JPS628286A - Gate unit - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field The present invention relates to a gate device disposed at various gates, and more particularly to a gate device that accepts tickets on which seat information is recorded and manages seats.

(G)) Summary of the Invention This invention comprises means for accepting a ticket with seat information recorded therein, and a storage means for storing changed seat information for each seat when there is a change in the seating pattern. (
If there is a change in your flight (e.g. flight, etc.), the ticket (
When a boarding pass, etc.) is accepted, it is confirmed that the ticket is a ticket to be changed, and a new changed seat is recorded for that ticket.

(C1 Background of the Invention In the current system at airports, you first take your ticket to the counter and have a boarding pass issued, and then you can pass through the gate by inserting the boarding pass into the gate and device. Boarding At least seat information is recorded on the ticket, and the gate device checks the seat by reading the seat information recorded on the magnetic stripe.However, in such a system, once boarding is performed at the counter, Since it is necessary to have a ticket issued, if the aircraft (plane type) changes after checking in at the counter, you will need to go to the counter again and have your boarding pass reissued. In addition to becoming quite crowded, if such a situation occurs, people who already have a boarding pass must be informed through announcements in the hall that they need to change their boarding pass. Therefore, it is not possible to complete all seat change procedures in a short period of time, which may cause trouble in some cases.

(d) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of this invention is to automatically record new seat information for a ticket when a ticket with old seat information is accepted if there is a change in the seating pattern. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gate device.

(Q) Structure and Effects of the Invention The present invention can be summarized as follows: a ticket information reading means for accepting a ticket with seat information recorded; and a memory for storing changed seat information for each seat when the seating pattern is changed. means, and when the accepted ticket is a ticket whose seating pattern is to be changed, the changed seat information stored in the storage means is newly stored for that ticket and released into the release port, and the seat pattern is changed. If the ticket is not the one to be changed, the accepted ticket is ejected as is into the release port.

With this configuration, according to the present invention, the holder of a ticket on which seat information is recorded does not need to know whether or not the seat pattern has been changed. That is, by simply inserting the ticket into the gate device, a ticket with the latest and correct seat information recorded can be obtained at the exit gate. This prevents confusion and trouble from occurring when seat information is changed, and even if there are a large number of seats to be changed, the process can be processed quickly and quickly. .

Furthermore, even if there is a change in the seating pattern, there is no need to issue new tickets, so there is an advantage that there is no need to replenish tickets.

(f) Embodiment FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a gate device which is an embodiment of the present invention. This gate device is installed at a gate at an airport. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates the main body of the gate device, and a boarding pass receiving opening 2 is arranged on the upper left side thereof. The boarding pass 3 is issued at the counter at the airport. Incidentally, as long as the ticket has seat information recorded, it may be a ticket that has not been checked in at the counter. FIG. 3 shows an example of a boarding pass. This boarding pass 3 is provided with a magnetic stripe 30. Display contents: destination>, <month/day>, <flight number>
, <seat positive>, <remarks>. In this example, the destination is not
is <Tokyo>, <month/day> is <1101>, <flight number> is 16>, seat is <15J>, and <notes> is <non-smoking>.
It is. These display contents are displayed on the magnetic stripe 30 at the same time.
is recorded as data.

- The boarding pass 3 accepted at the acceptance port is sent through a conveyance path within the gate device main body 1, and is first passed through a puff roller 4.
The recorded contents of the magnetic stripe 30 are read by the magnetic head 5 at the position. Next, the boarding pass comes to the position of the thermal head 7, but as will be described later, if the ticket is subject to a seat pattern change, the thermal head 7 is driven and the new changed seat information is displayed at the position of the bad roller 6. printed. In addition, if the accepted boarding pass is a ticket for which the seat pattern is to be changed, when the boarding pass reaches the position of the band roller 8,
The seat information is changed by the magnetic head 9 on the magnetic stripe 3.
Recorded as 0. If the accepted boarding pass is not a ticket for which the seat pattern is to be changed, the boarding pass passes through the conveyance route as is. The boarding pass is ejected into the ejection opening 11 by the ejection roller 10.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the gate device.

The control unit is CPU20. RAM21. It is composed of ROM22. The ROM 22 stores programs that define the operation of the CPU 20. The RAM 21 stores data read by the magnetic head 5, such as seat patterns to be changed (as the case may be, information such as flight number and destination).

A ticket conveying device 23, a magnetic reading device 24 including a magnetic head 5, a magnetic writing device 25 including a magnetic head 9, a printing device 27 including a thermal head 7, a display/alarm device 28, and an external I/F 29 are connected to the CPU 20. ing.

The ticket conveyance device 23 performs control until the boarding pass accepted by the receiving eye 2 is discharged along the conveyance path to the ejection port 11.

The magnetic reading device 24 reads the data on the magnetic stripe 30 of the boarding pass that has come to the position of the puff roller 4 to the magnetic head 5.
and sends it to the CPU 20. The magnetic writing device 25 writes necessary data onto the magnetic stripe 30 of the boarding pass using the magnetic head 9. Further, the printing device 27 prints necessary information on the boarding pass using the thermal head 7.

The display/warning device 28 displays a message to that effect and issues an alarm when the boarding pass inserted into the reception port 2 is invalid.

The external I/F 29 serves as an I/F that connects the center and this gate device. The center instructs the gate device to change the seating pattern, and also sends data on the seating pattern to be changed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a main part of the RAM 21. As shown in FIG.

A rerecording flag is set in area M1. This flag is set when a seat pattern change command is sent from the center. Area M2 stores the flight number related to the change when there is a change in equipment. Furthermore, a change pattern related to changing the seating pattern is stored in area M3. In this example, the seat magnet 15J> is changed to <16J>. The RAM 21 also includes an area for storing data read by the magnetic head 5. Next, the operation of the gate device will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

In the first step n1, it is determined whether the boarding pass has been inserted into the reception slot 2 or not. If inserted, it is determined at n2 whether there is a re-recording instruction from the center. That is, it is determined whether the rerecording flag of area M1 is set. If it is not set, it will return to normal operation. That is, at n3, it is determined whether the flight number, date, etc. are valid, and after confirming that they are valid, the ticket is released into the release port 11 (n4) and the process ends. If the flight number and date are not valid, n5 will display this fact and will also issue a warning. Said n2
If the re-recording flag is set in step n6, it is determined whether the boarding pass is subject to seat change. If the flight changes, the seat information will also change, so it may be determined whether the flight is changed or not in this step.

If the boarding pass is for which the seat information is to be changed, boarding pass re-recording processing for steps n7 and below is performed.

First, necessary information is printed by the thermal head 7 at n7. Information is read from area M3. Area M
3 stores the change pattern sent from the center. Therefore, the flight number remains the same and the number of seats decreases.
When changing from 1'5 J> to 16J>, the first seat position <15J> is crossed out with an x mark and <16J> is newly printed below it, as shown in FIG.

When printing with the thermal head 7 is completed, the same content is subsequently recorded on the magnetic stripe 30 by the magnetic head 9 in step n8. The boarding pass thus created is released into the exit gate 11 (n9) and the process ends.

With the above operations, when it becomes necessary to change the seating pattern due to changes in aircraft, etc., the gate device itself can automatically re-record the new seat. In this embodiment, the boarding pass is inserted into the gate device, but if seat information is recorded on the ticket, the seat information etc. is recorded directly on the ticket. Good too. Although the read information is data recorded on a magnetic stripe, it may also be a bar code, OCR characters, handwritten characters, or the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of a gate device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the gate device, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a boarding pass, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the gate device, and FIG. 5 is a partial block diagram of the RAM. Further, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a boarding pass in which seat information has been changed. 1-gate device body, 3-boarding pass, 5-magnetic head, 7-thermal head, 9-magnetic head, M3-seat change pattern storage area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Ticket information reading means for accepting a ticket on which seat information is recorded and reading the seat information; storage means for storing changed seat information for each seat when the seating pattern is changed; and the ticket information. means for determining whether or not a ticket accepted by the reading means is a ticket whose seating pattern is to be changed; and a means for determining whether or not the ticket accepted by the reading means is a ticket whose seating pattern is to be changed; A gate device comprising: ticket information recording means for newly recording seat information; and means for discharging tickets with the changed seat information recorded and accepted tickets whose seating pattern is not subject to change to a ticket dispensing port.