JP3340861B2 - 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 handling a plurality of tickets with a single ticket processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, automatic ticket gates capable of handling a plurality of tickets have been provided with a plurality of tickets such as ordinary tickets (hereinafter referred to as ordinary tickets) and commuter passes at the insertion opening of the body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as the body). When tickets (hereinafter, including these tickets) are inserted, data recorded on the inserted tickets is read and used for the ticket gate calculation. The door is opened when the calculation result allows the ticket gate (if the main body is normally open type, the door is opened), and when the calculation result cannot permit the ticket gate, the door is closed. I have.

[0003] Automatic ticket gates capable of handling a plurality of tickets include a one-sheet insertion type in which a plurality of tickets are inserted one by one into an insertion slot, and a batch insertion type in which a plurality of tickets can be stacked and inserted at a time. But 1
In the case of the card insertion type, a predetermined time, for example, 1
If the next ticket is not inserted within 0 seconds, the ticket gate processing operation of the main body is reset by the expiration of a timer provided in the main body (hereinafter, also referred to as resetting of the main body).
Then, the ticket inserted before is returned.

The reset of the ticket checking operation is also performed in a batch insertion type. For example, when the tickets are inserted one by one, or when two tickets are first stacked and inserted, and the remaining one is inserted later, the main body is reset.

[0005] In any case, the automatic ticket gates capable of handling a plurality of tickets are provided with all the tickets within a predetermined time in order to prevent the flow of the passengers in the ticket gate and stop the traffic near the ticket gate. If the insertion is not completed, the main body is forcibly reset, assuming that it is an abnormal situation, so that the next customer can be used.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, the main body is reset when the next ticket is not inserted within a predetermined time. When the reset operation is performed to increase the time, there is a problem that the flow of the passengers is blocked, the traffic near the ticket gate passage is congested, and the processing efficiency of the automatic ticket gate decreases.

In order to solve such a problem, it is conceivable to shorten a time-up time for resetting the main body. However, if the time-up time is too short, the frequency of resetting the main body increases, which is inconvenient for the user. In addition to this, there is a concern that the processing capacity of the automatic ticket gate may be reduced.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket gate for a main body even before a predetermined time for inserting a next ticket has elapsed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate capable of forcibly resetting a processing operation, smoothing the flow of customers, and improving the ticket processing efficiency.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention provides a ticket gate which is inserted into a slot provided in a main body within a predetermined time from the insertion of a ticket previously inserted. Is an automatic ticket gate that performs one ticket processing by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded in the plurality of inserted tickets, wherein the ticket processing operation of the main body is performed. A switch operated by a resetting clerk, and when the switch is pressed within the predetermined time,
And reset control means for returning the tickets inserted so far to the main body and resetting the ticket gate processing operation.

[0010]

In the above construction, if the switch is operated by a staff member before a predetermined time period in which the next ticket can be inserted, the ticket gate processing operation is reset, and the ticket inserted in the main body up to that time is reset. Will be returned.

[0011]

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. A ticket (FIG. 1) is provided on one end side (right side in the illustrated example) of a main body a. 2 in 1
(A normal ticket a and a b) are provided, and an outlet 2 for discharging a ticket is provided at the upper end on the other end side and slightly near the center. .

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 ticket inserted from the insertion port 1 in a predetermined direction, a read head H ₁ and a write head A transport path 6 including a main transport path 4 having H ₂ and a verifying head H ₃ and a discharge transport path 5 for discharging the tickets a and b taken into the main body a to the discharge port 2 are provided. These transport paths are configured to be driven to rotate by a motor 7.

A wing W driven by a solenoid (not shown) is provided between the main transport path 4 and the discharge transport path 5, and a ticket to be collected by the main body a when the wing W is raised. To the collection box B via the collection conveyance path 4 '.
It is configured so that it can be collected.

[0014] 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, with which is configured to escrow the ticket Behind the pair of stoppers 8a, 8b, a punch unit P for punching a hole in a ticket as necessary is provided.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 9 denotes a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage, and d, d... Are detectors composed of photo sensors, and are detectors composed of photosensors. It is provided so that a user position in a ticket gate passage can be detected. In FIG. 1, g is a guidance screen provided near the outlet 2 and is used when displaying guidance contents to the user. Further, L is a lamp provided on the arm, which is used to call attention to a user and notify an attendant of an abnormal situation.

In FIG. 1, S is a switch, which is installed near the attendant at the manned ticket gate.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a controller consisting 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 wing driver 18 for driving the wing W, and driving of the lamp L A lamp driver 19 for controlling, an input driver 20 for receiving an input signal of the switch S, and a display driver 21 for driving and controlling the display content of the guide screen g are connected. The CPU 13 is connected to the sensor amplifiers of the detectors d, d... Via the I / O unit 14, and various drivers such as the punch unit P and the motor 7, but these are omitted here.

Next, the ticket gate operation of the main body a will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. And now, the user
It is assumed that the ticket a and b are going to be automatically turned on in pairs.

[0019] First of all, the ticket b is inserted into the insertion slot 1 (step 100 affirmative. Hereinafter, the steps and S.), Read by the head H ₁ reading is recorded on plain Ken'i data Is provided to the controller 10 for calculation, and it is determined that the ticket a is one of a set of two,
It is temporarily held by the stopper 8b, and waits for insertion of the next ticket B. When the ticket a is inserted, a timer (not shown) is started (S102, S104).

The time of a timer, such as a clerk who monitors the flow of passengers of an automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate, for example, a person at a manned ticket gate, is searching for the next ticket in his pocket. When a set of two passengers who are surely up is found, the switch S is pressed by the attendant (No at S106, S108).

When the switch S is pressed (Yes at S108), the ticket gate processing operation of the main body a is stopped and the stopper 8b is stopped.
Is temporarily returned to the outlet 2. Of course, at this time, the door 9 is closed to prevent passage through the ticket gate passage (S110).

Also, when the timer has timed out without the operator pressing the switch S, the main body a is reset as in the prior art (Yes at S106, S110).

When the main unit a is reset, the lamp L is lit to notify the user and the attendant that the main unit a is abnormally stopped, which is omitted in the flowchart of FIG. On the guidance screen g, a guidance for taking out the ticket A from the outlet 2 and leaving and re-inserting it is provided.

When the two tickets A and B are inserted into the insertion slot 1 before the switch S is depressed, a normal set of two tickets is processed (S104, S112). That is, when both tickets a and b are valid tickets, the passage of the ticket gate is permitted. When one or both of the tickets a and b are invalid tickets, the door 9 is closed and the ticket gate is passed. Is blocked. When the ticket processing is the entry processing, the ticket is collected in the collection box B via the wing W and the collection conveyance path 4 ', except for the ticket which must be returned like a commuter pass.

In the above-described embodiment, two tickets are used, but three or more tickets may be used. in this case,
The number of stoppers is increased. Further, in the above-described embodiment, a single-sheet insertion type is used, but a batch-insertion type may be used.

[0026]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a switch operated by a person in charge of resetting the ticket gate processing operation of the main body, and a boarding device inserted into the main body when the switch is pressed within a predetermined time. Since it has reset control means for returning tickets and resetting the ticket processing operation, there is no need to wait until the timer expires for resetting the ticket processing operation, so that the flow of passengers can be smoothed. it can.

[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 illustrating a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Automatic ticket gate main body (main body) 1 Insertion port 10 Controller (control means) S switch

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-58-78281 (JP, A) JP-A-48-100199 (JP, A) JP-A-7-21414 (JP, A) JP-A-61-65568 (JP) , U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 15/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket is inserted into a slot provided in a main body of an automatic ticket gate within a predetermined time from the insertion of a previously inserted ticket, and a plurality of inserted tickets are inserted. An automatic ticket gate that performs one ticket gate processing by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded in the automatic ticket gate, and a switch operated by a staff member that resets a ticket gate processing operation of the main body of the automatic ticket gate; and Reset control means for returning the tickets inserted so far to the main body of the automatic ticket gate and resetting the ticket gate processing operation when the switch is pressed down within the automatic ticket gate. .