JP3354682B2 - Automatic ticket gates and contactless tickets used in the automatic ticket gates - 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 a non-contact ticket used in the automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate capable of handling both magnetic tickets and non-contact tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatic ticket gates that are frequently used at present are magnetic tickets such as tickets and commuter passes in which predetermined ticket gate data is magnetically recorded in an automatic ticket gate body (hereinafter referred to as a main body). Is inserted, the ticket gate data recorded on the magnetic ticket is taken into the main body. Then, the main body performs an arithmetic process based on the ticket gate data, performs an entry and exit process based on the computation result, and writes the entry and exit data as the computation result on a magnetic ticket.

Further, in recent years, the above-mentioned automatic ticket gate of the magnetic ticket insertion type solves the inconvenience that a commuter pass must be put in and taken out of a commuter pass every time a commuter pass user passes through a ticket gate. , The commuter pass with communication function
A contactless ticket of the C card type, in which the ticketless ticket data is exchanged between the contactless ticket and the main body in a non-contact manner, and the automatic ticket gate is operated without inserting a commuter pass into the main body. An automatic ticket gate has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-24).
No. 6687).

[0004]

However, even if a conventional magnetic ticket insertion type automatic ticket gate is converted to a non-contact type automatic ticket gate in the future, a one-time short-distance ordinary ticket will not work. Since a low-cost magnetic ticket is advantageous, two types of automatic ticket gates, a magnetic ticket insertion type and a non-contact type, must be installed, which requires a large installation area and increases equipment costs. Occurs. In order to solve such a drawback, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-25288, a main body that can process both a magnetic ticket and a non-contact ticket with one main body has been proposed. However, in the main body in which the magnetic ticket and the non-contact ticket can be processed by one main body, if the non-contact ticket is erroneously inserted into the insertion slot of the magnetic ticket, the magnetic ticket processing in the main body is performed. The mechanism may be destroyed, or the contactless ticket itself may be damaged.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible for a main body and a non-contact ticket to be inserted even if the non-contact ticket is erroneously inserted into a magnetic ticket insertion slot. It is to provide an automatic ticket gate and a contactless ticket that are kept safe.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention reads out ticket gate data recorded on a magnetic ticket inserted into an insertion slot provided in a main body. The automatic ticket gate performs arithmetic processing on the ticket gate data to perform entry and exit processing, and also performs arithmetic processing on ticket exit data for a contactless ticket approaching the communication area provided in the main body to perform entry and exit processing. In the machine, an auxiliary communication area is provided near the insertion port, and when data is exchanged between the main body and the non-contact ticket through the auxiliary communication area, the shutter of the insertion port is opened. Providing a shutter control means for closing and inserting the contactless ticket
It is characterized in that insertion into the entrance can be prohibited . Further, a detecting means for detecting the notch provided in the non-contact ticket by detecting the insertion of the non-contact ticket into the insertion slot is provided, and the detecting means is adapted to detect the insertion of the non-contact ticket. When a contact ticket is detected, a prohibiting means for prohibiting the non-contact ticket from being taken into the main body is provided. Further, when the non-contact ticket is inserted into the insertion slot, it is a non-contact ticket having a cutout indicating that it is a non-contact ticket detected by a sensor provided in the insertion slot, I have.

[0007]

In the above arrangement, when data is exchanged between the auxiliary communication area and the non-contact ticket, the shutter control means closes the shutter of the insertion slot to prevent the non-contact ticket from being inserted into the insertion slot. I do.

When the sensor detects a non-contact ticket,
The prohibiting means, for example, stops the take-in transport mechanism to prevent the non-contact ticket from being taken into the main body.

Further, the cut provided on the contactless ticket is
When the contactless ticket is inserted into the insertion slot, it is detected by the sensor, and it is determined that the inserted object is a contactless ticket.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment, and a transport mechanism 3 driven by a motor M is disposed between an insertion port 1 and a discharge port 2 of a main body a. . The transport mechanism 3 includes a well-known aligned transport path 4 and a main transport path 5, and the aligned transport path 4 has a function of aligning the magnetic ticket C ₁ inserted from the insertion slot 1. Further, the main transport path 5 includes a magnetic ticket C _{1 in the} transport path.
The magnetic head H ₁ for reading the magnetic data recorded, and processing the magnetic data read by the magnetic head controller b built around a microcomputer, for writing the operation result a magnetic head H _2, data writing and a magnetic head H ₃ for verification for reading whether normally performed. Also,
The insertion opening 1 is provided with a shutter 1 'which is opened and closed by a solenoid (not shown).

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes a door which is provided on a side surface of the main body a and which is opened and closed so as to permit or prevent passage through the ticket gate passage based on the calculation result of the controller b. Although not shown, a punching unit for punching the magnetic ticket C ₁ taken into the main body a is provided in the main body a.
The mechanism for recovering the magnetic ticket C ₁ in the body a are provided, have been omitted to simplify the drawings.

A communication area 7 for exchanging data by wireless communication with a non-contact ticket C ₂ possessed by the user is provided on the upper side of the main body a on the entrance side of the user.
An antenna connected to a communication control unit described later faces this communication area 7. Further, in the vicinity of the insertion slot 1,
An auxiliary communication area 7 'is provided, and an antenna connected to an auxiliary communication control unit described later faces the same as the communication area 7.

S is a human detector for detecting a user's entry into, exit from, or passage from a ticket gate passage formed between an adjacent main body (not shown). , Attached to the side of the body a and the arm 8. A speaker 9 for broadcasting predetermined guidance to a user is attached to a side surface of the main body a.

FIG. 2 is an electrical configuration diagram of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment. First, from the side of the main body a, the central processing unit (CPU) 10 of the controller b performs arithmetic control processing using program data stored in the ROM 11 and working data stored in the RAM 12. The CPU 10 includes a magnetic head control unit h that controls the magnetic heads H _{1 to} H ₃ via the I / O unit 13.
1, a door driver 14 for driving the door 6, a shutter driver 15 for controlling the opening and closing of the shutter 1 ', and a display provided on the rear of the upper surface of the main body a (the upper surface on the user's advance side). (Not shown) 17, a display driver 18 for displaying a message to the user, a sensor (not shown in FIG. 1) for detecting the inserted state of the magnetic ticket C1, and a human detector s
, And a voice driver 20 for driving the speaker 9.
And a communication control unit 21 and an auxiliary communication control unit 21 'for transmitting and receiving data to and from the contactless ticket C2. It should be noted that the motor M and the sensor driver 1 surrounded by a chain line
The non-contact ticket sensor 9 (not shown in FIG. 1) shows components corresponding to claims 2 and 3 of the present invention.

The communication control unit 21 transmits data such as a station name and a date on the same day to the contactless ticket C2 from the main body a via the antenna 22, based on the control from the controller b, similarly to a known contactless automatic ticket gate. And a function of receiving a radio wave transmitted from the contactless ticket C2. In addition, the auxiliary communication control unit 21 'transmits data of entry / invalidation to the contactless ticket C2 from the main body a via the antenna 22' based on the control from the controller b,
2 has a function of receiving a radio wave transmitted from the communication device 2. The communication method between the main body a and the contactless ticket C2 is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, but may be an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like.

Next, explaining the electrical configuration of the contactless tickets C _2. The contactless tickets C ₂ is normal IC having a communication function
Like the card, the antenna 30, a communication control unit 31 having the same function as the communication control unit 21 of the main unit a, an I / O unit 32, a CPU 33, a memory 34 including a ROM and a RAM, a power supply 35 have. The power supply 25 itself and not in the interior of the contactless tickets C _2, may be a power supply receiving power wave supplied from the main body a.

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that you are trying to automatic ticket gate for admission or participation user is in possession of the magnetic ticket C _1. When the magnetic ticket C ₁ is inserted into the insertion slot 1, the magnetic ticket C ₁ is
In the course of being conveyed, data recorded on the magnetic ticket C ₁ by the magnetic head H ₁ is read (step 100 affirmative, step 102. Hereinafter, the steps and S.). Then, the the CPU10 on the basis of the read is data performs arithmetic processing for the ticket gate, performs predetermined ticket gate processing performed opening and closing operation of the door 6 on the basis of the calculation result, the ticket gate data to the magnetic ticket C ₁ Writing is performed (S
104, S106, S108, S110).

[0018] In case where the user carrying the contactless tickets C _2, when the non-contact tickets C ₂ was used successfully (S1
00 negative, S112: No), i.e., a non-contact tickets C ₂ reaches within the communication area of the communication area 7 of the body a (S114: Yes), the received data request command from the main body a is a non-contact tickets C ₂ Is done. Then, in the non-contact ticket C ₂ , the command from the main body a is decoded by the CPU 33, and the ticket gate data stored in the memory 34 is transmitted. When exiting ticket gate data of the non-contact tickets C ₂ is received in the main body a, the body a is similar to the ticket gate data out of the magnetic ticket based on the data,
Calculation processing, ticket inspection processing, and data writing processing are performed (S11).
6, S104, S106, S108 negative, S118).

When the non-contact ticket C ₂ is erroneously inserted one by one, the non-contact ticket C ₂ approaches the insertion slot 1. When this approach is for example about 10 cm, communication is started between the contactless tickets C ₂ and the auxiliary communication area 7 '(S112 Yes, S120).

That is, the content of the above communication is a contactless ticket C
When ₂ reaches the range of the communication area of the auxiliary communication area 7 ', the data request command from the main body a is received in the contactless tickets C _2, contactless tickets C ₂ transmits the ticket gate data to the main body a.

The body a, when receiving the ticket gate data via the auxiliary communication area 7 'from the contactless tickets C _2, it is determined that the contactless tickets C ₂ are being inserted into the insertion opening 1, the shutter The driver 15 is driven to close the shutter 1 'to prohibit insertion into the insertion slot (S122), and the display driver 18 and the audio driver 20 are driven to display the display 17.
Then, guidance is given via the speaker 9 and "to bring the non-contact ticket closer to the communication area".

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, the auxiliary communication area 7 'is provided near the insertion slot 1, and the main body a and the non-contact ticket C ₂ are provided through the auxiliary communication area 7'. when communication is performed between the, since to close the shutter 1 ', accidentally contactless tickets C ₂ is avoided inconvenience that is taken into the body a.

The components enclosed by the dashed line in FIG. 4 and FIG. 1, relates to an automatic ticket gate machine according to another embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact tickets C ₂ is inserted incorrectly into the insertion slot 1 Is detected.

That is, sensors P ₁ and P ₂ composed of a pair of photoelectric elements are provided in the insertion slot 2 in parallel with the width direction of the entrance and at a predetermined interval, and both ends of the contactless ticket C ₂ are provided. Are provided with notches C ₂ ′, C ₂ ′ at an interval equal to the interval between the sensors P ₁ , P ₂ .

Therefore, when the non-contact ticket C ₂ is erroneously inserted into the insertion slot 1, the combination is such that _one of the sensors P ₁ and P ₂ is ON and the other is OFF. In the case of such detection outputs of the sensors P ₁ and P ₂ , the motor M is stopped, and the transport mechanism 3 is stopped. Thus, incorporation of the non-contact tickets C ₂ body a is inhibited.

When a magnetic commuter pass having the same size as the non-contact coupon C ₂ is inserted into the insertion slot 1, there is no notch C _{2 in the} magnetic commuter pass, so that both sensors P ₁ and P ₂ are connected. OF
F, and the distinction between non-contact tickets C ₂ is attached.

As described above, the automatic ticket gate and the non-contact ticket C ₂ according to the present embodiment have a pair of sensors P ₁ and P
Simply adding _2, it is possible to distinguish between non-contact tickets C ₂ and the magnetic ticket by detecting the notch C ₂ 'of the non-contact tickets C _2, the incorporation of the non-contact tickets C ₂ body a effectively Can be prevented.

[0028]

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, an auxiliary communication area is provided near the insertion slot, and when data is exchanged between the main body and the contactless ticket via the auxiliary communication area. Provided with shutter control means for closing the shutter of the insertion slot to insert the non-contact ticket into the insertion slot.
Can be prohibited , the inconvenience of taking the non-contact ticket into the main body is prevented. In addition, it is provided in the contactless ticket that the contactless ticket has been inserted into the insertion slot.
The same applies when the detecting means for detecting and detecting the notch portion is provided, and when the detecting means detects the non-contact ticket, the prohibiting means for prohibiting the incorporation of the non-contact ticket into the main body is provided. Non-contact tickets are not taken into the body.
Furthermore, since the non-contact ticket has a cutout indicating that the non-contact ticket is detected by a sensor provided in the insertion slot when the non-contact ticket is inserted into the insertion slot, the magnetic ticket and Can be easily distinguished.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the automatic ticket gate and the contactless ticket according to the first embodiment. In the drawings, the portion surrounded by the dashed line indicates the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a contactless ticket and an insertion slot used in an automatic ticket gate according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 insertion opening 1 'shutter 3 transport mechanism 7 communication area 7'-out auxiliary communication area a automatic ticket gate machine body (main body) b controller C ₁ magnetic tickets C ₂ contactless tickets C ₂ 'notch H ₁ to H ₃ magnetic head M motor

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A system for reading out ticket gate data recorded on a magnetic ticket inserted into an insertion slot provided in a main body of an automatic ticket gate machine, performing arithmetic processing on the ticket gate data, performing entry and exit processing, In an automatic ticket gate that calculates and enters and exits ticket gate data of a contactless ticket approaching a communication area provided in the automatic ticket gate body, an auxiliary communication area is provided near the insertion slot. ,
When the transfer of data is performed between that auxiliary communication the automatic ticket gate machine body via the area the contactless tickets provided shutter control means for closing the shutter of the insertion opening
The contactless ticket can be prohibited from being inserted into the slot
Automatic ticket gate, characterized in that it was. 2. The system reads out ticket gate data recorded on a magnetic ticket inserted into an insertion slot provided in an automatic ticket gate body, performs arithmetic processing on the ticket gate data, and performs entrance and exit processing. In the automatic ticket gate that performs arithmetic processing on entry / exit data of a non-contact ticket approaching a communication area provided in the automatic ticket gate body and performs entry / exit processing, the non-contact ticket is inserted into the insertion slot. That that non-contact
A detector is provided for detecting and detecting the notch provided in the contact note, and when the detector detects the contactless ticket, the contactless ticket is taken into the automatic ticket gate body. An automatic ticket gate equipped with prohibition means for prohibition. 3. A non-contact ticket used in the automatic ticket gate according to claim 2, wherein the non-contact ticket is detected by a sensor provided in the insertion slot when the non-contact ticket is inserted into the insertion slot. Contactless ticket
A contactless ticket used in an automatic ticket gate, which has a notch indicating that the ticket is valid.