JP2705884B2 - 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 a low-cost automatic ticket gate having a simple internal structure and a small size, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate having a small number of users, which is advantageous for a so-called small station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic ticket gate has two types of automatic ticket gates, one for entrance and one for entrance, at a ticket gate of a station, or a two-way automatic ticket gate capable of both entry and exit. Machine is installed.

[0003] Either of the above-mentioned automatic ticket gates for entry and exit is provided with a transport mechanism for processing tickets and the like in one of a pair of housings forming a main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as a main body). A card handler having a magnetic head and the like is provided.

In a two-way automatic ticket gate,
The above-mentioned card handler is provided in each of a pair of housings forming the main body.

[0005]

However, among the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gates, when an automatic ticket gate for entrance and exit is installed at a small station, the installation cost is higher than the number of users. There are drawbacks.

[0006] Further, when a two-way automatic ticket gate is installed, the installation cost is reduced by the reduced number of installations. However, the two-way automatic ticket gate is installed in a pair of housings. Since it has a card handler, it has a drawback that it is more expensive than an automatic ticket gate for entry or exit.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost automatic ticket gate that is particularly convenient for small stations.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is used for entrance and exit to achieve the above object.
And one transport mechanism for transporting the ticket class provided in the body to be use, and reading means for reading data recorded on the ticket such to be conveyed by the conveying mechanism, read by the reading means Type determining means for performing arithmetic processing on the basis of data to determine the type of tickets inserted into the insertion slot, and when the type determining means determines that the ticket is an ordinary ticket, the release station of the ordinary ticket When the data of the release station and the boarding station match and the entry process is performed within a predetermined time from the release time, the entry process is performed when the data of the release station and the boarding station are different, and it is determined that the ticket is a coupon ticket. , When the coupon has no used data, the entry process is performed, and when there is used data, the entry process is performed.If the commuter pass is judged, there is no entry data on the commuter pass or on the day Admission data other than Performs admission process to a certain time, performs the participation process when there is a day admission, is characterized by having a ticket gate control unit.

Further, an insertion port for inserting the ticket class provided on the upper surface central portion of the body to be also used for admission and for participating, has one end located in the insertion port side, inserted from the insertion port by uptake tickets such within the body, and to retirement return is discharged into body or al the insertion opening thereof, a conveying path provided in its body, the ticket provided on the conveying path And a magnetic head for reading data recorded in the class or writing data on the ticket.

[0010]

In the above structure, when the type determining means determines that the ticket is a normal ticket, the data of the release station of the normal ticket coincides with the data of the boarding station, and within a predetermined time from the release time. In addition to performing entry processing at the time of, and performing entry processing when the data of the release station and the boarding station are different,
If the ticket is determined to be a coupon, entry processing is performed when the coupon does not have used data, and entry processing is performed when there is used data. When there is no data, or when there is entry data other than the day, the entry process is performed, and when there is entry on the day, the entry process is performed, and from the data of the inserted tickets, whether to enter or exit. to decide.
Tickets inserted from an insertion slot provided at the center of the upper surface of the main body are returned from the insertion slot.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the main body a as viewed from the ticket gate passage side. The main body a has an insertion port 1 for tickets and the like in the center of the upper surface. A transport path 2 which is the same as a belt-conveyor-type transport path provided between an insertion port and a discharge port of a known automatic ticket gate is provided.

When a ticket is inserted from the insertion slot 1, the transport path 2 conveys the ticket in a direction to be taken into the main body a, and returns the ticket to the insertion slot 1 again. It is configured to be driven by a motor (not shown) in the direction.

In the transport path 2, a punching unit P, a read magnetic head H1, and a write magnetic head H2 similar to those provided in a known automatic ticket gate are arranged in order from the insertion slot 1 side. Is provided.

In the figure, D1 and D2 are a pair of doors provided on the side of the ticket gate passage of the main body a.
Is provided outside the ticket gate and is driven to open and close when the main body a is a ticket gate for entry, and the door D2 is provided inside the ticket gate and driven to open and close when the main body a is a ticket gate for entrance. It is opened and closed in the same way as the two-way automatic ticket gate.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral C denotes a controller constituted by a microcomputer for controlling the main unit a as a whole, and its electrical configuration 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 10 and working data stored in the RAM 11.
U) 12. Then, this CPU 12
A read / write (R / W) driver 14 for driving each of the magnetic heads H1 and H2 via an / O unit 13 and a door driver 15 for driving each of the doors D1 and D2 are connected.

The I / O unit 13 is connected to a driver for other devices such as a punching unit P, but is omitted here.

The ticket gate operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, the main body a is in operation, and both doors D1, D2
Is kept open, and at this time, it is assumed that tickets are inserted into the insertion slot 1 (Yes at Step 100; hereinafter, Step is referred to as S). At this point, the main body a does not recognize whether the user is an entry user or an entry user. This is because the main body a has only one card handler in spite of being a two-way type, and does not have a function of detecting a user's approach direction by a human detector unlike a well-known automatic ticket gate. In addition, when this function is added, when the user enters the middle of the ticket gate passage and then retreats, confusion arises in determining whether to enter or exit, and normal ticket gate processing becomes impossible. Therefore, in the present embodiment, entry or exit is determined based on data recorded in tickets as described later.

The data of the tickets inserted into the insertion slot 1 is read by the magnetic head H1 while being conveyed by the conveyance path 2 (S102). At this time, the tickets pass through the punching unit P, but the punching unit P does not operate.

As a result of the arithmetic processing based on the read data, when the type of the inserted ticket is determined to be a normal ticket (Yes at S106), the data of the normal ticket is used to determine the normal ticket. It is determined whether the ticket is sold at this station (the station where the main body a is installed) and within a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) from the release time (S108).

If it is within a predetermined time after the purchase of the ticket, the user carrying this ordinary ticket is assumed to enter and performs the entrance processing (S108: Yes, S110).

In the entry process, the entry data is written in the ordinary ticket by the magnetic head H2, and while the ordinary ticket is returned and conveyed to the insertion slot 1, the verification process is performed by the magnetic head H1 and the punching unit P , A punch hole is made, and the sheet is conveyed to the insertion slot 1 and returned to the user.

When a predetermined time has elapsed from the ticket purchase, the invalid ticket processing is performed, and the door D2 is closed (No at S108, S1).
12). This is, for example, to prevent a user from purchasing a small-sized ordinary ticket for entry in advance and entering, and using the small-sized ordinary ticket at the time of entry.

Since the ordinary ticket is valid only on the day, the ordinary ticket purchased before the previous day is processed as an invalid ticket, and the door D2 is closed (No at S108, S11).
2).

If the tickets are determined to be ordinary tickets and the release station is not this station, it is determined that the user of the ordinary ticket will participate and the entry process is performed (S106 negative,
S114).

In the entry process, if the inserted ordinary ticket satisfies the getting-off condition, entry data is written by the magnetic head H2, then collected in a collection box (not shown) in the main body, and the door D1 is opened. be opened. Of course, if the inserted ordinary ticket does not satisfy the getting-off condition, the ordinary ticket is conveyed to the insertion slot 1 and returned to the user, and the door D1 is closed.

When it is determined that the tickets are coupons (S
116: affirmative), if the coupon does not have used data (entry-completed data) (S118 affirmative), the magnetic head H2 writes the used data on the coupon and returns it to the user to permit entry. Is performed (S110).

Also, if the coupon has used data,
In addition, if the entrance station is this station, the use of the coupon is not normal, so the ticket is invalid (S118 negative, S119 positive). In addition, the coupon has used data,
And if the entrance station is not this station, it is determined that the user of the coupon will participate, and the entry processing is performed (S118 affirmative, S
114), the coupon is collected in the same way as the ordinary ticket described above, and the door D1 is opened.

When the tickets are determined to be commuter passes (S
116 No), when there is no entry data for the commuter pass, or when there is entry data but it is not entry data for the day,
The user of the commuter pass is determined to enter, and is subjected to the entry process (No at S120; Yes at S120; S122).
denial).

The entry process is performed by writing entry data with the magnetic head H2 and verifying the entry data with the magnetic head H1.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, if the expiration date has not passed or the vehicle is not within the boarding section, the door D2 is closed and entry is refused.

If the commuter pass has entry data on the day (S120 affirmation, S122 affirmation), it is determined that the user of the commuter pass will participate and is subjected to entry processing (S1).
44).

The entry process is performed by entry data being written by the magnetic head H2 and verified by the magnetic head H1. Of course, in this entry process,
If the vehicle is out of the boarding section, that is, when the vehicle is going over, the door D1 is closed and participation is rejected.

As described above, although the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment has a simple structure having only one transport path 2 in the main body a, it can be used from the data of the inserted tickets. It is possible to determine whether the user enters or exits and perform the entry processing or the entry processing, so that a low-cost automatic ticket gate can be provided.

[0036]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is used for admission and
And determine admission or played from the data of the inserted ticket acids in the body, which is also used for participation, entry processing, or because competed processing can be performed, may be a low-cost automatic ticket gate, thus , Ru can be easily adopted for the few small station of the number of users. In addition, the square inserted from the insertion slot
I was able to return the car tickets to the insertion slot and return it
Thus, an automatic ticket gate with a simple structure can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of a part of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller C.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a ticket inspection operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Insertion port 2 Transport path a Main body (body) of automatic ticket gate

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A and one transport mechanism for transporting the ticket class provided in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, which is also used for admission and for participating, is recorded in the ticket class to be conveyed by the conveying mechanism Reading means for reading the data which is present, type determining means for performing arithmetic processing on the basis of the data read by the reading means to determine the type of the tickets inserted into the insertion slot, and said type determining means, When it is determined that the ticket is a ticket, the entrance ticket is processed when the data of the release station and the boarding station of the ordinary ticket match and within a predetermined time from the release time, and the data of the release station and the boarding station are At different times, entry processing was performed, and when it was determined to be a coupon, entry processing was performed when the coupon did not have used data, and entry processing was performed when there was used data, and it was determined to be a commuter pass. When the commuter pass When there is no entry data, or performs admission process when there is entry data other than the day, performs a participation process when there is a day entry, automatic ticket machines and having a a ticket gate control unit. Wherein the entrance for and is also used for contestants to insert the ticket class provided on the upper surface center portion of the main body of the automatic ticket gate insertion opening, one end portion positioned at the insertion port side, its capture the inserted ticket acids from the insertion slot into the body of the automatic ticket gate, and to <br/> retirement return is discharged into body or al the insertion opening of the automatic ticket gate, the automatic ticket gate A transport path provided in the main body, and a magnetic head which reads data recorded on the tickets provided on the transport path or writes data on the tickets. Automatic ticket gate.