JP2664621B2 - 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, and more particularly to a one-latch type automatic ticket gate installed at a transit station.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Recently, an automatic ticket gate is widespread, as shown in FIG. 5, in transit can instep stations A Shasen and B Shasen, companies dedicated automatic ticket gate machine body a _1, a _In addition to (2), a one-latch type automatic ticket gate main body (hereinafter, referred to as main body) a has been installed in a communication ticket gate.

[0003] In order for the automatic ticket gate to be effectively performed by the ticket gate main unit a, the automatic ticket gate is operated if one ticket satisfies the transit condition, such as a transit ticket (contact ticket). In addition, in the case of a two-disc ticket, for example, from the company A line to B
In the case of connecting to a company line, automatic ticket gates are configured to be started only with a valid get-off ticket of company A line and a valid advance ticket of company B line at Kobashi station.

[0004] Therefore, if a passenger (passenger) has a valid advance ticket (including a commuter pass) for the Company B line but has a disembarkation ticket that does not satisfy the conditions for the Company A line, It is necessary to insert the ticket into the main body of the automatic payment machine to perform the payment, and to insert the payment ticket and the advance ticket issued from the main body of the payment machine into the main body to perform an automatic ticket gate.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional body, when one contact ticket, a disembarkation ticket or a set of two tickets including a settlement ticket and an advance ticket is inserted, an automatic ticket gate is not issued. There is a drawback in that automatic ticket gates are not performed with a common card that can be used only for company lines A and B or a combination of this common card and a ticket for each company line.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can always automatically and normally use a common ticket even with a common card. It is in.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention provides a get-off ticket and an advance ticket inserted into a main body, or both sides of an entrance and an exit where the main body is installed. In an automatic ticket gate that performs automatic processing based on data of a common card that can be commonly used in a company line of the company line, detecting means for detecting entrance data recorded on the common card, and detecting means When the common card whose entry data is detected and the valid ticket are inserted into the main body, the door is opened, the fee from the common card to the disembarkation station is reduced, and the ticket is entered. The data is written and both tickets are returned. When a common card and a valid disembarkation ticket for which no entry data is detected by the detecting means are inserted into the main body, the door is opened and the common card is opened. Returned write the admission data to the soil,
And ticket gate control means for collecting the alighting ticket.

[0008]

In the above structure, the ticket gate control means opens the door when the common card and the valid advance ticket whose entrance data is detected by the detection means are inserted into the main body.
Reduce the fare from the common card to the disembarkation station, write the entry data on the ticket in advance, return both tickets, and the common card and the valid disembarkation ticket whose entrance data is not detected by the detection means When inserted into the main body, the door is opened, the entry data is written to the common card and returned, and the getting off ticket is collected.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a main body a which can also process a common card usable for company A and company B lines. In the front view, a ticket insertion slot 10 is provided in the upper part of one end (the right side in the illustrated example) of the main body a, and the rider is slightly closer to the center in the upper part of the other end. A discharge port 11 for discharging a ticket is provided. Then, in the main body a between the insertion port 10 and the discharge port 11, and alignment conveyance path 12 to position aligned ticket inserted from the insertion port 10 in a predetermined direction, the head H ₁ read, write head H a main transport path 13 with ₂ and verify head H _3, the transport path 15 is provided consisting of returning conveyance path 14. for returning the ticket, they transport path so as to be rotated by a motor M Is configured.

In FIG. 1, D is a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage, and W is a wing provided between the main transport path 13 and the return transport path 14. These are wing gates a. Is controlled by a controller C composed of a microcomputer that controls the entire system. In addition,
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 16 denotes a collection box for collecting the ticket B into the main body a when the wing W is raised.

The electrical configuration of the controller C is shown in FIG. The controller C is a central processing unit (CP) that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 20 and working data stored in the RAM 21.
U) 22. Then, the CPU 22
/ O unit 23 and read driver 24 for taking the data from the head H ₁ read via the write head H for writing new data resulting from the calculation by CPU22
₂ and a verifying head H ₃ for reading to confirm new written data.
Verify read driver 26 that takes in data from
And a door driver 27 for driving the door D and a wing driver 28 for driving the wing W.

The CPU 22 has an I / O unit 2
3, various devices such as a driver of the motor M are connected, but are omitted here.

Next, the control operation of the main body a according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Now, it is assumed that a user transfers from Company A line to Company B line at Kobashi Station shown in FIG.

First, a user gets on a company A line with a common card (hereinafter, referred to as a card), and a ticket for a company B line (including a commuter pass. In the present invention, the ticket is an advance ticket).
, Or when transiting with that card,
This will be described with reference to FIG.

It is assumed that a card has been inserted into the insertion slot 10 of the main unit a (Yes at Step 100; hereinafter, Step is referred to as S). In this state, if the user has passed through the ticket gate passage by a predetermined amount or more (S102 affirmative), it is determined that the user does not have a ticket for the Company B line, and the ticket gate processing is performed only for the card.

Accordingly, for the card, the fare of the company A line is reduced (the card has already been reduced at the time of admission, so only the shortage is reduced), and the first fare of the company line is also reduced. After the entrance process, the product is returned from the outlet 11 (S104). Then, when this series of processes is completed, the door D is opened (S106, as it is when the main body a is the normally open type).

When the user inserts the card and the ticket into the insertion slot 10 without entering the ticket gate passage (S
102 denial, S108 affirmative), the ticket is returned after entry data of the company B line is written, and then the fare of the company A line is reduced from the card and returned (S110,
S112).

When a ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 10 first (No at S100, Yes at S114), entry data for the company B line is written in the ticket, and the fare for the company A line is reduced from the card. After that, it is returned (S116, S1
18 affirmative, S120).

Next, in addition to the card, the user obtains a disembarkation ticket (including a commuter pass or a settlement ticket) that satisfies the disembarkation condition of the lane A
Will be described with reference to FIG.

If the getting-off ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 10 of the body a first (No at S200, Yes at S202), the getting-off condition is satisfied, but entry to the company B line is not allowed.
It waits for insertion of a card (S204).

When the card is inserted (S20)
4 Affirmative), the disembarkation ticket is collected (returned if the disembarkation ticket is a commuter pass), and the card is subjected to entry processing on Company B line (entry data writing processing and initial fare reduction processing). Is returned and the door D is opened (S206, S
208).

When the card is inserted first (S20
(0 affirmative), the process of S206 described above is performed after the alighting ticket is inserted.

When the user gets off the company B line,
The shortage will be reduced from the card and you will participate.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, do you have a card that can be used in common by Company A line and Company B line and have a getting-off ticket that satisfies the getting-off condition? , If the card has already entered, automatic ticket gates,
User convenience can be improved.

When one automatic ticket gate is used for a set of two tickets, an advance ticket and a card or a disembarkation ticket and a card, it is determined whether the second ticket is valid or invalid even if the first ticket is valid. It is necessary to temporarily hold in the main body a until the operation is completed. For this reason, although not shown in FIG. 1, the present applicant has previously filed Japanese Patent Application No. 3-759.
As proposed in JP 78, a stopper is provided on the main transport path B between the head H ₃ wing W for verification. The stopper and the wing W are driven and controlled by the controller C.

[0026]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention comprises a detecting means for detecting the entrance data recorded on the common card, and the common card and the valid advance ticket whose entrance data is detected by the detecting means. When it is inserted, the door is opened, the fare from the common card to the disembarkation station is reduced, and the entry data is written in the preceding ticket, and both tickets are returned. When a common card for which no entry data is detected and a valid disembarkation ticket are inserted into the main body, the door is opened, entry data is written back to the common card, and the disembarkation ticket is collected. Since it consists of ticket gate control means, if you have a common card and have a disembarkation ticket that satisfies the getting off condition or have a common card that has already been entered, you can automatically ticket gates and improve user convenience Let it be Can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket gate main body.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a ticket gate main body.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a ticket gate operation of the main body when a company A line entered common card and a company B line ticket are inserted.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a ticket gate operation of the main body when a company A line non-entry common card and a company A line exit ticket are inserted.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a transit station.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Automatic ticket gate body (body) C controller (gate control means)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. An exit ticket and an advance ticket inserted into a main body of an automatic ticket gate, or data of a common card that can be commonly used on company lines on both sides of an entrance and an exit where the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed. In an automatic ticket gate that performs an automatic ticket gate by performing arithmetic processing on the basis of, a detecting means for detecting entrance data recorded on the common card, and a common card and valid forward ticket whose entrance data is detected by the detecting means. When is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the door is opened, the fare from the common card to the disembarkation station is reduced, and the entry data is written in the advance ticket, and both tickets are written. When a common card and a valid disembarkation ticket whose entrance data is not detected by the detection means is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the door is opened and the entrance data is stored in the common card. Crowded in return, and an automatic ticket gate, characterized in that it comprises a wicket control means for recovering the getting off ticket, the.