JPH0437472B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is intended to be installed at a connecting ticket gate for passengers to pass through, for example, at a shared station where multiple company lines intersect. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate device having a function of determining whether or not a ticket is accepted.

(Prior Art) In recent years, automatic ticket gates have been widely used in the railway industry to save labor in ticket gate operations at each station. Some of these stations are shared stations that are jointly used by multiple companies, but there are usually communication ticket gates installed between the platforms of the boarding and alighting stations of each company line. Passengers who have a regular ticket or connecting commuter pass, and those who have a regular ticket or commuter pass to the connecting gate, can purchase a regular ticket for their connecting destination, or purchase a regular ticket for their connecting destination. Passengers who have a ticket are now classified as passengers.

By the way, in conventional automatic ticket gates, each passenger receives one ticket, either a commuter pass or a regular ticket, at the ticket gate at the transfer station or alighting station. For each ticket data, the validity of each passenger's alighting station, period, etc. was determined, and attendance was controlled based on the results of this determination.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gates can only process one regular ticket or one commuter ticket per passenger.

For this reason, as at the above-mentioned joint stations, you must have a regular ticket or commuter pass to the terminal and then purchase a regular ticket for your transfer destination, or you must have a commuter pass for your transfer destination. There was a drawback in that it was not possible to process the two regular tickets or commuter passes that the passenger had.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and
The purpose of this invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate collection device with a function to allow or prevent passengers who hold multiple tickets from passing through a ticket gate based on a combination of ticket information. do.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a transport path for receiving and transporting first and second tickets from the same passenger, and a transport path provided on the transport path. The above-mentioned 1st
and a reading section for reading information recorded on the surface of each of the first and second tickets, and a reading unit that is disposed so as to be protrusive from the conveyance path and temporarily stops the conveyance of the first of the first and second tickets. A stopper mechanism for stopping the ticket, and a determination as to the combination of the read information based on the read information read from the first and second tickets by the reading unit, and whether each ticket is to be collected or returned by the passenger. a determination unit that makes the determination and outputs a determination signal; a door mechanism that opens and closes the door to allow or prevent passage of passengers based on the determination of the combination by the determination unit; and a door mechanism that allows or prevents passage of the passenger. a collection section that collects the tickets that have been determined to be collected, a return section that returns the tickets that have been determined to be returned to passengers among the first and second tickets; Controlling the protrusion and retraction of the stopper mechanism when the ticket is accepted into the conveyance path, opening and closing the door of the door mechanism based on a determination signal output from the determination section, and collecting the ticket by the collection section; and a control section that controls return of the ticket by the return section.

(Function) Since the present invention has the above configuration, the first input
determine the combination of ticket face information of the ticket and the second ticket,
As a result of the judgment, if it is determined that the passenger's passage conditions are satisfied, the tickets from the departure station to the joint station are collected, and the tickets from the joint station to the destination station are transported to the takeout port and returned to the passenger. Open the exit door to allow passengers to pass through. Additionally, if it is determined that passage should be blocked due to unauthorized use,
Return the inserted first ticket and second ticket to the passenger,
Block the exit door to prevent passengers from passing through.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

In FIG. 1, 11 is the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and this main body 11 includes, for example, the company line α and the company line β.
It is assumed that the station is installed at station C (hereinafter referred to as a shared station) where the stations intersect and transfer. (3rd
(see figure).

Therefore, on the outer periphery of this main body 11, traffic control doors 12a, 12b for controlling passenger passage, and detectors 13a, . . . for detecting passenger passage by optical means, for example, are attached to the upper part. A traffic detector mounting arm 13, a ticket acceptance port 14 that can accept various types of tickets such as commuter passes and regular tickets, and a ticket return where a ticket to be returned, such as a commuter pass P, is discharged. A port 15 and the like are provided. Of the traffic control doors 12a and 12b, the entrance door 12a is always open, but the exit door 12b is always closed, and is opened when the ticket inserted is correct to allow passengers to pass through. .

In addition, between the ticket acceptance port 14 and the ticket return port 15 inside the main body 11, a plurality of rollers 16, 16, . . . and belts 17, 17, . A first conveyance path 18, a second conveyance path 19, a third conveyance path 20, and a fourth conveyance path 21 are provided. In the middle of the second conveyance path 19, there are magnetic reading heads 22, 22 for reading the face information of various tickets inserted into the ticket receiving slot 14, and a conveyance control section 34 to control the conveyance order. (In this case, the regular ticket T is conveyed first, and then the commuter pass P is conveyed after a certain period of time.) A vertically movable stopper 2 that temporarily stops the regular ticket T.
3 is provided. Further, on the conveyance path side of the third conveyance path 20, the regular tickets T to be collected in the third conveyance path 20 are guided to the ticket collection box 24, while the commuter passes P are sent to the fourth conveyance path 21. A movable gate 25 and the like for discharging to the return port 15 are arranged. The gate 25 is rotationally controlled by a motor 26.

Furthermore, a guide display 27 is provided on the upper part of the main body 11 to prompt the passenger to insert a commuter pass P following the previously inserted regular ticket T.

Further, inside the main body 11, a control system circuit block 30 shown in FIG. 2 is installed. In the figure, a magnetic reading signal a, which is obtained by reading the face information magnetically recorded on the ordinary ticket T and the commuter pass P accepted by the reading head 22, is amplified and digitally converted by an amplifier 31, and the amplifier 31 outputs a digital signal b. The signal is input to the determination circuit section 32 as a result. The determination circuit 32 determines the validity period, riding section, etc. of the regular ticket T and commuter pass P based on the information recorded on the received regular ticket T and commuter pass P, and performs the determination. Signal c is the main control unit 3
3 is output.

The main control section 33 is configured to issue various control commands based on various data. That is, the conveyance control unit control signal d output from the main control unit 33 is input to the conveyance control unit 34, and when the detection signal m is inputted to the conveyance control unit 34 from a detection unit (not shown), A motor drive signal e for driving the motor 26 that rotationally controls the gate 25, a stopper drive signal f for temporarily stopping the regular ticket T at the stopper 23, and a stopper drive signal f for temporarily stopping the regular ticket T to be collected in the ticket collection box 24. It emits a ticket collection flap drive signal g for collection, and a guide display lighting signal h for inserting the second commuter pass P into the ticket acceptance slot 14. Furthermore, the main control section 33 outputs a traffic control signal i for permitting or blocking passage of passengers based on the discrimination signal c outputted from the determination circuit section 32 and the control signal d outputted from the transport control section 34; The second regular ticket T is collected in the ticket collection box 24, and along with the collection of the regular ticket T, a drive signal j is outputted to open the exit door 12b.

Next, the operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIG.

In Figure 3, a regular ticket T that allows you to ride from a predetermined departure station A on the Shasha Line α to a shared station C, and a commuter pass P that allows you to ride from a shared use station C on the Shasha Line β to a predetermined destination station. When a passenger who is in possession of a passenger tries to transfer from Sha Line α to Sha Line β at joint use station C, the two tickets held by the passenger (regular ticket T and commuter pass P) will be transferred at joint use station C. ), of which
First, the regular ticket T for the company line α is inserted into the ticket acceptance slot 14 of the main body 11. Inserted regular ticket T
As shown in FIG. 1, the magnetic reading heads 22, 22 reads the magnetically recorded bill face information and outputs a magnetic reading signal α. This magnetic read signal a is amplified and digitally converted by an amplifier 31, and is inputted to a determination circuit section 32 as a digital signal b. The determination circuit section 32 determines that the ticket is a regular ticket for the company line α based on the face information read by the magnetic reading heads 22, 22, and outputs the determination signal c to the main control section 33.

Furthermore, when the regular ticket T is inserted, a stopper drive signal f is output from the main control section 33 via the conveyance control section 34, and the stopper 23 is moved on the second conveyance path 19 as shown in FIG. The ordinary ticket T that is being driven and conveyed to be projected is temporarily stopped. Subsequently, the main control unit 33 outputs the guidance display lighting signal h shown in FIG. 2, and the guidance display 27 shown in FIG. 1 lights up "Please insert one more sheet".
Or it will blink, prompting the passenger to insert the second ticket in his/her possession, that is, the commuter pass P. Then, by inserting a commuter pass P that allows the passenger to ride from the joint-use station C to the predetermined destination station B on the company line β into the ticket acceptance slot 14, the password is recorded on the commuter pass P in the same manner as above. The ticket face information is read, and the determination circuit section 32 determines whether or not it is a commuter pass for the company line β.

Next, the determination circuit unit 32 performs a combination determination of the two tickets T and P, and as a result, it is determined that the two tickets T and P satisfy the passenger passage conditions. In this case, the main control unit 33 outputs a ticket collection flapper drive signal g and a motor drive signal e for driving the motor 26 that rotationally controls the switching gate 25 via the conveyance control unit 34, and also outputs a stopper drive signal g. Since the signal f is released, the stopper 23
Since the regular ticket T is recessed from the conveyance surface of the second conveyance path 19, the ordinary ticket T that has been temporarily stopped by the stopper 23 is guided to the gate 25 and collected in the ticket collection box 24. Also, the commuter pass P inserted into the second
are conveyed to the fourth conveyance path 21 side through the gate 25 by the reverse rotation of the motor 26, and are transferred to the ticket return slot 1.
5, the commuter pass P is ejected and returned to the passenger. Furthermore, since the regular ticket T is collected in the ticket collection box 24, the main control section 33 outputs the door drive signal j, so the exit side door 12b is opened and passengers can pass through. On the other hand, as a result of the combination determination of the two tickets, if it is determined that the ticket should be blocked from passing, that is, it is determined to be fraudulent, the main control section 33 first outputs the motor drive signal e and drives the stopper. Since the signal f is released, the regular ticket T that has been temporarily stopped by the stopper 23 is discharged to the ticket return slot 15 via the gate 25 by the drive of the motor 26. Subsequently, the main control section 33 outputs the stopper drive signal f again to drive the stopper 23, so that the second commuter pass is stopped by the stopper 23. At this time, since the door drive signal j is not output from the main control section 33, the exit side door 12
b will remain closed and will be treated as an abnormality and will prevent passengers from passing through. Therefore, by pulling out the first regular ticket T from the return slot 15, the stopper drive signal f is released, and the second commuter pass P stopped at the stopper 23 is transported to the return slot 15. Ru. Therefore, the two tickets T and P are returned to the passenger.

There, the passenger returned the two tickets T and P to return gate 1.
When the detector 13a, . Next, when the correct combination of tickets is inserted, the determination circuit 32 determines that the ticket is normal and allows the passenger to pass.

In the above embodiment, the case where the regular ticket T is inserted first is explained, but the commuter ticket P is inserted first.
may be inserted first; in this case, the ticket inserted first is returned to the passenger, and the ticket inserted later is collected. In other words, if the combination determination result is normal, the tickets that should be returned are returned, the tickets that should be collected are collected, and the passenger is allowed to pass. Therefore, in the above embodiment, the combination determination of a commuter pass and a regular ticket was explained as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Various combinations such as tickets (round-trip tickets) and regular tickets can be determined, and depending on the combination result, the regular tickets may be returned to the passenger.

Further, in the above embodiment, the exit side door 12b is always closed and opened when normal.
It is not limited to this, and it may be released all the time.
In this case, the exit door 12b may be closed when the ticket combination determination result is abnormal.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the automatic ticket gate system of the present invention, passengers who have multiple types of tickets are able to pass through the ticket gate by determining the combination of their ticket information. It is possible to provide an automatic ticket collection device with a function to permit or prevent the

Furthermore, the present invention is configured such that the control unit controls the opening and closing of the door mechanism when the collection unit collects the ticket, so that by confirming the collection of the ticket, tickets that should be collected are not missed. This has the effect of confirming the normal operation of the conveyance path as well as allowing the ticket collection system to operate normally.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a transparent side view of an automatic ticket gate system showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the control system circuit in this device, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the line from the departure station of the Company Line α to the Company Line β. It is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an example of a connecting station when transferring to a destination station and an automatic ticket collection device installed at this connecting station. 11...Automatic ticket gate device main body, 12a, 12b
... Traffic control door (door mechanism), 15 ... Ticket return port (return section), 18 ... First conveyance path (conveyance path), 19 ... Second conveyance path (conveyance path), 20 ... Third conveyance path (conveyance path), 21... Fourth conveyance path (conveyance path), 22... Magnetic reading head (reading section), 2
3... Stopper (stopper mechanism), 24... Collection box (collection section), 32... Judgment circuit section (judgment section), 3
3... Main control section (control section).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A transport path for receiving and transporting first and second tickets from the same passenger, and a transport path provided on the transport path and recorded on the face of each of the received first and second tickets. a reading section that reads information; a stopper mechanism that is disposed so as to be protrusive and retractable from the conveyance path and that temporarily stops the conveyance of the first ticket of the first and second tickets; a determination unit that determines the combination of the read information based on the read information read from the first and second tickets, determines for each ticket whether it is a ticket to be collected or a ticket to be returned to the passenger, and outputs a determination signal; and a door mechanism that opens and closes the door to allow or prevent passage of passengers based on the determination of the combination by the determination unit;
and a collection unit that collects a ticket that is determined to be a ticket to be collected among the second tickets; a return unit that returns a ticket that is determined to be a ticket to be returned to a passenger among the first and second tickets; Controlling the protrusion and retraction of the stopper mechanism by receiving the first or second ticket into the conveyance path, and opening/closing the door of the door mechanism based on a determination signal output from the determination section;
An automatic ticket collection device comprising: a control section that controls ticket collection by the collection section and ticket return by the return section. 2. The automatic collection system according to claim 1, characterized in that display guidance means or audio guidance means are provided for prompting the passenger to insert a second ticket when the first ticket is inserted. ticket gate device. 3. When the determination unit determines that the combination of the first and second tickets should be prevented from passing the passenger, the first and second tickets that have already been inserted are transported to the return gate and the passenger is returned. The automatic ticket collection device according to claim 1, characterized in that the automatic ticket collection device returns the ticket to the passenger and closes the door to prevent passengers from passing through. 4. When the determination unit determines that the combination of the first and second tickets should be allowed to pass, one of the first and second tickets is inserted into the device. The automatic ticket collection device according to claim 1, wherein the automatic ticket gate collection device collects the tickets at a later date.