JPH0736256U - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Even when the ticket for the passenger before the passenger is at the exit and the ticket for the passenger before is held in the main body, the ticket can be accepted and the arithmetic processing can be performed. , Improve the ticket processing capacity. A first stopper provided between the read magnetic head and the write head, a second stopper provided between the write head and the discharge port, and the first stopper Shutter control means for controlling the shutter so as to close the insertion port when holding the ticket, and the second stopper holds the ticket when the ticket is held, and the second stopper holds the ticket. First stopper control means for controlling the first stopper so as to release the hold of the ticket when it is not held, and hold the ticket when there is a ticket at the outlet, and get on the outlet The second stopper control means controls the second stopper so as to release the hold of the ticket when there is no ticket.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate with improved ticket processing capability.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, in this type of automatic ticket gate, when a ticket is inserted into the insertion slot of the main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as the main body), the data recorded on the ticket is read by the magnetic read head.

The read data is used for calculation of a controller mainly composed of a microcomputer, and when the calculation result can permit entry or exit, new data of entry or exit is written. It is written on the ticket via the magnetic head for use and returned from the outlet, and the door is opened (when the main body is a normally open type, the passenger can pass). Become.

In addition, in the case of participation, when the ticket is a commuter pass or the like and needs to be returned, the ticket is returned to the outlet, but when it is not necessary to return like a regular ticket Are collected in the collection box inside the main body.

Further, the new data written by the write magnetic head is read by the verifying magnetic head to confirm whether it has been written correctly. Then, the entry date and the like are printed by the printing mechanism, and the entry mark is opened by the punching mechanism as needed.

In the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, a stopper for temporarily holding the ticket in the main body is provided in order to correspond the user with the ticket inserted in the main body.

That is, the stopper is used by the front passenger (user in front of the user) until he / she takes out the ticket from the outlet, that is, when the ticket of the front passenger is in the outlet. It acts so as to hold the ticket, which has undergone a series of processes such as reading and writing, in the main body without discharging it to the discharging mechanism. Then, in this case, the shutter of the insertion port is closed so that a new ticket is not inserted.

[0008]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, only one ticket can be held in the main body until the front passenger takes out the ticket from the exit, and the next passenger (subsequent user of the user) can hold it. Since the ticket cannot be received in the main body, the ticket processing capacity is reduced.

To further explain, in the above-described conventional automatic ticket gate, the processing of the ticket of the user is completed, and the arithmetic processing unit (controller) performs the arithmetic processing of the ticket of the next passenger. However, the ticket for the next passenger cannot be received and processed, and the ticket for the next passenger is not inserted into the main body until the passenger's ticket is discharged to the outlet. Therefore, there is a problem that the ticket gate processing capability becomes low.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can enhance the ticket gate processing capability.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention uses a reading magnetic head to transfer a ticket inserted in an insertion opening of a main body to a discharge opening of the main body through a transfer mechanism. An automatic ticket gate that reads the data recorded on a ticket, performs arithmetic processing based on the read data, and then writes the data of the operation result to the ticket with a magnetic head for writing to perform the ticket processing. A shutter provided in the insertion opening, a first stopper provided between the read magnetic head and the write head, and a write stopper provided between the write head and the discharge opening The second stopper and the first stopper are controlled so as to close the insertion opening when the ticket is held, and the insertion opening is opened when the first stopper does not hold the ticket. To control the shutter to The shutter control means and the second stopper control to hold the ticket when the ticket is held, and release the ticket hold when the second stopper does not hold the ticket. And a first stopper control means for controlling the first stopper so as to hold the ticket when a ticket exists at the outlet, and a ticket when there is no ticket at the outlet. Second stopper control means for controlling the above-mentioned second stopper so as to release the suspension of the above.

[0012]

[Action]

 In the above configuration, the shutter control means controls the first stopper to close the insertion slot when the ticket is held, and opens the insertion slot when the first stopper does not hold the ticket. To control the shutter. The first stopper control means controls the second ticket to hold the ticket when the ticket is held, and the second stopper controls the ticket when the ticket is not held. The first stopper is controlled so that the hold is released. Further, the second stopper control means controls to hold the ticket when the ticket is present at the exit, and releases the ticket when the ticket is not present at the exit. Control the stopper.

[0013]

【Example】

 An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment. A transport mechanism 3 driven by a motor M is arranged between an insertion opening 1 and an ejection opening 2 of a main body a. .

The insertion slot 1 is provided with a shutter 4 driven by a solenoid (not shown). When the shutter 4 is in the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the insertion opening 1 is opened to allow the insertion of a ticket (not shown). It is configured to prevent the insertion of a ticket.

The transport mechanism 3 is composed of an alignment transport path 3a, a main transport path 3b, and a discharge transport path 3d, of which the alignment transport path 3a is inserted from the insertion slot 1 like the well-known automatic ticket gate. It has a function of arranging the selected tickets.

The main transport path 3b is driven by a reading magnetic head H ₁ for reading the magnetic data recorded on the ticket and a solenoid (not shown) for temporarily holding the ticket in order from the upstream side. And the magnetic head H for writing for processing the data read by the read magnetic head H ₁ by the controller C mainly composed of the microcomputer and writing the calculation result. _2, the magnetic head H ₃ for verification for reading or Taka whether data writing is normally performed, the thermal head T for printing predetermined contents admission date such as ticket and admission to the ticket It has a punch mechanism P for punching a mark and a second stopper 5b driven by a solenoid (not shown) for temporarily holding a ticket.

The discharge / conveyance path 3d is configured to convey a ticket to be returned to the user to the discharge port 2. In addition, when the main body a is for participation and it is not necessary to return the ticket, the ticket is collected via a recovery conveyance path (not shown) provided between the main conveyance path 3b and the discharge conveyance path 3d. It

In the figure, D is a door that is provided on the side surface of the main body a and that opens and closes the ticket gate passage based on the calculation result of the controller C. Further, S in the figure is a human detection for detecting the entrance or exit of the user into or through the ticket gate passage formed between the main body (not shown) and the adjacent gate. Reference numeral 6 is a speaker provided on the side wall of the main body a, which is used when giving voice guidance to the user.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the controller C, which is a central processing unit (which performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 10 and working data stored in the RAM 11 ( CPU) 12.

The CPU 12 includes a read driver 14 for the read magnetic head H ₁ , a write driver 15 for the write magnetic head H ₂ , and a verify driver 16 for the verify magnetic head H ₃ via the I / O unit 13. A shutter driver 17 for driving the solenoid of the shutter 4, a first stopper driver 18 for driving the solenoid of the first stopper 5a, a second stopper driver 19 for driving the solenoid of the second stopper 5b, and the door D. A door driver 20 for driving, a print driver 21 for driving the thermal head T, and a punch driver 22 for driving the punch mechanism P are connected. The I / O unit 13 is connected with a sensor amplifier such as the sensor S and a driver for other devices, but they are omitted because they are not directly related to the description of the present invention.

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, it is assumed that the user is going to enter using the main body a. At this time, in the main body a, when the first stopper 5a holds the ticket of the front passenger, the ticket cannot be taken into the main body a, so the insertion opening 1 is closed by the shutter 4. (Yes in step 100, step 102. Hereafter, step is referred to as S). When the first stopper 5a does not hold the ticket, that is, when the first stopper 5a is empty, the ticket is accepted and Since data can be read by the ticket reading head H ₁ and arithmetic processing can be performed by the CPU 12, the shutter 4 is driven to a position where the insertion opening 1 is opened (S104).

When the ticket is inserted into the opening 1 of the shutter 4 opened (Yes at S106), the data recorded on the ticket is read by the magnetic head H ₁ (S108) and read. The obtained data is provided to the CPU 12 for calculation (S110).

At this time, when the ticket of the front passenger is held by the second stopper 5b, the ticket of the passenger is held by the first stopper 5a (Yes at S112, S114, S116). However, when the ticket of the front passenger is not held in the second stopper 5b (No in S112), the first stopper 5a is held in the down state, and the ticket of the user is on the writing magnetic head H ₂ side. Although it can be transported to and processed by the passenger (Yes at S118), when an error occurs in the ticket processing of the passenger of the previous passenger (including when the ticket is an invalid ticket) (No at S118), the preceding passenger Must receive the ticket from exit 2 and retreat from the ticket gate passage. Therefore, the user must also receive the ticket from the outlet 2 and retreat from the ticket gate passage. Therefore, in this case, the passenger ticket of the user is not processed, and guidance for reinsertion is given.

When the ticket of the front passenger is normally processed (Yes at S118), the admission data as the calculation processing result is written on the ticket by the writing magnetic head H ₂ , and then the verification is performed. It is detected whether or not the data written by the magnetic head H ₃ for writing is normally written. Further, the thermal head T prints a predetermined content such as the date of entry, and the punch mechanism P punches holes (S200 to S204). The printing by the thermal head T and the punch holes by the punch mechanism P are appropriately selected and driven according to the type of ticket, for example, ordinary ticket or coupon ticket. If an error occurs in this writing process (Yes at S206), the user must retreat from the ticket gate passage, so the shutter 4 is closed and the next passenger's ticket insertion is prohibited. The customer is informed that the previous customer is leaving due to a processing error (S208, S210).

When the above-mentioned processing by the thermal head T or the like is normally completed and there is no ticket for the front passenger in the discharge port 2 (No in S212), the 2 stopper 5b is held in the down state. The ticket is immediately discharged to the discharge port 2 (S214, S216).

However, when the above-mentioned processing by the thermal head T or the like is completed, and the passenger ticket of the front passenger is present in the discharge port 2, the ticket of the front passenger is transferred from the discharge port 2 to the front passenger. The passenger's ticket is held by the second stopper 5b until it is taken out (Yes at S212, S218, S220).

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to this embodiment, the first stopper 5a is provided even when the ticket of the front passenger is held in the second stopper 5b. Thus, the passenger's ticket can be read by the reading magnetic head H ₂ to perform arithmetic processing, and the ticket gate processing capability can be enhanced.

[0029]

[Effect of device]

 In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, the shutter provided at the insertion slot, the first stopper provided between the read magnetic head and the write head, the write head and the discharge slot are provided. When the first stopper does not hold the ticket, the second stopper provided between the first stopper and the first stopper controls to close the insertion slot while holding the ticket. A shutter control means for controlling the shutter so as to open the insertion opening, and a control for holding the ticket when the second stopper holds the ticket, and the second stopper controls the ticket. A first stopper control means for controlling the first stopper so as to release the retention of the ticket when the ticket is not retained, and a control for retaining the ticket when the ticket is present at the outlet. If there is no ticket at the outlet, The second stopper control means controls the second stopper so as to release the hold of the ticket, so that even if the ticket of the front passenger is held by the second stopper, the ticket is accepted and the arithmetic processing is performed. Since it is possible, it is possible to improve the ticket processing capacity.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a part of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

a Main body of the automatic ticket gate (main body) C controller (shutter control means, first stopper control means, second stopper control means) H ₁ magnetic head for reading H ₂ magnetic head for writing H ₃ magnetic head for verifying M motor D door 1 insertion port 2 discharge port 3 transport mechanism 4 shutter 5a first stopper 5b second stopper

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. While the ticket inserted into the insertion opening of the main body of the automatic ticket gate is being conveyed to the outlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate through the conveying mechanism, the ticket is recorded on the ticket by the magnetic read head. In the automatic ticket gate, which reads the data that is read, performs arithmetic processing based on the read data, and then writes the calculated data to the ticket with the magnetic head for writing, A shutter provided, a first stopper provided between the read magnetic head and the write head, and a second stopper provided between the write head and the discharge port.
The shutter and the shutter so that the first stopper controls the insertion opening to be closed when the ticket is held and the first stopper opens the opening when the ticket is not held. And a shutter control means for controlling the second ticket to hold the ticket when the second stopper holds the ticket, and holds the ticket when the second stopper does not hold the ticket. A first stopper control means for controlling the first stopper so as to release the ticket, and a control to hold the ticket when a ticket exists at the outlet, and when there is no ticket at the outlet. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a second stopper control means for controlling the second stopper so as to release the hold of the ticket.