JP3396164B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate,
In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus that can easily reinsert a ticket. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate has a ticket (normal ticket, commuter pass, coupon, SF card) inserted at an entrance of a main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as "body"). (Including various types of tickets), the data recorded on the ticket is read. As a result of the entry / exit calculation processing based on the read data, if entry / exit can be permitted, the door is opened (if the main body is normally open), the passage through the ticket gate passage is permitted. Then, as a result of the arithmetic processing, when entry / exit is not permitted, the door is closed, and the inserted ticket is discharged to the exit and returned. The main body is provided with a human detector for detecting a user in a ticket gate passage, and is configured to control opening and closing of a shutter provided at an insertion port according to a traveling user position. The door is closed when it is detected that a billless person has entered the central position of the ticket gate passage. Further, the shutter and the door are configured to be closed at the same time when the inserted ticket is determined to be an invalid ticket that cannot pass through the ticket gate passage. [0005] However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, the shutter will not be opened unless the bidder or the user who inserts the invalid ticket completely exits the ticket gate passage. In some cases, it was inconvenient to insert a ticket. In particular, when the ticket gate is congested, the next customer is located at the entrance of the ticket gate, so that no ticket holders or users who enter invalid tickets can easily exit the ticket gate passage, so the timing to open the shutter is There was a risk of delays and congestion at ticket gates. Further, when a person without bills or a user who puts an invalid ticket leaves from the ticket gate, if he leaves with large luggage such as a trunk placed in the ticket gate, the baggage is detected by the human detector. In some cases, the shutter was not opened. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to completely remove a ticketless person holding a valid ticket or a user who inserts a invalid ticket from a ticket gate passage. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate capable of re-entering a ticket without leaving. [0008] In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention enters and exits based on data recorded in a ticket inserted into an entrance of a main body. When it is determined that the ticket is a valid ticket that allows entry and exit, as a result of the computation process, the door is opened to permit passage through the ticket gate passage, and the ticket is determined to be an invalid ticket that does not permit entry and exit. In the automatic ticket gate that closes the door and disallows the passage of the ticket gate and returns the invalidated ticket to the exit of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, it detects the user in the ticket gate. and human detection means for the shutter for opening and closing the inlet of the body, the invalid ticket and close the shutter of the prior SL door and said inlet when it is determined Ji, also no bidders inlet of the ticket gate passage Almost halfway between sides and center Sha of the inlet when that entry was has been detected
The user who closes the door with the door open, closes the shutter when it is detected that the billless person has entered the center of the ticket gate, and receives the returned invalid ticket Or control means for opening the shutter when it is detected that the return operation of the billless person has reached almost the middle. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment as viewed from the ticket gate passage P side. The slot 1 is provided at an upper portion of the end face on the entrance side (right side in FIG. 1) of the ticket gate P of the main body a, and has a shutter 1a driven by a solenoid (not shown).
Is provided so that the inlet 1 is opened and closed. The outlet 2 is provided on the upper surface on the outlet side of the main body a, and is configured to discharge a ticket (not shown) to be returned to a user (not shown). Although not shown, a card handler (not shown) is provided in the main body a between the outlet 2 and the inlet 1 so that the ticket inserted into the inlet 1 can be transported to the outlet 2. . While the ticket is being conveyed by the card handler, data recorded on the ticket is read through a magnetic head (not shown) for reading, and the data is read out based on the read data. The controller is configured to perform an entry / exit calculation process. The new data (entrance / exit data) obtained by the arithmetic processing is configured to be written via a write magnetic head (not shown). In FIG. 1, D1 and D2 are doors for opening and closing the ticket gate P, of which the door D1 is provided on the exit side, and the door D2 is provided on the entrance side. The door D2 provided on the entrance side prevents passage of a user who has entered the ticket gate passage P in the opposite direction (passage in the direction opposite to the arrow in FIG. 1). Since the present invention is used for a user entering in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
The opening / closing control operation of the door D2 is omitted. In FIG. 1, S1 to S10 are photoelectric type human detectors, which are provided in order from the entrance side to the exit side at predetermined intervals. These human detectors S1 to S10
Of these, the human detectors S2, S4, S6, and S9 are
Is provided on a sensor mounting bar a 'protruding from the upper surface of the sensor. When a user is detected by a human detector provided on the sensor mounting bar a', the user is Is determined. Among these human detectors S1 to S10, the human detector S3 is provided substantially at the center between the entrance side and the center of the main body a. Hereinafter, this will be described as "intermediate sensor S3". The human detectors S3 to S7 located at the center of the ticket gate P are for adults (S4, S6) and children (S4).
5 and S7) are also provided two by two at predetermined intervals along the traveling direction of the ticket gate P. This is for detecting the traveling direction of the user according to the order in which the human detection (S4, S6, S5, S7) has performed the detection. In the present invention, since the traveling direction of the user in the central portion is not directly related, the human detector S4 among the human detectors S4 and S7 in the central portion will be described as "central sensor S4". As shown in FIG. 2, the controller C
The main unit a is configured so as to be able to control the main unit a in a centralized manner. That is,
The operation unit 1 is configured to be able to perform an entry / exit operation process using a system program and working data stored in the memory 2. The arithmetic unit 1 includes a read / write unit 3 having a read head for reading data recorded on a ticket inserted into the main body a and a write head for writing new data as a calculation result, and a door. A door drive unit 4 for opening and closing D1 is connected, a sensor amplifier 5 for inputting signals from human detectors S1 to S10, and a solenoid driver 6 for driving the solenoid of the shutter 1a. Hereinafter, the control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, a description will be given of a case where the user inserts a valid ticket (valid ticket) into the slot 1 (Yes at Step 100, Yes at Step 102. Hereinafter, the steps are referred to as “S”). The door D1 is opened and the passage of the ticket gate P is permitted (S104). [0019] When ticket that is charged in the inlet 1 is invalid ticket (S102 negative), the door D1 is closed, inlet 1 is closed by the shutter 1a, also, the thrown-in ticket discharge It is discharged to the outlet 2 (S106).
Accordingly, the user is prevented from passing through the ticket gate P, and the entry of the next user's ticket is prohibited, so that the correspondence between the user and the ticket can be accurately taken. The intermediate sensor S detects that the user of the invalid ticket has pulled out the invalid ticket from the outlet 2 and has exited the ticket gate passage P.
If the detection is made in step 3 (Yes in S130, Yes in S132), the shutter 1a is opened (S134). Therefore, the user can re-insert the valid ticket without completely exiting the ticket gate P. When the inserted ticket is determined to be an invalid ticket, it is often the case that the user has a plurality of tickets and has inserted another ticket. Being able to re-insert the ticket
User convenience can be improved. Now, if a billless person enters the ticket gate passage P and the entry is detected by the intermediate sensor S3 (No at S100,
(S120: Yes, S122: Yes), and the door D1 is closed (S124). Therefore, the user (no-ticker) can know at an early stage that the user has entered the ticket gate passage P without inserting a ticket into the slot 1. Further, at this stage, since the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is open, the user can insert the ticket into the slot 1 at this stage without completely exiting the ticket gate passage P. it can. When the ticketless person further advances in the ticket gate P and is detected by the central sensor S4 (S126: Yes), the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is closed (S12).
0). However, when the return of the user (no billed person) is detected by the intermediate sensor S3, the shutter 1a is opened in the same manner as the return of the invalid ticket holder (S130: Yes, S132).
Yes, S134). If the untied person has a ticket, the ticket can be inserted without completely leaving the ticket gate P. In the above example, the human detectors S1 to S1
Although 10 is a photoelectric type, a well-known human detector such as an ultrasonic type provided at a position away from the main body a may be used. Further, in the above example, a case where one user enters and exits with one ticket is shown, but a case where one user enters and exits with a plurality of tickets may be used. In this case, when the user does not insert all the tickets, it is determined that there is no bill. The automatic ticket gate machine according to the present invention includes a human detecting unit for detecting a user in a ticket gate passage, a shutter for opening and closing the inlet of the body, de when it is determined to be invalid ticket <br/> close the shutter of a and the inlet, also a shutter of the inlet when it no bidder has entered to approximately midway between the inlet side and the center of the ticket gate passage is detected at the open While closing the door, and closing the shutter when it is detected that the billless person has entered the center of the ticket gate, and further returning the invalidated ticket, or
Control means for opening the shutter when it is detected that the return operation of the bidless person has almost reached the middle, so that the user of the billless person or the user who inserts the invalid ticket can completely remove the ticket from the ticket gate passage. The feature is that you can re-enter your ticket without leaving.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from a ticket gate passage side. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a controller. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation. [Description of Signs] 1 slot 1a shutter 2 outlet 3 read / write unit 4 door drive unit 5 sensor amplifier 6 solenoid driver S1 to S10 human detector (S3 intermediate sensor) (S4 center sensor) D1, D2 door P ticket gate passage C Controller a Main body of the automatic ticket gate (body)

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] An entry / exit operation process is performed based on data recorded on a ticket inserted into an entrance of an automatic ticket gate, and a result of the operation process If it is determined that the ticket is a valid ticket that allows entry and exit, the door is opened to permit passage through the ticket gate passage, and if it is determined that the ticket is an invalid ticket that does not permit entry and exit, the door is closed and passage through that ticket passage is permitted. In an automatic ticket gate that rejects and returns the invalidated ticket to the outlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, a human detecting means for detecting a user in the ticket gate passage, about halfway and the shutter for opening and closing the inlet of the body, to close the shutter of the prior SL door and said inlet when it is determined that the invalid tickets, also, no bidder has an inlet side and the center of the wicket passage when it is detected that has entered to The shutter of the inlet is closed the door while in the open, the non-bidders closes the shutter when it was entered to the center has been detected of the ticket gate passage, further, subjected to the return of the invalid tickets Control means for opening the shutter when it is detected that the return operation of the user or the untied person has reached almost the middle thereof.