JPH10188059A - Automatic ticket examination device and train ticket medium processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To visually identify an error ticket by providing a means for performing prescribed printing to a train ticket medium, which does not normally accept processing due to a medium processing means, and a means for collecting and returning the train ticket medium which is received by a receiving means and applied with various kinds of processing. SOLUTION: When the passage with a received train ticket medium is not permitted as a result of passage discriminating processing, a door part 20 is driven by a door control circuit 126 and a door opening/closing mechanism 124 as a passage block means and the passage of passenger is blocked. Further, error printing processing is performed to the train ticket medium for which an encode error is discriminated. At such a time, either a transfer printing part 56 or a thermosensitive printing part 58 is selected as the destination to execute the error printing processing corresponding to the kind of error ticket. Then, the error ticket is conveyed to the selected printing part and at the printing part to which the error ticket is conveyed, error printing processing is performed. The processed error ticket is temporarily held in a 2nd holding part and after the other train medium tickets are ejected, the error ticket is discharged.

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 automatically performing ticket gate processing based on a ticket medium possessed by a passenger and a passenger ticket medium processing method performed in the automatic ticket gate apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automatic ticket gates for performing automatic ticket gate processing have been installed in transportation stations such as railways.
In such an automatic ticket gate, magnetic information recorded on the inserted ticket medium is read to determine whether or not traffic is possible, and recording or punching of magnetic information or punching on the inserted ticket medium is performed as necessary. Perform processing.

[0003] Further, among such automatic ticket gates, those that can cope with the combined use of a plurality of tickets have been proposed. What is the combined use of ticket media?
For example, a combination of a regular ticket and a regular ticket, a regular ticket and a regular ticket, or a regular ticket and a boarding section of two or more ticket media such as a prepaid card is used. Such an automatic ticket collection device corresponding to a plurality of tickets is used particularly in a ticket gate process at a transfer station or a ticket gate process in which an entrance / exit check is performed.

[0004] First, the former, that is, the ticket collection processing at the transfer station will be described. For example, when transferring between a Shinkansen and a conventional line, it is necessary to receive a ticket gate when transferring from the Shinkansen to the conventional line or from the conventional line to the Shinkansen. At this time, it is assumed that the passenger has a conventional line ticket whose starting point or end point is the transfer station, a Shinkansen ticket and an express ticket whose end point or start point is the transfer station. The above-mentioned automatic ticket collection device corresponding to a plurality of cards receives such a conventional line ticket, a Shinkansen ticket and an express ticket, and checks whether there is any irregularity in the boarding section based on the data of the ticket medium. The ticket is checked and the ticket collection process is performed.

[0005] The present invention is also applied to the case of a transfer station between a line of company A and a line of company B. That is, in the automatic ticket collection device corresponding to a plurality of sheets described above, A
Receive the company's ticket and the company B's ticket with the transfer station as the end point or starting point, check whether there is any fraud in the boarding section based on the data of both ticket media, and change the ticket Processing is performed.

Next, a description will be given of the latter, that is, a ticket collection process in which entry / exit check is performed. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to prevent fraudulence in a boarding section, a ticket gate process by entry / exit check has been proposed. In the ticket checking process based on the entry / exit check, in principle, entry is permitted only for the ticket subjected to the bidding process. For example, it is assumed that stations exist in the order of A station → B station → C station. At this time, it is assumed that a passenger who has a commuter pass that can be boarded between Station B and Station C purchases a regular ticket that can be boarded between Station A and Station B, gets on from Station A, and gets off at Station C. At this time, getting off at C station requires a regular ticket that can be boarded at A station → B station and a commuter pass that can be boarded between B station → C station, which has been bid-processed at A station. That is, in the above-mentioned automatic ticket collection apparatus corresponding to a plurality of cards installed at the station C, the A
Receives an ordinary ticket that can be boarded at station A → B station and a commuter pass that can be boarded between station B and station C, and checks for illegal fraud based on the data of these ordinary tickets and commuter pass. In addition to checking, it is checked that a bidding process has been performed, and a ticket inspection process is performed.

[0007]

However, the above-mentioned automatic ticket gate for multiple sheets has the following problems. For example, when a plurality of ticket media are processed, if an encoding error occurs in one of the plurality of ticket media to be processed, all of the plurality of ticket media to be processed are discharged. become. In this case, it was almost impossible to visually identify which of the ejected tickets had an error. In such a case, it is necessary to check all the discharged ticket media, which hinders prompt response.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus and a ticket processing method capable of visually identifying an error ticket.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-mentioned problems. According to the present invention, receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, and recording on the ticket medium received by the receiving means. Media processing means for reading the data being written and writing various data to the ticket medium, and whether or not the ticket medium can pass based on the data read from the ticket medium by the medium processing means. Determining means for performing a determination, a traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of a pedestrian as necessary according to the determination result by the determining means, and a predetermined method for a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means. A printing unit for performing printing, and a collection and return unit for collecting or returning the ticket media received and processed by the receiving unit. Automatic gate apparatus that is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, reading of data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing of various data to the ticket medium are performed. Medium processing means, determining means for integrating data read from the series of ticket media received by the receiving means to determine whether or not the series of ticket media can pass, and determination results by the determining means And a predetermined printing means for preventing the passage of a pedestrian as necessary, and for a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means so as to be distinguishable from other ticket mediums. And collecting and returning means for collecting or returning the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving means. Dynamic ticket gate apparatus is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, receiving means for collectively receiving a plurality of ticket media, reading of data recorded on the ticket media received by the receiving device, and various types of data for the ticket media Medium processing means for writing data, and determination means for integrating data read from a series of ticket media collectively received by the receiving device to determine whether or not passage with the series of ticket media is possible. According to the determination result by the determination means, if necessary, a traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of a pedestrian; and printing abnormalities on the ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means. An automatic system comprising: a printing unit; and a collection and return unit that collects or returns the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving unit. Tag device is provided.

Still further, according to the present invention, receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, reading of data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing of various data on the ticket medium are performed. Medium processing means for performing, and determination means for integrating data read from a series of ticket media received by the receiving means, and determining whether or not passage with this series of ticket media is possible,
According to the determination result by the determination means, if necessary, a traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of a pedestrian, and a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means,
A printing unit for performing predetermined printing so as to be distinguishable from other ticket media, a collection and return unit for collecting or returning the ticket media received and processed by the receiving unit, and a predetermined return by the printing unit. When returning a series of ticket media including the printed ticket media by the collection / return means, the return order of the predetermined printed media in the series of ticket media is adjusted. An automatic ticket gate device comprising: a return order adjusting means.

Still further, according to the present invention, receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, reading of data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing of various data on the ticket medium are performed. Medium processing means for performing, and determination means for integrating data read from a series of ticket media received by the receiving means, and determining whether or not passage with this series of ticket media is possible,
According to the determination result by the determination means, if necessary, a traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of a pedestrian, and a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means,
A printing unit that performs printing indicating an abnormality, a collection / return unit that collects or returns the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving unit, and a ticket medium that is printed by the printing unit. When the collection and return means returns a series of ticket media including a ticket medium printed with an abnormality by the printing means, and a series of ticket media using the holding means, And a return order adjusting means for finally returning the ticket medium on which the printing indicating this abnormality has been performed, is provided.

Still further, according to the present invention, receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data to the ticket medium Media processing means for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, first printing means for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and second printing means for performing thermal printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means Based on the data read from the ticket medium by the medium processing means, a judgment means for judging whether or not the ticket medium can pass, and, if necessary, according to the judgment result by the judgment means. Traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of passers-by, collection and return means for collecting or returning the ticket media received and processed by the receiving means, Automatic gate apparatus characterized by comprising is provided.

Still further, according to the present invention, receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data on the ticket medium Media printing means for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and second means for performing thermal printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means. Printing means, when performing printing processing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, selecting means for selecting one of the first and second printing means, and boarding by the medium processing means Determining means for determining whether or not the ticket medium can be used on the basis of data read from the ticket medium; and Means for blocking the passage of passers-by, and predetermined printing by the first or second printing means selected by the selecting means on a ticket medium which does not normally receive processing by the medium processing means. , And a collection and return unit that collects or returns the ticket media received and processed by the receiving unit.

Still further, according to the present invention, receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, reading of data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing of various data on the ticket medium Media processing means for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, first printing means for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and second printing means for performing thermal printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving means A printing means, a printing means for performing a printing process on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, a selecting means for selecting one of the first and second printing means, Determining means for determining whether or not the series of ticket media can pass or not, based on the data read from the series of ticket media, and determining by the determining means. In accordance with the requirements, the traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of passers-by as necessary, and the first or second selected by the selecting means for a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means. Printing control means for performing printing indicating an abnormality by the printing means, collection / return means for collecting or returning the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving means, and printing indicating the abnormality by the printing means. Return sequence adjusting means for adjusting a return order of a printed ticket medium showing this abnormality in a series of ticket media when a series of ticket media including the ticket media is returned by the collection / return means. And an automatic ticket gate device provided with:

Still further, according to the present invention, data is written to a ticket medium, the written data is read, and the contents of the data written to the ticket medium are confirmed. When it is determined that data is not normally written on the medium, predetermined printing is performed on the ticket medium, and a method for processing a ticket medium is provided.

Still further, according to the present invention, a ticket medium is received, data recorded on the received ticket medium is read, and based on the read data, traffic based on the ticket medium is performed. Is determined,
Data is written to the ticket medium, the written data is read, and the contents of the data written to the ticket medium are confirmed. As a result of the confirmation, data is not correctly written to the ticket medium. When it is found out, a predetermined printing is performed on the ticket medium, and the printed ticket medium is discharged, and a method for processing the ticket medium is provided.

Still further, according to the present invention, a plurality of ticket media are received, data recorded on the plurality of ticket media are read, and the plurality of ticket media are read based on the read data. Performing the determination of the passage of the medium, write data to at least one ticket medium of the plurality of received ticket media,
The written data is read, and the contents of the data written on the ticket medium are confirmed. When the confirmation reveals that the data is not correctly written on the ticket medium, Is performed, and the printed ticket medium of the plurality of received ticket media on which the abnormality is printed is placed on the non-printed ticket medium. And discharging the loaded ticket medium.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This automatic ticket gate can cope with the combined use of a plurality of ticket media. For example, at a transfer station between a Shinkansen and a conventional line, the automatic ticket gate device of the present invention installed at this transfer station includes a conventional line ticket whose starting point or end point is the transfer station and an end point at the transfer station. Alternatively, a ticket and a limited express ticket of the Shinkansen that was the starting point are received, and it is possible to check whether there is any illegality in the boarding section based on the data recorded in the received ticket, and perform a ticket gate process. Note that the above-described continuous ticket medium of the ticket section is referred to as a related ticket.

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 10 of the automatic ticket gate
Has a slot 12 as a receiving means for receiving a ticket medium inserted at the time of entry into the station yard or at the time of entry outside the station yard.
And a discharge port 14 as return means for discharging (returning) the ticket medium received at the input port 12. The ticket media includes types such as a normal ticket, a regular ticket, an express ticket, a coupon ticket, a prepaid card, and the like, and such ticket media includes predetermined information, for example, expiration date information and boarding possible. Section information is magnetically recorded in a predetermined format. Here, the size of the ticket medium will be described. The size (in mm) of the ticket medium is 30 × 57.5 for regular tickets and coupons, 57.5 × 85 for regular tickets and prepaid cards, and 57.5 for large tickets (express tickets, etc.). It is defined as x85.

In this embodiment, a case where the insertion slot 12 is of a type capable of accepting a plurality of batches of ticket media at a time, and a case where only a single ticket media is accepted are accepted. It is assumed that it is possible to use a single unit. In a case where the insertion slot 12 is of a type capable of batch-insertion of a plurality of sheets, it is of course possible to accept the insertion of a single ticket medium. Combinations of a plurality of ticket media include a regular ticket and a regular ticket, a regular ticket and an express ticket, a regular ticket and a regular ticket, and the like.

In the vicinity of the slot 12, a shutter (shown in FIG. 2) for preventing the insertion of a ticket medium is provided. The shutter prohibits the insertion of another ticket medium from the insertion of the ticket medium until the completion of the predetermined processing for the ticket medium. By the function of the shutter, it is possible to prevent another person's ticket medium from being continuously inserted.

In addition, in front of the slot 12, there is provided a slot vicinity display section 16 for displaying various kinds of guidance to the user. The insertion port vicinity display unit 16 displays, for example, the remaining amount of a prepaid card or the like. In addition, input port 1
In the lower part of 2, there is provided a passage guidance display unit 13 for displaying guidance of the passage of the automatic ticket gate. In front of the outlet 14 is provided an outlet vicinity display section 18 for displaying various kinds of guidance to the user.

On the side of the main body 10 of the automatic ticket gate, there is provided a door portion 20 as a traffic blocking means for blocking the traffic of the person entering the ticket medium by closing. Further, a frame 22 serving as a partition for distinguishing a passage corresponding to the main body 10 of the automatic ticket gate is provided on the upper part of the main body 10 of the automatic ticket gate. This frame 2
2 is provided with a display 26 for notifying of a child ticket insertion, invalid ticket and abnormal ticket insertion, and device abnormality. Further, a plurality of human detection sensors 24 for detecting passage of a user are provided on the side surface portion of the main body 10 and the frame 22. The human detection sensor 24 detects the passage of a user, and is of a transmission type, a reflection type, or the like.

It is to be noted that an invalid ticket is a ticket that cannot be used even when combined with another ticket medium. For example, an expired ticket medium corresponds to this. What is an abnormal ticket?
The ticket cannot be read by this automatic ticket gate.
For example, credit cards having different recording formats and tickets without a magnetic recording area correspond to this.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram showing an example of the internal mechanism of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. A main transport path 32 for transporting the ticket medium inserted from the input port 12 to the output port 14 is formed between the input port 12 and the output port 14. On the main transport path 32, a sensor for detecting a ticket medium transported on the transport path 32, for example, a slot 1
Slot sensor 9 for detecting the ticket medium inserted from 2
0, a plurality of outlet sensors 92 and the like for detecting the ticket medium discharged to the outlet 14 are provided.

At the entrance from the insertion port 12 to the main transport path 32, a shutter 28 for prohibiting the insertion of a ticket medium for a predetermined period is provided.
Is provided. The shutter 28 is configured to close at the moment when the ticket medium is inserted, regardless of whether the insertion slot 12 is of a type that allows a plurality of sheets to be inserted at once or a type that supports a single sheet. This makes it possible to distinguish between the first inserted ticket medium and the second inserted ticket medium.

In the case where the slot 12 is of a single-sheet insertion type, when the ticket gate is not permitted with only the first inserted ticket medium, the inserted ticket medium is invalid or abnormal. , The shutter 28 opens and the insertion of the next ticket medium is recognized for a predetermined time. At this time, when the next ticket medium is inserted, a ticket is issued by a combination of the inserted ticket medium and the first inserted ticket medium.

The input port 12 is located on the transport path of the main transport path 32.
The take-up roller 33 that takes in the ticket media that has been put in one at a time or one by one in the order along the discharge port 14, the aligning section 34 that aligns the taken ticket media, and the magnetic recording layer of the ticket media. The read heads 36a and 36b for reading magnetically recorded information, the reversing unit 38 for constantly sending the front and back of the ticket medium unified, a first holding unit 42 for holding the ticket medium before writing the information, A write head 46 for recording predetermined magnetic information, a read head 48 for verifying information recorded by the write head 46, a punch processing unit 50 for punching a ticket medium, Transfer printing section 56 for performing transfer printing for transferring ink of the ink ribbon, and a thermal printing section 58 for performing thermal printing for coloring the thermal coloring layer on a ticket medium having a thermal coloring layer, which will be described later. Such as the second holding portion 60 is provided to hold the ticket medium error printing process has been performed that. Further, instead of the second holding unit, the transfer ticket unit that has been subjected to the error printing process in the transfer printing unit 56 may be held by the stopper 52.

In the alignment section 34, alignment is performed such that a predetermined direction of the ticket medium inserted into the insertion port 12 becomes a transport direction and also serves as a one-side reference. The reversing section 38 is provided with a distribution gate 39. In order to always unify the front and back of the ticket medium, the distribution medium is supplied to the distribution gate 3 as necessary.
By 9, it is drawn into the reversing section 38 from the main transport path 32.
The ticket medium drawn into the reversing unit 38 is transferred to the main transport path 32
It is inverted by being returned to. The necessity of pulling the ticket medium into the reversing unit 38 is determined by the read head 36a or 3
6b, the information of the ticket medium is read.

The first holding unit 42 holds the ticket medium in order to check the validity of the ticket medium by combining a plurality of sheets, for example, whether or not the available sections are continuous. The first holding section 42 is provided with a sorting gate 43, a holding conveyance path 44, a stopper 45, and the like.
Is pulled into the hold conveyance path 44, and the drawn ticket medium is stopped by the stopper 45 and held. At this time, a plurality of ticket media are not overlapped on the holding conveyance path 44, that is, one sheet medium is held on another holding conveyance path 44 one by one. The reserved ticket media are arranged in the main transport path 3 in the order of the size of the ticket media (in order from the largest size).
Returned to 2. In other words, the first reservation unit rearranges the ticket media in the order of size. By rearranging in this way, the discharged ticket media are arranged in order of size (in order from the largest size). By arranging and discharging the ticket media in the order of size, it is possible to prevent a small-sized ticket from being overlooked behind a large-sized ticket and being missed. In the drawing, the first holding unit 42 is illustrated so that only two ticket media can be held.
Of course, two or more cards may be reserved.

If transfer printing is to be performed on the ticket medium, the transfer medium is transferred to the transfer printing section 56 by the distribution gate 51.
Transported to the side. The target of the transfer printing is a ticket medium having no heat-sensitive coloring layer, such as a regular ticket or an express ticket. When performing thermal printing on the ticket media,
The ticket medium is conveyed by the distribution gate 51 to the thermal printing section 58 side. The objects of the thermal printing are ordinary tickets, coupons, prepaid cards, and the like having a thermal coloring layer.

The second holding section 60 (or the stopper 52)
This temporarily holds the ticket medium subjected to the error printing process described later. As a result, it is possible to discharge the ticket medium not subjected to the error print processing before the ticket medium subjected to the error print processing. This second
The holding unit 60 includes the sorting gates 61 and 62 and the holding conveyance path 6.
3, a stopper 64 and the like are provided.
As a result, the ticket medium is drawn into the holding conveyance path 63 from the main conveyance path 32, and the drawn ticket medium is stopped and held by the stopper 64. When the held ticket medium is returned to the main transport path 32 by the stopper 62, the held state is released.

The distribution gate 66 is a gate for distributing discharge and collection according to the type of the ticket medium. For example,
Commuter passes are discharged, and ordinary tickets for entry from the station yard are collected. The ticket medium collected by the sorting gate 66 is sorted and collected by the sorting gate 68 into the first ticket collection box 70 and the second ticket collection box 72 according to the type of the ticket medium.

The main body 10 of the automatic ticket gate has:
A plurality of motors for driving each unit are mounted. For example, a main motor (stepping motor, servo motor, etc.) 74 for driving a transport roller for transporting a ticket medium, a stepping motor 76 for driving a batch holding roller, and an induction motor 78 for transporting the ticket media to the outlet 14 are provided. Have been.

As described above, the automatic ticket gate of the present invention includes the transfer printing section 56 and the thermal printing section 58, so that the transfer printing and the thermal printing are performed depending on the situation (in accordance with the type of the ticket medium). Printing and printing can be used properly. For example, when it is necessary to print on a ticket medium (commuter pass, limited express ticket, etc.) having no heat-sensitive coloring layer, the transfer printing unit 56
When printing is necessary on a ticket medium (normal ticket, coupon, prepaid card, etc.) having a heat-sensitive coloring layer, the heat-sensitive printing unit 56 can perform the heat-sensitive printing. Become.

FIG. 3 is a diagram functionally showing an example of the internal configuration of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIGS. The entire automatic ticket gate is controlled by the CPU 100. This CP
The U100 includes a ROM 102 that stores a control program of the CPU 100, a RAM 104 that stores information read from a ticket medium and stores information as a buffer of the control program, and a U.S.C. A fare memory 106 storing section information and fare information, a read circuit 108 for controlling the read heads 36a and 36b, a write circuit 110 for controlling the write head 46, and a read head 48 for verification are controlled. The reading circuit 112 and the like are connected. By the way, this CPU
By referring to the information stored in the fare memory 106, it is assumed that the pass / fail judgment processing is performed based on the information read by the read head 36 a or 36 b by 100.
Further, it is assumed that various determination processes and determination processes described later are performed by the CPU.

Further, the CPU 100 has a distribution gate control circuit 114 for controlling the distribution gates 39, 43, 51, 59, 61, 62, 66, 68 and the like, and controls the execution of transfer printing by the transfer printing unit 56. Transfer printing section control circuit 116, the thermal printing section control circuit 117 for controlling the execution of thermal printing by the thermal printing section 58, the first ticket detection sensor 54 and the second ticket detection sensor 63, and the slot sensor 9
0, a detection circuit 118 for detecting the transportation state of the ticket medium based on signals from the sensors such as the outlet sensor 92, a transportation control circuit 120 for controlling the main motor 74 for transporting the ticket medium, and a human detection sensor. 24, a passage detection circuit 122 for detecting the passage of the ticket medium by the input person
And a door control circuit 126 that controls a door opening / closing mechanism 124 that drives the door unit 20 in accordance with the result of the passage determination processing.

Further, the CPU 100 includes a display control circuit 128 for controlling the display units such as the passage guide display unit 13, the input port display unit 16, and the discharge port display unit 18.
A display control circuit 130 for controlling the display 26; and a punch processing control circuit 132 for controlling the punch processing unit 50.
Control circuit 1 for controlling driving of shutter 28
And a print selection unit 1 for selecting transfer printing and thermal printing
36 and a monitoring panel interface 138 for connecting to a monitoring panel 140 for monitoring a plurality of automatic ticket gates collectively.
Etc. are connected. The selection of the transfer printing or the thermal printing in the print selection unit 136 is performed according to the type of the ticket medium determined from the information read by the reading head 36a or 36b.

The transfer printing section 56 and the thermal printing section 58 described above with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
The error printing process by the automatic ticket gate provided with is described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a ticket medium receiving process in an automatic ticket gate apparatus having a multiple-sheet batch-insertion-compatible slot capable of accepting a plurality of ticket media at once. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a ticket medium receiving process in an automatic ticket gate apparatus having a single-sheet insertion-compatible insertion slot capable of accepting only the insertion of one ticket medium at a time. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the error printing process.

First, with reference to FIG. 4, a description will be given of a ticket medium receiving process in an automatic ticket gate provided with an insertion port of a type capable of simultaneously inserting a plurality of sheets. The ticket gate processing by the automatic ticket gate
It starts when the ticket medium is inserted. Discharge port sensor 92
When the ticket medium discharged by the vehicle is no longer detected (S
T10, YES), the shutter 28 opens (ST14),
The entry of the ticket medium into the slot 12 is permitted. That is, when the ticket medium discharged to the outlet 14 is received (removed), the next ticket medium is allowed to be inserted. When the discharged ticket medium is detected by the discharge port sensor 92 (ST10, N
O), the shutter 28 is closed (ST12), and the insertion of the next ticket medium into the slot 12 is prohibited. This is to prevent equipment failure or disruption of medium processing due to the insertion of another ticket medium while the ticket medium is being held at the outlet.

When the ticket medium is inserted into the slot 12 (ST16, YES), the ticket sensor 90 detects the ticket medium (ST18), the shutter 28 closes (ST20), and the next ticket medium. Is prohibited. ST
In the case where only one ticket medium has been inserted in step 16, this one ticket medium is taken into the main transport path 3 by the take-in roller 33.
2 (ST22). When a plurality of ticket media is inserted in ST14, the plurality of ticket media are separated and taken into the main transport path 32 by the take-in roller 33 so as to be separated (ST22).

The ticket medium taken in by the take-in roller 33 is aligned by the aligning section 34. The aligned ticket medium is transported along the main transport path 32, and the data recorded on the ticket medium is read by the reading head 36a or 36b (ST24). At this time, if the data cannot be read, it is determined that the inserted ticket is an abnormal ticket, and the ticket determined to be the abnormal ticket is immediately discharged.
In addition, if there is a ticket that has been inserted at the same time as the ticket determined to be an abnormal ticket, this ticket is also immediately discharged. If it is determined that the inserted ticket is an abnormal ticket, the passage of the automatic ticket gate is not permitted.

When the inserted ticket is not an abnormal ticket, the front and back sides of the ticket medium are recognized depending on which of the reading heads 36a and 36b read the data, and the reversing unit is used as necessary. The inversion processing by 38 is performed. Further, the necessity of holding the ticket medium is determined from the data read by the reading head 36a or 36b (ST26). For example, in the case where the inserted ticket medium is one and the passage of the single ticket medium is permitted, the ticket medium is not suspended to the next processing unit in order to shorten the processing time. Is conveyed. That is, in the case of such a ticket medium, it is determined that there is no need to hold in the determination of the need for holding. In addition, from the viewpoint of the performance of the automatic ticket gate, all the inserted ticket media may be temporarily stored in the first storing unit 42. In this case, naturally, the necessity of holding the ticket medium is not determined.

When it is determined from the data read by the reading head 36a or 36b that the ticket medium needs to be held (ST26, YES), the ticket medium is held in the first holding unit 42 (ST28). . At this time, the ticket media are held in the first holding unit 42 one by one. When the ticket medium is no longer detected by the slot sensor 90, that is, when all the inserted ticket media are taken in (ST30, ST30).
YES), the ticket medium receiving process is completed. When the ticket medium is detected by the slot sensor 90, that is, when all the inserted ticket media are not captured (ST30, NO), the ticket media capturing process of ST22 is continuously performed. . It is monitored whether or not the inserted ticket medium has been detected by the insertion port sensor 90 as to whether or not all of the inserted ticket medium has been captured.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, a description will be given of a ticket medium receiving process in an automatic ticket gate provided with a slot for single-sheet insertion. When the discharged ticket medium is no longer detected by the discharge port sensor 92 (ST40, YES),
The shutter 28 is opened (ST44), and the insertion of the ticket medium into the slot 12 is permitted. When the discharged ticket medium is detected by the discharge port sensor 92 (ST4)
(0, NO), the shutter 28 is closed (ST42), and the insertion of the next ticket medium into the slot 12 is prohibited.

When the ticket medium is inserted into the slot 12 (ST46, YES), the ticket medium is detected by the slot sensor 90 (ST48), and the shutter 28 is closed (ST50). Is prohibited. ST
The ticket medium inserted in 46 is taken into the main transport path 32 by the take-in roller 33 (ST52).

The ticket medium taken in by the take-in roller 33 is aligned by the aligning section 34. The aligned ticket medium is transported along the main transport path 32, and the data recorded on the ticket medium is read by the reading head 36a or 36b (ST54). At this time, if the data cannot be read, it is determined that the inserted ticket is an abnormal ticket, and the ticket determined to be the abnormal ticket is immediately discharged.
In addition, if there is a ticket that has been inserted at the same time as the ticket determined to be an abnormal ticket, this ticket is also immediately discharged. If it is determined that the inserted ticket is an abnormal ticket, the passage of the automatic ticket gate is not permitted.

If the inserted ticket is not an abnormal ticket, the front and back of the ticket medium is recognized depending on which of the reading heads 36a or 36b has read the data, and the reversing unit is used as necessary. The inversion processing by 38 is performed. Further, the necessity of holding the ticket medium is determined from the data read by the reading head 36a or 36b (ST56). For example, when traffic is permitted with this one inserted ticket medium, the ticket medium is conveyed to the next processing unit without being held to shorten the processing time. In other words, when the ticket medium is such that the traffic determination is permitted, the necessity of the reservation is determined to be unnecessary in the determination of the necessity of the reservation. Note that, in view of the performance of the automatic ticket gate, all the inserted ticket media may be temporarily held in the first holding unit 42. In this case, of course,
No determination is made of the necessity of holding the ticket medium.

If it is determined from the data read by the read head 36a or 36b that the ticket medium needs to be held (ST56, YES), that is, if the traffic is not permitted with only this one ticket medium , The ticket medium is held in the first holding unit 42 (ST58). Also,
Since traffic is not permitted with only this one ticket medium, it is determined that there is a need to receive a related ticket related to this one (ST60, YES). Thus, when it is determined that the necessity of receiving the related ticket is determined (ST60, YES), the shutter 28 is opened (ST6).
2) For example, a message requesting insertion of a related ticket is displayed on the insertion port vicinity display section 16 (ST64).

When the ticket medium is inserted according to this request, ST46 to ST64 are executed again. Of course, S
When it is determined at T60 that the related ticket need not be received (ST60, NO), the ticket medium receiving process is completed. The determination that there is no need to receive the related ticket is, for example, a case where the passage is permitted by a plurality of received ticket media.

Next, the error printing process will be described with reference to FIG. Passage determination processing is executed from the ticket medium received in the ticket medium reception processing (ST100) described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 (ST102). In the traffic determination processing, for example, it is checked whether the boarding section is filled with the received ticket medium, whether the received ticket medium has expired, and the like.
This traffic determination process is performed by the CPU 100. Incidentally, in the ticket medium receiving process described with reference to FIG. 5, a traffic determination process is performed in ST60.

As a result of the traffic judging process, when the traffic by the received ticket medium is not permitted (Y in ST104, Y
ES), the door control circuit 126 and the door opening / closing mechanism 124 as the traffic blocking means drive the door unit 20 as the traffic blocking means, and the traffic of the pedestrian is blocked (ST106). In this case, all the received ticket media is discharged (ST108). In the ejection, the received ticket media is ejected from the ejection port 14 one by one. In other words, when a plurality of ticket media are discharged, the ticket media discharged to the discharge port 14 is held so as to overlap in the order of discharge. Incidentally, it is assumed that the last-discharged ticket medium is discharged on another ticket medium.

As a result of the traffic determination process, unless the traffic is denied (ST104, NO), the process proceeds to the next process. When the ticket medium is held in the first holding unit 42 (ST1)
10, YES), the ticket medium is taken out of the first holding unit 42 and transported (ST112). At this time, the first
It is assumed that the ticket media held in the holding unit 42 is taken out and conveyed in the order of size (in order from the largest ticket media). That is, when a plurality of ticket media are discharged, the small-sized ticket media are taken out and transported in order of size so as not to be hidden by the shadow of the large-sized ticket media.

If it is necessary to write some data on the transported ticket medium (ST11)
4, YES), and data writing is performed (ST11).
6) The written data is verified (ST1)
18). If no encoding error or the like is found by this verification (ST120, NO), it is considered that the processing for the ticket medium has been normally performed, and the ticket medium is discharged from the outlet 14 (ST132). Of course, at this time, the ticket medium is detected by the outlet sensor 92 (ST134).

If an encoding error or the like is found by the verification (ST120, YES), the judgment of passage is NG (ST122), and the passage of a passerby is blocked by the door unit 20 (ST124). Further, an error printing process is performed on the ticket medium (error ticket) in which the encoding error has been found. At this time, depending on the type of the error ticket, the execution destination of the error printing process is selected to either the transfer printing unit 56 or the thermal printing unit 58 (ST12).
6). The error ticket is transported to the printing unit selected in ST126, and error transport processing is performed on the error ticket in the transported printing unit (ST128).

Here, the error printing process will be described. The purpose of performing the error printing process on the error ticket is to make it possible to identify which ticket is the error ticket when a plurality of ticket media are ejected. Therefore, in the error printing process,
The content of the error is printed on the error ticket.
For example, the text may be printed as "error", or "this ticket is an error ticket, please bring it to the station staff", or the symbol may be printed as "x".

When such error printing processing is executed, it is next determined whether or not the error ticket having been subjected to the error printing processing is to be held in the second holding unit 60 (ST13).
0). The purpose of holding the error ticket that has been subjected to the error printing process is to prevent the error ticket that has been subjected to the error printing process from being buried in another ticket when a plurality of ticket media are ejected. That is, the error ticket that has been subjected to the error printing process is
After temporarily storing the error ticket in the storing unit 60 and discharging the other ticket medium first, the error ticket subjected to the error printing process and stored in the second storing unit 60 is discharged.

If it is necessary to hold the error ticket that has been subjected to the error printing process (ST130, YES), the error ticket that has been subjected to the error printing process is held in the second holding unit 60 (ST136). When the passage determination process is performed using a plurality of ticket media, if all the ticket media other than the error ticket have already been ejected, it is not necessary to suspend the error ticket (ST130, NO). Alternatively, the traffic judging process is executed by using one ticket medium,
If this ticket medium becomes an error ticket, it is not necessary to suspend the error ticket (ST130, N
O). In such a case, the error ticket is discharged from the discharge port 14 without being held in the second holding unit 60 (ST1).
32). Of course, in this case, the discharged ticket medium is detected by the discharge port sensor 92 (ST13).
4).

At the point in time when the processing up to ST134 or ST136 is completed, if the ticket medium is still reserved in the first retaining section 42 (ST138, YES), ST
The processing after 112 is repeated. In a state where the ticket medium is not held in the first holding unit 42 (ST138, N
O) If the ticket medium is not also held in the second holding unit 60 (ST140, NO), the ticket medium discharging process ends. In a state where the ticket medium is not held in the first holding unit 42 (ST138, NO), and when the ticket medium is held in the second holding unit 60 (ST140, YE).
S), the ticket medium held in the second holding section 60 is taken out, transported (ST142), and discharged (S142).
T144). Of course, at this time, the discharged ticket medium is detected by the discharge port sensor 92 (ST1).
46).

The description of the error ticket medium ejection process is omitted, but a punch process or the like may be executed as necessary. Also, in the above-described error ticket medium ejection processing, it has been described on the premise that the ticket medium is always ejected. However, the ticket medium may be collected depending on the situation.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate and ticket medium processing method of the present invention, error printing is performed on an error ticket. This makes it possible to identify which ticket is an error ticket when a plurality of ticket media are discharged.

In the automatic ticket gate and the ticket medium processing method of the present invention, when the processing of a plurality of ticket media is being executed, the error ticket subjected to the error printing process is temporarily held, and the error ticket other than the error ticket is temporarily held. After all of the ticket media are ejected, the error ticket subjected to the error printing process is ejected. As a result, the error ticket that has been subjected to the error printing process can be discharged to the top of the other discharged ticket media. Therefore, a passer-by or a station attendant can immediately confirm the error ticket.

Further, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, the error printing process is executed by the transfer printing unit or the thermal printing unit according to the type of the ticket medium. This enables printing according to the type of the ticket medium.

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According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus and a ticket medium processing method capable of visually identifying an error ticket.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing an external appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view structurally showing an example of an internal mechanism of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram functionally showing an example of an internal configuration of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a ticket medium receiving process in an automatic ticket gate provided with a multiple-sheet batch-insertion-compatible slot capable of accepting a plurality of ticket media at once.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a ticket-medium receiving process in an automatic ticket gate apparatus having a single-sheet-insertion-compatible insertion slot capable of accepting only the insertion of one-by-one ticket medium.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an error printing process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Automatic ticket gate main body 12 ... Input port 13 ... Passage guidance display part 14 ... Discharge port 16 ... Input port vicinity display part 18 ... Discharge port vicinity display part 20 ... Door part 24 ... Human detection sensor 28 ... Shutters 36a, 36b, 48 read head 42 first holding unit 46 writing head 50 punch processing unit 56 transfer printing unit 58 thermal printing unit 60 second holding unit 100 CPU 102 ROM 104 RAM 106 fare memory 108 112, reading circuit 110, writing circuit 116, transfer printing section control circuit 117, thermal printing section control circuit 124, door opening and closing mechanism 126, door control circuit 138, print selection section

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. Receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, medium processing means for reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data on the ticket medium, Based on the data read from the ticket medium by the medium processing means, based on the data read from the ticket medium, determining means for determining whether or not the passage of the ticket medium, according to the determination result by the determination means, if necessary, passers-by Traffic blocking means for blocking, printing means for performing predetermined printing on a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means, and collecting or processing the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving means. An automatic ticket gate device comprising: a collection return means for returning; 2. Receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, medium processing means for reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data on the ticket medium, Determining means for determining whether or not the series of ticket media can pass or not, by integrating data read from the series of ticket media received by the receiving means, and, if necessary, according to the determination result by the determining means. Traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of passersby, and printing means for performing predetermined printing on a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means so as to be distinguishable from other ticket media, A collection / return means for collecting or returning the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving means. 3. A receiving means for collectively receiving a plurality of ticket media, a medium for reading data recorded on the ticket media received by the receiving device, and writing various data on the ticket media. Processing means; determining means for integrating data read from a series of ticket media collectively received by the receiving means to determine whether or not the series of ticket media can pass; According to the determination result, if necessary, a traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of a pedestrian, a printing means for performing printing indicating an abnormality on a ticket medium which does not normally receive processing by the medium processing means, An automatic ticket gate device comprising: a collection / return means for collecting or returning a ticket medium received by the receiving means and subjected to various processes. 4. A receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, a medium processing means for reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data on the ticket medium, Determining means for determining whether or not the series of ticket media can pass or not, by integrating data read from the series of ticket media received by the receiving means, and, if necessary, according to the determination result by the determining means. Traffic blocking means for blocking the passage of passersby, and printing means for performing predetermined printing on a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means so as to be distinguishable from other ticket media, Collection and return means for collecting or returning a ticket medium received and processed by the receiving means; and a ticket printed by the printing means in a predetermined manner. When returning a series of ticket media including a body by the collection and return unit, a return order adjusting unit that adjusts a return order of the predetermined printed ticket media in the series of ticket media, An automatic ticket gate equipped with: 5. A receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, a medium processing means for reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data on the ticket medium, Determining means for determining whether or not the series of ticket media can pass or not, by integrating data read from the series of ticket media received by the receiving means, and, if necessary, according to the determination result by the determining means. Means for blocking the passage of pedestrians, printing means for performing printing indicating an abnormality on a ticket medium which does not normally receive the processing by the medium processing means, and various processing received by the receiving means. Collection / return means for collecting or returning the collected ticket medium, and holding means for holding the ticket medium on which the printing indicating the abnormality has been performed by the printing means. When returning a series of ticket media including the ticket media that has been printed to indicate an abnormality by the printing device by the collection and return device, the abnormality is identified in the series of ticket media using the holding device. And a return order adjusting means for returning the printed ticket medium, which has been printed, last. 6. Receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, medium processing means for reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data on the ticket medium. A first printing unit for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving unit; a second printing unit for performing thermal printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving unit; A determining means for determining whether or not the ticket medium can be used on the basis of the data read from the ticket medium by the processing means; and, if necessary, blocking the passage of a pedestrian according to the determination result by the determining means. A traffic blocking means, and a collecting and returning means for collecting or returning the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving means. Dynamic ticket gate device. 7. A receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, a medium processing means for reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data on the ticket medium. A first printing unit for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving unit; a second printing unit for performing thermal printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving unit; Means for selecting one of the first and second printing means when performing printing processing on the ticket medium received by the means; and data read from the ticket medium by the medium processing means. Determining means for determining whether or not the vehicle can pass by using the ticket medium, and, if necessary, blocking traffic of a pedestrian according to the determination result by the determining means. Blocking means; print control means for performing predetermined printing by the first or second printing means selected by the selecting means on a ticket medium which does not normally receive processing by the medium processing means; An automatic ticket gate device comprising: a collection / return means for collecting or returning a ticket medium received by the receiving means and subjected to various processes. 8. Receiving means for receiving a ticket medium, medium processing means for reading data recorded on the ticket medium received by the receiving means, and writing various data to the ticket medium. A first printing unit for performing transfer printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving unit; a second printing unit for performing thermal printing on the ticket medium received by the receiving unit; Means for selecting one of the first and second printing means, and performing a printing process on the ticket medium received by the means; and a series of the ticket medium received by the receiving means. Determining means for determining whether or not the series of ticket media can pass or not based on the read data; and passing as necessary according to the determination result by the determining means. Means for blocking the passage of a ticket, and printing indicating an abnormality by the first or second printing means selected by the selecting means on a ticket medium which does not normally receive processing by the medium processing means. A print control unit to be applied; a collection and return unit that collects or returns the ticket medium received and processed by the receiving unit; and a series of rides including a ticket medium printed with an abnormality by the printing unit. When the ticket medium is returned by the collection / return means, return order adjusting means for adjusting the return order of the printed ticket medium on which anomalies are printed in a series of ticket media is provided. Automatic ticket gate device. 9. Writing data on a ticket medium, reading the written data, confirming the contents of the data written on the ticket medium, and confirming the contents of the data on the ticket medium normally by this confirmation. A predetermined printing is performed on the ticket medium when it is determined that the ticket is not written. 10. Receiving a ticket medium, reading data recorded on the received ticket medium, and determining whether or not passage with the ticket medium is possible based on the read data. Write data to the ticket medium, read the written data, check the contents of the data written to the ticket medium, and confirm that the data has not been correctly written to the ticket medium A predetermined printing is performed on the ticket medium, and the printed ticket medium having the predetermined printing is discharged. 11. Receiving a plurality of ticket media, reading data recorded on the plurality of ticket media, and determining whether or not the plurality of ticket media can pass based on the read data. Writing data on at least one of the plurality of received ticket media, reading the written data, and confirming the content of the data written on the ticket media. When it is determined by this check that data has not been correctly written to the ticket medium, a print indicating an abnormality is performed on this ticket medium, and A method of processing a ticket medium, comprising: loading the ticket medium printed with the abnormality and loading it onto the non-printed ticket medium; and discharging the ticket medium. .