JP2001195617A - Automatic ticket examination system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ticket examination system which issues a fare adjustment money ticket where data on an amount of money satisfying a deficient fare are recorded and can process the issued fare adjustment amount ticket and railway ticket together. SOLUTION: This system comprises an automatic ticket examining machine that receives a specific railway ticket which has a deficient fare and does not meet exiting conditions and a fare adjustment amount ticket satisfying the deficient fare inside its main body and allows exiting and a fare adjustment amount ticket issuing machine which issues a fare adjustment amount ticket satisfying the deficient fare when money satisfying the amount of the inputted deficient fare is thrown in the main body of the fare adjustment amount ticket issuing machine.

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 system comprising an automatic ticket gate for entry and a ticket issuing machine capable of issuing a ticket for use in the automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a pass-over ticket is inserted into an entrance of an automatic ticket gate body for entrance (hereinafter referred to as a ticket gate main body), a door is closed and the ticket is inserted. The issued ticket is discharged to an exit and returned.

[0003] The rejected user (passenger) or
Users who know in advance that the settlement process is necessary will receive an issuance of a settlement ticket using the automatic settlement machine provided on the premises, and will participate using the settlement ticket, but this automatic settlement machine Is provided with a settlement original ticket processing unit serving as a basis for issuing a settlement ticket, a money processing unit for processing the entered settlement fee, and a ticket issuing unit for issuing a settlement ticket.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate system consisting of an automatic ticket gate and an automatic checkout machine, a complicated and expensive automatic ticket checker is used in addition to the automatic ticket gate for entry. Since it has to be installed, there is a drawback that the equipment cost increases.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate system capable of performing entry processing without using a complicated and expensive automatic checkout machine. Is to do.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic ticket gate system according to the present invention accepts a predetermined ticket having a shortage fee and not satisfying entry conditions and a settlement ticket satisfying the shortage fee in a ticket gate body. Automatic ticket gates that allow entry and payment of money that satisfies the amount of the input shortfall fee issuance, and when the money that has been entered into the main unit of the payment fee ticket issuing machine issues a payment ticket that satisfies the shortfall fee And a machine. Further, the automatic ticket gate is characterized in that it is of a lump-in type in which a plurality of tickets can be stacked at a lump opening of a ticket gate body and inserted in a lump.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of an automatic ticket gate system according to one embodiment. In the figure, G denotes an automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate of a station.
The stand is set as an automatic ticket gate for entry. In addition, in the drawing, b is a payment amount ticket issuing machine (hereinafter, referred to as “amount ticket issuing machine”) installed in the station premises.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structure of an automatic ticket gate for entry. The ticket gate main body a is configured to be compatible with a plurality of tickets. That is, in the ticket gate main body a, two tickets (hereinafter, referred to as “tickets”)
And a "money ticket" described later. ), And a separating section 3 for separating the sheets one by one when they are stacked and put in one at a time, and a well-known transport path 4 composed of a belt conveyor driven by a motor M is provided. The transport path 4 includes an alignment transport path 4a and a main transport path 4a.
b and a discharge conveyance path 4c. Among them, the alignment conveyance path 4a has a function of arranging a ticket and a money ticket inserted from the slot 1. Also, the main transport path 4
A wing W is provided between b and the discharge conveyance path 4c, which operates when collecting the tickets inserted into the main body a into the ticket collection box 5 without returning them to the exit 2.

In the transport path of the main transport path 4b, magnetic heads for reading magnetic data recorded on the ticket and the money ticket in order from the upstream side in the transport direction from the slot 1 to the exit 2 respectively. H1, and a pair of stoppers S1,
The pool section P for temporarily holding the tickets formed in S2
The data read by the magnetic head H1 is subjected to arithmetic processing by the controller C mainly composed of a microcomputer, and the arithmetic result is written on the ticket and the money ticket, respectively, and the magnetic head H2 is written. A verifying magnetic head H3 is provided to check whether data is recorded correctly. In addition, the discharge conveyance path 4c is provided with a grouping section E including a stopper S3 for discharging the ticket and the price ticket all at once.

A pair of stoppers S1, S2 of the pool portion P
Is driven by a solenoid (not shown), and is provided in series with the main transport path 4b. As a result of arithmetic processing by the CPU, which will be described later, the tickets and the money tickets determined to be valid tickets are temporarily held one by one. It is configured to be able to. The stopper S3 of the grouping unit E is also driven by a solenoid (not shown), and when a plurality of tickets are discharged to the exit 2 and returned to the user, the plurality of tickets are returned to the user. Is temporarily held until all the tickets are discharged, and when all of the plurality of tickets are discharged, the tickets are stacked on the outlet 2 and can be discharged collectively.

Although not shown, the main transport path 4b includes:
It has a punching unit for punching holes in tickets that need 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. I have.

Reference numeral 9 in the figure denotes a display unit 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 for opening and closing the ticket gate passage.
Reference numerals 0, 10... Denote human detectors for detecting a user position in the ticket gate a, and are provided on the side surface of the main body a at predetermined intervals along the ticket gate a direction.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (CPU) 20 includes a ROM
The arithmetic processing is performed using a system program stored in a non-volatile storage device (ROM in FIG. 2) 21 and working data stored in a RAM 22a and a fare data storage unit 22b. . The CPU 20 includes a read / write (R / W) driver 24 connected to each of the magnetic heads H1 to H3, a wing driver 25 for driving the wing W, and a display unit 9 via the I / O unit 23. A display driver 26 for controlling, a solenoid driver 27 for driving solenoids (not shown) for the stoppers S1, S2, S3, a door driver 28 for driving the door D, a human detector 10,
.. Are connected to 10 sensor amplifiers 29. In addition,
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.

FIG. 4A is a front view of a money ticket issuing machine, and a customer service panel 30 of a main body of the money ticket issuing machine (hereinafter, this main body is also described as a money ticket issuing machine) includes: A display unit 31 indicating the operation state, a display screen 32 of a touch panel type, a coin insertion slot 33, a bill insertion slot 34, a change discharge port 35, and a ticket issuing port 36 for a settlement amount ticket (money ticket) are provided. ing.

In FIG. 4 (a), reference numeral 37 denotes a controller for totally controlling the money issuing machine b, and its electrical configuration is as follows.
This is shown in FIG. That is, the controller 37
Has a central processing unit (CPU) 42 that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 40 and working data stored in the RAM 41.

The CPU 42 controls the display contents of the display screen 32 composed of a touch panel via the I / O unit 43, and a display input unit 44 for inputting predetermined information from the display screen, and a ticket issuing port 36. A ticket issuing unit 45 for generating a price ticket issued from
A coin processing unit 46 which checks coins inserted from the banknotes or bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 34 and discharges change to the change discharge port 35 as necessary is connected.

This money ticket issuing machine b has a storage unit (in FIG. 4B, a ROM 4
0 or the RAM 41) does not have a fare data storage unit. Therefore, even when the fare is revised, there is no need to change or update the contents of the storage unit, which has a maintenance feature.

Further, this money ticket issuing machine b reads the data recorded on the settlement original ticket and, if necessary, writes settlement processing data as in a conventional automatic settlement machine. It has the feature that no original ticket processing unit is provided. Therefore, since such a settlement original ticket processing unit is not provided, there is a feature that the structure can be simplified.

Hereinafter, the control operation of the ticket gate main unit a will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, it is assumed that a passing ticket that does not satisfy the entry conditions is inserted into the slot 1 of the ticket gate main unit a (Step 100: Yes; hereinafter, the step is referred to as "S"). The data of the inserted ticket is read by the magnetic head H1, and the read data is subjected to arithmetic processing of the CPU 20 (S102).

Since the inserted ticket is a passing ticket, a shortage fee is calculated based on the data in the fare data storage unit 22b, and the shortage fee is displayed on the display unit 9.
Of course, in this case, participation is not permitted, so door D
Is closed, and the inserted ticket is discharged to the exit 2 and returned (Yes at S104, S106).
See the display contents of the display unit 9 in FIG. ).

If the ticket is not a passover ticket and satisfies the entry condition (No at S104), the door D is opened and the ticket is collected in the ticket box 5 (S108). If the ticket needs to be returned to a user such as a commuter pass, the ticket is discharged to the exit 2 and returned.

The user who has been refused entry can know the shortage fee via the display unit 9 and further through a speaker (not shown). Will be purchased. In addition, the user whose ticket does not satisfy the entry conditions, and who knows the shortage fee in advance, uses the price ticket issuing machine b without putting the ticket into the ticket gate body a. You can buy money tickets.

FIG. 5 (c) shows a control operation when a money ticket is purchased. When the money is input from the display screen 9 using the numeric keypad, the input money (FIG.
(130 yen in the example of (b)) is displayed on the display screen 32 (Yes at S300, S302).

When money satisfying the amount displayed on the display screen 32 is inserted from the coin insertion slot 33 or the like (Yes at S304), a money ticket in which the data of the amount is recorded is issued from the ticket issuing port 36 (S306). ).

When a card processing unit for a card such as a prepaid card is provided in the money ticket issuing machine b, it is possible to use the card to issue a money ticket satisfying the shortage fee. Therefore, in the present invention, money that satisfies the shortage fee includes a card.

FIG. 5 (b) shows a control operation when the user who has received the issuance of the money ticket inserts the ticket and the money ticket into the slot 1 and performs the operation (Yes at S200).

When the ticket and the money ticket are stacked and thrown into the slot 1 all at once, they are separated one by one by the separation unit 3 and read by the magnetic head H1. The tickets read first (here, the tickets are assumed to be read first) are held by the stopper S1 and the reading process of the value ticket is awaited. When the reading of the value ticket is completed (S20)
2) The value ticket is held by the stopper S2.

As described above, since the money ticket is a money ticket that satisfies the shortage of the ticket, the shortage of the ticket is eliminated (Yes at S204), so that the door D is opened and participation is permitted. At the same time, the ticket and the price ticket are collected in the tag collection box 5 (S206). In addition, when it is necessary to return the ticket to the user such as a commuter pass,
Only that ticket is discharged to the exit 2 and returned.

When the inserted money ticket is less than the shortage fee of the ticket (No at S204), for example, when the shortage fee is 130 yen and the user purchases and inserts the 120 yen money ticket, the door D Is closed and the entry is rejected, and the ticket and the price ticket are collectively discharged from the exit 2 through the lump-out section E (S208). Also at this time, the insufficient fee is displayed on the display unit 9 to notify the user.

Although the above-mentioned ticket gate machine body a is used for processing two tickets, the number of stoppers in the pool portion P may be increased so that three or more tickets can be processed. If three or more sheets can be processed in this way, it becomes possible to insert and process money tickets satisfying the above-mentioned further insufficient charges.

[0032]

The automatic ticket gate system according to the present invention provides a predetermined ticket which has a shortage fee and does not satisfy the entry conditions.
An automatic ticket gate that accepts a settlement ticket that satisfies the shortage fee into the ticket gate main unit and permits entry, and when money that satisfies the input shortage amount is inserted into the main unit of the ticket vending machine, Since it is composed of a payment amount ticket issuing machine that issues a payment amount ticket that satisfies the shortage fee, it is possible to process the boarding ticket and the amount ticket and perform the entry processing. Further, when the automatic ticket gate is of a lump-in type in which a plurality of tickets can be stacked at the slot of the ticket gate body and can be inserted at a time, a ticket and a price ticket can be inserted at a time. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a ticket gate to which an automatic ticket gate system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket gate main body.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 4A is a front view of a money ticket issuing machine, and FIG. 4B is a block diagram of a controller thereof.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

G Automatic ticket gate machine a Ticket gate machine body 1 Slot 2 Outlet 3 Separation part 4 Transport path 10 Human detector H1 to H3 Magnetic head E Grouping part S1, S2, S3 Stopper C Controller b Settlement ticket issuing machine (payment) 32. Display screen 33 Coin slot 34 Bill insertion slot 36 Issuance slot 37 Controller

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. An automatic ticket gate which accepts a predetermined ticket having a shortage fee and not satisfying the entry conditions and a settlement ticket which satisfies the shortage fee in the main body of the automatic ticket gate and permitting participation. When money that satisfies the input shortage amount is input into the main body of the settlement amount ticket issuing machine, a settlement amount ticket issuing machine that issues a settlement amount ticket that satisfies the shortage amount is provided. Automatic ticket gate system. 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the automatic ticket gate is a lump-in type in which a plurality of tickets can be stacked and inserted at a time in a slot of a main body of the automatic ticket gate. system.