JPS5874B2 - automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to automatic ticket gates installed at exits of stations, amusement parks, etc., and particularly to automatic ticket gates that can handle both entry and exit using the same device.

Conventional automatic ticket gates are generally configured so that customers cannot pass through them unless they insert a valid ticket, so if they are installed at the exit of a station or amusement park within a railway uniform section, customers will not be able to pass through the ticket gate until they exit. It was extremely inconvenient to have to carry it with you.

In order to eliminate this inconvenience, if the entrance and exit passages are separated and the exit passage is kept open at all times, it is possible to enter illegally through the exit passage. Passages must be supervised by staff.

In addition, an automatic ticket gate was proposed that would allow entry only if the correct ticket was inserted, but would allow exiting.

However, since these automatic ticket gates are turn style, in which customers rotate the gate bar themselves, their throughput is low and their structure is complex.

In other words, in a turnstile automatic ticket gate, one of the three gate bars always closes the aisle, and the customer pushes the gate bar that closes the aisle, rotates it, and walks, and waits until the next gate bar opens. Since the route is used for passing through until the passage is closed, processing capacity is extremely poor.

For this reason, automatic ticket gates equipped with doors that rotate in a fan-shape in a horizontal plane have recently been put into practical use.

If an automatic ticket gate equipped with a door is configured so that the customer pushes the door to pass when exiting, the customer can open the door with his or her hand to free the passage, thereby preventing unauthorized entry. I can't.

The present invention was made with attention to the above points, and it is possible to pass through without inserting a ticket when exiting without reducing processing capacity, but it is not possible to pass without inserting a valid ticket when entering. The first object of this invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that prevents unauthorized entry.

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned first object is to provide a ticket slot on the outside of an automatic ticket gate equipped with a door, and to prevent customers from entering the automatic ticket gate passageway on the inside of the automatic ticket gate. This is achieved by providing a detector such as a mud switch and configuring the passage to be opened when the detector detects an exiting person and when a correct ticket is inserted.

In this way, visitors will not be able to pass unless they insert the correct ticket, but when leaving, they will be able to pass by simply passing through the location where the detector is installed, thus preventing unauthorized entry. However, since a ticket gate with a door is used, the processing capacity does not decrease.

Furthermore, as described above, if a detector such as a mud switch is used and the passage is opened when the detector detects a customer, it is difficult to ensure that the correct customer enters and is detected by the detector. In this case, even though this customer is an entering person, he/she is treated as an exiting person, and as a result, the passageway is reopened.

Therefore, the present invention provides an automatic ticket gate that does not process the visitor as an exiting person for a certain period of time even if the detector detects the visitor entering through the automatic ticket gate passageway. The second purpose is to provide

The above-mentioned second objective is achieved by disabling the detection signal of the detector for a certain period of time in the timer and prohibition gate when a correct ticket is inserted.

In this way, an entering person will not be treated as an exiting person, so the automatic ticket gate passage will not be opened unnecessarily, and unauthorized entry can be reliably prevented.

The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1a and 1b are ticket gates forming a passage 2 on the public hot spring side between them, and have known doors 3a and 3b in the center for opening and closing the passage 2, respectively, and inside. It is equipped with those drive mechanisms and control circuits.

Further, the ticket gate 1a has a card insertion slot 4 formed at the outer end (in this example, the right side), and a known card handler (not shown) is provided following this insertion slot 4. .

The reading means in this card handler is connected to a known determination circuit (not shown) that determines the authenticity of the inserted ticket.

This determination circuit supplies a positive determination signal to the control circuit when the inserted ticket is valid.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an exit person detector installed in aisle 2 on the inside of the hall (to the left in this example) from doors 3a and 3b, and like a mud switch, a customer enters aisle 2 and steps on the detector. Sometimes, a detection signal indicating this is supplied to the control circuit.

The control circuit is equipped with a timer, and when a signal is input from either the determination circuit or the detector 5, it operates the drive mechanism of the doors 3a, 3b to open the passage 2 for a certain period of time T1.

This time T1 may be any time required for the customer to pass through aisle 2.

In this device, when the inserted ticket is valid or when the customer steps on the detector, the doors 3a and 3b are activated to open the aisle 2 for a certain period of time, so the visitor can insert the valid ticket into the insertion slot 4. It is only necessary to enter the venue after inserting the sensor, and those leaving the venue only have to step on the detector 5 and leave the venue.

Therefore, according to this device, when attempting to enter, the doors 3a and 3b will not operate unless a valid ticket is inserted.
Unauthorized entry can be prevented, and since the doors 3a and 3b are activated by simply stepping on the detector 5 when attempting to exit, the customer does not need to hold the ticket until exiting. Coupled with the fact that a machine is used, there is no reduction in processing capacity.

However, if the passage is opened when the detector 5 is stepped on, when an entrant steps on the detector 5, the detector 5 detects the person as an exiting person, and as a result, the passage 2 is re-opened or It is not possible to prevent unauthorized entry by leaving the venue open for more than a certain time.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks by using a timer and a prohibition gate as shown in FIG.

In the figure, 10 is a known determination circuit for determining the authenticity of the inserted ticket, 11 is a control circuit for the door drive mechanism, and 12
13 is a timer that generates an inhibition signal for a certain period of time when a positive determination signal is input from the determination circuit 10; and 13 is an inhibition gate provided between the detector 5 and the control circuit 11.

In this circuit, when the inserted ticket is determined to be valid by the determination circuit 10, the control circuit 11 is operated depending on the output signal of the determination circuit 10 at that time to open the aisle 2 for a certain period of time T□, or the timer 12 is activated. and lock the prohibition gate 13 for a certain period of time T2.
In order to create a prohibited state, even if an visitor steps on the detector 5 and enters, the output signal of the detector 5 at that time is not input to the control circuit 11, and therefore the passage 2 is only opened for the time T1. .

Note that the time T2 for which the prohibition gate 13 is in the prohibited state by the timer 12 varies depending on the position where the detector 5 is installed, but may be set to be the same as or slightly longer than the time T1 for which the passage 2 is open.

It should be noted that the exit person detector can be installed on the inside of the venue from the doors 3a and 3b, and does not necessarily need to be installed in the aisle 2. Moreover, it can be used instead of a mud switch that detects when a customer steps on it. , a known optical detector consisting of a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element can be used.

As described above, the present invention provides an automatic ticket gate equipped with a door with a ticket slot on the outside, and a detector installed on the inside of the automatic ticket gate to detect when a customer enters the automatic ticket gate passageway. hand,
The passage is opened based on the OR condition of the detection signal of this detector and the positive signal indicating that the ticket inserted is correct, so when entering, you cannot pass unless the correct ticket is inserted, but when exiting, the passage is detected. Passage is possible by simply passing through the location where the device is installed, and therefore, unauthorized entry can be prevented without reducing processing capacity.

Furthermore, when the correct ticket is inserted, this invention disables the detection signal of the detector for a certain period of time using a timer and a prohibition gate, so there is no need to process an entrant as an exiting person, and therefore, there is no need for a passageway. is not open to the public.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an embodiment of an electric circuit system. 1a, 1b...Ticket gate, 2...Aisle, 3a. 3b... Door, 4... Ticket insertion slot, 5... Exiting person detector, 10... Judgment circuit, 11... Control circuit for door drive mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket inspection stand that has a ticket insertion slot outside of the door that opens and closes the passageway, and a ticket inspection stand that determines whether the ticket inserted into the slot is correct or not, and outputs a positive signal indicating that the ticket is correct when it is correct. a circuit, a timer that outputs a prohibition signal for a certain period of time from when the positive determination signal is input, and a timer that is installed on the inside of the hall from the door and that detects when a customer enters the aisle and indicates that the customer has entered the aisle. a detector that outputs a detection signal; a prohibition gate that inputs the prohibition signal to a prohibition terminal and the positive determination signal to a data terminal; An automatic ticket gate comprising: a control circuit that drives the door so as to open the passage when an input is made.