JP4236772B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and in particular, when a plurality of tickets are required for entry / exit processing of a single user, the plurality of tickets are batch-inputted into a slot and processed. The present invention relates to a batch entry type automatic ticket gate.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate has been used by a user (passenger) to stack a plurality of tickets (for example, an express ticket and a boarding ticket, or an early ticket and alighting ticket, etc.) When all the tickets are inserted into the slot provided in the main body (hereinafter referred to as “main body”), the loaded tickets are taken into the main body by the take-in roller provided at the inlet of the slot. It is configured.
[0003]
The tickets taken into the main body by the take-in roller are separated one by one by the separation unit and sent to the alignment conveyance path to adjust the conveyance posture, and then the data recorded by the read head is read. It is configured to be.
[0004]
If it is determined that the ticket is valid as a result of the calculation process of entry / exit based on the read data (meaning entry or participation), the reading process of the other tickets is completed for the ticket. Until it is held in the pool.
[0005]
When all the tickets entered are judged to be valid tickets, new data, that is, entry / exit data, is written to the tickets held in the pool, and the written data is checked. After that, it is discharged to the outlet and returned to the user, or collected in a collection box. In the above-mentioned reading determination of the tickets, when even one sheet is determined to be invalid due to the expiration of the valid period, etc., the door is closed and all the tickets that have been inserted are discharged to the exit. Returned.
[0006]
Among the tickets that are inserted into the insertion slot, there are cases where bent tickets exist or a thick foreign object is inserted like a bank card. In this case, it is not possible to separate the sheets one by one at the separation section, and therefore the door cannot be closed because normal entry / exit is not possible, and the entered tickets are transported back to the entry port and returned. It is comprised so that. Note that tickets that have been read and held in the pool section before the separation section detects inseparable tickets (including foreign objects such as bank cards) are discharged to the outlet and returned. It is configured to be.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-mentioned conventional batch-type automatic ticket gates, the tickets entered into the slot include those that are folded and cannot be separated, such as bank cards. When non-separable tickets are included, the non-separable tickets are immediately transported back to the slot and returned, so the returned items may be taken away by the next passenger. .
[0008]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to automatically return a ticket ticket that cannot be separated to an injector when the ticket cannot be separated. Is to provide.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention separates the tickets that have been put together by laminating a plurality of tickets at the slot of the main body one by one at the separation section, In an automatic ticket gate that performs predetermined processing such as reading processing and writing processing for each separated ticket, when the tickets are continuously detected for a predetermined time before the separation unit , the ticket a determining means and inseparable ticket such a kind, the determining means, when the ticket class is determined that the inseparable ticket class, transport inversely carrying the ticket such to the inlet a mechanism, the determining means, when the ticket class is determined that the inseparable ticket acids, and conveying mechanism control means for driving the transport mechanism under the condition that equipped with a predetermined return condition, the It is characterized by having.
Further, the predetermined return condition is that when it is detected that a user who has inserted inseparable tickets returns to the entrance side of the main body, a predetermined time after the inseparable tickets are detected. It is characterized in that it is when it has passed or when a ticket that has been inserted together with the inseparable ticket is withdrawn from the outlet of the main body.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment, and a slot 1 (not shown) for a ticket (not shown) is provided at one end in the longitudinal direction of a main body a. The other end is provided with an exit 2 for returning the tickets to the user.
[0011]
A pair of rollers driven by a motor M that takes in the stacked tickets into the main body a when a plurality of tickets are stacked in the main body a from the input port 1 and stacked. The taking-in roller 1a which consists of is provided. When the take-in roller 1a rotates in the reverse direction from the take-in time, a return mechanism is provided that returns the tickets entered into the main body a to the slot 1.
[0012]
In FIG. 1, 3 is a separation part provided inside the take-in roller 1a. The separation unit 3 separates the tickets that are stacked and put together at the slot 1 one by one. Here, a pair of upper and lower rollers are separated by a gap that is the thickness of one ticket. kept in place, the feed roller under the roller, and the low LA back over the roller. In addition, as the separation part 3, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-85206, there is a known one having a thickness interval of one ticket between the block and the reverse rotation roller. A separation part can be employed. Any type of separation unit is configured not to allow an input exceeding the thickness of one ticket to pass.
[0013]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 b denotes a sensor made of a photoelectric element, which is provided between the take-in roller 1 a and the separation unit 3. The sensor 1b is configured to be able to detect the tickets remaining without being separated by the separation unit 3, that is, the non-separable tickets.
[0014]
The conveyance path 4 is composed of a well-known conveyance path composed of a belt conveyor driven by a motor M. The transport path 4 is composed of an align transport path 4a, a main transport path 4b, and a discharge transport path 4c. Of these, the align transport path 4a aligns the tickets separated by the separation unit 3. It has a function. In addition, a wing W that operates when the tickets entered into the main body a are collected in the collection box 5 without being returned to the outlet 2 between the main conveyance path 4b and the discharge conveyance path 4c. Is provided.
[0015]
In the transport path of the main transport path 4b, a read head H1 for reading magnetic data recorded on the tickets in order from the upstream side in the transport direction from the inlet 1 to the outlet 2 and a plurality (not shown) In this example, three) the pool portion P temporarily holding the tickets formed by the stoppers S1 to S3 and the data read by the reading head H1 are processed by a controller C mainly composed of a microcomputer. A write head H2 for writing the calculation result into the tickets and a verify head H3 for checking whether the written data is correctly recorded are provided. Further, the discharge conveyance path 4c is provided with a collecting portion including a stopper S4 for discharging a plurality of tickets in a lump.
[0016]
The stoppers S1 to S3 of the pool portion P are driven by solenoids (not shown) and are provided in series with the main transport path 4b. It is configured to be able to temporarily hold one by one. Further, the stopper S4 of the collecting unit is also driven by a solenoid (not shown), and when the tickets are discharged to the outlet 2 and returned to the user, the stopper S4 is temporarily held until all the tickets are discharged to the outlet 2. However, when all of the tickets have been discharged, they are stacked on the outlet 2 so that they can be discharged all at once.
[0017]
Although not shown, the main conveyance path 4b has a punching unit for punching holes required for punching based on the calculation result, and a predetermined content is printed on the ticket required for printing based on the calculation result. And a printing unit including a thermal head. Further, although not shown, a human detector for detecting the position of the user in the ticket gate passage P is provided on the ticket gate passage i side of the main body a.
[0018]
Reference numeral 9 in the figure denotes a display unit provided in the vicinity of the outlet 2 and is configured so that predetermined guidance can be given to the user together with a speaker (not shown). In the figure, D is a door that opens and closes the ticket gate passage.
[0019]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (CPU) 20 includes a system program stored in a nonvolatile storage device 21 (ROM in FIG. 2) 21 such as a ROM. The entrance / exit calculation process is performed using the working data stored in the RAM 22. The CPU 20 controls the read / write (R / W) driver 24 connected to each of the heads H1 to H3, the wing driver 25 for driving the wing W, and the display unit 9 via the I / O unit 23. Display driver 26, solenoid driver 27 for driving solenoids (not shown) for stoppers S1 to S4, door driver 28 for driving door D, motor driver 29 for driving and controlling motor M, and sensor 1b. A sensor amplifier 30 for inputting a signal is connected. The I / O unit 23 is connected to various drivers such as a punching unit or a thermal head, but is omitted here.
[0020]
Next, the control operation will be described using the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that a user has stacked a plurality of tickets at the slot 1 and put them all together (Yes at Step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”).
[0021]
The tickets entered into the slot 1 are sent to the separation unit 3 by the take-in roller 1a, where they are separated one by one. The separation state of the tickets in the separation unit 3 is monitored by the sensor 1b. That is, when the tickets are continuously detected for a predetermined time in front of the separating unit 3 (position where the sensor 1b is provided) (Yes in S102), the controller C determines that the tickets are separated by the separating unit 3 It is determined that the tickets cannot be separated and cannot pass through the separation gap.
[0022]
When the occurrence of inseparable tickets is detected, the door D is closed and the user is prevented from passing, and the drive of the motor M is stopped (S104). Therefore, the inseparable tickets are held in front of the separation unit 3.
[0023]
As for the tickets held in front of the separation unit 3, after a predetermined time elapses, for example, after 3 seconds, the motor M reversely rotates and the take-in roller 1a reverses after a non-separable ticket is detected. The ticket is rotated and the held tickets are discharged and returned to the insertion slot 1 (Yes in S106, S108).
[0024]
The reverse rotation of the take-in roller 1a described above is detected by a human detector (not shown) that the user who has entered all the way returns to the entrance side of the ticket gate passage (a side where the entrance 1 is provided). You may make it carry out when it is done.
[0025]
If some of the tickets that have been put in at once are already held in the pool, these tickets must be discharged to the exit and returned to the user. In this case, the reverse rotation of the take-in roller 1a is started after the tickets discharged to the take-out port 2 are extracted by the user.
[0026]
As described above, the tickets that cannot be separated by the separation unit 3 are returned to the insertion slot 1 after the predetermined return condition described above is satisfied, so that the returned tickets are designated as the tickets. It can be securely returned to the user who entered it.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a plurality of tickets stacked at the slot of the automatic ticket gate main body, and a plurality of tickets are stacked for a predetermined time in front of a separation unit that separates the tickets that are collectively loaded one by one. Is continuously detected, the determining means determines that the tickets are inseparable tickets, and the determining means determines that the tickets are inseparable tickets by the transport mechanism. The board is reversely transported to the slot, and the condition that the predetermined return condition is satisfied by the transport mechanism control means when the judging means judges the tickets as the inseparable tickets. The transport mechanism can be driven. Thereby , it can return reliably to the user who throwed in the tickets which should be returned.
[0028]
In addition, the predetermined return condition is that when it is detected that the user who has input the inseparable tickets has returned to the entrance side of the main body, a predetermined time has elapsed since the inseparable tickets were detected. If the ticket entered with the inseparable ticket is withdrawn from the exit of the automatic ticket gate, the return timing to the entry gate is effective. Can be done.
[Brief description of the 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 block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a control operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
aAutomatic ticket gate body (main body)
1 Inlet 1a Intake roller 1b Sensor 2 Outlet 3 Separating part 4 Conveying path H1 Reading head H2 Writing head H3 Verify head S1, S2, S3, S4 Stopper C Controller

Claims (2)

Multiple tickets are stacked at the slot of the automatic ticket gate, and the tickets are batch-separated and separated one by one by the separation unit. Reading and writing are performed for each separated ticket. In an automatic ticket gate that performs predetermined processing such as processing,
A determination means for determining that the tickets are inseparable when the tickets are continuously detected for a predetermined time before the separation unit;
The determining means, when the ticket class is determined that the inseparable ticket class, a transport mechanism for inversely carrying the ticket such to the inlet,
The determining means, when the ticket class is determined that the inseparable ticket acids, and conveying mechanism control means for driving the transport mechanism on condition that a predetermined return condition is in place,
An automatic ticket gate characterized by comprising:   The predetermined return condition is that when it is detected that a user who has entered inseparable tickets returns to the entrance side of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, the inseparable tickets are detected. 2. When a predetermined time elapses or when the tickets inserted together with the inseparable tickets are removed from the exit of the automatic ticket gate main body. Automatic ticket gate described in 1.

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