JPH0887629A - Automatic ticket examination device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent a passing person from colliding to a door for pass block by preventing the fault of the device from being generated by conveying a ticket while branching it from a first conveying path to a second conveying path, and ejecting it when it is detected that the inserted ticket is any foreign material. CONSTITUTION: When the ticket is inserted to an inserting port 6 by a user, a detecting signal from a detector is outputted to a CPU, and the CPU drives a motor for conveying. Then, the position of a fetched ticket to be conveyed on a conveying path 16 is adjusted by a position adjusting part 17. At this position adjusting part 17, the thickness of the ticket is detected by a thickness detector 19 and when it is thicker than prescribed thickness, its detecting signal is outputted to the CPU. Then, the CPU judges the insertion of the foreign material and operates a flapper part 24 so that the foreign material from the position adjusting part 17 can be distributed to the side of a foreign material ejecting path 25. Thus, the foreign material from the position adjusting part 17 is distributed to the side of the foreign material ejecting path 25 by the flapper part 24 and ejected from a foreign material ejecting port 8.

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 apparatus for ticketing or collecting tickets such as tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in relation to railroads, 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 of the facility enters or exits the facility, An automatic ticket gate is introduced to take in and inspect a ticket carried by a user, permit the user to pass if the ticket is appropriate, and prevent the user from passing if the ticket is inappropriate.

The current system in this automatic ticket gate is
A passer-by inserts a boarding ticket or a commuter pass into the ticket insertion slot, makes a correct / erroneous decision based on the magnetic information recorded on the ticket, and if necessary, heat-sensitive prints the surface of the ticket and releases the ticket. The doors that prevent pedestrians from opening and closing are controlled based on whether they are correct or not.

In such a current system, foreign matter other than a boarding ticket or a commuter ticket, such as a telephone card or a railway ticket, has been taken in. This thick ticket, such as a hard ticket, has a larger than normal load in the part where the narrow gap between the magnetic head and the roller, such as the magnetic processing part, is adjusted and managed to a certain size. It may damage the device. In addition, with a telephone card, it may be delayed for a passerby to notice an incorrect entry, and it may collide with a door for preventing passage.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, a device may be damaged or a passerby may collide with a passage-preventing door due to the insertion of an erroneous bill or foreign matter. The automatic ticket gate system that eliminates defects and prevents the occurrence of equipment failure even if erroneous tickets or foreign matter are thrown in, and can also prevent passers-by from colliding with doors to prevent passage. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic ticket gate of the present invention is an insertion slot into which a ticket having magnetic information recorded is inserted, and a first conveying path for conveying the ticket inserted from this insertion slot. A aligning means provided on the first transport path for aligning the bills inserted from the slot, and a aligning means provided after the aligning means on the first transport path. Reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the tickets from
A ticket gate means for executing a ticket gate processing in response to the reading by the reading means, a detector means provided near the aligning means for detecting whether or not the bills inserted through the slot are foreign matters, and A second transport path for branching and transporting the tickets from the aligning means from the first transport path, and the tickets from the aligning means to the second transport path when the foreign matter is detected by the detection means. The discharging means is configured to carry and discharge by the carrying path.

According to the automatic ticket gate of the present invention, a ticket slot into which magnetic information is recorded is loaded, a first transport path for transporting the ticket loaded from this slot, and the first transport path. Alignment means provided on the road for aligning the tickets inserted from the slot, and provided on the first conveying path after the alignment means to record on the tickets from the alignment means The reading means for reading the magnetic information stored therein, the wicket means for executing the wicket processing in response to the reading by the reading means, and the ticket provided in the vicinity of the aligning means and inserted from the insertion slot are foreign matters. A detection means for detecting whether or not there is provided, a second conveyance path for branching and conveying the tickets from the alignment means from the first conveyance path, and provided between the alignment means and the reading means, Sorting hand that sorts the tickets from the first transport path to the second transport path And ejecting means for allocating and ejecting the tickets from the aligning means by the allocating means to the second conveying path when the foreign matter is detected by the detecting means. Has been done.

According to the automatic ticket gate of the present invention, a ticket slot into which magnetic information is recorded is loaded, a first transport path for transporting the ticket loaded from this slot, the first transport. Alignment means provided on the road for aligning the tickets inserted from the slot, and provided on the first conveying path after the alignment means to record on the tickets from the alignment means The reading means for reading the magnetic information stored therein, the ticket gate means for executing the ticket gate processing in response to the reading by the reading means, the tickets provided in the vicinity of the aligning means and having the predetermined thickness. The detection means for detecting whether or not it is the above, the second conveyance path for conveying the tickets from the alignment means by branching from the first conveyance path, and the detection means by which the tickets have a predetermined thickness. When it is detected that it is equal to or more than the above, the tickets from the above alignment means are raised. And a discharging means for discharging and conveyed by the second conveying path.

According to the automatic ticket gate of the present invention, a ticket slot into which magnetic information is recorded is loaded, a first transport path for transporting the ticket loaded from this slot, and the first transport path. Alignment means provided on the road for aligning the tickets inserted from the slot, and provided on the first conveying path after the alignment means to record on the tickets from the alignment means Reading means for reading the stored magnetic information, a ticket gate means for executing a ticket gate processing in response to the reading by the reading means, the above-mentioned first
Is provided at the end of the transportation path of the first transportation device, and is provided in the vicinity of the first ejection port for ejecting the tickets conveyed by the first transportation route after the ticket examination by the ticket examination means.
A first notification means for notifying the ejection of the tickets from the first ejection port, which is provided in the vicinity of the alignment means, detects whether or not the tickets inserted from the insertion slot are foreign matters. A second conveying path for branching and conveying the tickets from the detecting means and the aligning means from the first conveying path, provided at the end of the second conveying path, and conveyed by the second conveying path. Second ejection port for ejecting the stored tickets, the second ejection port for conveying the tickets from the aligning means through the second transport path when the foreign matter is detected by the detection means. And a second notification means provided near the second discharge port and configured to notify the discharge of the tickets from the second discharge port.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a ticket on which magnetic information is recorded is inserted from an insertion slot, it is detected whether or not the inserted ticket is a foreign matter, and when the foreign matter is detected, the ticket is detected. It is configured such that the articles are branched from the first transport path to the second transport path and discharged.

According to the present invention, a ticket on which magnetic information is recorded is inserted from an insertion slot, it is detected whether or not the inserted ticket is a foreign matter, and when the foreign matter is detected, the ticket is detected. The sorts are branched and conveyed from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path by using a distribution means and discharged.

According to the present invention, a ticket on which magnetic information is recorded is inserted from an insertion slot, it is detected whether or not the inserted ticket has a predetermined thickness or more, and the ticket has a predetermined thickness. When it is detected that it is equal to or more than the above, the tickets are branched and conveyed from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path and discharged.

According to the present invention, a ticket on which magnetic information is recorded is inserted from an insertion slot, it is detected whether or not the inserted ticket is a foreign matter, and when the foreign matter is detected, the ticket is detected. The papers are branched from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path, ejected from the ejection port, and the ejection of the tickets from the ejection port is notified.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 2 and 3 schematically show the external structure of the automatic ticket gate of the present invention. In FIG.
1 is a ticket gate system used for entrance and exit. In this ticket gate system, the automatic ticket gate device 2 as an entrance machine used when entering from outside the ticket gate of the station, that is, outside the premises, and the automatic ticket gate device 3 as an exit machine used when exiting from inside the ticket gate of the station, that is, inside the premises, are reversed. They are arranged in parallel, and a passage 4 for passing a passerby is provided between them. The number of the automatic ticket gates 2 and 3 arranged in line may be an arbitrary number depending on the scale of the station yard. Since the automatic ticket gates 2 and 3 have the same configuration, they will be described with the same reference numerals.

That is, in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the main ticket 5 of the automatic ticket gate 2 (3) is a ticket (or ticket gate information such as the validity period and the used section) in which the ticket gate information such as the used section is magnetically encoded and recorded. Is used for inserting a magnetically encoded commuter pass, coupon, stored fair card, etc.), an outlet 7 for discharging the ticket received at this inlet 6, and the above-mentioned inlet 6 A foreign matter discharge port 8 for discharging foreign matter other than the received ticket is provided. The foreign matter discharge port 8 is provided at a position 5a that is one step lower than the upper surface of the main body 5. That is, it has a stepped structure. This prevents the ticket from being inserted by mistake with the slot 6.

On the upper surface of the main body 5, a display unit 9 for displaying operation guides, a discharge indicator 10 for informing the ejection of a ticket from the outlet 7, and an emission of a foreign substance from the foreign substance outlet 8 are provided. Foreign matter emission indicator lamps 11, 12a, ... 12e are provided.

That is, in order to make it easy for a person who mistakenly inserts a foreign substance, emission indicators 10 and 11 are provided at the outlet 7 and the foreign substance discharge port 8 respectively, and when the foreign substances are emitted to the discharge ports 7 and 8. The light is turned on, and the foreign matter is turned off after a certain period of time, and turned off when the ticket is taken out at the exit 7. Further, when the foreign matter is discharged, the foreign matter discharge indicating lamps 12a, ...

A door portion 13 is provided on a side surface of the main body 5 to prevent passage of a passenger such as closing a passenger of a ticket by closing the main body 5, and an upper portion of the main body 5 of the automatic ticket gate apparatus is provided. A pole portion 14 serving as a partition for distinguishing the passages 4 is provided in the. A human detector 1 for detecting passage of a user is provided on the side surface of the body 5 and the pole portion 14.
5, are provided. Further, the pole portion 14 is provided with a child discount display portion 16 which is lit and displayed when a child ticket or a discount ticket is inserted.

The human detectors 15 ... Detect the passage of a user, and the detectors of transmission type, reflection type and the like are used. However, in the case of the transmissive type, the light from the light emitting portion provided in the opposite main body is guided.

Next, the schematic structure of the internal mechanism of the main body 1 will be described with reference to FIG. That is, a transport path 16 is formed between the slot 6 and the outlet 7 as a main transport section for transporting the ticket received by the slot 6 to the outlet 7.

An alignment unit 17 and a magnetic processing unit 18 are provided in this order from the inlet 6 to the outlet 7 on the transport path of the transport path 16. The alignment unit 17 aligns the position of the ticket in a direction in which the magnetic information can be read by the magnetic processing unit 18. The orienting unit 17 is provided with a thickness detector 19 such as a distance measuring sensor that detects the thickness of the ticket by detecting the thickness. The CPU 40, which will be described later, responds to the detection signal from the thickness detector 19 to determine whether the inserted ticket is correct or not.
It is designed to judge mistakes.

As an example of the method of detecting the thickness, the alignment section 17 is used.
The distance difference from the lower surface base is measured from the output of the thickness detector 19 provided in the above, and the one having a thickness of a certain value or more is judged to be an error. As a simple method, a roller is provided in the aligning unit 17, the amount pushed up by the inserted ticket is discriminated by an optical sensor, and a displacement of a certain amount or more is judged as an error.

The thickness detector 19 has an arm 20 whose center is rotatably supported as shown in FIG. 4, for example.
A transport roller 21 rotatably provided at one end of the arm 20, a spring 22 having one end connected to the other end of the arm 20, and a spring 22 provided near the other end of the arm 20. And an optical sensor 23 that is turned on and off by the rotation of the other end side. The other end of the spring 22 is fixed, and the spring force of the spring 22 pulls the arm 20 in the direction of arrow a.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, when there is nothing on the conveying path 16 side of the conveying roller 21, the conveying roller 21
Is in contact with the transport path 16. In this case, the optical sensor 2
Since the optical axis of 3 is not shielded by the other end of the arm 20, the optical sensor 23 is off. Further, even if the transport roller 21 is pushed up by a normal ticket (thickness within the regulation) and the other end side of the arm 20 rotates, the optical axis of the optical sensor 23 is not shielded by the other end side of the arm 20. The optical sensor 23 is off.

However, as shown in FIG. 5, the transport roller 21 is pushed up by foreign matter (thickness greater than the regulation) which is not handled by this device, such as a card thicker than a normal ticket, and the arm 20 and other parts are pushed up. When the end side rotates, the optical sensor 2
Since the optical axis of 3 is blocked by the other end of the arm 20, the optical sensor 23 is turned on and outputs a detection signal.

A flapper section 24 for sorting foreign matter is provided at the exit of the alignment section 17, and the flapper section 24 is provided.
Thus, a normal ticket is allowed to pass through as it is, but a foreign matter judged to be foreign matter is discharged from the foreign matter discharge port 8 through a foreign matter discharge path (upper side conveyance path) 25 as an upper path. Further, even if the thickness of the bill is determined to be a genuine bill, if the magnetic information cannot be read at all, the drive of the conveying path is reversed immediately after the magnetic reading, and the flapper portion 24 is operated. Then, the ticket is discharged from the foreign matter discharge port 8 through the foreign matter discharge path 25 as an upper path.

If only a part of the magnetic information cannot be read, that is, if the read determination cannot be made due to dust adhering to the medium device, it is discharged to the outlet 7 as it is, and a determination error is displayed. Either the discharge method or the method of discharging foreign matter by the same operation as the foreign matter can be used.

The flapper section 24 provided in the discharge path is
It is necessary to guide the ticket to the foreign matter discharge path 25 with respect to the ticket in the forward and reverse directions. As an example of the flapper structure, two flappers are provided by using two solenoids, or the flapper structure is always pushed up and passed in the forward direction to operate the solenoid when discharging in the forward direction to guide the foreign matter discharge path 25, and always in the reverse direction. It is ejected, and the solenoid is operated only when the ticket is returned to the slot 6, so that the path is opened or the flapper is moved up and down.
There is a method to lead to.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the flapper section 24 is composed of two left and right flappers 26 and 27 which are pivotally supported so as to be respectively rotated by solenoids (not shown). May be. When the flappers 26, 27 are in the positions shown in FIG.
Pass the normal ticket from 7 as it is, flapper 2
7 is rotated clockwise from the position shown in FIG.
6, the foreign matter from the alignment section 17 is distributed to the foreign matter discharge port 8 side, and the flapper 26 is rotated counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG. Tickets from 18 are distributed to the foreign matter discharge port 8 side.

As shown in FIG. 7, the flapper section 24 is rotated by a solenoid (not shown).
Alternatively, the flapper 28 may be pivotally supported. When the flapper 28 is at the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 7, the normal ticket from the orientation unit 17 is allowed to pass as it is, and the flapper 28 is rotated clockwise from the above-described position so that the two points shown in FIG. In the case of the position indicated by the chain line, the conveyance path 16 is closed so that the foreign matter from the alignment section 17 is removed from the foreign matter discharge port 8
In the case where the flapper 28 is rotated counterclockwise from the above position to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 7, the conveyance path 16 is blocked and the ticket from the magnetic processing unit 18 is transferred to the foreign matter discharge port 8
It is supposed to be distributed to the side.

As shown in FIG. 8, the flapper section 24 may be constituted by a flapper 29 which is vertically moved by a solenoid (not shown). When the flapper 29 is at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 8, the normal ticket from the alignment section 17 is passed through as it is, and the flapper 29
However, in the case of the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line shown in FIG.
The foreign matter from 7 is distributed to the foreign matter discharge port 8 side, and the ticket from the magnetic processing unit 18 is distributed to the foreign matter discharge port 8 side.

The transport driving force of the foreign substance discharge path (upper side transport path) 25 is set such that the belt or roller receives the drive force of the main transport section or an independent motor is provided to always drive in the normal direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, the magnetic processing unit 18 has magnetic information reading units (magnetic heads; reading heads) 30 and 31 and magnetic information recording units (magnetic heads; writing heads) along the conveying path 16. ) 32, 33, and magnetic information reading units (magnetic heads; reading heads) 34, 35 are provided in this order.

The reading heads 30 and 31 read the encoded magnetic information recorded in the magnetic recording layer on the back surface of the ticket. The read head 30 is for reading when the magnetic recording layer is conveyed on the lower side, and the read head 31 is for reading when the magnetic recording layer is conveyed on the upper side.

The write heads 32 and 33 record encoded magnetic information on the magnetic recording layer on the back surface of the ticket. The write head 32 is for recording when the magnetic recording layer is conveyed on the lower side.
Is for recording when the magnetic recording layer is conveyed on the upper side.

The read heads 34 and 35 read the encoded magnetic information recorded by the write heads 32 and 33. The read head 34 is for reading when the magnetic recording layer is conveyed on the lower side.
Is to be read when the magnetic recording layer is conveyed on the upper side.

Further, along the transport path 11, the reading head 3
0, 31, write heads 32, 33, read heads 34, 3
5, a support member (rotating roller) is provided on the opposite side of the conveyance path 16.
36, ... Are provided respectively.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in the case where the received ticket is a ticket to be discharged on the transportation path of the transportation path 16, the ticket is sorted in the direction of the exit 7 and the received vehicle is accepted. If the ticket is a ticket that should be collected, a distribution unit 37 that distributes the ticket in the direction of a collecting unit (not shown) that collects the ticket is provided.

Further, a detector (not shown) for detecting passage of a ticket to be conveyed is provided on the conveying path of the conveying path 16.
Is provided. FIG. 9 schematically shows a control system of the automatic ticket gate 2 (3) configured as shown in FIGS. The control system of the automatic ticket gate 2 (3) includes a central processing unit (hereinafter abbreviated as CPU) 40 and a CPU 4 for controlling the entire automatic ticket gate 2 (3).
Read-only memory that stores 0 control program
A memory 41 (hereinafter abbreviated as ROM), a random access memory 42 (hereinafter abbreviated as RAM) for storing information read from a ticket and a buffer for a control program, a day ticket or a prepaid card A fare memory 43, which stores fare information corresponding to the entrance station where the use of the same-day ticket or prepaid card is started, which is used at the time of use, a reading circuit 44 for controlling the reading heads 30, 31, writing heads 32, 33 A write circuit 45 that controls the read heads 34 and 35 and a read circuit 46 that controls the read heads 34 and 35.
The ticket detection circuit 48 that detects the transportation state of the ticket based on the outputs of the detectors 47, and the transportation control circuit 5 that controls the transportation motor 49 that transports the ticket along the transportation path 16.
0, the passage detection circuit 51 for detecting the passage of the person who entered the ticket by the outputs of the human detectors 15, ...
Door control circuit 5 for controlling the door opening / closing mechanism 52 for driving
3, a transmission control circuit 54 for transmitting information to a control panel (not shown) for controlling the automatic ticket gate 2 (3) or a host computer, a display control circuit 55 for controlling the display of the display section 9, the emission A display control circuit 56 that controls the lighting display of the indicator light 10, a display control circuit 57 that controls the lighting display of the foreign matter discharge indicator lamp 11, and a display control circuit 5 that controls the lighting display of the foreign matter discharge indicator lamps 12a to 12e.
8. It is composed of the thickness detector 19 and the like.

The display control circuit 58 is shown in FIG.
When a detection signal from the thickness detector 19 as shown in FIG. 10 is supplied, as shown in (b) to (f) of FIG.
The foreign matter emission display lamps 12a to 12e are sequentially lit and displayed by sequentially outputting the lighting signals with respective time delays to the foreign matter emission display lamps 12a to 12e.

Next, the ticket examination operation of the automatic ticket examination apparatus having the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. That is, a ticket is inserted into the slot 6 by the customer. Then a detector (not shown)
Is output to the CPU 40. As a result, the CPU 40 determines the insertion of a ticket, and drives the conveyor motor 49 that conveys the conveyor belt (not shown), the conveyor rollers 36, .... As a result, the ticket is taken in from the slot 6 and conveyed on the conveying path 16.

Then, the transfer path 16 is taken in from the input port 6.
The ticket conveyed above is aligned by the alignment unit 17. In the alignment unit 17, the thickness detector 19 detects the thickness of the bill, and when the bill is thicker than a predetermined thickness (for example, a credit card), the detection signal is output to the CPU 40. Then, the CPU 40 determines that the foreign matter is input, and the flapper unit 2
4 is operated so that the foreign matter from the alignment section 17 is distributed to the foreign matter discharge path 25 side. As a result, the foreign matter from the alignment section 17 is distributed to the foreign matter discharge path 25 side by the flapper section 24 and discharged from the foreign matter discharge port 8. Also, CPU
Reference numeral 40 indicates that the foreign matter emission indicator lamp 11 is turned on and the foreign matter emission indicator lamp 12 is activated by a detection signal from the thickness detector 19.
12e are sequentially turned on. Then, when a detector (not shown) near the foreign matter discharge port 8 detects that the foreign matter is taken out from the foreign matter discharge port 8, the CPU 40 turns off the foreign matter discharge indicator lamp 11.

When the thickness detector 19 does not supply a detection signal for foreign matter, the ticket from the alignment unit 17 passes through the flapper unit 24 as it is, that is, is conveyed along the conveyance path 16 as it is, and the It is guided to the processing unit 18.

As a result, first, the read heads 30, 31 are read.
To reach. At this time, when the back surface of the ticket, that is, the magnetic recording layer is on the lower side, the magnetic recording content encoded by the reading head 30 is read and output to the CPU 40. When the back surface of the ticket, that is, the magnetic recording layer is on the upper side, the magnetic recording content encoded by the reading head 31 is read and output to the CPU 40.

At this time, the CPU 40 causes the read heads 30, 3
When the content read from 1 is checked and it is determined that the reading is impossible, the conveyance motor 49 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the flapper section 24 is operated so that the ticket from the magnetic processing section 18 is distributed to the foreign matter discharge path 25 side. Let As a result, the ticket from the magnetic processing unit 18 is conveyed on the conveyance path 16 to the flapper section 24 side, is distributed to the foreign matter discharge path 25 side by the flapper section 24, and is discharged from the foreign matter discharge port 8. Also, CPU
Reference numeral 40 indicates the foreign matter discharge indicator lamp 11 according to the judgment of being unreadable.
Is turned on and the foreign matter discharge indicator lamps 12a, ... 12e
Are lit in order. Then, when a detector (not shown) near the foreign matter discharge port 8 detects that the foreign matter is taken out from the foreign matter discharge port 8, the CPU 40 causes the foreign matter discharge indicator lamp 1 to operate.
Turn off 1.

Further, the CPU 40 uses the read heads 30, 31.
If the read content from is correct, it is determined that the entrance or exit as the ticket gate processing is possible depending on the read content.

When it is determined from the result of this determination that entry or exit is possible, the door 13 is left open, that is, the passerby is allowed to pass through. As a result, the passenger passes through the passage. Tickets are discharged to the exit 7 when entering, and to the exit 7 depending on the type of ticket when entering,
Or the bills are collected (collected). Data may be recorded using the write heads 32 and 33, or recorded data may be confirmed using the read heads 34 and 35, depending on the type of ticket.

As described above, by providing the foreign matter discharge path (foreign matter discharge path 25) separately from the main transport path (transport path 16), the gap between the head and rollers of the magnetic processing section or the like is adjusted and managed. It is possible to prevent foreign matter (thick and hard card such as a credit card) from being conveyed to a portion where it is present and cause an overload to cause device failure (damage the medium transport mechanism).

Further, even within the stipulations of telephone cards and the like, when a ticket for which magnetic information cannot be determined is discharged to the foreign matter discharge port, it is judged as a wrong ticket before the normal judgment and is displayed and discharged. , It is possible to prevent a passerby from colliding with the door for preventing passage. Furthermore, by making the foreign matter discharge port stepped, making it difficult to see from the input port side,
It is possible to prevent a passerby from inserting a ticket by mistake with the slot.

[0050]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus which can prevent the occurrence of a failure in the device even if a wrong ticket or a foreign object is thrown in and can prevent a passerby from colliding with a door for preventing passage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of an automatic ticket gate in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view showing a configuration of an automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the configuration of an automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a thickness detector.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a thickness detector.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a flapper section.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a flapper section.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a flapper section.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control circuit of the automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a detection signal from a thickness detector and a lighting signal to each foreign substance discharge indicator lamp.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a ticket inspection operation of the automatic ticket inspection apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 ... Input port 7 ... Outlet port 8 ... Foreign matter discharge port 16 ... Conveyance path 17 ... Alignment section 18 ... Magnetic processing section 19 ... Thickness detector 25 ... Foreign matter discharge path

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A loading slot into which a ticket having magnetic information recorded therein is loaded, a first transport path for transporting a ticket loaded from the loading slot, and a first transport path provided on the first transport path. A aligning means for aligning the bills inserted from the insertion opening, and a stage provided on the first transport path after the aligning means,
A reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the tickets from the aligning means, a ticket inspection means for executing a ticket inspection process in response to the reading by the reading means, and a ticket providing means provided in the vicinity of the alignment means for inserting the ticket. Detecting means for detecting whether or not the bills inserted from the mouth are foreign matters; a second conveying path for branching and conveying the bills from the aligning means from the first conveying path; An automatic ticket gate device, comprising: a discharging unit that conveys and discharges the tickets from the aligning unit by the second conveying path when the detecting unit detects a foreign substance. 2. A loading slot into which a ticket having magnetic information recorded therein is loaded, a first transport path for transporting the ticket loaded from the loading slot, and a first transport path provided on the first transport path. A aligning means for aligning the bills inserted from the insertion opening, and a stage provided on the first transport path after the aligning means,
A reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the tickets from the aligning means, a ticket inspection means for executing a ticket inspection process in response to the reading by the reading means, and a ticket providing means provided in the vicinity of the alignment means for inserting the ticket. Detecting means for detecting whether or not the bills inserted from the mouth are foreign matters; a second conveying path for branching and conveying the bills from the aligning means from the first conveying path; Sorting means, which is provided between the aligning means and the reading means, sorts the tickets from the first transport path to the second transport path, and when the detecting means detects a foreign substance. An automatic ticket gate device, comprising: a discharging unit that sorts and discharges the tickets from the alignment unit by the sorting unit from the first transport path to the second transport path. 3. An insertion slot for inserting tickets on which magnetic information is recorded, a first conveying path for conveying the tickets inserted through the inserting opening, and a first conveying path provided on the first conveying path. A aligning means for aligning the bills inserted from the insertion opening, and a stage provided on the first transport path after the aligning means,
A reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the tickets from the aligning means, a ticket inspection means for executing a ticket inspection process in response to the reading by the reading means, and a ticket providing means provided in the vicinity of the alignment means for inserting the ticket. A detection means for detecting whether or not the bills inserted from the mouth have a predetermined thickness or more, and a second transport for transporting the bills from the alignment means while branching from the first transport path. A passage, and an ejecting unit that conveys and ejects the ticket from the aligning unit by the second conveying path when the detecting unit detects that the ticket has a predetermined thickness or more. An automatic ticket gate, which is characterized by being equipped. 4. An insertion slot into which a ticket having magnetic information recorded therein is inserted, a first conveyance path for conveying a ticket inserted through this insertion slot, and a first conveyance path provided on the first conveyance path. A aligning means for aligning the bills inserted from the insertion opening, and a stage provided on the first transport path after the aligning means,
A reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the tickets from the aligning means, a ticket inspection means for executing a ticket inspection processing according to the reading by the reading means, and a ticket inspection means provided at the end of the first transport path, After the ticket gate processing by the ticket gate means, a first discharge port for discharging the tickets conveyed by the first conveyance path, and a first discharge port provided in the vicinity of the first discharge port. First informing means for informing the ejection of the tickets, a detecting means provided in the vicinity of the aligning means for detecting whether or not the tickets inserted from the insertion slot are foreign matters, and the aligning means. A second transport path for branching and transporting the tickets from the means from the first transport path; and a ticket provided at the end of the second transport path and transported by the second transport path. The second discharge port for discharging, and when the detection means detects a foreign substance, Ejecting means that conveys the tickets from the aligning means by the second conveying path and ejects them from the second ejecting opening, and is provided in the vicinity of the second ejecting opening, and from the second ejecting opening. A second notification means for notifying the discharge of the above-mentioned ticket, and an automatic ticket gate.