JPH10124717A - Bullet train ticket examination system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save the labor, prevent illegal rides, and improve the services by inputting data of a nonmagnetized train ticket by a staff to an auxiliary ticket barrier and issuing a magnetized auxiliary ticket, and managing data read by an automatic ticket barrier and the data inputted to the auxiliary ticket barrier by a personal computer in a conductor's room. SOLUTION: In addition to the automatic ticket barrier 2, the auxiliary ticket barrier 1 is arranged in a manned passage. When a train ticket (nonmagnetized ticket) which can not be examined automatically is ticket a station staff looks at the train ticket and inputs specific data to the auxiliary ticket barrier 1 to issue a magnetized auxiliary ticket. The data inputted to the auxiliary ticket barrier 1 and the data read by the automatic ticket barrier 2 are transferred to the personal computer 3 as a data processor arranged in the conductor's room and managed. Consequently, the conductor can grasp all data on passengers except free-seat passengers in the conductor's room through the personal computer, so the need to inspect tickets in cars is eliminated and this system is useful to prevent an illegal ride.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Shinkansen ticket gate system capable of promoting labor saving in ticket inspection and in-vehicle ticket inspection on a long-distance railway transportation line (Shinkansen).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automatic ticket gates have become widespread in short-distance rail transport, contributing to labor saving and facilitation of ticket collection, but automated ticket gate operations have not been advanced in the Shinkansen. The reason is that there are many types of tickets on the Shinkansen, and passengers have multiple tickets such as tickets, designated tickets, limited express tickets, etc., and the dimensions are also different, and the issuer of the ticket is not only the company itself, There are a wide variety of companies such as competitors and travel agencies, and as a result, standards such as ticket vending machines for short-distance railway transport lines cannot be standardized smoothly, including the encoding format of tickets. Furthermore, there are many passengers on the Shinkansen, so there are many cases where they are not familiar with automatic ticket gates.
It is time-consuming if each person passes multiple tickets through an automatic ticket gate, and after that, it becomes quiet and the benefits of automation are small, which is also a reason for delaying automation.

[0003]

By the way, in order to automate the ticket gate business, it is necessary to unify the shape of the ticket and the format of the information. It is necessary to replace it, but in that case, it is costly and practically not easy to realize.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a Shinkansen ticket gate system capable of promoting the automation of Shinkansen ticket gate operations, saving labor, preventing unauthorized rides, and improving services. Aim.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in addition to an automatic ticket gate, an auxiliary ticket gate is arranged in a manned aisle, and an attendant inputs data of a non-magnetized ticket at the auxiliary ticket gate, and an auxiliary ticket gate. A ticket is issued, and at the same time, the data read by the automatic ticket gate and the data input to the auxiliary ticket gate are transferred to the PC in the conductor's cabin to manage the data. The feature is that the ticket can be collected by an automatic ticket gate.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the Shinkansen ticket gate system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an auxiliary ticket gate. The Shinkansen ticket gate system of the present invention is characterized in that an auxiliary ticket gate is arranged in a manned passage in addition to the automatic ticket gate 2. The automatic ticket gate 2 is a well-known type in which a magnetized ticket similar to that practically used on a conventional line is inserted to perform a ticket gate or a ticket collection (detailed description is omitted), and a passenger using a Shinkansen is used. It is used when passing by a ticket or fare ticket. When a ticket gate (non-magnetized ticket) for which automatic ticket gates cannot be automatically ticketed, a station attendant looks at the ticket and inputs predetermined data to issue a magnetized auxiliary ticket. Yes, for example, as shown in FIG. That is,
The station staff looks at the ticket received from the passenger, selects the button 11 below the station name display, inputs the destination station name, and inputs the train number, seat number, etc. using the numeric keypad 12, and enters the free seat ticket. If so, just enter the destination station name. The device automatically inputs the boarding station name, date, time, and the like. When such data is input, an auxiliary ticket 13 that is a magnetized ticket is issued, and the passenger receives the magnetic auxiliary ticket 13 together with the non-magnetized ticket and boardes. This auxiliary magnetized ticket 13 is in an encoded format that can be inserted into an automatic ticket gate and processed, and can be collected by the automatic ticket gate when getting off.

The data input by the auxiliary ticket gate 1 and the data read by the automatic ticket gate 2 are transferred to and managed by a personal computer, which is a data processing device disposed in the passenger compartment. Therefore, since all data for passengers other than unreserved seats can be grasped by the personal computer in the conductor's cabin, there is no need to check tickets inside the vehicle, and it can also be used to prevent unauthorized riding. It is also possible to perform services such as calling attention.

[0008] Since the magnetized auxiliary ticket 13 can be read by an automatic ticket gate, if only the magnetic auxiliary ticket 13 is inserted into the automatic ticket gate 2 when getting off the vehicle, the ticket collection is completed. Therefore, even when a large number of passengers collect and collect bills at a time as in the case of a Shinkansen, it is possible to respond quickly and it does not take much time to collect bills.

Next, a specific example of the Shinkansen ticket gate system of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the Shinkansen ticket gate system, and FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a magnetized boarding assistance ticket, showing an example of getting on at Omiya Station and getting off at Ueno Station. In FIG. 3, automatic ticket gates are installed at the Shinkansen ticket gate and the ticket gate, respectively, and a passenger enters a magnetically encoded ticket such as a ticket, a toll ticket, and the like, and the ticket is collected. In this system, an auxiliary ticket gate is installed in a manned aisle with a station attendant, and when a passenger passes a non-encoded ticket (non-magnetized ticket) to the station attendant, the passenger ticket, Data of the contents of the toll ticket is input, and a magnetized ride assistance ticket is issued. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the magnetized ride assistance ticket has a boarding station name (Omiya Station), a getting off station name (Ueno Station), a type of fare ticket (reserved seat ticket in this example),
The train number, vehicle number, seat number, issue date and time, issuer code (Omiya station) are printed, and the same contents are encoded and recorded on the back side as magnetic data.

[0010] The data input by the auxiliary ticket gate and the data read by the automatic ticket gate are totaled by a tallying machine, and sent from a radio ground device such as a PHS to a radio on-board device such as a PHS in a batch process. Various systems such as a seat system are operated and an in-vehicle ticketing terminal is controlled by an on-board controller including a personal computer or the like installed in the vehicle. The seating system collects the seating status of passengers detected by the sensors provided in each seat and displays it on the monitor screen. In this system, at least the designated seats of all passengers are transmitted from a wireless on-board device such as a PHS. Since the information of the getting off station can be grasped, by installing the arrival station alarm on each seat,
When arriving at the disembarkation station, the arrival station alarm will prompt you to disembark. In addition, since the conductor can grasp the information of all the seats for the designated seat, it is possible to omit the in-vehicle inspection ticket and issue a ticket to the vacant seat using the in-car ticketing terminal.

At the time of getting off, the auxiliary ticket is encoded in the same manner as the encoded ticket, so that the ticket is collected by the automatic ticket gate, and the passenger passes through the ticket gate with the non-encoded ticket.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, although the input work of the station attendant is added to some extent, it takes time to improve the encoding rate of the magnetized ticket, and it is difficult to automate the Shinkansen. Automated billing operations can be realized in a short time, eliminating the time required for Shinkansen-specific bill collection,
Labor saving, prevention of unauthorized riding, etc.
It is possible to improve the service for passengers and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a Shinkansen ticket gate system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an auxiliary ticket gate.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a Shinkansen ticket gate system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a magnetized boarding assistance ticket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. Auxiliary ticket gates, 2. Automatic ticket gates, 3. PC.

Claims (2)

[Claims] An automatic ticket gate arranged in an automatic aisle for performing a ticket collection with a magnetized ticket, and data of a non-magnetic ticket purchased by a passenger and input to a manned aisle, An auxiliary ticket gate for issuing a modified auxiliary ticket, wherein the magnetic auxiliary ticket enables a ticket collection by an automatic ticket gate. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a data processing device disposed in a conductor's cabin and for transferring data read by an automatic ticket gate and data input to an auxiliary ticket gate. Shinkansen ticket gate system.