JP3369818B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to improvements in automatic ticket gates for railways.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, ticket gates that permit or prevent passage of passengers on railroads read the recorded contents of inserted magnetic cards such as tickets and commuter passes, After checking whether it is correct or not, the blocking door permits or blocks the passage of visitors. When it is correct, the blocking door is opened to allow the passerby to pass through the gate part, while when the inserted magnetic card is incorrect or cannot be read, the blocking door is closed to the unsigned person. It is designed to block passage. Some automatic ticket gates have a normally closed type that closes the blocking door in the initial state, but this normally closed type requires operating time to open the door to allow passengers to pass through,
Since the passage efficiency is poor, the normally open type with the blocking door open in the initial state is often used.

2 and 3 are views showing the structure of a conventional automatic ticket gate apparatus. FIG. 2 is a plan view and FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the structure. The automatic ticket gate (20) shown in the figure will be briefly described. In the automatic ticket gate (20) shown in the figure, the ticket gate units (1,1 ') erected on both sides of the entrance / exit passages A and B provided in the ticket gate of the station are pivotally projected to the side of the entrance / exit passage. Blocking door (2,2 ') that can block the passage of passersby
Respectively, and the inlet side of the upper surface (that is,
There is a ticket slot (4) for inserting a magnetic ticket (3: commuter ticket, etc.) at the end of the entrance section, and a magnetic ticket that has passed through the internal ticket transport mechanism (5) at the rear of the upper surface. A return port (8) is provided. And, at the lower end of the ticket gate unit (1), a ticket slot
A push button switch (reset button) is provided below the (4) as an exterior reset operation part (11).

Inside the ticket gate unit, there is provided a ticket transport mechanism (5) connected to the ticket slot (4) and reaching the return slot (8), and the magnetic head (6) and the magnetic information conversion section (7) are provided along the transport path. ) And are placed. The output of the magnetic head (6) is the magnetic information converter.
It is input to the judgment control unit (12) via (7). Note that (1
6) is a plasma display that visually displays various information. A shutter (10) is provided at the back of the ticket slot (4) and is driven by a shutter drive mechanism (9) to block the ticket passage to the transport mechanism (5) and prevent the insertion of a magnetic ticket. It is possible to do. The ticket gate unit (1) The pair of ticket gate unit (1 ') has a blocking door (2) that interlocks with the blocking door (2).
′) And its drive part only, the blocking door (2 ′) is controlled simultaneously with the blocking door (2). The symbol (W) is a partition wall that separates the inside and outside of the ticket gate.

As shown in the schematic block diagram of FIG. 3, each unit described above is connected to a determination control unit (12). The determination control section (12) is configured to include a determination circuit (13), a control circuit (14) and a reset circuit (15). The determination circuit (13),
A signal from the magnetic information reading unit (7) is input to check whether the information recorded on the magnetic card (3), which is an information recording object such as a commuter pass or a ticket, is valid. To do. The output of the judgment circuit (13) is connected to the control circuit (14). The control circuit (14) includes a CPU, and a reset signal from the exterior reset operation unit (11) is input via the reset circuit (15).

The control circuit (14) of the judgment control unit (12) drives the blocking door (2) through the door opening / closing circuit (17) according to the judgment result of the judgment circuit (13) and also displays An appropriate instruction or the like is displayed on the display (18) via the circuit (16). At the same time, if necessary, the shutter drive mechanism (9) is controlled to open and close the shutter (10) to appropriately limit the insertion of the magnetic card (3). In the device of the embodiment, the blocking door (2) is basically open during operation, and the contents of the inserted magnetic card (3) are checked to open the blocking door (2) if it is a valid ticket. Keep it and allow passengers to pass through.

In this automatic ticket gate apparatus, the judgment control unit (12) outputs an error signal when a non-bidder person is detected, and becomes a stop state, and the wicket machine is reset when the unticketed person exits and returns to the initial state. It is like this. Also, a ticket transport mechanism
If the magnetic card (3) is jammed in (5), an error signal will be output and the machine will be in a stopped state. For this return, an attendant opens the cover of the ticket gate unit (1), removes the jammed magnetic card, and then closes the cover, and uses the exterior reset operation unit so that it does not stand out below the exterior of the ticket inspection unit (1). Press the reset button (11) that has been set to restore the initial state. The reset button is generally provided on the outside of the automatic ticket gate so that it can be easily operated.

From the above-mentioned conditions, there is room for allowing billless customers to carry out illegal passing. In other words, as shown in FIG. 4, the unpaid customers who entered the automatic ticket gate with the unpaid bills first are the blocking doors.
While the (2) is in the closed automatic ticket gate, if the other passengers shown push the reset button (11) that can be easily operated from the outside, the automatic ticket gate will be in the initial state. In the ticket gate, the blocking door (2) will be opened, which will cause the inconvenience that the previous unpaid customers can still pass through.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to prevent the above-mentioned unauthorized passage of unpaid customers, and proposes an automatic ticket gate apparatus which solves the above inconvenience by improving a reset circuit. Is.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problem ]
According to the invention, the customer enters the ticket gate passage without a bill during operation.
Unsigned error when coming, or ticket jams and face information
Ticket processing error due to improper reading of
The blocking door (2,2 ') is closed according to the occurrence of various errors.
After resetting the error, the external reset signal
Reset judgment circuit (12) via the reset circuit (15A).
To open the blocking door (2,2 ')
A normally open type automatic ticket gate that restores the active state
When a bill-free error occurs, the remote monitoring panel for the staff
Reset operation or reset tool carried by staff (21)
Reset the sub-reset circuit (22) on the main unit side using
Reset the judgment control unit (12) only by
Ticket and other various errors occur, the ticket gate
Exterior reset operation on the outer surface of the knit (1)
The judgment control unit (12) is also reset by operating the unit (11).
It is possible to configure.

Further, in the above construction, the sub-reset circuit (22) on the side of the ticket inspection machine unit responds to a predetermined electromagnetic wave signal or a predetermined infrared ray signal emitted by the resetting tool (11) carried by an attendant, and the judgment control section ( 12) is configured to be reset. In addition, the reset circuit (15A) has a two-input first AND circuit (24) whose output from the billless error determination section is input to one input terminal through the inverting circuit (23), and a ticket processing error. Outputs from the judging section and other error judging sections are individually input, and outputs are connected to the remaining input terminals of the first AND circuit (24), and a multi-input first OR circuit (25), The second AND circuit (26) to which the output signal of the first AND circuit (24) is connected to the input terminal of and the reset signal from the exterior reset operating section (11) is input to the remaining input terminal, A sub-reset circuit (22) that generates a reset signal in response to an operation of a carried reset tool (11), and the output of the auxiliary reset circuit (22) and the output of the second AND circuit (26) are remote from each other. Monitoring board
The reset signal from (28) is individually input and the output is composed of a multi-input second OR circuit (27) connected to the reset terminal of the judgment control section (14).

[0012]

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to the embodiments. The automatic ticket gate of the present invention causes a ticket-free error when a customer enters the ticket gate passage without a ticket at the time of operation, or a ticket processing error or other various errors due to a ticket jam or reading failure of ticket face information. In this case, the blocking door (2,2 ') is closed, and after error correction processing,
A normally open door type configured to restore the operating state in which the judgment control unit (12) is reset via the reset circuit (15A) by an external reset signal and the blocking doors (2,2 ') are opened. This is the automatic ticket gate device. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a main part mainly including a reset circuit (15A) in an automatic ticket gate of the present invention. Other parts may be the same as the conventional ones described above. The normal ticket gate function in the automatic ticket gate of the present invention is also equivalent to the known one.

As shown in FIG. 1, the embodiment apparatus is composed of a logic circuit including a sub-reset circuit (22), and a reset circuit (15A) for sending a predetermined reset signal to a control circuit (14).
, An exterior reset operation part (11) provided on the outer surface of the ticket gate unit (1), and a reset tool (21) carried by a station clerk.

The reset tool (21) is an electronic device configured to be operated by a battery or the like, which is compactly packed so that a staff member can easily carry it, and can transmit a predetermined infrared ray signal by a signal transmission operation of the staff member. , The sub-reset circuit (22) is a reset tool (2
It is a circuit that generates and outputs a predetermined reset signal in response to receiving the signal sent by 1). The technology of such an infrared transmitter / receiver has been established as an infrared wireless remote controller, and a dedicated IC is also supplied, so that an easily encoded transmitter / receiver mechanism can be obtained. A reset tool (21) for transmitting a predetermined electromagnetic wave signal using electromagnetic waves
And a sub-reset circuit (22) corresponding thereto may be realized. For simplicity, the electrical switch linked to the mechanical lock is used as the sub-reset circuit (22), and the clerk has the reset tool (21).
You may carry the key as.

The reset circuit (15A) includes the sub-reset circuit (22) for generating a reset signal in response to the operation of a reset tool (11) carried by a staff member, and the reset circuit (15A) The two-input first AND circuit (24) whose output is input to one input terminal via the inverting circuit (23) and the outputs from the ticket processing error determination unit and other error determination units are individually input. A multi-input first OR circuit (25) whose output is connected to the remaining input terminals of the first AND circuit (24), and the output of the first AND circuit (24) at one input terminal. A second AND circuit (26) to which the reset signal from the exterior reset operation section (11) is input to the remaining input terminals connected to the output terminal, the output of the sub reset circuit (22) and the second AND circuit (26). ) And the reset signal from the remote monitoring panel (28) are individually input and the output is output from the judgment control unit (14). It is composed of a multi-input second OR circuit (27) connected to the reset terminal.

With the above configuration, when there is no billless error signal (in the embodiment, "L"), the first AND circuit (24).
If one input becomes "H" and the ticket processing error signal or other error signal connected to the other input is output, the reset signal can be output by operating the exterior reset operation unit (11). ). However, if the billless error signal is being output (when it is "H"), the first AND circuit (24)
One of the inputs becomes “L”, and the reset signal from the exterior reset operation unit (11) is input to the control circuit (14) regardless of the presence or absence of a ticket processing error signal or other error signals connected to the other input. There is no such thing. In this case, the monitoring board
The reset signal is sent to the control circuit (14) only by the reset signal from the (28) and the reset operation of the attendant by the reset tool (21). The reset signal from the monitoring panel (28) and the reset operation of the staff member by the reset tool (21) are effective at all errors.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate of the present invention, the reset for the judgment control unit (12) after the error recovery corresponding to the error occurrence is reset from the clerk's monitoring panel which is remote when the billless error occurs. The judgment control unit (12) is reset only by either the operation or the sub-reset circuit (22) on the main body side responding to the reset operation using the reset tool (21) carried by the staff, but other When an error occurs, it can be reset by operating the exterior reset operation unit (11) provided on the outer surface of the ticket gate unit (1).

Therefore, the reset corresponding to the billless error is operated by a staff member from the monitoring panel or a reset tool.
It can be done only by the operation of the staff carrying (21), and naturally, the fraud that has been seen in the past such that the unpaid customers remain in the automatic ticket gate and the other people perform the reset operation becomes impossible. Of course, in response to the return of unpaid customers by leaving, the automatic reset will be performed and operation will continue as before.

[0019]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a bill-free error occurs when a user enters the ticket gate passage without a bill at the time of operation, or a ticket processing error due to a ticket jam or a reading failure of the ticket face information. When various other errors occur,
The blocking circuit (2,2 ') is closed, and after error correction processing, the reset circuit (15A) is activated by a reset signal from the outside.
The judgment control unit (12) is reset via the door and the blocking door (2,2 ')
In the always-open type automatic ticket gate, which is configured so as to restore the operating state in which the door is opened, the judgment control unit (12)
Is reset via a sub-reset circuit (22) on the main body side that responds to a reset operation from a staff monitoring panel that is remote when a billless error occurs, or a reset operation using a reset tool (21) carried by the staff. Judgment control part only in either
(12) is reset, but when other errors occur, it can be reset by operating the exterior reset operation part (11) provided on the outer surface of the ticket gate unit (1). It is possible to properly prevent fraudulent acts in which unfamiliar customers remain in the automatic ticket gate and another person performs a reset operation and opens the blocking door to pass through.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an invention-related main configuration of an automatic ticket gate of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a top view for explaining the operation of the conventional automatic ticket gate apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1,1 ') ... wicket unit (2,2 ') ... blocking door (4)… Ticket slot (10) ... Shutter (11)… Exterior reset operation part (reset button) (12) ... Judgment control unit (15A)… Reset circuit (20)… Automatic ticket gate (21)… Reset tool (22) ... Sub reset circuit (23)… Inversion circuit (24) ... First AND circuit (25) ... First OR circuit (26) ... Second AND circuit (27) ... Second OR circuit (28)… Monitoring board

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] according to the occurrence of the ticket processing error and a variety of other error-free tag error of when the customer came to admission to the ticket gate passage with no tag, or due to the reading of the ticket jams and Kenmen information failure during operation Te, blocking the door (the 2,2') to closing state <br/>, the judgment control unit via a reset circuit (15A) by a reset signal from the external after the error resolving process (12) reset <br /> the blocking doors by preparative (2,2') to door opening state
The automatic ticket gate apparatus of the atmospheric door open type Ru is restored to operating condition Te, the Musatsu when an error occurs, a reset operation from staff for monitoring panel for remote, or reset devices to carry the engagement members (21)
Was used, reset <br/> resets the determination control unit (12) only by a preparative, when the ticket processing error and other various errors for the sub-reset circuit of the present side (22),
Automatic gate apparatus, characterized by Lise <br/> Tsu preparative determination control unit (12) by operation of the exterior reset operation unit (11) provided on the outer surface of the ticket checker unit (1). 2. A sub-reset circuit on the side of the ticket gate unit
The automatic according to claim 1, wherein (22) is configured to reset the determination control unit (12) in response to a predetermined electromagnetic wave signal or a predetermined infrared ray signal emitted by a resetting tool (11) carried by a staff member. Ticket gate. 3. The reset circuit (15A), a two-input first AND circuit (24), the output of the billless error determination unit is input to one of the input terminals via the inverting circuit (23), Outputs from the ticket processing error determination unit and other error determination units are individually input, and the outputs are connected to the remaining input terminals of the first AND circuit (24) and the multi-input first OR circuit (25) And a second AND circuit (26) to which the output of the first AND circuit (24) is connected to one input terminal and the reset signal from the exterior reset operation section (11) is input to the remaining input terminal. A sub-reset circuit (22) for generating a reset signal in response to an operation of a reset tool (11) carried by an attendant, an output of the sub-reset circuit (22) and an output of the second AND circuit (26) Remote monitoring panel (2
The reset signal from 8) is individually input, and the output is composed of a multi-input second OR circuit (27) connected to the reset terminal of the judgment control section (14). The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.