JP2814395B2 - Automatic ticket gate ticket display - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate installed in, for example, a railway station or other station service, and more specifically, to clearly notify a clogging position when a ticket is jammed. The present invention relates to a ticket-clogging display device of an automatic ticket gate that facilitates a staff member in removing a ticket-clogging operation.

(B) Conventional technology In recent years, after a ticket which is to be ticketed by an automatic ticket gate is inserted into a slot, ticket information is read and written by an indirect data processing unit, and then punching is performed by a direct data processing unit. After the station name printing process is performed, it is discharged from the discharge port.

If a ticket jam occurs during the transport process, the staff is immediately notified of the jam, and the staff performs a work of removing the jam to recover the automatic ticket gate.

However, at the time of this jam clearance operation, the staff cannot clearly grasp the jam location on the transport path in advance.
In each case, it takes time for the attendant to open the cover to find the position of the internal jam and to start the operation.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket filling display of an automatic ticket gate capable of instantly visually recognizing the position of the ticket filling and performing the task immediately when performing the filling operation. The purpose is to provide the device.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention conveys an inserted ticket by a conveying means, and after processing the data by a ticket processing system arranged in a conveying path, discharges the ticket to an outlet. An automatic ticket gate equipped with an indicator for displaying a guidance at the time of a ticket gate in the vicinity of the discharge opening, wherein the ticket gate sensor detects that a ticket jam occurs in the transport path, and A cover opening sensor that detects an opening of a cover that covers the transport path, and when the sticker sensor detects sticker, and when the cover opening sensor detects the opening of the cover, the display screen of the display unit displays a sticker position display screen. And a display switching control means for switching to the automatic ticket checker.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, when a ticket jam occurs during the transportation process of the inserted ticket, the ticket jam sensor detects this,
When the clerk opens the cover to remove the jam based on this, the display switching control means receives a detection signal from the cover opening sensor in conjunction with the opening operation and displays the display screen of the display at the jam position. Switch to the screen.

(F) Effects of the Invention For this reason, at the same time as the clerk operates the cover to open, the display screen of the display is switched from the customer to the clerk. The position of a jam on the transport path can be grasped, and the work for removing the jam can be immediately started. As a result, ticket jam removal work can be executed efficiently, and the automatic ticket gate can be quickly restored, and the work of the attendant can be reduced and the waiting time for restoration of the customer can be surely 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 2 for passing control for passengers before and after the ticket gate main body 21.
A well-known ticket slot 23 on the top of the ticket gate body
And a ticket discharge port 24, and a ticket display 21a is provided at a position near the ticket discharge port 24 where the passenger watches the ticket when passing through the ticket gate.

The ticket display 21a displays guidance items at the time of a ticket gate. For example, when a ticket is jammed at a ticket gate as shown in FIG. Information such as "Please wait on the spot" is displayed to facilitate smooth ticket gate processing and improve serviceability for customers.

Further, when a staff member performs an opening operation on the upper cover 21b due to occurrence of a ticket jam, the display screen of the ticket gate display 21a is switched to a staff member display screen as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, a ticket gate processing system 25 having a ticket input port 23 and a ticket discharge port 24 at both ends is provided inside the ticket gate main body 21. As shown in FIG. Is used to handle both tickets F such as tickets, coupons, commuter passes and the like, and boarding cards such as amount cards and coupons in common.

The ticket processing system 25 includes an alignment section A, an indirect data processing section B, a direct ticket processing section C, a direct card processing section D, and a release section E in the direction of transporting the ticket.

The arranging unit A narrows the ticket or the boarding card inserted from the ticket insertion slot 23 toward the main frame by using the eccentrically rotating width shifting roller 26.

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 ticket surface information reading unit B1 reads 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 27 and 28 for front and back. .

The face information writing unit B2 executes writing on either the upper or lower magnetic surface of the ticket or the boarding card by a pair of upper and lower write magnetic heads 29 and 30 for the front and back sides.

The ticket information checking unit B3 reads and confirms the magnetic information written on either the upper or lower surface of the ticket or card by a pair of upper and lower confirmation magnetic heads 31, 32 for the front and back sides.

By the way, these magnetic heads 27 to 32 are mounted on the front stage side of a main transport belt device 33 which is mounted so as to penetrate from the ticket entrance 23 to the ticket discharge opening 24 of the ticket gate processing system 25, A punch block 34 and station name display hot stamps 35a, 35
(b) is provided with a direct ticket processing unit C, which punches a ticket, a coupon or a card, and prints the station name on the coupon, as described above. It operates based on the magnetic information of the indirect data processing unit B thus obtained.

Further, immediately after the indirect data processing unit B, a sub-transport belt device 36 that branches off from the main transport belt device 33 and joins the main transport belt device 33 again before the ticket discharge port 24 is provided in parallel. This sub-transport belt device 36 is equipped with a boarding card direct data processing unit D to be described later.

The above-described sub-transport belt device 36 is configured to transfer the ticket or board card transported by the first flapper f1 disposed at the branch position on the start end side and the second flapper f2 disposed at the end side to one of the transport belt devices 33. , 36 and guide the conveyance.

Further, when the boarding card enters backwards by the third flapper f3 disposed at the intermediate position of the belt device 36, the third flapper f3 is distributed to the reversing portion 37 side to be reversed, and The card is directly loaded into the data processing unit D face up.

The above-mentioned boarding card direct data processing unit D is equipped with a punch block 38 and a thermal printing head 39. These are based on the magnetic information in the preceding indirect data processing unit B, and are based on the amount card and the number card. A predetermined punch hole is formed and a predetermined station name is printed on the boarding card.

The discharge unit E controls the discharge of tickets and cards by the discharge conveyance belt 40.

Fig. 4 shows a control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate,
U41 is connected via an interface 42 to a solenoid driver circuit 43, a motor driver circuit 44, a print head driver circuit 45, a magnetic data read / write unit 46, a ticket detection sensor driver circuit 47, a door driver circuit 48, a display driver circuit 49, and an opening. Connected to detection sensor driver circuit 50, ROM5
These are controlled according to the program stored in 1 and necessary information obtained by the control is stored in the RAM 52.

The solenoid 53 drives the solenoid driver circuit 43 to distribute the flappers f1, f2,... And drives the punch block 38.

The motor M is connected to the conveyor belt devices 33 and 36 and the
And the like are driven.

The ticket detection sensor S1 is used for detecting the transportation status of the ticket F, such as insertion and release of a ticket and occurrence of clogging.

The cover opening detection sensor S2 detects that the upper cover 21b capable of removing a jammed ticket has been opened.

By the way, when the clerk operates the opening of the upper cover 21b, the CPU 41 receives an opening detection signal from the cover opening detection sensor S2 and, based on this, displays the display screen of the ticket gate display 21a as shown in FIG. From the display screen for the customer, the staff guidance data 11 for the staff such as "printing section" and "clogging" in FIG. 1 (b) and the recovery guidance data 12 for the staff such as "reload required" for the staff And output. By this switching operation of the display screens, at the time of the ticket jam removal operation by the attendant, the attendant looks at the ticket gate display 21a, instantly grasps the position of the ticket jam, and can start the ticket jam removal operation.

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

Now, when the ticket F is inserted into the ticket entrance 23 (first step n1), the inserted ticket F is sorted by the sorting unit A and then guided to the indirect data processing unit B, where the ticket F Is read. While the read data is stored, the reduced update data corresponding to the boarding fare is written, and if the written update data is appropriate, the subsequent direct data processing unit CD
After performing punching processing, date printing and station name printing processing as necessary, the ticket is released from the ticket discharge port 24 and the ticket gate processing is completed (second to third steps)
n2 ~ n3).

By the way, when the automatic ticket gate is down due to a ticket jam in the above-mentioned ticket inspection process of the inserted ticket F, the ticket inspector 21a informs the customer that the ticket jam has occurred and waits for the customer. (Fourth step n)
Four).

Then, when the clerk operates the upper cover 21b to open the ticket to remove the jam (fifth step n5), the CPU 41 displays the ticket gate display 21a from the customer display screen based on the detection signal from the cover opening detection sensor S2. Switching to the display screen for the attendant, the attendant can instantly grasp the position of the jam on the transport path by looking at the display screen clearly indicating the position of the jam for the attendant, and immediately execute the work for removing the jam. (Sixth and seventh steps n6-n7).

Then, the ticket F taken out from the packed position is displayed on the ticket gate display.
At 21a, as supported by, for example, "re-entry required", the user is notified of re-entry, and ticket F is returned (eighth step)
n8).

As described above, at the same time as the clerk operates the opening of the upper cover, the display screen of the ticket gate display is switched from the customer to the clerk, and the clerk sees the jammed position displayed on the ticket display and conveys instantly. The location of the jam on the road can be ascertained, and it is possible to immediately start the jam clearance operation. And waiting time for customers to recover is also reduced.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the automatic ticket gate of the present invention corresponds to the ticket gate body 21 of the embodiment, and similarly, the display corresponds to the ticket display 21a. , The cover corresponds to the upper cover 21b, the discharge port corresponds to the ticket discharge port 24, the ticket filling sensor corresponds to the ticket filling detection sensor S1, and the cover opening sensor corresponds to the cover opening detection sensor S2. The ticket corresponds to the ticket F, and the display switching control means corresponds to the CPU 41. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is an explanatory diagram of a ticket display indicating a customer, FIG. 1 (b) is an explanatory diagram of a ticket display indicating a staff member, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an internal perspective view of the automatic ticket gate, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the automatic ticket gate, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a ticket processing operation of the automatic ticket gate. 11… Staff guidance data, 12… Recovery guidance data 21… Ticket machine body, 21a… Ticket display 21b …… Top cover, 24… Ticket exit 25 …… Ticket ticket processing system, 41… … CPU F …… Ticket, S1… Ticket detection sensor S2 …… Cover opening detection sensor

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An inserted ticket is transported by a transporting means, and data is processed by a ticket processing system arranged in a transport route, and then the ticket is released to a discharge port. An automatic ticket gate provided with an indicator for displaying a guidance item at the time of a ticket gate, wherein a ticket jam sensor that detects that a ticket jam has occurred in the transport path, and an opening of a cover that covers the transport path is detected. A cover opening sensor, and a display switching control means for switching the display screen of the display to a packing position display screen when the cover opening sensor detects the opening of the cover and the cover opening sensor detects the opening of the cover. Automatic ticket checker ticket display.