JPH0721419A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow an adjusting connection ticket to correspond its user so as to attain ticket examination when a commutation ticket which can not satisfy an alighting condition is inserted into the one-latch type automatic ticket examination machine installed on a connecting ticket gate at first and then the adjusting connection ticket is inserted. CONSTITUTION:This automatic ticket examination machine consists of a reading means for reading out the identification (ID) data of an alighting ticket which can not satisfy an alighting condition written in an adjusting connection ticket as the base of the connection ticket and a ticket examination control means C for temporarily holding the alighting ticket recording adjusting information without satisfying the alighting condition in the machine body (a) when the alighting ticket is inserted into the body (a) at first, and then returning the alighting ticket and the connection ticket recording adjusting information indicating the use of the alighting ticket as a base and opening a door D when the connection ticket is inserted into the body (a), or returning the connection ticket when the connection ticket is inserted into the body (a) at first, and then returning the alighting ticket not satisfying the alighting condition to be the base of the connection ticket and opening the door D when the connection ticket is inserted into the body (a).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a one-latch type automatic ticket gate installed at a transit station.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Recently, the automatic ticket gate is widespread, as shown in FIG. 6, to transfer possible upper station A Shasen and B Shasen, body a ₁ of each company only automatic ticket gate, In addition to a ₂ , a main body of a 1-latch type automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as the main body of the ticket gate) a is being installed at the contact ticket gate.

In order for the automatic ticket wiping to be effectively performed at the ticket gate main body a, the automatic ticket wicketing will be carried out if the connecting condition is satisfied with one ticket such as a connecting ticket (contact ticket). In addition, in the case of a double ticket, for example, from A company line to B
In the case of connecting to a company line, the automatic ticket gate is performed only when the valid exit ticket for the company A line and the valid advance ticket for the company B line at Ko station.

Therefore, even if the user (passenger) has a valid advance ticket (including a commuter pass) for the B company line, he / she has a getting-off ticket (including the commuter pass) that does not satisfy the conditions for the A company line. If you are doing so, insert the ticket into the main body of the automatic clearing machine (hereinafter referred to as the main body of the clearing machine) for payment, and then transfer the clearing ticket issued from the main body of the clearing machine to the ticket gate main body. It is necessary to insert it and perform an automatic ticket gate.

Further, when the passenger has only a getting-off ticket which does not satisfy the getting-off condition of the company A line and is going to get on the company B line, based on the getting-off ticket, the adjusting machine main body makes a predetermined decision for the company B line. It is configured such that an automatic ticket gate is performed with one piece of the settlement contact ticket, which requires a settlement contact ticket satisfying the conditions before the station. In this case, if the getting-off ticket is a commuter pass, it is returned to the user without being collected by the main body of the settlement machine.

[0006]

However, in the above conventional ticket gate body, when a contact ticket is inserted, or when a valid getting-off ticket or a set of two tickets including a clearing ticket and an advance ticket is inserted. , When the settlement contact ticket is inserted, that is, when the valid ticket is inserted, the automatic ticket gate is operated, so the user does not meet the exit conditions (commuter ticket) If the user inserts the ticket, it is unclear whether or not the user has a settlement contact ticket, so the door was closed and the passage was refused when the ticket was inserted. In addition, if a valid clearing ticket is inserted first, and then a drop-off ticket that is the original ticket for clearing is inserted, it is judged whether or not the drop-off ticket belongs to the holder of the clearing ticket. There was the inconvenience that it would not be possible.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the purpose thereof is, in the case of a settlement contact ticket, an exit ticket which does not satisfy the getting-off condition which is the basis of the settlement contact ticket. Even if used with (commuter pass),
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that allows a user and a settlement contact ticket to correspond to each other.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention performs arithmetic processing based on data of an alighting ticket and an advance ticket or a settlement contact ticket inserted in the main body of the ticket gate. In an automatic ticket gate that automatically turns the ticket, the reading means for reading the identification data of the exit ticket that does not satisfy the exit condition, which is the basis of the payment contact ticket, recorded in the payment contact ticket, and the main body of the ticket gate. When the boarding ticket that does not meet the getting-off condition and the payment information is previously inserted is temporarily held in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and then the ticket is inserted in the main body of the ticket gate. When a clearing contact ticket with clearing information indicating that it is based on an exit ticket is inserted, the exit ticket and the clearing contact ticket are returned and the door is controlled to open, or the ticket gate The settlement contact ticket was inserted into the main body first At that time, the payment contact ticket is returned, and then, when an exit ticket that does not meet the exit condition that is the basis of the payment contact ticket is inserted into the main body of the ticket gate, the exit ticket is returned and the door is opened. And a ticket gate control means for controlling opening.

[0009]

In the above structure, the ticket gate control means determines that the holders of both tickets are the same user when an invalid getting-off ticket and a settlement contact ticket based on the getting-off ticket are inserted in the ticket gate body. Open the door.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a section of a main body of a ticket gate machine, which is one end side of the main body of the ticket gate machine. A ticket insertion slot 10 is provided in the upper part (on the right side in the illustrated example), and a discharge port 11 for discharging the ticket is provided in the upper part on the other end side, slightly toward the center. . Then, in the ticket inspection machine body a between the insertion port 10 and the ejection port 11, an alignment conveyance path 12 for positioning and aligning the ticket inserted from the insertion port 10 in a predetermined direction, a reading head H ₁ , and a writing unit. Main transport path 1 having head H ₂ and verifying head H ₃
3 and a return conveying path 14 for returning a ticket are provided, and these conveying paths are configured to be rotationally driven by a motor M. Although not shown, a well-known stopper for temporarily holding a ticket driven by a solenoid is provided behind the verifying head H _{3 on} the main transport path 13.

In FIG. 1, D is a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage, W is a wing provided between the main transport path 13 and the return transport path 14, and these are the ticket gate main body a. Is configured to be controlled by a controller C including a microcomputer that controls the control of the. In addition,
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 16 is a collection box for collecting the ticket B in the ticket gate body a when the wing W rises.

The electrical configuration of controller C is shown in FIG. The controller C is a central processing unit (CP) that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 20 and working data stored in the RAM 21.
U) 22. Then, the CPU 22
A read driver 24 for taking in data from the read head H ₁ via the / O unit 23, and a write head H for writing new data as a result of calculation by the CPU 22.
₂ and a write driver 25 for driving the verifying head H ₃ for reading to confirm new written data.
Verify read driver 26 that captures data from
, A door driver 27 for driving the door D, and a wing driver 28 for driving the wing W are connected.

The CPU 22 has an I / O unit 2
Various devices such as a driver of the motor M are connected via 3, but they are omitted here.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the settlement machine main body b which can issue a settlement ticket a'based on the getting-off ticket a when the getting-off ticket a does not satisfy the getting-off condition. A display unit 31 for displaying a payment amount and a message to the customer is provided on the upper portion of the customer service panel 30 of the machine body b, and the alighting ticket a. A ticket insertion slot 32 for inserting a coin and a coin slot 33 for making a payment with a coin are provided. Below the coin slot 33, there is provided a bill insertion slot 34 for settlement with a bill or a card, and below the bill insertion slot 34 is a settlement ticket and change discharge port 35. There is. Further, C'in the figure is a controller composed of a microphone computer for controlling the settlement machine main body b as a whole.

FIG. 4 shows the electrical construction of a controller C'for driving and controlling the main body b of the settlement machine, which is a ROM.
A central processing unit (CPU) 42 that performs arithmetic processing using system data stored in 40 and working data stored in RAM 41 is mainly configured. In order to read the data recorded in the display driver 44 of the display unit 31 and the boarding ticket insertion slot 32 inserted into the boarding ticket insertion opening 32 or to write new data to the CPU 42 via the I / O unit 43. Read / write driver 45 of the magnetic head H (not shown in FIG. 4) and the adjustment machine main body b
It is connected to a money unit 46 that processes the money thrown therein.

Next, the control operation of the ticket inspection machine main body a and the settlement machine main body b will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). Now, at the station A shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the user transfers from company line A to company line B, and the user does not meet the exit conditions at station A (hereinafter, this commuter pass). Will be described as a)).

FIG. 5 (a) is a flow chart showing the operation of issuing a settlement ticket by the settlement machine main body b of the commuter pass a.

First, when the commuter pass B is inserted into the boarding ticket insertion slot 32, the data recorded in the commuter pass B is read (step 100, affirmative, step 102; hereinafter, step is referred to as S). Then, the settlement amount is displayed based on the calculation processing result based on the read data (S104,
See FIG. ), The money corresponding to the settlement amount is the settlement machine main body b
When it is inserted into (S106 affirmative), the settlement contact ticket b
In addition, the identification data of the original ticket (communication ticket a) is recorded and issued, and the identification code indicating that the same user as the settlement contact ticket is recorded and returned to the original ticket (S108). As a result, the user will be satisfied with the transit at Ko Station.

Next, the ticket examination operation of the ticket examination machine main body a when the settlement contact ticket (b) is used will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 (b).

When the settlement contact ticket b is first inserted into the insertion slot 10, only the settlement contact ticket b satisfies the wicketing condition, so the ticket is passed without any problem (No at S200,
Yes in S202, S204).

However, there are times when the user mistakenly inserts the commuter pass B into the insertion slot 10 (Yes at S200). In this case, the data of the commuter pass B is read, the data is once stored in the RAM 41, and the inserted commuter pass B is temporarily held in the ticket inspection machine main body a (S206).

In the above-described state, the payment contact ticket B is awaited for insertion, but at this time, if the user enters the ticket gate passage for a predetermined time or more, that user has not completed the payment yet. It is judged and the ticket gate is rejected (S208 negative, S21
0 affirmative, S212).

When the settlement contact ticket (b) is inserted into the insertion slot 10, whether or not the data recorded in the settlement contact ticket (b) includes the identification data of the commuter pass (a) which is the basis of the settlement contact ticket (b). Is determined (Yes in S208, S214, S21
6).

When the identification data of the commuter pass B recorded in the RAM 21 and the identification data of the commuter pass of the data read this time match, the commuter pass inserter and the settlement contact ticket inserter match. , The commuter pass a and the settlement contact ticket b are returned, and the door D is opened (as it is when the ticket gate main body a is a normally open type), and the user can transfer to company B line (Yes in S216). , S218).

If there is no commuter pass identification data in the data read from the settlement contact ticket b, or if there is commuter pass identification data in the data but does not match the data in the RAM 21 (No in S216), This means that the commuter ticket inserter and the settlement contact ticket inserter do not match, so in this case, the door D is closed and the transit is rejected (S21).
2).

Although not shown in the flow chart of FIG. 5B, a valid settlement contact ticket B is inserted, and then,
When the commuter pass a, which is the basis of the settlement contact ticket b, is inserted by mistake, the settlement contact ticket b is returned (S204
Also, the commuter pass a will be returned.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, even when the user mistakenly inserts the commuter ticket a first, it is consistent with the settlement contact ticket b inserted next. If the ticket is taken, the ticket can be automatically ticketed, which improves the convenience of the user.

[0028]

According to the automatic ticket gate of the present invention, even when the user mistakenly inserts the getting-off ticket (commuter ticket) that does not satisfy the connecting passenger first, the settlement contact ticket inserted next time. If it matches with, the ticket can be automatically ticketed, which improves the convenience of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket gate body.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a ticket gate body.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a settlement machine main body.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main body of the settlement machine.

FIG. 5A is a flowchart showing a settlement operation of a main body of the settlement machine, and FIG. 5B is a flowchart showing a ticketing operation of the main body of the ticket examination machine.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a transit station.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Main body of automatic ticket gate (main body of ticket gate) b Main body of automatic checkout machine (main body of checkout machine) C Controller (wicket control means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that performs an automatic ticket gate by performing arithmetic processing based on the data of an alighting ticket inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate and the data of an advance ticket or a ticket for clearing contact, and is recorded on the ticket for clearing contact The reading means for reading the identification data of the getting-off ticket that does not satisfy the getting-off condition which is the basis of the settlement contact ticket, and the getting-off ticket that does not meet the getting-off condition earlier and has the settlement information recorded in the main body of the automatic ticket gate. When inserted, the boarding ticket is temporarily held in the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and then the main body of the automatic ticket gate has the settlement information recorded with the settlement information indicating that it is based on the boarding ticket. When is inserted,
Return the exit ticket and the settlement contact ticket and control the door to open, or when the settlement contact ticket is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, return the settlement contact ticket,
Next, when a disembarking ticket that does not satisfy the disembarking condition that is the basis of the settlement contact ticket is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, return the disembarking ticket and control the ticket gate control means to open the door. An automatic ticket gate characterized by having.