JPH06243313A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the degree of use by automating a transfer gate and utilizing the automatic ticket examination machine for local lines by fetching one-leaf ticket or two-leaf ticket and ejecting the train ticket of an Edmonson ticket (conventional type ticket). CONSTITUTION:When a user inserts one-leaf or two-leaf ticket to a ticket inserting port 13, the inserted ticket is fetched inside, and a first reading head 16 reads ticket data magnetically recorded on the ticket. Next, a ticket issue part 18 issues one Edmonson ticket, the ticket is sent into a conveying line 15, next, ticket data required as the train ticket of the local line are written from the ticket data already read from one-leaf or two-leaf ticket by a writing head 19 and afterwards, a write state is checked by reading those written data with a second reading head 20. Further, the train ticket for local line of the Edmonson type ticket is formed by thermally printing visible data on the surface of the ticket while using a printing head 21, and this Edmonson ticket is ejected to a ticket ejecting port 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides, for example, a single-leaf ticket that is composed of a ticket and a limited express ticket used on the Shinkansen of a railway, and the above-mentioned ticket and limited express ticket. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate that receives a two-leaf ticket composed of two separate tickets and controls the gate of a ticket gate passage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when transferring from a bullet train to a conventional line, a clerk collects an express ticket for a one-leaf ticket or a two-leaf ticket at the transfer gate, and the passenger holds the ticket to transfer. Although it will pass through the mouth, there is a problem that the intervention of a person (human) is indispensable for the collection of the express ticket, and the passenger ticket possessed by the passenger is a single leaf ticket as described above. Or, since it is the rest of the two-leaf ticket, its shape is larger than the ticket (Edmonson ticket) used on the conventional line, so there is a problem that the automatic ticket gate on the conventional line cannot be used.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention collects a one-leaf or two-leaf limited express ticket, and exchanges the ticket for an Edmonson ticket, thereby making it possible to use a transfer gate which has conventionally required an attendant. The objective is to provide an automatic ticket gate with automation and a processing function that enables the use of conventional line automatic ticket gates.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an automatic ticket gate that gates a passage by taking in a one-leaf ticket or a two-leaf ticket at the time of a transfer, and is an inserted one-leaf ticket or a two-leaf ticket. The reading means for reading the ticket data of the voucher, the ticket issuing means for issuing the Edmonson ticket, the Edmonson ticket issued by the ticket issuing means, and the boarding data necessary for the next boarding from the boarding data read by the reading means. An automatic ticket gate equipped with a recording unit for recording.

[0005]

According to the present invention, one-leaf voucher or two-leaf voucher
Since it is possible to take in the leaf ticket and release the ticket with the Edmonson ticket, the transfer from the Shinkansen to the conventional line can be automated without an attendant, and the customer can receive the Edmonson ticket With this, you can use the automatic ticket gates on conventional lines and improve the usage.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows an automatic ticket gate that takes in a one-leaf ticket or a two-leaf ticket and gate-controls a passage. In FIG. 1, a ticket 10a shown in FIG. 1a is, for example, a large ticket used for the Shinkansen. It is a single-leaf ticket that is formed by a single board and a ticket and a limited express ticket. The ticket shown in FIG. 1b is formed of the same large-sized ticket as the above-mentioned one-leaf ticket 10a, and the ticket 10
This is a two-leaf ticket in which the b and the limited express ticket 10c are each composed of two separate tickets. Further, the ticket 10d shown in FIG. 1c is an Edmonson ticket which is smaller than the above-mentioned one-leaf ticket 10a and two-leaf ticket 10b, 10c, for example, which is used on a conventional line.

FIG. 2 accepts the above-mentioned 1-leaf voucher 10a and 2-leaf voucher 10b, 10c, and Edmonson ticket 10d.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate 11 that discharges a ticket. A ticket slot 13 is formed on the entrance side of the base 12 of the automatic ticket gate 11 and a ticket exit 14 is formed on the exit side of the ticket gate. Both ports 13 and 14 are connected by a conveyance line 15 composed of a belt, rollers, guide plates and the like.

On the side of the above-mentioned transport line 15 near the ticket slot 13, the first magnetically reading the data magnetically recorded on the above-mentioned 1-leaf ticket 10a and 2-leaf ticket 10b, 10c above and below the line. The reading heads 16 and 16 are provided, a stopper 17 for temporarily holding the above-mentioned ticket is provided at the subsequent stage, and a ticket issuing portion 18 for issuing the Edmonson's ticket 10d is provided below the stopper 17. The ticket issuing unit 18 cuts the roll paper into the size of the Edmonson ticket, issues the Edmonson ticket 10d, and sends the Edmonson ticket 10d to the transport line 15.

Above and below the line at the latter stage of the above-mentioned ticket feeding position, the magnetic writing of the data required for the Edmonson's ticket 10d and the magnetic head for magnetic processing such as magnetic reading for confirming the magnetic writing state are provided. (2) A reading head (20) and a print head (21) for thermally printing data in a visible state on the bill surface are arranged, and a flapper (22) is arranged at the latter stage of the reading head (20) to collect from the conveyance line (15) via a conveyance branch line. A box 23 is provided, and the one-leaf voucher 10a and the two-leaf vouchers 10b and 10c are collected in the collecting box 23.

The stopper 17 is the solenoid 2
4 and the flapper 22 is driven by the solenoid 25. Further, a door (not shown) for opening and closing the passage is provided on the passage side of the automatic ticket gate 11.

FIG. 3 shows a control circuit block of the automatic ticket gate 11. The CPU 30 drives and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 31, and the RAM 32 stores necessary data such as ticket data. The transport unit 33 drives and controls the above-described transport line 15, and the door drive unit 34 controls opening and closing of the door provided in the ticket gate passage of the automatic ticket gate 11.

CP of the automatic ticket gate 11 configured as described above
The ticket control by U30 will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Normally, the door of the ticket gate of the automatic ticket gate 11 is in a closed state and waiting, and the customer inserts the one-leaf ticket 10a or the two-leaf ticket 10b, 10c into the ticket slot 1
When it is loaded into the card 3, by detecting the loading (step n1), the transport unit 33 drives the transport line 15 in the loading direction to load the loaded ticket into the inside, and the first reading head 16 magnetically moves the ticket. The recorded ticket data is read (step n2) and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 32 (step n3).

Based on the above-mentioned read ticket data, it is judged whether it is the one-leaf ticket 10a or the two-leaf ticket 10b, 10c (step n4). Hold (step n5), 2-leaf ticket 10b, 10
If it is c, it is judged whether or not two sheets are captured together (step n
6) If it is one of them, the one sheet is held by the stopper 17 (step n7).

As described above, the 1-leaf voucher 10a or 2
When the leaf vouchers 10b and 10c are taken in and the holding is completed,
Next, the ticket data is judged to judge the validity of the ticket (step n8, NO judgment). If the validity is not determined by this determination, the solenoid 24 is driven to release the hold by the stopper 17 and the ticket is returned to the ticket outlet 14 (step n).
9) Prohibiting passage through the ticket gate, but when the validity of the ticket is judged (step n8, YES judgment),
The solenoid 24 is driven to release the holding of the ticket by the stopper 17, and the solenoid 25 is driven to switch the transportation line of the flapper 22 to the collection box 23 side to collect the ticket in the collection box 23 (step n10).

Next, the ticket issuing unit 18 issues one Edmonson ticket 10d and sends it to the transport line 15, and then uses the conventional line from the ticket data already read from the one-leaf ticket 10a or the two-leaf ticket 10b, 10c. The writing data necessary for a boarding ticket is written by the writing head 19 and then read by the second reading head 20 to check the writing state. Further, the printing head 21 thermally prints visible data on the face of the ticket and the Edmonson ticket 10d is used. A ticket for a line is formed (step n11), and the Edmonson ticket 10d is used as the ticket outlet 1.
4 (step n12).

Next, the door drive unit 34 is controlled to open the door of the ticket gate passage (step n13) to allow passage of the passenger, and an appropriate human sensor detects that one of the passengers has passed. Then (step n14), the door drive unit 34 controls the closing of the door of the ticket gate passage (step n15), and ends the ticket gate control for one passenger.

When the 1-leaf ticket 10a or the 2-leaf ticket 10b, 10c is collected and a ticket for the Edmonson ticket 10d is issued as in the above-mentioned embodiment, the transfer line from the Shinkansen to the conventional line is operated by a staff member. It is possible to automate the absence, and the passenger can use the automatic ticket gate on the conventional line by receiving the ticket of the Edmonson ticket 10d, and the utilization can be improved.

FIG. 6 shows another example of the formation of the Edmonson's note. In this example, a part of the single leaf ticket 10a is cut to form the Edmonson's note 10d. FIG. 7 shows an automatic ticket gate 11 having a function of cutting a part of the above-mentioned one-leaf ticket 10a, and parts having the same functions as those of the automatic ticket gate 11 shown in FIG. Although a detailed description thereof will be omitted, a cutter 41 for cutting off the Edmonson's ticket 10d from the one-leaf voucher 10a is provided at the subsequent stage of the stopper 17, and a remaining uncut single-leaf voucher 10a is collected at the subsequent stage. A flapper 22 and a collection box 23 are arranged, and further, an aligning section 42 for converting the direction of the cut Edmonson note 10d by 90 degrees and conveying the cut Edmonson note 10d is arranged at the subsequent stage. A pair of the write head 19, the second read head 20, and the print head 21 are arranged above and below the transport line 15.

Therefore, the ticket data of the inserted single-leaf ticket 10a is held by the reading stopper 17, and when the validity of the ticket data is judged, the transportation of the ticket is controlled and the single-leaf ticket 1 is transferred.
The Edmonson note 10d of 0a is cut, and the cut Edmonson note 10d is changed in direction by the alignment section 42.
Next, the writing head 19 writes the Edmonson ticket 10d in which the ticket data necessary for the conventional line ticket is cut off from the ticket data already read from the 1-leaf ticket 10a, and then the second reading head 20 reads it to check the writing state Further, the print head 21 thermally prints visible data on the face of the ticket to form a conventional line ticket using the Edmonson ticket 10d.
To release.

In the above example, the one-leaf ticket 10d has been described, but either one of the two-leaf tickets 10b and 10c may be cut off to form the Edmonson ticket 10d.
When the Edmonson ticket 10d is formed in this way, the first
The ticket issuing unit 18 of the embodiment can be omitted.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the reading means of the present invention corresponds to the first read head 16 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, the ticket issuing means is also the ticket issuing section 1.
8 and the cutter 41, and the recording means corresponds to the write head 19 and the print head 21, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a 1-leaf ticket, a 2-leaf ticket, and an Edmonson ticket.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the ticket gate processing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart continued from FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing another example of a single-leaf ticket and an Edmonson ticket.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing another example of an automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10a ... 1-leaf ticket 10b, 10c ... 2-leaf ticket 10d ... Edmonson ticket 11 ... Automatic ticket gate 16 ... First reading head 18 ... Ticketing section 19 ... Writing head 21 ... Printing head 41 ... Cutter

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that gates a passage by taking in a one-leaf ticket or a two-leaf ticket at the time of transfer, and reads the ticket data of the inserted one-leaf ticket or two-leaf ticket. A reading means, a ticket issuing means for issuing an Edmonson ticket, and a recording means for recording the boarding data necessary for the next boarding on the Edmonson ticket issued by the ticket issuing means from the boarding data read by the reading means Automatic ticket gate.