JP4265759B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly, to an automatic ticket gate for entering a transit station.

  In areas with a well-developed transportation network, such as metropolitan areas, if you participate in one line of your own line and transfer on another line of your own line, or you participate in your own line, There is a case of connecting to the line. When such a transit ride is performed, the automatic ticket gates at the transit station have two automatic ticket gates, one for entering from one route and the other for entering the other route. It consists of a ticket gate and is formed into a so-called 2 (two) latch that rides through these automatic ticket gates.

In the above-mentioned automatic ticket gate for two-latch entry, when a valid ticket that can be boarded before the two-latch station is inserted at the entrance of the automatic ticket gate body, Predetermined entry data is recorded on the ticket, discharged to the exit, and returned to the user (passenger). Therefore, the user can take out the returned ticket from the exit, and enter the other entrance by entering the entrance of the automatic ticket gate for entering the other route (Patent Document). 1).
JP 11-259703 A

  However, in the conventional two-latch entry automatic ticket gate described above, an effective ticket that allows the ticket entered at the entrance of the main body of the automatic ticket gate to be boarded before the transit station of the two-latch station. In this case, it is discharged to the exit of the automatic ticket gate main body and the next passenger's ticket can be inserted. May cause a so-called “ticket misplacement”.

  Further explanation will be made based on the route map of FIG. 4. This route map is formed so that the same company line A and the B line can be connected at station C. That is, the C station is configured as a two-latch station. In the route map of FIG. 4, a user who enters from A station using a ticket i (120 yen ticket) can get on to B station in front of station C, and a ticket from station A (150 yen) Passengers who enter using the ticket (V) can ride to the D station across the C station, and users who enter from the A station using the ticket C (190-yen ticket) cross the D station to the E station. Indicates that you can get on.

  When a user who has the above-mentioned ticket B inserts the ticket B into the entrance of the main body G of the automatic ticket gate for entry at the C station, the user enters the C ticket at the C station. Even if you get off at 乙 and do not transfer to the Oto Line, it will be returned to the exit of the automatic ticket gate. At this time, if there is a user who holds the ticket C as the next passenger of the user of the ticket ticket B, the passenger's ticket ticket B is a valid ticket, so the entrance shutter is opened, Tickets are thrown in. In this case, if the user who is the previous passenger leaves without removing the ticket from the exit, the user who owns the next passenger, ticket C, will take the passenger's ticket from the exit. There is a case where it is extracted and inserted into the entrance of the main body G ′ of the automatic ticket gate for entrance of the Otosha Line. And the user who entered may notice the mistake of a ticket only when the participation is refused when participating from E station.

  In order to prevent such a mistake in the ticket, when the ticket is inserted into the slot of the automatic ticket gate G, the shutter of the slot is closed and the processing of the ticket is terminated. It is also conceivable that the shutter is not opened until such time. That is, when a ticket is inserted into the slot, the shutter of the slot is closed so that the next passenger's ticket cannot be inserted, and when the ticket is removed from the slot, or at the exit. It is also conceivable to open the shutter of the slot for the first time when the discharged ticket B is collected in the main body G of the automatic ticket gate because the discharged ticket B is not extracted for a predetermined time. However, such a uniform closing control of the shutter of the entrance slot causes a new problem that the ticket gate capability is greatly reduced particularly during rush hours, and the congestion of the ticket gate is promoted.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is in the case of a ticket that can be boarded over two latch stations (in the case of the above-mentioned ticket B or C), To provide an automatic ticket gate that controls the ticket usage time and environmental conditions of the 2-latch station to prevent the ticket from being mixed while preventing the ticket processing capacity from deteriorating. It is in.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is for an entry at a two-latch station where entry from one route and entry into another route can be made. The first ticket that can be disembarked at the two-latch station and can be boarded before the two-latch station at the same fare is inserted into the entrance of the main body of the automatic ticket gate. Until the first ticket is withdrawn from the exit of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, or the user of the first ticket enters from the ticket gate and the first ticket is Until the ticket was collected in the automatic ticket gate, the entrance shutter was closed, and a second ticket that could board a higher fare station than the 2 latch station was inserted before the 2 latch station. sometimes, a first control mode without the shutter of the inlet is closed The inlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the when the first ticket or the second ticket is turned on, the first ticket or the second ticket that its the automatic ticket gate Until it is removed from the exit of the main body, or the user of the first ticket or the second ticket enters the ticket gate, and the first ticket or the second ticket is the automatic ticket gate A second control mode in which the shutter of the slot is closed until it is collected in the main body of the vehicle, and the first ticket or the second ticket is inserted into the inlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate When selected, one of a third control mode in which the shutter of the inlet is not closed, the first control mode, the second control mode, and the third control mode is selected. And a selection setting means for setting.
Automatic ticket gate according to claim 2 of the present invention, the selection setting means, band use time, as characterized by use day, and selects by the use conditions such as week or two latches station, environmental conditions Yes.
Automatic ticket gate of claim 3 of the present invention, the setting of the selection setting means is characterized in that which is performed through the host device monitoring panel or the like.
Automatic ticket gate according to claim 4 of the present invention, the setting of the selection setting means is characterized in that it is being performed via the attendant processing unit provided in the main body of the automatic ticket gate.

The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 of the present invention is a first boarding that can get off at the entrance of the main body of the automatic ticket gate at the 2 latch station and can ride beyond the 2 latch station at the same fare. When the ticket is inserted, the first ticket is withdrawn from the exit of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, or the user of the first ticket enters the ticket gate and the first ticket Until the ticket is collected in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the shutter at the entrance is closed, and the second ticket that can be boarded to the station with higher fare than the 2 latch station before the 2 latch station. when There is turned on, the first control mode without the shutter of the inlet is closed, the inlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the first ticket or the second ticket is turned Sometimes the first ticket or the second ticket is the automatic ticket gate Until the first ticket or the second ticket is taken out from the exit of the main body, or the user of the second ticket enters the ticket gate and the first ticket or the second ticket is the automatic ticket gate A second control mode in which the shutter of the slot is closed until it is collected in the main body of the machine, and the first ticket or the second ticket is placed in the inlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate. Select one of a third control mode that does not close the shutter of the insertion port when it is turned on, the first control mode, the second control mode, and the third control mode. Therefore, it is possible to freely select various control modes to prevent the ticket from being mixed and to prevent the ticket gate processing capacity from being lowered.
In the automatic ticket gate according to claim 2 of the present invention, the selection setting means selects according to usage conditions such as usage hours, usage days, days of the week, or environmental conditions of 2 latch stations, etc. Difficult conditions can be selected as appropriate.
In the automatic ticket gate according to claim 3 of the present invention, since the setting of the selection setting means is performed via a host device such as a monitoring panel, various control modes can be easily set remotely from the host device. .
In the automatic ticket gate according to claim 4 of the present invention, since the setting of the selection setting means is performed via an attendant processing unit provided in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, various control modes are provided in the main body of the automatic ticket gate. Can be set directly.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate used for entering a 2-latch station (C station in FIG. 4) as shown in FIG. The machine main body is referred to as “the machine main body.”) A slot 1 is provided at the upper part of the entrance side of the ticket gate P of the G casing G1 to insert a boarding ticket made of a magnetic ticket (not shown). On the upper surface on the exit side, an exit 2 is provided for returning the inserted ticket to the user. The insertion port 1 is provided with a shutter 1a driven by a solenoid (not shown). Therefore, when the slot 1 is closed by the shutter 1a, the boarding ticket is prevented from being inserted.

  Between the inlet 1 and the outlet 2, there is provided a known transport path L formed by a pair of endless belts driven by a motor M. As indicated by the arrows, the transport path L is configured so that the boarding ticket can be transported from the insertion port 1 to the take-out port 2 in the forward direction.

  In the middle of the conveyance path L, from the slot 1 to the outlet 2, the ordering unit 3 that adjusts the posture of the ticket inserted from the slot 1 to a predetermined state and the data recorded on the ticket Read heads H1 and H1 '(the read head H1' is placed on the ticket entered with the back side up to the slot 1, that is, with the surface on which a predetermined content such as a boarding fee is printed down. This is for loading the back side to read the recorded data.Hereafter, "'" is attached to the back side loading head.), And a document for writing new data (entrance data) to the ticket Punch heads H2 and H2 ', verify heads H3 and H3' for checking the written contents, punch holes in the ticket if necessary, and print out the predetermined contents such as the name of the station Turn the punch print section 4 and a ticket that does not need to be returned And a wing W driven by a solenoid (not shown) for Atsumarisatsu the current label box 5 is provided via the conveying path L '. The collection conveyance path L ′ and the wing W are also used to collect a ticket that has been left without being pulled out.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes a display screen provided in the vicinity of the outlet 2, and is configured so that predetermined guidance can be given to the user together with a speaker (not shown). Reference numeral 7 denotes a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage P. Further, S, S..., S ′, S ′... Are human detectors that detect the user position in the ticket gate passage P. Among these, the human detectors S, S... Are composed of reflective sensors, and are sensor mounting boxes provided on the upper surface of the ticket gate main body G with a predetermined interval along the passing direction of the ticket gate passage P. It is provided in G2. The human detectors S, S... Are configured to detect the height of an adult user. The human detectors S ′, S ′... Are constituted by transmission type sensors and are provided on the side surface of the casing G1 of the ticket gate main body G with a predetermined interval along the passing direction of the ticket gate passage P. ing. The human detectors S ′, S ′,... Can detect all users passing through the ticket gate P, and are thus detected by the human detectors S ′, S ′,. When not detected, the user is determined to be a child (child). The human detectors S and S ′ can both be transmissive sensors or reflective sensors, and can be other types of sensors.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 denotes a controller that comprehensively controls the ticket gate main body G, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the controller 8. The central processing unit of the controller 8 (CPU) 10 is configured as arithmetic processing using the system program data and working data are stored in the memory 11 is performed. Then, the CPU 10 provides a read / write (R / W) driver 13 connected to each of the magnetic heads H1, H1 ′, H2, H2 ′, H3, and H3 ′ via the I / O unit 12 and a wing W. A wing driver 14 for driving, a display driver 15 for controlling the display screen 6, a door driver 16 for driving the door 7, and a human detection sensor to which signals of human detectors S, S..., S ′, S ′. The amplifier 17, the punch printing unit driver 18 for driving the punch printing unit 4, the shutter driver 19 for driving the shutter 1 a, and the ticket gate main body G are set to various control modes to be described later, or maintenance and inspection are performed. and attendant processor 20 is omitted in FIG. 1 for performing a communication control unit 21 for communicating with a host device such as a not shown monitor board and the public transportation equipment controller (station system) is It has been continued. The I / O unit 12 is connected to various drivers such as a drive driver for the motor M, but is omitted here.

  The control operation of the automatic ticket gate having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 3 and the route diagram in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the ticket gate main body G is installed for participation in the station C in FIG. In FIG. 4, the ticket “i” is a 120-yen ticket, and is a ticket that passes over at C station of 2 latch stations when boarding from A station. Therefore, it is necessary to pay for the entry from station C with this ticket. The boarding ticket B is a 150-yen ticket corresponding to the first boarding ticket of the present invention. When boarding from the A station, the boarding ticket can get off at the C station, and at the same fare (150 yen) from the C station. This is a ticket that allows you to get to D station. The ticket C is a 190-yen ticket corresponding to the second ticket of the present invention, and is a ticket that can be boarded to E station ahead of the above-mentioned ticket B when boarding from A station. Here, each ticket i, b, and c is shown as a money voucher, but the fare system may be a ward formula. For example, the ticket a may be a 1-ward number ticket, the ticket B may be a 2-ward number ticket, and the ticket C may be a 3-ward number ticket. Therefore, “the same fare” in the present invention includes “the same number of districts”. In the following description, it is assumed that all the tickets “i”, “b”, and “c” have been boarded from station A.

  The ticket gate main body G is one of control modes 1 to 3 to be described later via an attendant processing unit 20 (see FIG. 2) provided in the ticket gate main body G or a host device such as a monitoring panel. The control mode is set. Which control mode is set will be described later.

  When the ticket gate main body G is in operation and a ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 1 (Yes at step 100; hereinafter, step is referred to as “S”), the data recorded on the ticket is read head H1. (Or H1 ') and is used for arithmetic processing of the CPU 10 (S102). As a result of this calculation process, when entry from station C is not permitted, that is, when a ticket i is inserted into the slot 1 (the slot 1 is not limited to the above-mentioned tickets a, b, c). Tickets such as commuter passes are also inserted, but only the tickets a, b, and c will be described here.) While the door 7 is closed, the inserted ticket a is discharged to the exit 2 and used. Returned to the person, and payment guidance is performed via the display screen 6 and a speaker (not shown). Further, the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is closed until the user of the ticket a returns from the ticket gate passage P and exits (No in S104).

  When the ticket gate body G is set to the control mode 1 and the ticket inserted into the slot 1 is a ticket (Yes in S106), the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is closed and the door 7 Is opened (as it is when the ticket gate body G is a normally open type), and the ticket B is discharged to the exit 2 (S108). Then, when the ticket B discharged to the outlet 2 is extracted by the user, or when the ticket B is collected in the bill collection box 5 of the ticket gate body G, that is, the use of the ticket B If the passenger gets off at station C and does not transfer to the Otsu line, the user enters the ticket gate P completely without removing the ticket (the person provided on the exit side of the ticket gate P). When a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) elapses from the time of entry, the ticket B discharged to the take-out port 2 is transferred to the transport path L, wing W, and recovery transport path L. 'Is collected in the bill collection box 5 (Yes in S110), the shutter 1a of the insertion slot 1 is opened and the next customer processing is possible (S112). Therefore, in this control mode 1, since the next passenger's ticket insertion is prohibited until the processing of the ticket is completely completed, it is possible to completely prevent the ticket from being mixed. It can be said that this is a control mode suitable for non-rush hour when it is relatively vacant, and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

In addition, when the ticket gate body G is set in the control mode 1 and a ticket C is inserted into the slot 1 (No in S106), the user transfers to the Otsu line at station C. The user always pulls out the ticket c from the exit 2 so that even if the user of the ticket c does not participate in the ticket gate P, the next passenger's ticket can be inserted. The shutter 1a of the outlet 1 is opened (S114). When a ticket B or C is inserted into the slot 1, the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is instantaneously closed until reading and writing to the ticket is completed. Shutter closing is not included in the concept of shutter closing.

  When the ticket gate main body G is set to the control mode 2, when the ticket B or the ticket C is inserted into the slot 1, the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is closed in any case. At the same time, the door 7 is opened, and the inserted ticket (2) or ticket (3) is discharged to the outlet 2 (S116). Then, the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is opened on condition that the inserted ticket B or ticket C is removed from the outlet 2 or collected in the bill collection box 5 in the ticket gate body G. The next passenger is permitted to insert a ticket (Yes in S118, S120). In this way, in this control mode 2, the next passenger's ticket insertion is prohibited until the processing of the ticket C that can be boarded before the ticket b is completely completed. Therefore, it can be said that it is a control mode advantageous for a time zone or a day of the week when there are many passengers who are relatively unfamiliar with automatic ticket gate processing at non-rush hour.

  When the ticket gate main body G is set to the control mode 3, when a ticket B or a ticket C is inserted into the slot 1, the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is not closed and the boarded The ticket B or the ticket C is discharged to the outlet 2 and the door 7 is opened (S122). That is, in this control mode 3, even when the ticket is inserted into the slot 1, the shutter 1a is closed until the processing of the ticket is completed as in the control mode 1 and the control mode 2 described above. Therefore, the user (next customer) next to the user of the ticket ticket can insert the ticket even if the user of the ticket ticket is located in the ticket gate. In other words, in this control mode 3, there is a high possibility that a ticket will be mistaken. However, like a user at rush hour, familiarizing with an automatic ticket checker at daily commuting and attending school, the occurrence of a mistake in the ticket occurs. This is a suitable control mode when the frequency is low and the ticket gate processing capacity must be prioritized.

  In Figure 4 above, Line A and Line B are the same company line, but if the ticket can be used in common, Line A is a company line and Line B is a line of another company. Good.

It is a schematic block diagram of the ticket gate main body which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a controller. It is a flowchart which shows control operation. It is an example of a route map.

Explanation of symbols

G Automatic ticket gate body (ticket gate body)
G1 housing G2 sensor mounting box 1 input port 2 outlet 3 alignment unit 4 punch printing unit 5 collection box 6 display screen 7 door 8 controller S, S 'human detector L transport path L' recovery transport path H1, H1 'Reading head H2, H2' Writing head H3, H3 'Verify head M Motor P Ticket gate

Claims (4)

An automatic ticket gate for entry at 2 latch stations where you can enter from one line, enter another, and transfer,
When the first ticket that can get off at the 2-latch station and can be boarded beyond the 2-latch station at the same fare is inserted into the entrance of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the first ticket Until the ticket is withdrawn from the exit of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, or the user of the first ticket enters from the ticket gate passage and the first ticket is collected in the main body of the automatic ticket gate Until the second ticket is closed, the shutter at the slot is closed when a second ticket that can board a fare higher than the two-latch station before the two-latch station is inserted. A first control mode that is not closed ;
The inlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the when the first ticket or the second ticket is turned on, the first ticket or the second ticket that its the automatic ticket gate Until it is removed from the exit of the main body, or the user of the first ticket or the second ticket enters the ticket gate, and the first ticket or the second ticket is the automatic ticket gate A second control mode in which the shutter at the inlet is closed until it is collected in the main body of
A third control mode in which the shutter of the slot is not closed when the first ticket or the second ticket is inserted into the slot of the main body of the automatic ticket gate;
Selection setting means for selecting and setting any one of the first control mode, the second control mode, and the third control mode;
An automatic ticket gate characterized by comprising: 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the selection setting means selects according to usage conditions such as a usage time zone, a usage date, a day of the week, or an environmental condition of 2 latch stations. Machine. 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the setting of the selection setting means is performed via a host device such as a monitoring panel.   3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the setting of the selection setting means is performed via an attendant processing unit provided in a main body of the automatic ticket gate. .

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