JPH097010A - Automatic ticket examination device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent a passenger using a radio card from erroneously throwing the radio card into a slit for magnetic passenger tickets to destroy the magnetic card. CONSTITUTION: A communication area 5a of an antenna 5 for radio communication with the radio card is set to a range including a slit 3 for magnetic passenger tickets, and if the radio card to be erroneously thrown into the slit 3 is presented in this communication area 5a, it is detected to close the shutter of the slit 3, thus inhibiting him from throwing the radio card into the slit 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is, for example, a magnetic ticket (magnetic recording medium) and a wireless ticket (wireless recording) installed at a transportation station such as a train or a bus and carried by a passerby. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate apparatus that can process both media.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in relation to railways, for the purpose of labor saving in ticket gate operations, it has been installed at entrances and exits of facilities such as railroads, and users (passers) who use the facilities have become facilities. When entering or leaving, or
When transferring to a facility, take in a magnetic ticket (ticket or commuter pass) carried by the user and inspect it. If the magnetic ticket is valid, allow the user to pass through it For example, automatic ticket gates have been installed to prevent users from passing through.

This type of automatic ticket gate is recorded in a magnetic recording section formed on one side (back side) of a magnetic ticket inserted by a user at the entrance, exit, or transfer. Read the magnetic information (for example, ticket gate information such as entrance station and effective charge), and based on this read information, decide whether to allow or block passage of the user,
The magnetic ticket is subjected to a predetermined process, such as a printing process on the face of the ticket or a magnetic recording process on the magnetic recording unit, and then the magnetic ticket is ejected to the exit.

Recently, by using a wireless card (wireless ticket) having a function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving ticket gate information, an antenna provided in the automatic ticket gate apparatus without inserting the ticket into the automatic ticket gate apparatus. The development of a wireless automatic ticket gate device capable of performing ticket processing by reading / writing (transmitting / receiving) ticket information by simply holding a wireless card over the part is in progress.

[0005]

By the way, such an automatic ticket gate apparatus for a wireless card is not generally known, and a passerby who uses it is
There is a problem that the wireless card is mistakenly inserted into the insertion slot of the magnetic ticket, and as a result, the wireless card is taken in and transported like the magnetic ticket, and the wireless card is destroyed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a passerby who uses the wireless recording medium accidentally inserts the wireless recording medium into the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium and destroys the wireless recording medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate device that can prevent

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an automatic ticket gate apparatus has a loading section for loading a magnetic recording medium carrying magnetically the ticket gate information carried by a passerby, and a loading section for this loading section. A reading means for receiving the inserted magnetic recording medium and reading the ticket inspection information from the received magnetic recording medium;
It is provided in the vicinity of the slot and is used for wireless communication with a wireless recording medium that wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by a passerby, and the communication area is within the range including the slot. A transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving the ticket gate information by wireless communication between the set antenna and the wireless recording medium presented in the communication area of the antenna, and the ticket gate by the transmitting / receiving unit. When information is transmitted and received, a ticket gate processing is performed based on insertion prohibition means for prohibiting insertion of the wireless recording medium into the insertion portion, and ticket inspection information read by the reading means or ticket inspection information received by the transmission / reception means. The passability determination means for determining passability of the passerby.

An automatic ticket gate device according to a second aspect of the present invention is an insertion section for inserting a magnetic recording medium in which ticket information carried by a passerby is magnetically recorded, and a magnetic recording apparatus inserted in this insertion section. Between a reading unit that receives a medium and reads the ticket inspection information from the received magnetic recording medium, and a wireless recording medium that is provided in the vicinity of the input unit and wirelessly transmits and receives the ticket inspection information carried by a passerby. For performing wireless communication, the antenna is set between the antenna whose communication area is set in a range including the insertion section and the wireless recording medium presented in the communication area of this antenna. Transmitting and receiving the ticket gate information by wireless communication via the ticket gate, and performing ticket gate processing based on the ticket gate information read by the reader or the ticket gate information received by the transmitter and receiver. The passability determination means for determining passability of the passerby, the detection means for detecting it through the antenna when the wireless recording medium enters the communication area of the antenna, and the detection means When the wireless recording medium is detected, it is equipped with a loading prohibiting unit that prohibits loading of the wireless recording medium into the loading unit.

An automatic ticket gate device according to a third aspect of the present invention is provided with an apparatus main body that forms a passage through which a passerby passes, and is provided on the entrance side of the passage of the apparatus main body, and is carried by a passerby who enters the passage. A slot for inserting a magnetic recording medium on which ticket information is magnetically recorded, and a reading means for receiving the magnetic recording medium loaded in the slot and reading the ticket information from the received magnetic recording medium. A door that is opened and closed on the exit side of the passage of the device body and controls passage of a passerby; and a door that is provided in the upper part of the device body in the vicinity of the input port and enters the passage. For performing wireless communication by radio waves with a wireless recording medium that wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by passersby,
An antenna whose communication area is set to a range including the insertion port, and outputs a predetermined radio wave from this antenna,
When the wireless recording medium is presented in the communication area, a detecting unit that detects the presence of the wireless recording medium and a presence of the wireless recording medium provided by the detecting unit by the detecting unit A shutter for prohibiting the insertion of the wireless recording medium into the insertion port in response to the detection, and, when the detecting means detects the presence of the wireless recording medium, the wireless recording medium via the antenna. And a means for transmitting and receiving the ticket gate information by wireless communication, and a judgment as to whether the magnetic recording medium or the wireless recording medium is correct based on the ticket gate information read by the reader or the ticket gate information received by the transmitter and receiver. Means and control means for controlling the opening and closing of the door according to the judgment result of the judgment means.

An automatic ticket gate device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a slot for inserting a magnetic recording medium carrying the ticket gate information magnetically carried by a passerby, and a magnetic recording slot inserted in this slot. A first means for wireless communication between a medium that receives a medium and reads the ticket gate information from the received magnetic recording medium and a wireless recording medium that wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by a passerby. Transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving ticket gate information by wireless communication between the antenna and the wireless recording medium via the first antenna;
By providing a ticket gate processing based on the ticket gate information read by the reading means or the ticket gate information received by the transmission / reception means, a passability determination means for determining passability of the passerby is provided in the vicinity of the slot, A second antenna that outputs a radio wave for detecting a wireless recording medium that is erroneously attempted to be inserted into the insertion unit, and a wireless recording medium that is erroneously attempted to be inserted into the insertion unit based on the output of the second antenna And a loading prohibiting means for blocking loading of the recording medium into the loading unit based on the detection of this detecting means.

An automatic ticket gate apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a loading section for loading a magnetic recording medium on which a ticket carrying information carried by a passerby is magnetically recorded, and a magnetic recording apparatus loaded in this loading section. A first means for wireless communication between a medium that receives a medium and reads the ticket gate information from the received magnetic recording medium and a wireless recording medium that wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by a passerby. Transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving ticket gate information by wireless communication between the antenna and the wireless recording medium via the first antenna;
By providing a ticket gate processing based on the ticket gate information read by the reading means or the ticket gate information received by the transmission / reception means, a passability determination means for determining passability of the passerby is provided in the vicinity of the slot, A second antenna that outputs a radio wave for detecting a wireless recording medium that is erroneously attempted to be inserted into the insertion unit, and a wireless recording medium that is erroneously attempted to be inserted into the insertion unit based on the output of the second antenna And a loading prohibiting means for prohibiting loading of the wireless recording medium into the loading unit when the detecting unit detects the wireless recording medium that is about to be erroneously loaded.

An automatic ticket gate according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is provided with an apparatus main body that forms a passage through which a passerby passes, and is provided at the entrance side of the passage of the apparatus main body, and is carried by a passerby who enters the passage. A slot for inserting a magnetic recording medium on which ticket information is magnetically recorded, and a reading means for receiving the magnetic recording medium loaded in the slot and reading the ticket information from the received magnetic recording medium. And a door that is opened and closed on the exit side of the passage of the device body to control passage of a passerby, and ticket gate information that is provided at the top of the device body and carried by a passerby entering the passage. A first antenna for performing wireless communication by radio waves with a wireless recording medium that transmits and receives wirelessly.
A transmitting / receiving means for transmitting / receiving the ticket gate information to / from the wireless recording medium via the antenna via wireless communication, and the magnetic recording based on the ticket gate information read by the reading means or the ticket gate information received by the transmitter / receiver means. A determination unit for determining whether the medium or the wireless recording medium is correct, a control unit for controlling the opening and closing of the door according to the determination result of the determination unit, and a unit provided in the vicinity of the insertion port, in the portion of the insertion port. A second antenna having a radio wave output area; detection means for outputting a predetermined radio wave from the second antenna to detect the presence of the wireless recording medium when the wireless recording medium is presented; And a shutter provided at the insertion opening for prohibiting insertion of the wireless recording medium into the insertion opening in response to detection of the presence of the wireless recording medium by the detection means. There.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the wireless recording is performed by setting the communication area of the antenna for wireless communication with the wireless recording medium to a range including the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium. Since communication can be started with the wireless recording medium before the medium is inserted into the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium, for example, when the communication is started, the wireless recording medium is inserted into the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium. By prohibiting this, it is possible to prevent the wireless recording medium from being erroneously inserted into the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium. Further, even if the wireless recording medium is presented in the vicinity of the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium, it is possible to communicate with the wireless recording medium.

According to the second and third aspects of the invention, the communication area of the antenna for performing wireless communication with the wireless recording medium is set to a range including the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium, and this communication is performed. When a wireless recording medium that is about to be mistakenly inserted into the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium enters the area, it is detected and the insertion of the wireless recording medium into the insertion portion is prohibited, so that the magnetic recording medium It is possible to prevent a passerby who uses a wireless recording medium from mistakenly inserting a wireless recording medium into the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium without affecting the operation of inserting a magnetic recording medium by a passerby who uses the. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the wireless recording medium from being conveyed inside and being destroyed.

According to the fourth invention, in addition to the antenna for wireless communication with the wireless recording medium, a radio wave for detecting the wireless recording medium is provided in the vicinity of the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium. By providing an antenna for outputting the wireless recording medium based on the output of the antenna and detecting the wireless recording medium which is erroneously attempted to be inserted into the insertion section, Since it can be detected, a passerby using a wireless recording medium can wirelessly connect to the loading portion of the magnetic recording medium without affecting the loading operation of the magnetic recording medium by a passerby using the magnetic recording medium. It is possible to prevent the recording medium from being mistakenly inserted, and to prevent the wireless recording medium from being conveyed inside and being destroyed.

According to the fifth and sixth aspects of the invention, the wireless recording medium is detected in the vicinity of the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium, in addition to the antenna for wireless communication with the wireless recording medium. By providing an antenna that outputs a radio wave for detecting the wireless recording medium that is about to be mistakenly inserted in the input section based on the output of this antenna, by prohibiting the input of the wireless recording medium to the input section, A passer-by using a wireless recording medium erroneously inserts the wireless recording medium into the loading portion of the magnetic recording medium without affecting the loading operation of the magnetic recording medium by a passer-by using the magnetic recording medium. Can be prevented in advance, and the wireless recording medium can be prevented from being conveyed and destroyed inside.

[0017]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the external configuration of an automatic ticket gate apparatus according to the present embodiment, which can process both a magnetic ticket as a magnetic recording medium and a wireless card (wireless ticket) as a wireless recording medium. It is shown schematically.
The automatic ticket gate 1 is usually installed as a set of two at a ticket gate of a station or the like, and a passage for a passer is formed between the two.

At one end of the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate body 2,
For example, a slot 3 is provided as a slot for inserting a magnetic ticket (such as a commuter ticket or a regular ticket) in which ticket information such as valid period and usage section is magnetically encoded and recorded, and the other end is provided. An outlet 4 for discharging the magnetic ticket received from the slot 3 is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the insertion port 3 is provided with a shutter 15 that opens and closes it as necessary.

In front of the slot 3 on the main body 2, a passerby carries information about a ticket with a wireless card which is carried by a passer and has a function of transmitting and receiving the ticket information such as an effective period and a use section by wireless communication. An antenna 5 is provided for transmitting and receiving information such as. Here, the communication area 5a of the antenna 5
Is the slot 3 for the magnetic ticket, as indicated by the diagonal lines in FIG.
The communication area 5a is set to the range including
When a wireless card which is erroneously inserted into the insertion slot 3 enters, it is detected.

In front of the outlet 4 on the main body 2, there is provided a guide display section 6 for giving guidance to passersby and station staff. Further, doors 7 and 7 capable of opening and closing to control passage of passersby are provided at both ends of the side surface on the passage side of the main body 2, and the doors 7 and 7 are determined based on the determination result of the passability. Is controlled to open and close.

On the upper part of the main body 2, a frame-shaped pole portion (frame body) 8 for defining a passage for passersby is provided upright.
On the side surfaces of the pole portion 8 and the main body 2 on the side of each passage, a plurality of optical sensors serving as passerby detecting means, for example, exit detectors 9 and 10, entrance detectors 11 and 12,
Also, a center passage detector 13 is provided respectively. The exit detector 9 detects a passerby passing through the entrance 3 portion, the exit detector 10 detects a passerby passing through the guide display portion 6, and the entrance detector 11 detects the passerby 5.
The entry detector 12 detects a passerby passing through
The central passage detector 13 detects a passerby passing through the exit 4 and a central pass detector 13 detects a passerby passing through the central portion of the passage.

Further, on the pole portion 8, there is provided a status display portion 14 for displaying the operation status of the present apparatus (child ticket insertion, invalid ticket insertion, device abnormality, etc.). FIG. 4 schematically shows the internal configuration of the main body 2. That is,
A transport path 2 for transporting the magnetic ticket P inserted from the slot 3 to the slot 4 between the slot 3 and the slot 4.
1 is formed. A plurality of detectors 22, 23, 24, 25 are provided on the transport path 21 so that the passage of the magnetic ticket P transported on the transport path 21 can be detected. . Each detector 22-25 is
For example, it is an optical sensor composed of a light source and a light receiving element, and detects the magnetic ticket P by light shielding when the magnetic ticket P passes between the light source and the light receiving element.

On the transport path 21, from the inlet 3 to the outlet 4.
In the meantime, the read heads (magnetic heads) 26 and 27 as reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded in the magnetic recording portion of the magnetic ticket P, and the magnetic recording portion of the magnetic ticket P are magnetized. Writing heads (magnetic heads) 28 and 29 as writing means for writing information, and reading heads (magnetic heads) 30 and 31 as reading means for reading magnetic information recorded on the magnetic ticket P are provided. .

The read / write heads 26 to 31 are provided with rotating rollers 32 to 37, respectively, so that the conveying path 21 is spaced from each other by a predetermined distance and the distances are maintained.

The read / write heads 26 to 31 are
Even when the magnetic ticket P is inserted in either the front or back side, one pair is provided above and below the transport path 21 so that magnetic information can be read from and written to the magnetic recording section on the back side. Are provided one by one.

On the conveying path 21, distribution gates 38, 39 for distributing the magnetic tickets P are provided. Since the sorting gate 38 has different post-processing for normal tickets and other tickets, the magnetic ticket P may be SF depending on its width, for example, a stored fair card (hereinafter abbreviated as SF card). On the processing unit 40 side, the normal tickets are allocated to the thermal printer 41 and the scissors punch 42 side, respectively. The sorting gate 39 sorts the loaded magnetic ticket P toward the exit 4 when the loaded magnetic ticket P should be discharged, and
When the inserted magnetic ticket P is to be collected, the ticket P is sorted toward the bill collecting section 43.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the control system of the automatic ticket gate constructed as described above. That is, this control system is a CPU that controls the entire automatic ticket gate.
(Central Processing Unit) 51, CP
A ROM (read only memory) 52 storing a control program of the U51, storage of information read from the magnetic ticket P or a wireless card, and a storage means for storing information as a buffer of the control program. A fare memory that stores fare information corresponding to the entry station (or entry station code corresponding to the entry station) where the use of the RAM (random access memory) 53, the magnetic ticket P or the wireless card is started. 54, a reading circuit 55 for controlling the reading heads 26, 27, 30, 31
A writing circuit 56 for controlling the writing heads 28, 29, a gate control circuit 57 for driving and controlling the distribution gates 38, 39, a printing control circuit 58 for controlling the thermal printer 41, the scissors punching section. 42, a punch control circuit 59 for controlling 42, a shutter control circuit 60 for driving and controlling the shutter 15, a display control circuit 61 for controlling the display units 6 and 14, respectively, and passers-by based on the detection outputs of the detectors 9 to 13. The human detector control circuit 62 for detecting the passing situation of the vehicle, the boarding ticket detection circuit 63 for detecting the transportation status of the magnetic ticket P based on the detection outputs of the detectors 22 to 25, and the SF processing section 40. S to control
The F processing control circuit 64 and the conveyance control circuit 6 for controlling the conveyance motor 65 for driving the conveyance system such as the conveyance path 21.
6, a door control circuit 68 that controls a door opening / closing mechanism 67 that drives the door 7, the antenna 5 between the wireless card
And a transmission control circuit 70 for transmitting information to and from a host computer as a host device (not shown) that controls the present apparatus.

FIG. 6 schematically shows the structure of the wireless card. That is, the wireless card C includes a CPU 81 that controls the overall control, a data memory 82 that stores a control program of the CPU 81 and ticket inspection information, a transmission / reception switching unit 83, a reception unit 84 that receives various information from the automatic ticket inspection apparatus 1, Demodulation unit 85 that demodulates the reception signal from the reception unit 84, modulation unit 86 that modulates transmission information, the signal modulated by the modulation unit 86 is converted into an electric wave, and the automatic ticket gate 1
It is provided with a transmitting unit 87 for transmitting toward each other, a battery 88 for supplying electric power required for each unit, and the like.

The ticket gate information stored in the data memory 82 is
For example, when it is used as a commuter pass, it is an ID code for identifying the owner, a ticket issuing number, a use section, an effective period, gender of men and women, distinction between children and adults, previous use time, and the like.

The above-mentioned elements of the wireless card C are as follows.
It is composed of one or a plurality of IC chips and is arranged on one substrate to have a card-like overall shape. next,
The operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the power of this device is turned on, first, the CP
The U 51 sends a shutter open command to the shutter control circuit 60 to open the shutter 15 of the insertion port 3 (S
1) While waiting for the insertion of the magnetic ticket P and sending a radio wave output command to the transmission / reception circuit 69, the communication radio wave is output from the antenna 5 (S2), and the presentation of the wireless card C is awaited.

In this state, when the magnetic ticket P is inserted into the slot 3 (S3), the correctness determination process for the magnetic ticket P is performed. That is, the inserted magnetic ticket P is conveyed to the outlet 4 by the conveying path 21, and the reading head 26 is conveyed during the conveyance.
By (or 27), the ticket inspection information magnetically recorded on the magnetic ticket P is read (S4) and sent to the CPU 51 via the reading circuit 55. At this time, the CPU 51
Sends a shutter closing command to the shutter control circuit 60 to close the shutter 15 of the slot 3 and prohibit the insertion of the magnetic ticket P.

The CPU 51 determines the validity of the magnetic ticket P from the read information, and if the result of the determination is valid (S5), the writing head 2 is written via the writing circuit 56.
By controlling 8 (or 29), the entry information such as the entry date and time and the entry station is written in the magnetic ticket P (S6). The magnetic ticket P thus processed is
It waits until the magnetic ticket P is discharged from the outlet 4 and pulled out from the outlet 4.

When it is determined that the magnetic ticket P is valid, the CPU 51 sends a door opening command to the door control circuit 68 to open the door 7 on the traveling direction side (exit side) (S7). ), By permitting passage of a passerby and sending a shutter open command to the shutter control circuit 60,
The shutter 15 of the inlet 3 is opened (S8), and step S3
Then, the process waits until the magnetic ticket P is inserted or the wireless card C is presented.

If it is determined in step S5 that the magnetic ticket P is not valid, the CPU 51
By sending a door close command to the door control circuit 68,
The door 7 on the traveling direction side is closed to block the passage of passersby (S
9) The reason why the door is closed is displayed on the guide display unit 6 via the display control circuit 61 (S10).

Here, the CPU 51 checks each state of the detectors 9 to 13 to check whether or not a passerby who has been blocked from passing through has returned from the entrance to the outside (S11). If it is outside, the shutter 15 of the slot 3 is opened (S8), and the process returns to step S3 to wait for the insertion of the magnetic ticket P or the presentation of the wireless card C.

On the other hand, if the magnetic ticket P is not inserted in step S3, it is checked whether or not the wireless card C is detected (S12). That is, the antenna 5
1 always outputs a communication radio wave, and its communication area 5a is set to a range including the insertion port 3 as shown by the diagonal lines in FIG.

In this state, for example, if a passerby mistakenly attempts to insert the wireless card C into the insertion slot 3, the wireless card C that was attempted to be inserted by mistake is presented in the communication area 5a near the insertion slot 3. Therefore, the transmission / reception circuit 69 can start communication with the wireless card C at that time. Therefore, the CPU 51 determines that the time when this communication is started is the detection of the wireless card C.

If the wireless card C is not detected in step S12, the process returns to step S3 to wait for the insertion of the magnetic ticket P or the presentation of the wireless card C. When the wireless card C is detected in step S12, the shutter 15 of the insertion slot 3 is closed (S13),
The insertion of the wireless card C is prohibited. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a passerby of the wireless card C from accidentally inserting the magnetic ticket P into the slot 3 of the magnetic ticket P.

Next, the CPU 51 performs correctness determination processing for the wireless card C presented in the communication area 5a. That is, the transmission / reception circuit 69 communicates with the wireless card C via the antenna 15 to read the ticket gate information stored in the data memory 82 of the wireless card C (S14) and send it to the CPU 51.

From the read information, the CPU 51 determines the validity of the wireless card C, and if the result of the determination is valid (S15), the date and time of entry and the station of entry to the data memory 82 of the wireless card C are determined. In order to write the entrance information such as, the above-mentioned entrance information is transmitted from the transmission / reception circuit 69 to the wireless card C via the antenna 15 (S16).

When it is determined that the wireless card C is valid, the CPU 51 causes the door 7 on the traveling direction side (exit side).
(S7) to permit passage of a passerby, open the shutter 15 of the entrance 3 (S8), and return to step S3 to insert the magnetic ticket P or the wireless card C.
Wait for the presentation.

If it is determined in step S15 that the wireless card C is not valid, the CPU 51
Closes the door 7 on the advancing direction side to prevent a passerby from passing through (S9), and displays the reason why the door is closed on the guide display unit 6 (S10). Then, it is checked whether or not a passerby who is blocked is returned from the entrance side to the outside (S11), and if it is outside, the shutter 15 of the inlet 3 is checked.
(S8), return to step S3 and return to the magnetic ticket P
Or the presentation of the wireless card C is awaited.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the communication area 5a of the antenna 5 for wireless communication with the wireless card C is included in the range including the slot 3 for the magnetic ticket P. When the wireless card C which has been set and is erroneously inserted into the insertion slot 3 enters the communication area 5a, the shutter 15 of the insertion slot 3 is closed by detecting it and the wireless card C is inserted into the insertion slot 3. By prohibiting
A passerby using the wireless card C does not affect the wireless card C in the slot 3 of the magnetic ticket P without affecting the operation of inserting the magnetic ticket P by the passerby using the magnetic ticket P. It is possible to prevent the card from being inserted and prevent the wireless card C from being conveyed inside and being destroyed.

In the above embodiment, the communication area 5 of the antenna 5 for wireless communication with the wireless card C is used.
The case where a is set to the range including the slot 3 of the magnetic ticket P has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, as shown in FIG.
For the wireless communication with the wireless card C.
Antenna 51 and a second antenna 52 dedicated for only detecting the wireless card C. Then, the second antenna 52 is installed in the vicinity of the slot 3, and its radio wave output area 5b is set in the slot 3, so that the magnetic ticket P slot is inserted in the same manner as in the above embodiment. It is possible to detect the wireless card C which is erroneously inserted into the card 3.

The configuration of the control system in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. That is, only the points different from FIG. 5 will be described.
9, the second antenna 52 is connected to a wireless card detection circuit 71, and the wireless card detection circuit 71 is connected to the CP.
Connected to U51. The wireless card detection circuit 71 has a second
The radio wave for detecting the wireless card is always output from the antenna 52 of the wireless card C, and when the wireless card C which is about to be inserted into the insertion slot 3 by mistake is presented in the radio wave output area 5b, it is detected. ing.

[0047]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a passerby using a wireless recording medium mistakenly inserts the wireless recording medium into the insertion portion of the magnetic recording medium, and thus the wireless recording medium is used. An automatic ticket gate can be provided that can prevent the recording medium from being destroyed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 schematically shows an external appearance of an automatic ticket gate apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view seen from above,
(B) The figure is a side view seen from the inside.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate.

3A and 3B show in detail a portion of an input port, FIG. 3A shows a state in which a shutter is opened, and FIG. 3B shows a state in which the shutter is closed.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of an automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a control system.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a wireless card.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view seen from above;
(B) The figure is a side view seen from the inside.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a control system in another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Automatic ticket gate, 2 ... Automatic ticket gate, 3 ...
Input port (input part), 4 ... Ejection port, 5 ... Antenna, 5
1 ... 1st antenna, 52 ... 2nd antenna, 5a
...... Communication area, 5b ...... Radio wave output area, 7 ...... Door, 9 to 13 ...... Detector, 15 ...... Shutter, 21 ......
Transport path, 26, 27 ... Read head, 28, 29 ... Write head, 51 ... CPU, 52 ... ROM, 53 ...
RAM, 55 ... Read circuit, 56 ... Write circuit, 60 ...
... Shutter control circuit, 62 ... Human detector control circuit, 6
5 ... Transport motor, 66 ... Transport control circuit, 67 ...
Door opening / closing mechanism, 68 ... Door control circuit, 69 ... Transceiver circuit, 71 ... Wireless card detection circuit, P ... Magnetic ticket (magnetic recording medium), C ... Wireless card (wireless recording medium) .

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A loading unit for loading a magnetic recording medium on which ticket information carried by a passerby is magnetically recorded, a magnetic recording medium loaded in the loading unit, and the received magnetic system. Reading means for reading the ticket gate information from a recording medium, and for performing wireless communication between a wireless recording medium that is provided in the vicinity of the input section and wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by a passerby, Transmission / reception of ticket gate information by wireless communication through the antenna between an antenna whose communication area is set to include the input section and the wireless recording medium presented in the communication area of this antenna. A transmitting / receiving unit for performing the above-mentioned operation, and an insertion prohibiting unit for prohibiting insertion of the wireless recording medium into the insertion unit when transmitting / receiving the ticket gate information by the transmitting / receiving unit, Means for determining whether or not a passerby is allowed to pass by performing a ticket processing based on the ticket information read by the means or the ticket information received by the transmitting / receiving means. . 2. A loading section for loading a magnetic recording medium on which ticket information carried by a passerby is magnetically recorded, a magnetic recording medium loaded in the loading section, and the received magnetic system. Reading means for reading the ticket gate information from a recording medium, and for performing wireless communication between a wireless recording medium that is provided in the vicinity of the input section and wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by a passerby, Transmission / reception of ticket gate information by wireless communication through the antenna between an antenna whose communication area is set to include the input section and the wireless recording medium presented in the communication area of this antenna. The pass / fail of the passerby is determined by performing the ticket gate processing based on the ticket transmitting / receiving means read by the reading means or the ticket gate information received by the transmitting / receiving means. Passing propriety determining means for determining, when the wireless recording medium enters the communication area of the antenna, a detecting means for detecting it through the antenna, and when the detecting means detects the wireless recording medium, An automatic ticket gate, comprising: an insertion prohibiting unit that prohibits insertion of a wireless recording medium into the insertion unit. 3. A device main body forming a passage for a passerby to pass through, and ticket gate information, which is provided on the entrance side of the passage of the device main body and carried by a passerby entering the passage, is magnetically recorded. A loading slot for loading the magnetic recording medium, a reading means for receiving the magnetic recording medium loaded in the loading slot, and reading the ticket inspection information from the received magnetic recording medium; A door that is provided to be openable and closable on the exit side and that controls the passage of passersby, and is provided in the upper part of the device body in the vicinity of the input port,
It is for performing radio communication by radio waves with a wireless recording medium that wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by a passerby entering the passage, and its communication area is set to a range including the entry slot. An antenna, a detection unit that outputs a predetermined radio wave from the antenna, and detects the presence of the wireless recording medium when the wireless recording medium is presented in the communication area; A shutter for prohibiting the insertion of the wireless recording medium into the insertion port in response to the detection of the presence of the wireless recording medium by the detecting means; and the detecting means detecting the presence of the wireless recording medium. A transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving the ticket gate information to / from the wireless recording medium by wireless communication via the antenna, and the ticket gate information read by the reading unit or A determination means for determining whether the magnetic recording medium or the wireless recording medium is correct based on the ticket gate information received by the transmission / reception means; and a control means for controlling the opening / closing of the door according to the determination result of the determination means. An automatic ticket gate that has been characterized. 4. A loading unit for loading a magnetic recording medium on which ticket information carried by a passerby is magnetically recorded, a magnetic recording medium loaded in the loading unit, and the received magnetic system. A first antenna for performing wireless communication between a reading unit that reads the ticket gate information from a recording medium and a wireless recording medium that wirelessly transmits and receives the ticket gate information carried by a passerby, and the first antenna. By transmitting and receiving the ticket gate information to and from the wireless recording medium via wireless communication through the ticket gate information read by the reading means or the ticket gate information received by the transmitter and receiver, the ticket gate processing is performed, Passability determination means for determining passability of the passerby, and for detecting a wireless recording medium which is provided near the loading section and which is about to be erroneously loaded into the loading section. A second antenna that outputs a wave, a detection unit that detects a wireless recording medium that is about to be erroneously inserted into the insertion unit based on the output of the second antenna, and the insertion unit that is detected based on the detection of the detection unit. An automatic ticket gate device comprising: a prohibition means for prohibiting a recording medium from being charged into the recording medium. 5. A loading section for loading a magnetic recording medium on which ticket information carried by a passerby is magnetically recorded, a magnetic recording medium loaded in this loading section, and the received magnetic system. A first antenna for performing wireless communication between a reading unit that reads the ticket gate information from a recording medium and a wireless recording medium that wirelessly transmits and receives the ticket gate information carried by a passerby, and the first antenna. By transmitting and receiving the ticket gate information to and from the wireless recording medium via wireless communication through the ticket gate information read by the reading means or the ticket gate information received by the transmitter and receiver, the ticket gate processing is performed, Passability determination means for determining passability of the passerby, and for detecting a wireless recording medium which is provided near the loading section and which is about to be erroneously loaded into the loading section. A second antenna that outputs a wave, a detection unit that detects a wireless recording medium that is erroneously inserted into the insertion unit based on the output of the second antenna, and a radio that the detection unit attempts to erroneously insert. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: an insertion prohibiting unit that prohibits insertion of the wireless recording medium into the insertion unit when the recording medium is detected. 6. An apparatus main body that forms a passage for a passerby to pass through, and ticket gate information, which is provided at the entrance side of the passage of the apparatus main body and carried by a passerby entering the passage, is magnetically recorded. A loading slot for loading the magnetic recording medium, a reading means for receiving the magnetic recording medium loaded in the loading slot, and reading the ticket inspection information from the received magnetic recording medium; A door that is openable and closable on the exit side and that controls the passage of passers-by, and a wireless recording medium that is provided at the top of the device body and that wirelessly transmits and receives ticket gate information carried by a passer-by entering the passage. A first antenna for performing radio communication by radio waves with the transmitting and receiving means, and transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving ticket gate information by radio communication with the wireless recording medium via the first antenna. Judgment means for judging whether the magnetic recording medium or the wireless recording medium is correct based on the ticket gate information read by the reading means or the ticket gate information received by the transmitting and receiving means, and the door according to the judgment result of the judging means. Control means for controlling opening and closing, a second antenna provided in the vicinity of the insertion opening and having a radio wave output area at the insertion opening, and a predetermined radio wave is output from the second antenna, When a recording medium is presented, a detection unit that detects the presence of the wireless recording medium, and a detection unit that is provided in the insertion port, and that detects the presence of the wireless recording medium by the detection unit. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a shutter that prohibits the input of a wireless recording medium.