JPH10269385A - Automatic checking and collecting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry paper media to a collective ejecting part before plastic media based on the fact that the tips of both are gathered at a stopper position when paper media are placed under and plastic media are placed on them. SOLUTION: This machine has a deciding means which decides whether an inserted medium is a plastic medium or a paper medium based on data that is read by a reading means 24 and distributes a plastic or paper medium to a prescribed place of a ticket retaining part 30 based on a decision signal of the deciding means. First, paper media among media which are retained in the part 30 are sent for a collective ejecting part 28 and after that, plastic media are sent from the part 30. In this way, plastic media are always overlapped on paper media in the part 28.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium made of a plastic material such as a commuter pass or a stored fair card (SF card);
When a plurality of media of different materials from a large magnetic ticket made of paper of the same size as the card are inserted simultaneously from the ticket slot of the automatic ticket gate, the automatic release of multiple media at once is performed. It relates to a ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, if you have a commuter pass from Omiya Station to Tokyo Station and get on the Shinkansen at Osaka Station and return to Omiya Station, when you pass the Shinkansen automatic ticket gate at Tokyo Station, It is necessary to insert the commuter pass into an automatic ticket gate together with a business ticket. In such a case, after processing the ticket and the commuter pass one by one, in order to prevent the user from forgetting to take the ticket, the ticket and the commuter pass are collectively released to the exit. I have.

FIG. 1 shows an example of such a batch release mechanism for a plurality of media. In the automatic ticket gate 100, when a plurality of tickets such as a commuter pass and a ticket are inserted from the insertion slot in the middle of the transport path 102 for transporting a commuter pass or a ticket, one ticket is inserted. A holding unit 104 is provided for temporarily stocking the tickets for processing each time. At the most downstream portion of the transport path 102, a collective discharging mechanism 108 for collectively discharging a plurality of tickets from the outlet 106 is disposed facing the outlet 106.

[0004] The collective discharge mechanism 108 includes a discharge conveyance path 110 located below the ticket and a stopper 112 positioned on the leading end side of the discharge conveyance path 110 for aligning the tips of a plurality of tickets to collectively discharge them. A holding conveyance path 114 located above the discharge conveyance path 110; and a transfer conveyance path for transferring a ticket from the conveyance path 102 to the holding conveyance path 114, which is located between the conveyance path 102 and the holding conveyance path 114. 116. Reference numeral 118 denotes a catching roller for holding a part of the plurality of tickets so as to fly out when the plurality of tickets are discharged to the outlet 106.

When the first ticket conveyed from the conveyance path 102 is a commuter pass, the commuter pass is
The commuter pass is conveyed by the discharge conveyance path 110 via the holding conveyance path 114 until the leading end of the commuter ticket collides with the stopper 112.

Next, magnetic large-sized tickets of different types are transported along the transport path 1.
02, the magnetic large ticket also passes through the transfer transport path 116 and the holding transport path 114, but when the leading end of the magnetic large ticket reaches the discharge transport path 110, the position below the magnetic large ticket is reached. , The carrying force from the discharge carrying path 110 is not directly transmitted to the large magnetic ticket. Further, the rear part of the holding conveyance path 114 and the transfer conveyance path 11
6, the holding conveyance path 114 is only rotating, and when the rear end of the large ticket passes the rear part of the holding conveyance path 114, the conveyance force of the holding conveyance path 114 is very weak. In addition, since the magnetic large ticket is made of paper and has a higher frictional resistance than a plastic commuter ticket, the leading end of the magnetic large ticket is not transported to the stopper 112, and the leading end of the commuter ticket and the magnetic large ticket are The tips are uneven.

[0007] If a plurality of media of different ticket types are discharged to the take-out port 106 in a state where the leading ends of the media are not aligned, there is a disadvantage that the user may lose the media when removing the media.

However, when a large-sized paper ticket is first conveyed to the discharge conveyance path 110 and then a smooth commuter pass with a smooth surface is conveyed, the holding conveyance path 11
Because the frictional resistance of the commuter pass is small even if the transport force of 4 is weak,
The leading end of the commuter pass is transported to the stopper 112.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, in the present invention, when a large magnetic paper ticket is placed below and a plastic commuter pass is placed thereon, the commuter pass is smoothly transported. Focusing on the point that both ends are aligned, when multiple tickets of different ticket types are inserted into an automatic ticket gate, a large magnetic ticket with a large frictional resistance is released first in a batch. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate that transports a commuter pass or a SF card having a low frictional resistance afterwards.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a collective discharge unit 28 provided near the ticket insertion slot 12 and the take-out slot 14 of the ticket gate body 10a of the automatic ticket gate 10.
An automatic ticket gate provided with a ticket holding unit 30 for holding a plurality of media one by one in the middle of a transport path 16 for transporting a plastic or paper medium, wherein the ticket gate body 10a Reading means 24 for reading data recorded on a plastic or paper medium inserted into the ticket insertion slot 12 of the vehicle, and the medium inserted on the basis of the data read by the reading means 24 Determining means for determining whether the medium is a paper medium or a paper medium; and distributing the plastic or paper medium to a predetermined location of the ticket holding unit 30 based on a determination signal of the determining means. Distributing means 36 and among the media held in the ticket holding unit 30, a paper medium is first sent out from the ticket holding unit 30 to the batch release unit 28, and then a plastic medium is sent out. Become comprises a delivery means for delivering the stock portion 30, and the collective emission regions 28, at all times,
The automatic ticket gate was designed so that a plastic medium could be overlaid on a paper medium.

The present invention also provides a batch release section 60 for releasing a plurality of media collectively and collectively near the ticket take-out port 14 of the ticket gate body 10a of the automatic ticket gate 10; A wing 68 for arranging a plurality of media conveyed from the conveyance path 16 to the upper and lower sides so as to be vertically overlapped.
Reading means 24 for reading data recorded on a plastic or paper medium inserted into a ticket insertion slot of the ticket gate body 10a.
Determining means for determining whether the input medium is a plastic medium or a paper medium based on the data read by the reading means 24; and determining whether the input medium is a paper medium by the determining means. If it is determined that there is, the wing 68 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, the paper medium is conveyed below the wing 68, and the determination unit determines that the medium is a plastic medium. Means for rotating the wing 68 in a clockwise direction to drive the wing so that the plastic medium passes above the wing 68.
The automatic ticket gate was designed so that a plastic medium could be overlaid on a paper medium.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present invention, the plastic medium having a smooth surface includes an SF card in addition to a commuter pass, but in this embodiment, a commuter pass will be described as a representative of the plastic media. In the present invention, a medium different in ticket type from the commuter pass will be described as a large magnetic ticket having the same size as the commuter pass. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an automatic ticket gate 10 showing an embodiment of the present invention.
A ticket insertion slot 12 for inserting a commuter pass or the like is provided at one end (right side in FIG. 1) of Oa, and a takeout opening 14 for a user to take out a ticket is provided at the other end. I have.

In the ticket gate main body 10a between the ticket insertion slot 12 and the take-out slot 14, there is provided a transport path 16 for carrying a commuter pass or the like from the ticket insertion slot 12 to the take-out slot 14. The transport path 16 includes a ticket insertion port 12 and an outlet 1
A take-up section 18 for taking in the commuter pass and the large magnetic ticket that have been inserted in turn into the ticket gate machine body 10a toward the 4th side.
A separating unit 20 that separates the stacked commutation tickets and the large-sized magnetic tickets for processing one by one, and an alignment transport unit 22 for adjusting the posture of the commuter pass or the large-sized magnetic tickets in a predetermined direction; A reading unit 2 comprising a magnetic head for reading magnetic information recorded on a commuter pass and a large magnetic ticket
A writing unit 26 composed of a magnetic head for writing entry / exit data into a commuter pass and a large magnetic ticket; and a batch release unit for releasing the commuter pass and the large magnetic ticket to the take-out port 14 collectively. 28 are provided.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a ticket holding unit for temporarily holding a commuter pass or a large magnetic ticket.
0 is the transport path 16 between the reading unit 24 and the writing unit 26
Is provided at the lower part of the way. In this embodiment, a ticket holding unit 30 capable of holding three types of tickets is shown. That is, the upper row is a commuter pass holding section 30a for holding commuter passes, the middle row is a large ticket holding section 30b for holding magnetic large tickets, and the lower row is an Edmonson ticket different in size from these tickets. A ticket holding section 30c for holding a ticket is provided. For example, when a commuter pass and a large magnetic ticket are inserted into the insertion slot 12, each ticket is discriminated by the control device 34 by reading the magnetic data by the reader 24, and the distribution conveyance path 36 , The commuter pass is stored in the commuter pass reservation unit 30a,
The large magnetic tickets are distributed to the large ticket holding units 30b. In addition, the commuter pass holding unit 30a, the large ticket holding unit 30
b and the respective holding transport paths 32a, 32 of the ticket holding section 30c.
2b and 32c are connected to the control device 34, and control of ticket transmission is performed.

Downstream of the ticket holding unit 30, the ticket holding unit 3
A merging conveyance path 38 is provided for merging the ticket held at 0 with the conveyance path 16.

On the downstream side of the merging conveyance path 38, a collection conveyance path 4 for collecting used tickets in a collection box 42 as discarded tickets.
0 is arranged.

The batch release section 28 has the same structure as the batch release mechanism shown in FIG. 5 as the prior art.
Although a detailed description is omitted, when briefly described, a discharge conveyance path 44 located below the ticket and a tip of a plurality of tickets arranged at the front end side of the discharge conveyance path 44 are aligned and discharged at once. , A holding conveyance path 48 located above the discharge conveyance path 44, and a transfer conveyance path 50 for transferring the ticket conveyed from the conveyance path 16 to the holding conveyance path 48.

The batch release section 28 has a structure in which tickets conveyed from the conveyance path 16 are sequentially stacked on top.
For example, a large magnetic ticket is first delivered from the transport path 16
When the commuter pass is conveyed next, the commuter pass is held so as to be superimposed on the large magnetic ticket.

Next, control of a ticket held in the ticket holding unit 30 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

After the commuter pass and the large magnetic ticket inserted into the ticket insertion slot 12 are separated one by one by the separation unit 20, the magnetic data is read by the reading unit 24 in step (hereinafter referred to as ST) 80, respectively. Read. The read data is sent to the control device 34. Based on the read data, the control device 34 determines in ST81 whether the ticket is a commuter pass or a magnetic ticket. If it is determined that the commuter pass is a commuter pass, the process proceeds to ST82, where the commuter pass is distributed to the commuter pass holding unit 30a of the ticket holding unit 30 and is held. If it is determined that the ticket is a magnetic large ticket, the process proceeds to ST83, where the ticket is distributed to the large ticket holding unit 30b of the ticket holding unit 30 and held.

In ST84, the large ticket is sent out of the ticket holding unit 30 first so that the large ticket can be held in the batch release unit 28 out of the reserved commuter pass and the large ticket. The large magnetic ticket is transferred to the transport path 16 via the transport path 38.

In ST85, after the large magnetic ticket is sent from the ticket holding unit 16, the commuter ticket is sent from the ticket holding unit 30.

Therefore, after the magnetic large ticket is always conveyed and held first in the collective discharge section 28, a plastic commuter pass is conveyed so as to overlap the magnetic large ticket. Therefore, the tips of the large magnetic ticket and the commuter pass are aligned with the stopper 46.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the automatic ticket gate 10 of the present invention, and is a drawing schematically showing a collective discharge section having a different mechanism.

The batch discharging section 60 in this embodiment includes a discharge conveyance path 62 located below the ticket and the discharge conveyance path 62.
A stopper 64 for aligning the tips of a plurality of tickets and ejecting them all at once, a holding transport path 66 located above the discharge transport path 62, and a ticket transported from the transport path 16. And a wing 68 for sorting up and down.

The wing 68 has a horizontally elongated rhombus shape as a whole, and the front fin 68a and the rear fin 68b swing vertically about the shaft 70 in opposite directions.

When the different kinds of bills are sequentially conveyed from the conveyance path 16, the collective discharge unit 60 moves the wings 68 up and down, and the
In the position of, each ticket is sorted up and down. The sorting and swinging operation of the wings 68 is performed by the controller 72 determining a ticket type based on the ticket data read by the reader 24 from a ticket inserted from a ticket insertion slot (not shown), The wing 68 swings up and down based on.

For example, when a large magnetic ticket is first conveyed from the conveyance path 16, the control device 72 controls the wing 68 to rotate counterclockwise about the shaft 70, and the fin 68 b after the wing 68 , The large magnetic ticket is conveyed by the discharge conveyance path 62 to the stopper 64 through the lower side of the wing 68. Next, when the commuter pass is conveyed from the conveyance path 16, the wing 68 is controlled by the control device 72 to rotate clockwise, and the fin 68b is located on the lower side as shown by a virtual line after the wing 68. By doing the commuter pass, wing 6
The sheet is conveyed by the holding conveyance path 66 to the stopper 64 through the upper side of the sheet 8. Therefore, the commuter pass is located above the magnetic ticket.

When the commuter pass is first conveyed from the conveyance path 16, the wing 68 is moved by the control device 72 to the shaft 7.
The commuter pass is controlled so as to rotate clockwise around 0, and the fin 68b after the wing 68 is located on the lower side as shown by the imaginary line. It is transported by the path 66.
At this time, the rear end side of the commuter pass is curled upward so as to be locked on the upper surface of the front fin 68a of the wing 68 as shown by the imaginary line, and a space is formed between the commuter pass and the discharge conveyance path 62. It is formed. Next, when the large magnetic ticket is conveyed from the conveyance path 16, the wing 68 is controlled by the control device 72 to rotate counterclockwise, and the fin 68b is located upward after the wing 68, so that the large fin 68b is positioned upward. The ticket is conveyed to the stopper 64 by the discharge conveyance filter 62 so as to pass under the wing 68 and dive under the rear end of the commuter pass held earlier. Therefore, even if the commuter pass is conveyed first, the magnetic large coupon is located below the commuter pass, and the magnetic large coupon is not positioned above the commuter pass.

Next, the control of the controller 72 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

The commuter pass and the large magnetic ticket inserted into the ticket insertion slot are separated one by one by the separation unit, and then the ST 9
At 0, the magnetic data is read by the reading unit 24, respectively. The read data is sent to the control device 72. Based on the read data, the control device 72
At 91, it is determined whether the ticket is a commuter ticket or a magnetic ticket. If it is determined that the ticket is a commuter pass, the process proceeds to ST92, and the wing 68 is rotated clockwise so that the fin 68b is located at a lower position after the wing 68. If it is determined that the ticket is a magnetic large ticket, the process proceeds to ST93 and after the wing 68, the fin 68
The wing 68 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction so that b is positioned upward.

Accordingly, the wing 68 is controlled to swing up and down by the control device 72, so that the lump discharging unit 60 always carries and holds the commuter pass on the large magnetic ticket. And the leading end of the large magnetic ticket are aligned at the position of the stopper 64.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the batch discharging section which is arranged so as to be superimposed on the order in which they are transported, a large magnetic ticket is transported to the batch releasing section first from the ticket holding section. After that, the control was made so that the plastic commuter pass was conveyed toward the batch release section, so that the commuter pass with low frictional resistance was always conveyed so as to overlap the large magnetic coupon, and the commuter pass and magnetic The tips of large tickets are aligned at the stopper position. As a result, a plurality of tickets are collectively discharged to the take-out slot with their leading ends aligned, so that the user does not forget to take them.

Further, in the batch discharging section provided with wings for vertically distributing the medium from the transport path, the control device controls the wings to swing in accordance with the type of the medium, so that the batch discharging section is always controlled. Since the commuter pass is made to overlap the magnetic coupon, the tips of the commuter pass and the magnetic coupon are aligned at the stopper position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the control device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view schematically showing a batch release section of an automatic ticket gate according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the control device shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a conventional batch release section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Automatic ticket gate 12 Insertion opening 14 Take-out opening 16 Conveyance path 24 Reading part 28,60 Batch release part 30 Ticket holding part 34,72 Control device 46,64 Stopper 68 Wing

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[Submission date] May 20, 1997

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[0033]

According to the present invention described above, according to the present invention, the batch-emitting portion so as to overlap the top in the order that has been conveyed, and conveyed to the batch release unit magnetic large tickets first from ticket stock portion After that, the control was made so that the plastic commuter pass was conveyed toward the batch release section, so that the commuter pass with low frictional resistance was always conveyed so as to overlap the large magnetic coupon, and the commuter pass and magnetic The tips of large tickets are aligned at the stopper position. As a result, a plurality of tickets are collectively discharged to the take-out slot with their leading ends aligned, so that the user does not forget to take them.

Claims (3)

[Claims] A batch release unit provided near a ticket insertion slot (12) and a take-out slot (14) of a ticket gate body (10a) of an automatic ticket gate (10).
(28), and an automatic ticket gate equipped with a ticket holding unit (30) for holding a plurality of media one by one in the middle of a transport path (16) for transporting plastic or paper media. Reading means (24) for reading data recorded on a plastic or paper medium inserted into the ticket insertion slot (12) of the ticket gate body (10a); and the reading means (24) Determining means for determining whether the input medium is a plastic medium or a paper medium based on the data read in step 1; and the plastic or paper medium based on a determination signal from the determining means. Distributing means (36) for distributing the medium to a predetermined place of the ticket holding section (30); and the ticket holding section (30)
Of the media held in the first, the paper medium is first sent out from the ticket holding section (30) toward the batch release section (28), and then the plastic medium is sent from the ticket holding section (30). Sending means for sending out, the batch release section (28)
An automatic ticket gate, wherein a plastic medium is always superimposed on a paper medium. 2. A batch release unit (60) for releasing a plurality of media collectively and collectively near a ticket outlet (14) of a ticket gate body (10a) of an automatic ticket gate (10), The batch release section (60)
Automatic wicket machine having a wing (68) for sorting a plurality of media conveyed from the conveyance path (16) vertically so as to be overlapped vertically, and inserted into a ticket insertion slot of the wicket machine body (10a) Reading means (24) for reading data recorded on a read-out plastic or paper medium; and, based on the data read by the reading means (24), the input medium is a plastic medium. And a determining means for determining whether the medium is a paper medium; if the determining means determines that the medium is a paper medium, the wing (68) is rotated counterclockwise to Media is transported under the wing (68),
Means for driving the wing so that the plastic medium passes above the wing (68) by rotating the wing (68) clockwise when the determining means determines that the medium is a plastic medium; An automatic ticket gate, wherein a plastic medium is always superimposed on a paper medium in the batch release section (28). 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the plastic medium is a commuter pass or an SF card.