JPH04303288A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a printing function for noticing the expiration of the effective term of a commutation ticket injected into an automatic ticket examination machine on the face of the ticket. CONSTITUTION:A commutation ticket P injected from the ticket injection port 2 of a ticket examination machine body 1 is carried through carriers 5 to 7. Magnetic data recorded on the ticket P on the-way of carrying are read out by a reader 9 and a notice indicating the expiration of its effective term is printed out on the face of the thicket P by a printing part 11 in accordance with the read result. The ticket P is carried based upon the opening/closing control of a gate 12 and distributed as the ticket P to be ejected from a ticket ejection port 3 or the ticket P to be collected.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to automatic ticket gates,
In particular, the present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate machine that records on the face of a commuter pass a notice of expiration when the pass is used.

0002

[Prior Art] Automatic ticket gates, which have become popular in recent years for labor-saving purposes, have a problem in that, for example, users may unknowingly insert their commuter passes into the aircraft even after their expiry date has passed. was there. However, automatic ticket gates to date do not currently have a function to notify users of the expiration of their commuter passes.

0003

[Problem to be solved by the invention] Therefore, this invention solves the following problems:
To provide an automatic ticket gate capable of printing a notice of expiration of a commuter pass inserted into an airplane on the face of the ticket.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the automatic ticket gate of the present invention reads expiration date information recorded on the recording medium ticket midway through the conveyance path inside the machine, as shown in FIG. A reading device is provided, and a printing unit is provided for making a visible record on the face of the ticket, foretelling the expiration date, according to the reading result.

[0005]

[Operation] The end date of the expiry date is compared with the notice date determined from the number of days of advance notice, and according to the comparison result, a notice is printed in a predetermined area on the face of the ticket to notify that the end date of the expiration date is coming soon. Let them do it.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an automatic ticket gate. A ticket slot 2 is provided at one end of the top surface of the main body 1 of the automatic ticket gate to insert tickets such as commuter passes and train tickets for automatic ticket gates, and a ticket slot 2 for receiving tickets P is provided at the other end of the top surface. An exit 3 is provided. Furthermore, conveyance paths 4, 5, 6, and 7 are sequentially arranged in series in the main body 1 for pinching and conveying the ticket P inserted from the ticket input port 2 to the ticket takeout port 3. An alignment mechanism 8 for aligning the inserted tickets P is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 4, and a reading device 9 for reading magnetic data from the tickets P being conveyed is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 5. A punch mechanism 10 for punching tickets as necessary is also provided.

Further, a printing unit 11 is provided on the conveyance path 6 for printing a notice indicating that the expiration date of the commuter pass among the tickets P to be conveyed is near, depending on the result of reading by the reading device 9. As the printing unit 11, a thermal printing device (thermal printing device, transfer printing device, etc.), a printing device using a stamp, or the like is applied.

[0009] Also, 12 is a switching gate, and an automatic ticket gate is
Among the tickets P sent through the conveyance path 6 by this switching gate 12, the tickets P to be collected are taken into the ticket storage box 14 via the conveyance path 13, and the tickets P to be returned are taken into the ticket storage box 14 through the conveyance path 7. It is designed to be conveyed to the ticket takeout port 3.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

[0011] When it is detected that the commuter pass P has been inserted from the ticket slot 2 (S1), the commuter pass P is inserted into the transport paths 4 and 5.
, 6, 7 is carried out. (S2) During the process, the reading device 9 reads the magnetic information recorded on the commuter pass P. (S3) A boarding station determination process is performed based on route determination data from the read magnetic information. (S3-1) Subsequently, a transit station determination process (S3-2) and an alighting station determination process (S3-3) are performed. Next, based on the internal calendar, the validity start date and validity end date of the validity period are confirmed from the read information. (S3-4, S3-5) Furthermore, based on the notice date determination data, how many days are left in the expiration date, and if it is within a predetermined number of days from a comparison between the validity end date and the notice date, the printing unit 11 Perform the advance notice printing process using . (S4) In this advance notice printing process, after editing the print pattern, the printing position on the ticket surface is determined, and as shown in FIG. 3, for example, red printing is performed in the black printing areas on both sides of the ticket surface. The commuter pass P that has been printed in advance in this way reaches the gate 12 via the conveyance path 6, and according to the opening/closing process of the gate (S5), the ticket P to be returned is delivered via the conveyance path 7 to the ticket outlet. 3, or (S6) after collection, the commuter passes are collected into the ticket storage box 14 via the transport path 13 for ejection. (S7)

0012

Effects of the Invention As described above, the automatic ticket gate of the present invention has a notice printing function, so that it is possible to visually notify the user of the expiration date of a commuter pass, etc. by printing it on the face of the ticket in advance. It is possible to measure the improvement of services.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which advance notice is printed on the surface of a commuter pass.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...Ticket gate machine body, P...Commuter pass (ticket), 4, 5, 6, 7...
Conveyance path, 9...reading device, 11...printing section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A ticket gate main body having an inlet for receiving a recording medium for recording available expiry date information set in advance, and an ejection outlet for ejecting the recording medium; a conveyance means for conveying the recording medium received from the entrance so as to discharge the recording medium to the discharge outlet; means provided in the middle of the conveyance means for reading expiration date information recorded on the recording medium; An automatic ticket gate comprising: a printing means for printing a visible record on the conveyed recording medium according to the reading result of the reading means to give advance notice of expiration.