JPH0793612A - Automatic ticket examination device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the mistake when passenger tickets are taken and the leaving them behind by guiding the information specific to the passenger tickets to passengers by a screen and sound when the passenger tickets are discharged and left alone. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a passenger ticket decision mechanism 12 performing the reading decision of passenger information, a passenger ticket location detection mechanism 14 detecting a passenger ticket location, a human location detection mechanism 16 detecting the passing of passengers, a passenger ticket carrier mechanism 17 carrying the passenger ticket, a host transmission mechanism 18 transmitting data to a host equipment, a timer means 19 measuring time, a passenger ticket leaving behind/discharging decision mechanism 20 deciding the leaving behind/ discharging of passenger tickets based on the data of various kinds of mechanisms, a passenger guide mechanism 21 preparing guide data for passengers based on the decision information of this decision mechanism 20 and the passenger ticket decision mechanism 12, a display guide display mechanism 22 performing a screen display of the information specific to the passenger ticket by the passenger guide mechanism 21 and a sound guide machanism 23 performing a sound guide by the information specific to the passenger ticket by the passenger guide mechanism 21 when the passenger ticket is left alone.

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 device for ticketing a ticket, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate device for preventing mistaking or forgetting to take a ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in railways, for the purpose of labor saving of ticket gates, it is provided at an entrance or exit of a facility such as a railroad, and when a user who uses the facility enters or exits the facility, When transferring to a facility, an automatic ticket gate that captures the ticket carried by the user and inspects it, permits the passage of the user if the ticket is appropriate, and blocks the passage of the user if the ticket is inappropriate Has been introduced.

This automatic ticket gate apparatus reads the magnetic information (for example, an entrance station and a valid fare) magnetically recorded on a ticket inserted by a user at the time of entrance, exit or transfer, and reads this. It decides whether to allow or block the passage of the user based on the information. For that reason, the ticket must be inserted into the automatic ticket gate, so that the ticket may be mistaken or forgotten. As measures to prevent this, delays in the release of tickets, automatic loading of released tickets, guidance by screen and voice, etc. are performed.

5A and 5B show the appearance of individual automatic ticket gates constituting a general automatic ticket gate apparatus. FIG. 5A is a plan view seen from above, and FIG. 5B is a front view seen from the aisle side. , (C) are side views seen from the front of the entrance. In FIG. 5, the ticket inserted through the slot 1 is read while the magnetic information of the ticket is being conveyed, and the magnetic information is written and rewritten on the ticket as necessary, and the ticket 2 is discharged. Released more. At this time, guidance display is provided on the display 3, and voice guidance is provided from the speaker 4 when trouble occurs.

[0005]

By the way, in such an automatic ticket gate, the guidance display on the screen for passengers at the time of ticket release is conventionally patterned by the magnetic format of the ticket, and the Edmonson ticket (normally Tickets), commuter passes, and cards were divided into three patterns for the same guidance display (however, the card's balance display was excluded). Therefore, when consecutive passengers both throw in the commuter pass, the guidance display is the same.

Furthermore, the guidance for passengers when a wrong ticket is missed or forgotten is the same for each pattern.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a point, and guides passengers to the passengers on the screen with information peculiar to the ticket when the ticket is released, and further detects whether the ticket is forgotten or left unattended. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus that prevents mistakes or forgetting to pick up a ticket by guiding the passenger through a screen and voice using information unique to the ticket.

[0008]

That is, an automatic ticket gate apparatus of the present invention detects a ticket position and a ticket judgment mechanism that determines the validity of a ticket by reading the magnetic information of the ticket inserted through the slot. Ticket position detection mechanism, a human position detection mechanism that detects passage of passengers, a ticket transfer mechanism that transfers a ticket that has been inserted from an insertion port to an emission port, a timer unit that measures time, and a ticket Based on the data from the determination mechanism, the ticket position detection mechanism, the human position detection mechanism, the ticket transport mechanism, and the timer means, the ticket removal forgetting / leaving determination mechanism that determines whether the ticket has been forgotten or left unattended, Based on the judgment data by the forget-on-ticket / leave-avoidance determination mechanism and the ticket information read by the ticket-decision mechanism, information specific to this ticket is displayed on the screen when the ticket is released and when the ticket is forgotten or left Show Characterized by comprising an automatic ticket gate and a display guidance display mechanism.

Further, the automatic ticket gate of the present invention is a ticket determining mechanism for reading the magnetic information of the ticket inserted from the slot to determine the validity of the ticket, and a ticket position detecting mechanism for detecting the ticket position. A human position detection mechanism for detecting the passage of passengers, a ticket transport mechanism for transporting a ticket inserted from an insertion slot to an emission slot, timer means for measuring time, a ticket determination mechanism, a ticket position Based on the data from the detection mechanism, human position detection mechanism, ticket transport mechanism and timer means, the ticket forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism that determines whether the ticket is forgotten / leased and this ticket forgetting / leaving Based on the judgment data by the judgment mechanism and the ticket information read by the ticket judgment mechanism, when it is judged that the ticket has been forgotten, the information specific to this ticket is used to forget the ticket and the wrong ticket. Be careful Characterized by comprising an automatic ticket gate and a voice guidance mechanism for voice guidance.

Furthermore, the automatic ticket gate of the present invention is a ticket determination mechanism for reading the magnetic information of the ticket inserted from the slot to determine the validity of the ticket, and a ticket position detection mechanism for detecting the ticket position. A human position detection mechanism for detecting passage of passengers, a ticket transport mechanism for transporting a ticket inserted from an insertion slot to an emission slot, and timer means for measuring time.
A ticket determination mechanism, a ticket determination mechanism, which determines whether or not a ticket is forgotten or left, based on data from a ticket determination mechanism, a ticket position detection mechanism, a human position detection mechanism, a ticket transport mechanism, and a timer means. , Based on the judgment data of this ticket forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism and the ticket information read by the ticket judging mechanism, the information unique to this ticket is given when the ticket is released and when the ticket is forgotten / leaved. This ticket is unique when it is determined that you have forgotten to take a ticket based on the display guide display mechanism that is displayed on the screen, the judgment data by the ticket forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism, and the ticket information read by the ticket judging mechanism. It is provided with an automatic ticket gate having a voice guidance mechanism for performing voice guidance for noticing that a ticket has been forgotten and whether the ticket has been mistakenly used by using the above information.

Furthermore, when the automatic ticket gate of the present invention inputs monitoring data from the automatic ticket gates having the above-mentioned configuration and a plurality of automatic ticket gates and forgets to take a ticket at these automatic ticket gates. , An automatic ticket gate monitoring device that performs a guidance broadcast for forgetting to pick up a ticket by using the unique information of the ticket by the voice guidance means of the ticket gate, and the data of the automatic ticket gate monitoring device is input to the automatic ticket gate monitoring device. And a station terminal data processing device for performing a guidance broadcast for forgetting to pick up a ticket by using the unique information of the ticket by the voice guidance means in the station premises in conjunction with the guidance broadcasting of the ticket gate.

[0012]

In the above-mentioned structure, the automatic ticket gate has a ticket forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism, a ticket judging mechanism, and a display guide display mechanism, which are unique to the ticket at the exit when the ticket is released and when the ticket is forgotten / leaved. By displaying the information on the display of the automatic ticket gate, it is possible to prevent forgetting or mistaking the ticket.

Also, by the voice guidance mechanism of the automatic ticket gate,
When it is determined that a ticket has been forgotten or left unattended, the information specific to this ticket is used to provide a voice guidance that warns of forgetting to pick up the ticket or the wrong ticket, resulting in forgetting or leaving the ticket. In the event of a failure, the next passenger can be easily recognized as a ticket of the previous passenger, and quick guidance can be given even to the person who has forgotten to take it.

Furthermore, when a ticket is forgotten to be picked up by the automatic ticket gate, the automatic ticket gate monitor broadcasts the ticket gate using the unique information of the ticket that was forgotten, and if necessary. By giving similar guidance on the station premises broadcast by the station terminal data processing device, forgetting to take the ticket can be further reduced.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration of an automatic ticket gate unit of one embodiment of the automatic ticket gate of the present invention. A ticket judgment mechanism 12 which reads information 11 of the inserted ticket and judges the ticket. A ticket position detecting mechanism 14 for detecting the ticket position by the ticket position sensor information 13, a human position detecting mechanism 16 for detecting the passage of a passenger by the human position sensor information 15, and a space between the slot and the outlet. Ticket transport mechanism 17 for transporting a ticket, upper transmission mechanism 18 for transmitting data to a higher-level device, timer means 19 for measuring time, and determination regarding forgetting or leaving a ticket based on data of various mechanisms Forgetting / Leaving Ticket Determining Mechanism 20, and Forgetting / Leaving Ticket Determining Mechanism 20 and Ticket Determining Mechanism 1
Passenger guidance mechanism 21 that creates guidance message data for passengers based on the determination information of No. 2, and passenger guidance mechanism 21
And a passenger guide mechanism 21 for displaying a guide on the display 3 based on data from the passenger guide mechanism 21.
And a voice guidance mechanism 23 that provides voice guidance from the speaker 4 based on the data from the.

Further, FIG. 2 shows a system configuration example of the automatic ticket gate of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 31 is an automatic ticket gate having the above-mentioned configuration, 32 is an automatic ticket gate monitoring device that monitors a plurality of automatic ticket gates 31, and 33 is a station terminal that manages these automatic ticket gate monitoring devices 32. A data processing device. In addition, a voice guidance device 34 such as a speaker is connected to each device, and the automatic ticket gate monitoring device 32 and the voice guidance device 34 of the station terminal data processing device 33 are connected to each other so that a ticket may be forgotten or mistaken. It is used to guide the train station when it occurs.

Next, the operation of the screen guidance and voice guidance for preventing forgetting / mistaking the ticket in the above-mentioned configuration will be described.

First, the operation of screen guidance display and voice guidance at the time of ticket release at the automatic ticket gate 31 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4.
And it demonstrates with reference to FIG.

When the commuter pass is inserted through the slot 1, the passenger guide mechanism 21 refers to the validity determination data, boarding information and purchase information obtained by the ticket determination mechanism 12, and the departure station is determined from the validity determination data.・ The name of the boarding station, which was recorded by the automatic ticket gate that passed the arrival station name one before the boarding information, was taken out from the purchase information and passed to the display guide display mechanism 22 to display the screen guide when the ticket was released. Request. The display guidance display mechanism 22 displays a screen 41 as shown in FIG. 4A on the display 3 at the same time when the commuter pass is discharged from the discharge port 2.

When an Edmonson ticket (ordinary ticket) is inserted, the passenger guide mechanism 21 uses the validity determination data obtained by the ticket determination mechanism 12 to determine the departure station, contact station, number of wards, etc. From the information, the boarding station name etc. recorded by the automatic ticket gate that has passed the previous one is extracted, and the screen 42 at the time of ticket release as shown in FIG. 4A is displayed on the display 3 via the display guidance display mechanism 22. .

Further, when a card is inserted, the remaining amount and the like are shown from the validity judgment data, the boarding station name and the like recorded by the automatic ticket gate that passed the previous one from the boarding information, and the purchase amount and the like from the purchase information. Therefore, the display guide display mechanism 22 displays a screen 43 as shown in FIG. 4A on the display 3.

As described above, when the ticket is released, the screen guidance display as shown in FIG. 4A is displayed on the display 3, but there is no voice guidance from the speaker 4 at that time.

After the ticket has been released, when the passenger's passage through the exit is detected within a predetermined time (eg, 10 seconds) while the ticket is left unattended, or when the passenger's ticket is not taken out or exit passage is detected, for example, 10 When the seconds have passed, the ticket forgetting / leaving determination mechanism 20 determines that the ticket has been forgotten, and the passenger guide mechanism 21 uses the display guide display mechanism 22 so that the passenger does not get the ticket wrong. In order to call attention, the screen on the display 3 is changed to a ticket confirmation guide display as shown in FIG. 4 (b). At the same time, the voice guidance system 23 tells the passengers in front of them, "For example," Forget about connecting passengers from Keikyu, forget your ticket. , "Forgotten passengers from Tokyo, forget your Io card." , Etc. from the speaker 4, and then check with the next passenger whether or not the ticket is yours (Io Card) with the same content as the screen guidance display. ] Voice guidance will be given.

Furthermore, if the ticket is not taken out, for example, 30 seconds after the ticket is released, for example, the screen guidance and voice guidance of "Please use another passage" are displayed and the automatic The passage of the ticket gate 31 is closed.

However, in the automatic ticket gate 31 having the automatic ticket taking-in function, when it is detected that the passenger has passed through the exit within 10 seconds without releasing the ticket after the ticket is released, the above-mentioned screen guidance display is made. However, if there is no detection of exit passage with the ticket left unattended even after 10 seconds, the ticket is taken into the automatic ticket gate 31 and the result is shown in FIG. 4 (a). Disappears and the screen returns to the normal standby state. Further, even if the ticket is left for a predetermined time, for example, 2 seconds after the passage of the exit is detected, the ticket is taken in and the normal standby state is set.

An example of the screen guidance and voice guidance operations of the automatic ticket gate 31 in this embodiment is shown in FIG.

As described above, after the ticket gate 31 guides the passengers to forget or make mistakes in the ticket, the abandoned ticket is automatically taken into the automatic ticket gate 31 or directly to the station staff. Be stored. If the system is configured as shown in FIG. 2, the data of the abandoned ticket is transmitted to the automatic ticket gate monitoring device 32, and the automatic ticket gate monitoring device 32 is transmitted.
Through the voice guidance device 34 of the ticket gate, for example, "Mr. Suzuki, who has forgotten the commuter pass, please come to the ticket gate. ] Voice guidance will be given.

If the owner still does not appear, the higher station terminal data processing device 33 is notified, and if necessary, the same station premises broadcasting as the voice guidance of the ticket gate is performed, and the abandoned ticket search system is also provided. Data is registered as a part of, and used for post-processing.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the automatic ticket gate 31 provides the screen guide display and the voice guidance including the unique information of the ticket so that the passenger can check the ticket automatically. By receiving the guidance based on the unique information of the ticket inserted in 31, the mistake of the ticket can be prevented. Further, even when a passenger forgets to take a ticket, the next passenger can easily recognize the ticket as a previous passenger, and the passenger who forgets to take the ticket can be promptly guided. . Furthermore, after an abandoned ticket is generated, by calling based on the unique information of the abandoned ticket at the ticket gate broadcast and on the station premises broadcast, it is possible to take a more careful response to the person who forgot to pick up the ticket It is possible to reduce forgetting and mistakes.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent passengers from making a mistake in a ticket by receiving the guidance based on the unique information of the ticket that the passenger put in the device. Also,
Even if the passenger forgets to take the ticket, the next passenger can easily recognize the ticket as the previous passenger, and quick guidance can be given to the person who forgets to take the ticket.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an embodiment of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration example of the automatic ticket gate of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of screen guidance and voice guidance of the automatic ticket gate of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of screen guidance display according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an appearance of a general automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 ... Display 4 Speaker 4 Ticket determination mechanism 14 Ticket position detection mechanism 16 Human position detection mechanism 17 Ticket transport mechanism 18 Transfer mechanism 19 ……… Timer means 20 ………… Forgetting ticket / forgotten ticket judgment mechanism 21 ………… Passenger guidance mechanism 22 ………… Display guidance display mechanism 23 ………… Voice guidance mechanism 31 ………… Automatic ticket gate 32 …… … Automatic ticket gate monitoring device 33 ………… Station terminal data processing device 34 ………… Voice guidance device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A ticket determination mechanism for reading the magnetic information of a ticket inserted from the slot to determine the validity of the ticket, a ticket position detection mechanism for detecting the ticket position, and a passage of passengers. A human position detecting mechanism, a ticket conveying mechanism that conveys a ticket inserted from the slot to the outlet, a timer unit that measures time, the ticket determination mechanism, the ticket position detecting mechanism, and the human position detection Based on the data from the mechanism, the ticket transport mechanism, and the timer means, the ticket forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism for judging whether the ticket is forgotten / leaving, and the judgment data by this ticket taking forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism and And a display guide display mechanism for displaying information specific to the ticket on the screen when the ticket is released and when the ticket is forgotten or left unattended based on the ticket information read by the ticket determination mechanism. An automatic ticket gate, which is equipped with an automatic ticket gate. 2. A ticket determination mechanism for reading the magnetic information of the ticket inserted from the slot to determine the validity of the ticket, a ticket position detection mechanism for detecting the ticket position, and a passage of passengers. A human position detecting mechanism, a ticket conveying mechanism that conveys a ticket inserted from the slot to the outlet, a timer unit that measures time, the ticket determination mechanism, the ticket position detecting mechanism, and the human position detection Based on the data from the mechanism, the ticket transport mechanism, and the timer means, the ticket forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism for judging whether the ticket is forgotten / leaving, and the judgment data by this ticket taking forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism and Based on the ticket information read by the ticket determination mechanism, when it is determined that the ticket has been forgotten, the voice guidance for noting the forgetting of the ticket and the mistake of the ticket by using the information unique to the ticket To An automatic ticket gate, comprising an automatic ticket gate having a voice guidance mechanism. 3. A ticket determination mechanism for reading the magnetic information of a ticket inserted from the slot to determine the validity of the ticket, a ticket position detection mechanism for detecting the ticket position, and a passage of passengers. A human position detecting mechanism, a ticket conveying mechanism that conveys a ticket inserted from the slot to the outlet, a timer unit that measures time, the ticket determination mechanism, the ticket position detecting mechanism, and the human position detection Based on the data from the mechanism, the ticket transport mechanism, and the timer means, the ticket forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism for judging whether the ticket is forgotten / leaving, and the judgment data by this ticket taking forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism and A display guide display mechanism for displaying information specific to the ticket on the screen when the ticket is released and when the ticket is left on the basis of the ticket information read by the ticket determination mechanism; Based on the judgment data by the forgetting / leaving judgment mechanism and the ticket information read by the ticket judging mechanism, when it is judged that the ticket has been forgotten, the information specific to the ticket is used to forget the ticket and boarding. An automatic ticket gate, comprising an automatic ticket gate having a voice guidance mechanism for providing voice guidance in which mistakes in tickets are noted. 4. The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1, wherein monitoring data is input from a plurality of the automatic ticket gates, and forgetting to take a ticket has occurred at these automatic ticket gates. At this time, an automatic ticket gate monitoring device for performing a guidance broadcast of forgetting to pick up a ticket by using the unique information of the ticket by the voice guidance means of the ticket gate, and the data of the automatic ticket gate monitoring device is input to the automatic ticket gate. A station terminal data processing device for performing a guide broadcast of forgetting to pick up a ticket by using the unique information of the ticket by means of voice guidance means in the station in conjunction with the guide broadcast of the ticket gate by the monitoring device. Automatic ticket gate.