JPH08194849A - Automatic ticket checking machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the efficiency of ticket checking processing so as to quickly return a passenger ticket to be returned by providing an automatic ticket checking machine with a carrying control means for starting the carrying of a ticket to be returned prior to a ticket to be withdrawn to a body out of tickets held in a holding carrier route. CONSTITUTION: A carrier route 3 for carrying an inserted passenger ticket up to a discharge port 2 is formed in a body (a) between an insertion port 1 and the discharge port 2. The carrier route 3 consists of an aligning carrier route 3a for successively aligning inserted tickets from the insertion port side up to the discharge port side, a reading carrier route 3b having magnetic reading heads H1 , H2 , a main carrier route 3c opposed to the holding carrier route, a discharge carrier route 3d for discharging a ticket to the discharge port 2, and a withdrawing carrier route 3e for withdrawing a ticket to the inside of the body (a). The holding carrier route holds each inserted ticket and carries each ticket in optional order. In said constitution, a carrying control means (controller) (c) carries a ticket to be returned prior to a ticket to be withdrawn into the body (a).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 an automatic ticket gate that can use a plurality of tickets such as ordinary tickets and limited express tickets for ticket processing of one user. Machine, so-called automatic ticket gate for multiple tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic ticket gate of a type corresponding to a plurality of tickets is of a main body (hereinafter referred to as a main body) of the automatic ticket gate as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-78280. When the calculation result of the data recorded in the multiple tickets (hereinafter referred to as the ticket) inserted in the insertion slot is valid, the door is controlled to open and close to allow entry and exit. Has been done.

In the above automatic ticket gate, when admission is permitted, admission data is recorded on a plurality of inserted tickets, and the tickets are ejected from the outlet and returned to the user (passenger). If even one of the tickets is invalid, the door will be closed to prevent entry and all tickets will be ejected from the exit and returned to the user. In addition, as a general rule, a plurality of inserted tickets are collected in the main body at the time of entry, but a ticket such as a commuter pass that needs to be returned is discharged from the outlet and returned. And if even one of the tickets is invalid, the door will be closed to prevent entry and
All tickets are returned from the exit.

[0004]

However, at the time of entry processing of the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gates for a plurality of tickets, all the tickets inserted in the main body are not collected in the main body, but a part of them is collected. If a ticket that needs to be returned, such as a commuter ticket or a SF (stored fair) card, is returned after the ticket is collected, the waiting time in the ticket gate passage for the user becomes long. There was a disadvantage that the ticket gate processing efficiency was lowered.

That is, in the conventional automatic ticket gates for a plurality of tickets, since the tickets are returned or collected according to the order of being held by the temporary holding mechanism, the tickets to be returned are the last. When it is discharged from the temporary holding mechanism, the user has to wait for the ticket to be returned from the discharge port, which causes a problem that the ticket gate processing time becomes long.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate machine capable of quickly returning a ticket to be returned so as to improve ticket gate processing efficiency. To provide.

[0007]

The automatic ticket gate of the present invention is
In order to achieve the above object, in an automatic ticket gate that performs a ticket processing by performing arithmetic processing on the basis of data recorded on each of a plurality of tickets inserted into the body, And a transportation path for transporting a ticket provided between the two and one ticket each inserted into the insertion slot, and each one of the retained tickets is transported in an arbitrary order, A transportation control that starts transportation prior to a transportation ticket that is returned to the inside of the main body from among the transportation transportation paths provided in the middle of the transportation transportation path and the transportation transportation tickets that are retained on the transportation transportation transportation path. And means.

[0008]

In the above structure, the transportation control means transports the ticket to be returned prior to the ticket to be collected in the main body.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which an insertion opening 1 is provided at one end side (right side in FIG. 1) of a main body a, and the other end side An exit 2 is provided.

In the main body a between the insertion opening 1 and the ejection opening 2, there is provided a conveyance path 3 for conveying the ticket inserted from the insertion opening 1 to the ejection opening 2. This transport path 3
Is an alignment conveyance path 3a for aligning the inserted tickets, a reading conveyance path 3b having the magnetic reading heads H ₁ and H _2, and a holding conveyance path to be described later in order from the insertion port 1 side to the ejection port 2 side. The main transport path 3c is provided, the discharge transport path 3d for discharging the ticket to the outlet 2, and the recovery transport path 3e for recovering the ticket into the main body a. The motor M ₁ moves in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure. It is configured to be transported.

The holding conveyance path 4 is provided below the wing W ₁ of the main conveyance path 3c and the merging conveyance path 3c ', and is parallel to the conveyance direction of the reservation conveyance path 4 and at a predetermined distance from each other. It is provided in three stages while being kept, and is composed of an upper stage holding conveyance route 4a, a middle stage holding conveyance route 4b and a lower stage holding conveyance route 4c.

[0012] Each holding conveyance path 4a~4c is be configured to be driven by a motor M _2, when the motor M ₂ is rotated in the clockwise direction, the conveying direction of the holding conveyance path 4a~4c is When the motor M ₂ rotates in the same direction as the main transport path 3c (see the solid arrow in FIG. 1) in the counterclockwise direction, the transport directions of the respective holding transport paths 4a to 4c are the main transport path. 3c is configured to be in the opposite direction to the conveying direction (see the chain line arrow in FIG. 1).

Not-shown solenoid driven stoppers T ₁ , T ₂ and T ₃ are provided on one end side (on the left side in FIG. 1) of each of the holding and conveying paths 4a to 4c to temporarily hold a ticket. It is configured so that it can be discharged or discharged.

On the other end side (right side in FIG. 1) of each of the holding conveyance paths 4a to 4c, that is, below the wing W, a motor M is provided.
With dispensing transport path 5 is provided which is driven by _2, between each pending transport path 4 a to 4 c, wing W ₂ to _W-4, respectively.

[0015] Among the wing W ₁ to _W-5 as described above, wing W ₁ provided in the main transport path 3c, provided wings W ₂ and middle pending conveying path 4b side is provided in the upper hold conveyance path 4a side The wing W ₃ is configured so that it can be moved by a solenoid (not shown) as shown by a chain double-dashed line to change the transportation direction of the ticket.

A part of the merging / conveying path 3c 'overlaps with the main conveying path 3 to form the latter half of the main conveying path 3, and the other part is located on one end side of each of the holding conveying paths 4a-4c. And
It is configured to be driven by the motor M ₁ .

Reference numeral 6 in the figure is provided between the main transport path 3, the discharge transport path 3d, and the recovery transport path 3e, and a predetermined ticket data can be written in or printed on the ticket. It is a post-processing unit that arranges the tickets so that they can be discharged all at once, and C in the figure is a controller that is mainly composed of a microcomputer and that totally controls the main body a. Further, in the figure, S, S ... Are sensors provided on the main transport path 3c and each of the reserved transport paths 4a to 4c, and are configured to detect the position of the ticket on each transport path. ing.

In the figure, 7 is a collection box provided in the main body a, and is constructed so that a ticket that does not need to be transported to the discharge port 2 and returned to the user can be collected via the recovery transport path 3e. Has been done.

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment when entering will be described. First, the case where one ticket can be processed with one ticket will be described first. In this case, when the ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 1 with the front side facing up, the data recorded on the ticket is read by _one of the magnetic heads H ₁ . That is, the magnetic head H
_{When the} magnetic data is read in ₁ , it is determined that the magnetic data has been inserted upward. At this time, the wing W ₁ is at the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line, so that the ticket is discharged to the discharge port 2 through the main conveyance path 3c, the post-processing unit 6 and the discharge conveyance path 3d.

Contrary to the above, the ticket is turned upside down,
That is, when the card is inserted into the insertion slot 1 by turning it over, the data recorded on the ticket is read by the other magnetic head H ₂ . At this time, the wings W ₁ and W ₂ are rotated to the positions indicated by the solid lines, the motor M ₂ is rotated clockwise, and the stopper T of the upper-stage holding conveyance path 4a is temporarily held. Thus, ticket is temporarily held in the upper holding conveyance path 4a through the wing W _1, W _2.

Next, when the motor M ₂ is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, the boarding ticket temporarily held on the upper-stage holding transport path 4a is sent to the main transport path 3c via the wings W ₁ and W _2. . In this way, the upper hold transport path (the middle hold transport path 4
b, the same is true for the lower hold conveyance path 4c) When 4a conveys in the opposite direction and sends out the ticket to the main conveyance path 3c, the ticket is reversed and the surface is turned up and sent to the post-processing unit 6 side. It Therefore, the post-processing unit 6 can be manufactured at low cost because it suffices to have a printing unit or the like for front surface insertion regardless of the insertion direction of the front and back sides of the ticket into the insertion slot 1.

A case will be described in which one user carries out ticket processing with two tickets. First, when the first inserted ticket is valid, that is, when the data read by the magnetic head H ₁ (or H ₂ ) is valid, the wing W
₁ and W ₂ are in the positions indicated by the solid lines, so that the ticket is temporarily held on the upper hold transport path 4a. Then, when the second ticket is valid, the wing W ₁ is at the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line, and thus the second ticket is sent to the post-processing unit 6 via the main transport path 3c.

Next, the first boarding ticket temporarily held on the upper-stage holding transport path 4a is sent to the post-processing unit 6. In this case, when the first boarding ticket is inserted upside down, As described above, although the upper storage path 4a is conveyed in the opposite direction, when it is properly inserted, the stopper T ₁ is lowered and the motor M ₂ is also rotated in the clockwise direction to get on the boarding board. The ticket is sent from the upper storage path 4a to the main transfer path 3c via the merge transfer path 3c '. Therefore, the ticket temporarily held on the upper hold transport path 4a is sent to the main transport path 3c without being inverted.

If the first inserted ticket is an invalid ticket, it is not temporarily held in the upper hold transport path 4, that is, the wing W ₁ is not in the solid line position, and is printed by the post-processing unit 6. It is discharged to the discharge port 2 without being processed.

If the second ticket is an invalid ticket,
Not only the second ticket, but also the ticket temporarily held on the upper hold transport path 4a is discharged to the discharge port 2 without being processed by the post-processing unit 6.

When the ticket gate processing of one user is carried out with three tickets, each holding conveyance path 4a,
4b and 4c are used. In this case, the middle hold transport path 4
During and out of tickets to b and the lower hold conveyance path 4c is upper holding conveyance path 4a side of the wing W _2, or upper pending conveying path 4a side wing W ₂ and wings middle pending conveying path 4b side W ₃ Is the position indicated by the two-dot chain line.

Next, the three tickets, (Fig. 1
Now, the control operation when playing with a ticket ,, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The ticket will be described as a ticket returned as a commuter pass, and the ticket as a ticket to be collected in the collection box 7.

Now, the ticket inserted from the insertion slot 1,
, As described above, each of the holding conveyance paths 4a, 4b,
4c (step 10 of FIG. 2).
0 is affirmative, Step 102 (hereinafter, Step is referred to as S). (See FIG. 1). Then, if all of the tickets are valid tickets (Yes at S104), although not shown in FIG. 2, the door is opened and the user is allowed to participate.

The user who is allowed to participate must receive the return of the ticket. The boarding ticket (commuter ticket) held on the suspension holding conveyance path 4b is first discharged to the discharge port 2 (S108).

Next, the tickets held on the upper hold transport path 4a and the tickets held on the lower hold transport path 4c are sequentially transported and collected in the collection box 7 (S1).
10).

The operation of transporting the tickets from each of the reserved transport paths 4a, 4b, 4c is the same as that at the time of entry described above. When the ticket is inserted inside out, it is inverted and sent to the post-processing unit 6. To be done.

Also in this entry processing, if any one of the tickets ,,, is an invalid ticket (No in S104), the door is closed and all the tickets,
, Will be returned.

If all the inserted tickets, etc. are collected as valid tickets (No in S106), the door is opened to allow the user to enter, and each ticket ,, Are sequentially collected in the collection box 7 (S114).

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment is configured to discharge the return ticket first when there is a ticket that needs to be returned among the inserted ticket tickets. The waiting time in the ticket gate passage of the user can be shortened and the ticket gate processing efficiency can be improved.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the holding conveyance path 4 has three stages, but it may have two stages or four or more stages.

[0036]

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is provided with a carrier path provided between the insertion port and the discharge port of the main body for carrying a ticket and one ticket inserted into the insertion port. Reservation and transportation of the reserved tickets one by one in an arbitrary order, and a return of the reservation conveyance path provided in the middle of the conveyance path and the ticket reserved on the reservation conveyance path When there is a ticket that needs to be returned among the inserted ticket tickets, there is a transportation control means for starting transportation before the tickets that collect the ticket into the main body are returned. Since the ticket is discharged first, the waiting time in the ticket gate passage of the user can be shortened and the ticket gate processing efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Insertion Port 2 Ejection Port 3 Conveying Path 3a Aligning Conveying Path 3b Reading Conveying Path 3c Main Conveying Path 3c 'Merging Conveying Path 3d Discharging Conveying Path 3e Recovery Conveying Path 4 Reserving Conveying Path 6 Post-Processing Unit 7 Recovery Boxes H ₁ , H ₂ Magnetic head W ₁ Wing C Controller (transport control means) M ₁ , M ₂ motor

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] February 21, 1995

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0030

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Next, the paper is held on the upper hold transport path 4a.
Tickets on hold and on the lower hold transport path 4c
ticket Are sequentially transported and collected in the collection box 7 (S1
10).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that performs a ticket processing by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded on each of a plurality of tickets inserted into the body of the automatic ticket gate. A transport path for transporting the tickets, which is provided between the insertion port and the discharge port, and the tickets inserted in the insertion port are held one by one, and the held tickets are Of the holding transportation path provided in the middle of the transportation path, which transports the sheets one by one in an arbitrary order, and the tickets to be returned among the tickets held on the holding transportation path, the main body of the automatic ticket gate An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a transportation control unit that starts transportation prior to collecting tickets.