JP2525679B2 - Ticket issuing device with self-diagnosis system - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that automatically sells a ticket magnetically recording specific information according to a purchaser's designation, and particularly, a self-diagnosis of an operating state and the like. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device such as a ticket selling device and a counter issuing device having a function of performing.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as an example of such a ticket issuing device, there is one which issues a train ticket. This ticket issuing device
In response to passengers inputting money to specify the destination station name, etc., fare calculation and change processing are performed, and then the boarding / alighting station etc. is printed on the front side and specific information is magnetically recorded in the magnetic recording area on the back side. Issue a ticket.

The mechanism of this issuing unit includes a roll paper holding unit for holding a roll-shaped base paper before printing, a wrapping paper cutting unit that cuts a predetermined length in order from one end of the roll paper, and a cut ticket. A printing unit that prints specific information such as the boarding / alighting station, fare, and date of issue with a thermal head, and a magnetic recording area provided on the back of the ticket, with a write-only magnetic head that magnetizes surface information and other specific information. An encoding unit that determines whether there is no abnormality in the recorded contents by recording and re-reading the recorded information with a read-only magnetic head before issuing, and a transport mechanism that performs a transport operation until the roll paper is cut and issued. , And a central control unit or the like having a built-in microprocessor or the like for activating the operation of each of these parts at a predetermined timing.

Then, by recording with the write magnetic head of the encoding section, a plurality of bits at predetermined intervals (each short-line portion in the figure shows a magnetic recording area on the back surface of the ticket as in the format shown in FIG. 8). Clock pulse track CP that is magnetically recorded) and data such as the date of issue, boarding / alighting station, transfer station, route used, and fare are arranged in the array position of each bit data of the clock pulse track CP. The first track T1 (the short line portion in the figure corresponds to each bit data) and the second track T2 (the short line portion in the figure corresponds to each bit data) that are formed by magnetic recording in synchronization Etc. are installed, and by inserting such printed and magnetically recorded tickets into the automatic ticket gates installed at the ticket gates of stations, unattended ticket processing, etc. Ukoto so that the can.

Further, in order to enable a ticket having such magnetically recorded information to be commonly processed by all devices (automatic ticket gates, etc.) in the traffic system, magnetic data is recorded according to a predetermined standard. Since it is necessary to record the record information, re-read with the read-only magnetic head of the encoding section before issuing, and discard the ticket paper with non-standard information recorded in the discard tray without issuing it. It has become.

This unified standard is, for example, a clock pulse track CP.
The number of bit data recorded on the disk, the mutual recording interval (pitch interval) of each bit data, each bit of the data recorded on other recording tracks and the clock pulse track
Allowable deviation of positional relationship with bit data recorded in CP,
Other air conditioning flutters are set.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in such a ticket issuing device, it is necessary to make an appropriate adjustment in accordance with the secular change after installation, and in order to make such an adjustment, conventionally, a ticket issued by the ticket issuing device is used. The presence or absence of abnormality is determined by hanging the paper on a separate tester, and from the determination result, the type of abnormality,
The adjustment part and the adjustment amount were detected.

An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device having a function of automatically performing self-diagnosis without the need for such a separate tester.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention is a ticket issuing device for issuing a ticket paper on which data of specific information is recorded by magnetic recording to a purchaser, wherein the record information recorded by a write-only magnetic head is re-read by a read-only magnetic head to obtain record data. A ticket issuing device provided with a self-diagnosis system for diagnosing an abnormality of the ticket issuing device by inspecting.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention magnetically records data of an appropriate test item on a first paper sheet corresponding to an issued ticket by a recording magnetic head as in the ordinary ticketing process, and then records it by a read-only head. The data is reproduced, an error between the reproduced data and the standard is detected, and the detected data is printed and output on one or more other paper sheets corresponding to the issued ticket.

Here, the error detection items are not limited to the items described below, but for example, the bit interval of the reference bit data of the clock pulse track formed by magnetic recording in the magnetic recording area of the ticket, and the An error from the specified format of the bit interval, the data content regarding the test items of the data track magnetically recorded in parallel with the clock pulse track, and the data recording with respect to the recording position of the reference bit data recorded in the clock pulse track. It relates to a phase shift from the generated bit data.

[Action]

According to the ticket issuing device of the present invention having such a configuration, since it has a self-diagnosis function, it does not require a separate tester or the like, and further, a procedure similar to a normal issuing process is performed. Since the data of the diagnosis result can be obtained and the diagnosis result is printed and provided on the ticket, adjustment points, abnormal items and the like can be easily found, and the adjustment work can be speeded up.

〔Example〕

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the mechanical structure of the ticket vending machine will be described with reference to FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, the roll paper holder is provided with a roll paper 1 manufactured to have a constant width with the front surface as a printing surface and the back surface as a magnetic recording surface. Is loaded. Reference numeral 2 is a pulse motor, and 3 and 4 are conveyance rollers that follow the rotational force of the pulse motor 2 transmitted through the drive belt 5. As the pulse motor 2 rotates by a predetermined rotation angle, the roll paper 1 is rotated. One end of the sheet is fed and conveyed to the cutter 6 by a predetermined length.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a thermal head, which prints information about the boarding / alighting station and other information on the surface of the wrapping paper cut into a predetermined length by the cutter 6.

The printed winding ticket is transferred to the encoding unit. That is,
The transport mechanism is operated by the drive motor 8 which rotates at a predetermined rotation speed, and the ticket is transported at a transport speed synchronized with the constant rotation speed.

9 is an optical sensor that optically detects the leading edge (left side edge in FIG. 8) of the conveyed ticket paper, and 10 is the same as that printed on the front surface in the magnetic recording area on the back surface of the ticket paper, etc. Is a write-only magnetic head for magnetically recording information, and 11 is a read-only magnetic head for re-reading magnetically recorded data. Reference numeral 12 is a claw piece that is swingably attached, and if the information data reread by the magnetic head 11 is within the standard, it is swung in a predetermined direction to transfer the ticket paper to the issuing slot and issued to the purchaser. Then, when an abnormality is found, it swings in the other direction and transfers the paper sheet to the discard tray 13 side.

Further, the configuration of the signal processing system will be described with reference to FIG. The same or corresponding parts as in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. That is, the microprocessor 14 for performing the operation timing and signal processing of the entire ticket issuing device is built in, and the purchaser externally operates the external input switches and sets the switching between the test mode and the normal operation mode. And a working memory 16 and a system memory 17 are connected through a common bus line (not shown) while receiving signals from an external input means 15 including a changeover switch for are doing. The working memory 16 is a firmware for processing the operation of the entire system according to a preset computer program, and the system memory 17 is composed of a writable and readable RAM.

Furthermore, a timing signal Sm for controlling the rotation operation of various motors for conveying the paper sheet is output via the drive circuit 18, and a control signal for causing the cutter 6 to perform a cutting operation.
Sc is output via the drive circuit 19. Also, print dot data is output to the thermal head 7 via the drive circuit 20,
It is wired so that the write data to the write-only magnetic head 10 is output via the recording circuit 21 and the data reproduced from the read-only magnetic head 11 is input via the reproducing circuit 22.

Next, the operation of the embodiment having such a configuration will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, in steps 80 to 90, the operator sets the test mode with a predetermined changeover switch of the external input means 15 to start the self-diagnosis operation, and the purchaser uses the external input means 15 in the normal issuing process. Enter the destination station name etc. as test items in the same way as you specify.

In accordance with this, the ticket issuing device starts the conveying operation in step 100, cuts the wrapping paper of a predetermined length by the cutter 6 in step 110, and then in step 120, the thermal head 7 gets on the boarding board as shown in FIG. Print station, destination station name, issue date and other information.

Next, in step 130, the leading edge of the conveyed paper sheet is detected by the sensor 9, and magnetic recording is performed by the magnetic head 10 after a predetermined time τ from the detection time. That is, a predetermined delay time τ is set in order to establish synchronization for starting magnetic recording from a position distant from the leading edge of the paper sheet by a prescribed distance Lf (see FIG. 8).

Further, when magnetic recording is completed in step 130,
Similar to FIG. 8, a plurality of recording tracks are formed, and a plurality of bit data are recorded on the clock pulse track CP at predetermined intervals (for example, 0.9 mm) along the transport direction. In the track T1, when passing through another company's route from the boarding station to the destination station, the predetermined coded data for the other company's route name, transit station name, section, fare, etc. The data is recorded according to the bit position, and the second data track T2 is clocked with predetermined coded data regarding the date of issue, the line section name of the company's route, the route, the fare, the recording direction of the recorded data, and the parity bit. Pulse track
Record according to the CP bit position. That is, even in the test mode, the printing and magnetic recording processing is performed as in the normal ticketing business.

Next, in step 140, the read-only magnetic head 1
At 1, the magnetic recording data of each track is read. And
The reproduction data generated in the read operation is sequentially input to the microprocessor 14, and the timer function existing as the internal function of the microprocessor 14 measures all the bit intervals of the clock pulse track CP, and at the same time, from other tracks T1 and T2. The bit interval of each bit data to be reproduced and the relative recording position deviation from the bit data reproduced from the clock pulse track CP are measured, and the memory 16
To memorize.

Next, in step 150, a predetermined analysis process is performed. That is, first, a parity check is performed from the number of bit data recorded on the data tracks T1 and T2, and then the bit data recording positions of the clock pulse track CP and the bit data recording positions of the data tracks T1 and T2. Relative shift (hereinafter referred to as phase shift) with respect to and is detected for all of the bit data recorded on the data tracks T1 and T2. Then, in step 165, these calculation results are stored in the memory 16, and in step 160, the ticket is discharged to the discard tray 13.

Next, a display operation of the reread data and analysis data is performed.

First, by the processing of steps 170 to 180 (processing corresponding to steps 100 to 110), the second sheet of paper is cut from the roll paper. Next, in step 190, the thermal head 7 prints the test result data as shown in FIG. 5 on the surface of the second paper sheet. That is, the target of the test 1
Distance Lf from the leading edge of the first sheet of paper to the position where the first bit data of the clock pulse track CP is recorded (called the previous bit distance) The distance Lb to the position where the last bit data was recorded (called the post-bit distance), the farthest distance among bit data intervals that are adjacent to each other on the clock pulse track CP (called the maximum interval), the clock The closest distance (called the minimum interval) among the bit data intervals that are adjacent to each other in the pulse tracks CP, the maximum value of the phase shift (called the maximum shift), and the minimum value of the phase shift (the minimum shift). Say), the result of the politity check,
As a result of the data and parity check regarding the routes of other companies re-read from the first data track T1, the date of issue re-read from the second data track T2, the usage line, boarding station name, destination station name and parity check of the own line Print the result.

Then, in step 200, the second ticket is conveyed and discharged to the discard tray 13.

Next, by the processing of steps 210 to 220 (processing corresponding to steps 100 to 110), the third sheet of paper is cut from the roll paper. Next, in step 230, the data of the test result as shown in FIG. 6 is printed on the surface of the third paper sheet by the thermal head 7. That is, the recording intervals of the bit data that are adjacent to each other on the clock pulse track CP are printed. In the ticket vending machine according to this embodiment, it is specified that 63-bit bit data is printed at equal intervals on the clock pulse track CP, so all interval data for 62 intervals are printed. Then, as a method of displaying the respective deviations of the print intervals, each bit interval is printed as a percentage (%) when the prescribed reference bit interval is 100.

Then, in step 240, the third paper sheet is conveyed and discharged to the waste tray 13.

Next, by the processing of steps 250 to 260 (processing corresponding to steps 100 to 110), the fourth sheet of paper is cut from the roll paper. Next, in step 270, the thermal head 7 prints the test result data as shown in FIG. 7 on the surface of the fourth sheet of paper. That is, the second data track
Recording position of T2 bit data and clock pulse track
Phase shift data indicating how much the CP bit data recording positions are offset from each other in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the clock pulse track CP is printed.
More specifically, the phase shift data is applied to all the bit data recorded on the data track T2, and is not applied to all the bit data on the clock pulse track CP. Therefore, the portion of the second data track where bit data is not magnetically recorded is not detected.

Next, in step 280, the fourth paper sheet is conveyed and discharged to the waste tray 13.

As described above, in this embodiment, the actual recording error is measured by re-reading the magnetic recording data after the first sheet of paper has been subjected to the printing and the magnetic recording corresponding to the normal issuing process. , The second to fourth measurement results
Print it on the ticket paper and output it.

Then, by observing the print content of the second paper sheet shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to identify the presence or absence of an abnormality in the signal processing system in the magnetic recording and reproducing mechanism, and the third paper sheet shown in FIG. By checking the print contents, it is possible to identify whether there is an abnormality in the transport mechanism such as wow and flutter. By checking the print contents of the fourth paper sheet shown in FIG. 7, the write-only magnetic head 10 or the read-only magnetic head is used. Misalignment of each head with respect to the three tracks in the head 11, presence / absence of conveyance of the paper sheet in a state where the conveyance mechanism is inclined with respect to the conveyance direction, and mounting positions of the write-only magnetic head 10 and the read-only magnetic head 11. It is possible to identify the deviation and the like.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the self-diagnosis system can be realized with the aid of the conventional system with only a slight change (mainly the program change of the system memory 17).

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the self-diagnosis system for a ticket issuing device of the present invention, a tester or the like is not separately required, and further, the diagnosis result data can be obtained only by performing the same procedure as the normal issuing process. In addition, since the diagnosis result is printed on the ticket and provided, the adjustment location, the abnormal item, and the like can be easily found, and the adjustment work can be speeded up.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a structural explanatory view of a mechanical part of an embodiment according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view of a signal processing part in the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of print contents of the first ticket paper in the embodiment; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing print contents of the second ticket paper in the embodiment; and FIG. 6 is printing of the third ticket paper in the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an example of the printed contents of the fourth ticket paper in the embodiment; FIG. 8 is an explanation explaining the format of a recording track magnetically recorded in the magnetic recording area of the issued ticket paper. It is a figure. Reference numerals in the figure: 6; cutter 7; thermal head 9; sensor 10; write-only magnetic head 11; read-only magnetic head 14; microprocessor 15; external input means 16; working memory 17; system memory

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket issuing device for issuing a sheet of paper in which a specific visible display item is printed and a specific magnetic information is recorded in response to an operation of a passenger clerk. The information recorded on the ticket is reproduced by the read-only magnetic head in the process before issuance, the error between the reproduced data and the recording standard is detected, and the detected data corresponds to one or more other tickets. Ticket issuing device equipped with a self-diagnosis system that prints and outputs it as a visual display item.