JPH09147154A - Automatic ticket examining machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem point that a ticket collecting process on an exit side becomes NG and such a problem point that a ticket examining machine at another exit side is altered, and securely prevent illegal use at the time of passage service when a medium allowing the passage service is used. SOLUTION: This ticket examining machine performs a ticket collecting process and a ticket examining process at the same time for a thrown-in medium and performs opening/closing control over the gate. At this time, in the medium for which the ticket inspecting process is performed, information for inhibiting passage through the gate by the repetition of the same ticket inspecting process after the process, e.g. an effective flag, an effective time, a time obtained by subtracting a specific time from the current time at ticket inspection time, or a time longer than a time set for passage from another automatic ticket examining machine in the same area, is stored.

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 for performing a ticketing process on a medium such as an entrance medium (ticket) in a specific area such as an amusement park or a boarding medium (ticket, card) in station service. Regarding the machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A prior art station system is shown in FIG. In other words, the station A is shared by "A-sha" (Electric Railway Company) and "I-Sha" (Electric Railway Company) and partitions the area of both companies through the automatic ticket gate 2 to the customers of "A-sha". The ticket gate and the ticket gate are processed by the automatic ticket gate 1 at the special ticket gate.
In addition, for the customers of "Isha", the automatic ticket gate 3 of the ticket gate is used to collect and collect the tickets. When using a company, the automatic ticket gate 2 described above collects and processes the ticket gates. Therefore, this automatic ticket gate 2 is composed of one latch pass gate that can perform the ticket collection and ticket gate processing of mutual electric railway companies. doing. With such a station system, "Asha"
"Isha" It is considered to provide a transit service that allows mutual users to pass through each other's station premises.

[0003] For example, when an "Isha" passenger gets on from "Ko station" to "Hari station" or "Ding station", it passes through the automatic ticket gate 1 of "Asha" and the automatic ticket gate 2 of the partition. If you enter more than that, you will receive the transit service on the "Asha" campus.

In the case of the above-mentioned example, the ticket gate processing in the automatic ticket gate 1 of "Asha" is performed by punching, printing, writing the ticket gate information, boarding date ……………… the same day, entry / exit bit …… “1”, boarding Station ……………… “Isha / Ko Station” ・ Ticket number: …… Corner No. 1 (only for commuter tickets) ・ Boarding time ……………… Passing time of automatic ticket gate 1 Note that the above ticket information Writing is magnetically recorded on a ticket which is a boarding medium.

On the other hand, the passing service judgment at the automatic ticket gate 2 passing through the two companies is permitted (OK) when the following conditions are satisfied.・ Boarding day ……………… On the day ・ Entrance and departure bit …… “1” ・ Boarding station ……………… “Isha / Ko station” ・ Ticket number ………… Corner number 1 (Asha automatic ticket gate Machine 1) (only for commuter pass) ・ Time ………… Passing service setting time ≧ Current time-Passing time of automatic ticket gate 1 The passing service setting time mentioned above is a time to be given as a service, for example, 30 minutes. It is set like.

When the service is permitted (OK) by the passage service determination of the automatic ticket gate 2 described above, the machine 2 executes the following information writing process.・ Boarding day ……………… On the day ・ Entrance and departure bit …… “1” ・ Boarding station ……………… “Isha / Ko station” ・ Ticket number ………… Corner number 1 (Asha automatic ticket gate Machine 1) (commuter ticket only) ・ Boarding time ………… Current time at the automatic ticket gate 2 In the ticket gate processing of the automatic ticket gate 2 described above, the “boarding time” is updated before and after processing. Only the other information is the same.

Therefore, after passing through the automatic ticket gate 2,
For illegal use of this ticket, the "Isha" side will "Asha"
Even if you hand it to someone on the side (turning around) and pass through the automatic ticket gate 2 again with this ticket, the boarding time is only updated, the pass service judgment is OK, and this unauthorized use is detected. Can not do it. In addition, there is a problem that this illegal use is possible while the above-mentioned passage service determination condition of the automatic ticket gate 2 is satisfied (maximum, any number of times within the day).

The above-mentioned problems will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the passage service setting time is set to 30 minutes, the automatic ticket gate 1 is set at 10:00 (time / hour).
Suppose that the next automatic ticket gate 2 receives the ticket gate processing at 10:05, 10: 05-10: 00 = 00: 05 (elapsed time) 00: 05 ≤ 00:30 (passage service) (Time) ………… Decision OK As described above, the determination is OK. Therefore, in the ticket inspection processing by the automatic ticket gate 2 described above, the boarding time is updated to 10:05 as shown in b of FIG. Allow transit service.

However, as mentioned above, this ticket is "Isha"
From the side to the person on the "Asha" side (turning around), and when the automatic ticket gate 2 receives the passing service at 10:10, 10: 10-10: 05 = 00:05 (elapsed time) 00 : 05 ≤ 00:30 (passing service time) ..... the determination is OK as in the determination OK, and as shown in FIG. 2c, the boarding time is updated to 10:10 to allow the passing service. Therefore, as a result, as described above, there is a problem that it is possible to illegally use the carry-in act many times within the day.

One method for solving the above problems is as follows.
It is conceivable to adopt a method of not updating the "ride time" of the above-mentioned determination condition. That is, in the above-mentioned example, the passing time 10:00 of the first automatic ticket gate 1 is updated to the current time every time the automatic ticket gate 2 is passed from the next time onward. If the passage service grant is determined at the passage time 10:00, the problems of the above-described example can be prevented. However, the illegal use by the above-mentioned circumvention act within the passage service setting time is still possible and cannot be solved.

As another method of solving the above-mentioned problems, there is a method of recording the boarding station code on the side of the electric railway company that has performed the ticket gate processing in the "boarding station" of the above-mentioned determination condition.
For example, in the ticket gate processing at the automatic ticket gate 1 of "Asha-Kou Station", the boarding station code of the "Boarding Station" above is recorded as "Boarding Station ..............." Asha-Kou Station " Then, in the ticket gate processing (magnetic information update) at the automatic ticket gate 2 of “Isha / Ko Station”: ・ Embarkation station ……………… Record as “Isha / Ko station”.

Then, the judgment conditions for passing through the automatic ticket gate 2 are set as follows.・ Boarding date ……………… On the day ・ Entering / exiting bit …… “1” ・ Boarding station ……………… “Asha / Kou station” ・ Ticket number ………… Corner number 1 (Asha automatic ticket gate Machine 1) (commuter pass only) ・ Time ……………… Passing service set time ≧ Current time-Passing time of automatic ticket gate 1.

If the above judgment condition is OK, the information is updated as follows.・ Boarding day …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (Passport only) ・ Boarding time ………… As the current time at the automatic ticket gate 2.

In the ticket gate processing of the automatic ticket gate 2 described above,
Before processing and after processing, the "ride station" is updated from "Asha / Ko station" to "Isha / Ko station". When it is turned on, the code for "boarding station" in the judgment conditions is "Isha / Kou station"
As a result, the "Asha-Kou Station", which is the judgment condition of the passing service, is not satisfied, and fraudulent acts can be detected, and the above-mentioned problems are prevented.

Therefore, according to the above, the passing service can be provided and the fraud such as the circling can be prevented, but the following new problems also occur.

That is, in the ticket gate processing by the automatic ticket gate 2 described above, the information of "boarding station" is updated from "Asha / Ko station" to "Isha / Ko station". When a manned ticket gate is installed by the attendant processing at the ticket gate of the partition of both companies where No. 2 is installed, and the passing service is determined by the attendant processing of this manned ticket gate, the above-mentioned magnetic information is recorded on the ticket of the boarding medium. It remains as "Asha / Kou Station" that has not been updated. Also, at the departure station "Hei Station" or "Ding Station", the information of "boarding station" of the judgment condition of the bill collection process is displayed. "Asha
Since it does not have the information of "Ko station", there is a problem that the bill collecting process at the alighting station becomes NG.

In addition, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the above-mentioned "Asha ・
There is a way to have information on "Kou station". But in this case,
Information on "Asha-Kou Station" at all stations of "Isha"
All stations of "Asha" need to have information (remodeling) of "Isha / Kou station". Currently, many automatic ticket gates are installed, so every time one latch automatic ticket gate is installed Remodeling the ticket gates at other stations of the company or other companies is very expensive, and the number of judgment elements of the information judgment unit is increased, which makes remodeling very difficult.

[0018]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned inconvenience that the ticket collection process at the alighting station becomes NG and the inconvenient problem of modifying the ticket gates at other stations. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate that can reliably prevent illegal use for the provision of transit services.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An automatic ticket gate that controls the opening and closing of a gate by simultaneously performing a ticket collection process and a ticket screening process on an inserted medium, and prohibits the gate from passing through the same ticket screening process again after the ticket screening process. The automatic ticket gate is provided with a storage means for storing information for performing the operation on a medium.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is an automatic ticket gate apparatus for recording predetermined information on a medium, wherein time counting means for clocking the current time and clock means for clocking the medium for ticket gate processing. The automatic ticket gate is provided with a writing means for writing a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from the time.

Further, the present invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the automatic ticket gate according to claim 2 is an automatic ticket gate installed at a place where one premises surrounded by the automatic ticket gates is partitioned. And

Further, in the invention according to claim 4, the predetermined time according to claim 2 is set to a time equal to or longer than a time set for passage from another automatic ticket gate in the same station. It is characterized by being a ticket gate.

[0023]

According to the present invention, at the time of ticket processing of a medium such as an entrance medium or a boarding medium, information for prohibiting passage of a gate again by the same ticket processing after the processing, for example, a valid flag and a valid time. By storing etc. in the medium,
By determining the storage of this information when receiving the same ticket gate again, it is possible to reliably detect the illegal use of the medium at the time of the passing service and to restrict the passage of the gate.

Further, since the means for detecting illegal use only stores specific information in the medium, only an automatic ticket gate for judging passage service may be equipped with a device capable of dealing with this information. Since there is no improvement of the automatic ticket gate, it is economical.

Further, the specific information for detecting the above-mentioned unauthorized use is set to a time obtained by subtracting the time required to receive the same ticket gate processing again from the current time when the ticket gate processing of the medium is executed. Then, when this medium is illegally used and subjected to the same ticket gate processing, since the valid time has already passed, it is impossible to receive the passing service due to fraud. In this case, it is possible to reduce the cost because it is sufficient to improve the software for storing by subtracting the time without changing the storage format.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows an automatic ticket gate 2 with a 1-latch pass gate installed at a position separating the areas of both companies in FIG. 1 described above. The automatic ticket gate 2 has an entrance 12 for a boarding medium Z at the entrance side of the device body 11. , A discharge port 13 for the boarding medium Z is formed on the exit side, respectively, a human detection sensor 14 for detecting passage of a passenger is provided in the apparatus main body 11, and a passenger passage is provided at an entrance / exit portion. The gates 15 and 15 for permitting and prohibiting are installed so that they can be opened and closed. 16 in the figure
It is a transit service lamp indicating that a user who has undergone transit service is passing.

FIG. 4 is an automatic ticket gate 2 for partitioning the above two companies.
The CPU 20 controls the drive of each circuit device according to the program stored in the ROM 21, and the RAM
22 stores necessary data. The clock device 23 keeps time, and the ticket transport processing unit 24 takes in the boarding medium Z loaded in the loading slot 12, transports it for various kinds of processing, and releases it to the dispensing slot 13. The punch 25 performs punching on a ticket of the boarding medium Z being conveyed,
The printer 26 prints necessary data on the boarding medium Z that needs to be printed, and the magnetic processing unit 27 executes reading of data magnetically recorded on the boarding medium Z or data recording processing.

The ticketing process of the passage service by the automatic ticket gate 2 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 and the explanatory view of FIG. As described above, in FIG. 1, for example, the customer of "Isha" is "Ko station".
When you get on from "Hei Station" or "Ding Station", go to "Asha"
If you pass through the automatic ticket gate 1 and enter from the automatic ticket gate 2 of the partition, you will receive the passing service on the premises of "Asha".

In the case of the above-mentioned example, the ticket gate processing in the automatic ticket gate 1 of "Asha" is punching, printing, writing the ticket gate information-Boarding date ……………… the day of the day ・ Entrance / exit bit …… “1” -Boarding Station ……………… “Asha / Ko Station” ・ Ticket number: …… Corner No. 1 (commuter pass only) ・ Boarding time ……………… Passing time of the automatic ticket gate 1 Note that the above ticket information Writing is magnetically recorded on the boarding medium Z.

On the other hand, the passing service determination at the automatic ticket gate 2 of the two companies, which passes through the ticket gate, is permitted (OK) by satisfying the following conditions.・ Boarding date ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………・ Time …………………… Passing service setting time (30 minutes) ≧ current time-passing time of the automatic ticket gate 1 The above passing service setting time is a time given as a service, for example, 30 minutes. Set to.

When the service is permitted (OK) in the passage service judgment of the automatic ticket gate 2 described above, the machine 2 executes the following information writing process.・ Boarding date ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………・ Boarding time …………. Subtraction time The above subtraction time is set as follows. That is, subtraction time = current time-passage service setting time + α, the above-mentioned passage service setting time + α is the subtraction time, and the value of α is the time for the subtraction time to be equal to or greater than the passage service setting time, that is, , Α = ≧ 0,
The α is set to 5 minutes in this embodiment.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the subtraction time is 35 minutes, and the subtraction time is: subtraction time = current time−30 minutes + 5 minutes = current time−35 minutes.

As shown in FIG. 6a, when the boarding medium Z undergoes the ticket gate processing by the automatic ticket gate 1 of "Asha", 10:00 is written at the passage time and the boarding medium Z is possessed. When the used customer is put into the automatic ticket gate 2 of the two companies, the passage service determination process is executed.

That is, when the boarding medium Z is inserted into the slot 12 of the automatic ticket gate 2 (step n1), the data recorded in the boarding medium Z by the magnetic processing unit 27, that is, the boarding date, The entrance / exit bits, boarding station code, ticket gate number, boarding time, etc. are read (step n2), and C
The PU 20 determines whether each data is valid (step n
3) If it is determined that the service is valid, it is further determined that the service is a transit service by determining the boarding station code “Asha / Ko station” in the read data. Read the "ride time" data (step n
4) It is determined whether or not the current time has passed 30 minutes of the passing service from the boarding time (step n5).

As shown in FIG. 6B, the current time is 1
If it is 0:05, it is 10: 05-10: 00 ≦ 30, so it is determined that it is valid within the set time of the passage service, and then the gate 15 is opened and the passage service lamp (16) is turned on for a predetermined time. Light up and display (step n6),
Allow the passage of ticket gates.

At the same time, the boarding time of the boarding medium Z is updated. This boarding time is the subtraction time as described above, and in this example, the subtraction time = 10: 05-35 = 09: 30, and this 09:30 is as shown in b of FIG.
Magnetic recording is performed on the boarding medium Z (step n7), and the boarding medium Z is discharged to the discharge port 12 (step n8).

If it is determined in step n3 that the data is invalid, or if it is determined in step n5 that the set time for the passing service has elapsed,
In both cases, the gate 15 is closed at step n9 to prohibit passage, and the boarding medium Z is returned or collected (step n10).

The illegal use of the boarding medium Z, which has undergone the ticket gate processing after receiving the passing service as described above,
When the "Isha" side hands it to a person on the "Asha" side (turning around) and tries to receive the passage service of the automatic ticket gate 2 again with this boarding medium Z, for example, the passage time is 10 : 10, as shown in FIG. 6C, since 09:30 is recorded in the boarding time data of the boarding medium Z, it is 10: 10− in the determination in step n5 described above. Since 09: 30 = 40 ≧ 30 and the passing service set time of 30 minutes is exceeded by 10 minutes, it is determined that the passing service is invalid, the process proceeds to step n9, and the passage is prohibited. As a result, an unauthorized use such as the above-mentioned tampering act is detected.

The subtraction time in the above embodiment is set to the passing service setting time + α, α = ≧ 0, but other subtraction times may be set, for example, from the automatic ticket gate 1 to the automatic ticket gate of FIG. The time may be set longer than the time set for passing the aircraft 2.

As another method for illegal use, for example, a valid flag of the passage service, a valid time, etc. are recorded on the boarding medium Z, and when the same ticket is received again, the recording of this information is judged. Unauthorized use of the medium during the passage service can be reliably detected.

Further, although the automatic ticket gate 2 in the above-mentioned embodiment is a one-latch pass gate, the present invention can also be applied to a known automatic ticket gate that executes normal ticket / ticket collection processing. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a ticket gate.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a boarding medium that undergoes a ticket gate processing.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 4 is a control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of passing service determination processing.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a boarding medium that undergoes a ticket gate processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... Automatic ticket gate 15 ... Gate 20 ... CPU 23 ... Clock device 27 ... Magnetic processing device Z ... Riding medium

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that performs gate collection processing and ticket screening processing on an inserted medium at the same time to perform gate opening / closing control, wherein the same ticket processing is performed again after the processing when the ticket screening processing is performed. An automatic ticket gate equipped with storage means for storing information for prohibiting passage through a gate in a medium. 2. An automatic ticket gate device for recording predetermined information on a medium, which is a time counting means for counting the current time, and a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from the time counted by the clock means for the ticket processing medium. An automatic ticket gate equipped with a writing means for writing. 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 2, wherein the automatic ticket gate is installed in a place that partitions one premises surrounded by the automatic ticket gate. 4. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined time is set to a time equal to or longer than a time set for passage from another automatic ticket gate in the same station.