JPH1153589A - Pass issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect a pass which is set in a cassette storage part in a different direction in the ticket issuing process and to stop the issuing of the pass. SOLUTION: A temporary standby sensor 13 detecting the black stripe 14 of the pass 11 transported from the cassette storage part is provided and a write start sensor 15 for detecting the pass 11 and obtaining printing timing is provided. When the temporary standby sensor 13 detects the black stripe 14 of the pass 11 and the write start sensor 15 detects the pass 11, a control part judges that the pass 11 is normally set in the cassette storage part. When the write start, sensor 15 detects the pass 11 without the detection of the temporary standby sensor 13, the pass 11 is judged to be set in a different direction. When the pass 11 is judged to be normal, a printing part is operated and the issuing of the pass is stopped when the pass 11 is judged to be set in a different direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for issuing a ticket on a toll road.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An unmanned tollgate system on a toll road is configured as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a tollgate unmanned system. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a vehicle separator for separating the passing vehicles 22 one by one, and is provided on both sides of the road 23 at the entrance of the tollgate. Further, on the road 23, a tread plate 24 is provided so as to be located between the vehicle separators 21, and the tread plate 24 measures the number of axes and wheel span of the passing vehicle 22. The detection signals from the vehicle separator 21 and the tread plate 24 are sent to a vehicle type determination circuit (not shown). The vehicle type discriminating circuit separates the vehicles one by one based on the detection signal of the vehicle separator 21 and determines the vehicle type based on the number of axes and the wheel span of the passing vehicle 22 measured by the tread plate 24.

[0003] At the tollgate, a toll ticket issuing machine 25 for issuing a toll ticket to a toll vehicle 22 that has passed through the vehicle separator 21 is provided on the side of the road 23. The pass ticket issuing machine 25 issues a pass ticket to the passing vehicle 22 according to the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination circuit.

Further, at the exit of the tollgate, there is a passing vehicle 2
A start detection device 26 for detecting the start of the vehicle 2 is provided. The pass ticket issuing machine 25 is configured as shown in FIGS. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the pass ticket issuing machine 25, and FIG. 5 shows an arrangement configuration of various sensors. The pass ticket issuing machine 25 is roughly composed of a cassette storage section 31, a transport section 32, a sorter section 33, a ticket issuing port 34, and a control section 35. The pass ticket 41 fed from the cassette storage section 31 is transported through a transport path 42. , So that the payout time during operation can be ignored. The pass ticket 41 temporarily waiting is detected by the temporary standby sensor 43.

[0005] When the passing vehicle 22 enters and issuance of a ticketing command from the upper control system, the temporarily passing toll ticket 41 is conveyed to the magnetic recording / printing unit and after the necessary information is printed, Tickets are issued. Here, a sensor for detecting the toll ticket 41 at the temporary standby position is referred to as a temporary standby sensor 43, and a sensor for obtaining recording and printing timing is referred to as a writing start sensor 44. Both sensors 43 and 44 detect the presence or absence of the toll ticket 41. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 45 denotes a magnetic read head position sensor, 46 denotes a magnetic liner head position sensor, and 47 denotes a printer head position sensor.

[0006] Conventionally, the pass ticket issuing machine 25 issues a pass ticket 41 with a magnetic stripe. In a device that issues a ticket with magnetism, after writing magnetic information,
It reads the same information and checks whether it matches the written information.
(Read After Write) check (hereinafter referred to as RAW check). However, it is desirable to eliminate the magnetic recording function for the purpose of cost reduction.
A method other than the AW check is required.

[0007] As a derivative device of the toll ticket issuing machine 25,
There are devices that issue toll tickets with stripes without magnetism, but both stripes without magnetism and stripes with magnetism are black.
The above-mentioned toll ticket with a stripe without magnetism is called a black stripe ticket, which is lower in cost than a magnetic stripe ticket.
Therefore, in a system in which a clerk receives a toll ticket issued at the entrance of a toll road at an exit, reads information printed on the ticket, and collects a toll, the black stripe ticket is used from the viewpoint of running cost. .

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Although magnetic recording is not performed on the toll ticket, information such as issuance time and toll booth is printed, so that printing must be performed in a normal direction. However, since the setting of a passport in the cassette storage unit of the passport issuing machine is performed manually, there is a possibility that the passport is set in a different direction. A pass ticket set in a different direction is printed on the back side, that is, on a black stripe portion, so that it becomes difficult to read information and confusion of a user is caused.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a toll ticket issuing apparatus capable of detecting a toll ticket set in a different direction in a ticket issuing process and stopping the issuance. With the goal.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a pass ticket issuing apparatus for detecting a cassette storing section on which a pass ticket with a black stripe is set and a black stripe of the pass ticket conveyed from the cassette storing section. A temporary standby sensor, a write start sensor for detecting a pass ticket passing through the temporary standby sensor portion to obtain a print timing, and a temporary standby sensor detecting a black stripe of the pass ticket and passing through the temporary standby sensor portion When the write start sensor detects the pass ticket, it is determined that the pass ticket is set normally in the cassette storage unit, and when the write start sensor detects the pass ticket without detection of the temporary standby sensor. Means for determining that the passport is set in a different direction, and issuing the passport when the passport is determined to be normal by the determination means. When the ticket is judged to be set in different directions it is characterized by comprising a means for stopping the issuance of the ticket.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a sensor arrangement configuration of a pass ticket issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same. 1 and 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a passport (black striped pass) fed from the cassette storage section 31 in FIG. 3, and reference numeral 12 denotes a transport path for transporting the passport 11.

A temporary standby sensor 13 is provided on the transport path 12 above a position where the toll ticket 11 is temporarily standby. The temporary standby sensor 13 is a mark sensor using a light beam capable of distinguishing the ground color of the pass ticket 11, and is positioned so as to face the black stripe 14 of the pass ticket 11 running in a normal direction. In this case, for example, a state in which the black stripe 14 is located on the upper surface on the left side in the traveling direction is defined as a normal direction. In order to improve the detection capability of the temporary standby sensor 13, a position where the detection light beam shines when the pass ticket 11 is not passing can obtain a sufficient amount of light by using a material having high reflectance, for example, stainless steel. Like that.

The transport path 12 is provided with a write start sensor 15 for detecting the presence or absence of a pass ticket above the printing section. Further, the print unit includes a print head position sensor 1.
6 is provided below the transport path 12.

The detection signals from the temporary standby sensor 13, the write start sensor 15, and the print head position sensor 16 are sent to the control unit 35 of the pass ticket issuing machine 25 shown in FIG. The control unit 35 controls the transport path 1 according to a command from a higher-level control system and a detection signal from each of the above sensors.
2. Issue a toll ticket by controlling the printing unit and the like.

The ticket issuing machine 25 is provided with a ticket collection unit (not shown) for collecting toll tickets set in different directions. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

The toll ticket 11 fed out of the cassette storage section 31 of FIG. 3 is conveyed by the conveyance path 12 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and is sent to the temporary standby position, where it is detected by the temporary standby sensor 13. You. When the pass ticket 11 is traveling in the normal direction, the light beam emitted by the temporary standby sensor 13 hits the black stripe 14 of the pass ticket 11, so that the amount of reflected light is small and the temporary standby sensor 13 is turned off. Therefore, the control unit 35 stops the pass ticket 11 at the temporary standby position.

Then, when a vehicle type discrimination signal for the passing vehicle is sent from the upper control system, the control unit 35 causes the passing ticket 11 to be transported from the temporary standby position, and sends a passing ticket detection signal from the writing start sensor 15. When it is received, the printing unit is operated to print data corresponding to the vehicle type discrimination result at the designated position of the toll ticket 11. This printed passport 11 is:
Sorted by the sorter unit 33 according to the determined vehicle type, and sent to a predetermined ticket issuing port 34.

If the pass ticket 11 fed from the cassette storage section 31 is in a state different from the normal state, for example, when the front and rear are reversed and the position of the black stripe 14 is located on the right side in the traveling direction, a temporary standby sensor is provided. The light beam emitted by 13 shines on the ground color portion of the toll ticket 11 and the amount of reflected light increases, and the temporary standby sensor 13 is turned on. When the temporary standby sensor 13 is in the ON state, the control unit 35 causes the pass ticket 11 to travel without stopping at the temporary standby position. Therefore, the toll ticket 11 is conveyed to the printing unit and detected by the writing start sensor 15.

As described above, the pass ticket 11 fed from the cassette storage section 31 is not detected by the temporary standby sensor 13,
When the write start sensor 15 detects the signal, the controller 35
Determines that the toll ticket 11 is set in a different direction, collects it from the transport path 12 to the ticket collection unit, and issues another toll ticket. Further, when a toll ticket 11 set in a different direction for a certain number of times or more is detected, the control unit 35 may determine the state and stop issuing the ticket.

[0020]

As described in detail above, the pass ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention detects whether or not a pass ticket has been set in a different direction before issuing a ticket. Issue of a passport on which necessary information is printed can be prevented, and the reliability of the passport issuing system can be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, a magnetic read head, a magnetic write head, a magnetic writing and reading circuit are not required, so that the configuration can be made inexpensively, and the cost is very advantageous as compared with the RAW check method.

Furthermore, since a magnetic head is not required, the transport path can be shortened, which can contribute to downsizing of the entire apparatus. Since the magnetic head comes in contact with a pass ticket, it needs to be replaced by wear.However, the mark sensor, which is a type of optical sensor used in the present invention, is a non-contact type, so there is no fear of deterioration due to wear. The same effect can be obtained even if the black stripe becomes a magnetic stripe.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a sensor arrangement of a pass ticket issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the sensor position configuration shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a tollgate unmanned system on a toll road to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view of the pass ticket issuing machine in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a sensor arrangement in a conventional toll issuing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 11 pass ticket 12 transport path 13 temporary standby sensor 14 black stripe 15 writing start sensor 16 print head position sensor 21 vehicle separator 22 passing vehicle 23 road 23 24 tread plate 25 pass ticket issuing machine 26 start detection device 31 cassette storage unit 32 transport Section 33 Sorter section 34 Ticketing port 35 Control section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cassette storage section on which a pass ticket with a black stripe is set, a temporary standby sensor for detecting a black stripe of a pass ticket conveyed from the cassette storage section, and a traffic passing through the temporary standby sensor portion. A write start sensor for detecting a ticket to obtain a print timing, and when the temporary standby sensor detects a black stripe on the pass ticket and the write start sensor detects a pass ticket passing through the temporary standby sensor portion, If it is determined that the pass ticket is set properly in the cassette storage unit and the writing start sensor detects the pass ticket without detection of the temporary standby sensor, it is determined that the pass ticket is set in the different direction. A passport issuance when the passport is judged to be normal by the judgment means, and it is judged that the passport is set in a different direction. Means for stopping issuance of a passport when the passport is issued.