JPS6132450Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement of a toll road terminal that issues toll road passes, reads the contents, etc.

For example, toll roads that span multiple sections usually have a toll system that collects tolls according to the section used and the type of vehicle used.In such toll roads, entrance gate information, vehicle type, date and time are collected at the entrance gate. The method is to issue a pass with necessary data recorded, such as, and hand it over to the user, and then read the data on the pass at the exit gate to settle the fare.

Therefore, terminals for processing passes are provided at the entrance and exit gates. Many pass cards use punch cards or magnetic cards, but here we will discuss the magnetic card type as an example.

Conventional terminals include a main conveyor section that has a magnetic head section that writes to or reads from the magnetic recording section of the pass ticket, and a printing unit that prints on the printing zone of the pass ticket, and a main transport section that stores the pass ticket for new issue. a combined conveyance section that conveys the toll ticket fed out from the toll ticket hopper or the toll ticket inserted into the toll ticket insertion slot to the main conveyance section; A sorting conveyance section that distributes and conveys to a stacker or discharge port, an information control section that controls the print head section and printing unit, a conveyance control section that controls each of the conveyance systems, and a man-machine interface with an operator. It consists of a keyboard and a display section, and its features include both the ticket issuing function and the ticket confirmation function,
It is located in a location that can serve as both the entrance and exit of a toll road.

However, with the development of motorization, toll roads will become more and more expanded and congested in the future, and as multiple toll roads become linked, multiple routes will exist for one destination, and simple With zone-based tolls, collection operations will not be able to cope with the situation. That is, in addition to the conventional ticket issuance and confirmation work, a new work is required to certify transfer at barriers (intermediate gates) provided at junctions of linked toll roads.

Hereinafter, this function will be referred to as a barrier machine, but toll road terminals that have this function do not yet exist.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and includes a main conveyance section that has a magnetic head section that writes to or reads from the magnetic recording section of the pass ticket, and a printing unit that prints on the print zone of the pass ticket. , a merging conveyance section that conveys the toll tickets fed out from the toll ticket hopper or the toll tickets inserted into the insertion slot to the above-mentioned main conveyance section, and a sorting section that distributes and conveys the toll tickets from the above-mentioned main conveyance section to a stacker or a discharge port. A terminal main body having a transport section, a command operation section for the magnetic head section and the printing unit, and a transport control section for controlling each of the transport sections, an information control section for controlling the operation of the magnetic head and the printing unit, and the above. By making it possible to freely connect the control unit storage body that has an operation control unit that issues operation commands to the transfer control unit and the information control unit based on commands from the operation unit, it is possible to easily connect the control unit housing to the It is possible to connect a control unit storage body, which is composed of separate control units each required according to the content of the business, to the terminal main body according to the purpose, and to create a device that matches the content of the business. The purpose is to provide a toll road terminal that can be used.

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

The present invention consists of a terminal main body, an entrance, and an exit, which are equipped with common functional parts such as a transport system including a ticket hopper and stacker, a magnetic writing/reading head, a printing part, and a key operation display part as common groove components. The conveyance control section and the information control section, which have different control contents at each gate of the entrance, exit, and barrier, are separated as independent control devices, and can be combined according to the application of the terminal at each gate of the entrance, exit, and barrier. , parts management, and maintenance management.

The details will be explained below.

First, to explain the pass (information medium) using Figure 1, A is the pass, B is the magnetic recording section provided at the bottom of the pass A, and C is the printing zone provided at the top of the pass A. (Printing zone for printing and recording necessary information at the entrance gate and exit gate).
Next, this toll road terminal will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, 1 is a ticket hopper when the above-mentioned terminal is used as a ticket issuing machine at an entrance gate, and a plurality of new tickets A for issuance are stored in this hopper 1. The pass tickets A are fed out one by one between conveyance guides 3 and 3' by a feeding roller 2. Note that when sending out the pass A from the hopper 1, a well-known double-sheet feeding prevention mechanism is used, for example, a double-sheet feeding prevention mechanism having a gate disposed at the exit of the hopper 1 at an interval of one ticket. However, this is not shown in the figure. Further, the conveyance guides 3, 3' include conveyance rollers for conveying the pass A, but illustration thereof is also omitted.
Reference numeral 4 denotes an insertion slot for the pass A, 5 and 5' a pair of photo sensors provided near the insertion slot 4 for detecting the insertion of the pass A, and 6 and 6' a feed roller. , 6' are for driving the ticket A when the photo sensors 5, 5' detect the insertion of the ticket A, and feed the ticket A to the merging section 8 through the conveyance guides 7, 7'. Note that the conveyance guides 7, 7' include conveyance rollers, but illustration thereof is also omitted.
The toll ticket A sent from the hopper or the toll ticket A sent from the insertion slot 4 is transferred to the merging section 8.
It is then guided to a conveyance path between the conveyor belt 9 and the conveyor drum 10. This conveyor belt 9 is
the drum 10 so as to guide it to the position of the flapper 11.
, but only a portion is shown in the figure. 12 is a pulley on which the conveyor belt 9 is stretched. Note that illustrations of other pulleys and pulley drive devices are omitted. Also 13,1
3' and 13'' are magnetic heads for writing magnetic information into or reading magnetic information from the magnetic recording section B of the pass A; here, 13 and 13'' are for reading, and 13' is for writing. Numerals 14, 14', and 14'' are pad rollers that are pressed against the respective heads 13, 13', and 13'', and have the role of pressing the magnetic recording portion B of the ticket A against the magnetic heads. Also 15
is a print head that prints on the print zone C of the pass A, and in the case of this embodiment, the conveyance drum 10 also serves as a print platen. 16 is the conveyance drum 1
Guided between the conveyance guides 17 and 17' from the 0 side,
The stackers 18 and 18' for storing the pass ticket A sent by a transport roller (not shown) are transport guides for guiding the ticket A to the discharge port 19 together with the transport roller (not shown). The flapper 11 serves to sort the passes A conveyed from the conveyance drum 10 side to either the stacker 16 or the discharge port 19. Note that the pass ticket A will be guided to the discharge port 19 if the flapper 11 is in the solid line position, and to the stacker 16 if it is in the dotted line position. The left half of FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line X-X in FIG. 2, and the right half is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the Y-Y line in FIG. It is held between the transport drums 10 and transported in the direction of the arrow in FIG. At this time, the magnetic recording section B of the pass A passes between the magnetic head 13 and the pad roller 14, which are disposed directly below the conveyance drum 10, as shown in the left half of FIG. 3, and is read. Then, when the ticket A reaches the position of the print head 15, the print zone C of the ticket A passes between the print head 15 and the conveyance drum 10 as shown in the right half of FIG. is now being carried out.

Next, the control system of the toll road terminal will be explained with reference to FIG. 4. Reference numeral 21 is a hopper mechanism consisting of a feeding roller 2 of the hopper 1, 22 is an insertion slot 4 feed roller, 6, 6', and a photo sensor 5, 5'. Passage ticket insertion mechanism consisting of etc. Reference numeral 23 indicates a pulley 12, a conveyance belt 9, a conveyance drum 10, a conveyance roller (not shown), a card position detection sensor, a belt drive pulley,
This is a transport mechanism consisting of a motor, etc.

Control signal lines 21 and 22 are both connected to a control device to be described later.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a keyboard display section provided with keys serving as a man-machine interface with the operator and a display section for displaying information, and is connected to an external control section to be described later. In addition to specifying the car type, the keys include a function key for specifying special measures, and a numeric keypad for data entry. In addition to displaying information such as vehicle type, fare amount, and interchange number, the system also displays data entered using the numeric keypad, operational guidance, and errors, and can be used commonly at entrances, exits, and barriers.

The mechanism section and key display section shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 constitute the main body of the terminal. This is the area surrounded by the two-dot chain line in Figure 4.

25, 25', 25'' are control units for entrance, exit, and barrier, which are separate casings from the terminal device having the above-mentioned configuration, and are independent from each other.These control units 25,
25', 25'' are conveyance control units L, (L',
L″), an information control unit M (M′, M″) that controls magnetic recording, reproduction, and print recording for the pass A;
Key display control unit N that controls key operations and displays
It consists of (N′, N″).

The basic functions of these control units 25, 25', and 25'' are the same for the entrance, exit, and barrier, but the logic circuits for the entrance, exit, and barrier are different because the control sequences are different.

In the device of the present invention, the control section 25' is connected to the terminal main body having the configuration shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, for example, when used at an exit gate, and when used at a barrier, the control section 25' is connected. The control section to be connected is selected depending on the purpose of use, such as connecting the section 25'', and the required function of the gate is provided.

Next, the operation of the toll road terminal having the above configuration will be explained. When used as a pass ticket issuing machine at an entrance gate, control section 25 is selected and connected. When the ticket issuing command is sent from the keyboard display section 24 to the conveyance control section 25L according to the setting of the vehicle type etc. of the staff member, the conveyance control section 25L transfers the ticket A from hopper 1 to 1.
These controls are performed so that the sheets are fed out. When the magnetic recording section B passes between the reading magnetic head 13 and the pad roller 14, the contents of the drawn-out pass ticket A are read out by the magnetic head 13 and used by the information control section 25M. It is confirmed that it has not been completed. Thereafter, when passing between the magnetic head 13' for writing and the pad roller 14', the magnetic head 13' is controlled by the information control unit 25M, and the magnetic head 13' records information such as the entrance toll gate number, vehicle type, date and time, etc. is written, and furthermore, when passing between the magnetic head 13'' for reading and the pad roller 14'', the written magnetic information is read out and checked. At this time, if the magnetic information is recorded normally, the information control section 25M controls the print head 15 to record the necessary information on the pass ticket A.
After that, the conveyance control unit 25L uses the flapper 11 to move the conveyance guide 18,
Control is performed so that it is guided to the 18' side. As a result, the pass ticket A is discharged from the discharge port 19 after passing between the conveyance guides 18 and 18'. Further, when an error occurs in the recording of magnetic information, the information control section 25M controls the print head 15 and sends a message to that effect to the print head 15.
to print in print zone C. Thereafter, the conveyance control unit 25L places the ticket A in the stacker 16.
The flapper 11 is driven and controlled to the state shown by the dotted line in order to guide the transport guides 17, 17'.
It is then stored in the stacker 16. In this way, magnetic recording writing, reading, read-after-write checking, and printing are controlled by the information control section 25M based on the signals from the keyboard display section 24 and the ticket position signal from the conveyance control section 25L. Further, if an abnormality is found as a result of the check, this information is sent to the flapper 11 via the conveyance control section 25L, and the flapper 11 is moved to the dotted line position.

Further, when used as a pass ticket verification machine at an exit gate, the control section is connected to 25' for the exit gate. In this case, when the photo sensors 5 and 5' detect that the ticket A has been inserted into the insertion slot 4 by the attendant, the conveyance control section 25L' drives the feed rollers 6 and 6' to convey the ticket A. start. This pass A has a magnetic recording section B that is connected to a magnetic head 13 for reading and a pad roller 14.
When passing between the two, the contents recorded in the magnetic recording section B are read. At this time, if the pass ticket information is read normally, the information control unit 2
5'M' calculates the toll based on the vehicle type and population toll gate data, and displays the toll amount on the display section 24. However, if the pass ticket information is not read normally, the information control section 25'M'
to that effect. Further, when the magnetic recording section B passes between the writing magnetic head 13' and the pad roller 14', the pass A is transferred to the magnetic head 1 controlled by the information control section 25'M'.
5', exit information is written, and when the print zone C passes between the print head 15 and the transport drum 10, necessary information is printed. For normally processed items, the flapper 11 is driven to the state shown by the dotted line under the control of the conveyance control section 25'L', and the articles are stored in the stacker 11 after passing between the conveyance guides 17, 17'. However, the conveyance control unit 2 is used to guide the items that are not processed normally to the discharge port 19 side.
Controlled by 5'L', the ticket A is flapper 11.
and the conveyance guide 18' and the conveyance guide 18,
18' and is discharged from the discharge port 19. At this time, the staff member visually confirms the items printed in the print zone C. Further, the case where it is used in a barrier gate will be explained next. In this case, the control unit is 2
Connect 5″.

The barrier gate performs the task of confirming the ticket information issued at the aforementioned entrance, adding a new barrier number, and issuing a transfer ticket. First, when the ticket A is inserted into the insertion slot 4 by an attendant, the contents of the magnetic recording section B are read in the same manner as at the exit gate. If the pass ticket information is read normally at this time, the information control unit 25 ″M″ gives recorded information such as the vehicle type and entrance fee to the keyboard display unit 24 to display it, and then, in the same way as the exit processing, the information control unit 25″M″ displays the recorded information such as the vehicle type and entrance fee. At the same time, information such as the barrier number, date and time is updated and written in the magnetic recording section B, and also printed in the printing zone C, and then stored in the stacker 16 under the control of the conveyance control section 25''L. After confirming that it has been stored in the stacker 16, L'' then takes out one pass ticket A stored in the hopper 1, adds new information such as the barrier number, date and time, etc. to the pass ticket information at the entrance. is magnetically recorded and printed, and a transit ticket is issued. Processing such as a read-after-write error is the same as the above-mentioned issuing machine. If the ticket information is not read normally, the information control unit 25''M" causes the keyboard display section 24 to display that fact. The necessary information is also magnetically recorded and printed on the pass ticket A, selected by the flapper 11, and then ejected from the ejection port 19. In this case, automatic issuance is not possible. Therefore, it must be issued manually.
That is, the staff member presses a function key to specify special processing based on the entrance information printed in print zone C, and then inputs the entrance toll gate number, vehicle type, etc. using the data input numeric keypad.
Transfer tickets can be issued. The issuing operation at this time is similar to the issuing function described above.

As described above, the toll road terminal according to the present invention has a terminal main body composed of common elements such as a hopper, a stacker mechanism, a conveyance mechanism, a magnetic head, a print head, and a keyboard display, and has an entrance, an exit, At each barrier gate, the transport control, information control, and key display control parts, which differ depending on the business content, are configured in separate casings, and the connection combinations can be changed depending on the purpose. If installed at the entrance gate, it can be used as a ticket issuing machine, if installed at the exit gate, it can be used as a ticket confirmation machine, and if installed at a barrier gate, it can be used as a transfer ticket issuing machine. It can also be used as a transfer ticket issuing machine, simplifying parts management, maintenance, etc.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to embodiments, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope of not changing the gist of the present invention.

As described in detail above, the present invention has a main conveyance section that has a magnetic head section that writes to or reads from the magnetic recording section of the pass ticket, and a printing unit that prints on the print zone of the pass ticket, and a merging conveyance section that conveys the toll tickets that are fed out or the toll tickets inserted into the insertion slot to the main conveyance section; a sorting conveyance section that distributes and conveys the toll tickets from the main conveyance section to the stacker or the discharge port; A terminal body having a command operation section for a magnetic head section and a printing unit includes a conveyance control section for controlling each of the above-mentioned conveyance sections, an information control section for controlling operations of the above-mentioned magnetic head and printing unit, and a command operation section for the above operation section. The control unit storage body, which has an operation control unit that issues operation commands to the transfer control unit and information control unit, can be freely connected, so it can be installed optimally according to the work content of the gate to be installed, such as entrance, exit, barrier, etc. It is possible to select the control unit housing and connect it to the common terminal body to perform operations at that gate. This makes it possible to make parts management and maintenance easier, and because common parts are integrated into one unit, costs can be reduced.
A toll road terminal device having excellent features can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a pass ticket, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the terminal body of a toll road terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. X-X in the diagram, right half is Y-Y in Figure 2
FIG. 4, which is a cross-sectional view, is a control circuit diagram of the device of the present invention. 1... Passport hopper, 2... Feeding roller,
3, 3', 7, 7', 17, 17', 18, 18'...
...Conveyance guide, 4...Insertion port, 5, 5'...Photo sensor, 6,6'...Feed roller, 9...
Conveyor belt, 10...Transport drum, 11...Flapper, 12...Pulley, 13, 13', 13''...
Magnetic head, 15... Printing head, 16... Stacker, 19... Ejection port, 21... Hopper mechanism, 2
2...passport insertion mechanism, 23...conveyance mechanism, 24
...Keyboard display section, 25, 25', 25''...
control section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The main conveyor section has a magnetic head section that writes to or reads from the magnetic recording section of the ticket, a printing unit that prints on the printing zone of the ticket, and a ticket that is fed out from the ticket hopper or inserted into the insertion slot. a combined conveyance section that conveys the passed tickets to the main conveyance section; a sorting conveyance section that distributes and conveys the tickets from the main conveyance section to a stacker or discharge port; and command operation of the magnetic head section and printing unit. A terminal main body having a conveyance control section that controls each of the conveyance sections, an information control section that controls the operation of the magnetic head and the printing unit, and the conveyance control section and the information control section based on commands from the operation section. 1. A toll road terminal, characterized in that a control unit storage body having an operation control unit that issues an operation command to the toll road terminal can be freely connected thereto.