JP2001093008A - Automatic ticket examining machine and transfer discount control method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To urge the execution of the authority of transfer discounts and make a user recognize it in the use of a card. SOLUTION: Entrance and exit through an automatic ticket examining machine 1 with a card is operated within a transfer discount block, and when the authority of transfer discounts is generated according to transfer to another company's rail line, a CPU 51 of the automatic ticket examining machine of the station processes a card by an SF processing part 40, and displays guidance indication the use of transfer discounts at a PDP display part 6 according to the transfer to another company's rail line through a display controlling circuit 61 at a PDP display part 6, and prints the guidance of the transfer discounts through a print controlling circuit 58 on the card by a thermal printer 41.

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 and an automatic ticket gate which are installed at a transportation station such as a train or a bus and perform a ticket inspection operation of a magnetic card (magnetic recording medium) possessed by a passerby. The present invention relates to a transit discount control method for aircraft.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in the field of railways, for the purpose of labor saving of ticket gates, users are provided at entrances or exits of facilities such as railways, and users (passers) using the facilities are required to use the facilities. When entering or entering, or
When changing facilities, take in a magnetic ticket (passenger ticket, commuter pass, card, etc.) carried by the user and inspect it. If the magnetic ticket is valid, allow the user to pass, and if it is incorrect, Automatic ticket gates have been introduced to block the passage of users.

[0003] This type of automatic ticket gate machine has a magnetic recording unit formed on a magnetic recording unit formed on one side (back side) of a magnetic ticket inserted into a slot at the time of entry, exit, or transfer. Information (for example, ticket entrance information such as an entrance station and a valid fare) is read, and based on the read information, permission or inhibition of the user's passage is determined, and a predetermined process is performed on the magnetic ticket, for example, printing on the ticket surface. Processing,
After performing a magnetic recording process or the like on the magnetic recording unit, the magnetic ticket is discharged to an exit.

[0004] In addition, at a transfer station of a train of a different railway company, an automatic ticket gate that operates to contact the inside of the station premises of each railway company without operating outside the station premises is operated for the purpose of convenience of passengers. When transferring from a used railway company to another company, a "transit discount" may be implemented to discount the fare of another company.

[0005] For example, in the case of using a SF card (stored fair card) to transfer from a railway company to another company through an automatic ticket gate, a "transit discount" is applied to the fare of the other company and the discounted fare is applied. Available. Note that S
The F-card is a magnetic card in which a usage history is added by a line every time the ticket is used by an automatic ticket gate. Hereinafter, it is simply described as a card.

[0006] However, even if the passenger enters the exit from an automatic ticket gate with the right to a transfer discount by using such a card, the passenger cannot use the card because it cannot be confirmed on the PDP display, card printing, or the like. In some cases, they didn't know.

[0007] In addition, even if the participating card has a card balance of 0 yen, the right of transit discount remains, but since there is no guidance or the like, the user could not understand. Also, when entering and exiting an automatic ticket gate using a card, there was no guidance display or printing indicating that there was a transit discount right. In addition, there are few customers who are using the trains while being aware of transit discounts.

[0008]

As described above, the SF
Even if you enter from an automatic ticket gate with the right to transfer discounts by using a card such as a card, the customer will not be able to confirm it by PDP display, card printing, etc. There is a problem that even if an entry card has a card balance of 0 yen, the transit discount right remains, but there is no guidance or other information, so there are few customers who are conscious of transit discounts. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate and a method of controlling the transfer discount of the automatic ticket gate, which can prompt the user to exercise the right to use the transit discount by using a card and can recognize the transit discount.

[0010]

An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention comprises a processing means for processing a magnetic recording medium, a printing means for printing the processing result of the processing means on the magnetic recording medium,
Display means for guiding and displaying the processing content of the processing means,
If the magnetic recording medium processed by the processing means has a transit discount right at the time of connection to another company, the fact that the magnetic recording medium has the transit discount right is printed on the magnetic recording medium using the printing means, and the display is made. And control means for performing control to display that the means has a transit discount right.

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is characterized in that, when the magnetic recording medium has the right of a transfer discount when connecting from another company, a processing means for processing a fee at a predetermined transfer discount, and a processing by this processing means Printing means for printing the result on a magnetic recording medium, display means for guiding and displaying the processing contents of the processing means, and when the processing means processes the charge at the transfer discount, the display means displays the charge at the transfer discount. And control means for performing control for displaying that processing has been performed.

[0012] The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention includes a processing means for subtracting a usage fee from a monetary value of a magnetic recording medium, a printing means for printing the processing result of the processing means on the magnetic recording medium, Display means for guiding and displaying the contents of processing by the processing means, and when the magnetic recording medium processed by the processing means has a transit discount right in transit to another company,
Even if the monetary value of the magnetic recording medium becomes zero, the above-mentioned printing means is used to print on the magnetic recording medium that the transit discount right is granted, and that the display means has the transit discount right. And control means for performing a control for displaying.

According to the transfer discount control method for an automatic ticket gate of the present invention, the processing of a magnetic recording medium to be inserted is performed, and when the processed magnetic recording medium has the right of a transfer discount when connecting to another company. The magnetic recording medium is printed to indicate that it has a transit discount right, and the magnetic recording medium is controlled to display that it has the transit discount right.

According to the transfer discount control method for an automatic ticket gate of the present invention, when the inserted magnetic recording medium has the right to a transfer discount from a transfer from another company, the fee is processed at a predetermined transfer discount and It is characterized in that control for displaying that the fee has been processed with the transit discount is performed.

A transfer discount control method for an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is a transfer discount control method for an automatic ticket gate that performs a ticket check using a magnetic recording medium having a monetary value. If the processed magnetic recording medium has the right to a transit discount when connecting to another company, the monetary value of the magnetic recording medium becomes zero. Is also printed on the magnetic recording medium to the effect that it has the right to a transit discount, and controls to display that the magnetic recording medium has the right to a transit discount.

[0016]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an external structure of an automatic ticket gate capable of processing both a magnetic ticket as a magnetic recording medium and a wireless card (wireless recording medium) as a wireless recording medium according to the present invention. It is shown. Automatic ticket gate 1
Is usually installed as a set of two cars at a ticket gate of a station,
A passage through which a pedestrian passes is formed between the two.

At one end of the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate main body 2, for example, a magnetic ticket (magnetic recording medium: commuter pass, ordinary ticket, etc.) in which ticket information such as a validity period and a use section is magnetically encoded, Alternatively, a slot 3 is provided as a slot into which a card such as a magnetic card or SF card is inserted, and an outlet 4 for discharging a magnetic ticket received from the slot 3 is provided at the other end.

In front of the slot 3 on the main body 2, a passer-by carries a ticket, for example, with a wireless card having a function of transmitting and receiving ticket information such as a validity period and a use section by wireless communication. An antenna 5 for transmitting and receiving data and the like is provided.

In front of the outlet 4 on the main body 2, there is provided a PDP display section 6 for providing guidance to passers-by, station staff and the like.

At both ends of the side surface of the main body 2 on the side of the passage, doors 7, 7 which can be opened and closed for controlling the passage of a pedestrian are provided, respectively. 7, 7 are controlled to open and close.

At the upper part of the main body 2, a frame-shaped pole portion (frame body) 8 for defining a passage of a pedestrian is provided upright.
A plurality of optical sensors as pedestrian detecting means, for example, exit detectors 9 and 10, entry detectors 11 and 12,
Also, a center passage detector 13 is provided. The exit detector 9 detects a pedestrian passing through the entrance 3, the exit detector 10 detects a pedestrian passing through the PDP display 6, and the entry detector 11 detects Detecting a pedestrian passing through the part,
Detects a pedestrian passing through the portion of the outlet 4, and the central passage detector 13 detects a pedestrian passing through the center of the passage.

On the pole section 8, there is provided a state display section 14 for displaying the operation state of the present apparatus (insertion of a child ticket, insertion of an invalid ticket, malfunction of equipment, etc.).

FIG. 2 schematically shows the internal structure of the main body 2. That is, a transport path 21 for transporting the magnetic ticket P inserted from the input port 3 to the output port 4 is formed between the input port 3 and the outlet 4. A plurality of detectors 22, 23, 24, 25 are provided on the transport path 21 so that the passage of the magnetic ticket P transported on the transport path 21 is detected by these detectors. Each detector 2
Reference numerals 2 to 25 denote optical sensors including, for example, a light source and a light receiving element, which detect the magnetic ticket P by blocking light when the magnetic ticket P passes between the light source and the light receiving element. .

On the transport path 21, the input port 3
In the meantime, read heads (magnetic heads) 26 and 27 as reading means for reading magnetic information recorded on the magnetic recording portion of the magnetic ticket P, and write magnetic information to the magnetic recording portion of the magnetic ticket P. Writing head (magnetic head) as writing means
Read heads (magnetic heads) 30 and 31 as reading means for reading magnetic information recorded on the magnetic ticket P are provided.

The read / write heads 26 to 31 are provided with rotating rollers 32 to 37 at predetermined intervals as the transport path 21 and to maintain the respective intervals.

Each of the read / write heads 26 to 31 is
Even when the magnetic ticket P is inserted in either state,
Reading magnetic information from the magnetic recording section on the back, and
One each above and below the transport path 21 so that writing is possible.
Each pair is provided.

On the transport path 21, distribution gates 38 and 39 for distributing the magnetic tickets P are provided. Sorting gate 3
Reference numeral 8 denotes a normal ticket on the thermal printer 41 and a scissor punch 4 on the holding unit 40 side for holding the magnetic ticket P.
It is for distributing to each of the two sides. When the input magnetic ticket P is to be ejected, the distribution gate 39 sorts the magnetic ticket P in the direction of the exit 4,
When the inserted magnetic ticket P is to be collected, the magnetic ticket P is sorted in the direction of the bid collection unit 43.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the control system of the automatic ticket gate configured as described above. That is, the control system includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 51, which controls the entire automatic ticket gate, and a CPU 51.
ROM that stores the control program of the
RAM (random access memory) 53, a magnetic ticket P or a wireless card as storage means for storing information read from a magnetic ticket P or a wireless card, and for storing information as a buffer for a control program. Fare memory 54 which stores fare information corresponding to the entrance station (or the entrance station code corresponding to the entrance station) where the use of the head has been started, and the read heads 26, 27, 3
0, 31, the read circuit 55, the write head 2
8 and 29, a gate control circuit 57 for driving and controlling the distribution gates 38 and 39, a printing control circuit 58 for controlling the thermal printer 41, and the input / output scissors punch section 42. A punch control circuit 59, a shutter control circuit 60 for controlling the drive of the shutter 15, a display control circuit 61 for controlling the PDP display unit 6 and the status display unit 14, respectively, and a pedestrian based on each detection output of the detectors 9 to 13. Detector control circuit 62 for detecting the passing status of the vehicle, a ticket detecting circuit 63 for detecting the transport status of the magnetic ticket P based on each detection output of the detectors 22 to 25, and an SF processing unit for processing the SF card An SF processing control circuit 64 that controls the transport path 40, a transport control circuit 66 that drives and controls a transport motor 65 that drives a transport system such as the transport path 21, Door opening and closing mechanism 67 for driving the door 7
, A transmission / reception circuit 69 for transmitting / receiving ticket information to / from a wireless card via the antenna 5, and a host computer (not shown) for controlling the apparatus. And a transmission control circuit 70 for performing the transmission.

By the way, at the connecting station of the train, in order to improve the convenience of the passengers, the automatic ticket gate 1 for operating the station premises of each railway company without going out of the station premises is operated.

Here, a description will be given of an invention relating to a transfer discount when a card (SF card or the like) C passes through the automatic ticket gate 1 and transfers to a railway company of another company.

FIG. 4 shows a case where there is a transit discount section in a section between the XX railway and the YY railway. In other words, AA station on the XX railway side is a general station (excluding transit discounts),
BB station and CC station are transit discount target stations, and DD station is a transit connection station with YY railway. EE station on YY railway side is XX
Transit connecting stations with railways, FF and GG stations are transit discount eligible stations, and HH stations are general stations (excluding transit discounts).

Next, a transit discount guidance operation in such a configuration will be described.

For example, XX Railway B in the transit discount section
Automatic ticket gate 1 with card C at station B (or CC station)
And enter at the automatic ticket gate 1 at DD station. At the time of participation at the DD station, by transiting from the EE station to the YY railway, a right to a XX railway-YY railway transit discount to the GG station is generated. At that time, the CP of the automatic ticket gate 1 at the DD station
U51 processes the card C in the SF processing unit 40, displays a guide indicating that the transfer discount is available by connecting to the YY railway on the PDP display unit 6 via the display control circuit 61, and prints the card C on the card C. The guide is printed by the thermal printer 41 via the control circuit 58, and the transit discount right is visibly shown to the user.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the guidance display on the PDP display section 6, in which the remaining balance of the card C is displayed as "100 yen remaining," and the "transfer discount to the YY railroad can be used with this card." Is displayed.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a guide printout on the card C, in which "0101: 1200" is entered in the entry date / time column, "XX CC" is entered in the entry station column, "XXDD-YY" is entered in the entry station column, and the balance column is entered. Is printed with "$ 100". Conventionally, only "XXDD" indicating the XX railway DD station was printed in the participation station column. However, in the function of the present invention, the YY railway connection is displayed in the participation station column in order to indicate the transit discount right to YY railway. "-YY" is added and printed.

Further, even when the remaining amount of the card C becomes 0 yen upon entry, the user is prompted to enter using the card C when entering the YY station.

FIG. 7 shows the PDP display section 6 when the balance is 0 yen.
In this example, the remaining amount of the card C is displayed as "the remaining amount is 0 yen", and furthermore, "this card can be used for a transfer discount to the YY railway".

FIG. 8 shows an example of a guide print on the card C when the balance is 0 yen.
00 ”,“ XX CC ”in the entry station column, and“ XX CC ”in the entry station column.
DD-YY "and" $ 0 "in the balance column. Y
In order to indicate the transit discount right to the Y railway, "-YY" indicating the transit of the YY railway is added and printed in the entry station column.

Thus, when transferring from the XX railway to the YY railway, the passenger is informed that there is a transit discount, and even if the card C has a remaining balance of 0 yen, the transit discount can be obtained by using the card C as it is. Let the customer know that can be used, and do not hurt the customer.

Next, a case where the card C having such a transfer discount right is used will be described.

When the card C is used to enter the YY railway EE station, the CPU 51 of the automatic ticket gate 1 processes the card C in the SF processing unit 40 and may have a transit discount right from the XX railway. The information is displayed on the PDP display section 6 so as to be understood, and the entrance printing is performed on the card C by the thermal printer 41.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a display on the PDP display unit 6 in this case.
"0 yen" is displayed, and "Transfer discount is available with this card".

FIG. 10 shows an example of entry printing on the card C in this case. Conventionally, only "XXEE" indicating the XX railway EE station is printed in the entry station column along with the date and time of entry. In the function of (1), "XX-YYEE" is printed to indicate a transfer from the XX railway to the YY railway.

In the case of admission with a 0-yen card C, the CPU 51 of the automatic ticket gate 1 sends the card C
Is displayed on the PDP display unit 6 so as to be settled at the participating station, and the thermal printer 41 performs entrance printing on the card C as shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a display on the PDP display section 6 in the case of entry with a zero-yen card C, in which “the remaining amount is zero yen” is displayed as the remaining amount of the card C, and further “the ride with this card is performed. Discounts are available. Please make payment when participating. "

Subsequently, the card C is inserted into the automatic ticket gate 1 at the GG station (or FF station) in the transit discount section using the card C to participate. At that time, the CPU 51 of the automatic ticket gate 1 processed the card C in the SF processing unit 40, displayed on the PDP display unit 6 that the transit discount was applied, and applied the transit discount to the passenger. Is recognized, and the participating station and the balance are printed on the card C by the thermal printer 41 (this is the same as the conventional one).

FIG. 12 shows an example of a display on the PDP display section 6 in this case.
0 yen ", and" Thank you "
Then, "Transit discount applied" is displayed.

In the case of the zero-yen card C, the payment is made by the payment machine as indicated by the guidance at the time of entry, and then the card is entered.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the transfer discount right remains even with the 0 yen participation card, the passenger is recognized by PDP display guidance and card printing, and the 0 yen card is continuously used. And can exercise the transit discount right.

Further, when entering and exiting an automatic ticket gate with a transit discount right, display guidance on the PDP display unit and printing of a card allow the user to recognize the right.

Further, by displaying the guidance on the PDP display unit for the transfer discount and printing the card, it is possible to show that more users have the transfer discount system.

[0053]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide an automatic ticket gate and a transfer discount control method for the automatic ticket gate that can prompt and recognize the exercise of the right to use the transit discount by using a card.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an external configuration of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of an automatic ticket gate main body.
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FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a case where there is a transit discount section in a section between XX railroad and YY railroad.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of guidance display on a PDP display unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of guide printing on a card.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a guide display example of a PDP display unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of guide printing on a card.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a guide display example of a PDP display unit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of guide printing on a card.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of guidance display on a PDP display unit.

FIG. 12 is a view showing a guide display example of a PDP display unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate 2 ... Main body 3 ... Slot 6 ... PDP display part (display means) 40 ... SF processing part (processing means) 41 ... Thermal printer (printing means) 51 ... CPU (control means) 52 ... ROM 58 ... Print control circuit 61 ... Display control circuit 64 ... SF processing control circuit C ... Card

Claims (7)

[Claims] A processing unit for processing a magnetic recording medium; a printing unit for printing a processing result of the processing unit on a magnetic recording medium; a display unit for guiding and displaying a processing content of the processing unit; If the magnetic recording medium processed by the processing means has the right to a transit discount when connecting to another company, the above-mentioned printing means is used to print the fact that the magnetic recording medium has the right to the transit discount, and the display means Control means for performing control for displaying that the user has a transit discount right on the automatic ticket gate. 2. When the magnetic recording medium has a transit discount right for a transfer from another company, processing means for processing a fee at a predetermined transit discount, and the processing result of the processing means is transferred to the magnetic recording medium. Printing means for printing, display means for guiding and displaying the processing contents of the processing means, and when the processing means has processed the charge at the transit discount, the display means indicates that the charge has been processed at the transit discount. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: control means for performing control to perform automatic control. 3. Processing means for subtracting the usage fee from the monetary value of the magnetic recording medium, printing means for printing the processing result of the processing means on the magnetic recording medium, and processing contents of the processing means Display means for guiding the display, and when the magnetic recording medium processed by the processing means has the right to a transfer discount when connecting to another company, the printing is performed even if the value of the magnetic recording medium becomes zero. Control means for printing on the magnetic recording medium that the user has the right of the transit discount using the means, and performing control to display on the display means that he has the transit discount right. Automatic ticket gate. 4. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 3, wherein the control means performs a control to display on the display means that the user has the right to a transit discount and to display that the payment is to be made at the time of entry. . 5. A process for a magnetic recording medium to be loaded,
If the processed magnetic recording medium has the right to a transit discount when connecting to another company, the magnetic recording medium is printed to the effect that it has the right to the transit discount, and the magnetic recording medium grants the right to the transit discount. A transfer discount control method for an automatic ticket gate, wherein control is performed to indicate that the ticket has the transfer ticket. 6. When the inserted magnetic recording medium has a transit discount right for a transfer from another company, a fee is processed at a predetermined transit discount and a message indicating that the fee has been processed at the transit discount is displayed. A transfer discount control method for an automatic ticket gate, wherein the control is performed. 7. A transit discount control method for an automatic ticket gate that performs a ticket gate using a magnetic recording medium or the like having a monetary value, wherein a use fee is deducted from the monetary value of the inserted magnetic recording medium. If the processed magnetic recording medium has the right to a transit discount when connecting to another company, even if the value of the magnetic recording medium becomes zero, the right to the transit discount is applied to the magnetic recording medium. A method of controlling the transfer of discounts in an automatic ticket gate, wherein the control is performed so as to print the fact that the magnetic recording medium has the right to the transfer discount.