JP3432619B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

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Description: 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 dedicated to each company installed at a transit station and a passenger gate installed at a connecting ticket gate. The present invention relates to a 1-latch type automatic ticket gate for connection. 2. Description of the Related Art Recently, automatic ticket gates have become widespread, and as shown in FIG. _1, in addition to a _2, contact turnstiles to 1 latching automatic ticket gate machine body (hereinafter, an automatic ticket gate machine body that body) has come to a is installed. In order for the automatic ticket gate to be effectively performed by the main body a, the automatic ticket gate is performed if a single ticket satisfies the transfer condition, such as a contact ticket, and a two-set ticket is used. In the case of a ticket, for example, a transfer from a company A line to a company B line, a ticket (alighting ticket) that can be disembarked on the company A line at Kou Station and a ticket that can be boarded on the company B line (forward) Ticket) and an automatic ticket gate is formed. [0004] Therefore, even if the user (passenger) has a valid disembarkation ticket (including a commuter pass) or a settlement ticket on the company A line, but does not have an advance ticket on the company B line, the user Cannot use the automatic ticket gate in the main body a. This means that B
The same applies when connecting from the company line to the company A line. [0005] In the above-mentioned conventional one-latch type automatic ticket gate, when a two-way ticket including a contact ticket or a get-off ticket and a forward ticket is inserted, the automatic ticket gate is automatically turned on. Since the ticket gate is performed, for example, a user who does not have a two-way ticket including a contact ticket or a disembarkation ticket and an advance ticket is referred to in FIG.
It is impossible for the user indicated by the solid-line arrow or the chain-line arrow to act at the instep station, which complicates the user. By the way, when the main bodies a ₁ and a _{2 of the two} companies are close to each other, it is not so inconvenient for the user. However, unless the main bodies a ₁ and a _{2 of the two} companies have a building or the like in the middle and go round. If this is not the case, it will be very inconvenient for the user. [0007] In order to solve such inconvenience, for example, a user who has a disembarkation ticket for the company A line can purchase an entrance ticket for the company B line and take the action of the chain line arrow. In addition, a user who has a drop-off ticket for the Company B line that does not have an advance ticket for the Company A line can purchase an entrance ticket for the Company A line and take the action indicated by the solid arrow. . [0008] However, it is not preferable that the user purchases an admission ticket because it imposes an economic burden and extra time on the user. 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 improves the convenience of a user at a transit station. . [0010] An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.
To achieve the above objective,
Has a ticket gate that moves to the other company line side
Contact the automatic ticket gate that is provided, respectively it in the wicket of each company line
And the main unit is connected to the other company line from the one company line side.
A pass service ticket that allows the line to pass is inserted,
One, the passing service ticket is provided at the said ticket gate
When the ticket is used within a specified time after being used by
Characterized by having ticket gate control means for permitting
You. In the above construction, the ticket gate control means includes:
A traffic permitting the passage from one company line to the other company line
Over-service ticket is inserted and the passing service ticket is
After being used by the body provided in the contact gate
Allows ticket gates within a predetermined time. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. In addition, the main bodies a ₁ and a ₂ are also used for pools P ₁ and P
Since it has the same configuration except that it does not have ₂ , the following mainly describes the main body a. An insertion slot 1 of the main body a provided at the ticket gate
A transport mechanism 3 driven by a motor M is disposed between the discharge port 2 and the discharge port 2. The transport mechanism 3 includes an alignment transport path 4, a main transport path 5, and a discharge transport path 6, of which the alignment transport path 4 is a ticket inserted from the insertion slot 1 (in the illustrated example, Pass-through service tickets (hereinafter referred to as service tickets) and getting off tickets (hereinafter referred to as tickets,
The main transport path 5 has a function of arranging
As the magnetic head H ₁ for reading the magnetic data recorded in the ticket during transport path, and processing the magnetic data read by the magnetic head by control unit C comprised mainly of a microcomputer, the a calculation result magnetic head of H ₂ for writing, data writing and a magnetic head H ₃ for verification for reading whether successful. The magnetic heads H ₁ ′ to H ₃ ′ are designed to cope with a situation where a ticket is inserted with its back side (the side on which no print is made) upward, and the above-described magnetic heads H _{1 to} H 3 ′ ₃ respectively. Behind the magnetic head H ₃ ′ on the main transport path 5, a pair of pools P driven by a solenoid (not shown) is provided.
1 and P2 are provided so that a ticket conveyed on the main conveyance path 5 can be temporarily held. The discharge conveyance path 6 functions to discharge a ticket, a communication ticket or a commuter pass (not shown) to the discharge port 2. The wing W is transported to the main transport path 5 and the discharge transport path 6.
When a ticket inserted into the insertion slot 1 is collected, the ticket is prevented from being transported from the main transport path 5 to the discharge transport path 6, and It is guided to a collection path 5 ′ formed as a part, and can be collected in the collection box 7.
It is configured to be driven by a solenoid (not shown). In FIG. 1, reference numeral D denotes a door provided on a side surface of the main body a and opened and closed so as to allow or prevent a user from passing through a ticket gate passage based on a calculation result of the controller C. . S, S... Are sensors provided on the side surface of the main body G, and are configured to detect the position of the user. Reference numeral 8 denotes a speaker, which is configured to be able to broadcast guidance to the user. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (A) performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 10 and working data stored in the RAM 11. CPU) 12
have. The CPU 12 includes a read / write (R / W) driver 14 for driving and controlling each of the magnetic heads H _{1 to} H ₃ and H ₁ ′ to H ₃ ′ via the I / O unit 13, and each pool P
1, a solenoid driver 15 for driving and controlling the solenoids P2, a wing driver 16 for driving and controlling the wing W, and a door driver 17 for driving and controlling the door D are connected. The I / O unit 13 has a sensor S
Are also connected, but are omitted here. FIG. 3 shows the service ticket issuing machines b ₁ , b ₁ , b ₂ , b ₃ , b ₂ , b ₃ , b ₂ , b ₃ , b ₂ , b ₃ , and b ₂ , respectively.
a front view of b _2, push button 21 of the front panel 20
When the is pressed, a ticket (service ticket) as shown in FIG. 4 is issued from the ticket issuing port 22. The ticket has a guide as shown in FIG. 4 printed on the front side in advance, and a magnetic data recording section is provided on the back side. The service ticket issuing machines b ₁ , b
₂ is a transit settlement machine on each of the Company A line and the Company B side (for example, when connecting from Company A line to Company B line, a user who satisfies the exit condition of Company A line A transit ticket can be purchased, or a user who does not meet the conditions for getting off the company A line performs payment processing that satisfies the conditions for getting off the company A line, and further purchases a connecting ticket for the company B line In this case, the transfer account adjusting machine can be omitted because it has the above-mentioned service ticket issuing function. Next, the control operation of the main body a according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. now,
At the instep station shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the user gets off the company A line and moves to the company B side to participate. Then, the user is assumed to have obtained a ticket from the service ticket issuing machine b _1. The main body a is configured to be able to process a transit ticket similarly to a well-known one-latch type automatic ticket gate.
That is, a transit ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 1, and when the transit ticket is valid, the door D is opened (when the main body a is normally open type), the passage of the user is permitted. (Yes at Step 100, Yes at Step 102, Step 104. Hereinafter, the step is referred to as S.) Of course, when the transfer ticket is an invalid ticket, the door D is closed and the ticket gate is rejected, though not shown in FIG. [0026] Now, this time of a user, in an attempt to compete from the body of a ₂ B Shasen dedicated, so that the possession of a drop-off conditions are met tickets of Ken and A Shasen, one of the ticket is the insertion port 1 Is inserted into. Within a predetermined time, for example, within 10 seconds, 2
When the bills are successively inserted into the insertion slot 1 (S10
(6 affirmative, S108 negative), the ticket is collected in the collection box 7 in the main body a, and the ticket is discharged to the outlet 2 and returned to the user (S110, S112, S114). If only a ticket (disembarkation ticket) is inserted, a
Since it is not possible to enter the company line side, the door D is naturally closed (No in S106, Yes in S108, S11).
6). The operation of the ticket in the main body a will be further described. When a ticket (disembarkation ticket) is inserted into the insertion slot 1 first, data recorded by the magnetic head H ₁ (or H ₁ ′) is deleted. The read data is provided to the arithmetic processing of the CPU 12.
The entry data that is the result of the calculation is the magnetic head H
₂ (or H ₂ ′), and the correctness of the content is read and checked by the magnetic head H ₃ (or H ₃ ′), held in the pool P ₂ and a ticket (service ticket) Wait for insertion. When a ticket is inserted, data indicating that the ticket is a service ticket recorded on the ticket is read by the magnetic head H ₁ (or H ₁ ′), and then the magnetic head H ₂ (or H ₂ ′) is read. Entry data and entry time data from the main body a are recorded through the magnetic head H.
₃ (or H ₃ ′) and then held in pool P ₁ . [0030] Then, ticket held in the pool P ₂ is collected in the collection box 7 through the wing W and the recovering and conveying path 5 ', followed by ticket held in the pool P ₁ is
It is discharged to the discharge port 2 via the wing W and the discharge conveyance path 6 and returned to the user. Although the above-described example shows an example in which a ticket is inserted first into the insertion slot 1 later, the same applies when a ticket is inserted first after a ticket. Further, the main body a may be of a known type in which a plurality of tickets can be inserted at a time. In this case, the inconvenience of having to insert a ticket and a ticket within a predetermined time is eliminated. Next, a control operation in which a user who has received a service ticket (ticket) from the main unit a participates from the main unit a2 of the company B line will be described. The main body a ₂ is, like a well-known automatic ticket gate,
When a ticket that satisfies the getting-off condition of Company B line is inserted (Yes at S200, Yes at S204), the ticket is collected in the main body (returned when the ticket is a commuter pass or a prepaid card), and door D Is opened and participation is permitted (S206, S208). [0035] By the way, when the ticket that has been returned from the body a to the insertion port 1 body a ₂ (service ticket) is inserted (S2
10 Affirmative), it is checked when the time when the ticket was used in the main body a, that is, whether the user holding the ticket has not stayed on the company B line for a predetermined time or more.
Then, if the time that the stay predetermined time (e.g. within 5 minutes) (S212: Yes), the ticket, along with is collected in the collection box 7 of the main body a _2, allowed played is the door D is opened Is performed (S206, S208). Incidentally, the ticket to be recovered, played data is written by the magnetic head H _2. The ticket that predetermined time has elapsed since the return from the main body a is, when it is inserted into the insertion opening 1 body a ₂ thought to have illegally boarding in (S212: No), the B Shasen Therefore, in this case, the door D is closed and abnormal processing is performed (S214). As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment can automatically raise a ticket by using a service ticket (ticket), thereby improving the convenience of the user. In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which a user having a drop-off ticket for Company A line passes through the 1-latch type main body a and enters from the body a _{2 for} Company B line. user in possession of getting off tickets B Shasen can also be played in the same manner from the body a ₁ of a Shasen. That is, a user who has a drop-off ticket for the company B line receives a service ticket from the service ticket issuing machine b ₂ installed on the company line B, and uses the service ticket to similar to the above can be played from the body a _1. The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has one
That allows one company line to pass to the other company line
The service ticket is inserted and the passing service ticket is
At a predetermined time after being used by the main body provided at the ticket gate
Have ticket gate control means to allow ticket gates when it is within
So, a book with a pass service ticket at the ticket gate
Within a predetermined time after being used on the body, that is,
When the pass-through service ticket is used normally, the user
You can enter with an over-service ticket to improve the convenience of users.
Can be up. On the other hand, the pass service ticket
Prescribed after being used by the body provided at the ticket gate
When the time is over, that is, the passing service ticket is
In case of unauthorized use, participation can be refused
You.

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 front view of the service ticket issuing machine. FIG. 4 is a front view of a service ticket. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a transit station. Body of the Reference Numerals] a 1-latching automatic ticket gate (body) a _1, a ₂ of the automatic ticket gate machine body (main body) b _1, b ₂ service ticket issuing machine C controller (ticket gate control means) P _1, P ₂ pool (holding means) 1 insertion port 2 outlet 3 transport mechanism 7 collection box W wing

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Transfer from one company line to the other company line
Ticket gates for each company line when there is a moving ticket gate
In each of the automatic ticket gates provided in the, at the main body of the automatic ticket gate, from the one company line side,
Passage service ticket permitting passage to the other company line is inserted
And the passing service ticket is set at the contact
At the specified time after being used by the automatic ticket gate body
Have ticket gate control means to allow ticket gates when it is within
An automatic ticket gate characterized by the following.