JPH03151294A - Pass and automatic ticket checker for the same pass - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable passage through an automatic ticket checker without fare-adjusting processing even at the time of past-riding by a pass by displaying the number of usage remainder in a re-writable manner to the display means of a heat reversible material, in which a resin and an organic low molecular substance are dissolved into a solvent. CONSTITUTION:A pass 1 has a substrate 2, a display layer 3, a transparent overcoating layer 4 and a magnetic recording layer 5 formed onto the whole surface of the underside of the substrate 2, and the display layer 3 constitutes a display means, to which the number of usage remainder is displayed in a re-writable manner, and the magnetic recording layer 5 constructs a first storage means, in which pass information is stored, and a second storage means, in which the number of usage remainder is stored in the re-writable manner. The display section 3 is formed in constitution, in which there is an organic low molecular substance 3b in a resin section 3a, and has heat reversible characteristics, a figure type is exposed on the surface of the substrate 2 in a section under a transparent state, and the number of usage remainder is indicated. Consequently, the content of pass information is read in an automatic ticket clipper, the number of requirement is subtraction-rewritten, and a user can confirm the number of usage remainder easily. Accordingly, the automatic ticket checker allows the passenger to pass with the pass even at the time of past-riding.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a commuter pass and an automatic ticket gate in which the commuter pass is used.

(Prior art) When using a commuter pass on a public transportation facility to cross over the boarding section of the commuter pass, the commuter pass must be used at the fare adjustment machine before passing through the automatic ticket gate at the station where you get off. Use 1.
The machine then issues a payment ticket to pass through the automatic ticket gate.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) 1. Therefore, on the side of commuter pass users, the payment process is troublesome1-7<, and on the transportation side, the flow of passengers heading to Tokyo is not smooth, resulting in congestion. In addition, there was a problem in that a fee was required for issuing the payment ticket.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. Perform payment processing even when using 5.
To provide a commuter pass that can be passed through an automatic ticket gate without changing the commuter pass I, and an automatic ticket gate in which the commuter pass can be used.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides the following:
In the invention of 1), the commuter pass is stored in the 11th iii! The device is configured to include a storage device and a second storage device for rewritably storing the remaining power.

Furthermore, in the invention of claim (2), the commuter pass includes a first storage means for storing the commuter pass information, a second storage means for rewritably storing the number of remaining usage points, and a resin and fi in the solvent.
'Molecular low-molecular substances and IR dissolution 1. ．． )l, :I″,A
cil inverse material ζ, composed of two ia 1, said use #'J
Zanten: Sangakichi, display means that can be changed to 5.
Preparation a) Structure and (7)

Furthermore, in the invention of claim (3), C is self 1'l l&
It machine to automatically change the commuter pass of claim (1), I
There is an IJ, the passage opening/closing mechanism, the means for reading the commuter pass information, the means for rewriting the remaining number of used points, and the rewriting when the read commuter pass information does not match the actual ride contents. a rewriting control means for rewriting the required number of power reduction W in the remaining number of used power;
When the read commuter pass information matches the actual ride content, and when the remaining usage is rewritten when it does not match, the passage opening/closing mechanism is caused to perform a passing operation. A configuration comprising an opening/closing control means and a 1° angle.

Furthermore, in the invention of claim (4), there is provided an automatic ticket gate for commuter passes according to claim (2), which includes an aisle opening/closing mechanism, a means for reading the commuter pass information, a display use case; :
2nd effect'N (e.g., "f yen", read above) commuter pass I1. Wipe change + 1° to pt
The rewrite control means performs the necessary subtraction and rewriting of the remaining power used in j1i, and the reading of city j)
Is the 111 ticket information content the actual ride content? On the other hand, there is provided an opening/closing control means for causing the passage opening/closing mechanism to perform a passing operation when the remaining power is rewritten in the case that the device is not compatible, and the heating rewriting device for the display device. and a heating rewriting control means for rewriting the display means in the heating rewriting means in conjunction with the rewriting of the remaining usage power.

(Function) According to the invention of claim (1), a commuter pass having the commuter pass information and the number of remaining usage points can be obtained.

According to the invention of claim (2), in the commuter pass of claim (1), the number of remaining usage points is further displayed.

According to the invention of claim (3), if the read commuter pass information does not match the actual riding details, the remaining usage of the commuter pass is rewritten by subtracting the required number of usage points, and the commuter pass user's You can get an automatic ticket gate that allows you to pass through.

According to the invention of claim (4), in the automatic ticket gate of claim (3), the display of the number of remaining usage points of the commuter pass is further rewritten.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the commuter pass of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of the same.

In these figures, Fuji l is a commuter pass, and a commuter pass!
A display layer 3 made of a thermoreversible material is provided on the substrate 2, a concave surface formed at the lower corner of one side of the substrate 2, and a display layer 3 formed on the entire surface of the substrate 2 and the display layer 3. It consists of a transparent overcoat layer 4 provided, and a magnetic recording layer 5 provided over the entire lower surface of the substrate 2. Then, on the surface of the portion of the overcoat layer 4 that does not face the display layer 3,
Commuter pass information such as riding section and expiry date is printed.

In the above, the display layer 3 constitutes a display means for displaying the number of remaining usage points in a rewritable manner (7, the magnetic recording layer 5 constitutes a first storage means for storing commuter pass information similar to the above, and a rewritable display means). and a second storage means for storing the remaining power.

↓- The display layer 3 has a structure in which a resin and an organic low-molecular substance are dissolved in a solvent, and an organic low-molecular substance 3bh is contained in the resin part 3a.
＜This structure exists, and when the grain weight of the organic low-molecular substance 311 becomes a relatively large single crystal, the whole becomes transparent, and when it becomes a polycrystal, the whole becomes self-localized.
It has thermoreversible characteristics as shown in Figure 3 below, and its material is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 6! -258853.

In Figure 3, the material shown here is cloudy at room temperature, and when heated, its transparency begins to increase from T (low temperature).
The transparent state becomes maximum at T2 (medium temperature), and even after cooling to room temperature, the transparent state is maintained at the maximum transparent state at T2. Next, when this is raised to T, l (high temperature), it becomes a state intermediate between a transparent state and a maximum cloudy state, and then when it is cooled to room temperature, it returns to its own state.3. ν is display layer 3? = , 5, ' The surface of the board 2 is in a scattered shape Q: ball i depending on the part in the bright state.
, , 1'.; Ni1-. l-Ro1, Figure 4 is a perspective view of the automatic ticket gate, material = 51! >I i:J: A block diagram of the ticket processing section of an automatic ticket gate. Figure 6 is a block circuit diagram of the automatic ticket gate.

The automatic ticket gate IO has an insertion slot 11 on one side of its upper part.
A takeout [112] is provided (3) on each opposite side. Each of the doors 30 is a door that opens and closes the ticket gate passage, and these doors 30 are opened and closed by a motor 31, which will be explained later. 3I constitutes a passage opening/closing mechanism.

As shown in FIG. 5, between the insertion port 11 and the removal port 12,
A main conveyance path Ha consisting of pulleys, belts, etc., and a branch 17 from the middle of the main conveyance path 1-Ia to an outlet 1
A sub-conveyance path Hb that merges with the main conveyance path Ha is provided at the front stage of the main conveyance path Ha.

The main conveyance path Ha is sequentially provided with a ticket alignment section 14, a magnetic data processing section 15, a conveyance section 16, and a discharging section 17. Ticket sorting section ■4 inserts D i 1 to h people, k spear 1. Be constant〕'Jl? ”:IN '1'・Transfer ticket 1.
Na〆bara predetermined position i2i"1.
tu,' 61 to hammer into one. Magnetic data processing department IF
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, : 1 'At (7) Reading 1ilf 〈, Magnetism・\Tsudo! 8. Magnetic head for inserting into the jar F: '19j'"j
- A magnetic head 20 for picking is provided. In each one! The reason why the pair of magnetic heads I Jl 9.20 is provided is so that the train ticket or commuter pass 1 can be inserted with the front and back sides at random positions, and the magnetic recording layer 5 can be positioned on either the upper or lower surface. This is to do so. The reading magnetic head 18 constitutes a commuter pass information reading means (2, the evening use magnetic head 19 constitutes a means for rewriting the remaining power used). The discharging section I7 is disposed so as to guide the tickets and commuter passes from the transport section 1G to the take-out section 12.

The sub conveyance path Hb is branched from a stage subsequent to the magnetic data processing section 15, is arranged in parallel with the main conveyance path Ha, and includes a front-back reversing section 22 and a rewriting section 23. The branch part 25 of the first sub-conveyance path is configured as shown in FIG.
is pulled -L, and the ticket is introduced into the sub conveyance path Hb side by the guiding operation of the flapper 28 (solid line state). When the solenoid 26 is in the OFF state, the flapper 28 does not operate, and in this case, the ticket is Main conveyance path Hai, .: Conveyed along the main conveyance path (dotted line state).

The front-back reversing unit 22 is configured to change the conveyance path by operating a solenoid 29, take the ticket into the take-in unit 35, and send the ticket out again, thereby reversing the ticket. straight,! The replacement section 23ζ is constructed by disposing an erasing heater 33 at the front stage and a writing thermal head 34 at the rear stage. The thermal head 34 is a conveyance path! -1b F
Since the ticket is provided on the side, when the ticket introduced into the conveyance path 1-(b has the display layer 3 on the - side, the ticket is reversed by the front-back reversing unit 221 mentioned above, and this operation is performed when the ticket passes through the magnetic data processing unit 14. When the front and back sides are detected, the control signal j is activated, and the solenoid 29 is actuated in two colors. The heater 33 and the full head 34 described above constitute a heating rewriting means. 36 is the main conveyance path H
37 is an AC motor for operating the sub conveyance path 4ib, and a stepping motor for operating the sub conveyance path 4ib.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a control section consisting of a CPU 41 and a memory 42 as a roaring rewriting control means, an opening/closing control means, and a heating rewriting control means constituted by a micro combi coater. 27゜28.31 and magnetic head l 8,19゜2
0, heater 33, thermal head 34, and solenoid 26
．． 29 and a large number of position detection sensors 45.

Next, regarding the commuter pass processing operation at the automatic ticket gate 10,
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The operation shown here is the operation at the automatic ticket gate IO located at Kurihigashi Station. When no passengers are passing through the automatic ticket gate 10, both doors 30 are open, as shown in FIG.

Commuter pass from insert oii! When (shown in Figure 1 ζ) is inserted (spoon pull r; V), r':-ri; 3G
, 37 are driven, and the C conveyance path l-1a,)lb is made i''i
,! Ji'5E1. , conveyance path! -1a? , 2 along commuter pass 11. i carry on, 5wa, r (go (step 52)
0 Then, during transportation, the magnetic head 1 for reading
8, the commuter pass information and the number of remaining points recorded in the magnetic recording layer 6 are read (step S3), and if it is determined that the commuter pass information allows the commuter pass to be passed (step S4) , is transported along the transport path 14a and released from the outlet 12 (step S5), and the motors 3B and 37 are stopped (step S6). In this case, the ticket gate 30 will not close, so passengers can pass through the automatic ticket gate IO.

On the other hand, in case of overcoming in j2, step 4,
If the time limit has expired, it is determined whether or not it is possible to make a payment based on the remaining number of used units (step S7). If the number of remaining units used for payment is insufficient, the motor 31 is operated and the door 30 on the outlet 12 side is closed. (step S8), and the process moves to step 5.

This river sound is blocked by l-1,・ij/・bottle.

Sufu 4. ::fn,)sui('remaining power j, -, then payment is possible) '1'
; I'i 2:) Reduction in required amount for remaining usage points *
Perform 3.3m change [) (step S9). Next, the rewritten content is checked using the checking magnetic head 19 (step 510). Then, the solenoid 26 is activated (step 5IX), and the commuter pass 1 i! Conveyance path H
It is further determined whether the display layer 3 is on the - side (step 512), and if the display layer 3 is located on the upper side, the solenoid 29 is activated (step 5).
13), the commuter pass l is inverted and sent to the heater 33.

When the display layer 3 is located on the lower side, the commuter pass 1 is directly sent to the heater 33. Part 1. Then, the display layer 3 is heated to a high temperature T by the heater 33 and the entire display layer 3 becomes cloudy, and the displayed content is erased (step 514). Writing is performed (step 515). Figure 9 shows a commuter pass with Y1000 remaining points shown in Figure 1 for ¥84.
It shows the regular spring/summer season that has been changed to 0, and in this case it is 160 yen short. From step I5, the process moves to step 5.

(Effects of the Invention) Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a commuter pass in which the number of remaining used points is displayed in addition to the commuter pass information, as well as a commuter pass in which the remaining number of used points is displayed. If the ticket information does not match the actual ride content, the required number of remaining points will be reduced and exchanged, and the automatic ticket gate that allows the commuter pass user to pass through will be replaced. We have developed an automatic ticket gate that rewrites the number of points remaining in use, and as a result, even when using a commuter pass to cross over, it is now possible to pass through the automatic ticket gate with the commuter pass without having to go through the payment process. Ta.

In particular, the rewritable display layer makes it easy to check the number of remaining points used, making it possible to avoid situations where the number of remaining points is insufficient. passage will be guaranteed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 9 relate to embodiments of the present invention; 7. Figure 1 is a plan view showing the commuter pass of the present invention, Figure 2 is an enlarged partial sectional view of the same, and Figure 3 is the heating reverse characteristic. Explanatory drawings, Figure 4 is an external perspective view of the automatic ticket gate, Figure 5 is an internal configuration diagram of the ticket processing section of the automatic ticket gate, Figure 6 is a block circuit diagram of the automatic ticket gate, and Figure 7 is a diagram of the branch section. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the automatic ticket gate, and FIG. 9 is a plan view of the commuter pass after the commuter pass shown in FIG. 1 has been rewritten. 1... commuter pass, 3... display layer (display means), 5... magnetic recording layer (first storage means, second storage means),
KO・Automatic ticket gate, 18...reading magnetic head (reading means),!
9... Magnetic head for writing (rewriting means), 30
... Door (passage opening/closing mechanism), 3... Motor (passage opening/closing mechanism), 33... Heater (heating rewriting means), 34... Thermal head (heating old djae means), 4 CP
U (written, 8th control means', nfl rIi Mil
Ni2 #' BP, heating rewriting control means) 1°

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A commuter pass comprising: a first storage means for storing commuter pass information; and a second storage means for rewritably storing the number of remaining usage points. (2) A first storage means for storing commuter pass information, a second storage means for rewritably storing the number of remaining usage points, and a thermoreversible material made of a resin and an organic low-molecular substance dissolved in a solvent. , a display means for displaying the remaining number of used credits in a rewritable manner, and a commuter pass comprising: (3) The automatic ticket gate for commuter passes according to claim (1), comprising: an aisle opening/closing mechanism; a means for reading the commuter pass information; a means for rewriting the remaining number of usage points; and the content of the read commuter pass information. , a rewriting control means for subtracting and rewriting the required number of points from the remaining number of usage points in the rewriting means when the content of the read commuter pass information does not match the actual ride content; an automatic ticket gate comprising: opening/closing control means for causing the passage opening/closing mechanism to perform a passage operation when the remaining usage number is rewritten in the case of non-conformity; (4) The automatic ticket gate for commuter passes according to claim (2), comprising: an aisle opening/closing mechanism; a means for reading the commuter pass information; a means for rewriting the remaining number of usage points; and the content of the read commuter pass information. , a rewriting control means for subtracting and rewriting the required number of points from the remaining number of usage points in the rewriting means when the content of the read commuter pass information does not match the actual ride content; an opening/closing control means for causing the passage opening/closing mechanism to perform a passing operation when the remaining usable power is rewritten in the case where the remaining power is not compatible; a heating rewriting means for the display means; An automatic ticket gate comprising: heating rewriting control means for causing the heating rewriting means to rewrite the display means in accordance with rewriting.