JP2010113500A - In-vehicle fare collecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an in-vehicle fare collecting system, which can construct a closed system for collecting fares in a railway service including unmanned railway stations, which lightens the work load of a crewman for collecting fares, requires no need for learned skill for collecting fares, and achieves a seamless interface with existing machines. <P>SOLUTION: The in-vehicle fare collecting system is installed in an electric train 11 with no conductor which runs on a railway track 12 including unmanned railway stations 13. The in-vehicle fare collecting system includes a numbered ticket issuing machine 22 which is mounted in the electric train with no conductor for issuing a magnetic numbered ticket 26 encoded with a boarding station on its magnetic recording surface and printed with a boarding station on its ticket side surface, and a re-encoding ticket-vending machine 23 which is mounted in the electric train with no conductor for converting the magnetic numbered ticket 26 issued by the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 into a magnetic ticket 26A by encoding and printing a destination station information on it. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted fare collection system, and more particularly to a vehicle-mounted fare collection system suitable for boarding and unloading at an unmanned station in operation on a railway line including an unmanned station.

  On railway lines in rural areas, stations are becoming unmanned from the viewpoint of reducing labor costs and equipment costs. On railway lines that include many unmanned stations, it is important to construct an optimal system for collecting fares. In the conventional operation related to the collection of fares on railway lines including unmanned stations, numbered tickets for certifying the boarding station are issued at unmanned stations, and vehicle crews make payment adjustments when getting off. In this operation system, the vehicle crew is required to be proficient in calculating the fare amount between the boarding station and the getting-off station, and the time required for getting off changes according to the number of passengers getting off, This contributes to the fluctuation of the vehicle stop time.

  Also, when passengers boarding a vehicle with a numbered ticket at an unmanned station transfer to another railway line, at the time of connection, in addition to the settlement based on the numbered ticket, a new certificate of the disembarking station is issued to handle the connection Is going.

  In addition, at unmanned stations, it is difficult to set up a ticket vending machine from the viewpoint of security and operation, so it is extremely difficult to form automation as a fare collection system on a railway line in a systematic closed state. The situation exists.

There are techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 as conventional techniques related to the fare collection system described above. The boarding fare system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is an on-board fare settlement system such as a bus, and is configured by separating a settlement machine and a money changer. Thereby, the effect of shortening the stop time of vehicles, such as a bus, is exhibited. The transit ticket issuing device disclosed in Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration of a device that rewrites a transit ticket for transferring to another route with respect to a bus ticket.
JP 2003-16489 A JP 60-138694 A

  The technologies related to the fare collection disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are all technologies related to the on-board fare collection. However, assuming a fare collection system used on railway lines including unmanned stations, it is possible to reduce the burden of crew fare collection at unmanned stations, or because proficiency is not required for fare collection work. In particular, it is extremely unsatisfactory to construct a closed system as a fare collection system while simplifying the connection processing of other railway lines and making it seamless with existing automatic machines. It was enough.

  In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention is to reduce the burden of crew fare collection on railway lines including unmanned stations. However, it is possible to reduce the fluctuation, simplify the connection process of other railway lines, achieve seamlessness with existing automatic machines, and construct a closed system for fare collection It is to provide a vehicle-mounted fare collection system.

  The vehicle-mounted fare collection system according to the present invention is configured as follows in order to achieve the above object.

  A first vehicle-mounted fare collection system (corresponding to claim 1) is a vehicle-mounted fare collection system mounted on a railway vehicle (such as a one-man train) traveling on a railway line including an unmanned station. A numbered ticket issuing machine that issues a magnetic ticket that encodes the boarding station on the magnetic recording surface and prints the boarding station on the ticket surface, and a magnetic numbered ticket that is installed in the railway vehicle and issued by the numbered ticket issuing machine On the other hand, it comprises a re-encoded ticket vending machine that encodes and prints information up to the getting-off station and converts it into a magnetic ticket.

  In the above-mentioned vehicle-mounted fare collection system, a passenger ticket is installed in the car because it has a numbered ticket issuing machine that issues a magnetic numbered ticket in a one-man train and a re-encoded ticket vending machine that converts the magnetic numbered ticket into a magnetic ticket. A magnetic numbered ticket or a magnetic ticket can be obtained, and seamless connection can be established with an automatic machine such as an existing ticket gate installed at a manned station or the like.

  The second on-vehicle fare collection system (corresponding to claim 2) is preferably characterized in that, in the above configuration, the re-encoded ticket vending machine also has a function as an in-car settlement machine.

  In a third vehicle-mounted fare collection system (corresponding to claim 3), in the above-mentioned configuration, preferably, the magnetic ticket is a ticket gate process performed by an automatic ticket gate installed at a manned station to get off, or It can be used in a checkout process with an automatic checkout machine.

  In the fourth on-board fare collection system (corresponding to claim 4), in the above configuration, preferably, a magnetic numbered ticket that is not converted into a magnetic ticket by a re-encode ticket machine is used as a numbered ticket as it is. It is characterized by.

The present invention has the following effects.
(1) On railway lines including unmanned stations, a numbered ticket issuing machine that issues a magnetic numbered ticket inside a one-man train and a re-encoded ticket machine that converts a magnetic numbered ticket into a magnetic ticket are provided. Can be settled and cash receipts can be automated.
(2) Since the payment can be made in the train, the payment can be made in advance in the train, and the settlement processing time and the crew load that have been concentrated at the time of getting off can be distributed and reduced.
(3) Since a magnetic ticket can be converted into a magnetic ticket on the train, after the one-man train gets off, it is possible to use an automatic machine such as an existing automatic ticket gate installed at a subsequent manned station. , Connecting lines can be seamlessly performed.
(4) By using a numbered ticket as a magnetic numbered ticket, it is possible to acquire usage data relating to getting on and off an unmanned station.
(5) Since the magnetic ticket is initially issued as a numbered ticket at the entrance of a one-man train at an unmanned station, it can be operated as usual (numbered ticket and crew checkout), resulting in confusion due to system transition. Can be relaxed.
(6) Since the re-encoded ticket vending machine is mounted on a one-man train, it is possible to avoid the security and operational problems peculiar to unmanned stations, and to construct a fare collection system in which railway lines are closed with automatic machines. it can.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments (examples) of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall image diagram of a train and railway line system equipped with a vehicle-mounted fare collection system according to the present invention. The train 11 is a one-man train, and the railway line 12 is a route on which the one-man train 11 travels. The train may be an electric vehicle or a diesel vehicle. Station 13 is an unmanned station, and no automatic machines such as numbered ticket issuing machines and ticket vending machines are installed in the station building. Therefore, the railway line 12 is an railway line including at least one unmanned station. The transfer station connected to other lines on the railway line 12 is a manned station, and in this manned station, there are a payment machine, a ticket gate, a station staff, and the like. The one-man train 11 is a normal electric railway vehicle, but is equipped with a fare collection system as will be described later, and in principle, one driver 14 (shown in FIG. 2) gets on as a vehicle crew to get on and off all passengers. It is a vehicle that can cope with. The driver 14 settles the fare as a vehicle crew for a passenger who is about to get off within the one-man train 11. The one-man train 11 is equipped with various automatic machines such as numbered ticket issuing machines.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the arrangement and overall configuration of various automatic machines mounted on the one-man train 11. The block diagram further shows a magnetic numbered ticket as a physical entity that is subjected to predetermined processing by various automatic machines and moves between the automatic machines, and the movement state thereof.

  In the figure, a block 21 conceptually shows the vehicle body of the one-man train 11. The block 21 is hereinafter referred to as “vehicle body 21”. In the vehicle body 21, for example, two sets of a numbered ticket issuing machine 22 and a re-encoded ticket vending machine 23 are provided as various automatic machines for the vehicle-mounted fare collection system according to the present embodiment. One set of numbered ticket issuing machine 22 and re-encoded ticket vending machine 23 are arranged near the central entrance 24 (shown in FIG. 1) in the vehicle body 21, and the other set of numbered ticket issuing machine 22 and re-encoded ticket vending machine. 23 is arranged in the vicinity of the entrance 25 (shown in FIG. 1) at the rear of the vehicle. Both sets of the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 and the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23 have the same configuration and function. Therefore, in the description of this embodiment, the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 arranged in the center of the vehicle body 21 and the re-encoded The ticket vending machine 23 will be described.

  The numbered ticket issuing machine 22 is a function of issuing a magnetic numbered ticket 26 for a passenger when the passenger 15 gets on the one-man train 11 from the boarding gate 24 at an unmanned station, automatically or by detecting the presence of the passenger 15. have.

  As another electrical device configuration mounted on the one-man vehicle 11, a controller 27 for one-man operation is arranged in a driver seat portion provided in the front part of the vehicle body 21, and finally recovered. A storage box 28 for storing the magnetic numbered ticket 26 or the magnetic ticket 26A is provided. The storage box 28 usually has a mechanical structure and an electrical configuration for storing the magnetic numbered ticket 26 and the like. In addition, when a passenger | crew respond | corresponds, the mere storage box which does not have an electrical structure may be sufficient. An exit port 29 is provided at the front of the vehicle body 21. The storage box 28 is disposed at a location in the vicinity of the exit gate 29 and is used by the passenger 15 who gets off.

  Each of the numbered ticket issuing machine 22, the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23, and the storage box 28 is electrically connected to the controller 27. Each of the operations of the numbered ticket issuing machine 22, the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23, and the storage box 28 is controlled by a host controller 27.

  According to the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, on a local railway line having an unmanned station, a numbered ticket issuing machine mounted on the one-man train 11 is used for a paper numbered ticket previously issued at the unmanned station. 22 is issued as a magnetic numbered ticket 26. This magnetic numbered ticket 26 is issued for each passenger 15 who gets on the one-man train 11. In the magnetic numbered ticket 26, information on the boarding station on which the passenger boarded is recorded as a code on the magnetic recording unit on the back surface or the like, and the boarding station, the date, etc. are printed on the surface. It has become. Each passenger 15 receives the magnetic numbered ticket 26 when the magnetic numbered ticket 26 is issued from the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 (step S11). The passenger 15 usually sets the received magnetic numbered ticket 26 in the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23 installed in the one-man train 11 (step S12), and uses this re-encoded ticket vending machine 23 to get off the exit station. Designate and process fare payments informationally. Thereby, the magnetic numbered ticket 26 has a function as a magnetic ticket 26A, and the magnetic numbered ticket 26 is exchanged for the magnetic ticket 26A. The passenger 15 uses the magnetic numbered ticket 26 as the magnetic ticket 26A until the station where the passenger 15 gets off. Moreover, as a method of processing in the re-encode ticket vending machine 23, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which it is used as a boarding ticket for the same fare section instead of the getting-off station. In the re-encode ticket machine 23, a re-encode process (step S13) is performed in which the magnetic numbered ticket 26 issued from the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 is converted into the “magnetic ticket 26A” based on the processing contents as described above.

  In the vehicle body 21 of the one-man train 11 shown in FIG. 2, two magnetic tickets are shown. The right-side magnetic ticket shown near the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 is a magnetic numbered ticket 26 issued from the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 to the passenger 15. The left magnetic ticket is a magnetic ticket 26A for which the re-encoding process (step S13) has been completed, and is a magnetic ticket immediately before getting off the one-man train 11. In FIG. 2, an arrow A1 indicates a transition state from the magnetic numbered ticket 26 to the magnetic boarding right 26A in which the above processing is executed.

  On the other hand, depending on the passenger, the magnetic numbered ticket 26 may move as it is as shown by the broken arrow A2 without passing through the route indicated by the arrow A1. The route indicated by the arrow A2 indicates that the magnetic numbered ticket 26 is simply used as a numbered ticket in the same manner as before without replacing the magnetic numbered ticket 26 with a magnetic ticket. In the case of the route indicated by the arrow A2, the driver 14 uses the magnetic numbered ticket 26 to perform payment in the vehicle. The settled magnetic numbered ticket 26 is stored in a storage box 28. This example is suitable when the passenger 15 wishes to pay the cash.

  In FIG. 2, blocks 31, 32, and 33 are shown outside the vehicle body 21 (outside the vehicle) of the one-man train 11. These blocks 31, 32 and 33 show elements of an existing fare collection system located outside the one-man train 11, which is connected to the vehicle-mounted fare collection system according to the present invention. Block 31 conceptually shows a station clerk or conductor at a manned station, block 32 means an automatic ticket gate installed at the station, and block 33 means an automatic checkout machine installed at the station. . In particular, the automatic ticket gate 32 and the checkout machine 33 are components of a conventional magnetic ticket infrastructure.

  The magnetic ticket 26A may be used in the one-man train 11 and stored in the storage box 28, or the passenger 15 gets off the one-man train 11 while holding the magnetic ticket 26A as it is, and is used at the stop station. It can happen. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the magnetic ticket 26 </ b> A is used in a ticket gate process in the ticket gate 32 after getting off (arrow A <b> 3), or is processed by the station staff 31 or the like (arrow A <b> 4). For the magnetic ticket 26A, for example, when another railway line is used after transit, the settlement is performed at the settlement machine 33 at that station (arrow A5), and then the ticket gate 32 at the corresponding station is used. A ticket gate process may be performed (arrow A6).

  Further, as indicated by broken arrows A7 and A8, the magnetic numbered ticket 26 is used not only for the in-car settlement, but also for the settlement machine 33 installed outside the one-man train 11, or for the settlement at the station staff 31 or the like. It can also be used in processing. In particular, using the magnetic numbered ticket 26 without conversion is convenient when there is no automatic machine at the disembarking station or when cash settlement is desired.

  As described above, according to the configuration using the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 and the magnetic numbered ticket 26, the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23, and the magnetic ticket 26A installed inside the vehicle body 21 of the one-man train 11, the fare to the getting-off station The magnetic ticket 26A to which the information by encoding and printing is added can be used as it is after getting off the vehicle, and the magnetic ticket 26A can be used in the magnetic system related to the existing fare collection.

  FIG. 3 shows an image of an operation pattern in the above-described vehicle-mounted fare collection system. According to FIG. 3, three sections 41, 42, 43 are shown in the horizontal direction. Section 41 shows the flow of processing executed in the one-man train 11 at the unmanned station 13, section 42 shows an example of processing at the unmanned station when a passenger gets off at another unmanned station, and section 43 shows The example of the process in the said manned station when a passenger gets off at a manned station is shown.

  As shown in the section 41 of FIG. 3, when the passenger 15 gets on the one-man train 11 at the unmanned station 13, the passenger 15 receives the magnetic numbered ticket 26 from the numbered ticket issuing machine 22. In the magnetic numbered ticket 26 shown in FIG. 3, “date” 44, “train number” 45, and “boarding station name” 46 are printed on the front surface. Magnetically, information on the boarding station or the like is recorded as a code on the back of the magnetic numbered ticket 26.

  Thereafter, when the re-encode ticket vending machine 23 is used (step S12), the magnetic numbered ticket 26 is converted into a magnetic ticket 26A. In the magnetic ticket 26A, for example, “320 yen section” 47 is printed on the surface, and the information is recorded again as a code on the magnetic recording surface.

  Next, when the passenger 15 gets off at a subsequent unmanned station, as shown in section 42, when using the magnetic ticket 26A, the magnetic ticket 26A is collected by the driver (crew member) 14. (Step S21).

  In addition, as shown in step S22 of the section 41, the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23 is not used, and the magnetic numbered ticket 26 is used as it is, and it gets off at an unmanned station as shown in the section 42. In this case, the driver (crew member) 14 performs a settlement process (step S23).

  When the passenger 15 gets off at a subsequent manned station, as shown in a section 43, when using the magnetic ticket 26A, the magnetic ticket 26A is processed by the ticket gate 32 of the manned station. (Step S24).

  Furthermore, as shown in step S25 of the section 41, when the re-encoded ticket machine 23 is not used and is used as the magnetic numbered ticket 26, and when getting off at a manned station as shown in the section 43. Are settled by the settlement machine 33, and then the ticket gate process is performed by the ticket gate 32.

  Next, examples of the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 and the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  An example of the external shape of the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 is shown in FIG. Since the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 is an automatic issuing machine mounted on the one-man train 11, it is a small box-like machine arranged near the boarding gate 24. The front portion 51 of the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 is formed with a push button 52 and a ticket discharge port 53 for issuing the magnetic numbered ticket 26. The numbered ticket issuing machine 22 prints the station name, date, and train number of the station that is stopped on the ticket surface, the station name, ticket type (ordinary ticket, etc.), date based on the information provided from the controller 27 described above. Has a function of performing magnetic encoding according to the above. Therefore, the numbered ticket issuing machine 22 includes a printing device, an encoding device, and a ticket issuing device. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, since the print area 54 is limited to a relatively small area on the surface of the magnetic numbered ticket 26, it can be issued in a short time (for example, about 1 second). Has advantages.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the external shape of the re-encoded ticket vending machine 23. The re-encode ticket machine 23 has a display unit 61, a drop-off station selection button group 62, a magnetic numbered ticket 26, and a loading / discharging port 63 for discharging the magnetic ticket 26A, a bill loading port 64, and a coin on the front surface thereof. An input port 65 is provided. The display unit 61 displays an operation table starting at the boarding station when the magnetic numbered ticket is inserted. By placing the magnetic numbered ticket 26 in the re-encoded ticket machine 23 and traveling between stations, the magnetic ticket 26A to the disembarking station can be released based on the boarding station information. In this case, the sales range is changed according to the travel section of the one-man train 11. There is also a mode for paying up to this station by inserting the magnetic numbered ticket 26 while the station is stopped.

  The configurations, shapes, sizes, and arrangement relationships described in the above embodiments are merely schematically shown to the extent that the present invention can be understood and implemented, and the numerical values and the compositions (materials) of the respective components Is just an example. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the technical idea shown in the claims.

  The vehicle-mounted fare collection system according to the present invention is equipped with a one-man train traveling on a railway line including an unmanned station, can issue a magnetic numbered ticket in the car, and can further convert the magnetic numbered ticket into a magnetic ticket. Thus, it is possible to seamlessly use the existing automatic settlement machine and automatic ticket gate that have been used conventionally.

It is a figure of the whole image of the train and railway system equipped with the vehicle-mounted fare collection system according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the arrangement | positioning state and the whole structure of the various automatic machines mounted in the one-man train provided with the vehicle-mounted fare collection system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the image of the operation pattern in a vehicle-mounted fare collection system. It is an external view which shows an example of a numbered ticket issuing machine. It is an external view which shows an example of a re-encode ticket machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 One-man train 12 Railway line 13 Unmanned station 14 Driver 15 Passenger 21 Car body 22 Numbered ticket issuing machine 23 Re-encoded ticket machine 24, 25 Boarding gate 26 Magnetic numbered ticket 26A Magnetic ticket 27 Controller 28 Storage box 20 Exit gate 31 Station Staff / conductor 32 Ticket gate 33 Settlement machine

Claims (4)

It is a vehicle-mounted fare collection system that is mounted on railway vehicles that run on railway lines including unmanned stations.
A numbered ticket issuing machine that is mounted on the railway vehicle and encodes a boarding station on a magnetic recording surface and issues a magnetic numbered ticket that prints the boarding station on a ticket surface;
A re-encoded ticket vending machine that is mounted on the railway vehicle and converts the information to the station of getting off the magnetic numbered ticket issued by the numbered ticket issuing machine and converts it into a magnetic ticket by printing.
A vehicle-mounted fare collection system comprising:   2. The on-board fare collection system according to claim 1, wherein the re-encoded ticket vending machine has a function as an in-car settlement machine.   The vehicle-mounted type according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic ticket can be used in a ticket gate process at an automatic ticket gate installed at a manned station to be alighted, or a payment process in an automatic account settlement machine. Fare collection system.   The vehicle-mounted fare collection system according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic numbered ticket that is not converted into a magnetic ticket by the re-encode ticket machine is used as a numbered ticket as it is.

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