JP2003099823A - Automatic ticket inspection machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To admit the entrance/exit on a route even if it is a free ticket for an excellent train. SOLUTION: This automatic ticket inspection machine comprises reading means reading data recorded in an excellent train ticket inserted in the body of the automatic ticket machine, retrieval means retrieving an excellent train stop included in a prescribed area when the station included in the prescribed area and including a prescribed area code allowing to freely get on/off are included in the read data, and entrance/exit control means admitting the entrance exit when the station installed with the body of the automatic ticket inspection machine is existed on the route between the entrance station and the retrieved excellent train stop.

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 that enables accurate entrance / exit determination on a route where a departure or arrival station of an excellent train line is a predetermined free entry / exit area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a free ticket from an arbitrary departure station to a station included in a place where passengers can freely get on and off (free access) within a predetermined range (area), a station included in a place where passengers can get on and off within a predetermined range The departure ticket is the departure station and the arrival point is any one-point station, or the departure station is the station included in the place where you can get on and off freely within the specified range and the station that is included in the place where you can get on and off freely within the specified range. The entrance / exit (meaning entrance or exit) on the route of the automatic ticket gate in the so-called free ticket of the planned ticket for the station is judged using the general station code that corresponds to the entrance of the predetermined range. It is being appreciated.

A further explanation will be given with reference to the route map of FIG.
If A station is the departure station of the free ticket and you can get on and off at stations within the specified range (A area in Figure 4) using the conventional line, between the departure station (A station) and the A area An existing automatic ticket gate installed at B station has a general station code consisting of predetermined byte data (for example, 2 byte data) indicating A station when a free ticket is put into the main body of the automatic ticket gate. It is determined whether or not the own station (B station) exists on the route between the general station code of the A station, which is the entrance station of the instep area, and the entry is permitted when it is determined that the station exists. , Is configured to disallow entry when not present.

As described above, the free ticket is provided with the general station code indicating the departure station, the area code indicating a predetermined free boarding / alighting range, and the general station code corresponding to the entrance station of the area. Entry / exit is determined depending on whether the station is on the route between the departure station and the entrance station. In the route map of Fig. 4, when the A station is the departure station and the A station is a participating station, enter depending on whether your station is on the route between A station and A station, which is the exit of the A area. If the departure and arrival stations are both areas, the entry / exit is determined by whether or not your station is on the route between the exit side of the entry side area and the entrance side station of the entry side. To be done.

[0005]

However, the entrance / exit determination on the route of the free ticket in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate can be made by using the entrance station or the exit station of the area, but the free ticket is excellent. In the case of a train, there is no data corresponding to the entrance station or exit station of the area, so there is the inconvenience that it is not possible to determine the entrance / exit at a station on the route, and the staff process.

[0006] To explain using the route map of Fig. 4, the departure station of the free ticket is A station, and the arrival station is not only the fare such as the Shinkansen, but also an excellent train line that requires a limited express fare. If you are entering or exiting from the A station to the B station in the middle of the A area, the free ticket will not automatically record general station data of the A station, which is the entrance station of the A area. There was an inconvenience that the entrance / exit determination at the ticket gate could not be performed.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the purpose thereof is to enable entry / exit determination on a route even with a free ticket for an excellent train line. To provide an automatic ticket gate.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is a ticket for an excellent train which is inserted into a main body of the automatic ticket gate. And a reading means for reading the data recorded in, and when the read data includes a predetermined area code indicating the freedom of getting on and off at stations included in the predetermined range, the excellent train stop included in the predetermined range Having extraction means for extracting a station, and entry / exit control means for permitting entry / exit when the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed exists on the way between the entry station and the extracted honor train station. Is characterized by.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket gate.
The reading means for reading the data recorded in the train tickets for the high-quality trains inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and the predetermined area code indicating the freedom of getting on and off at stations included in the predetermined range in the read data are displayed. When included, when the extraction means for extracting the honor train stop station included in the predetermined range and the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed are present on the way between the extracted honor train station and the departure station. And entrance / exit control means for permitting entry / exit.

An automatic ticket gate according to claim 3 of the present invention is
The reading means for reading the data recorded in the train tickets for the high-quality trains inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and the predetermined area code indicating the freedom of getting on and off at stations included in the predetermined range in the read data are displayed. When included, extraction means for extracting the honor train stop stations included in the predetermined range, and the honor train station on the entrance side and the honor honor on the exit side where the main station of the automatic ticket gate is installed. Entry / exit control means for permitting entry / exit when existing on the way with the train station.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of a part of a main body G according to one embodiment when viewed from a ticket gate passage P.

In the upper part of the entrance side of the ticket gate a of the case G1 of the main body G, there are fare tickets such as limited express tickets or reserved seat tickets that can be used in an excellent train according to the present invention (not shown), which are effective ticket tickets (hereinafter The same applies to FIG. 3 as well.) Is provided with an input port 1 for inputting the charge ticket, and the charge ticket is returned to the user on the upper surface of the exit side of the casing G1. An outlet 2 is provided.

A motor M is provided between the inlet 1 and the outlet 2.
A well-known conveyance path L formed by opposing a pair of endless belts, which is driven by, is provided. This transport path L
Is configured so that the fare ticket can be conveyed in the forward direction from the insertion slot 1 to the ejection slot 2 as indicated by the arrow.

In the middle of the transport path L, from the insertion slot 1 to the ejection slot 2, the alignment section 3 for adjusting the attitude of the toll ticket inserted from the toll slot 1 to a predetermined state in order, and recorded on the toll ticket. The reading heads H1 and H1 'for reading the stored data (the reading heads H1' were loaded in the loading slot 1 with the back side facing up, that is, with the side on which the predetermined contents such as the boarding fare printed on the bottom side facing down. For reading back the data recorded on the ticket.) And a reversing pool section P for temporarily holding the fare ticket when it consists of a plurality of fare tickets and reversing the fare ticket inserted on the back surface. , Write head H2 for writing new data (entry / entrance data) on the fare ticket
And a verifying head H3 for checking the written contents, and a punch printing unit 4 for punching holes in the fare ticket if necessary and printing predetermined contents such as the name of the entrance station.
And a wing W driven by a solenoid (not shown) for collecting a toll ticket that does not need to be returned to the user in the entry processing into the bill collecting box B through the collecting and conveying path L '. Although omitted for simplification of the drawing, a plurality of toll tickets are stacked between the toll slot 1 and the aligning section 3 of the transport path L and are put into the toll slot 1 and then put. There is provided a separating section for separating the sheets one by one and sending them to the side of the read heads H1 and H1 '.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a display screen provided in the vicinity of the outlet 2, which 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 passage a. Further, S, S ..., S ', S' ... are human detectors for detecting the user position in the ticket gate a. Of these, the human detectors S, S ... Are composed of reflective sensors,
The sensor mounting box G2 is provided on the upper surface of the main body G at a predetermined interval along the passage direction of the ticket gate passage a. The human detectors S, S ... Are configured to detect the height of an adult user. The human detectors S ', S' ... are composed of transmissive sensors, and are provided on the side surface of the casing G1 of the main body G at a predetermined interval along the passage direction of the ticket gate a. . The human detectors S ′, S ′ ... Can detect all users who pass through the ticket gate a. Therefore, the human detectors S ′, S ′,
When it is detected by S ′ ..., but not by the human detectors S, S ..., The user is determined to be a child (child).

In FIG. 1, C is a controller for integrally controlling the main body G, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (CPU) 20 of the controller C is configured to perform arithmetic processing using the system program and working data stored in the memory 21. The CPU 20 has a read / write (R / W) driver 23 connected to the magnetic heads H1, H1 ', H2, and H3 via an I / O unit 22, and a wing driver 24 for driving the wing W. , A display driver 25 for controlling the display screen 5, a door driver 26 for driving the door D, and a sensor amplifier 27 for human detectors S, S ..., S ', S'.
And a punch printing unit driver 2 for driving the punch printing unit 4
And 8 are connected. In addition, this I / O unit 22
Various drivers and the like such as a drive driver of the motor M are connected to, but are omitted here. Further, the general station code, area code, and excellent train stop station code assigned to all railway stations are stored in the memory 21 in advance.

Next, the control operation of the main body G will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the route map of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the main body G is installed at the B station and a toll ticket is inserted into the slot of the main body G (Yes at step 100. Hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”). The data recorded on the inserted fee ticket is read by the read head H1 or H1 '(S102).

When the read data includes a predetermined area code indicating the instep area, it is determined that the inserted fee ticket is a free ticket (Yes at S104).
When it is determined that the fare ticket is a free ticket, the honor train stop stations (C station and D station in FIG. 4) existing in the area A are identified using the honor train stop station code stored in the memory 21. It is extracted (S106).

When the honor train stop stations are extracted, the extracted honor train stop stations (C station and D station) and the entrance station (A
It is determined whether or not the own station (B station) is present on the route with the station (S108). In this determination, in FIG. 4, since the own station (B station) exists on the route between the A station and the C station (Yes in S108), the door D is opened (when the main body G is the normally open type). Entry / exit is permitted (as it is) (S110). However, in the determination, when the own station (B station) is not on the route (No in S108),
The door D is closed and entry / exit is refused, and the reason is guided through the display screen 5 and a speaker (not shown) (S112).

In the above example, the entrance station is an arbitrary point station (A station), but the entrance station may be within the area and the entry point may be an arbitrary point station, and both the entrance side and the exit side are within the area. May be

[0021]

The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 of the present invention is
The reading means for reading the data recorded in the train tickets for the high-quality trains inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and the predetermined area code indicating the freedom of getting on and off at stations included in the predetermined range in the read data are displayed. When included, when the extraction means for extracting the excellent train stop stations included in the predetermined range and the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed are on the way between the entrance station and the extracted excellent train station. Since the entrance / exit control means for permitting entrance / exit is included in the entrance / exit, it is possible to perform entrance / exit processing on the route even with a free ticket for the excellent train.

The automatic ticket gate according to claim 2 of the present invention is a reading means for reading the data recorded in the train tickets for the high-quality train inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and a predetermined means in the read data. When a predetermined area code indicating freedom of getting on and off at stations included in the range is included, extraction means for extracting the excellent train stop station included in the predetermined range, and the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed are extracted. Since it consists of entry and exit control means that allows entry and exit when it exists on the way between the designated honor train station and the entry station, even if it is a free ticket for honor trains, it is possible to perform entry and exit processing on the route. You can

An automatic ticket gate according to a third aspect of the present invention is a reading means for reading data recorded in tickets for a high-quality train inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and a predetermined means in the read data. When a predetermined area code indicating freedom of getting on and off at a station included in the range is included, extraction means for extracting the excellent train stop station included in the predetermined range and the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed enter Since it consists of entrance and exit control means that allows entry and exit when it exists on the way between the extracted honor train station on the side and the extracted honor train station on the entry side,
Even free tickets for honor trains can be used for entry / exit processing on the route.

[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.

FIG. 4 is an example of a route map.

[Explanation of symbols]

G Main body of automatic ticket gate (main body) G1 housing G2 sensor mounting box 1 input port 2 Exit 3 Alignment section 4 Punch printing section 5 Display screen S, S 'Human detector L transport path H1, H1 'read head H2 write head H3 verify head C controller M motor A ticket gate

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading the data recorded in the tickets for the high-quality trains inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and the freedom of boarding / unloading at stations included in a predetermined range in the read data. When a predetermined area code is included, the extraction means for extracting the excellent train stop station included in the predetermined range, and the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed are the entrance station and the extracted excellent train station An entrance / exit control means for permitting entrance / exit when the vehicle is above, and an automatic ticket gate. 2. A reading means for reading the data recorded in the tickets for the high-quality trains inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and the freedom of getting on and off at the stations included in a predetermined range in the read data. When a predetermined area code is included, an extraction means for extracting the honor train stop station included in the predetermined range, and a passage between the honor train station and the departure station from which the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed are extracted. An entrance / exit control means for permitting entrance / exit when the vehicle is above, and an automatic ticket gate. 3. A reading means for reading the data recorded in the tickets for the high-quality trains inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and the freedom of getting on and off at stations included in a predetermined range in the read data. When the predetermined area code is included, the extraction means for extracting the honor train stop station included in the predetermined range, and the honor train station and the exit side where the station where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed is the entrance side An entrance / exit control means for permitting entrance / exit when existing on the way with the extracted excellent train station of, and an automatic ticket gate.