JPS58132880A - Automatic ticket checking equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate device that prevents tickets from being mixed up.

[Technical background of the invention]

For example, in the railway industry, ticket gate operations are being automated in order to modernize station operations and save labor.

Automatic ticket gates are one of the devices developed for this purpose.

This means that when a passer-by (in this case, a passenger getting on and off the train) inserts a ticket, such as a train ticket or commuter pass, on which predetermined data is recorded, the reader inside the device reads the data on the ticket. The read data is sent to a data processing device to determine whether the ticket is valid or not, and depending on the determination result, the ticket gate is automatically opened and closed to guide or prevent passengers from passing through. It is something.

However, such automatic ticket gates have the drawback that tickets can be mixed up as follows. That is, if a passenger forgets to take his or her own ticket, the next passenger will pick up the ticket that the previous passenger forgot. In addition, especially during rush hours in the morning and evening, when passengers are concentrated and the ticket gates are operated in succession, the next passenger may take the ticket of the previous passenger, or may cross the previous passenger's ticket. Someone may take the ticket of the next person to get on or off the train. Furthermore, in the case of ticket collection, commuter passes are carried out to the ticket exit without being collected, but tickets are collected in a collection box inside the device, so after inserting the ticket, the commuter pass is removed. When the passenger inserts the commuter pass, only the commuter pass is taken out to the ticket outlet, so the user of the ticket mistakenly takes the commuter pass of the next person.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic ticket gate device that can reliably prevent ticket mix-ups.

[Embodiment of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 schematically show the structure of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention. Reference numerals 1 and 2 are main bodies that are installed spaced apart from each other on the floor. In other words, in this case, a path 3 for passengers to get on and off the vehicle is formed. Additionally, double-opening doors 4m, 4b and 5m, 5b for opening and closing the passageway 3 are provided at both ends of the main body 1.2, respectively. Furthermore, a ticket slot 6 is provided on the upper surface of the main body 1 on the door 41 side, and a ticket collecting lower part is provided on the upper surface on the door 5a side. Main body 1 located in front of this ticket taking lower
A display device 8 is provided on the top surface. Further, a ticket slot 9 is provided on the top surface of the door 5b@ of the main body 2, and a #'i static takeout port 1O is provided on the top surface of the door 4b.

On the upper surface of the main body 2 located in front of the winding plate outlet 10,
A display device 11 is provided.

Inside the main body 1.2, a transport device t (not shown) is housed, which transports the ticket inserted from the ticket slot 6.9 to the ticket collecting lower 10. It houses a reader (not shown) that magnetically reads ticket data (magnetically recorded), a data processing device (not shown) that determines whether the captured data is correct, etc. , the doors 4a, 4b and 5a, 5b are controlled by this data processing device.

On the other hand, on each upper surface of the main bodies 1 and 2, a substantially U-shaped frame 12.
13 are erected. Detectors 14a, 14b and 15a, 1
5b are provided respectively. t, above frame 12,1
A detector 16a is provided on each inner surface of the main body 1, 2 corresponding to the center portion of the main body 1, 2.

16b and 17a, 17b are provided spaced apart from each other. The above detector 14sL.

14b, 15a, 15b, 16a, 16b.

Reference numerals 17a and 17b optically detect a passenger passing M3t, and their respective output signals are supplied to the data processing device.

3 (a) and (b) ii, the ticket tomo used in this example shows an example of a commuter pass, and the surface of the commuter pass paper 18 shows the validity period, validity section, adult, and elementary school. Predetermined data such as person, transit station name, gender, user's name, etc. are printed and displayed, and the back side of the paper 18 is coated with a magnetic film 19, and the above-mentioned data is converted into a binary code on the magnetic film 11. Next, a control circuit for preventing ticket mix-up in the automatic ticket gate constructed as described above will be explained with reference to FIG. 4. In the figure, reference numerals 21a and 21b are optical reading devices, one reading device 21a is provided in the ticket transport path in the main body 1, and the other reading device 21b is provided in the ticket transport path in the main body 2. It is designed to read the data (name only) printed on the commuter pass that is inserted and transported. The gun data outputted from the reading devices 21a and 21b is supplied to the katakana character conversion circuit 23 via the changeover switch 22t. This katakana character conversion circuit 23 is a circuit that converts the read data (name) into a katakana character signal. The output of the katakana character conversion circuit 23 is supplied to the display device [8 or 11] via a display control circuit 24 and a changeover switch 25 that interlocks with the changeover switch 22.
Alternatively, the VC is set so that the data (name) read in 11 is displayed in katakana characters.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention configured as in the above embodiment will be explained. For example, when checking the ticket from the direction of arrow a, the door 4a is the one on the entrance side.

Set 4bt open, #5a on the exit side,
5b to the closed state. -Also, selector switch 2
2 is set toward the adjusting device 21a, the lamp ζ is set toward the display device 8, and the changeover switch 25 is set toward the display device 8. As shown in Figures 3 (a) and (b), the passenger inserts the commuter pass into the ticket slot 6 [7]. Here, the data printed and displayed on the commuter pass is read.This read data is supplied to a katakana character conversion circuit 23, and the name read here is converted into a katakana character signal [f.

The character signal is then supplied to the display control circuit 24,
The display device 8 is driven by the display control circuit 24,
The name of the meal currently read from the commuter pass is displayed in katakana characters on the display device 8.

On the other hand, other judgment data on the ticket is read by a conventional magnetic reader. The read data is sent to a data processing device, where it is determined whether the friend data being read is correct. At this time, a determination result is issued that the data is correct, and then the detectors 14a, 14b, 16m.

When 16b, 17a, and 17b enter the passageway 3 in that order and detect a passenger getting on or off the train, a passage command signal is generated from the data processing device indicating that the exit side doors 5a and 5b may be opened, and this signal is sent to the passageway 3. A drive device (not shown) is supplied.

When this happens, the door drive device operates to open the doors 5a and 5b, allowing passage l! Becomes 1.

Passengers getting on and off the train proceed along the passageway 3 while visually checking the display device 8, and if their name is displayed on the display device 8, check whether it matches their own name. At this time, all commuter pass receivers carried out to the take-out lower are taken and exited from the passageway 3. When a commuter pass is received from the takeout lower, the display device 8Fi is automatically reset, and when the next passenger inserts the commuter pass, the name of the next commuter pass is displayed through the same operation as described above.

Incidentally, if the result of the data determination is that the removed data is incorrect, a passage prevention signal is generated from the data processing device, and the signal is supplied to the door driving device. In this case, the door driving device is the door 5a.

It operates to maintain the 5bt closed state and prevents passengers from getting on or off the vehicle.

Next, other embodiments shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 will be described. First, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the reading devices 121a and 21b shown in FIG. , the user's name data is converted into a binary code and magnetically recorded along with determination data such as transit station name, gender classification, etc. The data is read by a reading device, converted to katakana characters, and displayed on a display device. 8 or 1t
ii. In addition, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the reading devices 21m and 21b in FIG. Or 26b [transfer], so that the projector 26m or 26b displays the name as it is on the display device 8 or 11.

In addition, in the above explanation, we talked about the case of ticket gates for commuter passes, but it goes without saying that the same procedure can be applied to regular tickets. Similar to a commuter pass, predetermined data such as expiration date, section, section, ticket, issuing station name, number of sections, etc. are printed on the front of the ticket paper, and there is a magnetic film on the back of the paper. The above data is converted into a binary code and magnetically recorded on the magnetic film. Therefore, as in the case of commuter passes,!
! A reading device 21a reads the issuing station name and the number of sections from the ticket, converts them into katakana characters, and displays them on the display device 8.

1. In the above explanation, we talked about the case where a passenger enters from the direction of arrow a, but if a passenger enters from the direction of the arrow, the doors 5m and 5b on the entrance side should be opened. Set, exit side door 4m, 4bt closed state M
K upper set. In addition, the changeover switch 22 is set to the reading device 21.
b, and also set the changeover switch 25 to the display device 11. By doing this, the ticket gate can be checked in the same way from the direction indicated by the arrow.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case of an automatic ticket gate system for railways will be explained, but the skin is not limited to this, but can also be implemented as a ticket gate system for airlines or ships, and furthermore, it can be used for ticket gates for theaters, amusement parks, etc. It can also be used as a ticket gate device to check public hot springs.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to this Ql, the automatic ticket gate is equipped with a display device, and the printing pattern of the ticket inserted through the slot is displayed on the display device, so the user can check whether or not the ticket is his or her own. Since it is possible to distinguish between tickets, it is possible to reliably prevent the confusion of tickets that has occurred in the past. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the displayed pattern is the name of the user of the ticket, and it is possible to more reliably prevent tickets from being mixed up. According to claim 3, since the display device is provided near the ticket outlet, the user can easily check the display when taking the ticket.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.
A-A arrow view in the figure, Figure 3-) (A plan view and a side view showing an example of a ticket, such as a commuter pass, in the bat-It dormitory example, and Figure 4 shows how to prevent ticket mix-ups in the same example. 5 and 6 are block diagrams showing control circuits for preventing ticket mix-up in other embodiments of the present invention. 3... passage path, 4 a, 4b, 5a,
5 b - Door, 6.9... Inlet, 7.10...
Outlet, 8.11...Display device, 21m, 21b...
-Reading device, 24...Display control circuit. Agent Patent attorney Noriyuki Chika (and 1 other person) i1!1 Figure w42 Figure 3 (α) (b) Figure 4 Figure 115 Page/l Figure 6

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) The ticket inserted into the slot is transported to the exit, and during the transport, the data written on the ticket is read, and it is determined whether the read data is correct or not. An automatic ticket gate that allows or prevents people from passing through the ticket gate is equipped with a reading device that reads the printed pattern on the ticket surface during transportation other than the above, and a display device that displays the pattern read by the reading device. An automatic ticket gate device featuring: (2) A patent claim characterized in that the printing pattern on the face of the ticket is formed by printing the name of the holder of the ticket, the reading device reads this name, and the display device displays the name read by the reading device. Automatic ticket gate device according to paragraph 1. (3) The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device is provided near the ticket exit.