JPS59117682A - Ticket processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a ticket processing system in a ticket processing device that processes tickets, such as an automatic ticket gate used in railways, for example.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, for example, in the railway industry, automatic ticket gates have become widespread with the aim of saving labor in station operations. Conventional automatic ticket gates offer a regular ticket (hereinafter referred to as a regular ticket) with a boarding date, departure station, and section determined, and a departure station determined within a certain period of time.

A commuter pass that allows you to get on and off as many times as you like within the section of the destination station (
Two types of commuter passes (hereinafter referred to as commuter passes) are processed. These tickets have long turn data printed on the front that can be recognized by humans, and magnetically encoded data that can be recognized by machines on the back.

By the way, in general, the majority of ticket gate operations in the railway industry involve the processing of regular tickets and commuter passes, but in addition to this, there is also the processing of multiple ticket tickets (hereinafter referred to as "multiple tickets"), and automation of this processing is not expected forever. This has been a long-standing issue in the field, and it has recently been finally developed and put into practical use. Coupon tickets are generally sold at an hourly rate that allows you to depart from any station, have a fixed area, have a validity period of a certain period from the date of issue, and are the same size as regular tickets.

In automatic ticket gates that process such coupon tickets, Yu,
The magnetic data of the ticket inserted by the passenger is read by a reading head (magnetic head), and it is determined whether the ticket is valid or not. When it is determined that the ticket is valid, boarding station data and Data such as date of use is written and the coupon is released.

By the way, when a baseball game or horse racing festival is held, the nearest station becomes extremely crowded. Conventionally, tickets to such stations were purchased individually by passengers from ticket vending machines at each station; that is, passengers were not able to purchase tickets in bulk in advance. On the other hand, with traditional coupon tickets, the sections (number of sections) that can be ridden are stipulated, so if you ride at a different station, there is a risk that you won't be able to get to your destination with the ticket.

In addition, if you use a connecting ticket that connects to another company's line, your company will never share the fare, and if you cannot transfer at the connecting station, your company will lose money. For example, on the route shown in Figure 1, if you use a ticket that connects you to X station, another company's 100 yen section, and your own company's 200 yen section, and you board from station X to A station in the 150 yen section, you must specify the section. You can board the train at Station A and get off at Station B or C. In addition, B station is 2 minutes from A station.
00 yen ward, C station is 200 yen ward from X station. this is,
As a passenger, you are giving up 100 minutes on another company's line, but for your company, the fare (100 yen) is taken by another company, and moreover, you are riding on a section that you should not be riding. No, you will suffer damage. This kind of thing doesn't happen. ! I don't think it will happen, but
This may cause trouble with passengers, so it is necessary to at least be able to reliably determine the section of the company's line.9 [Object of the Invention] The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances. The purpose of this is that for tickets designated for connecting stations,
At least in the section of our company's line, only the section from the boarding station to the connecting station can be used to prevent other unauthorized use, and we also provide a ticket processing method that allows reliable transfer to other companies' lines. be.

[Summary of the invention]

The ticket processing method of the present invention, when a ticket specifying a connecting station is inserted, calculates the number of sections from the inserted station to the connecting station written on the ticket, and The data on the number of rideable sections of the company's own line written in is rewritten to the calculated number of sections.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a mechanical section of an automatic ticket gate apparatus which also processes coupon tickets according to the present invention. That is, 1 is a main body of the apparatus, and an input port 2 is provided at the right end of the upper surface of the main body 1, and an outlet port 3 is provided at the left end. Between the input port 2 and the discharge port 3, there is a alignment conveyance path 4. A main conveyance path 5° and a discharge conveyance path 6 are connected. There is still a ticket collection conveyance path 9 between the communication section between the main conveyance path 5 and the discharge conveyance path 6 and the ticket collection stocker 7 via a ticket collection flap f8 that separates ticket tickets and ticket collections. provided. The tickets inserted through the slot 2 are guided to the alignment conveyance path 4, where they are aligned in the longitudinal direction, conveyed, and delivered to the main conveyance path 5. The main conveyance path 5 conveys the aligned tickets to its terminal end. If the ticket to be conveyed is a ticket gate, the ticket collection flap 8 guides the ticket to the discharge conveyance path 6 and to the discharge port 3.

Further, when the ticket to be conveyed is a ticket collection, the ticket collection flap 8 guides the ticket to the ticket collection conveyance path 9, and leads it to the ticket collection stop and cuff.

In the main conveyance path 5, there are first magnetic heads (reading heads) 1o, . A second magnetic head (read/write head) 111, 112 writes new data to the board, a print head 121p122 prints the boarding station name, boarding date, etc. on the surface of the ticket, and this print head '21p122
Printing pad 13 □ that faces the board and fixes the position of the ticket.
, 13□, punch 141.142, this punch 141 to be inserted into the ticket.

Stopper 151.1 facing opposite to 142 and fixing the ticket
52 are provided respectively. For the first and second magnetic heads o1, Io2, l11, r11□, well-known 8-track magnetic heads are used as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. This conforms to the encoding format for ordinary tickets and commuter passes specified by the Japan Cybernetics Council standards. Figure 2 shows the first magnetic head 101.10.
□, 8 tigers, reading elements 161 to 16
Consists of 8. FIG. 3 shows the second magnetic head 111.11□, which has four tracks of read/write elements 171 to 17.
It consists of write elements 175 to 178 for 4 and 4 tracks. Further, the print heads 121 and 122 have a station name printing section 18 and a date printing section 1, as shown in FIG.
9, apply it to the front side of the ticket, and press the printing pad 131 from the back side.

132 is applied to produce heat-sensitive color. In addition, the above 1. Second magnetic head 101
．． 111z printing head P122, printing no. p7 do 13□,
Nogunchi 14□ and Stockgu 15□ are used when the ticket is inserted with the front side facing up, and are used when the ticket is inserted with the front side facing up. Second
The magnetic spatula 2, 112, printing bed 120, printing pad 130, punch 1411 and punch 15 are used when the ticket is inserted with its surface facing down.

Returning to FIG. 1, the insertion slot 2 is provided with an insertion detector 2o for detecting an inserted ticket. Furthermore, a detector 2 for size identification is provided at the starting end of the alignment conveyance path 4. This detector 21 is used together with the insertion detector 20, and is used to identify whether the inserted ticket is a regular ticket size or a commuter pass size. In addition, a pre-reading detector 22 is provided in front of the first magnetic heads 101 and 102 of the main transport path 5, and a reading photodetector 23 is provided in front of the second magnetic heads 111 and 112. Further, the discharge port 3 is provided with a discharge detector 24 . Further, a bill collection detector 25 is provided on the bill collection conveyance path 9. These detectors 20 to 25 are
An optical device consisting of a light emitting diode and a phototransistor is used to transport, read, write, print, punch, collect, and track tickets that have been inserted.

FIG. 5 shows the above-mentioned 1. Second magnetic head 1θl.

102 shows a reading circuit to which 102 is connected.

That is, the i reading elements 161 to 168 are connected to the amplifiers 321 to 168 by connection changeover switches (relays) 311 to 318.
328 or write driver (NPN transistor) 3
31, 3s2. The connection changeover switches 311 to 318 are controlled by control signals C to C8, respectively. Therefore, each reading element 161~
The read data obtained from 168 is sent to amplifiers 321-32.
After being amplified and digitized by 8, the FF circuit 34. ~
348 and is read by the CPU (central processing unit) 37 via the dart circuit 35 and data bus 36. When the read data is read, the clear signal CLl clears these F'F circuits 34, to 348 in preparation for setting the next read data.Meanwhile, the write driver 331 r J 32 i' j: Write signal generation circuit 3 controlled by CPU 37 via data bus 36
It operates according to the write signal obtained from 8, and the control signal C
It is connected to any one of the reading elements 161 to 168 under the control of 0 to C8, and by applying an excitation change to this reading element, it reads the crosstalk output generated in other reading elements. Furthermore, the structure is such that self-diagnosis is possible to determine that there is a failure in the reading element or the reading circuit when read data cannot be obtained from the cyclostalk output from a nearby reading element despite applying an excitation change.

FIG. 6 shows a write circuit to which the second magnetic heads 110, 11□ are connected. That is, read/write elements 171 . 172.173 is the reading element 171-R,1
72-R, 1'73-R and write elements 171-W, 172
-W and 173 -W, and only the read element 273-H is used as the read/write element 173.

Therefore, each reading element 17, -m, 1y□-R21
73-R are amplifiers 391 and 392, respectively.

393. Accordingly, each reading element 17, -
The read data obtained from R, 172-R, 173--R is amplified and digitized by an amplifier 39□p392v393, and then sent to FF circuits 401, 402, 4
03 and is read by the CPU 46 via the go/go circuit 44 and the data bus 45. CPU
46 operates according to the program, 9, F'F circuit 4
When reading data from 01 to 403, clear signal C
Clear these FF circuits 400 to 403 by L2,
Prepares for the next read data to be set. on the other hand,
Each write element 171-W, 172-W, 175,
17. , 177 are write drivers (NPN
type transistor) 471,472°481.48□,
491 +492 +5'1 y502.51□
, 512. Therefore, the write driver 471
, 472-511.

512 operates in accordance with a write signal obtained from the write signal generation circuit 52 controlled by the CPU 46 via the data bus 45, and writes encoded data on the ticket.

When writing encoded data to a coupon ticket, the timing of reading the coupon ticket depends on the direction in which the coupon is inserted.
Reading element 17. -R or 17□-R.

When the read element 171-H reads the synchronization clock from the timing track, the write elements 172-W and 175 write encoded data to the data track in synchronization with the synchronization clock. In addition, the reading element 17g-
When a synchronization pulse is read from the timing track by H, the write element 171- is synchronized with the synchronization pulse.
W, 175 writes encoded data to the data track. On the other hand, when writing encoded data on a commuter pass, the timing track of the commuter pass is read by the reading element 17□-R or 173-R depending on the direction in which the commuter pass is inserted.

When the read element 17□-R reads the synchronization pulse from the timing track, the write elements 176 and 177 write encoded data to the data track in synchronization with the synchronization pulse.

Also, when reading the synchronization pulse from the timing track by the read element 173-H, the write element 1
76.177 to write the encoded data. In addition,
The CPU 46 in this circuit may share the CPU 37 in the circuit of FIG. 5, or may be separate.

FIG. 7 is an operational processing flowchart for explaining the reading/writing processing of the coupon ticket. That is, when the coupon inserted through the slot 2 is transported and reaches the pre-read detector 22, the reading circuit shown in FIG. 5 connected to the first magnetic head 10 or 10□ reads the coupon. The magnetically encoded data is read by CPU 37. The CPU 37 determines whether the period and the section are valid or invalid based on the read data, and if the determination result is valid, the CPU 37 starts the writing circuit of FIG. 6 connected to the second beriberi head 111 or 112. By operating the ticket, predetermined encoded data is written on the coupon ticket (magnetic encoded data is rewritten). Because the writing is done synchronously, the number of synchronization pulses necessary to write all the data cannot be read and the ticket is placed on the second magnetic bed 11 or 11.
If it passes through □ and reaches the reading light detector 23, the CPU 46 determines that there is a write (rewrite) failure and sets the alarm (
(not shown) etc. In addition, since the encoded data was not properly written to this ticket, it was treated as an invalid ticket even though the judgment result was valid, and the ticket was inserted by closing the gate (not shown). Block the passage of passengers.

As a result, by presenting the ticket to the staff member, the passenger can receive appropriate treatment such as exchanging it with a normal ticket or being guided by the staff member, and the ticket with defective data writing can be When getting off the train, the card is inserted into the automatic ticket gate on the ticket collection side to prevent any trouble from occurring. In addition, when a ticket with defective data writing is presented to a staff member, in order to distinguish it from processing an invalid ticket due to reuse, the ticket is not printed or punched even though the judgment result is valid, and the ticket is treated as if the magnetic data had been erased. The process is the same as when a ticket is inserted and the ticket is determined to be invalid. This is because once used coupons are printed and punched in a way that they can be visually identified, if the coupon is inserted into the automatic ticket gate at the ticket gate again, it will be determined to be invalid. , the staff will determine that the item is reused if it is printed and punched. For this reason, printing and punching are not performed on tickets with bad writing, making it easier for staff to determine whether the ticket is a reusable ticket or a bad writing card.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of operational processing for explaining the processing of printing and inserting tickets.

That is, for example, for a ticket inserted with the print side facing down, the stopper 151 is operated to stop the ticket on the conveying surface, and the print head 121 and print pad 13! The tickets are pressed between them by being actuated by a press solenoid (not shown).

As described above, the printing pad 12□ consists of the station name printing section 18 and the date printing section 19, and prints by thermally developing color. Therefore, if the ticket cannot be pressed between the printing head 12□ and the printing nozzle 13□ due to malfunction of the press solenoid, normal printing will not be performed.

Therefore, in the present invention, by providing an operation detection means for detecting whether or not the press solenoid has sufficiently operated,
In the case of a malfunction, even if the judgment result of the ticket's reading data is valid, it is assumed to be a printing defect and an alarm (not shown) is activated, the door (not shown) is closed, and the ticket is inserted. to prevent passengers from passing through. This is because the rewriting of the magnetic data on the ticket is completed before the printing process, and the rewritten magnetic data is based on the line section station order code and section number data of the boarding station where the ticket was inserted. It has multiple configurations, and specifies the range of sections where you can get off the train, centering on the boarding station. However, if a passenger uses this ticket to get off the train outside the section, the automatic ticket gate at the exit station will treat it as an invalid ticket. This is because the reason why this ticket was treated as an invalid ticket is not known, which may cause problems in operations such as payment.

FIG. 9 is a simplified diagram for explaining the encoded data write driver and read circuit. That is, one end of the write element WL is connected to the collector of the NPN transistor Q1, and is also connected to the positive power supply -+-V via the resistor R1, and the other end is connected to the collector of the NPN transistor Q2. It is also connected to the power supply +V via a resistor R2. Further, each emitter of the transistors Q 1 +Q 2 is grounded. Therefore, when writing encoded data using the NRZI method, a timing chart as shown in FIG. 10(, ) will be obtained. This inverts the excitation state of the write element WL by turning on and off the transistors Ql and Qz so that their respective outputs change in polarity directions at the same time, thereby writing data of "1". When data of rOJ is written, the state of the transistors Qx and Qz is not changed, and the excitation state is not inverted. When the excitation state is inverted, crosstalk output due to leakage magnetic flux is generated in the reading element RL, and is input to the amplifier AP.

Figure 10 shows the crosstalk output input to the amplifier AP (
, ). Since this crosstalk output occurs only when the excitation state of the write element WL is reversed, it is necessary to operate the write circuit and check whether the write circuit and read circuit operate normally. In principle, it is possible to perform self-diagnosis based on the presence or absence of talk output.

Incidentally, FIGS. 10(b) and 10(c) show timing charts in the case where transistor Q1 or Q2 of the write circuit fails or is short-circuited and does not operate.

As is clear from the figure, even if one transistor is out of order, approximately the same amount of crosstalk output as in normal operation occurs. This is because the crosstalk output occurs not only when the excitation state is reversed, but also at the point where the excitation turns on and off.This means that the write circuit is not operating normally during the writing of encoded data using the NRZI method. It is not possible to detect whether the Therefore, in the present invention, by operating the transistors Qx-Qz as shown in FIG. There is. Figure 11 0
), when the output of one transistor is changed, the output of the other transistor is not changed.

Therefore, a crosstalk output due to the influence of only the side whose output is changed is obtained, and if a crosstalk output is not obtained, it is possible to reliably detect which transistor is faulty. An example of self-diagnosis using this method is shown in Figure 11 (Φ).

Shown in (c). Figure 11(b) shows the transistor Q
2 is an example in which the transistor Qx does not operate due to a failure, and it is possible to self-diagnose that there is a failure in the transistor Qx by not obtaining the crosstalk output of P2.

FIG. 11(c) is an example in which the transistor Q1 does not operate due to a failure, and since the pl crosstalk output is not obtained, it is possible to self-diagnose that the transistor Q0 has a failure. Note that, as shown in FIG. 11(a), during self-diagnosis, current is passed through the transistor (write driver),
Since the write element is energized, if the ticket passes through the magnetic head during self-diagnosis, the magnetic data on the ticket will be damaged. Therefore, it is necessary to perform control so that the self-diagnosis is performed only when the ticket has not passed through the magnetic head.

FIG. 12 is an operational processing flowchart for explaining the self-diagnosis processing. That is, when no ticket is inserted, the second magnetic head 111, 112 and the write circuit connected thereto, shown in FIG. 6, are self-diagnosed for failure. As a result of the self-diagnosis, if there is no failure in the write circuit, a self-diagnosis of the first magnetic head 101, 102 and the reading circuit shown in FIG. 5 connected thereto is performed. As a result of self-diagnosis of these write circuits and read circuits, if a failure is detected, the shutter of input port 2 (
(not shown) is closed, and an alarm (not shown) is activated to prevent the ticket from being inserted. In addition, when the boarding field is inserted, the above-mentioned self-diagnosis of the writing circuit and reading circuit is performed between the time the ticket is detected by the ticket insertion detector 20 and the time it reaches the pre-read detector 22, and the ticket is read. If a failure is detected in the circuit, the validity or invalidity of the ticket is not determined by magnetic data reading, and all tickets are treated as valid. If a failure is detected in the write circuit, no write operation is performed on the inserted ticket.

In addition to detecting failures through self-diagnosis, the present invention also provides a judgment off switch (not shown) that is operated when there is a risk of a malfunction in the ticket reading judgment process based on the judgment of the staff member. When the determination is set to OFF, all inserted tickets are treated as valid tickets, but magnetic data is not rewritten or printed. This is because the content of the magnetic data to be rewritten changes depending on the determination result, and this is to prevent incorrect rewriting and printing of magnetic data.

The magnetic data is read by the first magnetic head 101 or 102, and whether or not the data has been read correctly is determined by checking the parity bit of the ticket. If the read data is determined to have an error in the parity check, the second magnetic head I'1
Rewriting and printing of magnetic data in 11 or 112 is not performed. This is the same reason as why magnetic data is not rewritten and printed when the determination off switch is set to determination off.

FIG. 13 shows an example of the encoding format of a standard ticket according to the Japan Cybernetics Council standard. As shown in the figure, the first track (data track) 58 contains the company's own line data, the second track (data track) 59 contains the other company's line data, and synchronization 1? It consists of a clock track (CP) rack (timing track) 6θ. The first track 58 includes direction discrimination data 61, monthly data 62, 10th day data 63.1st day data 64, line section data 65, station order data 66, section number data 67, communication bit 68. , a ticket type bit 69, and a spare bit 70°i4 retainer bit 71 are provided. Further, the second track 59 is provided with a blank bit 72, line section data 73, station order data 74, section number data 75, a blank door 6, and a door 7.

A coupon ticket is created using such an encoding format for a regular ticket, and the format is as shown in FIG. 14. The format of a coupon ticket is different from a regular ticket.
Month data 62 is valid end month data 78.10th day data 63 is 10th valid end date 79.1st day data 64 is 1st valid end date data 80, line section data 65
A coupon code 81 indicating that the ticket is a coupon is written in the column, and ticket type data 82 is written in the station order data 66, respectively. In other words, with a coupon ticket, you do not know which station you will board the train from until it is turned into a ticket gate. Also, the front of the ticket encoded in the above format is shown in Figure 15 (,
), and as is clear from this figure, the boarding station name and boarding date are not printed on the coupon ticket.

Next, the operation when the above-mentioned coupon ticket is inserted into the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 1 will be explained. When the coupon tickets shown in FIG. 14 (=) and FIG. 15 (a) are inserted into the slot 2, the coupon tickets are aligned and conveyed in the longitudinal direction by the alignment conveyance path 4, and are conveyed along the main conveyance path. Sent to 5. The coupon sent to the main conveyance path 5 is transferred to the first magnetic head r1o or 102
The magnetic encoded data shown in FIG. 14(a) is read and its validity or invalidity is determined.

The coupon ticket determined to be valid is then sent to the second magnetic field 110.
, 11□ is reached. Second magnetic head 111 or 1
12 reads a synchronization pulse from the CP track 60 on the coupon ticket with a read/write element 271, and in synchronization with the synchronization pulse, direction discrimination data 61, Month and date data for officials 92.93.94,
Write the boarding station line section data 95, station order data 96, line section number data 67, and ticket type bit 69, and if there is a contact with another company's line, contact the first track 58 with the contact bits 6 to 8.
, write the connecting station line section data 73, station order data 74, and other line section number data 75 in the second track 59, and further write the critical bit 71.77. In addition, the 14th N
The encoder 6) conforms to the short-distance regular ticket code of the Japan Cybernetics Council standard shown in FIG. Therefore, the second magnetic head -1□ or 1
The coupon ticket in which the encoded data of FIG. 14(b) is written in 1□ is stopped at stock 151 or 152,
At the same time as the punch 141 or 142 is punched, the boarding station name and the date of use are printed by the print head 121, print pad 131 or print head 122, and the print head 132, as shown in Fig. 15(b). As shown, it is an extra ticket. The coupon ticket is then discharged from the discharge port 3.

Incidentally, the ticket shown in Figure 15 is an example of a commonly used ticket, but there are many other tickets currently being used as non-automated tickets (without magnetic encoded data). When these coupon tickets are made into magnetized tickets, the contents of the magnetic data at the time of issuance and the contents of the magnetic data rewritten at the time of admission (at the time of ticket gate) are shown in FIGS. 16 to 21.

The ticket shown in Figure 16 can be boarded at any station and can be boarded at any station, and at the time of issuance, the end date of the validity period, the ticket code indicating that the boarding station is free, and the number of sections that can be boarded are encoded. has been done. In this case, the ticket code is similar to the line station code, and a different code is encoded for each year of validity. Figure 22 shows, as an example, the station code for line sections that circulates every 93 years based on the starting year. When entering, the automatic ticket gate calculates the starting year from this line station code. The starting date and ending date of the valid period can be determined based on the starting year, the ending date magnetically encoded on the ticket, and the predetermined valid period. If the date of the current day obtained from a date setting switch (not shown) is between the start date and end date determined above, the coupon ticket is determined to be valid. The formula for this determination is shown in formula (1) below.

[Start date] ≦ [Current date] ≦ [End date]・−
...1) If it is determined to be valid, the end date is rewritten to the date of boarding on that day, and the coupon code is also rewritten to the line section station code of the station where the train was boarded. In addition, if the number of fare sections at the time of issue has been changed due to a fare revision, the number of fare sections is converted and written using the number of section conversion table shown in FIG. 23. The data of the section number conversion table in Fig. 23 is, for example,
This is to rewrite the number of sections before the fare revision at the two stations on the line shown in Figure (,) to the number of sections after the fare revision shown in Figure 24(b).

In addition, if the number of wards at the time of issuance has not been changed due to fare revision (for example, a fare revision where only the amount changes without changing the number of wards), or if there is no fare revision, the number of wards at the time of issuance The number of wards is written as is. As a result, even if there is a fare revision during the validity period of a ticket issued before the fare revision, the ticket will not be subject to the fare revision after the fare revision.
It can be used within the same riding range as before.

Also, whether the ticket was issued before the fare revision or after the fare revision is determined by the first day of the month of the end date.
This is indicated by the presence or absence of the unused bit "4" in the binary code (1, 2, 4, 8) indicating the 0th position, and is encoded at the time of publication. When exiting the bath, the automatic ticket gate that determines this rewritten ticket calculates the number of sections from the boarding station using the section number memory shown in Figure 25 from the line section station code of the boarding station, and then calculates the section number from the boarding station. The validity of the interval is determined by comparing it with the number. The conditions for determining that the section is valid are shown in equation (2) below.

[Number of sections from the boarding station to the judgment station] ≦ [Number of sections on the coupon ticket]・
・・・・・・・・・＜2) Note that the section number memory in Figure 25 indicates the number of sections at the two stations on the route shown in Figure 24. The figure (b) shows the new ward number memory after the fare revision.

The ticket shown in FIG. 17 indicates that the boarding station is fixed and that the train can be boarded only from the station indicated by the line section station head of the departure station code. In this case, the number of ticket sections is the number of sections that can be ridden by the ticket, plus an additional value that differs depending on the year of start. Figure 26 shows an example of an additional value that rotates every 93 years depending on the starting year. When entering, the automatic ticket gate compares the line section station head of the departure station code with the line section station head of one station, and determines that the section is valid if the two match. This condition is shown in equation (3) below.

[Line section station head of 1 station] = [Departing station code] ...
...(3) Also, calculate the start year backwards based on the added value of the number of coupon sections. Based on the obtained start year and the end date and validity period that are magnetically encoded on the coupon ticket, the start date and end date of the validity period are determined, and the Determine whether the period is valid. When the period and section are determined to be valid, the end month and day are rewritten as the boarding date, and the number of coupon sections is rewritten as the number of valid sections that can be ridden.

The ticket shown in Figure 18 is a contact ticket that contacts the other company's line, and at the time of issuance, the validity period has expired, the ticket code indicating that the boarding station is free, the number of sections that can be boarded on the company's own line, and the contact number. The connecting station code of the other company's line that specifies the station and the number of sections of the other company's line that can be boarded from the connecting station are encoded.

In this case, the ticket code uses the line station station code shown in FIG. 22, which circulates depending on the starting year. When entering the ticket gate, the automatic ticket gate calculates the starting year from this ticket code, calculates the end date and validity period magnetically encoded on the ticket, and calculates the start date and end date of the validity period. is determined, and it is determined whether the period is valid or not based on the condition of equation (1) above. In addition, the number of sections from the company's contact station that connects to the contact station of the other company's line designated by the contact station code to the entry station is calculated from the section number memory in Figure 25, and the calculated number of sections and the company's By comparing the number of rideable sections on the line, it is determined whether the section is valid or not. The conditions for determining that the section is valid are shown in equation (4) below.

[Number of wards from company contact station to entry station]

≦ [Number of train lines for company a on the coupon ticket] ・・・・・・・・・(4
) As a result of the determination using formulas (1) and (4), if both the period and section are determined to be valid, the end month and month will be set to the boarding date of the day, and the coupon code will be set to the line section station code of the boarding station. It's being rewritten. In addition, the number of wards is rewritten to the number of wards from the company's contact station to the entry station calculated from the ward number memory shown in FIG. Furthermore, the connecting station code for other companies' lines and the number of other companies' wards are entered as they are.

The ticket shown in Figure 19 is a contact ticket that connects to another company's line where the boarding station is fixed.When issued, it includes the end date of the validity period, the departure station code consisting of the line section station head that specifies the boarding station,
The number of sections on the ticket, the connecting station code, and the number of sections that can be boarded are each encoded. When entering the ticket gate, the automatic ticket gate calculates the starting year based on the added value of the number of ticket sections, and calculates the starting year, ending date, and validity period based on the calculated starting year, ending date, and validity period.
Determine the start date and end date of the validity period, and submit the information in (1) above.
It is determined whether the period is valid or not according to the condition of the expression. Furthermore, if the departure station code matches the condition of equation (3) above, the section is determined to be valid. As a result of the determination using formulas (1) and (3), if both the period and the section are determined to be valid, the end month and day will be rewritten as the current boarding date, and the number of ticket sections will be rewritten as the number of valid sections that can be ridden. There is.

The ticket shown in Figure 20 is a ticket with a specified destination station, and when issued, it includes the end date of the validity period, a ticket code indicating that the boarding station is free, and the boarding station that can be boarded. The number of sections, the destination station code that specifies the destination station, and the number of sections that can be boarded from the destination station are each encoded. In this case, the same number of sections is encoded as the number of sections that can be boarded from the boarding station and the number of sections that can be boarded from the destination station. Moreover, the ticket code uses the line station station code shown in FIG. 22, which is circulated depending on the starting year. When entering the ticket gate, the automatic ticket gate calculates backwards the starting year based on the ticket code, calculates the end date and validity period magnetically encoded on the ticket, and calculates the start date and end date of the validity period. It is determined whether the period is valid or not by determining the day and making a determination using equation (1).

Also, calculate the number of sections from the destination station specified by the destination station code to the entry station using the section number memory shown in Figure 25, and compare this calculated number of sections with the number of sections that can be boarded on the coupon ticket. In particular, it is determined whether the interval is valid or not. The conditions for determining that the section is valid are shown in equation (5) below.

[Number of wards from arrival station to entry station]

≦ [Number of sections where the coupon ticket can be used]...(5) If it is determined that both the period and the number of sections are valid as a result of the judgment using formulas (1) and (5), the end date will be changed to the same day. On the day of boarding, the ticket code is rewritten to the line section code of the boarding station. In addition, the number of wards is rewritten to the number of wards from the destination station to the entrance station calculated from the ward number memory in FIG. 25. Furthermore, the destination station code is written as is without changing it.

The coupon ticket shown in Figure 21 is a destination station specified coupon ticket that specifies the boarding station and the destination station.
The departure station code consisting of the line section station head specifying the boarding station, the number of coupon sections, and the arrival station code are each encoded. When entering the ticket gate, the automatic ticket gate calculates the start year based on the added value of the number of ticket sections, calculates the start year, end date, and validity period from the calculated start year, end date, and validity period. and the end date are determined, and it is determined whether the period is valid or not based on the condition of equation (1) above. Furthermore, if the departure station code matches the condition of equation (3) above, it is determined that the section is valid. As a result of the determination using formulas (1) and (3), if both the period and the section are determined to be valid, the end month and day will be rewritten as the current boarding date, and the number of ticket sections will be rewritten as the number of valid sections that can be ridden. There is.

Next, the ticket issuing device for issuing the coupon tickets shown in FIGS. 16 to 21 described above will be explained. A conventionally known ticket issuing device issues a ticket conforming to the Japan Cybernetics Council standard as shown in FIG. The magnetic data field of this ticket only has a data field showing the month and day of the validity period, but does not have a data field showing the year.

For this reason, conventional tickets had the problem that they could be used even if the year changed as long as the month and day were the same. but,
Generally, this type of ticket is a regular ticket that is only valid for one day, and passengers must use it within that day.
Since it could not be used until the 2nd day of the month after 1 year, no damage occurred when it was used after 1 year. However, as mentioned above, in the case of a ticket with a validity period of multiple blades or a validity period spanning multiple years, if there is no data for the year, the ticket will be used several evenings later than the validity period. Very likely. To eliminate this kind of problem, it is possible to add a magnetic data field for the year to the ticket shown in Figure 13, but adding a data field would require modifications to the reading circuit and writing circuit. Occur. A huge amount of money would be required to implement this modification to all automatic ticket gates currently in operation. Therefore,
In the present invention, no new data columns are added, but the meaning of the year is given to the already existing data columns.

FIG. 27 shows a ticket issuing device according to the present invention.
This will be explained below. A year setting switch 101 for setting the year of validity period is set and operated by a staff member, and is connected to the section number data creation circuit 102 and the line section station data creation circuit 1θ3. The line station head data creation circuit 103 selects the line station head of the ticket corresponding to the year in the ticket code table 105 based on the year data obtained from the year setting switch 101, and supplies it to the selection circuit 106. .

In the ticket code table 105, as shown in FIG. 22, line station station codes that differ from year to year are stored in a three-year cycle. In addition, the ward number data creation circuit 102
is based on the year data obtained from the year setting switch 101,
An additional value that differs from year to year is obtained from the ward number addition value table 104, and is supplied to the selection circuit 106 in addition to the original number of wards of the ticket. In the ward number addition value table 104, as shown in FIG. 26, addition values that differ from year to year are stored in a three-year cycle. Therefore, the selection circuit 106 selects either the number of additional sections or the coupon code depending on the type of coupon,
The data is supplied to the write data creation circuit 107. The write data creation circuit 107 converts the data from the selection circuit 106 into write data and supplies it to the write circuit 10&. Write circuit 10
8 is a writing circuit as shown in FIG. 6, the output of which excites the magnetic head 109 and writes the station code of the line section or the number of sections to be added onto the ticket 110.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, the ticket processing method of the present invention is such that when a ticket is inserted in which a connecting station is specified, the connecting station code written on the ticket is used to specify the connecting station. Calculate the number of sections from the connecting station on your own line that connects to the connecting station on another company's line to the boarding station where the ticket was inserted, and use this calculation to calculate the number of sections you can ride on your own line written on the ticket. This is to rewrite the ward number data. Therefore, according to the present invention, a ticket with a designated connecting station can only be used for the section from the boarding station to the connecting station, at least in the own line section, and unauthorized use within the own line is not allowed. Moreover, it is possible to reliably transfer to another company's line.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a route map for explaining the prior art, Figures 2 to 28 are for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 schematically shows the screening mechanism of an automatic ticket gate. 3 and 4 are plan views showing the head surface of the magnetic head, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the printing surface of the print head, FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the reading circuit, and FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the writing circuit, FIG. 8 is a flowchart of operation processing for explaining the process of reading and writing a coupon ticket, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart of operation processing for explaining the processing of printing and inserting tickets. Figure 10 is a simplified circuit diagram to explain the write driver and read circuit, Figures 11 and 12 are timing charts to explain Figure 10, and Figure 13 is the write circuit and read circuit. Operation processing flowchart for explaining circuit self-diagnosis processing, No. 14
The figure shows an example of the encoding format of a regular ticket.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the encoding format of the coupon ticket, FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the surface printing pattern of the coupon ticket, and FIG.
Figures 22 to 22 are diagrams showing the contents of magnetic data at the time of issuance and the contents of magnetic data that is rewritten at the time of admission when various coupon tickets are magnetized, and Figure 23 is a diagram showing the contents of magnetic data at the time of issuance and the contents of magnetic data that is rewritten at the time of admission. Figure 24 is a diagram showing an example of code, Figure 24 is a diagram showing an example of data in the division number conversion table, Figure 25 is a diagram showing an example of a route corresponding to the data in the division number conversion table, and Figure 26 is the contents of the division number memory. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of the additional value that varies depending on the starting year of the number of coupon sections, and FIG. 28 is a book diagram schematically showing the configuration of the boarding issuing device. 2... Input port, 3... Discharge port, 4... Alignment conveyance path, 5... Main conveyance path, 6... Discharge conveyance path, 9... Tag collection conveyance path, 101. 102... First magnetic head (reading head), 111 pH2... Second magnetic head (reading/writing head), 12L, 12□... Printing head, 1
41.142... Nozzle, 58... First track (data track), 59... Second track (data track), 60... CP) rack (timing track). Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 14 Figure 15 (a) (b) Figure 16 (a) (b) Figure 17 Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 25 Figure 26 (a) (b) Figure 27 Figure 28 Figure 05 Showa φ8. Kun, 2 Town Patent Office Commissioner Kazuo Wakasugi 1, Indication of the case Patent Application No. 57-232901 2, Name of the invention Vehicle industry processing method 3, Person making the amendment Relationship with the case Patent applicant (307) Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. 4, Agent 6, Specification subject to amendment 7, Contents of amendment (1) The scope of claims is amended as shown in the attached sheet. (2) In line 15N, line 10 of the specification, the word "angle" is corrected to "again." 2. Scope of Claims (1) For a ticket with a designated connecting station, when the ticket is inserted, the train travels to the connecting station on another company's line specified by the connecting station code written on the ticket. Calculate the number of sections from the connecting station of the company's own line to the boarding station where the ticket was inserted, and write the data on the number of sections that can be ridden on the company's line written on the ticket into this calculated number of sections. A ticket processing method characterized by changing the ticket. (2) When the calculated number of sections data is smaller than the data on the number of sections that can be ridden on the own line written on the ticket, this data on the number of sections that can be ridden is rewritten to the data on the number of sections calculated above; The ticket processing method according to claim 1, characterized in that the ticket is processed as an invalid ticket.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) For tickets that specify a connecting station, when the ticket is inserted, the train's own line connects to the connecting station of another company's line specified by the connecting station code written on the ticket. The feature is that the number of sections from the connecting station to the ticket where the ticket is inserted is calculated, and the data on the number of sections that can be ridden on the company's own line written on the ticket is rewritten with the calculated number of sections data. Ticket processing method. (2) When the calculated number of sections data is smaller than the data on the number of sections that can be ridden on the own line written on the ticket, this data on the number of sections that can be ridden is rewritten to the data on the number of sections calculated above, and when it is a dog. The ticket processing method described in the patent scope item 1, characterized in that the ticket is treated as an invalid ticket.