the ticket is completely discharged to the exit 2, When all the tickets have been discharged, they are stacked on the outlet 2 and can be discharged at once.

Although not shown, the main transport path 4b includes:
It has a punching unit for making a punch hole in a ticket that requires punching according to the calculation result, and a printing unit including a thermal head for printing predetermined contents on the ticket that needs printing according to the calculation result. .

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 9 denotes a display section provided near the take-out port 2, which is configured to provide predetermined guidance to a user together with a speaker (not shown). Also,
D in the figure is a door that opens and closes a ticket gate passage.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (CPU) 20 includes a ROM
The CPU 20 performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in a non-volatile storage device (ROM in FIG. 2) 21 and working data stored in a RAM 22, and the CPU 20 controls the I / O unit 23. A read / write (R / W) driver 24 connected to the magnetic heads H1 to H3, a wing driver 25 for driving the wing W, a display driver 26 for controlling the display unit 9, and stoppers S1 to S4 A solenoid driver 27 for driving a solenoid (not shown) for use with a door driver 28 for driving the door D is connected. The I / O unit 23 is connected to a drive driver for the motor M and various drivers such as a punching unit and a thermal head, but these are omitted here.

Next, the control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the route map of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the user carries an outbound pass ticket, an outbound express ticket, a zone ticket, an inbound return ticket, and an inbound return express ticket from the A station, and is going to enter at the B station which is the entrance station of the zone Z. .
The flowchart of FIG. 3A shows the processing control operation at that time.

At the time of this participation, the ticket possessed by the user is inserted into the slot 1 of the main body a (omitted in FIG. 4) installed at the station B (step 100: Yes; "S"). That is, an outbound pass ticket, an outbound limited express ticket, and a zone ticket, which are the tickets necessary for boarding from the A station to the B station, are inserted into the slot 1.

In the separating section 3, when the outward ticket is first fed and read by the magnetic head H1, the outward ticket is held by the stopper S3 and waits for reading of the outward express ticket. After reading the outbound express ticket, the outbound express ticket is held by the stopper S2. Further, after the zone ticket is read, it is held by the stopper S1. The CPU 20 of the controller C determines the relationship between the three parties (tickets,,) based on the read data (S102).
In this determination, the outbound pass ticket and the outbound limited express ticket are:
Since the conditions for boarding to the entrance station of the zone ticket are satisfied, the outward ticket and the outward limited express ticket are determined to have been used and are collected. That is, the outbound pass ticket is collected in the ticket box 5 via the wing W, and the stopper S
The outbound express ticket held in 2 is also collected in the ticket box 5 via the wing W. Since the zone ticket held in the stopper S1 is a ticket to be used in the zone Z, it is discharged to the outlet 2 and returned (Yes at S104, S106).

When one or both of the inserted outbound pass ticket and the outbound limited express ticket are determined to be invalid due to expiration of the validity period, etc., the door D is closed and the inserted ticket, , Are collectively discharged from the outlet 2 through the stopper S4 (No at S104, S108), and the reason for refusal of participation is displayed via the display unit 9 and a speaker (not shown). Also, when an express ticket that does not make a pair with the outbound ticket, such as an express ticket used for the Shinkansen in the zone ticket Z or a return express express ticket, is incorrectly inserted into the slot 1, the erroneously inserted ticket is also taken. Returned to Exit 2.

At the station B, the user who has collected the outbound limited express ticket at the time of changing from the Shinkansen to the conventional line, transfers the outbound express ticket and the zone ticket to the main body a (omitted in FIG. 4) installed at the c station. Is inserted (Yes at S200), the relationship between the outbound pass ticket and the zone ticket is determined (S20).
2). In other words, the outbound pass ticket must be used before the zone ticket is entered, so that the outbound pass ticket is determined to have already been used. Therefore, in the main body a of the station c, the outbound pass ticket is collected in the ticket collection box 5, and only the zone ticket is discharged to the exit 2 and returned (S20).
4 is affirmative, S206). When the outbound pass ticket does not have the predetermined relationship with the zone ticket (No at S204), it is returned along with the zone ticket because it is an erroneously inserted ticket (S208).

In zone Z, the user can freely get on and off using the zone ticket. The Shinkansen in Zone Z (between c and d stations, between B and f stations)
If a special express fare is required when using the, you can pay the express fare and board.

The user who has used the zone ticket returns to the station A, and enters the zone ticket, the return ticket, and the limited express ticket at the slot 1 of the main body a (omitted in FIG. 4) installed at the station A. (S300 affirmation).

The above-mentioned tickets are held in the stoppers S1 to S3 of the pool portion P, respectively, and then collected in a ticket collection box (S302, S304: Yes, S306). In other words, among these tickets, the existence of a valid return pass ticket and return return express ticket is a condition for the user to enter from the station A, so that the ticket is collected. Since the departure station corresponds to the exit station in zone Z, it is determined that the station has been used and the bills are collected. Of course, if any one of these tickets is an invalid ticket or has not been inserted, participation is rejected (omitted in the flowchart of FIG. 3C). When the zone ticket does not have a predetermined relationship with both tickets, that is, when the exit station of the zone ticket does not correspond to the departure station of both tickets, it is returned as an erroneously inserted ticket (No in S304, S308).

As described above, the zone ticket inserted into the main body a together with the return ticket and the return express ticket is determined to be used, and is collected in the ticket box 5, so that it is used by the user. No zone tickets remain.

The above-described entry processing at the station A is performed in the same manner when entering from a station (not shown) between the station A and the station B. Therefore, the term "predetermined departure station" in the present invention includes a station existing between the station A and the station.

In the above example, the Shinkansen is used between the stations A and B. However, a conventional line may be used. In this case, the above-mentioned outward express ticket and return express ticket are omitted.

[0028]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention comprises a judging means for judging whether or not the inserted ticket has a relation of a forward ticket or a return ticket with respect to the inserted zone ticket; When the determined ticket is determined as an outbound ticket for the inserted zone ticket, the ticket includes ticket collection control means for collecting the ticket, so that the used ticket remains in the user's hand. Can be prevented.

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention comprises: a judging means for judging whether or not the inserted ticket has a relation of a forward ticket or a return ticket with respect to the inserted zone ticket; It consists of ticket collection control means for collecting the zone ticket when it is determined to be a return ticket for the zone ticket in which the ticket was inserted, so that used zone tickets are prevented from remaining in the user's hand can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

FIG. 4 is a route map.

[Explanation of Signs] G Automatic ticket gate main body (main body) 1 Slot 2 Outlet 3 Separation unit 4 Transport path 10 Human detector H1 to H3 Magnetic heads S1, S2, S3, S4 Stopper C Controller

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takayuki Kitazawa 11-2 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture F-term in the Utsunomiya Works of Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. 3E027 CA07 CA08 CB06

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ticket which can be boarded to a predetermined specific area set at a predetermined distance from a predetermined departure station and a zone ticket used in the predetermined specific area are required for entry into the predetermined area. The entry processing when it is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate installed in the or the ticket and the zone ticket that can be boarded from the specified specific area to the specified departure station are required for the entry. An automatic ticket gate used for entry processing when it is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate installed at the departure station, and the outbound ticket or return ticket for the zone ticket in which the inserted ticket was inserted Determination means for determining whether or not the relationship is satisfied; and, when the inserted ticket is determined to be an outbound ticket for the inserted zone ticket, ticket collection control means for collecting the ticket when the inserted ticket is determined to be an outbound ticket. Self characterized by having Dynamic ticket gate. 2. A ticket which can be boarded to a predetermined specific area set at a predetermined distance from a predetermined departure station and a zone ticket used in the predetermined specific area are required to enter the predetermined area for participation. The entry processing when it is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate installed in the or the ticket and the zone ticket that can be boarded from the specified specific area to the specified departure station are required for the entry. An automatic ticket gate used for entry processing when it is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate installed at the departure station, and the outbound ticket or return ticket for the zone ticket in which the inserted ticket was inserted Determination means for determining whether or not there is a relationship; and a ticket collection control means for collecting the zone ticket when the inserted ticket is determined to be a return ticket with respect to the inserted zone ticket, Characterized by having Automatic ticket gate.