JP3299130B2 - 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 an automatic ticket gate for an honor train installed at a ticket gate where a conventional line can enter and exit an honor train line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the route map shown in FIG. 4, a station C is a connecting station that can enter and exit from a conventional line L1 to an honor train line L2.
Between the conventional line side L1 and the honorary train line L2 side, an automatic ticket gate body (hereinafter referred to as "main body") a for the honorary train is installed.

[0003] The station C as described above usually has a conventional line L
1 has an admission ticket vending machine that can enter the honor train line side L2. Admission tickets in such latches are usually
There are many automatic ticket vending machines (transfer payment machines) with a payment function that can also purchase tickets for the honor train line, but here, the description will be made as a dedicated ticket machine.

[0004] Now, if a user who gets on the conventional line L1 from A station or B station and gets off at C station tries to enter the honor train line L2 of C station, he / she must enter the admission ticket machine A. Tickets such as regular tickets and commuter passes used on the next line L1 are inserted, and money is purchased to satisfy the admission fee to purchase an admission ticket. a to enter the honor train line L2.

[0005] In order for a user who has entered the honor train line L2 to enter, an admission ticket is inserted into the main body a, the admission ticket is returned, and a conventional ticket is used using the returned admission ticket. The player will enter from the general ticket gate provided on the line L1 side. If there is a ticket gate on the honor train line L2 that allows direct entry, the entry can be made using the ticket gate.

[0006]

As described above, the main body for the honor train provided at the connecting station can enter and exit unconditionally if it is a valid admission ticket. There was the inconvenience of allowing unauthorized rides on the line.

[0007] Further explanation will be given using the route map of FIG.
It is assumed that the former and the second passengers boarded from the conventional line A station and boarded the connecting station C station. In this case, it is assumed that Party A has tickets from Station A to Station C, and Party B has tickets only from Station A to Station B on the way.

[0008] Of the party A and the party B who got off together at the station C, the party purchased the entrance ticket at the ticket vending machine based on the tickets and the like owned by the party, handed the entrance ticket to the party B, Enter from the ticket gate B, and use the obtained admission ticket to enter and exit the Honorable Train Line L2 once via the main unit a, and then enter from the general ticket gate B using the admission ticket. . Therefore, the rider has made a no-ride ride on the conventional line L1 from station B to station C.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can prevent unauthorized use of an admission ticket at a connecting station as described above.

[0010]

An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is an automatic ticket gate for an honor train provided at a connecting station between a conventional line and an honor train line in order to achieve the above object. Detecting means for detecting the processing state of tickets on the conventional line when the admission ticket is purchased from the admission ticket inserted for entry into the main body, and when the admission ticket is purchased, When it is detected that the tickets on the incoming line have been collected, the admission ticket is returned to allow entry, and when it is detected that the tickets are returned, a request is made to insert the tickets, A control means for disabling entry when the ticket is not inserted, collecting the entry ticket when the ticket is inserted, returning the ticket and allowing entry. It is characterized by having provided.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a cross section of a part of an automatic ticket gate installed at a connection between a conventional line L1 and an honor train line L2 as shown in the route map of FIG. Tickets (not shown; hereinafter, referred to as "tickets") are provided at an upper portion of one end (right side in the illustrated example) of the main body a.
And a discharge port 2 for discharging a ticket is provided slightly above the other end and slightly closer to the center.

In the main body a between the inlet 1 and the outlet 2, a take-in roller 3 a for taking in a ticket inserted from the inlet 1 and a plurality of sheets from the inlet 1 in order from the inlet 1. The separation unit 3b which separates and feeds the tickets one by one using rollers having different peripheral speeds at the top and bottom when the tickets are batch-inserted. The tickets fed one by one from the separation unit 3b are Alignment transport path 3c for positioning and aligning in a predetermined direction, read head H1
A transport mechanism 3 comprising a main transport path 3d having a write head H2 and a verifying head H3, and a discharge transport path 3e for discharging the ticket taken into the main body a to the discharge port 2. . Further, a wing W driven by a solenoid (not shown) is provided between the main transport path 3d and the discharge transport path 3e. When the wing W is raised, a ticket to be collected in the main body a is provided. Collection conveyance path 3
It is configured to be collected in the collection box B via e ′. The transport mechanism 3 is configured to be driven to rotate by a motor M.

A holding section 3d 'which can temporarily hold a ticket is provided between the reading head H1 and the writing head H2 on the main transport path 3d. Therefore, input port 1
Can be temporarily held one by one, in which the tickets that are put into the lump at a time are separated one by one via the separation unit 3b. In FIG. 1, a punching unit for punching a hole in a ticket as needed and a printing unit for printing a predetermined content are omitted, and the ticket is printed on the back side (a predetermined content such as a fare is printed). The reading head, the writing head, and the verifying head that are inserted when inserted into the slot 1 with the side opposite to the printed surface facing up are omitted.

In FIG. 1, S1 to S5 are human detectors, which are provided on the side surface of the main body a and the sensor mounting bar a '. Among these human detectors S1 to S5, the human detector S1 detects a user at a position on the entrance side of the ticket gate P, and the human detector S2 is at an intermediate position between the entrance and the center of the ticket gate P. Detects the user and uses the human detector S
3 detects the user at the center position of the ticket gate P, the human detector S4 detects the user at a position between the center of the ticket gate P and the exit, and the human detector S5 detects the user at the ticket gate P. It is configured so that the user at the position on the exit side can be detected.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes a display screen, which is configured so that a user can be guided to predetermined contents by characters. Although not shown, the main body a is provided with a speaker, and is configured to be able to guide by voice.

In FIG. 1, D is a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage, and C in the figure is a controller comprising a microcomputer for controlling the main body a in a comprehensive manner. Means and control means. The 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 11 and working data stored in the RAM 12.
U) 13. And this CPU 13
A read / write (R / W) driver 15 for each of the heads H1 to H3 and a human detector S1 to
A sensor amplifier 16 for inputting the signal of S5, a door driver 17 for driving the door D, and a wing driver 18 for driving the wing W are connected. Note that various drivers such as a motor M are connected to the CPU 13 via the I / O unit 14, but are omitted here.

Next, the control operation of the main body a will be described with reference to the above-described route map of FIG. 4 and the flowchart of FIG. Now, the user gets off at the station C using the conventional line L1, and the user issues an admission ticket (not shown) issued by the admission ticket issuing machine A in the latch installed at the station C. It is assumed that the vehicle has been acquired by some method and has entered the honor train line L2.

A user entering the honor train line L2 tries to enter the conventional line L1 and an admission ticket enters the main unit a at the entrance 1 of the main unit a.
(Step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as S), the data recorded on the entrance ticket is read by the reading head H1 (S102).

When the admission ticket is issued from the admission ticket vending machine A, the processing state of the ticket inserted into the admission ticket vending machine A, that is, the processing state of the original ticket is recorded.

The admission ticket issued from the admission ticket vending machine A is provided with an original ticket processing recording unit (not shown), and the original ticket processing recording unit stores a normal ticket or a ticket to the station C. When the ticket is collected with a collectable ticket such as a coupon ticket, data indicating that (an original ticket collection bit “0”) is recorded (No at S104). If the ticket to Station C is a ticket that must be returned to a user such as a commuter pass or a card-type coupon, the original ticket processing recording unit stores data indicating that the ticket was returned ( The original ticket collection bit “0”) is recorded (Yes at S104).

If the original tickets (tickets) have been collected (No at S104), the entrance ticket is discharged to the outlet 2 and returned to the user (S106, S108). Therefore,
The user can enter from the general ticket gate B using the returned admission ticket.

When an admission ticket is inserted into the main unit a installed at a position where the entrance ticket can be entered directly from the honor train line L2,
In other words, if it is possible to enter from the honor train line L1 without entering the conventional line L1, the admission ticket will be collected in the collection box B of the main unit.
Will be collected. Therefore, in the present invention, "when it is detected that the tickets have been collected, the admission ticket is returned to allow entry," also includes collecting the above-mentioned admission ticket.

When the original ticket (tickets) is returned (Yes at S104), the entry of the original ticket is requested in addition to the entrance ticket, and participation is permitted on condition that the original ticket is inserted (S110, S110).
S112, S108). Of course, if participation is permitted, the original ticket is discharged to the outlet 2 and returned to the user (S112).

When purchasing an admission ticket at the admission ticket vending machine, if the original ticket is returned, a message will be issued stating that "when entering with an admission ticket, the original ticket must also be inserted into the main body". Therefore, the user can put the entrance ticket and the original ticket into the slot 1 all at once.

Now, when the original ticket is not inserted after a lapse of a predetermined time since the entrance ticket is inserted, for example, when the user obtains the entrance ticket from another person without possessing the original ticket to the station C. Is (S110 negative, S114, S116 positive),
The door D is closed and the entry is rejected, and the attendant is processed (S118). Therefore, entry with an illegally obtained entrance ticket can be effectively prevented.

[0027]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket gate detecting means for detecting a processing state of a conventional line-side ticket at the time of purchasing an admission ticket from an admission ticket inserted into the main body for entry. When it is detected that the ticket on the conventional line has been collected when purchasing the admission ticket, the admission ticket is returned to permit entry, and it is detected that the ticket has been returned. If you do, you will be asked to insert your tickets, if you do not have the tickets, you will not be allowed to participate, if you do, you will collect the tickets and collect the tickets. Since the control means for returning the tickets and permitting participation is provided, it is possible to effectively prevent a user of the entrance ticket, which has been illegally obtained from another person, from participating.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 4 is a route map.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Automatic ticket gate main body (Main body) 1 Input port 2 Discharge port 3 Transport mechanism 4 Display screen D door S1 to S5 Human detector C Controller P Ticket gate passage

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate for an honor train provided at a connecting station between a conventional line and an honor train line, wherein the entrance ticket is obtained from an entrance ticket inserted into the automatic ticket gate body for entry. Detecting means for detecting the processing state of the conventional line-side tickets at the time of purchase; and entry when detecting that the conventional line-side tickets have been collected when the admission ticket is purchased. Returning the ticket and permitting participation, requesting the entry of the ticket when it is detected that the ticket has been returned, disallowing entry if the ticket is not inserted, An automatic ticket gate machine comprising: control means for collecting entrance tickets when tickets are inserted, returning the tickets, and permitting entry.