JP2002032797A - Automatic ticket checking and collecting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a coupon ticket to be subjected to entrance processing when the passenger exits one railroad line belonging to a one's railroad company in the case the passenger transfer to another railroad line of the one's railroad company with a train ticket that is valid halfway of the one railroad line of the one's railroad line and a coupon ticket that allows a starting station to be feely selected and that follows the train ticket as two-latch. SOLUTION: This automatic ticket checking and collecting machine for exiting one railroad line at a railroad junction where transfer is made with two-latch from one railroad of the one's railroad company to another railroad line of the one's railroad company, is provided with a controlling means which prints prescribed entrance data showing that the arrival station is defined as a starting station and prescribed contents related to the prescribed entrance data on the coupon ticket allowing a starting station to be freely selected and returns the coupon ticket when the train ticket that is valid halfway on one railroad of the one's company and the coupon ticket which allows a starting station to be freely selected and on which prescribed entrance data showing that the user can get on another railroad of the one's company from the arrival station of the valid ticket via the railroad conjunction are not recorded are inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket checking and collecting 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, and more particularly, to an automatic ticket gate capable of efficiently processing coupons free from a departure station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a departure station-free coupon ticket (a coupon ticket that is not limited to an admission station. Hereinafter, a departure station is referred to as a departure station) at an entrance of an automatic ticket gate main body (hereinafter, referred to as a “main body”). When a free ticket is entered for admission, the data of the station where the main body is installed (entrance station) and the date and time of entry (date) are recorded on the ticket, and the name and date of the admission station Is printed, a punch hole indicating the start of use is made, and the sheet is discharged to the outlet.
Therefore, the user can use the returned coupon to board the train (train) within a range that satisfies the fare included in the coupon.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gates require a two-latch connecting station in the middle of the route when entering with another ticket such as a commuter pass and using a coupon from the middle. If there is, there is a drawback that entry processing cannot be performed at the contact station.

[0004] Further explanation will be given using the route map of FIG.
When the lines A and B of the line A cross at the a4 station of the A line, and the line can be changed by two latches at the a4 station, the user passes a commuter pass from the a1 station to the a3 station of the A line. If you want to get on the coupon from station a3 to station b5 on line B with a coupon, the main body G for entry at a4 station will be Since no date data is recorded, the inserted coupon cannot be processed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coupon ticket which can be used in the middle of another ticket such as a commuter pass and used halfway. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate that can also process a ticket.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention provides a connecting station for transferring from one line of a company line to another line of the company line by two latches. In the automatic ticket gate for entry of one of the lines, a ticket valid to the middle of one of the lines of the company line in the main body, from the arrival station of the valid ticket through the connecting station When a departure station free coupon that does not record predetermined admission data that can be boarded on another line of the company line is inserted, the departure station free coupon is regarded as an entry station with the arrival station. And a control means for printing and returning predetermined contents relating to the predetermined entry data and the predetermined entry data. Further, the printing of the predetermined content includes a statement that printing is performed at the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed in place of the arrival station.
Then, when printing the predetermined content, a punch hole indicating start of use is opened in the coupon ticket free of departure station.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an automatic ticket gate for entry at the station a4 in FIG. 4, and the main body G thereof is configured to be compatible with a plurality of sheets. That is, in the main body G, there is provided a separation unit 3 for separating commuter tickets and coupons from the insertion slot 1 and separating them one by one when they are collectively inserted and driven by the motor M. A well-known transport path 4 composed of a belt conveyor is provided. The transport path 4 includes an alignment transport path 4a and a main transport path 4b.
And the discharge conveyance path 4c. The arrangement conveyance path 4a has a function of arranging commuter tickets and coupons inserted from the insertion slot 1. Also, the main transport path 4b
A wing W which operates when collecting the tickets inserted into the main body G into the tag collection box 5 without returning them to the exit 2 is provided between the discharge conveyance path 4c and the discharge conveyance path 4c.

In the transport path of the main transport path 4b, tickets (including commuter passes and coupons) are recorded in order from the upstream side in the transport direction from the input port 1 to the exit port 2. Magnetic head H for reading magnetic data
1, a pool section P for temporarily holding tickets and the like formed by a pair of stoppers S1 and S2, and data read by a magnetic head H1 are processed by a controller C composed mainly of a microcomputer. A magnetic head H2 for writing the calculation results to the tickets, a magnetic head H3 for verifying whether the written data is correctly recorded, and a predetermined content printed on the coupon. And a printing / punching section T for punching a hole indicating the start of use. In addition, the discharge conveyance path 4c is provided with a grouping section E including a stopper S3 for discharging the tickets collectively.

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 described later, it is possible to temporarily hold tickets one by one that are determined to be valid tickets. 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. Until all of the tickets have been ejected, and when all of these tickets have been ejected,
And can be discharged at once.

Reference numeral 9 in the figure denotes a display unit provided near the take-out port 2, which is configured to provide a user with predetermined guidance 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 and the sensor mounting bar at predetermined intervals along the ticket gate a direction.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an 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 nonvolatile storage device (ROM in FIG. 2) 21 and working data stored in a RAM 22. Then, the CPU 20 executes I / O
A read / write (R / W) driver 24 connected to each of the magnetic heads H1 to H3 via an O unit 23; a wing driver 25 for driving the wing W; a display driver 26 for controlling the display unit 9; Stoppers S1, S2,
A solenoid driver 27 for driving a solenoid (not shown) for S3, and a door driver 28 for driving the door D
, A sensor amplifier 29 for the human detectors 10, 10,... And a print / punch unit driver 30 for driving the print / punch unit T
And are connected. Although various drivers such as a driver for the motor M are connected to the I / O unit 23, they are omitted here.

A user holding a commuter pass and a coupon shown in FIG.
Boarding from the station and going to station b5 on line B, a4
A control operation when a commuter pass and a coupon are inserted into the main body G of the station will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, when the commuter pass and the coupon are stacked and inserted into the slot 1 of the main body G (Yes at Step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as "S"), the separating unit 3 sets the sheets one by one. And the data recorded by the magnetic head H1 is read (S102). In the determination of the result of the arithmetic processing by the controller C based on the read data, when it is determined that at least one of the sheets is an invalid ticket, the door D is closed and predetermined abnormal processing such as settlement processing guidance is performed ( S104 negative).

When both the commuter pass and the coupon are determined to be valid tickets (Yes at S104), while the commuter pass held in the pool portion P is conveyed from the pool portion P to the outlet 2, participation is made. Data is written, and the coupon includes data indicating that station a3 on line A is an admission station, and
Predetermined admission data consisting of data of today's date is written, and the ticket of the coupon is printed on the face of the ticket indicating that station a3 is the admission station, as shown in the upper part of FIG. Is printed at the station a4, and a punch hole indicating the start of use is made, and then discharged to the outlet 2 (S106, S108).

[0015] Therefore, the user puts the returned coupon into the main body G 'for admission at the station b4 on the B line,
You can get on the route. Then, the user who gets on the B line can enter at B5 station which is within the fare of the coupon ticket.

In the above-described example, a commuter pass is used as a valid ticket up to the middle of the company line (Route A). For example, the valid ticket is an ordinary ticket valid from station a1 to station a3. In this case, the ordinary ticket inserted into the main body G is collected in the ticket collection box 5, and only the coupon is returned to the exit 2.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a ticket which is valid up to the middle of one of the lines on the company's line, and another station from the arrival station of the valid ticket via the connecting station. When a departure station free coupon that does not record the predetermined admission data that can be boarded on the route is inserted, the departure station free coupon and the predetermined entry data with the arrival station as the entry station and the predetermined Is provided with control means for printing and returning predetermined contents related to the entrance data of the ticket, so that when entering from the company's own line at the connecting station, the coupon can be subjected to entry processing and returned to the user. In addition, when the printing of the predetermined content includes the fact that printing is performed in place of the arrival station at the station where the main body is installed, the station where the entrance station or the like is printed can be clearly indicated. Then, when a predetermined content is printed, if a punch hole indicating the start of use is formed on the coupon ticket free of departure station, a punch hole indicating the start of use can also be formed.

[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 an example of a route map.

[Explanation of symbols]

 G Automatic ticket gate main body (main body) 1 Slot 2 Outlet 3 Separation section 4 Transport path 10 Human detector H1 to H3 Magnetic head E Grouping section S1, S2, S3 Stopper T Printing / punch section C Controller Commuter pass Departure station free coupon (coupon)

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims 1. An automatic ticket gate for exiting one line of a company line at a connecting station when transferring from one line of the company line to another line of the company line by two latches, The main body of the ticket is valid up to the middle of one of the lines of the company line, and predetermined entry data that can be boarded on the other line of the company line from the arrival station of the valid ticket via the contact station. When a departure station free coupon that is not recorded is inserted, the predetermined entry data with the arrival station as an entry station and the predetermined content relating to the predetermined entry data are printed on the departure station free coupon. An automatic ticket gate equipped with a control means for returning the ticket. 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the printing of the predetermined content includes a message indicating that printing is performed at a station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed in place of the destination station. . 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein when the predetermined content is printed, a punch hole indicating start of use is formed in the coupon ticket free from the departure station.