JP2559072Y2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

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 capable of processing a ticket, such as an ordinary ticket and an express ticket, which satisfies a one-pass condition in pairs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate is, for example,
As shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-78280, an ordinary ticket or an express ticket inserted into a main body (hereinafter, referred to as a main body) of an automatic ticket gate (the various tickets are referred to as tickets in the present invention). In the meantime, while being conveyed from the insertion port to the discharge port, the magnetic data recorded on each ticket is read by the reading / writing means comprising a magnetic head, and the entry / exit data is written and the entry / exit data is written. Alternatively, a participation processing operation is being performed.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional multi-leaf type automatic ticket gate, the ticket inserted into the main body is read and written in the order of insertion. If there is at least one invalid ticket among the tickets inserted in the, the entry or entry data is already written in the ticket inserted before the invalid ticket, and the ticket is returned Even if it is done, it cannot be reused as it is.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method in which even if one of a plurality of tickets inserted into the main body has an invalid ticket, To provide an automatic ticket gate that can be returned without writing data to the ticket.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention uses a reading means to read data recorded on a plurality of tickets inserted into the body of the automatic ticket gate. An automatic ticket gate that reads, performs arithmetic processing on the read data, performs one entry or one exit operation based on the operation result, and writes the entry or exit data into the tickets by writing means. A plurality of stoppers provided in series in the middle of the transport path between the reading means and the writing means and capable of temporarily holding a ticket, and a plurality of stoppers provided when the inserted ticket is a valid ticket. The temporary hold is performed sequentially from the downstream side in the transport direction of the transport path, and the temporary hold is released sequentially from the downstream side , and the inserted ticket is invalid.
If there is a previously held ticket at the time of the ticket
Release the temporary hold of the ticket, and
A stopper control means for controlling the urchin said plurality of stopper by prohibiting temporary retention of the ticket, for all tickets that are inserted when one ticket either inserted ticket is invalid ticket A write-inhibiting means for inhibiting writing by the writing means.

[0006]

In the above construction, the stopper control means operates the respective stoppers so as to temporarily hold the ticket read by the reading means inserted into the main body in order from the stopper on the downstream side of the transport path, and then operates the stopper on the downstream side thereof. Temporary holding is released sequentially from the stopper, whereby the ticket is sent to the writing means, and the entry or exit data is written. However, if at least one of the inserted tickets has an invalid ticket, the ticket temporarily held in the stopper as a valid ticket and the
Temporary subsequent invalid ticket holding is prohibited, and the write data entry or competed in ticket all hands are prohibited by the write inhibit means.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment, in which an automatic ticket gate is provided between an insertion port 2 provided at one end in a longitudinal direction of a main body 1 and a discharge port 3 provided at the other end. Is provided with a known transport path 4 driven by a motor M.

The transport path 4 includes an alignment transport path 4a and a main transport path 4a.
b and a discharge conveyance path 4c, of which the alignment conveyance path 4a is composed of a pair of belt conveyors, and takes the ticket inserted from the insertion slot 2 into the main body 1,
It has a function to arrange. The main transport path 4b is composed of a pair of belt conveyors provided on the delivery side of the aligned transport path 4a. In the main transport path 4b, the magnetic data recorded on the ticket in order from the upstream side in the transport direction. Magnetic head H1 for reading an image, a first stopper S1 and a second stopper S2 capable of temporarily holding a ticket being transported.
And the magnetic data read by the magnetic head H1 is processed by the controller C mainly composed of a microcomputer.
Magnetic head H2 for writing the calculation result on the ticket
A magnetic head H3 for verifying whether or not the written data is correctly recorded; a punching unit P for punching a ticket that requires punching based on the operation result; And a wing W that operates when the ticket is collected in the collection box 5 in the main body 1 when the main body 1 is in the entry mode.

First stopper S1 and second stopper S2
As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 1 has an L-shaped stopper piece 7 and a solenoid 8, one end of which (the upstream end of the main transport path 4 b) is rotatable. When the solenoid 8 is OFF, the other end is located above the upper surface of the main transport path 4b by the spring 9 when the solenoid 8 is OFF, and when the solenoid 8 is ON, the main transport path 4b Is configured to be located below the upper surface of the.
That is, the main transport path 4b is composed of two belt conveyors provided on the left and right sides in the transport direction, and the stopper piece 7 is located between these belt conveyors. Therefore, when the solenoid 8 is turned on and the stopper piece 7 is positioned below, the ticket is conveyed by moving the main conveyance path 4b. When the solenoid 8 is turned off and the other end of the stopper piece 7 is positioned above, It is possible to temporarily hold a ticket transported on the main transport path 4b.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral D denotes a door provided on the side of the passage of the main body 1. The door D opens when the inserted ticket permits passage, and closes when the passage is not permitted. Reference numeral 10 denotes a shutter which is operated by a solenoid (not shown) when blocking insertion of a ticket into the insertion slot 2.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (CPU) 20 is a ROM 2
The arithmetic processing is performed using the system program stored in the RAM 1 and the working data stored in the RAM 22. The CPU 20 has a driver 24 to 26 for each of the magnetic heads H1 to H3 via an I / O unit 23.
And each stopper driver 27 of each stopper S1, S2,
28 and a shutter driver 29 of the shutter 10 are connected. It should be noted that a driver such as a door D and a motor M and various sensors are connected to the I / O unit 23 in addition to the drivers described above, but are omitted because they are not directly related to the description of the present invention. .

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Now, it is assumed that two tickets are to be inserted from the insertion slot 2. First, it is assumed that the ticket is inserted first with the main body 1 set to the entrance mode and the shutter 10 opened. 100 affirmative. Hereinafter, the step is referred to as S).

The ticket is read from the data recorded by the magnetic head H1 and is processed based on the read data. As a result of the calculation, the ticket is a valid ticket which satisfies a predetermined condition. Is temporarily held in the second stopper S2 (S102, S104, S106 affirmative, S10
8, S110). When the ticket is temporarily held by the second stopper S2 (Yes at S110), the solenoid 8 of the first stopper S1 is turned off, and the ticket can be temporarily held by the stopper S1, and the shutter 10 is opened. As a result, a ticket can be inserted (S112). The inserted ticket is read by the magnetic head H1 and subjected to arithmetic processing. As a result, if it is determined that the ticket is also valid, the second ticket is used.
The solenoid 8 of the stopper S2 is turned on to move the stopper piece 7 downward. Therefore, the ticket is written with entry data (entry data when the main body 1 is in the entry mode) by the magnetic head H2, and further collated by the magnetic head H3 (S114 affirmation, S116, S118 affirmation, S120). Then, if necessary, the ticket is punched by the punching unit P, printed by the thermal head, and discharged to the discharge port 3 via the discharge conveyance path 4c (S128). When the main body 1 is set in the participation mode, the wing W is turned upward so that the ticket and the ticket can be sent to the collection box 5.

When the ticket writing process is completed, the solenoid 8 of the first stopper S1 is turned on and the stopper piece 7
Goes down, and the ticket is subjected to the writing process and the discharging process similarly to the ticket (Yes in S122, S124, S12)
6 is affirmative, S128).

If the ticket initially inserted into the main body 1 is determined to be invalid (No at S106), the solenoid 8 of the second stopper S2 is turned ON, and the stopper piece 7 is lowered, Writing of entry (or entry) data by the magnetic head H2 is prohibited. Therefore, the ticket is discharged from the discharge port 3 through the discharge conveyance path 4c without any processing by the main body 1 (S130,
S128 is affirmative). Of course, in this case, the door D operates so as to close the passage, and since the shutter 10 of the insertion slot 2 is kept closed, the next ticket is not inserted (S102).

If the ticket is a valid ticket, but the next inserted ticket is an invalid ticket (No at S118), both the first stopper S1 and the second stopper S2 are lowered and the magnetic head H2 Is prohibited, the both tickets are discharged from the outlet 2 without being written in the main body 1 and returned to the user (S132, S132).
128 affirmative).

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to this embodiment is temporarily held by the first stopper S1 and the second stopper S2 until all the inserted tickets are determined to be valid, and Are determined, the stoppers are released and the magnetic head H2 performs the writing process.
If at least one of the inserted tickets has an invalid ticket, the writing process to all the tickets by the magnetic head H2 is prohibited and the returned ticket is returned. Can be used.

In the above-described embodiment, the return of the ticket including the invalid ticket is performed through the discharge port 3. However, a return port may be separately provided and returned from here. In addition, although the example of two tickets is shown, three or more tickets may be used, and in this case, stoppers are added in accordance with the number of tickets. Further, in the case of normal use that satisfies the boarding conditions with one ticket, the solenoids 8 of all the stoppers are turned ON to release the temporary holding on the main transport path 4b before use.

In the above-described embodiment, the tickets are inserted one by one into the insertion slot 2. However, a batch insertion mechanism is incorporated in the alignment conveyance path 4a so that the two tickets are inserted at a time. Is also good. As the batch insertion mechanism, a mechanism using a pair of feed rolls having different peripheral speeds proposed by the present applicant in Japanese Utility Model Application No. 2-126119 can be employed.

[0020]

[Effect of the Invention] The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a reading means and
The power supply provided in series in the middle of the transport path between the writing means
Multiple stoppers that can temporarily hold the ticket
When the entered ticket is a valid ticket, the transport direction of the transport path
From the downstream side of the
Release the temporary hold in order, and check that the inserted ticket is an invalid ticket.
If there is a temporarily held ticket first,
Release the temporary hold of the ticket and the ticket after the invalid ticket
Controls the plurality of stoppers to prohibit temporary holding of
Than consisting of the stopper control means for, admission also to enable ticket
It is possible to re-use remains Nodeso the participation of the data is not written is.

[Brief description of the 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 schematic configuration diagram of a stopper.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic ticket gate main body (body) 2 Insertion opening 3 Discharge opening 4 Transport path C controller (stopper control means, write-inhibiting means) H1, H2 Magnetic head (reading means, writing means)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. Reading data recorded on a plurality of tickets inserted into a main body of an automatic ticket gate by a reading means, performing arithmetic processing on the read data, and performing one entry or one based on the calculation result. In an automatic ticket gate that performs the entry operation and writes the entry or entry data on the tickets by writing means, the automatic ticket gate is arranged in series on the way of the transport path between the reading means and the writing means. a plurality of stoppers capable of temporarily holding ticket provided holds sequentially from the temporary downstream side in the conveying direction before Symbol conveying path when the inserted ticket is valid ticket, in order from the downstream side Release the temporary hold and the inserted ticket is
When there is a temporarily held ticket first,
Release the temporary hold of the ticket, and board after the invalid ticket
A stopper control means for controlling the urchin said plurality of stopper by prohibiting temporary retention of the ticket, the to all tickets that are inserted when one ticket either inserted ticket is invalid ticket An automatic ticket gate, comprising: write-inhibiting means for inhibiting writing by the writing means.