JP2003099819A - Automatic ticket checker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ticket checker which enables a passenger to receive a predetermined connecting discount even when cards each dedicated to railway and bus is used. SOLUTION: The automatic ticket checker for exit installed at a connecting station between a railway and a bus comprises a reading means for reading data recorded on cards each dedicated to railway and bus after the cards are inputted into the main body of the automatic ticket checker; and a writing means for writing predetermined data in the bus-dedicated card for receiving a predetermined discount for connecting ride from the railway to the bus when the read data from the railway-dedicated card satisfies a condition for exit.

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 that can receive a predetermined transfer discount when connecting from a train to a bus or from a bus to a train.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for convenience of a user (passenger), for example, when transferring from a subway to a bus (combined vehicle) or when transferring from a bus to a subway,
There is a transit discount system that applies a transit discount that is cheaper than the total amount of the fare for each of these two transportation facilities.

[0003] This conventional transit discount system is common when the user has a transit ticket from the train to the bus or a transit ticket from the bus to the rail in advance, or is common to the railway and the bus. It is operated so that it can be applied when you have a railroad / bus common card that can be used by you.

[0004]

However, in the application of the above-mentioned conventional transfer discount system, the user is required to make a transfer ticket,
Alternatively, since it is limited to the case where the passenger has a common card, there is a disadvantage that he / she cannot get the transit discount when he / she has a railway exclusive card and a bus exclusive card.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to allow a user who possesses a railway exclusive card and a bus exclusive card to carry out a predetermined transfer. It is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can receive a discount.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is an automatic ticket gate for entry, which is installed at a transit station from a railway to a bus. A reading means for reading the data recorded in the railway exclusive card and the bus exclusive card inserted in the main body of the ticket gate, and the bus exclusive card when the railway exclusive card satisfies the entry condition in the read data And writing means for writing predetermined data for receiving a predetermined transfer discount when the train is transferred from a railway to a bus.

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is an automatic ticket gate for entrance which is installed at a transit station from a bus to a railroad, and is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate. Means for reading the data recorded on the bus-dedicated bus and railroad-dedicated card, and when the bus-dedicated card in the read-out data satisfies a predetermined transfer discount condition, And an admission control means for performing admission processing at a predetermined transit discount when a transit is taken from a bus to a railway. The main body of the automatic ticket gate is characterized in that it is capable of processing a plurality of media even when a plurality of media are loaded at once.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 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 according to one embodiment, and a main body (hereinafter, referred to as “main body”) G of the automatic ticket gate is configured to support a plurality of sheets. . That is, inside the main body G, tickets such as ordinary tickets and commuter tickets from the slot 1 and mediums for the railroad dedicated card and the bus dedicated card according to the present invention (hereinafter, the railroad dedicated card and the bus dedicated card (A description will be made mainly.) Is provided with a separating unit 3 that separates the sheets one by one when they are stacked and collectively loaded, and a well-known conveying path 4 including a belt conveyor driven by a motor M is arranged. It is set up. The transport path 4 is composed of an aligned transport path 4a, a main transport path 4b, and a discharge transport path 4c. Of these, the aligned transport path 4a aligns railroad dedicated cards and bus dedicated cards inserted from the slot 1. It has a function to do. In addition, the main transport path 4b and the discharge transport path 4c
A wing W that operates when collecting tickets such as ordinary tickets inserted in the main body G into the bill collection box 5 without returning them to the exit 2 is provided between and.

The railroad dedicated card is composed of a stored fair card (SF card), and the railroad dedicated card can be put into the main body G to enter and exit (meaning entrance or exit). Also, the bus dedicated card is also composed of an SF card,
The bus-dedicated card can be put into a card processor (not shown) mounted on the bus to get on the bus.

In order to read the magnetic data recorded on the railroad dedicated card and the bus dedicated card in order from the upstream side in the transport direction from the inlet 1 to the outlet 2, in the transport path of the main transport path 4b. A magnetic head H1, a pool portion P formed by a plurality of stoppers (two in the illustrated example) S1 and S2 for temporarily holding a railroad dedicated card and a bus dedicated card, and data read by the magnetic head H1 are stored in a microcomputer. The controller C arranged at the center performs arithmetic processing, and checks the magnetic head H2 for writing the arithmetic result on the railroad dedicated card or bus dedicated card and whether or not the written data is correctly recorded. Therefore, a magnetic head H3 for verifying and a print / punch section T for printing a predetermined content on a railroad card and punching holes are provided. In addition, the discharge transport path 4c is provided with a collecting section E which is a stopper for discharging the railroad dedicated card and the bus dedicated card all together.

The stoppers S1 and S2 of the pool portion P are driven by solenoids (not shown), and are connected to the main transport path 4b.
Are provided in series and are configured to be able to temporarily hold one rail-dedicated card and bus-dedicated card determined to be valid as a result of the arithmetic processing of the CPU to be described later. Further, when the stopper of the collecting section E is also driven by a solenoid (not shown), when the railroad dedicated card and the bus dedicated card are ejected to the exit 2 and returned to the user, all the cards are ejected to the exit 2. It is configured such that the cards are temporarily held until they are ejected, and when all the cards are ejected, they are stacked on the ejection port 2 and can be ejected collectively.

In the figure, reference numeral 9 is a display portion provided in the vicinity of the outlet 2, and is configured to provide predetermined guidance to the user together with a speaker (not shown). Further, D is a door for opening and closing the ticket gate a. further,
10a, 10a ..., 10b, 10b ... Are human detectors for detecting the user position in the ticket gate a. Of these, the human detectors 10a, 10a ... Are composed of reflection type sensors, and are provided in a sensor box G1 provided on the upper surface of the main body G at a predetermined interval along the passage direction of the ticket gate passage a. Has been. This human detector 10a, 1
0a ... Is configured to detect an adult user. Further, the human detectors 10b, 10b are composed of transmissive sensors, and are provided on the side surface of the casing G2 of the main body G at a predetermined interval along the passage direction of the ticket gate passage a. The human detectors 10b, 10b ... Can detect all users who pass through the ticket gate a, and therefore, are detected by the human detectors 10b, 10b ... And not by the human detectors 10a, 10a. , The user is determined to be a child (child).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical construction of the controller C, in which the central processing unit (CPU) 20 is a ROM.
An arithmetic process is performed using a system program stored in a nonvolatile storage device (ROM in FIG. 2) 21 such as the above and working data stored in the RAM 22. Then, the CPU 20
A read / write (R / W) driver 24 connected to each of the magnetic heads H1 to H3 via the O unit 23, a wing driver 25 for driving the wing W, a display driver 26 for controlling the display unit 9, and Solenoid driver 27 for driving the solenoids for stoppers S1 and S2, door driver 28 for driving door D, and human detector 10
a, 10a ..., 10b, 10b ... Sensor amplifier 29
And a print / punch unit driver 30 for driving the print / punch unit T are connected. Although various drivers such as a driver for driving the motor M are connected to the I / O unit 23, they are omitted here.

Next, the control operation when the main body G is used for participation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the railroad-dedicated card and the bus-dedicated card are stacked and inserted into the insertion slot of the main body G (step 10
0 affirmation. Hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”. ).

The rail-only card and the bus-only card that have been inserted all at once are separated one by one by the separating unit 3 and the recorded data is read through the magnetic head H1 (S102). In the controller C, it is determined from the read data whether or not the railroad card can be entered from the station where the main unit G is installed, and if it is not possible to permit participation due to insufficient balance, etc. (No in S104). ,
Settlement guidance or staff processing guidance is provided via the display unit 9 and a speaker (not shown). Of course, in this case, the door D is closed.

In the controller C, it is determined that the railroad-dedicated card inserted in the main body G satisfies the entry condition, and the bus-dedicated card inserted at the same time as the railroad-dedicated card is used for the transit from the railroad to the bus. When it is done (S
104 affirmative), the railroad card has a magnetic head H2
Predetermined participation data is written via the bus, and the printing / punch unit T performs printing and punching as needed, and the bus dedicated card is transferred to the bus via the magnetic head H2. Prescribed data to receive a prescribed transit discount when used in (S)
106). The railroad-dedicated card and bus-dedicated card with the prescribed entry data are discharged to the exit 2 and returned to the user, and the door D is opened (when the main body G is the normally open type, it is the same). The participation of the user is permitted (S108).

When the user boarded the bus using the returned bus-dedicated card, the user should carry out a discounted ride based on the predetermined transit discount data recorded on the bus-dedicated card in the main body G. You can It should be noted that this discount boarding can also be validated when boarding a bus within a predetermined time from the time when the above-mentioned transfer discount data is written.

The control operation when the main body G is used for entrance will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Now, it is assumed that the railroad-dedicated card and the bus-dedicated card are stacked and inserted in the insertion slot of the main body G (Yes in S200).

The rail-only card and the bus-only card that have been inserted all at once are separated one by one by the separating unit 3 and the recorded data is read via the magnetic head H1 (S202). The controller C determines from the read data whether or not the railroad card can enter the station where the main unit G is installed, and if the determination does not permit admission due to insufficient balance, etc. (No in S204) ,
The display unit 9 and a speaker (not shown) provide guidance that entry is not permitted. Of course, in this case, the door D is closed.

In the controller C, the railway exclusive card inserted in the main body G satisfies the entry conditions (Yes at S204),
And when it is determined that the bus dedicated card that was inserted at the same time as the railroad dedicated card is used for transiting from the bus to the railroad, that is, the railroad dedicated card is used within a predetermined time from the time when the bus dedicated card is used. If the condition for receiving the predetermined transit discount such as is satisfied (Yes at S206), the railroad card is subjected to the admission process applying the predetermined transit discount (S208).
Therefore, the railway-only card is processed to reduce the fares that are cheaper than the normal first fare with the transfer discount applied.
When operated so as not to reduce the initial fare upon entry, the fare discounted at the time of entry will be reduced.

At the time of entry, predetermined entry data is written to the railroad card via the magnetic head H2, and printing / punching is performed by the printing / punch section T as necessary.
After that, the railroad-dedicated card and the bus-dedicated card are discharged to the exit 2 and returned to the user. Also, door D
Is opened (as it is when the main body G is a normally open type), and the user is allowed to enter (S210).

In the above example, the main body G is of the type having a pool portion P and is capable of handling a plurality of sheets. However, the main body G may be an ordinary main body for inserting and processing one ticket at a time. In this case, one user successively inserts a railroad-dedicated card and a bus-dedicated card. However, as described above, when the main body G is of a type that supports a plurality of sheets, the usability for the user can be improved.

Further, in the above example, the railroad-dedicated card and the bus-dedicated card are magnetic tickets.
Or, one of the cards is an IC with a wireless communication function
It may be a contactless ticket consisting of a card. In this case, of course, the main body G is provided with a reader / writer (transmitter) provided with an antenna for processing a contactless ticket.

[0024]

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, the reading means for reading the data recorded in the railway exclusive card and the bus exclusive card inserted in the main body, and the railway exclusive card in the read data are the entry conditions. When the above condition is satisfied, the bus-only card is provided with a writing means for writing predetermined data for receiving a predetermined transfer discount when the train is transferred from the railway to the bus. , You can get a transit discount using a train-only card and bus-only card.

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, the reading means for reading the data recorded on the bus-dedicated card and the railway-dedicated card inserted in the main body, and the bus-dedicated card for a predetermined transfer in the read data. When the discount conditions are met, the admission control means will perform admission processing for the railway exclusive card with a prescribed transit discount when transiting from the bus to the railway, so the user can And you can get a transit discount using a bus card. When the main body is made compatible with a plurality of media that can be processed even when a plurality of media are loaded at once, the usability for the user can be improved.

[Brief description of 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 showing an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

G Main body of automatic ticket gate (main body) 1 input port 2 Exit 3 Separation section 4 transport paths 10a, 10b human detector H1 to H3 magnetic head E Summary section S1, S2 stopper P pool section T print / punch part C controller   Railroad card   Bus-only card

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate for entry, which is installed at a transit station from a railway to a bus, and data recorded in a railway exclusive card and a bus exclusive card inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket collector. To read the reading means and to receive a prescribed transfer discount when connecting from the railroad to the bus on the bus-dedicated card when the railroad-dedicated card satisfies the entry conditions in the read data. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a writing unit that writes the predetermined data of. 2. An automatic ticket gate for entrance, which is installed at a transit station from a bus to a railway, and data recorded in a bus-dedicated card and a railway-dedicated card inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate. And a reading means for reading the data, and when the bus-dedicated card in the read data satisfies a predetermined transit discount condition, the admission process of the railway-dedicated card is performed according to a predetermined transfer condition when the bus is transferred to the railway An automatic ticket gate, characterized by having admission control means for transit discounts. 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the main body of the automatic ticket gate is of a type capable of processing a plurality of sheets even when a plurality of sheets of media are collectively loaded.