JPH11175774A - Automatic ticket examining machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure a correct correspondence between a user and a train ticket each other. SOLUTION: An automatic ticket examining machine takes in a magnetic ticket inserted into a throw-in slot provided on the main body of the automatic ticket examining machine, performs arithmetic processing based upon the data recorded on the magnetic ticket to allow a passenger to pass, and sends and receives data to and from a noncontact ticket (a) held up to an antenna provided to the main body of the automatic ticket examining machine to perform entrance/exiting processing. This machine is provided with an antenna 9 nearby the throw-in slot.

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, and more particularly to a combined automatic ticket gate capable of processing both magnetic tickets and contactless tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatic ticket gates that are frequently used at present include a ticket or a regular ticket in which predetermined ticket gate data is magnetically recorded on a main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as "body"). When a magnetic ticket such as a ticket is inserted, data recorded on the magnetic ticket is taken into the main body. The main body performs an arithmetic process based on the acquired data, performs an entry / exit process based on the operation result, and writes the entry / exit data as the operation result on a magnetic ticket.

Further, the above-mentioned automatic ticket gate of the magnetic ticket insertion type has a disadvantage that the commuter pass must be taken in and out of the commuter pass every time a commuter pass user passes the ticket gate. In recent years, the commuter pass has been made into an IC card type non-contact ticket having a wireless communication function, and the ticket exchange data is transmitted and received between the non-contact ticket and the main body in a non-contact manner. There has been proposed a non-contact type automatic ticket gate that automatically turns on a ticket without inserting a ticket (for example, JP-A-1-246687).

[0004] However, even if a conventional magnetic ticket input type automatic ticket gate is converted to a non-contact type automatic ticket gate in the future, a one-time short-distance ordinary ticket is a low-cost magnetic ticket. Therefore, it is necessary to install two types of automatic ticket gates, a magnetic ticket insertion type and a non-contact type, which requires a large installation area and increases equipment costs.

In order to solve such a drawback, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-25288,
A combined automatic ticket gate that can process both a magnetic ticket and a non-contact ticket with one main body has been proposed.

[0006]

However, as described above, in the case of a combined type automatic ticket gate in which a magnetic ticket and a non-contact ticket can be processed by one main body, as shown in FIG. As shown, the antenna 9 'for communicating with the contactless ticket a is provided on the upper surface in the middle of the ticket gate passage away from the slot 1 into which the magnetic ticket is inserted. Before the (user) enters the ticket gate passage and holds the contactless ticket a over the antenna 9 ', if the subsequent user inserts the magnetic ticket into the slot 1, the user of the contactless ticket a Entrance / exit is performed with a magnetic ticket inserted by a subsequent user, while a magnetic ticket user may be determined to be an invalid ticket and be rejected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate capable of accurately coping with a ticket and a user. is there.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention takes in a magnetic ticket inserted into an insertion slot provided in a main body and records the magnetic ticket on the magnetic ticket. In the automatic ticket gate that performs arithmetic processing based on the data and performs entrance and exit processing, and performs data entry and exit processing by performing data exchange with a non-contact ticket held over an antenna provided in the main body, The antenna is provided near the input port.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate that can handle both a magnetic ticket and a non-contact ticket according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the automatic ticket gate. A transfer mechanism 3 driven by a motor M is disposed between a slot 1 for inserting a magnetic ticket (not shown) into the slot 1 and a discharge port 2 for returning the slotted magnetic ticket. ing.

The inlet 1 is provided with a shutter 1a driven by a solenoid (not shown) so that the inlet 1 can be opened and closed.

The transport mechanism 3 includes a well-known alignment transport path 4, a main transport path 5, and a discharge transport path 6, among which the alignment transport path 4 aligns the magnetic tickets input from the slot 1. The main transport path 5 has a magnetic head H ₁ for reading magnetic data recorded on a magnetic ticket,
The magnetic data read by the magnetic head built around a microcomputer, and the arithmetic processing by the control unit C for generally controlling the body a, and the magnetic head of H ₂ for writing the operation result, the data writing and a magnetic head H ₃ for verification for reading whether normally performed. In addition, the discharge conveyance path 6 is used for discharging the magnetic ticket to the discharge port 2.
It is configured so that it can be discharged to

In the figure, reference numeral 7 denotes a door provided on a side surface of the main body a for opening and closing a ticket gate passage based on a calculation result of the controller C. In the figure, S denotes a person for detecting a user's entry into or exit from a ticket gate passage P formed between an adjacent main body (not shown), or a passage position of the user. 8a is a speaker provided on the side wall of the main body a, which is used when giving voice guidance to the user, and 8b is a display screen provided near the outlet 2. It is used when providing text guidance to the user. Although not shown, a punching unit for punching a magnetic ticket taken into the main body a and a mechanism for collecting the magnetic ticket into the main body a are provided in the main body a. Omitted for clarity.

At the upper part of the entrance side of the ticket gate P of the main unit a on the entry side of the user and around the slot 1, for exchanging data by wireless communication with a non-contact ticket a possessed by the user. An antenna 9 is provided. The antenna 9 is connected to the controller C via a contactless ticket processing unit (transponder) 15 described later. In addition, the antenna 9
Although disposed around the inlet 1, it may be provided only above the inlet 1. In any case, it is provided near the inlet 1.

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, the electrical configuration of the controller C is a central processing unit that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in a ROM 10 and working data stored in a RAM 11. (CPU)
12.

The CPU 12 includes the magnetic heads H _{1 to} H _{3 and the} like via the I / O unit 13, the magnetic ticket processing unit 14 for processing a magnetic ticket, the antenna 9, and the like. A non-contact ticket processing unit 15 for processing a ticket a and a solenoid driver 16 for driving a solenoid for opening and closing the shutter 1a are connected. Although not shown, the I / O unit 13 includes a motor driver for driving the motor M and human detectors S and S.
Are connected, but are omitted because they are not directly related to the description of the present invention.

In the automatic ticket gate configured as described above, when the user holding the contactless ticket a approaches the antenna 9 to the antenna 9, the shutter 1a closes and the main body a
Data is exchanged between the contactless ticket a and the contactless ticket a, and an automatic ticket inspection process is performed using the contactless ticket a.

If the data of the contactless ticket a is valid, the door 7 is opened (when the main body a is of the normally open type), the user can pass through the ticket gate passage P. When a is invalid due to expiration or the like, the door 7 is closed and the passage of the user is prevented.

When the contactless ticket a approaches the insertion slot 1, that is, when the contactless ticket a enters the communication area of the antenna 9, the insertion slot 1 is closed by the shutter 1a. Can be effectively prevented from being thrown into the slot 1 to damage the magnetic heads H ₁ , H ₂ , H _3, etc., or the non-contact ticket A itself.

If the user is a magnetic ticket holder, the shutter 1
Since a is not closed, the magnetic ticket can be inserted into the main body a. Therefore, if the ticket is a magnetic ticket,
Ticket gate processing is performed in the same manner as a well-known automatic ticket gate.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, since the contactless ticket a is communicated with the main body a near the insertion slot 1, the subsequent user can contact the main body a during the communication. Correspondence between the ticket and the user can be accurately taken without inserting a magnetic ticket.

[0021]

Since the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has an antenna near the slot, the correspondence between the user and the ticket can be accurately determined.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of a part 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.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMBERS 1 Slot 3 Transport mechanism 9 Antenna a Main body of automatic ticket gate (main body)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A magnetic ticket inserted into a slot provided in a main body of an automatic ticket gate, a magnetic ticket is taken in, an arithmetic process is performed based on data recorded on the magnetic ticket, and entry and exit are performed. In an automatic ticket gate that performs data entry / exit processing by exchanging data with a non-contact ticket held over an antenna provided in the body of the ticket gate, the antenna is provided near the slot. And automatic ticket gate.