JPH0721418A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To always attain connection between plural railroads and to individually execute adjustment in each arrival station at the time of using a railroad ticket consisting of a railroad ticket and a future ticket by writing entrance data in the future ticket in the case of withdrawing the alighting ticket, returning the future ticket and opening a door. CONSTITUTION:When an inserted alighting ticket out of a pair of alighting and future tickets for automatic ticket examination railload ticket is invalid, the reilload ticket is withdrawn to a withdrawal box 16, data indicating the lack of a prescribed charge in the alighting ticket are written in the future ticket through a writing head H and a door D is opened. When the railload ticket is valid and the future ticket is invalid, the alighting ticket is withdrawn to the withdrawal box 16 and data indicating entrance from a station A are written in the future ticket through the head H2 and the door D is opened. Thereby a user owning the future ticket in which the data are written adjusts the rate of its lack or the like at the time of exiting from a final arrival station.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a one-latch type automatic ticket gate installed at a transit station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, automatic ticket gates have become widespread, and as shown in FIG. 4, even at A station where passengers can transfer between Company A line and Company B line, the automatic ticket gate main bodies a ₁ , a _In addition to ₂ , there is a 1-latch type automatic ticket gate body at the contact ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as the ticket gate body)
a is being installed.

In order for the ticket gate main body a to be effectively used for automatic ticket gates, in addition to automatic ticket gates, one ticket, such as a transfer ticket, satisfies the transfer conditions. In the case of a set of tickets, for example, in the case of transferring from Company A line to Company B line, the automatic ticket gate starts only with a valid get-off ticket for Company A line and a valid advance ticket for Company B line at Ko station. Is configured to take place.

Therefore, if the user (passenger) has a valid advance ticket (including a commuter pass) for the B company line, but has a getting-off ticket that does not satisfy the getting-off condition for the A company line. ,
The ticket is inserted into the automatic checkout machine body (hereinafter referred to as the checkout machine body) to perform the checkout, and the checkout ticket issued from the checkout machine body and the advance ticket are inserted into the ticket checker body to perform the automatic ticket gate There is a need.

[0005]

However, in the above conventional ticket gate body, in the case of a getting-off ticket which does not satisfy the getting-off condition, the automatic ticket gate is performed when the ticket and the advance ticket are inserted. Because it is configured as, there was a long line in front of the main body of the settlement machine, which sometimes caused congestion.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to always transfer passengers in the case of a two-ticket set including an alighting ticket and an advance ticket. The purpose is to provide automatic ticket gates that can be settled at disembarkation stations.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is operated on the basis of data of a getting-off ticket and an advance ticket inserted in a ticket gate body to perform an automatic ticket gate. In an automatic ticket gate, when an effective ticket and a ticket that does not meet the exit conditions are inserted into the ticket gate body, the ticket is collected and the ticket is returned to open the door. At this time, a writing means for writing the insufficient charge data is provided on the ticket in advance. Also,
When an advance ticket that does not meet the advance conditions and a valid exit ticket are inserted into the ticket gate body, the exit ticket is collected, and when the return ticket is opened and the door is opened, It is characterized in that a writing means for writing the entrance data is provided.

[0008]

In the above structure, the writing means writes the insufficient charge data or the entry data on the advance ticket. Therefore, the user of the advance ticket in which these data are written will perform the settlement processing based on the data at the alighting station and will participate.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a ticket gate body capable of processing a two-pass ticket (hereinafter, alighting ticket a and advance ticket b). FIG. 2 is a front view showing a cross section of a portion of a, in which a ticket insertion slot 10 is provided on the upper part of one end side (right side in the illustrated example) of the ticket gate body a, and A discharge port 11 for discharging a ticket is provided in the upper part on the end side and slightly closer to the center. Then, in the ticket inspection machine body a between the insertion port 10 and the ejection port 11, an alignment conveyance path 12 for positioning and aligning the ticket inserted from the insertion port 10 in a predetermined direction, a reading head H ₁ , and a writing unit. Head H ₂ and verifying head H ₃
There is provided a transporting path 15 including a main transporting path 13 and a return transporting path 14 for returning a ticket, and these transporting paths are configured to be rotationally driven by a motor M.

In FIG. 1, D is a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage, W is a wing provided between the main transport path 13 and the return transport path 14, and these are the ticket gate main body a. Is configured to be controlled by a controller C including a microcomputer that controls the control of the. In addition,
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 16 is a collection box for collecting the ticket B in the ticket gate body a when the wing W rises.

The electrical construction of the controller C is shown in FIG. The controller C is a central processing unit (CP) that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 20 and working data stored in the RAM 21.
U) 22. Then, the CPU 22
A read driver 24 for taking in data from the read head H ₁ via the / O unit 23, and a write head H for writing new data as a result of calculation by the CPU 22.
₂ and a write driver 25 for driving the verifying head H ₃ for reading to confirm new written data.
Verify read driver 26 that captures data from
, A door driver 27 for driving the door D, and a wing driver 28 for driving the wing W are connected.

The CPU 22 has an I / O unit 2
Various devices such as a driver of the motor M are connected via 3, but they are omitted here.

Next, the control operation of the ticket inspection machine main body a according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Now, assume that the user is about to transfer from Company A line to Company B line at Ko station shown in FIG.

First, it is assumed that a valid contact ticket (not shown) consisting of one ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 10 of the ticket gate body a (Yes in step 100. Hereinafter, step is referred to as S). In this case, the transfer ticket is written with the entrance data, returned from the outlet 11, and the door D is opened (S
101, S112).

Next, it is assumed that the valid alighting ticket B and the valid advance ticket B are inserted into the insertion slot 10 (S102 to S1).
08). In this case, the alighting ticket a, the wing W rises,
The ticket B is collected in the collection box 16, returned from the outlet 11 (S110), and the door D is opened (S112).

When one automatic ticket wicket is performed with a set of two tickets, an alighting ticket a and an advance ticket b, even if the first ticket (alighting ticket a or advance ticket b) is valid, two tickets are available. Although it is not shown in FIG. 1, it is necessary for the applicant of the present invention to first hold the ticket in the ticket inspection machine main body a until it is determined whether the ticket (front ticket B or alighting ticket B) is valid or invalid. As proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-75978, verify head H ₃ and wing W
A stopper is provided on the main transport path B between the and. The stopper and the wing W are configured to be drive-controlled by the controller C.

When the inserted ticket a is an invalid ticket (No at S106), the door D is normally closed and the ticket gate is rejected. In this case, the ticket a is collected in the collection box 16, Data indicating that a predetermined fare shortage has occurred in the alighting ticket a via the head H ₂ is written on the return ticket B, and the door D is opened (S114, S112).

Therefore, the user who possesses the advance ticket (b) in which this data is written will be required to pay off the shortage at the station where he / she gets off.

When the ticket a is valid and the ticket b is invalid (No at S106, No at step S108), for example, when the ticket b is a stored fair card and the remaining amount is less than the initial fare, the ticket A is collected in the collection box 16, and data indicating that the vehicle has entered from the station A is written in the front ticket B by the writing head H ₂ and the door D is opened (S116, S112).

Therefore, the user who possesses the advance ticket (b) in which this data is written will settle the charge at the getting-off station and participate.

Further, although not shown in the flow chart of FIG. 3, when both the getting-off ticket a and the advance ticket b are invalid, the return ticket b to be returned includes the above-mentioned insufficient charge data and admission data. Data is written.

As described above, according to the automatic ticket gate of the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain the exit ticket and the advance ticket without paying at the transit station or purchasing the advance ticket at the transit station. If you have it, you can use automatic ticket gates, so congestion at transit stations will be alleviated.

[0023]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is effective in an automatic ticket gate that performs an automatic ticket gate by performing arithmetic processing based on the data of the ticket and the ticket inserted in the ticket gate body. When a ticket that does not meet the conditions is inserted into the ticket gate body, or when a ticket that does not meet the conditions and a valid ticket are inserted into the ticket gate body, the ticket is collected. At the same time, when the advance ticket is returned and the door is opened, a writing means for writing the insufficient charge data or the admission data is provided in the advance ticket, so if you have the alighting ticket and the advance ticket, Automatic ticket gates can be used regardless of whether these tickets are valid or invalid, which alleviates congestion at transit stations.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket gate body.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a ticket gate body.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a ticket examination operation of the ticket examination machine main body when an advance ticket and an alighting ticket are inserted.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a transit station.

[Explanation of symbols]

a Main body of the automatic ticket gate (main body of the ticket gate) C controller (writing means) H ₂ writing head (writing means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that performs automatic ticket processing by performing arithmetic processing based on the data of an alighting ticket inserted in the main body of an automatic ticket gate and a ticket for a ticket that is not valid When it is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, while collecting the alighting ticket and returning the early ticket to open the door,
An automatic ticket gate characterized in that a writing means for writing the insufficient charge data is provided on the ticket in advance. 2. An automatic ticket gate that performs an automatic ticket processing by performing arithmetic processing on the basis of data of an alighting ticket and a ticket that are inserted into the main body of the ticket gate When it is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, while collecting the alighting ticket and returning the early ticket to open the door,
An automatic ticket gate, which is provided with a writing means for writing admission data on the ticket in advance.