JPS6132449Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to the improvement of toll road terminals,
In particular, the present invention relates to a toll road terminal in which the receipt paper is the same size as a ticket and can be stored in the hopper of the toll road terminal to issue a printout.

Conventionally, when a toll road terminal is installed at an exit gate and used as an exit confirmation device, recorded information necessary for toll calculation, such as the entrance interchange number and vehicle type, is recorded from the magnetic recording part of the pass ticket received from the user. is read, the charge is calculated, and a charge signal is output to a receipt issuing machine, and a receipt is issued by the receipt operator's operation of a receipt issue button. Therefore, an exit confirmation machine and a receipt issuing machine are installed on the booth desk at the exit gate, which requires a large installation space and also increases equipment costs such as maintenance costs and equipment purchase costs.

The space at the exit gate booth is inherently small, and intercoms, card slots, etc. must be installed on the booth desk in the limited space, so it is necessary to minimize the space occupied by the equipment.

It is also desirable to reduce equipment costs.

Here, the configuration of a conventional toll road terminal will be explained.

First, the pass ticket (information medium) will be explained using FIG. In the figure, A is a card-shaped pass;
B is a magnetic recording section (magnetic stripe) provided at the bottom of the pass A for recording various information necessary for toll calculation. C is a printing zone provided at the top of the ticket A.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a toll road terminal. In the figure, 21 is a conveyance drum, 22 is a ticket insertion slot, and 23 is a discharge slot. Reference numerals 24 and 25 indicate pulleys disposed near the insertion port 22 and discharge port 23, and reference numerals 26a and 26b indicate a pair of photo sensors disposed in the insertion port 22 for detecting insertion of a pass ticket. Reference numeral 27 denotes a belt for conveying a pass ticket, which is stretched around the pulleys 24, 25 and the conveyance drum 21;
are provided near the photo sensors 26a, 26b and in contact with the belt 27, and are used to transfer the pass ticket to the belt 27.
This is a presser roller for conveying the belt by pressing it against 7. Reference numerals 30a, 30b, and 30c are magnetic heads disposed at appropriate intervals near the position facing the outer peripheral surface of the transport drum 21;
30c is for reading, and 30b is for writing. 3
1a, 31b, 31c are these magnetic heads 30
a, 30b, and 30c, and when the ticket is inserted through the insertion slot 22, the ticket is held between the belt 27 and the presser roller 29 and conveyed to the conveyance drum 21. Further, it is sent from the outer periphery of the conveyance drum 21 to the discharge port 23 side. At this time, the magnetic recording section B of the pass is recorded on each magnetic head 30a, 30b, 30c by the pad roller 31.
a, 31b, and 31c as it passes through sliding contact. 32 is a conveying drum 21 for conveying the pass ticket.
This is a printing head for printing on the pass ticket printing zone C provided near the end of passage, and the outer peripheral surface of the conveyance drum 21 is used as a platen during printing. Reference numeral 33 is a storage section for storing unissued passes and used passes.When using the toll road terminal at the entrance gate, this storage section 33 becomes a hopper, and when used at the exit gate, it becomes a stacker. Become.

34 transfers the pass ticket in the storage section 33 to the conveyance drum 21
Feeding roller for feeding to the side, 35a, 3
5b is a conveyance guide that guides the pass ticket fed out by the feed roller 34 toward the conveyance drum 21 side;
36 is a roller 3 that feeds out the pass ticket in the storage section 33.
A presser plate 37 is a presser roller provided on the presser plate 36 to make it easier to feed out the sheet by pressing it against the sheet. Smooth feeding can be achieved by suppressing the 38 is a retraction roller that guides the used pass ticket into the storage section 33; 39 is a storage roller that stores the pass ticket guided by the retraction roller 38 into the storage section 33;
40 is a presser plate. Reference numeral 41 denotes a conveyance guide for conveying the ticket from the conveyance drum 21 side to the discharge port 23 side, and is disposed close to the belt 27. 42 is provided at the entrance to this conveyance guide 42, and the storage section 33 side is provided with the discharge port 2 for tickets that have passed through the conveyance drum 21.
This is a flapper for switching the route to one of the three sides.

FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of the storage portion 33 in the direction of arrow A, and FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the presser plate 36 portion. The pressing plates 36 and 40 are both biased by biasing members 43a and 43b such as tension springs, and the feeding rollers 34,
The opposite side of the storage roller 39, that is, the P direction,
It is configured to be biased toward the P' direction, and the pass tickets are stored in an orderly manner between the presser plate and the roller. 44 is a guide rail, and the presser plate 36 is guided by this guide rail 44 and moves.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transport drum 21, the magnetic head 30, the print head 32, and the pass A. The left half of the figure is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken along the line XX in FIG. 2, and the right half is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the Y-Y line. The pass ticket A is conveyed to the conveyance drum 21 side while being held between the conveyor belt 27 and the rollers.
Then, the conveyance drum 21 is held between the conveyance drum 21 and the conveyance belt 27, with about half of the ticket being held between the conveyance drum 21 and the conveyance belt 27 (actually, the belt 27 holds only the central part of the ticket).
At this time, at the position of the magnetic head 30a, the magnetic recording section B is brought into sliding contact with the magnetic head 30a side by a pad roller 31a. Further, at the position of the print head 32, printing is performed by the print head 32 on a print zone C located above the transport belt 27 while using the transport drum 21 as a print platen.

Of the magnetic heads 30a, 30b, and 30c, 30a reads information recorded in the magnetic recording section B, 30b writes information to be newly recorded, and 30c reads this newly written information. The magnetic heads 30a, 30b, 30c and the printing head 32 are controlled by a control circuit, which will be described later, with timing based on the detection outputs of the photo sensors 26a, 26b.

The operation of the device having the above-mentioned conventional structure will now be explained.

When used at the entrance gate, an unused pass is stored between the presser plate 36 in the storage section 33 and the delivery roller 34, and is passed from the storage section 33 to the delivery roller 34 each time a vehicle enters the entrance gate. Therefore, the pass ticket is sent out between the conveyance drum 21 and the conveyance belt 27, and is transferred to the magnetic head 3 for writing.
0b causes the magnetic recording section B of the ticket to record necessary data such as the entrance interchange number and vehicle type. Then, the read magnetic head 30c reads out the recorded contents from the magnetic recording section B, and checks whether or not the recording was done correctly.If it is correct, it is directed to the ejection port 23, and if there is an error, a flap is opened to guide it to the storage section 33 side. 42. Further, necessary data is printed and recorded in the printing zone C of the pass ticket at the time of passing through the printing head 32. If the check result is correct, the pass ticket that has passed through the conveyance drum 21 in this manner is conveyed to the discharge port 23 because the flapper 42 is not activated. If there is a mistake, please fill out 4
2 to the storage section 33 side, and the pull-in roller 3
8 , the storage roller 39 stores the storage portion 33 in a portion between the holding plate 40 and the storage roller 39 . Then, the unused ticket is fed out again by the feeding roller 34,
The operations described above are performed.

The pass ticket discharged to the discharge port 23 is handed over to the user.

In the case of an exit gate, the pass ticket is received from the user and inserted through the insertion slot 22. A photo sensor 2 for detecting a pass ticket is installed at the entrance of the insertion slot 22.
6a and 26b, followed by a conveyor belt 27 and a presser roller 29. Therefore, after the insertion of the pass ticket is detected by the photo sensors 26a and 26b, it is conveyed toward the conveyance drum 21 while being held between the conveyance belt 27 and the presser roller 29. When used at an exit gate, it is not necessary to issue a new ticket, so the unused ticket storage section in the storage section 33 is empty.

The information recorded on the magnetic recording section B of the transported ticket is read by the magnetic head 30a,
This information is sent to the charge calculation section and charge calculation is performed. After passing through the magnetic head 30a, the ticket is transported directly to the discharge port 23, but since the ticket is no longer used, the flapper 42 is driven to transfer the ticket sent from the transport drum 21 to the storage section 33.
lead to the side. Then, it is stored between the holding plate 40 of the storage section 33 and the storage roller 39 by the pull-in roller 38 and the storage roller 39 .

A receipt is issued by a separately provided receipt issuing machine after giving data on the result of the charge calculation.

The toll road terminal has the above-mentioned configuration and function, and has the minimum printing function necessary for issuing a receipt. Moreover, when used at the exit gate, there is no need to issue a new ticket, so the unused ticket storage portion of the storage section 33 is not used.

Therefore, paying attention to this point, the receipt is made of the same paper quality and the same size as the pass ticket, is stored in this unused pass storage area, the printing head 32 performs the necessary printing for issuing the receipt, and the receipt is sent to the ejection port. 23, there is no need for a receipt issuing machine, and the mechanism of the toll road terminal itself can be used as is without any modification, just by adding the control function necessary for issuing receipts. The issuing machine and ticket confirmation machine can be shared.

The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and consists of a magnetic head section that writes to or reads from the magnetic information recording section of a toll card, and a magnetic head section that writes or reads information on the magnetic information recording section of a toll card, and the printing of the toll card and a receipt card that has the same shape as the toll card. a card storage box having a main transport section having a printing unit that prints on a zone; a card storage box having a feeding path for feeding stored cards to the main transport section; and a guide path for guiding passing cards from the main transport section; an insertion passage for inserting a pass card into the storage box; a sorting conveyance unit that distributes the cards from the main conveyance unit to the storage passage or discharge port of the storage box; and a distribution conveyance unit that communicates with each of the conveyance units and passages to control the conveyance of cards. a card conveyance control section that communicates with the card conveyance control section and controls magnetic and printing processing of the toll card inserted into the main conveyance section; The receipt information based on the magnetic information of the pass card inserted into the main conveyance section from the insertion passage of the control section is temporarily stored, and the stored receipt information is sent to the printing unit of the main conveyance section in response to a receipt card issuing command. and a receipt card issuance control unit that outputs a receipt card to the storage box, and the card storage box is provided with a pair of partition plates therein which are biased by an elastic member and move toward the delivery path side and the guide path side of the storage box. , the toll card and the receipt card are made to be the same size and the receipt card is stored, and a common printing unit for the toll card and the receipt card is used to print and issue the receipt card so that they can be shared. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a toll road terminal that eliminates the need for a receipt issuing machine, reduces equipment costs, and reduces installation space.

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

This invention makes the receipt card the same size as the transit card, i.e., the pass, and uses the conveyance unit, printing unit, etc. of the toll road terminal (exit confirmation machine), which reads the recorded data of the pass and calculates the toll, as is. The system will be used for publishing books and will be shared, reducing equipment installation space and equipment costs in the booth.

FIG. 6 shows the control circuit configuration for this purpose. In the figure, 61 is a hopper mechanism consisting of the feeding roller 34 of the storage section 33, and 62 is the insertion slot 2.
2, a pass ticket insertion mechanism consisting of photo sensors 26a, 26b, etc.; 63, a conveyance mechanism consisting of the pulleys 24, 25, the conveyance belt 27, the conveyance drum 21, a conveyance roller (not shown), a card position detection sensor, a motor, etc.; 30a, 30b; , 30c is the aforementioned magnetic head, 32 is the aforementioned printing head, and 42 is the aforementioned flapper. Reference numeral 64 denotes a keyboard display section having a display function and an input function, which is a man-machine interface between the collector and the control circuit. There are numeric keys for data entry and keys for issuing receipts. 65
is the pass ticket insertion mechanism 6 when a pass ticket is inserted.
2, the transport mechanism 63
At the same time, the flapper 42 is driven so that the pass ticket is guided to the storage section 33, thereby controlling the reading and storing of the pass ticket.When the pass ticket storage is completed, the hopper mechanism moves to receipt issuing control. 6
A card conveyance control section 66, which drives the flapper 1 and returns the flapper 4, communicates with the card conveyance control section 65, and controls the magnetic field of the ticket transferred to the conveyance drum 21 during the ticket reading and storage control. Recording section B
A pass card control section 67 controls reading by the magnetic head 30b and printing of necessary information on the print zone C by the print head 42; This is a receipt card issuing control unit that prints when a receipt card comes to the position of the print head 32 of 21, and this receipt issuing control unit 67 prints receipt information based on the magnetically recorded data of the inserted pass. is temporarily stored, and the stored receipt information is sent to the print head 3 in response to a receipt card issuing command.
2 for printing.

Next, the operation of this apparatus having the above configuration will be explained. When this device is used at the entrance gate, unused passes are stored in the storage section 33 and fed out by the roller 3.
4, the passes are fed out one by one, data is recorded in the magnetic recording section B and the printing zone C, respectively, as described above, and the tickets are ejected from the ejection port 23.

Since this invention is designed for use at an exit gate, details regarding use at an entrance gate will be omitted.

When using this device as a pass ticket confirmation machine and a receipt issuing machine at an exit gate, as shown in Figure 7, print the printing zone using the same paper quality and same size as the pass card.
Only C' is printing zone C on pass card A.
Using the receipt card D located at the same position as , the unused receipt card D is stored in the unused ticket storage part of the storage section 33 in place of the unused ticket.

When a pass ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 22, the photo sensors 26a and 26b of the pass ticket insertion mechanism 62 detect this, and the card conveyance control unit 65 detects this.
works. Then, the card conveyance control section 65 drives the conveyance mechanism 63 and gives a command to the pass card control section 66 to control reading and storage of the pass ticket. Therefore, the transport ticket is transported from the transport drum 21 toward the discharge port 23 by the transport mechanism 63. The pass card controller 66 then places the magnetic recording section B of the pass ticket at the position of the reading magnetic head 30a.
The magnetic head 30a is controlled to read data recorded on the magnetic head 30a. The read information is checked by the pass card control unit 66, and if it is read out normally, it is sent to a calculation unit (not shown) that calculates the fare and, if necessary, to the receipt card issue control unit 67.
given to. Then, the calculation unit calculates the fee, and the result is sent to the receipt card issuing control unit 6.
7. It is given to the keyboard display section 64 and a charge display (not shown) for the user. The receipt card issuance control unit 67 temporarily stores this input information. Further, the card conveyance control section 65 drives the flapper 42 based on the output of the passable card control section 66 for determining whether reading is normal. Therefore, the transport drum 2
1, the conveyance route of the pass ticket is switched to the storage section 33 side by the flapper 42, and the pass ticket is stored in the used pass ticket storage section side of the storage section 33.

If the pass card control section 66 determines that there is a reading error, the flapper 42 is not driven and the card is ejected directly to the ejection port 23, and at this time, the keyboard display section 64 displays a message to that effect. Therefore, in this case, the receipt clerk either inserts the ticket into the insertion slot 22 again and has it read again, or switches to another method such as manual calculation without reading by machine.

When the pass ticket is read normally, the fare is calculated, and the pass ticket is stored in the storage unit 33, a signal is given from the pass card control unit 66 to the card conveyance control unit 65, and the card conveyance control unit 65 issues an instruction to issue a receipt. It will be in a waiting state. Therefore, when the receipt issuing key on the keyboard display section 64 is pressed to give a receipt issuing instruction to the card conveyance control section 65, the card conveyance control section 6
5 drives the hopper mechanism 61 and also operates the receipt card issuing control section 67. Also Fratupa 4
Undo 2.

Then, one unused receipt card in the storage section 33 is delivered to the transport mechanism 63 by the hopper mechanism 61. Then, it is transported to the transport drum 21 side. When the receipt card reaches the position of the print head 32, the receipt card issuing control section 67 controls the print head 32 to print the temporarily stored information on the receipt card. As a result, the necessary information is printed in the printing zone of the receipt card and
is discharged.

With this, the processing from toll calculation to receipt issuance is completed, and the card conveyance control section 65 ends the operations of each mechanism and each control section, and waits for the next pass ticket to be inserted.

If the user does not request a receipt, by giving an instruction to complete the process from the keyboard display section 64, the card conveyance control section 65 is released from waiting for a receipt issuing instruction, and the operations of each mechanism and each control section are terminated. Then you will have to wait for the next pass to be inserted.

In this way, the receipt card is made of the same size and the same paper quality as the pass card, and is stored in the storage section of the toll road terminal for storing unused passes, and the printing function of this terminal is used to calculate the toll. Later, this receipt card was fed out and sent to the pass ticket transport route, and the necessary information was printed and issued as a receipt, eliminating the need for a receipt issuing machine, and the mechanism of conventional toll road terminals. It can be implemented without any modification by adding only the control circuit and some keys on the keyboard, and has the advantages of reducing equipment overhead costs and reducing the equipment installation space inside the toll gate booth.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, but can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope of the invention.

As described in detail above, the present invention has a magnetic head section that writes to or reads from the magnetic information recording section of a toll card, a toll card, and a receipt card having the same shape as the toll card. a main conveyance section having a printing unit for printing, a card storage box having a feeding path for feeding stored cards into the main conveyance section, and a guide passage for guiding passage cards from the main conveyance section; an insertion passage for insertion, a sorting conveyance unit that distributes cards from the main conveyance unit to the storage passage or discharge port of the storage box, and a card conveyance control that communicates with each of the conveyance units and passages and controls the conveyance of cards. A toll card control unit that communicates with the card transport control unit and controls the magnetic and printing processing of the toll card inserted into the main transport unit; Temporarily stores receipt information based on the magnetic information of the pass card inserted into the main transport section from the insertion path, and outputs the stored receipt information to the printing unit of the main transport section in response to a receipt card issuing command. It consists of a receipt card issuing control section,
Further, the card storage box is provided with a pair of partition plates inside thereof that are biased by an elastic member and move toward the delivery path side and the guide path side of the storage box, and the receipt card is made of the same size and paper material as the pass card. After processing the ticket, the receipt card is fed out and the printing unit prints the necessary information and issues it as a receipt. So,
Receipt issuing machines are no longer required, and together with the sharing of equipment, equipment costs and space can be reduced.
In addition, the only mechanical addition is the key for issuing receipts, and the receipt issuing control function can be added, for example, by software, making it possible to easily upgrade conventional devices to the device of the present invention. It is possible to provide a toll road terminal device having the following characteristics.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a pass ticket, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the structure of a toll road terminal, Fig. 3 is a sectional view in the direction of arrow A, and Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a toll road terminal. ,
A perspective view showing the configuration of the presser plate portion in FIG. 3,
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the conveyance drum, magnetic head, print head, and the conveyed pass ticket, Fig. 6 is a block diagram of the control system section showing one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the conveyance drum, the magnetic head, the print head, and the conveyed pass ticket. It is a figure which shows an example of the receipt card used. 21... Conveyance drum, 22... Insertion port, 23...
...Discharge port, 24, 25...Pulley, 26a, 26
b...Photo sensor, 27...Transportation belt,
29, 34, 38, 39...roller, 30a, 3
0b, 30c... Magnetic head, 32... Printing head, 33... Storage section, 36, 40... Pressing plate, 4
3a, 43b...Spring, 44...Guide, 61...
...Hopper mechanism, 62...Pass ticket insertion mechanism, 63...
...Conveyance mechanism, 64...Keyboard control section, 65...
...Card conveyance control section, 66... Passage card control section, 67... Receipt card issuing control section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a main conveyance section having a magnetic head section for writing or reading from the magnetic information recording section of the transit card; and a printing unit for printing on each printing zone of the transit card and a receipt card having the same shape as the transit card; , a card storage box having a feeding passage for feeding stored cards into the main conveyance section and a guide passage for guiding passage cards from the main conveyance section; an insertion passage for inserting the passage cards into the main conveyance section; a sorting conveyance section that distributes cards from the storage box to the storage passage or discharge port of the storage box; a card conveyance control section that communicates with each of the above-mentioned conveyance sections and passages to control the conveyance of cards; and a card conveyance control section that communicates with the card conveyance control section. and a toll card control unit that controls magnetic and printing processing of the toll card inserted into the main transport unit, and a toll card control unit that communicates with the toll card control unit to control the toll card inserted into the main transport unit from the insertion passage of the toll card control unit. a receipt card issuance control unit that temporarily stores receipt information based on the magnetic information of the pass card and outputs the stored receipt information to the printing unit of the main conveyance unit in response to a receipt card issuance command, and The toll road terminal device is characterized in that the card storage box is provided with a pair of partition plates inside the card storage box that are biased by an elastic member and move toward the delivery path side and the guide path side of the storage box.