JP3310087B2 - 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, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate capable of processing one ticket with a plurality of tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a one-latch type automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate, a contact ticket consisting of one contact ticket or a ticket satisfying the getting-off condition and the boarding condition are satisfied. When two tickets and the ticket are inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as the main body), the door is opened (if the main body is normally open), the passage of the user (passenger) Allowed.

Further, even when a normal ticket and a special ticket such as an express ticket satisfy a boarding condition or a getting-off condition, a plurality of tickets are inserted into the main body and an automatic ticket gate is performed.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate for multiple sheets, there is a possibility that the correspondence between the ticket and the user may not be obtained.

For example, when the combination of the ticket inserted by the previous user cannot be determined, that is, when the combination of the getting-off ticket and the advance ticket is not completed, the preceding user enters the ticket gate passage. Then, there is a possibility that the next user will insert the ticket into the insertion slot. Then, in this case, when the combination of the previous users is completed by the ticket inserted by the next user, the previous user can pass, and the next user cannot pass.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to prevent insertion of a next user's ticket until the ticket processing of the previous user is completed. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate as described above.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a plurality of valid tickets inserted into an insertion slot provided in a main body provided at a communication ticket gate. In an automatic ticket gate that performs one ticket gate processing when the ticket gate is opened, a shutter mechanism provided in the insertion slot, a detecting means for detecting a user position in a ticket gate passage, and the plurality of tickets, Including a stored fair type common card that can be used commonly by the railway companies on both sides of the entrance and exit of the connecting ticket gate, the common card is first inserted into the insertion slot, and the common card remains Control means that drives the shutter mechanism to close the insertion slot when the value satisfies the getting-off condition and the detection means detects the entry of the user into the ticket gate passage. That.

[0008]

In the above construction, the control means is arranged so that the common card is first inserted into the insertion slot and the common card is
When the remaining value of the ticket satisfies the getting-off condition and the detecting means detects the user entering the ticket gate passage, the shutter mechanism closes the insertion slot.

[0009]

Embodiments 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 according to one embodiment, and a two-piece set is provided on one end side (right side in the illustrated example) of a main body a. Ticket i
A slot 1 for discharging the tickets A and B is provided at the upper end on the other end side and slightly near the center.
Is provided.

In the main body a between the insertion port 1 and the discharge port 2, an alignment conveyance path 3 for positioning and aligning the tickets A and B inserted from the insertion port 1 in a predetermined direction, and a reading head H ₁ ,
A main conveying path 4 having a write head H ₂ and verifying head H _3, but ipecac to the body a ticket Lee, discharging the furnace opening 2
A transport path 6 including a discharge transport path 5 for discharging the paper to the printer is provided, and these transport paths are configured to be rotationally driven by a motor 7.

[0011] the rear side of the verify head H ₃ main transport path 4, a pair of stoppers 8a driven by a solenoid (not shown), 8b are provided, ticket Lee, is configured to escrow the b ing.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 9 denotes a door for opening and closing a ticket gate passage, and S denotes a shutter mechanism provided in the insertion slot 1, which is configured to be driven by a solenoid (not shown). . .., D,... Are detectors composed of photo sensors, which are provided with the side of the main body a on the side of the ticket gate passage and the arms of the main body a so as to be able to detect the user position in the ticket gate passage. .

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a controller composed of a microcomputer for controlling the main unit a in an integrated manner, and its electrical configuration is shown in FIG. That is, the controller 10
Has a central processing unit (CPU) 13 for performing arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 11 and working data stored in the RAM 12. The CPU 13 reads / writes (R / W) the heads H _{1 to} H ₃ via the I / O unit 14.
A driver 15, a solenoid driver 16 for driving the solenoids of the stoppers 8a and 8b, a door driver 17 for driving the door 9, a shutter driver 18 for driving the shutter mechanism S, and detectors d and d .. Are connected to the sensor amplifier 19. The CPU 13
Are connected to various drivers such as the motor 7 via the I / O unit 14, but are omitted here.

Next, the ticket gate operation when the main body a is installed at the communication ticket gate will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, it is assumed that the main body a is in operation, the shutter mechanism S of the insertion slot 1 is open, and a ticket can be inserted (Yes at Step 100, Step 102; hereinafter, Step is S). .).

[0016] At this time, it is inserted ticket Lee from the insertion opening 1, read by the head H ₁ reads data recorded on the ticket Lee, computation results based on reading The data are boarding It is assumed that ticket A is determined to be a part of a two-piece ticket (Yes at S104, S106, S108
positive).

For convenience of explanation, the ticket A is described as a getting-off ticket, and the ticket B is described as a ticket on a connecting line. Wait for insertion of b.

When the ticket B is inserted, and if the boarding conditions of the ticket B are satisfied, the door 9 is opened to pass through the connecting ticket gate. And the two-pack ticket a,
The shutter mechanism S is closed to prevent the next user's ticket from being inserted until the ticket checking process of the user B is completed (Yes in S110, S112, S114, S116, S
118).

By the way, if the user forgets to insert the ticket and enters the ticket gate passage, and this is detected by the detector d, the shutter mechanism prevents the next user from inserting the ticket by mistake. The insertion slot 1 is closed at S (No at S110, S
120 affirmative). When the detector d detects that the user has exited the ticket gate passage, the insertion slot 1 is opened again and a ticket can be inserted (Yes at S124, S12).
6).

If the second ticket B is invalid due to expiration or the like (No at S112), the door 9 is closed and the passage is refused, but the user continues to use the valid communication line. When the ticket is additionally inserted, passage through the ticket gate passage is permitted (Yes at S128).

However, if the user who has inserted the second ticket B enters the ticket gate passage considering that all the tickets A and B are valid (Yes at S130), the next user erroneously inserts the ticket. In order not to insert a ticket into the mouth 1, the shutter mechanism S
Then, the insertion slot 1 is closed (S132). When the detector d detects that the user has exited the ticket gate passage, the insertion slot 1 is opened again (Yes at S134, S11).
8).

Although omitted in the flowchart of FIG. 3, if the first inserted ticket A of the two-piece set of tickets A and B does not satisfy the getting-off condition due to crossing over, etc. Of course, ticket gates are rejected. Also, when the ticket B is inserted first, the same processing is performed simply by exchanging “A” and “B” in the flowchart of FIG.

Next, the ticket to be inserted is a stored fair (S) which can be used in common by the railway companies on both sides of the main body a.
F) A case of a common card composed of cards will be described.

As a mode of use of the ticket of the user who first inserts the common card, a common card may be used for both getting off and a connecting transfer, or a common card may be used for getting off, and the connecting transfer may be performed by another service such as a regular. There are two types of ticketing.

First, the former usage will be described. When the inserted common card satisfies the getting-off condition, that is, the remaining amount of the SF card satisfies the settlement fee at the time of getting off, and the user enters the ticket gate passage. When the user enters, the user determines that the transfer is performed only with the common card, and performs the ticket inspection process (No in S108, Yes in S136, Yes in S138, Yes in S140).

On the other hand, in the case of the latter use mode, when a common card satisfying the getting-off condition is inserted and the user does not enter the ticket gate passage, the user can use another ticket after the common card. As you are trying to insert
It waits for the insertion of a ticket (No at S140).

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment allows the user to make a decision when the determination of the two-piece set of tickets A and B is denied or when a valid common card is first inserted. When entering the ticket gate passage, the insertion opening 1 is closed by the shutter mechanism, so that it is possible to prevent the next user from erroneously inserting the ticket, and the ticket can be associated with the user.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the main body a is installed at the connecting ticket gate has been described. However, the main body a may be replaced with a special ticket such as an ordinary ticket and a limited express ticket or a two-pack or three or more. You may make it provide in the ticket gate which requires a combination. In this case, steps S136 to S140 in the flowchart of FIG. 3 become unnecessary.

[0029]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention includes a common card in a plurality of tickets, the common card is first inserted into the insertion slot, and the remaining value of the common card is provided. And control means for driving the shutter mechanism to close the slot when the detecting means detects the entry of the user into the ticket gate passage and the detecting means detects that the user has entered the ticket gate path. The common card can correspond to the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one 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.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Automatic ticket gate main body (main body) 1 Insertion port 10 Controller (control means) S Shutter mechanism d Sensor (detection means)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hitomi Hibino 1-10-50 Shibaura Beach, Minato-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Hidehiko Nagase 3-20-6 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo JR East Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Ando 3-20-6 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo JR East Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shinji Tsuchiya 11-2 Hiraide Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. Utsunomiya Business In-house (72) Inventor Masahiro Takahira 11-2 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takayuki Kitazawa 11-2 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. Utsunomiya Office (56) References JP-A-48-97599 (JP, A) JP-A-4-120160 (JP, U) (5) 8) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 15/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that performs one ticket gate processing when a plurality of valid tickets are inserted into an insertion slot provided in a main body of the automatic ticket gate installed at a communication gate. A shutter mechanism provided at the mouth, a detecting means for detecting a user position in a ticket gate passage, and a common railroad company on both sides of the entrance and exit of the contact ticket gate in the plurality of tickets. The card includes a usable stored fair type common card, the common card is first inserted into the insertion slot, the residual value of the common card satisfies the getting off condition, and the detecting means is used by a user to pass a ticket gate. Control means for driving the shutter mechanism to close the insertion slot when the entrance to the automatic ticket gate is detected.