JP2867580B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate installed in station services such as railways, and more particularly, to post-processing when a data processing defective ticket occurs. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate that can clarify.

(B) Conventional technology In recent years, tickets such as ordinary tickets, coupons, commuter passes, money cards, and coupon cards used in automatic ticket gates are inserted into an entrance, and ticket information is processed by an indirect data processing unit. Are read and written, and subsequently, punching processing and station name printing processing are directly performed by the data processing unit, and then the data is discharged from the discharge port.

However, if the malfunction of the automatic ticket gate and the data failure due to the deformed ticket occur, the automatic ticket gate goes down,
In each case, there is a problem that a staff member is troubled, such as requiring a staff member's process, and the recovery is troublesome, leading to congestion.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can appropriately perform post-processing without downing the apparatus even if a data processing defective ticket occurs. And

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention relates to an indirect data processing unit located at the insertion port side for reading and writing ticket information, and a direct data processing unit located at the discharge port side for printing ticket information. And a detecting means for detecting that a data processing defective ticket has been generated in the indirect data processing section,
When the detection means detects the occurrence of a data processing fault ticket, the data processing fault ticket includes recovery control means for printing ticket information and usage information before processing for recovery via the indirect data processing unit. It is an automatic ticket gate.

(E) According to the present invention, when the detecting means detects that a data processing failure has occurred during the indirect data processing of the inserted ticket, the restoration control means performs the data processing based on the detection signal. The ticket information and the use information before processing for recovery are printed on the face of the defective ticket directly via the data processing unit using the direct data processing unit, and are discharged from the discharge port.

(F) Effects of the Invention For this reason, even if the inserted ticket is a good ticket or a bad ticket, the ticket is released to the outlet and the ticket is handed to each customer, and the ticket has a ticket checking function that does not bring down the automatic ticket gate. The ticket gate can always be operated and maintained.

In addition, even if a defective ticket is handed, the ticket information and usage information before processing for restoration are printed on the face of the ticket, so that the customer can be sure that it can be restored and feel secure. In addition, the staff can use the ticket information and usage information to accurately recover the ticket without causing any damage between the customer and the merchant, and to ensure the reliability of the automatic ticket gate. To improve.

Furthermore, since the printing of each information for the aforementioned recovery is performed directly using the printing means of the data processing unit, the special printing means for printing each information for the aforementioned recovery is unnecessary. In addition, it is possible to avoid soaring and increasing the size of the apparatus.

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

FIG. 2 (a) shows an external view of the automatic ticket gate. The front and rear gates 21 are provided with opening / closing doors 22 for controlling passengers passing therethrough, and a well-known ticket is provided on the upper surface of the ticket gate main body. The slot 23 and the ticket discharge port 24 are opened, and a ticket display 21a is provided near the ticket discharge port 24.

The ticket display 21a displays guidance items at the time of a ticket gate. For example, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), when a data processing failure occurs at the ticket gate, guidance is provided to an attendant window. In addition, restoration guidance items such as the remaining amount before processing and the amount of use at that time are displayed, thereby facilitating ticket gate processing and improving serviceability to customers.

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 a normal ticket such as a ticket, a coupon and a commuter pass, and a boarding card F such as an amount card and a number card.

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 aligning unit A is configured to eccentrically rotate the normal ticket or the boarding card inserted from the ticketing slot 23 to the width shifting roller 26.
To adjust the width to the main frame side.

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 has a function of reading magnetic information recorded on one of the upper and lower surfaces of a normal ticket or a boarding card by a pair of upper and lower reading magnetic heads 27 and 28 for front and back. I do.

The face information writing unit B2 executes writing on the upper or lower magnetic surface of the normal ticket or the boarding card by a pair of upper and lower write magnetic heads 29 and 39 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-mentioned sub-transport belt device 36 is provided with a first transport flapper f1 disposed at a branch position on the start end side and a normal ticket or boarding card transported by the second flapper f2 disposed at the end end side. Sorting operation to 33 and 36, and also guide conveyance.

Further, when the boarding card F enters backward by the third flapper f3 disposed at an intermediate position of the belt device 36,
After the third flapper f3 is distributed to the reversing unit 37 side to be reversed, the third flapper f3 is always carried face up into the boarding card direct data processing unit D.

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 F.

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

By the way, if an update data defect occurs during the ticket processing of the boarding card F, the above-mentioned ticket gate display 21a displays a message indicating that guidance will be provided to the attendant window, and provides the customer with the boarding power card F.
To inform that a data processing error has occurred, and print a recovery guidance item on the boarding card F based on the notification.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, in addition to the usual boarding data 11 printed on the board of the boarding card F every time the boarder is used, the printed contents are directed to the customer such as "Please come to the attendant window". The recovery guidance data 12 including the guidance items and the “remaining amount before processing” and “usage amount” at that time is printed. As a result, the user can immediately take a predetermined recovery measure without being confused on the basis of the recovery guide data 12 printed on the ticket surface in order to immediately perform the recovery processing.

Fig. 4 shows a control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate,
U41 is, via the interface 42, a solenoid driver circuit 43, a motor driver circuit 44, a print head driver circuit 45, a magnetic data read / write unit 46, a sensor driver circuit 47, an opening / closing door driver circuit 48, a display driver circuit 49,
They are connected to the speaker driver circuit 50 and control them according to a program stored in the ROM 51, and store necessary information obtained by the control 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.

The sensor S is used for insertion and ejection of a ticket or a boarding card F and other position detection.

The speaker 54 drives the speaker driver circuit 50,
When a data processing failure occurs in the ticket or the boarding card F, and in that case, a voice is output to the customer through the speaker 54 so as to go to an attendant window to recover.

Next, a description will be given of a processing operation in which a boarding card is ticketed by an automatic ticket gate with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

Now, when the boarding card F is inserted into the ticket slot 23 (first step n1), the inserted boarding card F is aligned in the alignment section A,
It is led to the indirect data processing section B, where the recorded information of the boarding card F is read. While the read data is stored, the reduced amount update data corresponding to the fare is written, and the written card information is checked (second to third steps n2 to n3).

At this time, if the written update data is appropriate (fourth
Step n4), leading directly to the boarding card data processing section D, where punching processing, date printing and station name printing processing are performed as necessary, and then released from the ticket release port 24 to complete one ticket gate processing. (Fifth step n5).

By the way, in the above-mentioned fourth step n4, when an update failure occurs in the written update data, the fact that an abnormality has occurred in the boarding card F is displayed on the ticket display 21a, and the data is transmitted to the boarding card F by the speaker 54. Since a processing failure has occurred, a sound output is output so as to go to a clerk window or another recovery device to recover the data (sixth step n6).

On the other hand, after printing the recovery guidance data 12 as the data failure occurrence content on the boarding card F, the card F is discharged from the boarding ticket discharge port 24 (seventh to eighth steps n7 to n8).

As described above, even if the inserted ticket is a good ticket and a bad ticket, it has a ticket gate function to release the ticket to the outlet and hand the ticket to each customer and keep the automatic ticket gate down, so always use the automatic ticket gate Operation can be maintained. In addition, even if a defective ticket is handed, the information on the recovery guide is described on the face of the ticket, so that the user can quickly take prescribed recovery measures without being confused and reduce the number of staff members. Reliability is surely improved.

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 slot corresponds to the ticket slot 23. The exit corresponds to the ticket exit 24, the transport path corresponds to the ticket processing system 25, and the detection means includes the front-side confirmation magnetic head 31 and the back-side confirmation as the ticket surface information check unit B3. Although the recovery control means corresponds to the magnetic head 32 and the recovery control means corresponds to the CPU 41, 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 is an explanatory view showing an example of recovery guide data of a boarding card. FIG. FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram 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 gate processing operation. 12 ... Recovery guidance data, 21 ... Ticket machine main body 23 ... Ticket entry slot, 24 ... Ticket discharge port 25 ... Ticket ticket processing system, 31, 32 ... Check magnetic head 39 ... Thermal printing Head, 41: CPU B, C, D: Data processing unit, F: Boarding card

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An indirect data processing unit for reading and writing ticket information located on the insertion port side and a direct data processing unit for printing and processing ticket information located on the discharge port side are arranged on a transport path. An automatic ticket gate, a detecting means for detecting the occurrence of a data processing defective ticket in the indirect data processing unit, and when the detection means detects the occurrence of a data processing defective ticket, the data processing defective ticket An automatic ticket gate provided with recovery control means for printing ticket information before recovery and usage information directly for recovery via a data processing unit.