JP2006048460A - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inhibit the passing of the next customer who is an invalid customer even when remainder remains in a normal ticket counter after a preceding customer passes through a prescribed position, and to prevent a trouble between a passenger and a station employee in an arrival station. <P>SOLUTION: In an automatic ticket gate provided with the normal ticket counter for performing an adding operation when a fed boarding medium is judged as being valid and performing a subtracting operation when detecting that the passenger passes through the prescribed position, when the boarding medium is determined as being invalid (S2) and the value of the normal ticket counter is not 0 (S5), whether or not there is the passenger near a door on an exit side is checked (S5a), and when the passenger is not detected, the normal ticket counter is turned to 0 (S5b), the door is closed, and the passing of the invalid customer is inhibited (S6). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to traffic control in an automatic ticket gate installed at a railway station or the like.

  In general, automatic ticket gates determine whether the boarding medium is valid, and if it is valid, the door is opened to allow passengers to pass, otherwise the door is closed and passengers are prohibited from passing Is done. In addition, a sensor for detecting passenger traffic is provided, and passenger traffic is controlled based on the output of the sensor. Furthermore, a correct ticket counter is provided to manage the number of persons permitted to pass through an effective boarding medium. The initial value of the correct ticket counter is “0”. If it is determined that the passenger's inserted ticket is valid, the correct ticket counter performs an addition operation of +1 and the value becomes “1”. Note that if the number of tickets that can be continuously received by the automatic ticket gate is two, for example, the maximum value of the correct ticket counter is “2”. The maximum value of the ticket counter is “1”.

  A state where the correct ticket counter is “1” means that one passenger is allowed to pass. In this case, when the sensor detects that the passenger has passed through the passage and has passed a predetermined position (for example, the exit position of the passage), the correct ticket counter performs a subtraction operation of −1 and the value becomes “0”. Return. On the other hand, if it is determined that the ticket inserted by the passenger is invalid for reasons such as overuse, boarding outside the section, etc., the correct ticket counter is not added and the state of “0” is maintained. The state where the correct ticket counter is “0” means that there is no passenger permitted to pass, that is, the passage of a passenger who has entered an invalid ticket is prohibited.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of traffic control in a conventional automatic ticket gate. In the following, the operation when entering from the entrance side of the passage will be described, taking as an example a normally open type automatic ticket gate that closes the door when the door is always open and prohibits traffic. A boarding ticket is taken as an example of the boarding medium.

  First, it is monitored whether or not a ticket is inserted (step S1). When a ticket is inserted (step S1: YES), the validity / invalidity of the ticket is determined (step S2). If the ticket is valid (step S2: NO), the ticket counter is incremented by 1 (step S4), the process returns to step S1 and waits for the next passenger to insert the ticket. If no ticket is inserted (step S1: NO), it is checked whether or not the passenger has passed the predetermined position (step S10). If the passenger has not yet passed (step S10: NO), the process returns to step S1 and the passage is completed. Then, the correct ticket counter is decremented by 1 (step S11). Next, it is determined whether or not the invalid ticket flag is ON (step S12). If the boarding ticket is valid, the invalid ticket flag is OFF (step S12: NO), and the process returns to step S1. At this time, since the door is kept open, the passenger can leave the exit of the automatic ticket gate.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the boarding ticket is invalid (step S2: YES), the invalid ticket flag is turned on (step S3), and the process proceeds to step S5 to determine whether or not there is a surplus ticket. . If the value of the correct ticket counter is “0”, there is no leftover of the right ticket, and if the value of the right ticket counter is not “0”, there is a leftover of the right ticket. In other words, the correct ticket remainder means a count value of “1” or more in the correct ticket counter. Note that the “correct ticket remainder” may be expressed as “correct ticket storage” or “OK storage”, but the meaning is the same.

  If the preceding passenger has passed through the predetermined position, the value of the correct ticket counter is “0”, so it is determined that there is no remaining correct ticket (step S5: NO). In this case, the door on the exit side is closed (step S6), and passengers who have entered invalid tickets (hereinafter referred to as invalid customers) are prohibited from passing. Moreover, since the inserted invalid ticket is discharged to the return port as it is, it waits for the discharged invalid ticket to be extracted (step S7). This invalid ticket is not subjected to processing such as information recording or printing. When the invalid ticket is extracted (step S7: YES), it is determined whether or not the invalid customer has retreated in the reverse direction (step S8), and when the retreat is detected (step S8: YES), the process is closed. The exit door that has been opened is opened (step S9), and the process returns to step S1.

  If it is determined in step S5 that there is a surplus of correct bills (step S5: YES), the predetermined customer has not yet passed through the predetermined position, so the process proceeds to step S10 and waits for the completion of the passage. Then, when the previous customer finishes passing the predetermined position (step S10: YES), the correct ticket counter is decremented by 1 (step S11). In the next step S12, the invalid ticket flag is determined. In this case, since the invalid ticket flag is ON (step S12: YES), the door on the exit side is closed to prohibit the passage of invalid customers (step). S13).

  In the automatic ticket gate as described above, when the inserted ticket is valid, as described above, the ticket counter is incremented by 1 when it is determined to be a valid ticket (step S4), and the passenger passes the predetermined position. The correct ticket counter is decremented by -1 (step S11). Therefore, if the apparatus is operating normally, the value of the correct ticket counter returns to “0” upon completion of the passage of the preceding customer. Therefore, if the ticket entered by the next customer is invalid, the correct ticket counter is “0”. The door is closed and the invalid customer is prohibited from passing (step S6 or step S13).

  However, there are rare cases where the sensor cannot detect the passage of the passenger due to some cause (for example, the detection characteristics of the reflective sensor, the passenger's traffic state, etc.) even though the passenger (previous customer) has passed the predetermined position. appear. At this time, despite the fact that the customer has passed, the correct ticket counter is not -1, and the state of “1” due to the insertion of the valid ticket by the customer is maintained until an automatic reset is applied after a certain time. For this reason, the door on the exit side remains open. Therefore, if the next customer inserts an invalid ticket before automatic reset takes place in this state, the ticket is released as it is due to the invalidity determination, but the next customer (invalid customer) is an invalid ticket because the door on the exit side is open. I can enter. In other words, because the ticket counter remains, the automatic ticket gate waits for the first customer to pass and regards the next customer's passage as the first customer's passage. You can pass through regardless. The same thing can also happen when the next customer inserts an invalid ticket when the sensor cannot detect a short child (first customer) who has inserted a valid child ticket. In addition, even if the next customer is a billless customer who does not have a ticket, or a customer whose ticket processing has not been completed successfully, it should normally be blocked in the same situation as the above invalid ticket customer. End up.

  This will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4. When the customer inserts a valid ticket, the correct ticket counter is incremented by 1 in step S 4 through steps S 1 and S 2, and the count value becomes “1”. However, if the previous customer has passed the predetermined position but the passage has not been detected, the determination in step S10 is not YES, and a standby state is entered. At this time, the automatic ticket gate side determines that the passage of the previous customer is delayed. Then, when an invalid ticket is inserted by the next customer, the invalid flag is turned ON in step S3 through steps S1 and S2, but it is determined in step S5 that there is a remaining regular ticket, so the process proceeds to step S6. First (without closing the door), the process proceeds to step S10 and waits for the passenger to pass through the predetermined position.

  If the next customer passes the predetermined position, the determination in step S10 becomes YES. At this time, the automatic ticket gate side determines that the previous customer has passed the predetermined position with a delay. That is, the next customer's passage is mistakenly determined as the first customer's passage. Since the door on the exit side remains open at this point, the next customer who has passed through the predetermined position can withdraw the ticket released by the invalidity determination and leave the exit as it is. Then, the automatic ticket gate device decrements the correct ticket counter by -1 on the assumption that the customer has passed (step S11). As a result, the value of the correct ticket counter becomes “0”.

  Thereafter, the invalid flag is determined in step S12, but since the invalid ticket is inserted by the next customer, the determination is YES and the door is closed (step S13). However, at this point in time, the next customer has already left, and as a result, it was late to close the door, and it is impossible to prevent the next customer who is an invalid customer from entering (entering).

  As described above, the conventional automatic ticket gate allows the next customer who entered the invalid ticket to enter due to the remainder remaining in the correct ticket counter when the previous customer's passage through a predetermined position cannot be detected. It can happen. However, there are few cases where passengers intentionally attempt to pass illegally with invalid tickets. In fact, passengers inadvertently forget that their tickets are invalid tickets that have expired. There are many cases. However, the inserted invalid ticket is released as it is and can be entered without closing the door. Therefore, if it is not intentional fraud, the passenger does not notice that the ticket is invalid. However, this invalid ticket does not have an entry bit (information indicating that it has been entered) recorded by the automatic ticket gate at the boarding station, so when entering through the automatic ticket gate at the exit station, the entry bit is missing. May close the door and make it impossible to participate, and trouble may occur between passengers and station staff. In addition, if the invalid ticket is a prepaid card, the entrance station is not printed on the back of the card at the time of entry, so it is unclear where you got on when you can not enter the exit station, and there is a problem with collecting fees To do.

  A technique for preventing unauthorized traffic due to the fact that the correct ticket counter is not subtracted due to a passenger passing detection error is described in Patent Document 1 below. In the automatic ticket gate of this document, by setting the position of the exit sensor lower than the position of the central sensor so that the child can be detected, the correct ticket counter can be used when a child or a passenger with an unnatural posture passes. Is accurately subtracted to prevent the next customer from passing without a bill.

JP-A-10-143687 (paragraphs 0028 to 0029, 0041 to 0044, FIGS. 1, 2, and 8)

  In the conventional automatic ticket gate, as shown in steps S5 and S6 of the flowchart of FIG. 4, when an invalid ticket is inserted, the door is closed on condition that the correct ticket counter is “0”. Yes. For this reason, as described above, when it cannot be detected that the preceding customer has passed the predetermined position, the door does not close because the remainder remains in the correct ticket counter. There is a problem that it is allowed, and there is a problem that trouble is caused because it becomes impossible to enter the getting-off station because the processing such as the entry bit recording is not performed on the invalid ticket.

  The above-mentioned patent document 1 is a technique for accurately subtracting the correct bill counter for the passage of children and the like, and disclosed a countermeasure when the correct note counter is not correctly subtracted and the remainder remains. It is not a thing. Furthermore, in the automatic ticket gate device disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to lower the position of the exit sensor, which inevitably changes the hardware structure of the automatic ticket gate device.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and the object of the present invention is to be an invalid customer even if the correct ticket counter is not correctly subtracted and the remainder remains after the previous customer passes the predetermined position. In addition to prohibiting passenger traffic, it is possible to prevent troubles between passengers and station staff at the exit station. Another object of the present invention is to realize the above-described functions only by changing software without structural changes.

  In the present invention, determination means for determining whether or not the boarding medium is valid, control means for controlling the opening and closing of the door based on the determination result of the determination means, and permitting or prohibiting the passage of the passenger, and the passage of the passenger A detecting means for detecting, and a bill counter that performs an adding operation when the determining means determines that the boarding medium is valid and performs a subtracting operation when the detecting means detects that the passenger has passed a predetermined position. In the automatic ticket gate, when the boarding medium is judged to be invalid by the judging means and the value of the correct ticket counter is not 0, the detecting means detects the presence or absence of a passenger near the door on the exit side, and the passenger is detected. If not, the control means closes the door and prohibits passage.

  The boarding medium includes various media such as a boarding ticket, a coupon ticket, a commuter pass, and a prepaid card. As the medium, media having various recording forms such as a magnetic card, a contact IC card, and a non-contact IC card can be used.

  As mentioned above, when the boarding medium is invalid and there is a surplus in the ticket counter, it is checked whether there are passengers near the door on the exit side, and if there are no passengers, the door is closed. Even if the ticket counter does not become “0”, the door is closed unless there are passengers near the door on the exit side, so that the passage of the next customer who has inserted the invalid ticket can be prohibited. In addition, since the next passenger cannot enter, it is clear that the entered ticket is invalid, and it becomes impossible to enter by entering an unprocessed ticket at the getting-off station, or with the station staff at the time of participation Can be avoided in advance. Furthermore, the present invention does not need to change the position of the sensor, and can be dealt with only by changing the software. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to an existing automatic ticket gate as it is.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prohibit invalid passengers from passing even if there are remaining legitimate bills, to prevent troubles at the time of participation, and to carry out easily without structural changes. It is done.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention. The automatic ticket gate device is composed of a pair of ticket gate devices installed across the passage, but here, one automatic ticket gate device is illustrated. The automatic ticket gate 100 has a main body 1 and a plate 2 attached to a side portion of the main body 1. A door 3 that can be opened and closed is provided on the inlet side (left side in the figure) of the main body 1, and a door 4 that can be opened and closed is provided on the outlet side (right side in the figure) of the main body 1. The automatic ticket gate 100 is a normally open type, and the doors 3 and 4 are always open.

  Two sensors 5a and 5c for passenger detection are provided in the upper part of the door 3 on the entrance side, and one sensor 5b for passenger detection is provided in the lower part of the door 3. In addition, two sensors 6a and 6c for passenger detection are provided at the upper part of the door 4 on the exit side, and one sensor 6b for passenger detection is provided at the lower part of the door 4. . The other automatic ticket checker that forms a pair with the automatic ticket checker 100 is also provided with a sensor at a position corresponding to each of the above sensors, and each paired sensor is constituted by, for example, a transmission type photosensor.

  Passenger detection sensors 9, 10, 11 are provided at both ends and the center of the passage of the plate 2, and these sensors are composed of, for example, reflective photosensors. Further, a passenger detection sensor 7 is provided immediately below the sensor 11 of the plate 2, and two passenger detection sensors 8 a to 8 c are provided between the door 3 and the door 4 of the main body 1. Yes. The other automatic ticket gate that forms a pair with the automatic ticket gate 100 is also provided with sensors at positions corresponding to the sensors 7 and 8a to 8c, and each paired sensor is constituted by, for example, a transmission type photosensor. The

  In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, on the upper surface of the main body 1, the display part which displays the ticket insertion port where a ticket is inserted, the ticket return port where a ticket is returned, and a passenger's message etc. is provided. Yes. The main body 1 includes a CPU, a storage unit, a ticket processing unit, a door opening / closing unit, a power supply unit, and the like which will be described later.

  When the passenger inserts a ticket into the ticket slot (not shown) of the automatic ticket gate 100 and passes in the direction of traffic indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1, the passengers are shielded if the sensors 5c and 9 on the entrance side are simultaneously shielded from light. Is detected to have entered the automatic ticket gate apparatus 100. When the passenger advances to the right side of the passage, the sensors 5c and 9 on the entrance side change from the light shielding state to the light transmitting state. When the passenger reaches the central portion, the sensors 7, 8b, 11 in the central portion are simultaneously in a light-shielded state, thereby detecting that the passenger has reached the central portion. Thereafter, when the passenger proceeds toward the exit, the sensors 7, 8b, 11 in the central portion are changed from the light shielding state to the light transmitting state, and when the sensors 6c, 10 on the exit side are simultaneously in the light shielding state, the passenger has reached the exit. Is detected. When the passenger exits from the exit, the sensors 6c and 10 on the exit side change from the light shielding state to the light transmitting state, and the passenger's exit is detected.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the automatic ticket gate 100. As shown in FIG. Reference numeral 21 denotes a CPU that controls the entire operation of the automatic ticket gate apparatus 100. Reference numeral 22 denotes a storage unit composed of a memory such as a RAM or a ROM, and a regular ticket counter 23 is provided in a predetermined area of the RAM. A ticket processing unit 24 includes a transport mechanism that transports a boarding ticket, a head unit that reads and writes information on the boarding ticket, and the like. Reference numeral 25 denotes a display unit for displaying messages for passengers. 26 is an alarm part, and when the ticket is invalid, a chime is sounded to notify the abnormality. 27 is a traffic detection part, Comprising: Each sensor 5a-5c, 6a-6c, 7, 8a-8c, 9, 10, 11 mentioned above is comprised. Reference numeral 28 denotes a door opening / closing section that opens and closes the door 3 and the door 4, and includes a door opening / closing motor, a motor drive circuit, and the like. A host device communication unit 29 communicates with a ticket gate monitoring board (not shown) and a host device (not shown), which are host devices. A power supply unit 30 supplies necessary power to each unit of the automatic ticket gate apparatus 100.

  In the automatic ticket gate 100 as described above, the CPU 21 constitutes an embodiment of the determination means and the control means in the present invention, and the traffic detectors 27 (sensors 5a to 5c, 6a to 6c, 7, 8a to 8c, 9 10, 11) constitute one embodiment of the detection means in the present invention.

  Next, traffic control in the automatic ticket gate 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The procedure of FIG. 3 is executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM of the storage unit 22. In FIG. 3, the same reference numerals are given to the steps for performing the same processing as in FIG. 4. Further, in the following description, it is assumed that a passenger passes in the direction of an arrow from the entrance side (left side) to the exit side (right side) in FIG.

  When the process is started, first, it is monitored whether or not a ticket is inserted (step S1). When the ticket is inserted (step S1: YES), the validity / invalidity of the ticket is determined (step S1). S2). If the ticket is valid (step S2: NO), the correct ticket counter 23 is incremented by 1 (step S4), the process returns to step S1 and waits for the next passenger to insert the ticket. If no ticket is inserted (step S1: NO), it is determined whether or not the passenger has passed a predetermined position (step S10). Here, it is assumed that the predetermined position is the exit position of the passage, that is, the position of the sensors 6c and 10. In this case, when both the sensors 6c and 10 change from the light shielding state to the light transmitting state, it is determined that the passage of the position is completed. The predetermined position is not limited to the exit position, and may be the position of the sensor 8c, for example. In this case, for example, when each of the sensors 8c changes from the light shielding state to the light transmitting state, it is determined that the passage of the position is completed.

  If the predetermined position has not yet passed (step S10: NO), the process returns to step S1, and if the passage is completed (step S10: YES), the correct ticket counter 23 is decremented by 1 (step S11). Next, it is determined whether or not the invalid ticket flag is ON (step S12). If the boarding ticket is valid, the invalid ticket flag is OFF (step S12: NO), and the process returns to step S1. At this time, since the door 4 is kept open, the passenger can leave the exit of the automatic ticket gate 100. The above operation is the same as the conventional case of FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the boarding ticket is invalid (step S2: YES), the invalid ticket flag is turned on (step S3), and the process proceeds to step S5 to determine whether or not there is a surplus ticket. . As described above, if the value of the correct ticket counter 23 is “0”, there is no remaining correct ticket, and if the value of the correct ticket counter 23 is not “0”, there is a remaining correct ticket. If the preceding passenger has passed through the predetermined position, the value of the correct ticket counter 23 is “0”, so it is determined that there is no remaining correct ticket (step S5: NO). In this case, the door 4 on the exit side is closed (step S6), and the passage of the passenger (invalid customer) who has entered the invalid ticket is prohibited. Moreover, since the inserted invalid ticket is discharged to the return port as it is, it waits for the discharged invalid ticket to be extracted (step S7). This invalid ticket is not subjected to processing such as information recording or printing. When the invalid ticket is extracted (step S7: YES), it is determined whether or not the invalid customer has retreated in the reverse direction (step S8). This determination is performed based on the outputs of the sensors 8a to 8c and 5c, for example. When the backward movement is detected (step S8: YES), the closed door 4 on the outlet side is opened (step S9), and the process returns to step S1. The above operation is also the same as the conventional case of FIG.

  The feature of the present invention resides in the processing in the case where it is determined in step S5 that there is a remaining regular bill. In the case of FIG. 4 (conventional control), if there is a remaining legitimate ticket when an invalid ticket is inserted, the process unconditionally proceeds to step S10 and proceeds to a waiting process. On the other hand, in this embodiment, if there is a surplus of valid tickets when an invalid ticket is inserted (step S5: YES), then whether or not there is a person (advance customer) near the door 4 on the exit side. (Step S5a). For example, when any of the sensors 6a to 6c, 8c, and 10 is in a light-shielding state, it is determined that there is a front customer near the door 4, and all of the sensors 6a to 6c, 8c, and 10 are in a light-transmitting state. When it is, it is determined that there is no customer near the door 4. If there is no customer (step S5a: NO), the value of the correct bill counter 23 is set to “0” (step S5b), and the exit side door 4 is closed (step S6). Thereby, the passage of the next customer who inserted the invalid ticket is prohibited. Since the subsequent steps S7 to S9 are as described above, the description thereof is omitted here.

  In the above-described embodiment, whether or not there is a person (advance customer) near the door (step S5a) is determined based on the state of the sensors 6a to 6c, 8c, and 10. The state of the sensors 7, 8b and 11 may be added to the determination element of the presence or absence of the customer. Further, when determining whether or not there is a person (advance customer) near the door (step S5a), it may be possible to select and change the range of sensors used in the passage in the maintenance setting unit.

  By doing in this way, when the previous customer passes a predetermined position (here, the exit position of the passage), it is based on the fact that the sensors 6c and 10 cannot detect the passage of the previous customer for some reason. Even if the counter 23 is not correctly decremented and the remainder of the correct ticket ("1" in this case) remains, the door 4 closes because there is no previous customer near the door 4, so the next customer must enter with an invalid ticket. Can not be. Therefore, since the next passenger can easily know that the ticket that has been entered is invalid, this ticket must not be entered into the automatic ticket gate at the exit station, and troubles at entry can be avoided. Can do.

  On the other hand, if there is a customer in the vicinity of the door 4 in the determination in step S5 (step S5a: YES), the process proceeds to step S10 as in the conventional case, and waits for the customer to pass the predetermined position. Then, when the previous customer has passed through the predetermined position (step S10: YES), the correct ticket counter 23 is decremented by 1 (step S11). At this time, since the door 4 on the exit side is maintained in an open state, the customer who has entered the valid ticket can leave the exit.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the invalid ticket flag is ON (step S12). In this case, since the invalid ticket flag is ON (step S12: YES), the exit side door 4 is closed (step S13). At this time, the previous customer has already left the exit, but the next customer (invalid customer) is prohibited from passing when the door 4 is closed. In the case of FIG. 4 (conventional control), even if the customer has already left the exit (passed through) and has not been detected near the exit, the passage of the customer at step S10 could not be detected. Since it waits for completion, the next customer can leave before the determination of the invalid ticket flag in step S12, but in this embodiment, because the previous customer was near the door in step S5a, When it is determined in step S12 that the ticket is invalid, the next customer has not yet reached the vicinity of the door 4, so that the next customer cannot exit when the door 4 is closed.

  In the above embodiment, the normally open type automatic ticket gate apparatus 100 in which the door 4 is normally open has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the normally closed type automatic ticket gate apparatus in which the door 4 is normally closed. It can also be applied to. In the case of the normally closed type, a passenger who has entered a valid ticket is allowed to pass by opening the door 4, but the door 4 remains open for a certain period of time after the passenger's passage is completed. Therefore, if an invalid ticket is inserted by the next customer during this period and there is a surplus in the correct ticket counter 23, the passage of the next customer can be prohibited in the same manner as in the case of the normally open type described above. .

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, when the passenger passed the position of the sensors 6c and 10 of a passage exit, the correct ticket counter 23 was subtracted, but this invention is not limited to this, For example, the door 4 You may make it subtract the correct bill counter 23, when passing the position of the sensor 8c in front.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the contact-type automatic ticket gate device 100 that inserts a ticket into a ticket slot is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and communication is performed with a non-contact IC card. The present invention can also be applied to a non-contact type automatic ticket gate device having an antenna, or a hybrid type automatic ticket gate device having both a contact type and a non-contact type function.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which the control is performed with one type of counter named “correct ticket counter” has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by the name and type of the counter. For example, in an automatic ticket gate, there are cases where a plurality of types of traffic control counters are provided in order to share the functions of the traffic control counter in detail or to perform complicated traffic control. Therefore, the present invention can be implemented using counters having different names. It is also possible to implement the present invention by using a plurality of counters in association with each other. Therefore, even if the names and types of the counters are different, those having the function of the correct ticket counter of the present invention are included in the concept of the “correct ticket counter”.

It is the schematic side view which showed the automatic ticket gate concerning this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the electrical structure of the automatic ticket gate apparatus. It is the flowchart which showed the procedure of the traffic control in the automatic ticket gate which concerns on this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the procedure of the traffic control in the conventional automatic ticket gate apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

3, 4 door 5a-5c sensor 6a-6c sensor 7 sensor 8a-8c sensor 9, 10, 11 sensor 21 CPU
23 Correct ticket counter 27 Traffic detector 28 Door opening / closing part 100 Automatic ticket gate

Claims (1)

Determination means for determining whether the boarding medium is valid, control means for controlling opening / closing of the door based on the determination result of the determination means, and allowing or prohibiting the passage of the passenger, and detection for detecting the passage of the passenger And a bill counter that performs an addition operation when the determination unit determines that the boarding medium is valid and performs a subtraction operation when the detection unit detects that a passenger has passed a predetermined position. In the ticket gate device,
When the determination means determines that the boarding medium is invalid and the value of the correct ticket counter is not 0, the detection means detects the presence or absence of a passenger near the door on the exit side, and the passenger is not detected. The automatic ticket gate device is characterized in that the control means closes the door and prohibits passage.

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