JPH0426882Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an automatic ticket issuing device that is installed at the entrance gate of a toll road and issues tickets unmanned.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, toll collection systems for toll roads include, for example, multi-section toll collection systems.
At the entrance gate, the collector presses the vehicle type button corresponding to the incoming vehicle at the pass ticket issuing machine according to the type of vehicle that is approaching, and issues the vehicle type number corresponding to the vehicle.
Print out the entrance interchange number, month, date, hour, minute, collector number, serial number, etc., and also print the vehicle model number, entrance interchange number, month, date, hour, minute, etc.
Minute/collection number, vehicle number (license plate),
A pass ticket CD as shown in Figure 1 is issued with the number of axles and other information recorded on the magnetic stripe MS for magnetic recording. Furthermore, at the exit gate, a collector runs this ticket through a ticket verification machine, reads the vehicle model number and interchange number, and automatically calculates the toll amount.

That is, the above-mentioned pass ticket verification machine uses a toll road terminal that has the functions of a pass ticket issuing machine and a ticket confirmation machine, as shown in Figure 2, and this device writes data to the magnetic recording section MS of the pass CD. Alternatively, the magnetic heads 1, 1', 1'' for reading and the printing unit 2 for printing in the printing zone of the pass CD are arranged around the transport drum D, facing each other and close to it. Belt B is attached to pulley P on the outer circumference of D.
Belt B is attached to conveyor drum D by passing it over belt B.
are in contact with each other, and together they form a main conveyance section 3 for conveying the pass CD. Further, a pass hopper 4 for storing a new pass CD is provided near the entrance of the transport route of the main conveyance section 3, and a pass ticket hopper 4 for storing a new pass CD is provided near the pass ticket hopper 4 for manually inserting the pass CD. An insertion port 5 is provided. The insertion slot 5 and the pass ticket hopper 4 are provided with transport parts 6 and 6' for transporting the pass ticket CD to the main transport part 3, respectively. A feeding or feeding mechanism is provided for feeding. Further, on the exit side of the main conveyance section 3, a stacker 7 for collecting pass CDs and a discharge port 8 are provided, and are connected to the main conveyance section 3 by conveyance sections 9 and 9', respectively. Further, a flapper FP for allocating the conveyance path is provided between the main conveyance section 3 and the conveyance sections 9, 9'.

In such a device, a pass ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 5.
By inserting the CD, the pass ticket CD is sent to the main transport section 3, where it is held between the rotating transport drum D and the belt B, and the pass ticket CD is sent to the exit side. During this time, the magnetic stripe part MS of the pass CD comes into contact with the magnetic heads 1, 1', 1'', and the above-mentioned information recorded in the magnetic stripe part MS is read.Then, the margin for printing on the pass CD is read. The print head 2 prints on the portion SP as necessary, and the flapper FP distributes it to the stacker 7 or the discharge port 8 and sends it out.

When used as a pass ticket issuing machine, a new pass CD is taken out from the pass ticket hopper 4, and while passing through the main conveyance section 3, the magnetic heads 1, 1',
1", the necessary information is written and read in the magnetic stripe part MS, and print head 2 reads the margin part.
Necessary information is printed and recorded on the SP. If there are no errors in the recorded information in the magnetic strap MS, the ticket will be issued.
The CD is sent to the discharge port 8 by the flapper FP, and if there is an error, it is collected by the stacker 7.

Such devices are used to issue or confirm passes, but since they are assumed to be issued or confirmed by a ticket collector, inputting the information necessary for ticket issuance and confirmation is not necessary. For example, manual operation by the operator such as keying in the vehicle model button is required.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

As described above, the conventional ticket issuing machine is a device that requires manual operation by the operator.

On the other hand, since toll roads are public facilities that are used day and night, collectors must always be stationed at toll gates. However, since collection workers work with cars, the working conditions are harsh, and it is difficult to secure manpower, especially late at night. In addition, due to rising labor costs, toll booth operations. In particular, automation of entrance operations is strongly desired.

However, the conventional ticket issuing machines mentioned above are devices that require manual operation by the operator, so even if input such as vehicle type identification is automated, it is difficult to automate toll road entrance operations. be. When it comes to automation, it is necessary to solve at least the following points.

In other words, one of the challenges is that in automatically issuing passes with contents depending on the vehicle type, the preceding vehicle may take away the passing ticket issued for the following vehicle, or the passing ticket issued to the preceding vehicle may be removed. What can you do to avoid the confusion that ensues if the vehicle in front drives away without collecting a ticket (the ticket issuance becomes a mess as the vehicle has to collect another vehicle's ticket)?

Also, what happens if a car attempts to enter one entrance gate but later changes lanes and heads toward another entrance gate?

This is a unique processing problem that arises due to automation.

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to be able to issue a toll ticket with contents according to the vehicle type by sending it to the ticket issuing gate, and to avoid confusion caused by other vehicles taking the toll ticket issued for the own vehicle. In addition, even if an incoming vehicle later reverses or otherwise changes lanes, there will be no confusion or hindrance to ticket issuance, thereby promoting the automation of toll road entrance operations. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic pass ticket issuing device.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is constructed as follows. That is, a vehicle type discrimination device that discriminates the vehicle type and detects the driving direction from the detection information of the axles and wheels, a plurality of ticket issuing slots provided at different heights according to the vehicle type, a hopper for storing unused tickets, a storage section for sequentially storing and reading out the vehicle type information discriminated by the vehicle type discriminating device; recording the vehicle type information, interchange number and other necessary information read from the storage section on the unused pass taken out from the hopper; A recording unit that reads and sends out the recorded contents, a conveyance mechanism that sequentially conveys the sent out recorded tickets to a ticket issuing port at a height position selected according to the vehicle type information, and a transport mechanism provided at each ticket issuing port. A sensor for detecting the removal of a passing ticket, a hopper installed near each ticket issuing gate for collecting unnecessary tickets,
A temporary holding mechanism that is installed near each ticket issuing gate and performs operations such as temporarily holding the transported ticket, issuing the ticket, transporting it to the unnecessary ticket collection hopper, and temporarily pulling it back; and the output of the vehicle type discrimination device. and a control that manages respective controls such as recording and sending out passes, collecting unnecessary passes, issuing passes, and temporarily suspending and temporarily withdrawing passes for following vehicles in accordance with the detection outputs of the sensors and the vehicle progress detection outputs. a ticket issuing device installed on the road side in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel away from the vehicle type identification device; and a ticket issuing device installed at a position further forward in the direction of travel from the installation position of the device for detecting the progress of the vehicle in a directional manner. and a departure detection device which is applied to the ticket issuing device.

[Effect]

In such a configuration, each time a vehicle enters the vehicle, the vehicle type is determined by the vehicle type identification device, the information is stored in the storage section, and the stored contents are read out and recorded on the pass ticket along with the necessary information, so that the vehicle can pass according to the vehicle type. When the ticket is conveyed to the ticket issuing gate and issued, and as a result of reading the recorded contents of the ticket, it is found to be defective, or when the entering vehicle is detected to be moving backwards by the vehicle type discrimination device, or before the issued ticket is removed. When the start detection device detects a start, the control section uses the detection output to issue a command to the temporary holding mechanism to collect the pass ticket in the hopper. Further, when the start detection device detects backward movement, if there is a ticket issued, the control section instructs the temporary holding mechanism to temporarily withdraw the ticket, and upon detection of forward movement, commands to issue the ticket again. When the forward movement detection device detects forward movement and the vehicle type discriminator detects backward movement, the vehicle type information of the vehicle in question is cleared in the storage section based on the detection output, and the system enters a state of issuing a pass for the next vehicle. As a result, it is possible to provide an automatic ticket issuing device that issues tickets without errors, prevents ticket issuance confusion due to duplicate sampling of preceding vehicles, lane changes, etc., and enables smooth ticket issuance. .

〔Example〕

The following is an example of the present invention in Figures 3 to 5.
This will be explained with reference to the figures. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the system configuration of the device of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is an automatic ticket issuing machine, 12 is an automatic vehicle type discriminator, 13 is a start detection device, and 14 is a vehicle traffic route.

The automatic vehicle type identification device 12 is installed facing each other, for example, on an island on the entrance side of the vehicle passageway 14, and detects the pattern of the vehicle from the state of the light path blocking of a plurality of light paths formed in, for example, a screen shape by the vehicle. Optical vehicle pattern measuring devices 12a and 12b for detection, and a treadle 12c, etc., which is buried on the road surface under the optical path thereof, operates in response to the pedal pressure of the vehicle, and detects the number of axles, wheels, etc. of the vehicle from the operating state thereof. Consists of.

Both of them are installed before the automatic ticket issuing machine, and automatically determine the type of the incoming vehicle based on the detection information, and send a vehicle type signal to the automatic ticket issuing machine 11. It also detects when the vehicle moves backward after entering the vehicle.

The start detection device 13 is installed on an island further in the direction of travel than the automatic ticket issuing machine 11, facing across the road, and is connected to optical vehicle number counting devices 13a and 13b for detecting vehicles and under the optical path thereof. It consists of a footboard 13c that is operated by the pressure of a vehicle buried on the road surface, detects forward and backward movement of the vehicle, and provides a vehicle start state signal to the automatic ticket issuing machine 11.

This device with such a configuration automatically identifies the vehicle type when the vehicle enters the gate, and automatically issues a pass to the ticket outlet at the height corresponding to the vehicle type among the multiple ticket issuing outlets at the height corresponding to the vehicle type. When the issued ticket is removed by the driver and the vehicle completes departure, the ticket is issued to the next vehicle, and when the vehicle passes without removing the ticket, the following vehicle will be prompted to issue a ticket. To automatically store a car pass so that it cannot be removed. In addition, in order to prevent the next ticket from being taken twice, even if the vehicle reverses halfway, if there is a ticket issued at the ticket gate for the following vehicle, it will be temporarily pulled back and held. The above-mentioned control is automatically performed according to the situation, and only the passing ticket for the incoming vehicle is issued at a ticket opening at a height that is easy for the driver to receive.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the mechanism of the automatic ticket issuing machine 11, which is the main component of such ticket issuing operations, where 20 is a housing, 24 is a ticket hopper, and an unused magnetic card type ticket is inserted into the ticket hopper. Contains multiple CDs. At the bottom of this pass ticket hoppa 24 is a pass ticket.
Lifting mechanism 24 for pushing the CD upwards
A is provided on the upper side of the ticket hopper 24, and a feed roller 25 is provided on the upper side of the ticket hopper 24 for sequentially taking out the tickets CD from the hopper. 26 is a well-known gate claw for preventing double-feeding, which peels off and feeds out only one ticket when there are two or more passes fed out by the feeding roller 25;
The amount of protrusion of the gate pawl 26 is set so that the gap between it and the guide 28, which is a guide plate for sending out the pass ticket, is at least the thickness of one pass ticket CD and not more than the thickness of two pass tickets CD. It is designed so that only one sheet can be sent out. Reference numeral 28' denotes a guide for guiding the pass ticket CD sent out through this gate pawl 26 to a subsequent stage, and 27 denotes a conveyor belt mechanism consisting of a belt disposed close to this guide 28' and a pulley for holding the belt. The pass ticket CD is held between the belt of the conveyor belt mechanism 27 and the guide 28' and is conveyed. Further, the conveyor belt mechanism 27 is constantly rotationally driven by a motor (not shown).

29 is a main conveyance section provided downstream of the conveyance belt mechanism 27. The main conveyance section 29 is composed of a disk-shaped conveyance drum D and a belt 29' that contacts the circumferential surface of the disk-shaped conveyance drum D and is movably supported by being stretched around a pulley P.

A portion of the pass CD fed into the main conveyance section 29 by the drive of the conveyance belt mechanism 27 is held between the belt 29' and the conveyance drum D, and is conveyed downstream as these rotate. Note that the main conveyance section 29 is driven by a motor (not shown).

21, 21', 21'' write the necessary information in the magnetic recording part (magnetic stripe part) MS of the pass CD,
Alternatively, they are magnetic heads for reading, and are sequentially provided in close proximity to the pass ticket conveyance path on the conveyance drum D of the main conveyance section 29. Of these, 21'
2 is a write head for writing, and 21 and 21' are read heads for reading. Magnetic recording part of the ticket
Pad rollers for pressing the MS onto these magnetic heads 21, 21', 21'' are not shown here.

22 is the blank area which is the printing zone of the pass CD.
This is a print head that prints necessary information on the SP, and in this embodiment, it is provided near the delivery port side of the conveyance drum D, and the conveyance drum D also serves as a printing platen. Although not shown, a photo sensor is provided near the pass ticket entrance side of the transport drum D for photoelectrically detecting the pass ticket, and for positioning the pass ticket CD for magnetic recording and printing timing.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a flapper for switching the conveyance route of the pass ticket in the main conveyance section 29; 44 denotes this flapper 3;
This is a storage hopper for storing unused passes guided and sent by 8. 30, 31, 32, 3
Reference numerals 3, 34, 35, 36, and 37 are conveyor belts for conveying passes that are supported by being stretched around pulleys, respectively. Reference numerals 41, 41', and 41'' are ticket issuing ports provided at different heights, such as low, medium, and high, depending on the height of the driver's cab for each vehicle type.

The conveyor belt 30 is stretched from the position of the flapper 38 on the delivery port side of the main conveyance section 29 toward the lower-positioned pass ticket issuing port 41 and to the vicinity of the height of the middle-positioned pass ticket issuing port 41'. The pass ticket is guided by the flapper 38 from the outlet side of the main conveyance section 29. The conveyor belts 31, 31', 31'' are used to transport the parts up to the direction of the low-position ticket issuing port 41, and the transport belt 34 is used to transport the parts to the vicinity of the height of the middle-positioned ticket issuing port 41', which is the branching position. It is provided close to the belt 30. Also, at the outlet of the conveyance path formed by the conveyance belts 30 and 31', a flapper 39 for switching the conveyance path is provided.
is provided, and this flapper 39 is connected to the conveyor belt 3.
If it is closed to the 0 side, it is a passed ticket.
CD is the low-position ticket issuing port 4, which is the terminal conveyance route.
When the flapper 39 is open, it is guided by the flapper 39 toward the conveyor belt 34 and is conveyed toward middle and upper pass ticket issuing ports 41' and 41''. Conveyor belt 3
4 is bent toward the ticket issuing port 41' in the middle position, and the conveyor belt 3 is placed at this bent portion.
5 is arranged to form a terminal conveyance path to the middle-positioned ticket issuing port 41'. In addition, a flapper 40 for switching the conveyance route is provided at a branch position from the terminal conveyance route, and this flapper 40
is closed on the conveyor belt 30 side, the ticket is branched by the flapper 40 to the conveyor belt 35 side, which is the terminal conveyance path,
When 0 is open, it branches to the conveyor belts 36 and 37 side. The conveyor belts 36 and 37 are for conveying the pass sent from the conveyor belt 30 to the pass ticket issuing opening 41'' side located at a high position.

Fratsupa 40 is installed on the low-position ticket issuing gate 41 side.
A conveyor belt 3 is used to guide the branched ticket.
2, 33 is provided, and furthermore, a ticket temporary holding mechanism 42, 42', 42'' is provided at each ticket issuing port 41, 41', 41''. This temporary holding mechanism 42, 42',
42'' is composed of a pair of belts placed close to each other and passed around pulleys, etc., and the pass ticket is held between the belts and the pass ticket is fed out to the ticket opening, that is, "ticket issuing" and " It has functions such as "temporary retention" and "storage" in hoppers 43, 43', 43'' for storing collected tickets provided near the ticket issuing 41, 41', 41''.

The conveyor belts 30, - 37 are constantly driven by a drive motor (not shown).

Next, details of the temporary holding mechanism 42, 42', 42'' will be explained.
The temporary holding mechanism 42 of No. 1 will be explained as an example, and the others will be omitted since they have the same structure and function.

The temporary holding mechanism is composed of two conveyor belts V ₁ and V ₂ and photo sensors PS ₁ and PS ₂ , which are photoelectric detection elements for detecting passes, provided near both ends of the conveyor belts.
Although not shown, the conveyor belts V ₁ and V ₂ are driven independently by motors that are independent of the main conveyance unit 29 and the conveyance path formed by the conveyor belts 30 and 37.

However, it is controlled reversibly. In addition, the conveyor belt
As shown in the figure, _V2 has a structure that opens and closes in two positions, as shown by the solid line and the dotted line, with the center of rotation at the belt pulley of the ticket issuing slot as the center of rotation. In the ticket waiting state, the belt is stopped and is in the "open" state shown by the solid line. The pass ticket CD is fed from the conveyor belts 32 and 33,
When photosensor P ₁ detects this (P ₁
Belt V ₂ (set slightly inside V ₁ , V ₂ ) is driven to the dotted line position or "closed" position, and the belt
V ₁ and V ₂ are rotated in the normal direction to feed out the pass CD to the ticket issuing slot 41. The payout length is controlled by photosensor _P2 . When pulling back, belts V ₁ and V ₂ are kept "closed" and reversed, stopped and held. Further, when the reverse is applied, the pass ticket CD is stored in the hopper 43. At this time, belt V ₂ is used to guide the ticket CD to the hotspa passage.
This is done by pressing it to the dotted line position. In addition to the above-mentioned functions, the photo sensor P ₁ has two photosensors arranged in the direction of travel of the pass CD, so that it can "pull out" the pass ticket CD based on the timing of these switchings.
Or detect “pullback”.

Note that the flappers 38, 39, and 40 are driven by solenoids, but the solenoids are not shown.

Next, the control circuit of the ticket issuing machine 11 will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 4 indicate the same parts. In the figure, numeral 45 is a hopper mechanism section consisting of the feeding roller 25 of the pass ticket hopper 24, 46 is a conveyance mechanism section consisting of the main conveyance section 29, conveyance belts 30, to 37, photo sensors, etc., and 38, 39, 40 are the aforementioned Fratupa, 4
Reference numerals 2, 42', and 42'' designate temporary holding mechanism sections provided at each of the low, middle, and high position ticket issuing ports 41, 41', and 41''. Reference numeral 47 denotes a conveyance control section which mainly controls the conveyance system of these passes. 48 is an information control unit mainly for controlling magnetic recording and print recording of the pass CD. 49 is a central control section, which includes the aforementioned transport control section 47 and information control section 48.
It is connected to the above-mentioned vehicle type discrimination device system 12 system and departure detection device system 13 system, and receives the necessary information to be recorded on the pass ticket CD, as well as command signals such as transportation, ticket issuing gate selection, ticket issuing temporary hold, storage, etc. give. 5
Reference numeral 0 denotes a storage unit for the vehicle type that entered the gate, which stores necessary vehicle type information for a plurality of vehicles according to the order of entry of the vehicles into the vehicle discrimination device 12 described above, and receives the start signal from the central control unit 49 or Vehicle type identification device 1
The stored information is automatically updated by the forward or reverse signal from 2.

Next, the operation of this apparatus having the above configuration will be explained.

When a vehicle enters the vehicle type identification device 12, this device 12 automatically determines the vehicle type of the vehicle from detection information such as the number of wheels, number of axles, vehicle pattern, etc., and provides the determined information to the vehicle type storage unit 50. . Then, the vehicle type storage section 50 stores this information and provides the stored information to the central control section 49. As a result, the central control unit 49 immediately outputs a ticket issuing command.

The conveyance control unit 47 operates according to this ticket issuing command. Then, this conveyance control section 47 generates a control output, and the roller 25 is driven in response to this control output. Then, this roller 25 causes the hopper 24 to
A pass ticket CD is dispensed. The fed-out pass ticket CD is sent to a drum conveyance section 29 via a conveyor belt mechanism 27 that is constantly driven.
While the fed pass ticket CD is being sent by the drum conveyance section 29, the magnetic stripe part MS of the pass ticket comes into contact with the read head 21, and this read head 21
The recorded contents are read out by the light head 2, sent to the central control unit 49 via the information control unit 48, where it is confirmed whether or not the pass ticket has been used.
1' and in contact with it, the central control unit 49
reads out the vehicle type information of the vehicle stored in the vehicle type storage unit 50, and instructs the information control unit 48 to magnetically record this information along with the entrance toll gate number, passing date and time information, etc. Record it on Stripe MS. Then, it passes through the read head 21'' and reads the magnetic stripe of the pass CD.
While the MS is in contact with this read head 21'', the recorded contents of the magnetic stripe MS are read out, and sent to the central control unit 49 via the information control unit 48, where it is checked whether or not it is recorded correctly. If so, the central control unit 49 gives a command to the information control unit 48 to print and record necessary information similar to the magnetically recorded information, and this printing is performed while the pass ticket CD passes the position of the print head 22. head 2
According to 2, the necessary information is the blank space SP for printing.
recorded in If a series of records and their contents are checked normally, the central control unit 49 releases the flapper 3.
Since the conveyance control unit 47 is controlled so that the conveyance route selected by 8 is on the side of the conveyor belts 30 and 31, the printed pass ticket CD is conveyed between the conveyor belts 30 and 31 by the flapper 38.

On the other hand, as a result of reading by the read head 21,
If it has been used or if there is an error in the recorded content as a result of reading by the read head 21'', a print to that effect will be made in the margin area SP which is the print zone, and the conveyance route selection by the flapper 38 will be performed by the stacker. 44 side, and the pass ticket CD is stored in this stacker 44.

As described above, magnetic recording writing, reading, read-after-write checking, and printing control are performed based on information from the vehicle type storage section 50, signals from the central control section 49, signals from the transport control section 47, and ticket position signals. The control unit 48 performs this.

Passage ticket sent to conveyor belts 30, 31
The conveyance route for the CD is selected by the flapper 39 according to the vehicle type, and the CD is conveyed along the selected conveyance route to the intended ticket issuing port.

In the case of this embodiment, there are three levels of ticket issuing ports: low position, middle position, and high position, and the low position ticketing port 41 is for small cars, the middle position ticketing port 41' is for medium-sized cars, and the high position ticketing port 41''. The system is designed to accommodate large vehicles, making it easier to retrieve tickets sent to the ticket gate from the driver's cab, but this model is designed to accommodate the shape and height of the vehicle.
It is not necessarily necessary to match the vehicle type in the toll system.

Therefore, if the settings are made in this manner, the flappers 39 and 40 are switched to select the conveyance route in order to send the ticket to the ticket outlet at the optimum height according to the contents stored in the vehicle type storage section 50. This control is performed by controlling the transport control section 47 in accordance with commands from the central control section 49 based on the contents stored in the vehicle type storage section 50.

Therefore, as a result of this control, if the vehicle is a small car, the flapper will maintain the solid line position, and the pass ticket CD will be sent to the conveyor belts 32, 33 and led to the temporary holding mechanism 42. In addition, if it is a medium or large vehicle, the flapper 39 is switched to the dotted line position and the pass ticket CD is transferred to the conveyor belt 3.
0 and 34, and is conveyed upward in the figure, and at the position of the flapper 40, the conveyance path is again selected.

If the vehicle is a medium-sized vehicle, the flapper 40 is held at the solid line position, and after being sent to the conveyor belts 34, 35, it is conveyed to the temporary holding mechanism 42' of the ticket issuing port 41' in the middle position; The flapper 40 is switched to the dotted line position and the conveyor belts 36, 36',
37 and sent to the temporary holding mechanism 42'' of the ticket issuing port 41'' located at a high position.

The pass ticket CD sent to the temporary holding mechanism 42 is
The conveyance belt V 2 is closed to the position shown by the dotted line under the control of the conveyance control section 47 activated by the rising signal of the photosensor P ₁ that detects the pass ticket CD, and at the same time, the conveyor belt V ₂ is driven in the normal direction to open the ticket issuing port 41 . The ticket is sent out from the ticket issuing slot 41 by a certain length and then stopped.

When the issued pass ticket CD is removed by the driving vehicle, it is detected by the photo sensor _P2 , and the detection output is sent to the central control unit 49 to notify that the ticket has been "taken out". In this state, the start detection device 1
3 detects the forward passage of the vehicle, it sends the detected "forward" signal to the central control section 49, and only then does the central control section 49 detect its own "extraction" signal.
At the same time as resetting the information storage memory, the vehicle type signal of the vehicle in question is cleared in the vehicle type storage section 50, and the next vehicle is allowed to enter. If information on the following vehicle is already stored in the vehicle type storage section 50, this information is read out and the next ticket issuing operation begins immediately. The operations for the middle and high ticket outlets are performed in the same way depending on the vehicle type.

The reason for waiting to issue a ticket for the following vehicle after the completion of collecting the ticket is to prevent the preceding vehicle from running away with the ticket of the following vehicle until the departure of the vehicle is detected.

Next, a case where the vehicle entering the gate makes an abnormal movement will be explained.

One of these is the forced entry of vehicles. In other words, even though the pass ticket CD is issued at the ticket gate,
This is a case where the vehicle starts off without removing the pass CD.

In this case, if the following vehicle pulls out this toll ticket CD, the system will be confused, so the toll ticket will not be automatically issued.
The CD needs to be pulled back and collected. in this case,
While a pass ticket CD is issued and a pick-up signal is not obtained, a forward signal is sent from the start detection device 13 to the central control unit 49, and it can be immediately determined that the vehicle is starting without a pick-up. Therefore, in this case, the central control section 49 gives a "recovery" command to the transport control section 47 to perform recovery to the hopper.

Now, if non-extraction occurs with respect to a ticket issued at the low-position ticket issuing port 41, the conveyance control unit 47 operates the temporary holding mechanism 42 of the ticket issuing port 41 in order to collect the ticket into the hopper 43. The belts V ₁ and V ₂ are reversed. The supporting end of the issued ticket is held between the belt V _e and the belt V ₁ located at the dotted line position, so the position of the inlet port side of the belts V ₁ and V ₂ in this state is slightly downward. If it is made to face the entrance of the hopper 43, the ticket at the ticket issuing port 41 will be sent into the hopper 43 and collected by reversing the belts V ₁ and V ₂ .

The withdrawal of the collected pass ticket is detected by the photosensor _P2 of the temporary holding mechanism 42, and the ticket is transferred to the hopper 43.
Collection is confirmed by a photo sensor (not shown) inside the controller, and the information is provided to the central control unit 50. As a result, the central control unit 50 gives a command to the conveyance control unit 47 to stop driving the belts V ₁ and V ₂ of the temporary holding mechanism 42, and returns the belt V ₂ to the initial state (solid line position).
and move on to waiting for the next vehicle or issuing a ticket.

In the second case, the vehicle is moving backwards.

After the first normal start. The case where the vehicle moves backward toward the ticket issuing machine 11 side again will be explained. In this case, the pass CD
After the normal extraction of the vehicle, since the forward signal has been output due to the forward movement of the vehicle, the vehicle type storage unit 50 has already cleared the information on the vehicle that has moved forward, and is in a standby state for the next vehicle. If the following vehicle has already entered, the toll ticket for the following vehicle is being issued or is being issued.

First, when the former vehicle type storage unit 50 is in a clear state, the central control unit 49 accepts the signal from the vehicle type discriminator 12, but the signal from the following vehicle remains unchanged until the reverse signal from the start detection device 13 is cleared by the start signal again. Control is performed so that ticket issuance is on standby.

Next, in the latter case, if there is a ticket on the conveyor belt, the central control section 49 gives a command to the conveyance control section 47 to cause the temporary holding mechanism 42 to temporarily hold the ticket. If the ticket has already been sent to the ticket issuing slot, it is pulled back to the temporary holding mechanism 42 and kept on standby there. Then, similarly to the former case, the start detection device 1
When the "reverse signal" from No. 3 is cleared by inputting the "start signal" again, the temporary holding mechanism 42 is rotated in the normal direction again to issue a ticket for the following vehicle to the ticket issuing port.

Although the above explanation mainly deals with low-position ticketing ports, the same applies to other ticketing ports.

Next, a case will be described in which the vehicle once enters the vehicle type discrimination device 12 and then moves backward. In this case as well, there are two possible cases: when there is a preceding vehicle and when there is no preceding vehicle.

If there is no preceding vehicle, the vehicle type storage unit 50 stores this information by inputting the vehicle type identification information, and this information is read out and given to the central control unit 49, so that the central control unit 49 immediately issues a ticket. Outputs a command and begins ticket issuing operation. However, when the vehicle type discrimination device 12 detects that the vehicle is moving backward, the central control unit 4
9 gives a command to collect the pass ticket to the conveyance control unit 47;
The vehicle is recovered to the hopper 43 via the temporary holding mechanism in the same manner as when the preceding vehicle moves backward as described above. and. A photosensor (not shown) confirms whether the pass has been stored in the hopper and prompts the issuance of a pass for the following vehicle.

Further, when information on a plurality of preceding vehicles is stored in the vehicle type storage section 50, the vehicle type information is stored according to the order of entry, so in this case, it is sufficient to clear the vehicle type information starting from the last one.

This clearing is performed in response to a "reverse signal" output by the vehicle type discrimination device 12 when the vehicle is detected to be reversing.

In this way, there is a vehicle type discrimination device installed on the approach side that identifies the vehicle type and detects the driving direction based on the optical path shielding pattern of the passing vehicle, axle, and wheel detection information, and a plurality of traffic lanes installed at different heights according to the vehicle type. It has a ticket issuing slot and a hopper for storing unused passes, a storage section for sequentially storing and reading out the vehicle type information, and the read vehicle type information, interchange number and other necessary information is taken out from the hopper. a recording unit that records on an unused ticket, reads out recorded contents, and sends it out; a conveyance mechanism that sequentially conveys the recorded ticket to a ticket issuing port at a height position selected based on the vehicle type information; A hopper for collecting unnecessary tickets is provided near the ticket issuing gate, and a temporary holding and issuing of the transported ticket is provided near each ticket issuing gate, and the transportation to the said unnecessary ticket collecting hopper is temporarily carried out. The ticket issuing device is equipped with a temporary holding mechanism that performs operations such as pulling back, and a control section that controls each of them, and is installed on the road side in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel, away from the vehicle type discrimination device, and It consists of a start detection device installed in a forward position to detect the progress of the vehicle in a direction and send it to the ticket issuing device, and each time a vehicle enters the vehicle, the vehicle type discrimination device identifies the vehicle type and stores the information. The stored contents are read out and recorded on the pass ticket together with the necessary information, and the pass ticket is transported to the pass ticket issuing port corresponding to the vehicle type and issued. When the vehicle type discrimination device detects that the vehicle that entered the vehicle has moved backward, and when the start detection device detects the start of the vehicle before the issued toll ticket has been removed, the control unit uses the detection output to A command is given to the holding mechanism to collect the pass in the hopper, and when the start detection device detects the reverse movement and there is an issued pass, the control unit causes the temporary hold mechanism to temporarily withdraw the pass. clearing the vehicle type information of the vehicle in the storage unit based on the detection output when the forward motion detection device detects forward motion and when the vehicle type discrimination device detects reverse motion; Since the system is now ready to issue tickets for the next vehicle, tickets can be issued, temporarily withdrawn, and collected at the hopper depending on the movement of the vehicle. In addition to preventing confusion in ticket issuance for following vehicles due to traffic accidents, etc., or confusion in ticket issuance due to drivers driving backward to change lanes, etc., the vehicle type information is sequentially stored in the memory section and read out in the order in which it is stored. When the ticket for the vehicle in front is completed, the vehicle type information of that vehicle is cleared and the next vehicle is ready to issue a ticket. This makes it possible to issue a toll ticket correctly at high speed and at a height that is easy for the driver to take. Tickets can be issued rather than at ticket gates, which provides the advantage of automating entrance operations without compromising service or causing confusion.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, but can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope of the invention.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to issue a toll ticket with contents according to the type of car by sending it to the ticket issuing gate, and it also prevents confusion caused by other cars taking away the toll ticket issued for one's own car. Furthermore, it is possible to provide an automatic ticket issuing device that has features such as not causing any confusion or hindrance to ticket issuance even if an incoming vehicle later changes lanes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing a magnetic card-type pass;
Figure 3 shows the schematic configuration of a conventional ticket issuing machine, Figure 3 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the device of the present invention, and Figure 4 shows the schematic configuration of the automatic ticket issuing machine of the present invention. 5 are block diagrams showing the configuration of the control circuit portion. 11...Automatic ticket issuing machine, 12...Vehicle type discrimination device, 12a, 12b...Vehicle pattern measuring device, 12c, 13c...Treadboard, 13...Start detection device, 13a, 13b...Number of vehicles measuring device, 21 ，
21''...Read head, 21'...Write head, 22...Print head, 24, 43, 43',
43'', 44...hopper, 29...main conveyance section,
31-37... Conveyor belt, 42, 42', 4
2″... Temporary holding mechanism, P ₁ , P ₂ ... Photo sensor,
D...Conveyance drum, 38, 39, 40...Flappa, 41, 41', 41''...Pass ticket issuing opening, 47
...Conveyance control section, 48...Information control section, 49...
Central control unit, 50... Vehicle type storage unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A vehicle type discrimination device installed on the vehicle entrance side that identifies the vehicle type and detects the driving direction based on the light path blocking pattern of the passing vehicle, axle, and wheel detection information, and multiple ticket issuing devices installed at different heights depending on the vehicle type. a hopper for storing unused passes; a storage section that sequentially stores and reads out the vehicle type information determined by the vehicle type identification device; and a storage section that sequentially stores and reads out the vehicle type information discriminated by the vehicle type discriminating device; A recording unit that records on the retrieved unused ticket, reads out the recorded content, and sends it out, and sequentially conveys the sent out recorded ticket to the ticket issuing port at the height position selected according to the vehicle type information. a conveyance mechanism installed at each ticket ticket opening, a sensor installed at each ticket ticket opening for detecting ticket withdrawal, a hopper installed near each ticket ticket opening for collecting unnecessary tickets; A temporary holding mechanism that performs operations such as temporarily holding incoming passes, issuing tickets, transporting them to the unnecessary pass ticket collection hopper, and temporarily pulling them back, the output of the vehicle type discrimination device, the detection output of each of the sensors, and the vehicle progress detection output. It has a control unit that manages various controls such as recording and sending out passes, collecting unnecessary passes, issuing passes, and temporarily suspending and temporarily withdrawing passes for following vehicles according to the situation.
a ticket issuing device installed on the road side in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel away from the vehicle type identification device; and a ticket issuing device installed at a position further forward in the direction of travel from the installation position of this device to detect the progress of the vehicle with directionality and provide the information to the ticket issuing device. An automatic ticket issuing device characterized by comprising a departure detection device.