JPH0690747B2 - Ticket processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a ticket processing device of a parking ticket issuing machine having a commuter ticket processing function, which is used, for example, for warehousing processing in a parking lot.

(B) Conventional technology The above-mentioned parking ticket issuing machine detects a vehicle entering an entrance gate and issues a parking ticket printed with ticket data such as the entry time to the parking ticket outlet when it senses this. Is configured.

However, if the entering vehicle uses a commuter pass, not only is the parking ticket unnecessary, but if this is inadvertently issued, for example, a vehicle that has previously stored the issued parking ticket. There is a possibility that the parking fee will be settled by illegally shortening the parking time of the vehicle.

As a means for solving this, there is a parking ticket issuing machine disclosed in JP-A-57-60487. This parking ticket issuing machine, when the commuter ticket is inserted into the commuter ticket insertion slot, takes in and collects the parking ticket issued at the parking ticket ejection opening, and after confirming this collection processing, imports the commuter ticket. This is a method of performing warehousing processing with a commuter pass.

However, in such a processing method, for a vehicle using a commuter pass, since the commuter pass is accepted after the parking ticket collection process, there is a problem that the warehousing process takes time and the waiting time becomes long. , Furthermore, if the inserted commuter pass is invalid due to expiration, etc., it is necessary to issue a new parking ticket, and two parking tickets will be issued for one vehicle together with the parking ticket collected earlier. Therefore, there is a problem that causes a cost increase.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, the present invention reduces the waiting time to the minimum necessary by shortening the warehousing processing time when a vehicle using a commuter pass enters as much as possible. If the commuter pass is invalid, the parking ticket that was taken in and held will be used to perform the warehousing process.
An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket processing device in which parking ticket holding control is simple and the configuration thereof is simplified.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem The present invention, for a vehicle using a commuter pass that enters a parking lot, performs warehousing processing with the commuter pass inserted in the commuter pass insertion slot and does not use the commuter pass. It is a ticket processing device of a parking ticket issuing machine that issues a parking ticket to a vehicle and issues a parking ticket at a parking ticket outlet, and is used for taking in and returning a commuter ticket inserted into the commuter ticket insertion opening. A commuter pass transporting means, a parking ticket transporting means for delivering and taking in a parking ticket issued to the parking ticket release port, and a unloading direction of the commuting ticket when the commuter pass transporting means is in operation. At the time of transportation of the parking ticket, the parking ticket transportation means is also driven synchronously in the loading direction, and the transportation interlocking means for transporting the carried-out parking ticket to the holding position set inside the parking ticket discharge port and the taken-in parking ticket. When it is transported to the holding position, the transport is released and reloaded. The touch roller is movable up and down, and the parking ticket is held and released from the bracket arranged at the holding position by vertically moving the pressing member, and the touch roller and the pressing member are moved. A first operation in which the pressing member holds the parking ticket when the touch roller is released from the conveyance, and a second operation, which is the opposite of the first operation, by the interlocking member so that the operation is switched by one driving source. When the commuter pass is valid, the commuter pass transport means is drive-controlled in the return direction, and then the parking ticket hold of the holding means is released and the parking ticket transport means is drive-controlled in the pull-in direction to remove the parking ticket. When the commuter pass is invalid, the commuter pass is returned and the commuter pass is controlled by returning the commuter pass to the return direction, and the hold of the parking ticket of the holding means is released and the parking ticket transfer means is sent out. Drive control in the direction and hold parking Characterized in that it is a ticket processing and control means for releasing.

(E) Operation The ticket processing device of the present invention takes in the commuter ticket and the issued parking ticket at the same time by the transport interlocking means when the vehicle using the commuter ticket is reentered, and the commuter ticket is internally stored. On the other hand, the parking ticket is held in the holding position by the pressing member of the holding means and waits until the validity or invalidity of the commuter pass is determined. After returning the ticket, the holding of the parking ticket by the pressing member of the holding means is released, the parking ticket is collected by the parking ticket conveying means, and when the commuter ticket is determined to be invalid, the commuter ticket conveying means is used. The parking ticket is released by the pressing member of the holding means, is re-conveyed by the touch roller, and the reserved parking ticket is released by the parking ticket conveying means.

(F) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, the warehousing process using the commuter pass is performed at the same time as the parking ticket holding process, and is performed while the parking ticket is being held, so it is not necessary to wait for the parking ticket collection process. As a result, the processing time can be shortened and the waiting time for the user is reduced.

Further, when the commuter pass is invalid, the parking ticket held inside can be reused, which can reduce the cost and save resources.

Further, since the parking ticket holding means is composed of the touch roller, the pressing member, the interlocking member, and one driving source, the control means presses the touch roller by pressing one driving source. Since the members can be controlled, the control is simple, and by interlocking the touch roller and the pressing member in opposite operation directions, only one drive source is enough and the structure is simplified.

(G) Embodiment of the Invention One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawings show a ticket processing device of a parking ticket issuing machine, and are shown in FIGS.
In the figure, the ticket processing apparatus includes a roll paper supply unit 1, a printing unit 2, a parking ticket ejection opening 3, and a commuter ticket insertion opening 4.

The roll paper supply unit 1 described above includes a feeding roller 6 for feeding the parking ticket roll paper 5 upward and the parking ticket roll paper 5 described above.
It is provided with a rotary cutter 7 for cutting the parking ticket length and a guide roller 8 for guiding the cut parking ticket P to the printing unit 2 described above.

The feeding roller 6 described above holds both sides of the above-described parking ticket roll paper 5 wound in a roll shape with an arbitrary length in order to enable the creation of a large number of parking tickets P, and is rotationally driven in the arrow direction,
The parking ticket roll paper 5 is fed to the rotary cutter 7 described above.

The rotary cutter 7 described above is provided with a solenoid 10 via an operating rod 9.
The driving ticket roll paper 5 is cut into the length of the parking ticket P.

The guide roller 8 described above presses the belt 12 stretched between the stretched roller 11 and the guide roller 13 against the guide roller 13 to rotate the guide roller 13 in a subordinate manner. A parking ticket P is sandwiched in between, and is driven to rotate in the direction of the arrow by the stepping motor 14, and the parking ticket P is guided to the printing unit 2 through the guide plate 15 installed at the upper end portion.

The printing unit 2 described above displays the date, the entering time,
A ticket printing printer 16 for printing ticket data such as ticket number,
Writing head 17 for magnetically recording the above-mentioned ticket data on the surface
And a read bed 18 for verifying the recorded magnetic content.

The above-mentioned ticket printing printer 16 takes in the parking ticket P guided by the above-mentioned guide roller 8 by the guide roller 19, prints the ticket data on the parking ticket P by the print head 20 and the platen roller 21, and after the printing is completed, It is delivered to the writing head 17 by the guide roller 19 of FIG.

The write head 17 and the read head 18 described above are arranged below the transport path of the upper transport belt 23 and the lower transport belt 24 driven by the stepping motor 22, and further the pressure roller 25 for preventing the parking ticket P from floating. Are opposite to each other.

The above-mentioned upper conveyor belt 23 is formed in a pair at the left and right positions corresponding to the left and right end positions of the commuter pass T, and also the rollers.
The flapper 31 takes in and releases the commuter pass T which is stretched from 26 to 30 and inserted into the commuter pass insertion port 4 described above.

The above-mentioned lower conveyor belts 24 are formed in a pair at the left and right positions corresponding to the left and right end positions of the parking ticket P, and also the rollers.
The parking ticket P, which is stretched over 32 and 33, is taken in and released by the flapper 31 and the touch roller 34.

The flapper 31 is arranged in the central space portion of the lower conveyance belt 24 formed in a pair of the left and right sides, the pressing portion 35 is formed at the substantially central portion thereof, and the guide piece 36 is formed at the tip portion of the flapper 31.
It is driven by the spring 37 through the springs 38 and 39 and is rotated about the rotary shaft 40.

The pressing portion 35 is the parking ticket P of the lower conveyor belt 24 described above.
Is formed above the holding position 41, and a bracket 42 is provided below the holding position 41. When the guide piece 36 is rotated upward, the lower conveyor belt 24 and the A gap through which the parking ticket P can pass is formed between the bracket 42 and the bracket 42. Further, when the guide piece 36 is rotated downward, the parking ticket P held at the holding position 41 is sandwiched between the parking ticket P and the bracket 42 and temporarily held so that it cannot be moved.

The touch roller 34 described above is the rotary shaft 40 of the flapper 31 described above.
And is engaged by an engagement pin 43.
Therefore, when the guide piece 36 is rotated upward, the guide piece 36 is rotated downward in association with the rotation, and the lower conveyor belt is
It presses against the 24 and rotates in a subordinate manner, and the parking ticket P is sandwiched between the lower transportation belt 24 and the parking ticket P is discharged and taken in.

Further, when the guide piece 36 is rotated downward as shown in FIG. 3, the guide piece 36 is rotated upward in association with the rotation and separated from the lower conveyor belt 24. For this reason, the above-mentioned upper conveyor belt 23 which rotates in the take-in direction to take in the commuter pass T
The temporarily held parking ticket P described above is released from the carrying force of the lower carrying belt 24 that rotates in synchronization with.

The guide piece 36 is arranged in the vicinity of the transfer path branch point 44 of the upper transfer belt 23 and the lower transfer belt 24, and the parking ticket P that is released when rotated upward is transferred to the lower transfer belt.
It is guided to 24, passes through the above-mentioned pressing portion 35, and is discharged to the above-mentioned parking ticket discharge port 3. At this time, in order to facilitate the taking out of the parking ticket P, the lower conveyor belt 24 and the touch roller described above are used.
The left and right rear ends thereof are sandwiched by 34, and the front portion of the parking ticket is projected from the parking ticket outlet 3 and discharged.

Further, when the guide piece 36 is rotated downward, the taken-in commuter pass T is conveyed to the above-described writing head 17, and the discharged commuter pass T is guided to the above-mentioned upper conveyance belt 23. Then, it is discharged to the above-mentioned commuter pass insertion slot 4. At this time, in order to make the commuter pass T easy to take out,
The left and right rear end portions of the commuter pass holding roller 45, which is arranged in pressure contact with the lower end of the roller 26, are sandwiched and ejected by projecting the front part from the commuter pass insertion port 4 described above. It

A collecting box 46 is provided below the rear of the printing unit 2 and collects the issued parking ticket P when it is no longer needed.

A first sensor 47 for detecting the release and removal of the released parking ticket P is arranged in the vertical direction of the central space portion of the lower conveyance belt 24 of the parking ticket release port 3 described above.

A second sensor 48 for detecting the insertion and removal of the commuter pass T is arranged in the vertical direction of the central space of the upper conveyor belt 23 of the commuter pass insertion slot 4 described above.

Further, a third sensor 49 for detecting the parking ticket P to be held is arranged in the vertical direction of the central space portion of the lower conveyance belt 24 at the holding position 41 described above.

Further, in the vertical direction of the preceding stage position of the write head 17 described above,
The fourth to detect the conveyed parking ticket P and commuter ticket T
A sensor 50 is provided.

Further, a fifth sensor 51 for detecting the conveyed parking ticket P is arranged in the up and down direction of the latter stage position of the printing unit 2.

Further, a sixth sensor 52 for detecting that all the parking ticket roll paper 5 has been fed out is arranged in the left-right direction of the above-mentioned parking ticket roll paper 5 feeding position.

Each of the sensors 47 to 52 described above is composed of a known photoelectric sensor.

FIG. 4 shows a control circuit. The CPU 61 drives and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 62, and the RAM 63 stores and reads various data. The date setter 64 sets the current day's date and clocks the clock device 65.

The magnetic recording / reproducing device 66 is composed of the writing head 17 and the reading head 18, and is controlled by the CPU 61 to record and reproduce ticket data on the parking ticket P. The face printing printer 16 is CP
The ticket data is printed under the control of U61.

The motor drive circuit 67 drives the stepping motors 14 and 22 under the control of the CPU 61. The solenoid drive circuit 68 drives the solenoids 10 and 37 under the control of the CPU 61. The sensors 47 to 52 input the detection signals of the parking ticket P and the commuter ticket T to the CPU 61. The vehicle detector 69 is provided at the entrance gate of the parking lot, detects the entry of the entering vehicle, and inputs the detection signal to the CPU 61.

The operation of the ticket processing device of the parking ticket issuing machine thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the first step 71, the CPU 61 checks whether or not the vehicle detector 69 has detected the entry of the vehicle. When the entry of the vehicle is detected, the CPU 61 drives the stepping motor 14 in the second step 72 to roll the parking ticket. The paper 5 is fed out for the length of one parking ticket P, then the solenoid 10 is driven to rotate the rotary cutter 7 to cut the parking ticket roll paper 5, and the cut parking ticket P is printed by the belt 12 It is transported to 2.

In the third step 73, the ticket data is printed on the front surface of the parking ticket P by the print head 20 of the ticket printing printer 16, and in the fourth step 74, the stepping motor 22 is driven to rotate in the forward direction so that the parking ticket P is discharged. In the course of this transportation, the writing head 17 magnetically records the ticket data on the magnetic film on the back surface of the parking ticket P, and the reading head 18 reads the recorded data to check whether there is an error, and the fifth step 75 The parking ticket P is discharged to the parking ticket discharge port 3.

In the sixth step 76, it is checked whether the parking ticket P has been taken out, and this check is performed based on the ticket taking-out detection signal of the first sensor 47 of the parking ticket outlet 3, and when the taking-out of the parking ticket P is detected. With this detection, the parking ticket warehousing process ends.

If the removal of the parking ticket P is not detected in the sixth step 76, the insertion of the commuter ticket T is checked in the seventh step 77, and this check is performed by the second sensor 48 of the commuter ticket insertion slot 4.
It is performed based on the detection signal of.

When the insertion of the commuter pass T is recognized, the CPU 61 determines that the commuter pass T has been stored, and in the eighth step 78, the parking ticket P released from the parking ticket release port 3 is driven in reverse by the stepping motor 22. When the leading edge is detected by the third sensor 49, the solenoid 37 is driven to switch the flapper 31 in the ninth step 79, and the pressing portion 35 of the pressing portion 35 is parked on the parking ticket P.
Is clamped on the bracket 42 and retained at the retaining position 41, and the touch roller 34 is rotated upward to rotate the lower conveyor belt.
The parking ticket P is released by the carrying force of 24.

Due to this suspension, the parking ticket P has the upper and lower conveyor belts 23, 24.
Even if is driven, the parking ticket P is not conveyed.

When the parking ticket P is held at the holding position 41 in the ninth step 79, the stepping motor 22 is reversely driven in the tenth step 80 and the upper and lower conveyor belts 23 and 24 are driven in the take-in direction to take in the commuter ticket T. Transport in the direction. At the time of this conveyance, the reading head 18 reads the ticket data of the commuter pass T, and the CPU 61 determines its validity. In the eleventh step 81, when the CPU 61 determines that the commuter pass T is valid, in the twelfth step 82, When it is detected by the fourth sensor 50 that the commuter pass T has been conveyed to the writing position, the stepping motor 22 is driven to rotate in the forward direction again so that the commuter pass T is conveyed in the discharging direction. Magnetically record data and read head 18
Reads the ticket data and checks the magnetic recording for errors.

If there is no error in the above-mentioned check, the commuter pass T is returned to the commuter pass insertion slot 4, and the release of the commuter pass T is detected by the second sensor 48.
Is detected, the stepping motor 22 is stopped,
The commuter pass warehousing process of the twelfth step 82 ends.

In the thirteenth step 83, it is checked whether the commuter pass T has been taken out, and this check is made based on the ticket take-out detection signal from the second sensor 48 of the commuter pass insertion slot 4. If removal of the commuter pass T is detected, the solenoid 37
Is driven to switch the flapper 31, and the held parking ticket P is released by the pressing force of the pressing portion 35 and the bracket 42, and the parking ticket P is conveyed in the take-in direction by the reverse driving of the stepping motor 22. , Collection box via guide roller 19
When the fifth sensor 51 detects this recovery, the stepping motor 22 is stopped and the 14th
The parking ticket collection process in step 84 ends.

If the CPU 61 determines that the commuter pass T is invalid in the eleventh step 81, the stepping motor is determined in the fifteenth step 85.
22 is driven forward and returns the commuter pass T to the commuter pass insertion slot 4,
When the second sensor 48 detects the release of the commuter pass T, the stepping motor 22 is stopped, and the commuter pass return process of the fifteenth step 85 is completed.

In a sixteenth step 86, it is checked whether or not the commuter pass T has been taken out, and this check is performed based on the ticket take-out detection signal of the second sensor 48 of the commuter pass insertion slot 4. If the removal of the commuter pass T is detected, the solenoid 37
Is driven, the flapper 31 is switched, and the holding parking ticket P is released due to the pressing force of the pressing portion 35 and the bracket 42.
The parking ticket P is discharged to the parking ticket discharge port 3 by the normal rotation drive of the stepping motor 22, and the first sensor 47 detects the discharging of the parking ticket P.
Is detected, the stepping motor 22 is stopped and
17 The reserved parking ticket re-emission processing in step 87 ends.

In the eighteenth step 88, it is checked whether the re-emitted parking ticket P has been taken out, and this check is performed based on the ticket taking-out detection signal of the first sensor 47 of the parking ticket ejection port 3, and the parking ticket P
When the takeout is detected, the detection ends the storing process for the invalid commuter pass T.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the commuter pass conveying means of the present invention is an upper conveyance belt of the embodiment.
23, roller 30, commuter pass holding roller 45, lower conveyor belt 24
Corresponding to the above, the parking ticket transportation means is the lower transportation belt 24, touch roller 3
4, corresponding to the upper conveyor belt 23, the holding means, flapper 31, touch roller 34, pressing portion 35,
The solenoid 37, the holding position 41, the bracket 42, and the control means correspond to the processing of the CPU 61, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

For example, if each conveying means for a commuter ticket and a parking ticket is constructed by partially contacting the upper conveying belt 23 and the lower conveying belt 24 as in the embodiment, the constitution and control of the conveying system and the driving system are simplified. .

[Brief description of drawings]

 The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an external front view of a parking ticket issuing machine. FIG. 2 is a side view of the inside. FIG. 3 is a holding state diagram when the parking ticket P is held. FIG. 4 is a control circuit block diagram. FIG. 5 is a flowchart. P ... Parking ticket, T ... Commuter ticket 3 ... Parking ticket ejection opening, 4 ... Commuter ticket insertion opening 23 ... Upper conveyor belt, 24 ... Lower conveyor belt 30 ... Roller, 31 ... Flapper 34 ... Touch roller, 35 ... Pressing portion 37 … Solenoid, 41… Hold position 42… Bracket, 44… Conveyor branch point 45… Commuter ticket holding roller, 61… CPU

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When a vehicle using a commuter pass enters a parking lot, the commuter pass is inserted into the commuter pass insertion slot, and when the vehicle does not use the commuter pass, the parking ticket exit is used. A ticket processing device of a parking ticket issuing machine which issues a parking ticket and performs a warehousing process, and a commuter ticket conveying means for carrying in and returning the commuter ticket inserted into the commuter ticket insertion slot, and the parking ticket. The parking ticket transport means for sending out and transporting the parking ticket issued to the discharge port and the parking ticket transport means are in synchronization when the commuter ticket transport means is in operation and is transported in the loading direction of the transport means. Then, it is driven in the taking-in direction to convey the delivered parking ticket to the holding position set inside the parking ticket discharge port, and when the taken parking ticket is conveyed to the holding position, the conveyance Can be released and re-conveyed by moving the touch roller up and down. The parking ticket is held and released from the bracket disposed at the holding position by moving the pressing member up and down, and when the touch roller releases the conveyance, the pressing member is operated by the pressing member. Reserving means for interlocking a first operation for holding a parking ticket and a second operation opposite thereto with an interlocking member to switch the operation by one driving source, and when the commuter ticket is valid, After the ticket transport means is driven and controlled in the return direction, the parking ticket holding of the holding means is released and the parking ticket transport means is driven and controlled in the loading direction to collect the parking ticket, and the commuter ticket is invalid. , The commuter pass transportation means is driven and controlled in the returning direction to return the commuter pass,
A ticket processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls release of the parking ticket of the holding unit, controls the driving of the parking ticket transportation unit in a direction to release the reserved parking ticket.