JPH09311959A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To return with no processing the passenger ticket that is earlier inserted even if the ticket that is later inserted is invalid by returning the passenger ticket whose data are rewritten and the passenger ticket that is held at a 1st pool part to a ticket discharge port. SOLUTION: If a ticket 2 that is later inserted is invalid, the pass of a user cannot be permitted even if a ticket 1 is valid. Thus, a door is closed and a carrier path L is reversed and the ticket 2 is held at 1st pool part P1 via a wing W. The ticket 2 is rewritten into its original data when it passes through a write head H2. On the other hand, the ticket 1 that is held at a 2nd pool part P2 is carried toward a ticket slit 1 by the reverse of the path L. Then the path L is forward revolved when the ticket 1 is backward carried up to a position set before the rewriting of the head H2. At the same time, the newly written data of the ticket 1 are canceled and its original data are written on the ticket 1 to be consequently set in its previous state where the ticket 1 is processed by a main body (a). Then both tickets 1 and 2 are sent to a ticket discharge port 2.

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,
In particular, it relates to a two-ticket type automatic ticket gate that requires two ticket for one ticket processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a one-latch type automatic ticket gate main body (hereinafter referred to as the main body) installed at a contact ticket gate may be used to insert a two-pass ticket including an alighting ticket and an advance ticket. is there.

In this case, when the result of the arithmetic processing based on the data recorded on both tickets can permit passage, that is, when both tickets are valid tickets, the door is opened and one of the tickets is opened. When the result of the arithmetic processing based on the recorded data cannot permit passage, that is, when either one of the tickets is an invalid ticket, the door is closed.

[0004]

By the way, as described above, when two ticket tickets are required for one ticketing process,
If the ticket inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate is an invalid ticket, passage is blocked without waiting for the next ticket to be inserted, and the inserted ticket is returned. However, if the ticket inserted first is a valid ticket and the ticket inserted next is an invalid ticket,
The following inconveniences occur.

That is, if the ticket inserted earlier is a valid ticket, the entry or departure data is recorded and returned, and thereafter, the returned valid ticket and the boarding ticket determined to be invalid Even if you insert a ticket that makes the ticket valid, such as a checkout ticket or a normal ticket, the ticket that is returned as a valid ticket is invalid because the entry or exit data has already been recorded. It is judged as a ticket and ends.

In order to prevent such an inconvenience, a conventional automatic ticket gate has a ticket which is judged to be a valid ticket and data of entry or exit is recorded within a predetermined time after being returned. When it is inserted into the main body, it is unprocessed, and it is configured to be allowed to pass through with another ticket in which defects have been healed.

However, since the above-mentioned unprocessed remedy is not the normal normal use state of the automatic ticket gate,
It has always been desired to calculate the ticket gate processing based on the data recorded in all the inserted tickets.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to meet the above-mentioned demand, and the purpose thereof is to automatically restore the data recorded on the ticket returned from the main body to the data before the insertion. To provide a ticket gate.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is recorded on two boarding tickets inserted by one user into the insertion opening of the main body. In an automatic ticket gate that performs processing based on data to enter / exit the user, a read head that reads the data recorded on the inserted ticket and a write head that writes new data by the processing A reading process and a writing process for a ticket to be read later, which is provided between the first pool portion, which is provided between the first pool portion for stopping and holding the transportation of the ticket in the transportation state and the outlet of the writing head and the main body. Until the end, the second pool section that stops and holds the transportation state of the transportation state of the ticket that has been read and written first, and the ticket that has been read previously is a valid ticket and the reading process that will be performed later. When the given ticket is invalid Conveyance control for holding the ticket of the invalid ticket in the first pool section and conveying the ticket determined to be the valid ticket held in the second pool section to the position before the writing by the writing head. Means and data rewriting means for rewriting the original data before the data newly written on the ticket conveyed to the position before the writing by the writing head, and the data rewriting means. It has a return means for returning the rewritten ticket and the ticket reserved in the first pool section to the outlet.

In addition, an automatic processing is carried out based on the data recorded in the two tickets inserted by one user into the insertion slot of the automatic ticket gate body to perform the entrance / exit processing of the user. The ticket gate is provided with a writing head for writing new data into the inserted ticket and a pool part provided between the outlets of the main body and capable of stopping and holding the transportation of the transportation ticket. A first transport path and a second transport path provided in parallel with the first transport path, and including a pool section capable of stopping and holding the transport of the ticket in the transport state;
When the ticket that has been read and written first is a valid ticket and is held in the holding section of the first conveyance path or the holding section of the second conveyance path, the ticket that is read out later When the invalid ticket is an invalid ticket, the holding control means for transporting the invalid ticket to a holding section on a transport path different from the transport path on which the valid ticket is held and holding the valid ticket is the write head. Transport control means for transporting to a position before writing
Data rewriting means for rewriting the valid ticket conveyed to the position before the writing by the writing head to the original data before the data newly written through the writing head, and the data rewriting. It is characterized by having a return means for returning the boarding ticket and the held invalid ticket to the outlet.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card handler A portion of the main body a.

Between the insertion slot 1 for inserting the ticket (see the ticket in FIG. 1) and the discharge slot 2 for returning the ticket to the user, a transportation path L for the ticket driven by the motor M is provided. ing. This transport path L transports a ticket from the insertion slot 1 to the discharge slot 2 and, if necessary, the discharge slot 2
It is configured so that it can be conveyed in the reverse direction from the to the insertion port 1 side.

On the transport path L, from the insertion slot 1 to the discharge slot 2, an alignment section 3 for adjusting the posture of the inserted ticket, and a reading head H for reading the data recorded on the ticket.
1, H1 ', write heads H2, H2' for writing new data obtained by the arithmetic processing, and verify heads H3, H for checking the written data.
3 ', a punching / printing section 4 including a punching unit for punching a punched hole showing a use state on a ticket, or a printing unit for printing a predetermined content such as an entrance station name on the ticket is provided. The above heads H1 ', H2', H
3'is for handling the case where the ticket is inserted with the back side up.

In the figure, P1 is a first pool portion, which is formed by bypassing the wing W provided in the transport path L between the read heads H1 and H1 'and the write heads H2 and H2'. .

The wing W is a head for reading a ticket H1,
When carrying from the H1 'to the write heads H2, H2' side, it is carried without passing through the first pool portion P1,
Also, from the write heads H2, H2 'side to the read heads H1,
When it is transported to the H1 'side, that is, when the ticket is transported in the opposite direction, it acts so that it can be introduced into the first pool portion P1, and the ticket that has been transported to the first pool portion P1 is held by the stopper S. It is configured to be able to.

The second pool section P2 is provided in the transport path L between the punch / printing section 4 and the discharge port 2 and is driven by a solenoid (not shown) to transport the transport path L as needed. It is configured so that the transportation state of the existing ticket can be stopped and held.

In the figure, C is a controller, which is mainly composed of a microcomputer so as to integrally control the main body a.

The control operation will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. Now, as shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that a boarding ticket (hereinafter referred to as a ticket) is inserted first (Yes in step 100. Hereinafter, step is referred to as S).

The reading head H1 (or H1 '. In the following description, the bill is described as being inserted face up. Therefore, description of each head H1', H2 ', H3' is omitted). The read data is subjected to arithmetic processing by the controller C (S102). If the ticket is determined to be a valid ticket as a result of the arithmetic processing, entry / exit data is written on the ticket via the write head H2 and then checked via the verify head H3.
If necessary, the punching / printing section 4 processes it, and it is held in the second pool section P2 to wait for the insertion of a ticket (Yes at S104, S108).

Of course, when the ticket judgment does not permit entry / exit, the door (not shown) is closed and
The ticket is returned without waiting for the insertion of the ticket (S1
04 negative, S106).

Similarly to the ticket, the subsequently inserted ticket is also read by the read head H1 and subjected to arithmetic processing. If the result of the arithmetic processing is a valid ticket (Yes at S110, S11).
2, S114 affirmation), since entry and exit can be permitted with a ticket, the door is opened (when the main body a is normally open), the ticket held in the second pool section P2 is discharged to the outlet 2. After the ticket is taken out by the user, the ticket is discharged to the discharge port 2 and returned (S116, S118 affirmative, S120, S122 affirmative).

If the ticket is a normal ticket or the like and it is not necessary to return it to the user at the time of participation, it is provided in the main body a without being discharged to the discharge port 2. It is collected in the collection box (not shown).

If the ticket inserted later is an invalid ticket, the passage of the user cannot be permitted even if the ticket is valid, so the door is closed (S124) and the transport path L is rotated in the reverse direction. The ticket is reserved in the first pool section P1 via the wing W. At this time, the ticket is rewritten with the original data when passing through the write head H2 (S124,
S126, S128).

By the reverse rotation of the transport path L, the second pool portion P2
The ticket that has been held at is conveyed to the insertion slot 1 side in the reverse direction, and when the ticket is conveyed to the position before the writing by the writing head H2 in the reverse direction, the conveyance path L rotates forward (insert the It is rotated so that it is conveyed from the mouth 1 to the outlet 2 side (S130).
Yes, S132).

When the transport path L rotates forward, the ticket cancels the data before entering and exiting the ticket via the write head H2, that is, the new data written this time is canceled and the original data is written. In rare cases, as a result, the state before being processed by the main body a is set (S134).

Next, the ticket is discharged to the discharge port 2 and returned to the user in the same manner as described above (S136,
S138 affirmation, S140, S142 affirmation).

As described above, the ticket returned to the user,
Is returned in a state in which it is not processed by the main body a, so that there is no obstacle when the user uses the valid ticket thereafter.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, showing an SF card-compatible main body a'for which a stored fair card (hereinafter referred to as SF card) can be used as a ticket. Has been done.

In FIG. 3, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the components having different reference numerals will be mainly described.

The transport path L1 shown in FIG. 3 is driven by a motor M1, and the transport path L2 of the SF card processing unit 10 provided at the rear end side (the discharge port 2 side) of this transport path L1 is It is configured to be driven by a motor M2. The transport path L2 is configured so that the ticket can be changed from the transport path L1 side to the transport path L2 side by the operation of the wing W. The transport path L1
The discharge port 2 side corresponds to the first transport path of the present invention, and the transport path L2 corresponds to the second transport path. When the transport path L1 is the second transport path, the transport path L2 is the first transport path.

The punching / printing section 4 has a first pool section P10.
a and the second pool portion P10b are provided. The punching / printing unit 4 is provided in two stages so that it can be dealt with even when a bill is inserted with its front side facing up and its back side facing up.

The third pool portion P12 is provided on the side of the outlet 2 and is constructed so that the ticket to be returned to the user can be temporarily held.

In FIG. 3, 11 is the punching / printing unit 4 of FIG.
The punching / printing unit is the same as the above, and is configured so that punching holes or printing can be performed on the SF card. Further, P12 is a fourth pool section provided on the transport path L2.

The control operation will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. Since S200 to S224 correspond to S100 to S124 in FIG. 2, the description thereof will be omitted.

S2 when the ticket inserted later is an invalid ticket
Describing from 26 onwards, the ticket (valid ticket) that has been inserted first and determined to be a valid ticket and that has been reserved in the first pool section P10a, the second pool section P10b, or the fourth pool section P12 is the third pool section. It is conveyed to P11 (S226). The fourth
The transfer from the pool section P12 to the third pool section P11 is performed by reversely transferring the transfer path L2.

Next, the ticket determined to be invalid is conveyed to the fourth pool section P12 (S228). Then, the ticket held in the third pool portion P11 is conveyed backward to the write head H2 side (Yes in S230).

This reversely conveyed ticket is rewritten to the original data via the write head H2 when the ticket is conveyed again to the discharge port 2 side (Yes in S232, S234, S23).
6). Then, the ticket is discharged to the discharge port 2 and returned (S238 to S244). Therefore, the ticket can be returned to the user in an unprocessed state, as in the above-described embodiment. The ticket can be rewritten with the original data when the writing head H2 is conveyed backward.
The present invention also includes such rewriting.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the ticket,
It was arranged to separately insert the sheets into the insertion slot 1. However, between the insertion slot 1 and the aligning section 3, the tickets collectively taken in from the insertion slot 1 are separated one by one and placed on the side of the reading head H1. A feeding mechanism may be provided so that the bills can be collectively inserted into the insertion slot 1. Alternatively, a discharging mechanism for stacking and discharging the tickets may be provided on the discharge port 2 side to discharge the tickets collectively.

[0040]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is provided between the read head for reading the data recorded on the inserted ticket and the write head for writing new data by the arithmetic processing, and is in the transport state. The first to stop and hold the transportation of the ticket
The transportation of the ticket that has been previously read and written until the reading process and the writing process of the ticket to be read later, which is provided between the pool portion and the outlet of the writing head and the main body, is completed. When the second pool portion that stops and holds the state of transportation and the ticket that has been read and processed is a valid ticket and the ticket that has been read and processed later is an invalid ticket, the invalid ticket is described above. It is reserved in the first pool section and the second
Conveyance control means for conveying a ticket determined to be a valid ticket held in the pool section to a position before writing by the writing head, and a ticket conveyed to a position before writing by the writing head, Data rewriting means for rewriting the original data before the data newly written through the writing head,
Since the ticket with the rewritten data and the ticket held in the first pool section is returned to the outlet, even if the ticket inserted later is an invalid ticket, The inserted ticket can be returned in an unprocessed state.

Further, when the main body has the SF processing section, even if the ticket inserted later is an invalid ticket, the ticket inserted earlier can be returned in an unprocessed state. .

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card handler portion of an automatic ticket gate according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Insertion port 2 Ejection port 3 Alignment part 4,11 Punch / printing part P1, P10a First pool part P2, P10b Second pool part P11 Third pool part P12 Fourth pool part H1, H1 'Read head H2, H2' Write head H3, H3 'Verify head W Wing L, L1, L2 Conveyance path C Controller M1, M2 Motor a, a'Automatic ticket gate main body (main body) A card handler

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tomohiro Yamada 11 Hiraide Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture 2 Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. Utsunomiya Works (72) Inventor Yasuhiro Abe 11 Hiraide Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture 2 Nihonhon Signal Co., Ltd. Utsunomiya Office

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic process for performing an entrance / exit process for a user by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded in two tickets inserted by one user into an insertion slot of an automatic ticket gate body. In a ticket gate, it is provided between a read head that reads the data recorded on the inserted ticket and a write head that writes new data by arithmetic processing, and stops and holds the transportation of the transportation ticket. 1 pool section, which is provided between the writing head and the outlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and is read and written in advance until the reading and writing processing of the ticket to be read later is completed. The second pool part that stops and holds the transportation of the transportation state of the ticket, and when the ticket that has been read earlier is a valid ticket and the ticket that has been read later is an invalid ticket, Hold the ticket in the first pool section At the same time, the transportation control means for transporting the ticket determined to be a valid ticket held in the second pool section to the position before writing by the writing head, and the transportation control means for transporting to the position before writing by the writing head. Data rewriting means for rewriting the original ticket to the original data before the newly written data through the writing head, and the ticket with the rewritten data and the first pool section An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a return means for returning the existing ticket to the outlet. 2. An automatic entrance / exit process for a user by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded on two ticket inserted by one user into the insertion slot of the automatic ticket gate body. In the ticket gate, a pool section is provided between the writing head for writing new data to the inserted ticket and the outlet of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and can stop and hold the ticket in the transportation state. A first transportation path provided with a first transportation path and a second transportation path provided in parallel with the first transportation path, and having a pool portion capable of stopping and holding transportation of a ticket in a transportation state; When the ticket that has been read and written is a valid ticket and is held in the holding section of the first conveyance path or the holding section of the second conveyance path, the ticket that is read later is invalid. When it is a ticket, the invalid ticket is regarded as the transport path where the valid ticket is held. Holding control means for carrying and holding the valid ticket to the holding part of the carrying path, carrying control means for carrying the held valid ticket to a position before writing by the writing head, and a position before writing by the writing head Data rewriting means for rewriting the valid ticket conveyed to the original data before the data newly written through the writing head, the rewritten ticket of the data, and the held invalid ticket An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a returning means for returning the to the outlet.