JP2814662B2 - Departure / arrival station data collection method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Use The present invention shows a boarding section between a boarding station and a disembarking station of a passenger, for example, in order to investigate the use situation of the passenger by rail transportation. Regarding the method of collecting departure and arrival station data.

(B) Conventional technology In the above-described method of collecting departure and arrival station data, conventionally, a questionnaire was handed when a passenger boarded, and the questionnaire was collected and collected at the time of getting off.

However, this method requires personnel and labor to hand over and collect the questionnaire, so currently using automatic ticket gates, single-use tickets and commuter pass tickets,
The boarding station code is recorded at the time of boarding, and the boarding station code is read at the time of getting off, so that it is recorded as departure and arrival station data.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, as described above, when the boarding station code is recorded on the ticket using the automatic ticket gate, the ticket gate where the staff is in charge of the regular ticket gate does not pass through the automatic ticket gate with the commuter pass. Since it is possible to pass only by showing the ticket, in this case, the boarding station code cannot be recorded, and there is a problem that the departure and arrival station data cannot be collected.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a departure / arrival station data collection method capable of collecting departure / arrival station data even from a ticket without a recording of a departure station code.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention records the boarding station code on the ticket with the automatic ticket gate at the boarding station, and reads the boarding station code of the ticket with the automatic ticket gate at the getting off station. If the above-mentioned ticket does not have a boarding station code recorded, and the above-mentioned ticket does not have a boarding station code recorded, the boarding station data collection method shall be regarded as the boarding station code and recorded as the boarding station data. It is characterized by.

(E) Operation The method of collecting departure and arrival station data of the present invention reads a departure station code recorded on a ticket, records the departure / departure station code with the departure station code and the own station code, and writes the departure / departure station code on the ticket. If no code is recorded, the starting station code of the ticket is regarded as the boarding station code and recorded as departure / arrival station data.

(F) Effects of the Invention As a result of the above, according to the present invention, departure / arrival station data can be collected even for a ticket that has been boarded without passing through an automatic ticket gate, and more accurate data can be collected.

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

The drawings show a method of collecting data at a departure and arrival station in an automatic ticket gate. FIG. 1 shows an automatic ticket gate.
Has an entrance 13 for a ticket at the corner of the entry side of a machine 12 forming a passage 11 for passengers, and an exit 14 for a ticket and a guidance display 15 on the upper surface on the exit side. Has been established.

A plurality of sensors 17 for discriminating an intrusion method of a passenger entering the passage 11 and an adult and a child are provided on the side surface of the passage 11 of the machine base 12 and the side surface of the frame 16 erected on the upper surface of the machine base 12. Further, the passage 11 of the machine base 12 is a side surface, and gates 18 and 19 are provided on the entry side and the exit side.
By turning to block the passage 11, the passengers 8, 19 prevent passengers from illegally entering the passage 11.

The tickets processed by the automatic ticket gate 10 described above are ordinary tickets and commuter passes including single-use coupons.

FIG. 2 shows a ticket processing device formed inside the machine base 12 described above, and the input port 13 and the discharge port 14 are connected by a transfer device 20 formed by a plurality of transfer belts and transferring the ticket. The arrangement section A, the magnetic processing section B, the print processing section C, and the discharge section D are arranged along the transport direction of the ticket.

The arranging unit A narrows the ticket inserted through the insertion slot 13 toward the main frame by using the eccentrically rotating width adjusting roller 21.

The magnetic processing unit B is configured by serially arranging a ticket information reading unit B1, a ticket information writing unit B2, and a ticket information checking unit B3 in this order.

The ticket information reader B1 reads the ticket data magnetically recorded on one of the upper and lower surfaces of the ticket by a pair of upper and lower read magnetic heads 22 and 23 for the front and back sides.

The face information writing unit B2 has a pair of upper and lower write magnetic heads 24, 25 for the front and back sides for the upper and lower magnetic surfaces of the ticket.
Performs magnetic writing of ticket data.

The ticket information check unit B3 reads and confirms the ticket data written on the ticket with a pair of upper and lower confirmation magnetic heads 26 and 27 for front and back.

The print processing unit C punches a ticket or coupon with the punch block 28 and prints the station name on the coupon with the station name display hot stamping boards 29 and 30. These processes are performed by the magnetic processing unit B described above. It operates based on ticket data.

Then, the discharge section D discharges the processed ticket to the discharge port 14.

FIG. 3 shows a control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate 10, a CPU 31 drives and controls each circuit according to a program stored in a ROM 32, and a RAM 33 stores ticket data read from a ticket and departure / arrival station data. Recording and reading of other necessary data.

Further, via the interface 34, the drive motor of the transport device 20 and the magnetic heads 22 to 2 of the magnetic processing unit B are connected.
7. The drive unit of the punch block 28 of the print processing unit C and the drive unit of the station name display hot stamping plates 29 and 30 are connected to the CPU 31. Further, the sensors 17 are connected via the interface 34 and the driver circuits 35, 36 and 37. , Gates 18 and 19 and the guidance display 15 are connected to the CPU 31.

A description will be given of collection of departure / arrival station data with a commuter pass in the automatic ticket gate 10 configured as described above.

The above-mentioned departure and arrival station data indicates a boarding section between the boarding station where the passenger has boarded and the disembarkation station where the passenger has got off, and this departure and arrival station data is collected in order to investigate the use situation of the passengers by rail transportation.

In order to collect the above-mentioned departure and arrival station data, the boarding station code is magnetically recorded on the ticket at the time of boarding, the boarding station code is read at the time of getting off, and the departure / arrival station data is obtained by using the own station code of the getting off.

With reference to FIG. 4, a description will be given of the processing operation of the CPU 31 in the recording process of the boarding station code in the commuter pass.

When a commuter pass is inserted into the slot 13 of the automatic ticket gate 10,
Based on this insertion, the conveying device 20 is driven, the commuter pass is conveyed, and in the course of the conveyance, the commuter pass is aligned by the width adjusting rollers 21 of the aligning unit A, and the ticket information reading unit of the magnetic processing unit B is used.
The ticket data is read by any one of the magnetic heads 22 or 23 of B1, and the read ticket data is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 33.

The validity period and valid section data of the above-mentioned ticket data are read out, and the validity of these data is determined (steps n1 and n2). If one or both of them are invalid, admission (riding) is impossible. Is determined, the gate 19 on the front side in the traveling direction is closed, and the commuter pass is discharged to the discharge port 14 (step
n3).

If both the expiration date and the valid section are valid in the above-described determination, the own station code (riding station code) set in the predetermined area of the RAM 33 is magnetically recorded in the predetermined area of the commuter pass (step n4).

That is, the own station code read from the RAM 33 is magnetically recorded on the face of the commuter pass by the corresponding magnetic head 24 or 25 of the face information writing unit B2 of the magnetic processing unit B, and is checked by the face information check unit B3. The ticket is discharged to the discharge port 14.

Then, the gates 18 and 19 are controlled to be open to allow entry (riding) (step n5).

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the processing operation of the CPU 31 for collecting departure and arrival station data in a commuter pass at the time of getting off will be described.

When a commuter pass is inserted into the slot 13 of the automatic ticket gate 10,
Based on this insertion, the transport device 20 is driven, the commuter pass is transported, and the ticket information reading unit B1 of the magnetic processing unit B is transported.
The ticket data is read by any one of the magnetic heads 22 or 23, and the read ticket data is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 33.

The data of the expiration date and the valid section of the above-mentioned ticket data are read out, and the validity of these data is determined (steps n11 and n12). If one or both of them is invalid, participation (disembarkation) is not allowed Is determined, the gate 19 on the front side in the traveling direction is closed, and the commuter pass is discharged to the discharge port 14 (step n13).

If both the expiration date and the valid section are valid in the above-described determination, the ticket data of the commuter pass is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 33 and read, and it is determined whether or not there is a boarding station code in the ticket data (step n14). If there is a boarding station code, the boarding station code is read out (step n15), and departure / arrival station data (OD data) is edited based on the boarding station code and the own station code set in a predetermined area of the RAM 33. Then, the station data is recorded and collected in a predetermined area of the RAM 33 (step n16).

After that, release the commuter pass to the outlet 14, and
Control opening 18,19 to allow entry (get off).

In step n14 described above, if there is no boarding station code in the ticket data, it is determined that the passenger has boarded without passing through the automatic ticket gate 10, and in this case, the boarding section Of the first station code and the last station code indicating the first station code (step n1)
8) The departure station code is regarded as the boarding station code, the departure / departure station data (OD data) is edited based on the departure station code and the own station code, and the departure / departure station data is recorded in a predetermined area of the RAM 33. And collect (step n16).

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, even for a commuter pass that has been boarded without passing through the automatic ticket gate 10, the departure and arrival station data is recorded by regarding the starting station code as the boarding station code. Can collect data.

Note that the configuration of the present invention is not limited to only the configuration of the above-described embodiment. For example, the terminal station code may be regarded as the boarding station code.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket gate, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket processing device, FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate, FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a boarding station code recording processing operation, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a departure / arrival station data collection processing operation. 10 Automatic ticket gate 31 CPU 33 RAM B Magnetic processing unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate at the boarding station records the boarding station code on the ticket, and the automatic ticket gate at the getting off station reads the boarding station code of the ticket and records it as departure and arrival station data. A departure / departure station data collection method in which the departure / departure station code is recorded as departure / departure station data when the departure station code is not recorded in the ticket.