JP3325208B2 - 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,
In particular, when multiple tickets are required for ticket processing for one user, such as ordinary tickets and express tickets, or
The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate that can handle a plurality of tickets, such as a one-latch type automatic ticket gate that requires an exit ticket and an advance ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate compatible with a plurality of tickets is recorded on a plurality of tickets which are inserted into an entrance of a main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as "main body"). When the calculation result of the data is valid, enter (gate)
Alternatively, the opening and closing of the door is controlled so as to permit participation (collection of bills). If admission is permitted, entry data is recorded on the inserted tickets and returned to the user through the exit, and even one of the tickets is invalid. If there is a ticket, the door is rotated so as to prevent entry, and all the inserted tickets are ejected from the exit and returned to the user. In addition, at the time of entry, a plurality of inserted tickets are collected in the main body, but tickets that need to be returned, such as commuter passes, are discharged from the exit and returned. When at least one of the plurality of invalid tickets has an invalid ticket, the door is turned so as to prevent participation, and all the tickets are returned from the outlet.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate corresponding to a plurality of tickets, when an invalid ticket is first inserted, the door is closed at that time and the invalid ticket is discharged. If the user who enters the invalid ticket does not exit the ticket gate, there is no problem because the next user can not insert the ticket, but if the valid ticket is inserted first, the main body will remain It will be in the state of waiting for insertion of tickets. At this time, when a subsequent user inserts a valid ticket that is paired with the previously inserted valid ticket, the ticket qualifying conditions of the previous user are satisfied, and the passage of the previous user is permitted. Would. In this case, the subsequent user may experience a shortage of the ticket (lost ticket), and the passage of the ticket gate passage will be refused.

[0004] In particular, since automatic ticket gates capable of handling a plurality of tickets are configured as a batch-in / batch-out type in consideration of user's convenience, even a ticket inserted one by one is collectively discharged. Therefore, there is a risk that a user who inserts only one card may take away a ticket inserted by a subsequent user without knowing it.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can accurately associate a user with a ticket. is there.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a gate inserted into a main body.
Can hold multiple tickets in the holding section,
An automatic ticket gate used when multiple tickets are required for ticket processing for one user, and a part of valid tickets among the multiple tickets is inserted into the main body first. The ticket of the ticket that was recorded on the ticket when
First extraction means for extracting holder data specifying a holder by a number or a ticket issuing time, and when a remaining valid ticket among the plurality of tickets is later inserted into the main body, Ticket number of the ticket recorded on the ticket
Or, second extraction means for extracting holder data specifying a holder by ticketing time, and holder data of a ticket inserted earlier and holder data of a ticket inserted after the extraction. When the matching means matches the owner data of the previously inserted ticket and the matching of the owner data of the later inserted ticket, the users of the plurality of tickets are the same. And determining means for determining that the users of the plurality of tickets are different when the two tickets do not match.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment, in which an inlet 1 is provided at one end in a longitudinal direction of a main body a, and an outlet 2 is provided at the other end. Is provided.

In the main body a, a plurality of tickets (two tickets will be described for the sake of simplicity) are stacked from the slot 1 (in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 described later). A separation section 3 is provided for separating the sheets one by one when they are batch-loaded, and a well-known conveyance path 4 including a belt conveyor driven by a motor M is provided. The transport path 4 is composed of an aligned transport path 4a, a main transport path 4b, and a discharge transport path 4c. Among them, the aligned transport path 4a has a function of arranging a ticket inputted from the slot 1. are doing. Further, between the main transport path 4b and the discharge transport path 4c, the ticket inserted into the main body a is provided with the discharge port 2c.
There is provided a wing W which operates when collecting in the collection box 5 without returning to the collection box 5.

In the transport path of the main transport path 4b, a magnetic head H1 for reading magnetic data recorded on a ticket, in order from the upstream in the transport direction from the input port 1 to the output port 2, is provided. The data read by the pair of stoppers S1 and S2 and the magnetic head H1 are subjected to arithmetic processing by a controller C mainly composed of a microcomputer, and the arithmetic result is written on a ticket, by a magnetic head H2. A verifying magnetic head H3 is provided to check whether or not the inserted data is correctly recorded. Further, a stopper S3 for discharging the tickets collectively is provided in the discharge conveyance path 4c.

A holding portion composed of a pair of stoppers S1 and S2 is driven by a solenoid (not shown), and is provided in series with the main conveyance path 4b to transfer a ticket for conveying the main conveyance path 4b. Can be temporarily held one by one. The stopper S3 is also driven by a solenoid (not shown), and is temporarily held until all the tickets are discharged to the discharge port 2. When all the tickets have been discharged, they are collectively discharged to the discharge port 2. It is configured to be able to.

Although not shown, the main transport path 4b includes:
It has a punching unit for making a punch hole in a ticket that requires punching based on the calculation result, and a thermal head for printing predetermined contents on a ticket that needs printing based on the calculation result.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 9 denotes a display unit provided near the outlet 3, which is configured to provide predetermined guidance to a user together with a speaker (not shown). Also,
D in the figure is a door that opens and closes a ticket gate passage.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (CPU) 20 includes a ROM
System program stored in RAM 21 and RAM 22
The CPU 20 performs an arithmetic process using the working data stored in the read / write (R / W) driver 24 connected to each of the magnetic heads H1 to H3 via the I / O unit 23. A wing driver 25 for driving the wing W; a display driver 26 for controlling the display unit 9; and a stopper driver 27 for driving solenoids (not shown) for the respective stoppers S1, S2 and S3.
And a door driver 28 for driving the door D are connected. The I / O unit 23 is connected to various sensors such as a sensor for detecting the position of a ticket, and various drivers such as a punching unit or a thermal head. These are described in the description of the present invention. It is omitted because it is not directly related.

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Body 1
Is an example in which an automatic ticket gate set in the entrance mode is used, and a pass condition is satisfied with two tickets, an ordinary ticket and an express ticket.

[0015] In the ordinary ticket and the express ticket, when the user purchases both of these tickets, data indicating that they were purchased by the same user, that is, holder data is recorded.

The holder data is used not only when data indicating that the user (owner) is the same at a predetermined position when both tickets are issued, but also when the tickets are issued, When ticket numbers are consecutive, such as when an ordinary ticket and an express ticket are purchased at the same time by an automatic ticket vending machine, the consecutive ticket numbers can be used as the holder data. Also, when the ticket issuing times of both tickets are similar, the holder can be regarded as the same, so that the ticket issuing time data can also be the holder data.

If a normal ticket and an express ticket are stacked and inserted into the slot 1, or if the ordinary ticket and the express ticket are combined into one leaf, the user and the ticket differ. There is no problem because the confusion of the ticket does not occur, but there is a case where a valid ordinary ticket is inserted first (Yes at Step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”). The same applies to the case where a valid limited express ticket is inserted first. However, here, the description will be made assuming that the ordinary ticket is inserted first.

When a normal ticket is inserted into the slot 1,
Data recorded on the ordinary ticket is read via the magnetic head H1, and the read data is read by the CPU.
The data is used for the arithmetic processing of step 20, and the holder data of the ordinary ticket is extracted and stored in the RAM 22 (S104). After that, the ordinary ticket will be
And waits for the express ticket.

Although not shown in the flow chart of FIG. 3, when it is determined that the ticket is invalid as a result of the above-described data processing of the ordinary ticket, the door D is closed and the ordinary ticket is It is discharged to the discharge port 2 without being held in S1 and returned.

When the limited express ticket is inserted into the slot 1 in the above-described waiting state for insertion (S106 affirmative), the data recorded on the limited express ticket is read in the same manner as the ordinary ticket previously inserted. The express ticket is provided to the RAM 22, and the data is provided to the RAM 22 (S108). Of course, as a result of this calculation, if the limited express ticket is determined to be invalid, the door D is closed, and the ordinary ticket and the inserted limited express ticket held in the stopper S1 are discharged to the discharge port 2. (Not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3).

When it is determined that the limited express ticket is a valid ticket, the holder data of both tickets is collated (S110).
If they match, door D is opened (body a
Is permitted, entry is allowed, and both tickets are stacked in the stopper S3, and then discharged collectively to the discharge port 2 (S11).
4).

When the main body a is set to the participation mode, the collection is made to the collection box 5 via the wing W except for the ticket to be returned to the user (for example, when the ordinary ticket is a commuter pass). Is done.

In the above collation, when it is determined that the holders of the ordinary ticket and the express ticket do not match (S112).
No), it is determined that the users of the two tickets are different from each other, the door D is closed, and information indicating that confusion has occurred in the combination of the tickets is provided via the display unit 9 and a speaker (not shown). (S116). Then, both tickets are discharged to the discharge port 2 and returned (S11).
8). Therefore, if the ordinary ticket is for the first user and the limited express ticket for the subsequent user is for the subsequent user, the passage of the first user will be rejected. Can be prevented beforehand.

Although the above-described example is an example in which a normal ticket is inserted first, the same applies when an express ticket is inserted later. In addition, although the example of two tickets has been shown as a number of tickets, it is needless to say that a combination of three or more tickets requiring a ticket such as a seat designation ticket may be used. In this case, the number of stoppers for temporarily holding the ticket is increased by the number of tickets to be inserted.

In the above-described example, the main body is of the insertion type in which a ticket is inserted, but this is an IC having a wireless communication function.
A card-type non-contact ticket may also be processed, and a combination of a magnetic ticket and a non-contact ticket or a combination of non-contact tickets may be used. In particular, in the case of a non-contact ticket, since the storage capacity is larger than that of a magnetic ticket, it is easy to record the holder data. For example, data (owner data) indicating that the user is the same user can be easily recorded on the disembarkation ticket and the advance ticket used in the one-latch type automatic ticket gate.

Therefore, in the present invention, a ticket includes a non-contact ticket, and when a non-contact ticket is used as a ticket, “insertion” is performed by the non-contact ticket and the main body. Means communication between.

[0027]

According to the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, when a part of valid tickets among a plurality of tickets is first inserted into the main body, the ticket recorded on the ticket is recorded. Ticket voucher
First extraction means for extracting holder data specifying a holder by a number or a ticket issuing time, and when a remaining valid ticket among the plurality of tickets is later inserted into the main body, Ticket number of the ticket recorded on the ticket
Or, second extraction means for extracting holder data specifying a holder by ticketing time, and holder data of a ticket inserted earlier and holder data of a ticket inserted after the extraction. When the matching means matches the owner data of the previously inserted ticket and the matching of the owner data of the later inserted ticket, the users of the plurality of tickets are the same. If there is no match, the determination means determines that the users of the plurality of tickets are different from each other, so that the correspondence between the tickets and the users can be accurately determined.

[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 illustrating a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic ticket gate main body (main body) 2 Input port 3 Discharge port 4 Transport path H1-H3 Magnetic head S1, S2, S3 Stopper C Controller

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate inserted into an entrance of a main body.
An automatic ticket gate used when a plurality of tickets are required for ticket processing of a single user, which can hold a plurality of tickets in a holding unit, and a main body of the automatic ticket gate. When a part of valid tickets among the plurality of tickets is first inserted, the ticket number or ticket issuing time of the ticket recorded in the ticket is used.
Ri first extracting means for extracting the holder data identifying the holder, when the remaining valid ticket of the plurality of sheets of tickets in the body of the automatic ticket gate is turned on later, the According to the ticket number or ticketing time of the ticket recorded on the ticket
Collates the second extraction means for extracting the holder data identifying the holder, the holder data of tickets that are introduced after being holder data and extraction of tickets that are submitted to the extracted previously Ri When the collation means matches the collation of the owner data of the previously inserted ticket with the owner data of the later inserted ticket, it is determined that the users of the plurality of tickets are the same. Determining means for determining that the users of the plurality of tickets are different when the numbers do not match, and an automatic ticket gate.