JP3120852B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate of a station or the like.

(B) Prior Art Generally, an automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate of a station or the like performs a ticket gate process via a magnetic ticket such as a ticket or a commuter pass which magnetically stores traffic data. The automatic ticket gate is provided with a slot for a magnetic ticket, and reads / writes traffic data and determines whether or not the ticket can be passed to the magnetic ticket inserted from the slot. However, the work of inserting the magnetic ticket into the slot of the automatic ticket gate was complicated for the user. In particular, commuter passes are usually stored in a commuter pass, etc., and the user takes out the commuter pass from this commuter pass, inserts it into the slot, and then puts the commuter pass released from the outlet into the commuter pass. The commuter pass was cumbersome to put in and out, which hindered an increase in the usage rate of automatic ticket gates.

Therefore, the non-contact IC card that stores the user's traffic data in the non-contact IC card and reads / writes the traffic data to the non-contact IC card located in the communication range of the communication unit.
An automatic ticket gate provided with card processing means has been proposed.
In this way, by storing the traffic data on the contactless IC card, the user only needs to place the contactless IC card within the communication range of the communication unit provided for each automatic ticket gate, and from the time of regular insertion, It is not necessary to take out and put in a commuter pass or to put in a slot, and it is possible to eliminate the trouble of the user at the time of a ticket gate and to improve the utilization rate of the automatic ticket gate.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the automatic ticket gate that performs the ticket gate processing via the non-contact IC card, the user only needs to place the non-contact IC card in the communication range of the communication unit of the communication unit. Since there is no means to indicate whether or not the ticket can be accepted like a shutter at the insertion slot of the magnetic ticket, it is not possible to make the user aware of whether or not the ticket gate process is possible, that is, the state of accepting the non-contact IC card, and traffic is refused If the ticket was rejected due to a bad ticket, it was not possible to judge whether the ticket gate was in a state of suspension of reception,
There was a problem that the user could not take appropriate measures.

Also, there is no means to notify the position where the communication unit is provided in the automatic ticket gate, the communication range where the contactless IC card should be located cannot be recognized, and the contactless IC card may not be accurately positioned in the communication range. However, there has been a problem that the processing unit may cause a failure in reading the traffic data.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that allows a user to take an appropriate action according to the reception state by displaying a noncontact IC card reception state by a display means provided in the automatic ticket gate. It is in.

In addition, by displaying the communication range of the communication unit, the user can accurately position the non-contact IC card in the communication range, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of reading errors of the processing device beforehand. To provide a ticket gate.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is a non-contact IC card which reads / writes traffic data from / to a non-contact IC card located in a communication range of a communication unit. An automatic ticket gate provided with a display means for displaying the reception status of the ticket.

The display unit may include a communication range display unit for displaying a communication range of the communication unit. Further, the display means is surrounded by a rectangular antenna forming the communication unit.

(E) Function In the present invention, non-contact in the automatic ticket gate
The reception status of the IC card is displayed on the display means. Therefore, when passing through the automatic ticket gate, the user can know the reception status of the ticket inspection process in advance, and when the reception is stopped, the user goes to another automatic ticket gate and ends the processing if another card is being processed. You can wait until. Also,
When reading is not possible, it is possible to prompt the user to re-present the card by displaying that acceptance is not possible, thereby enabling the user to take appropriate measures. .

In addition, when the communication range of the communication unit is displayed using the communication range display means, the user can recognize the presentation position of the non-contact IC card in advance. Therefore, the non-contact IC card is accurately located in the communication range of the communication unit. Further, by providing the display unit in a portion surrounded by the rectangular antenna, the user can confirm the display on the display unit while positioning the non-contact IC card in the communication range. .

(F) Example FIGS. 1A to 1C are a plan view, an XX direction arrow view, and a front view, respectively, of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The automatic ticket gate comprises two unit bodies 100a and 100b as a pair, and a passage is formed between the two unit bodies 100a and 100b. Note that the unit main body 101b is a unit main body on one side constituting another adjacent passage. In each of the unit bodies 100a and 100b, a ticket insertion slot 1a, 1b, a ticket discharge port 2a, 2b, a traffic blocking door 5a (not shown), 5b, 6a, 6b, a handrail frame 7a, 7b, and a display 3a and 3b are provided. When passing by using a magnetic ticket in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 1 (A), the ticket insertion slot 1a, the ticket discharge port 2a and the traffic blocking door 6
a and 6b are used, and when passing in the direction of arrow B, a ticket insertion slot 1b, a ticket discharge port 2b, and traffic blocking doors 5a and 5b are used.

Further, the unit main bodies 100a and 100b are provided with a plurality of transmission type photoelectric sensors 10a to 19b. The unit main body 100b is provided with light receivers 10b to 19b of the transmission type photoelectric sensor, and the opposing unit main body 100a has light transmitters 10a to 1a.
9a (not shown) is provided. The sensors 16 to 19 are provided with handrail-shaped frames 7a and 7b projecting upward from the unit bodies 100a and 100b.
It is provided in. The handrail-shaped frames 7a and 7b are provided for detecting the height of a person or an object passing through the ticket gate.

The indicators 3a and 3b are provided near the antennas 4a and 4b of the communication unit. The antennas 4a and 4b constitute a communication section for contactless IC tickets, and a predetermined range above a position where the antennas 4a and 4b are provided in each of the unit main bodies 100a and 100b is a communication range.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an indicator provided in the automatic ticket gate.

The display 3 is provided in a portion surrounded by the antenna 4 formed in a rectangular frame shape. The display unit 3 includes a ticket defect display 31, a ticket normal display 32, a processing inhibition display 33, a processing permission display 34, a processing execution display 35, and a processing end display 36. Each of the indicators 31 to 36 can be constituted by an LED.

An antenna position indicator 37 may be provided on the outer periphery of the antenna 4 as shown in FIG. This antenna position indicator 37 can be constituted by a plurality of LEDs. By turning on the antenna position indicator 37, the communication range of the communication unit can be displayed to the user.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of the automatic ticket gate.

The CPU 40 controls the entire automatic ticket gate. ROM41
The processing program of the CPU 40 is written in advance. Also R
The AM 42 is provided with an area for temporarily storing the ON / OFF state of each sensor, counting the number of passing persons, and the like. The indicator light drivers 51 and 52 control the lighting of the indicators 31 to 36 and the antenna position indicator 37 of the display unit 3, respectively. The transport mechanism 59 is a mechanism for guiding the magnetic ticket inserted into the ticket insertion ports 1a, 1b to the ticket discharge ports 2a, 2b via a magnetic ticket processing unit (not shown), and the transport control circuit 53 controls the transport. .

The magnetic head 60 reads and writes traffic data magnetically recorded on the ticket being transported. The read / write control circuit 54 controls reading or writing of passing data by the magnetic head 60. Reference numerals 5 and 6 denote passage blocking doors, which are controlled by a door opening / closing control circuit 55. The shutter 61 opens and closes the ticket insertion openings 1a and 1b to permit or prohibit the insertion of the magnetic ticket. A shutter control circuit 56 controls the opening and closing of the shutter. The read / write control circuit 57 reads or writes traffic data with the non-contact IC ticket 8 via the antenna 4.

The detection control of the light transmission sensors 10 to 19 constituted by the light transmitter and the light receiver is performed by the sensor control circuit 58. The drive circuits 51 and 52 and the control circuits 53 to 58 are connected to bus lines via interfaces 43 to 50, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit of the automatic ticket gate.

While waiting for the insertion of the magnetic ticket and the presentation of the non-contact IC ticket, the antenna position indicator 37 is turned on, the shutter 61 is opened, and the process permission indicator 34 is turned on (n1, n2). Next, the normal ticket flag Fy and the abnormal ticket flag Fn are reset (n3). The flags Fy and Fn store the status of the inserted or presented ticket as normal or defective. Insertion of magnetic ticket and non-contact IC in this way
Enables the presentation of tickets and waits for them to be inserted or presented (n4-n6).

When the magnetic ticket is inserted into the ticket insertion slots 1a and 1b, the processing by the read / write control circuit 57 for the non-contact IC ticket is stopped (n7), and the processing prohibition indicator 33 is turned on (n8). In this state, reading / passing of traffic data for the inserted magnetic ticket
Execute write (n9), and if magnetic ticket is normal, flag Fy
Is set, and if abnormal, Fn is set. In addition, the ticket normal indicator 32 or the ticket fault indicator 31 is turned on according to the normal or abnormal state of the magnetic ticket (n10). Next, the content of the flag Fn is checked, and if the flag Fn is reset, that is, if no abnormal ticket is inserted, the process returns to n4 to n6.

When the non-contact IC ticket is presented, the shutter 61 is closed to close the ticket insertion ports 1a and 1b, and the in-process display 35 is turned on to indicate that the processing of the non-contact IC ticket is being executed. (N5 → n12, n13). When the processing in the read / write control circuit 57 is completed, the processing completion indicator 36 is turned on (n1
4), proceed to n10. When the sensor control circuit 58 detects the passage of an object during the standby of n4 to n6, the state of the flag Fy is checked (n6 → n19). If a normal magnetic ticket or non-contact IC ticket is inserted or presented and the flag Fy is set at n10, the process returns to n1.

When the inserted or presented ticket is a bad ticket and the flag Fn is set in n11, or when a normal ticket is not inserted or presented before passing through the object and the flag Fy is reset in n19 There is a blocking door
While closing the shutters 5 and 6, the shutter 61 is also closed, and the access is stopped (n15). Further, the ticket defect display 31 and the processing prohibition display 33 are lit on the display unit 3 (n16).
N1 after the ticket in the automatic ticket gate and the object in the passage are eliminated
Return to

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control unit of an automatic ticket gate according to another embodiment of the present invention. 4 is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 4 except that the display drivers 51 and 52 are replaced with a display control circuit 62, and the display unit 3 and the antenna position indicator 37 are replaced with a display 39. By configuring the display unit with the display 39 in this way and storing the image data relating to each display message in the ROM 41, the reception state and the processing state are changed to the lighting of the LED as shown in FIG. Can be displayed (n21,
n27, n31, n34, n36). In this case, contactless IC
By displaying the position of the antenna at the same time as accepting a ticket, that is, while displaying the processing permission state, a dedicated display for displaying the position of the antenna can be eliminated.

Although the present embodiment has been described using an automatic ticket gate that can process both a magnetic ticket and a non-contact IC ticket, the present invention can be similarly applied to an automatic ticket gate that processes only a non-contact IC ticket. Can be. Further, in the present embodiment, the display means displays the reception status using visible information, but the reception status may be similarly notified using audio information. Further, the position of the display unit in the unit main body is not limited to the vicinity of the antenna, but may be installed further forward in accordance with the field of view of a user passing through the passage.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the reception status of the contactless IC card is displayed using the display means, so that the user can easily grasp the reception status of the automatic ticket gate, and Appropriate measures can be taken according to the reception status. For example,
If processing is prohibited, wait or move to another path, if processing is in progress, wait until processing is completed, and if reading is poor, take measures such as re-presenting, etc.
The ticket gate processing by the automatic ticket gate can be performed efficiently,
There is an advantage that the number of processing persons can be increased.

In addition, by displaying the communication range of the communication unit, accurate ticket gate processing can be realized, and the non-contact IC card presentation operation can be performed accurately and quickly. The number of processing persons can be increased.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 (A) to 1 (C) are plan views, XX direction arrow views and front views of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a top view which shows the display part of an automatic ticket gate. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a display unit according to another embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control unit of the automatic ticket gate, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the control unit. 6 and 7 are a block diagram of a control unit of an automatic ticket gate according to another embodiment and a flowchart showing a processing procedure thereof. 3 Display part 4 Antenna (communication part) 8 Non-contact IC ticket

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that reads / writes traffic data from / to a contactless IC card located in a communication range of a communication unit. An automatic ticket gate equipped with: 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein said display means includes communication range display means for displaying a communication range of said communication unit. 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein said display means is surrounded by a rectangular antenna forming said communication section.