JPH0883364A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To set the proper connection time according to the operation state of a connected train by admitting an entrance when the time from outgoing time of other company line to the time of one's own company line is within the connected taking train time set variably according to the operation state of the train of the one's own company line. CONSTITUTION: When a connected passenger ticket C is inserted into a main body GB when the connected taking train time corresponding to the operation state of a train is set, the data recorded on the connected passenger ticket C is read via a magnetic head H1 . The time outgoing from the main body of an A company line is extracted from read data. Further, the time from the time inserted into the main body GB of a B company line till a user inserts from the main body of the A company line to the main body GB or the actual time required for a connection is calculated. Whether the time is within the connected taking train time set to the main body GB or not is decided. When the time is within the set time, a door 6 is opened and a user can connect the B company line. When the time passes, the door 6 is closed.

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 suitable for processing a transit ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, even when the A station of Company A line and the A station of Company B as shown in FIG. 4 are separated to some extent, one sheet is considered for the convenience of users (passengers). In many cases, it is possible to continuously get on a so-called transfer ticket with a ticket.

[0003] That is, taking as an example the case of boarding from X station on the A company line to Y station on the B company line, the user purchases a transit ticket to the Y station when boarding the X station and purchases at the X station. Get on from. Then, when you leave the Kou station on the A company line, the transfer ticket is inserted into the main body (hereinafter referred to as the main body) GA of the automatic ticket gate installed at the A station on the A company line. The used data in and the time of arrival and departure time from the main body GA are written and returned.

The transfer ticket returned from the main body GA is B
For the main unit GB installed at Kou station on the company line, the predetermined allowable transit time (hereinafter,
If it is inserted within the transfer boarding time), for example, within 10 minutes, the main body GB will add B to the inserted transfer ticket.
The admission data at Kou station on the company line is written and returned to the user. Therefore, the user can board the station B on the B company line with the returned ticket.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, since the connecting time is constant, the entrance may be refused depending on the train operating state of the connecting company line.

[0006] For example, to explain based on the route map of Fig. 4 mentioned above, a passenger of a transit ticket departing from A station for company A line has a train delay on company line B, and therefore company B line. There was an inconvenience that entry from the main unit GB was refused after a predetermined transit time had passed while waiting for passengers without entering the station.

[0007] Such inconvenience is caused not only when the train delay of the B company line occurs, but also when the number of trains of the B company line other than the rush hour is small, the passenger of the transit ticket is in the B company line. It also occurs when you meet up at Noko Station without entering.

In order to prevent the above-mentioned inconvenience, it is conceivable that the transit ticket is not provided at all for the transit ticket. However, since the transit ticket has a discount section mainly at the transit station and is set to be cheaper than when you purchase each company line individually, you can use each ticket purchased for each company line. In order to balance the profits with the passengers, unlimited transfer times cannot be set.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can set a connecting boarding time corresponding to a train operating state of a company line for transferring. To provide a machine.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention performs arithmetic processing based on data recorded in a connecting ticket inserted into an insertion opening of a main body. In the automatic ticket gate that performs admission processing as described above, the setting means for variably setting the transit boarding time corresponding to the operating status of the train on its own line in the main body, and the inserted transit ticket are recorded. Extraction means for extracting the departure time of the other company's line from the data, and control means for permitting entry when the time from the extracted departure time to the inserted time is within the set transit time. It is characterized by having.

[0011]

In the above structure, the control means is such that the time from the appearance time of the extracted other company's line to the time of the inserted own line is variably set according to the operating status of the own line train. Allow admission within the time.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to one embodiment, and FIG.
The main body GB installed at the A station of Company B line will be explained as an example.

A main body GB is installed at the ticket gate of the B station of Company B line, and a transfer mechanism 3 driven by a motor M is arranged between the insertion opening 1 and the discharge opening 2 of the main body GB. It is set up. The transport mechanism 3 is composed of a well-known aligned transport path 4 and a main transport path 5, of which the aligned transport path 4 has a function of aligning the transit tickets C inserted from the insertion slot 1. Further, the main transport path 5 is mainly composed of a magnetic head H1 for reading the magnetic data recorded on the transit ticket C in the transport path and the magnetic data read by this magnetic head mainly by a microcomputer. A magnetic head H2 for performing arithmetic processing by the controller a and writing the arithmetic result;
It has a verifying magnetic head H3 for reading whether data has been normally written.

In the figure, reference numeral 6 denotes a door provided on the side surface of the main body GB and opened / closed so as to open or close the ticket gate passage based on the calculation result of the controller a.

In the station office, a management machine 10 connected to the main body GB is provided. The management machine 10 is composed of a well-known personal computer, has a display screen and a keyboard (not shown), and is connected to a device (not shown) for monitoring the operating status of a train.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the apparatus of this embodiment, which is a central processing unit for performing arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 20 and working data stored in the RAM 21. (CPU)
22. Then, this CPU 22 is I / O
A read / write unit 24 for driving and controlling the magnetic heads H1 to H3 and a door driver 25 for controlling opening / closing of the door 6 are connected via a unit 23.

Further, the CPU 22 is connected to a communication control unit 26 for exchanging data with the management machine 10 side, and this communication control section 26 is connected to a communication control unit 10 'on the management machine 10 side. ing.

The I / O unit 23 has a motor M
Although not shown, drivers such as various sensors and amplifiers, etc. are connected, but are omitted here.

Next, referring to the flow chart of FIG. 3, the control operation of the apparatus of this embodiment when the user has a transit ticket from the X station of the A company line to the Y station of the B company line Will be explained.

When the transit ticket C is inserted into the main body GA of the A company line when exiting from A station of the A company line, the transit ticket C of the A company line is inserted into the transit ticket C as in the conventional case. The data indicating that the car entered from Kou station, that is, the used data on the company A line, is recorded, and the data of the time when the car entered is recorded and returned to the user.

The returned transit ticket C is inserted by the user into the main body GB of the B station on the B company line.
The data of the transit time in the RAM 21 of B is rewritten according to the train operating condition of the company B line.

For example, when the main body GB is operated at the first departure time (Yes in step 100, hereinafter step is S), the initial initial setting time T0 (for example, 20 minutes) (S102), and When the number of trains at rush hour increases, the transit time T1 corresponding to the number of trains
(For example, 10 minutes) is set (Yes in S104).

As described above, when the connecting ticket C is inserted into the main body GB when the connecting boarding time corresponding to the operating condition of the train is set (Yes at S108), the transfer head C1 passes through the magnetic head H1. The data recorded on the transfer ticket C is read (S110).

Main body GA of Company A line from the read data
The time at which you entered from is extracted, and the main body GB of Company B line
The time from the time of insertion into the body GA to the body GB of the user, that is, the real time t required for the transit is calculated (S112).

Then, it is judged whether or not the actual time t is within the transit time T1 (or T0) set in the main body GB, and if it is within that time, the door 6 is opened and the user B You can transfer to the company line (Yes in S114, S11
6) If the time is exceeded, the door 6 will be closed and the passenger will not be permitted to transfer to company B (S).
114 negative, S118). If the transfer is refused, you can purchase a normal fare ticket that is not a discount fare to the Y station of the B company line at the window of the B company line and use it as the original ticket to transfer to the B company line. You will be on board.

In the above example, the change in the transit time is B
Although the time is adjusted to the time zone of the company line, it may be adjusted when the train line of the company B is canceled or delayed. Further, the transit time is automatically changed according to train operation, but it may be changed via the keyboard of the management machine 10 or directly into the main body GB.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, from the company line A to B
Although the case of transferring to the company line has been described, the same applies to the case of transferring from company line B to company line A. In this case, the transfer boarding time in the RAM 21 of the main body GA is rewritten according to the train operation status of the company A line.

[0028]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has setting means for variably setting the transit boarding time in the main body in accordance with the operating status of the train of its own line, and is recorded in the inserted transit ticket. Extraction means for extracting the departure time of the other company's line from the data, and control means for permitting the entry when the time from the extracted departure time to the inserted time is within the set transit time Therefore, it is possible to set an appropriate transit time according to the operating state of the train to be transferred, and improve the convenience of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 1 is an example of a route map.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Insertion port 2 Ejection port 3 Transport mechanism 6 Door 10 Management machine GA, GB Main body (main body) of automatic ticket gate a Controller

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] December 26, 1994

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Brief description of the drawing

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

FIG. 4 is an example of a route map.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Insertion port 2 Ejection port 3 Transport mechanism 6 Door 10 Management machine GA, GB Main body (main body) of automatic ticket gate a Controller

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that performs an admission process by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded in a transfer ticket inserted into an insertion slot of the main body of the automatic ticket gate. Setting means for variably setting the transit boarding allowance time corresponding to the operating status of the train on its own line, and extraction means for extracting the departure time of the other company's line from the data recorded in the inserted transit ticket And a control means for permitting entry when the time from the extracted entry time to the inserted time is within the set transit permission time, the automatic ticket gate.