JPH10269387A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate incomvenience by permitting a person who has a valid self-company ticket (A-company ticket) and another company ticket (C-company ticket) to pass through the platform of another company line (B-company line) which exists between a self-companyline and another companey line. SOLUTION: The main carrier path 3d of a mainbody G1 in an automatic ticket examination equipment arranged in the connecting ticket barrier of the A-company line and the B-company line is provided with a reading head H1, a writing head H2 and a verifying head H3. When a user using the A-company line feeds the A-company ticket and the C-company ticket into the feeding port of the mainbody G1 in order to execute boarding in the C-company line, data recorded in the fed A-company ticket and the C-company ticket is read with the reading head H1. When it is judged that the A-company ticket satisfies a getting-out condition and also the C-company ticket satisfies an entering condition in an arithmetic processing for a ticket examination processing based on read data, entrance to the platform of the B-company line is permitted. At the time of the permission of entrance, data that passing is executed through the mainbody G1 is recorded in the C-company tiecket and it is returned.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called one-latch type automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate between a company line and another company line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a one-latch type automatic ticket gate of this type has a ticket (own ticket) that satisfies the conditions for exiting (disembarking) on its own line in the main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as "main unit").
When a ticket that satisfies the entry conditions (forward conditions) of another company's line is entered, entry to the other company's line is permitted.

[0003]

As described above, in a one-latch type automatic ticket gate, it is possible to enter another company's line with a valid own ticket and a valid other company ticket. In the meantime, when there is another company's line, there is an inconvenience that you cannot enter the other company's line unless you have a ticket (including an admission ticket) for the other company's line located in the middle.

[0004] Referring further to the plan view of the instep station in Fig. 4, at station A, there is a company B line between company A line and company C line. The user has an arrangement relationship such that the user who passes the platform of the company B line can easily get on the company line C (see the dashed line in FIG. 4). Therefore,
If the user has a ticket for Company B (hereinafter referred to as "Company B") that can enter Company B, the ticket for Company B and the ticket for Company A (hereinafter "" Enter the Company B line using the "Company A ticket") and enter the Company C line using the B company ticket and the ticket for the Company C line (hereinafter referred to as "Company C ticket"). can do.

[0005] However, if the user does not have the company B ticket as described above, the user enters from the dedicated body GA of the company A line, and enters the departure from the dedicated body GC of the company C line in a detour. There was an inconvenience of having to enter (see the chain line in FIG. 4).

In order to eliminate such inconvenience,
It is conceivable to provide a ticket issuing machine that can issue a free or toll pass ticket equivalent to the above-mentioned company ticket that can pass through the platform of company B within the line of company A. As the price increases, a new problem that requires labor for obtaining and inserting a pass ticket occurs.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to possess a valid company ticket (Company A certificate) and another company's certificate (Company C certificate). For example, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate capable of passing a platform of a company line (company B line) existing between a company line and another company line.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention provides a company A when entering a company C line from a company A line via a platform of a company B line. An automatic ticket gate installed at the ticket gate of the line A and the line B of the line, a reading means for reading data recorded in the company A and the company C inserted in the main body, and a reading means for reading the read data. In the calculation process for the ticket gate processing based on the above, when it is determined that the company A ticket satisfies the entry condition and the company C ticket satisfies the entry condition, the company B line is allowed to enter the platform. It is characterized by having entrance permitting means, and returning means for recording and returning data indicating that the ticket has passed through the main body to the C company certificate when entry is permitted.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention provides a C line from a company A line via a company B line platform.
An automatic ticket gate installed at the ticket gate of the company B line and the company C line when entering the company line, and reading means for reading data recorded on the company C ticket inserted into the main body; When the data indicating that the vehicle has passed through the main body provided at the ticket gate of the company A line and the company B line is recorded in the company C ticket, the admission to permit entry to the company line C And permission means.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a cross-section of a part of an automatic ticket gate installed at a connecting ticket gate of company lines A and B and a connecting ticket gate of company lines B and C of FIG. is there. Since the automatic ticket gates installed at these two ticket gates have the same configuration, the automatic ticket gates installed at the connecting ticket gates of Company A and Company B lines will be described.

The main body G1 is of a type capable of stacking a plurality of tickets and loading them in a lump, and is provided at the upper end of one end (right side in the illustrated example) of the main body G1 at the entrance 1 for a ticket.
And a discharge port 2 for discharging a ticket is provided at the upper end on the other end side, slightly near the center.
Then, in the main body G1 between the inlet 1 and the outlet 2,
A take-up roller 3a for taking in a ticket inserted from the input port 1 in order from the input port 1 side, and a roller having a different peripheral speed at the top and bottom when a plurality of tickets are input at once from the input port 1. , A separating section 3b for separating and feeding out one sheet at a time, an alignment conveying path 3c for positioning and aligning the tickets one by one from the separating section 3b in a predetermined direction, a reading head H1, a writing head H2, and A transport mechanism 3 is provided which includes a main transport path 3d having a verifying head H3 and a discharge transport path 3e for discharging the ticket taken into the main body G1 to the discharge port 2. The main transport path 3d and the discharge transport path 3e
A wing W which is driven by a solenoid (not shown) is provided between the main body a and a wing W driven by a solenoid (not shown).
Through the collection box B.
The transport mechanism 3 is configured to be driven to rotate by a motor M.

A holding section 3d 'for temporarily holding a ticket is provided between the reading head H1 and the writing head H2 on the main transport path 3d. Therefore, input port 1
Can be temporarily held one by one, in which the tickets that are put into the lump at a time are separated one by one via the separation unit 3b. In FIG. 1, a punching unit for punching a hole in a ticket as needed and a printing unit for printing a predetermined content are omitted, and the ticket is printed on the back side (a predetermined content such as a fare is printed). The reading head, the writing head, and the verifying head that are inserted when inserted into the slot 1 with the side opposite to the printed surface facing up are omitted.

In FIG. 1, S1 to S5 are human detectors, which are provided on the side surface of the main body G1 and the sensor mounting bar G1 '. Among these human detectors S1 to S5, the human detector S1 detects the user at the entrance side of the ticket gate P, and the human detector S2 is located at the middle position between the entrance of the ticket gate P and the center. The user is detected, the human detector S3 detects the user at the center position of the ticket gate P, and the human detector S4 detects the user at the middle position between the center of the ticket gate P and the exit, The detector S5 is
It is configured to be able to detect a user at a position on the exit side of the ticket gate P.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes a display screen, which is configured so that a user can be guided to predetermined contents by characters. Although not shown, the main body G1 is provided with a speaker so that guidance can be provided by voice.

In FIG. 1, D is a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage, and C in the figure is a controller comprising a microcomputer for controlling the main body G1 in an integrated manner. Is shown in FIG.

The controller C is a central processing unit (CP) that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 11 and working data stored in the RAM 12.
U) 13. And this CPU 13
A read / write (R / W) driver 15 for each of the heads H1 to H3 and a human detector S1 to
A sensor amplifier 16 for inputting the signal of S5, a door driver 17 for driving the door D, and a wing driver 18 for driving the wing W are connected. Note that various drivers such as a motor M are connected to the CPU 13 via the I / O unit 14, but are omitted here.

Next, the control operation of the main body G1 will be described with reference to the plan view of the station shown in FIG. 4 and the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that a user who uses the company A line puts the company A and company C tickets into the slot 1 in order to get on the company C line. The data recorded on the inserted company A and company C certificates are read via the reading head H1 (Yes at step 100, step 102; hereinafter, the step is referred to as S).

As a result of arithmetic processing by the CPU 13 based on the read data, it is determined that the company A ticket satisfies the getting off condition of the company line A (Yes at S104), and the company C ticket is ahead of the company line C. When it is determined that the condition is satisfied (S106
Affirmative), the data indicating that the document has passed the main body G1 and the data of the passing time are recorded in the company C certificate (S108).

When the company A ticket is a regular ticket and does not need to be returned, it is collected in the collection box B via the wing W.
A ticket that needs to be returned, such as a commuter pass, is discharged to the outlet 2 together with the C company ticket and returned to the user.
Is opened (when the main body G1 is of the normally open type), the user is allowed to enter the B company line home (S110).

If the company A ticket does not satisfy the getting-off condition (No at S104), it is necessary to settle the account.
If the company ticket does not meet the condition of being unable to get on from Kou Station (No at S106), the normal transfer from Company A line to Company C line cannot be made, so the door D is closed and the entrance to the platform of Company B line is entered. Is rejected (S112).

Next, a case where a user who has entered the platform of Company B enters the company C will be described with reference to FIG.

When a company C certificate is inserted into the slot 1 of the main body G2, the data recorded in the company certificate G is read by the read head H.
1 and a CP based on the read data.
The arithmetic processing is performed in U13 (Yes at S200, S20
2).

As a result of the arithmetic processing, it is determined that data indicating that the card has passed the main body G1 is recorded in the company C certificate (S204).
(Affirmative) and if the data is read within a predetermined time in the main body G2 after the data is recorded (S
206 is affirmative), the company C ticket is discharged to the outlet 2, returned to the user, and allowed to enter the company C line (S208).

If there is no data in Company C that has passed through body G1 (No at S204), it is unknown whether entry to Company B was successful, so entry to Company C was refused. Is performed (S210). Even if data indicating that the vehicle has passed through the main body G1 is recorded, the main body
If a predetermined time (e.g., 5 minutes) has elapsed before the vehicle is entered (No in S206), it is determined that the vehicle has not simply passed through the platform of Company B, and in this case also, entry to the company C line is denied. (S208).

Although the above-mentioned example shows a case where the company A changes to a company C line, the same applies to a case where the company C changes to a company A line. Therefore, the lines of company A and company C in the present invention are merely examples of distinguishing between company lines and lines of other companies.

Although the above-mentioned main bodies G1 and G2 are of a type corresponding to a plurality of tickets, they may be of a type for processing tickets one by one. In this case, the A and C certificates are separately charged into the main unit G1 (or G2).

[0027]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is installed at the ticket gate of the company A line and the company B line when entering the company C line from the company A line via the platform of the company B line. An automatic ticket gate machine, wherein the reading means for reading data recorded on the A and C company tickets inserted into the main body, and the arithmetic processing for ticket processing based on the read data, A
When the company certificate satisfies the entry conditions and the company C ticket satisfies the entry conditions, when the entry permission means for permitting entry to the platform of the company B line, and when the entry is permitted, Since the return means for recording and returning the data indicating that the vehicle has passed through the main body to the C company ticket, the user can enter the home of the B company line to get on the C company line.

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is constructed as follows:
B when entering the company C line via the company line home
An automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate of the company line and the company line C, a reading means for reading data recorded on the company certificate inserted into the main body, and When the data indicating that the vehicle has passed through the main line installed at the ticket gate of the Company B line and the Company B line is recorded, the entrance permission means for permitting entry to the Company C line is provided. From the line, you can enter the company C line via the platform of the diagonal line B.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an instep station.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Main body of the automatic ticket gate (main body) 1 Slot 2 Exit 3 Transport mechanism 4 Display screen D Door C Controller H1 Read head P Ticket gate passage

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. From Company A line to Company C via platform of Company B line
An automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate of the company A line and the company B line when entering the company line, wherein the ticket for the company A line inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate; Reading means for reading data recorded on the ticket for the company C line, and in the arithmetic processing for ticket gate processing based on the read data, the ticket for the company A line satisfies entry conditions; And when it is determined that the ticket for the company C line satisfies the entry condition, an admission permitting means for permitting entry to the platform of the company B line, and when admission is permitted, Returning means for recording and returning data indicating that the vehicle has passed the main body of the automatic ticket gate on a ticket for use. 2. From the A company line to the C company via the B company line platform
An automatic ticket gate installed at the ticket gate of the company B line and the company C line when entering the company line, wherein the ticket for the company line inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate is Reading means for reading the recorded data; and data indicating that the ticket for the company C line has passed through the main body of the automatic ticket gate installed at the ticket gate of the company A line and the company B line. And an entry permitting means for permitting entry into the Company C line when the information is recorded.