JP2814387B2 - Automatic ticket gate with front and back alignment function - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Technical field to which the invention pertains This invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, for example, which is installed in station services such as railroads, and more specifically, front and back with an efficient and simplified internal structure. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate with an alignment function.

(B) Conventional technology A ticket gate that automatically processes tickets (or magnetic cards) such as ordinary tickets, coupons, and commuter passes when using a train or the like is provided with a ticket entrance as shown in FIG. 7a and the ticket discharge port 7b are connected by a conveyor belt device 7c, an alignment unit 7d for widening the inserted ticket between the conveyors, and a magnetic information of the ticket is read / written to perform indirect processing. Ticket indirect data processing unit (or magnetic processing unit) that processes information about tickets 7
e, a ticket direct data processing unit 7f that performs printing processing (print processing unit) on the ticket, punches a punch hole (punch processing unit), and directly processes information on the ticket on the outer surface of the ticket; and a discharge unit 7i. It was equipped on the mainframe in this order.

By the way, in recent years, when a boarding card (or a magnetic card) such as an amount card or a number card is used in addition to the above-mentioned normal boarding ticket, the boarding card is provided following the ticket direct data processing section 7f. After the security code confirmation processing, a card direct data processing section 7g for performing punching processing (punch processing section) and thermal printing processing (print processing section) on the card, writing and updating and checking of magnetic information of the card (magnetic processing section) 7) Card indirect card processing unit 7h
Card handling is performed by connecting card processing systems including the following in series.

However, in order to add a card handling function to an automatic ticket gate, the structure in which a normal ticket gate ticket processing system and a boarding card ticket processing system are connected to each other increases the length of the entire ticket gate, especially on the front and back of the inserted ticket. Magnetic heads for reading and writing are placed at the top and bottom of the transport path so that ticket processing can be performed in response.
The punching device and the printing device must be equipped with two sets each corresponding to both the ticket and the boarding card, so that the number of parts is increased, the cost is increased, and the structure is complicated.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a magnetic card, such as an inserted ticket or boarding card, which needs to be printed when the magnetic card is printed. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate with a front-back alignment function in which one print processing unit is commonly used for various magnetic cards, and the internal structure of the ticket gate is simplified and downsized.

(D) Means for solving the problems The present invention reads a ticket information from a magnetic card inserted into an insertion slot, and writes predetermined information on the magnetic card based on the read information; A print processing unit that is located downstream of the magnetic processing unit and prints predetermined information on the magnetic card, and based on information reading of the magnetic card by the magnetic processing unit, a magnetic card that does not require a print process is An automatic ticket gate that discharges and performs a predetermined printing process on a magnetic card that requires a printing process, and requires a printing process between the magnetic processing unit and the printing process unit. An automatic ticket gate with a front and back alignment function, in which a front and back reversing device for aligning the front and back of the magnetic card to one side based on the determination of the front and back based on information reading of the magnetic card by the magnetic processing unit is provided for the magnetic card. .

According to the present invention, the inserted magnetic card is subjected to magnetic data processing in the magnetic processing unit after being inserted, and at this time, it is determined whether printing processing is necessary or not. If printing is required, it is further determined whether the input surface is face up or face down.In the case of face up, it is directly guided to one direction, for example, the print processing unit set for face up. Is guided to a front / back reversing device and turned upside down, and then guided to a print processing unit, where the paper is all turned upside down, and a ticket processing process is performed by the print processing unit.

(F) Effects of the Invention For this reason, for a magnetic card that is determined to require a printing process, the front / back reversing device turns the front and back of the magnetic card based on the determination of the front and back based on information reading of the magnetic card by the magnetic processing unit. Since the print processing unit is aligned on one side, a single print processing unit can perform common processing in association with all of the inserted magnetic cards regardless of the orientation of the input surface of each magnetic card. And the common use of the print processing unit, the internal structure can be simplified and downsized, the entire ticket gate can be shortened, and the cost can be reliably reduced.

In addition, a magnetic card determined to be unnecessary for printing is ejected without the process of reversing the front and back, so that the processing time can be reduced.

(G) Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows an external view of the automatic ticket gate, and an opening / closing door 1 for passing control for passengers before and after the ticket gate main body 11.
A well-known ticket slot 13 on the top of the ticket gate
And the ticket discharge port 14.

As shown in FIG. 1, a ticket ticket processing system 15 having a ticket insertion slot 13 and a ticket discharge port 14 at both ends is provided inside the ticket gate main body 11. Is a regular ticket such as a ticket, coupon, commuter pass, and a price card,
It handles both riding cards such as frequency cards in common.

The ticket processing system 15 includes an aligning unit A, an indirect data processing unit B, a front / back reversing device C, a direct data processing unit D, and a discharging unit E in the direction of transporting the ticket.

The arranging unit A narrows the ticket or the board card inserted from the ticket slot 13 to the main frame side by using the eccentrically rotating width shifting roller 16.

The indirect data processing unit B is configured by arranging a face information reading unit B1, a face information writing unit B2, and a face information check unit B3 in series in this order.

The face information reading unit B1 functions to read magnetic information recorded on one of the upper and lower surfaces of a ticket or a boarding card by a pair of upper and lower reading magnetic heads 17 and 18 for front and back. .

The face information writing unit B2 executes writing on the upper and lower magnetic surfaces of the ticket or the boarding card by a pair of upper and lower write magnetic heads 19 and 20 for the front and back sides.

The face information checking unit B3 reads and checks the magnetic information written on the face of the card or the face of the card with a pair of upper and lower check magnetic heads 21 and 22 for the front and back sides.

By the way, these magnetic heads 17 to 22 are mounted on the front stage side of the main transport belt device 23 which is penetrated from the ticket entrance 13 to the ticket exit 14 of the ticket processing system 15. Further, a sub-transport belt device 24 that branches to the rear stage side and joins the main transport belt device 23 again before the ticket discharge port 14 is provided in parallel.

The sub-transport belt device 24 is equipped with a front / back reversing device C and a direct data processing unit D, which will be described later. Sorting operation is performed to one of the conveyor belt devices 23, 24, and furthermore, a second flapper f2 disposed at the subsequent stage of the belt device 24 causes the front / back reversing device C side and the direct data processing unit D to operate.
Perform the sorting operation to the side.

As shown also in FIG. 3, when the ticket and the boarding card enter the front side, the front and back reversing device C operates as the second flapper.
f2 is not operated, and is transported to the subsequent direct data processing section D while facing up, and when entering backwards, the flapper solenoid 25 is driven and the second flapper f2 is sorted and operated, thereby obtaining a ticket. And the boarding card is taken into the reversing passage 26 side substantially perpendicular to the transport direction.

The reversing passage 26 includes reversing introduction rollers 26a, 26a,
It is composed of a guide plate 26b, and a ticket ejection lever L1 is provided at the rear front position, and a card ejection lever L2 is provided at the rear position. In response, the levers L1 and L2 retreat once against the urging force of the spring 27, and then return vigorously forward by the return force of the spring 27, kick out the ticket and card forward, and move the sub-transport belt. It joins to the device 24 side.

In this case, when kicking out a long boarding card, as shown in FIG. 4, the lever solenoid 28 was driven to tilt and retreat the ticket kicking lever L1 at the front position from the reversing passage 26. In this state, the boarding card is provided so as to be allowed to be brought in and brought into contact with the card ejection lever L2 at the rear position.

After this reversal, each of them is directly conveyed to the data processing unit D in a face-up state.

The direct data processing unit D is equipped with a punching device 29 and a thermal printing device 30, and these are provided with predetermined punches on a ticket and a boarding card based on the magnetic information of the indirect data processing unit B described above. The hole formation and the predetermined station name printing are executed in common.

The discharge section E controls the discharge of the ticket and the card by the discharge conveyance belt 31.

Fig. 5 shows the control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate,
U51 is connected to a solenoid driver circuit 53, a motor driver circuit 54, a print head driver circuit 55, a magnetic data read / write unit 56, and a sensor driver circuit 57 via an interface 52, and controls them according to a program stored in a ROM 58. The necessary information obtained by the control is stored in the RAM 59.

The motor M is connected to the conveying belt devices 23 and 24 and the
Drive etc.

The sensor S is used for inserting and releasing a ticket and a boarding card, and for detecting other positions.

Next, the processing operation of the automatic ticket gate will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a ticket or a boarding card is inserted, the sensor S detects this, and the CPU 51 determines whether the input object is a small ticket size or a large card size. Is retracted so as not to obstruct the passage of cards and commuter passes (first and second steps 61 to 62).

After the above-described alignment processing, the data is guided to the indirect data processing unit B,
Here, the face information of the input material is read, and the face information is written as necessary, and the written face information is checked (third to fifth steps 63 to 65).

At this time, if the CPU 51 determines the ticket type and is a commuter pass,
Direct data processing is not required, so the ticket exit
Release from 14 (sixth and seventh steps 66 to 67).

However, when the input is a card other than a commuter pass, for example, a card, it is determined whether the input is face-up or face-down. If the input is face-up, it is directly led to the data processing unit D. After being guided to the reversing device C and reversed, the data is directly guided to the data processing unit D (the eighth to ninth steps 68 to 6).
9).

After performing the punching process and the thermal printing process in the direct data processing unit D, the direct data processing unit D rejoins the main transport belt device 23 and discharges it from the ticket release port 14 (tenth to eleventh steps 70 to 71).

As described above, regardless of the orientation of the insertion surface of the inserted ticket or boarding card, it is possible to perform an inversion operation as appropriate and perform common processing in correspondence with all of the input materials. Through the common use, the internal structure can be simplified, reduced in size and shortened, and the cost can be reliably reduced.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the slot of the present invention corresponds to the ticket slot 13 of the embodiment. A magnetic processing unit corresponds to an indirect data processing unit B having magnetic heads 17 to 22, and a printing processing unit is a thermal printing device. Although corresponding to 30, the present invention is not limited to only the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate, FIG. 2 is an external view of the automatic ticket gate, FIG. Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the automatic ticket gate, Fig. 6 is a flowchart of the ticket gate processing operation, and Fig. 7 is an internal configuration diagram of the conventional automatic ticket gate. 13 ... Ticket entrance, 14 ... Ticket exit 15 ... Ticket ticket processing system, 26 ... Reverse path 29 ... Punch device, 30 ... Thermal printing device B ... Indirect data processing unit, C ...... Front / reverse device D ... Direct data processing unit

Continuation of the front page (56) References Japanese Utility Model Sho-59-96651 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Sho-56-165750 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07B 11 / 02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A magnetic processing unit for reading ticket information from a magnetic card inserted into an insertion slot and writing predetermined information on the magnetic card based on the read information; and a magnetic processing unit located downstream of the magnetic processing unit. A print processing unit that prints predetermined information on the magnetic card, and based on the information read from the magnetic card by the magnetic processing unit, a magnetic card that does not require a print process is released and a print process is required. An automatic ticket gate that executes a predetermined printing process on a magnetic card by a print processing unit, and a magnetic card that requires a printing process between the magnetic processing unit and the print processing unit. An automatic ticket gate with a front / back alignment function that has a front / back reversing device that aligns the front and back of the magnetic card to one side based on the judgment of the front / back based on the information read from the magnetic card in the processing unit.