JP4470532B2 - Ticket medium transport device and automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket medium transporting apparatus and an automatic ticket gate that separates a plurality of inserted ticket media one by one while transporting them.

  Conventionally, a cleaning method using a cleaning medium having a permeation amount different from that of a normal ticket medium has been proposed for cleaning a separation mechanism of a ticket gate having a separation mechanism that accepts a plurality of ticket media and separates them one by one. (See Patent Document 1).

  In this cleaning method, the cleaning medium is detected by the difference in sensor output due to the difference in the amount of light transmitted between the ticket medium and the cleaning medium, and the cleaning medium is automatically set to the cleaning mode, so that cleaning is performed between the rollers until a certain time elapses. It has been proposed to clean the rollers by retaining the medium.

  As another method for detecting a cleaning medium and automatically setting the cleaning mode, a method using a cleaning medium having a length longer in the conveyance direction than a ticket medium has been proposed (see Patent Document 2).

  In this method, two sensors arranged at an interval longer than the length of the ticket medium in the transport direction and shorter than the length of the cleaning medium in the transport direction are determined to be the cleaning medium when the presence of the card is detected at the same time.

  As another method, a method of automatically switching to a cleaning mode by providing a light transmission part at a predetermined position of the cleaning medium and detecting the light transmission part has been proposed (see Patent Document 3).

JP 2003-99820 A JP-A-10-293807 JP 2001-67631 A

  However, in the method using the cleaning medium having a transmission amount different from that of the above-described ticket medium, there is a problem that the cleaning medium is determined as a normal ticket medium when the sensor output decreases due to the dirt of the sensor.

  Further, in the method using the cleaning medium having a longer length in the transport direction than the above-mentioned ticket medium, as shown in FIG. 10 (Y) of the conventional example shown in FIG. Some problems cannot be distinguished from cleaning media.

  Further, even in the method of providing the light transmitting portion at a predetermined position of the cleaning medium described above, as shown in FIG. 10 (Z), when a plurality of ticket media are inserted, there is a problem that it cannot be distinguished from the cleaning medium depending on the overlapping state. there were.

  The present invention permits a batch insertion of a plurality of ticket media, discriminates between a plurality of inserted ticket media and a cleaning medium, and shifts to a cleaning process if it is a cleaning media, and an automatic ticket gate The purpose is to provide.

The present invention includes a loading unit that allows a plurality of ticket media to be batch-loaded, a separating and conveying unit that separates and conveys the plurality of inserted ticket media one by one, and a ticket medium from the separating and conveying unit. A ticket medium transport device comprising a take-in means for picking up one sheet at a time, comprising: an insertion detection means for detecting the insertion of the ticket medium; and a separation transport detection means for detecting a ticket medium being separated and transported by the separation transport means. And, as a determination condition for determining that a cleaning medium has been inserted , the separation conveyance detection unit after detecting the insertion of the medium by the insertion detection unit in detecting the presence medium, when the take-not detected that there medium in detector state continues the separation conveyance detecting means a predetermined time after the detection is that there is medium, said supply detecting means detects the insertion of the medium Shi A determining means sets that are, the determination means ticket medium conveying device that includes a processing shifting unit to shift to the cleaning process of the cleaning medium for cleaning the separating conveying means by the cleaning medium when it is determined to have been turned on by It is characterized by being .
The cleaning medium can be formed of a flat body having the same thickness as the ticket medium or a thickness equal to or higher than the same. For example, it may include a cleaning paper formed of paper, a cleaning cloth formed of a cloth, a cleaning sheet formed of a resin plate, or the like, which can be cleaned.

  The predetermined time is, for example, 1 second or 2 seconds, which is longer than the time that can occur by the transport state of the ticket medium when the separation transport detection unit detects that there is a medium and the take-in detection unit does not detect the presence of the medium. For example, the time can be set to a predetermined time.

  With the above-described configuration, it can be reliably determined whether a plurality of ticket media have been inserted or a cleaning media has been inserted. Therefore, when a plurality of ticket media are inserted, it is possible to prevent the cleaning processing from being mistaken for the cleaning media.

  As one embodiment of the present invention, after the transition to the cleaning process, the intake detection means detects that there is a medium after the process executed by the process transition means, or the input detection means and the separation conveyance detection means A process for ending the cleaning process can be set when both of them are no longer detected as having a medium.

  As a result, it is possible to return to normal processing simply by removing the cleaning medium from the conveyance path, and the operator can easily complete the cleaning.

  As an embodiment of the present invention, the interval from the insertion detection means to the separation conveyance detection means is longer than the medium length in the conveyance direction of the ticket medium and longer than the medium length in the conveyance direction of the ticket medium. It is possible to set an interval shorter than the length of the cleaning medium formed in the transport direction.

  As a result, it is possible to more reliably determine that a cleaning medium has been inserted, not a plurality of ticket media.

Further, the present invention provides an automatic ticket gate comprising the ticket medium transport device, a reading means for reading information stored in a plurality of inserted ticket media, and a passage determining means for determining whether or not the ticket can pass based on the information. Can be a machine.
Thereby, an automatic ticket gate that can be easily cleaned can be provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to batch-load a plurality of ticket media, determine whether a plurality of ticket media are inserted, or whether a cleaning medium is inserted. Can provide equipment and automatic ticket gate

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic ticket gate 1. The automatic ticket gate 1 includes an insertion slot 10, a feeding section 20, a ticket aligning section 50, a reading section 71, a writing section 72, a verifying section 73, an entrance hole. Part 74, printing part 75, overlapping part 76, outlet 77, ticket reversing part 81, pool part 82, card holding part 83, card punching part 84, card printing part 85, bill collection part 86, and separate bill collection part 87.

  Explaining each component, when a plurality of ticket media are inserted from the insertion slot 10, they are conveyed while being separated one by one by the feeding unit 20, and are extracted one by one by the ticket aligning unit 50 and conveyed to the subsequent stage. .

  About the conveyed ticket medium, the reading part 71 reads the ticket medium information such as the available section, the purchase amount, and the available date stored in the magnetic stripe of the ticket medium.

  In the reading unit 71, the reading head is arranged up and down, and when the ticket medium is inserted upside down, the ticket medium is once delivered to the ticket reversing unit 81 and the ticket medium is inverted upside down.

  When the ticket medium information is read by the reading unit 71 and the ticket medium still remains in the feeding unit 20, the read ticket medium passes through the verifying unit 73 and temporarily enters the pool unit 82 that can hold up to five ticket media. Hold. Then, one new ticket medium is fed out from the feeding unit 20.

When all the ticket media inserted into the insertion slot 10 are fed one by one from the feeding unit 20 and all the ticket medium information is read by the reading unit 71, it is determined whether or not it can pass.
In accordance with this pass / fail judgment, the writing unit 72 writes necessary ticket medium information to the ticket medium, and the verifying unit 73 checks whether the information is correctly written.

  If the ticket medium that has passed through the verifying unit 73 is a card, the card is temporarily held in the card holding unit 83, then punched by the card punching unit 84, and necessary printing is performed by the card printing unit 85 to perform the overlapping unit 76. Transport to.

  If it is not a card, a hole is made in the ticket medium by the entrance and piercing section 74 as necessary, the necessary printing is performed by the printing section 75, the return is conveyed to the overlapping section 76, and the collection is made for collection. Transport to bill section 86.

  The stacking unit 76 superimposes all of the ticket media that need to be returned in a batch, and discharges the ticket media from the outlet 77 in a batch.

  If the ticket medium cannot be removed from the outlet 77 even after a certain period of time has elapsed, the ticket medium that has been forgotten to be removed is reversely conveyed and collected in the separate bill collection unit 87.

  With the above operation, the ticket medium inserted into the insertion slot 10 by the user (passer) is processed, and the control unit (not shown) determines whether or not it can pass, and if it is permitted to pass, the gate unit (not shown) is opened. When the passage is impossible, the gate can be closed to control the passage of the user.

  Next, with reference to the plan view shown in FIG. 2 and the side view shown in FIG.

  2A shows a plan view of a part of the automatic ticket checker 1A, FIG. 2B shows a plan view of the cleaning sheet 2, and FIG. 2C shows various ticket media 3 (3a, 3b, 3c). The top view of is shown.

  3 (D) shows a side view of a part of the automatic ticket gate 1, FIG. 3 (E) shows a side view of the cleaning sheet 2, and FIG. 3 (F) shows various ticket media 3 (3a, 3b, A side view of 3c) is shown.

  2 and 3, the ratios of the sizes of the automatic ticket gate 1, the cleaning sheet 2, and the ticket medium 3 are shown to match the actual ratio.

  In the automatic ticket gate 1 shown in FIGS. 2A and 3D, the slot 10 is provided with a shutter 11 to control whether or not a ticket medium can be inserted. On the rear stage side of the insertion port 10, there is a conveyance path from the feeding unit 20 to the ticket aligning unit 50, and lateral regulation is performed by the guide plates 29 and 29.

  The feeding unit 20 includes an upper conveyor belt 39, upper rollers 31, 32, 34, and 36 that are rotationally driven by the upper conveyor belt 39, a lower conveyor belt 49, and a lower roller 41 that is rotationally driven by the lower conveyor belt 49. 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 and sensors 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

  The upper rollers 31, 32, 34, and 36 are set so as to rotate slower than the lower rollers 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46, and all the rollers are rotated by a motor of a first drive system that is not shown. To do.

  Accordingly, the upper conveyor belt 39 rotates slower than the lower conveyor belt 49, and the ticket medium that is put into the lump 10 in a lump is being conveyed through the conveyance path between the upper conveyor belt 39 and the lower conveyor belt 49. The lower ticket medium is conveyed while being separated so as to protrude from the upper ticket medium in the conveying direction by the frictional force of both belts (39, 49).

  The sensors 21, 22, and 25 include sensors 21 a, 22 a, and 25 a on the left side of the device (upper side in FIG. 2) and sensors 21 b, 22 b, and 25 b on the right side of the device (lower side in the drawing in FIG. 2) symmetrically. It is composed.

  Here, the sensors 21 (21a, 21b) are insertion detection sensors that detect the insertion of the ticket medium into the insertion slot 10.

  The sensors 22 (22 a, 22 b) are sensors that are provided on the upper side (feeding port 10 side) of the feeding unit 20 and detect that the ticket medium loaded into the feeding port 10 has entered the feeding unit 20.

  The sensors 23 and 24 are sensors that are provided in the middle of the feeding unit 20 (near the center in the transport direction) and detect that a ticket medium is present in the feeding unit 20.

  Further, the sensor 25 (25a, 25b) is provided on the lower side (the ticket aligning unit 50 side) of the feeding unit 20, and is close to the sending unit to the ticket aligning unit 50 without being jammed in the middle of the separated ticket medium. It is a clogging detection sensor that detects that the sheet has been conveyed.

  Each sensor 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 51 is turned on when the medium such as the ticket medium 3 or the cleaning sheet 2 is shielded from light, and is turned off when there is no medium. It is a sensor that detects the presence.

  The ticket aligning unit 50 is rotated by the extraction detection sensor 51, the extraction rollers 52 and 53, the upper conveyance belt 62, the upper roller 61 rotated by the upper conveyance belt 62, the lower conveyance belt 64, and the lower conveyance belt 64. A lower roller 63 to be driven is provided. The extraction rollers 52 and 53, the upper roller 61, and the lower roller 63 are all rotated by a motor of a second drive system (not shown).

  The extraction detection sensor 51 is a sensor that detects that one of the ticket media that have been conveyed while being separated by the feeding unit 20 is extracted by the extraction rollers 52 and 53. An extraction detection sensor 51a on the left side (upper side in FIG. 2) of the apparatus and an extraction detection sensor 51b on the right side (lower side in FIG. 2) of the apparatus are provided symmetrically.

  The drawing rollers 52 and 53 rotate in the take-in direction at a higher speed than both the upper conveyance belt 39 and the lower conveyance belt 49 of the feeding unit 20, and are separated and sent one by one from the feeding unit 20. Pull out.

  The upper conveyor belt 62 and the lower conveyor belt 64 rotate at the same speed in the take-in direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2B and 3E, the cleaning sheet 2 includes a notch 2c so that the insertion portion 2a to the conveyance path and the grip portion 2b gripped by the hand can be confirmed. .
The notches 2c are formed on the front and rear sides in the transport direction so that if one of them is gripped, the other becomes the insertion portion 2a.
When the cleaning sheet 2 is used, as shown in the side view of FIG. 4, the grip portion 2 b is gripped and only the insertion portion 2 a is inserted into the insertion port 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2C and FIG. 3F, the ticket medium 3 includes a suburb section ticket 3b, a limited express ticket 3a, a limited express section ticket 3c, a commuter pass and the number of times not shown. There are various types of ticket media 3 of different sizes, such as tickets.

  The relationship between the sizes of the cleaning sheet 2 and the ticket medium 3 and the arrangement intervals of the insertion detection sensor 21, the jam detection sensor 25, and the extraction detection sensor 51 is as shown in FIG.

  That is, the insertion detection sensor 21 is provided at a position close to the insertion port 10 so that the interval L14 from the insertion port 10 is shorter than any of the conveyance direction lengths L3, L4, and L5 of the ticket medium 3.

  The jam detection sensor 25 is separated from the insertion detection sensor 21 by an interval L15 longer than the longest conveyance direction length of the available ticket media 3, for example, an express ticket conveyance direction length L3 ((C) in FIG. 2). In addition, the gap from the insertion port 10 is provided at a position where the gap L13 is shorter than the insertion portion conveyance direction length L1 of the insertion portion 2a of the cleaning sheet 2.

  The sampling detection sensor 51 is provided at a position where the interval L12 from the insertion port 10 is far from the clogging detection sensor 25 and longer than the conveyance direction length L1 of the insertion portion 2a of the cleaning sheet 2.

  Further, since the interval L11 from the insertion detection sensor 21 to the extraction detection sensor 51 is longer than the interval L15, of course, among the available ticket media 3, the interval is longer than the longest in the transport direction.

  With the above configuration, the plurality of ticket media 3 that are collectively loaded on the insertion port 10 are conveyed while being separated by the upper conveyance belt 39 and the lower conveyance belt 49 of the feeding unit 20, and are extracted by the extraction rollers 52 and 53. It is possible to extract one by one and process it one by one.

  In addition, the insertion detection sensor 21 can detect the insertion of the ticket medium 3 into the insertion slot 10, and both the insertion detection sensor 21 and the jam detection sensor 25 are in the ON state, and the extraction detection sensor 51 is not turned ON. It becomes possible to recognize that the cleaning sheet 2 is inserted.

Next, the overall operation of the automatic ticket gate 1 will be described with reference to the processing flowcharts shown in FIGS.
The control unit of the automatic ticket gate 1 waits until the insertion detection sensor 21 detects that a medium (medium such as the ticket medium 3 or the cleaning sheet 2) has been inserted into the insertion slot 10 (step n1: NO). Is input (step n1: YES), the second drive system motor, which is the main motor, is driven (step n2).

  Thereby, if the upper roller 61 (FIG. 3) and the lower roller 63 rotate in the transport direction and the ticket medium separated by the feeding unit 20 is transported, the subsequent processing can be performed anytime.

  At this time, the shutter 11 (FIG. 2) is closed to prevent the next user's ticket medium from being inserted for a certain period of time.

  The control unit executes a feeding process in which the feeding unit 20 separates and conveys the medium (step n3), and the reading unit 71 (FIG. 1) executes the reading process (step n4).

  If the medium does not remain in the feeding unit 20 (step n5: NO), the process proceeds to step n8 in FIG. 7, and if it remains (step n5: YES), the medium fed by the feeding unit 20 is 5 It is determined whether or not the number of sheets is within the limit (holding limit number) (step n6).

  When the number is 5 or less (step n6: YES), a holding process for holding the medium in the pool unit 82 is executed (step n7), and the process returns to step n3.

  If the number is not less than five, that is, the sixth and subsequent sheets (step n6: NO), the process proceeds to step n14 in FIG. 7, the abnormal process is executed (step n14), and the process ends. In this abnormal process, the gate part is closed and an announcement is made.

  If there is no remaining medium in step n5 (step n5: NO), the reading unit 71 reads the medium and determines whether or not it can pass (for example, if the fee is insufficient, it cannot pass), and if the determination is NG (step n8: NO), an abnormal process (step n14) is executed, and the process is terminated.

  If the result of the determination is OK (step n8: YES), data processing is executed (step n9), and the medium to be returned after data processing is conveyed to the superposition unit 76 (step n10).

  Note that the data processing refers to processing such as data writing by the writing unit 72, confirmation of consistency of written contents by the verifying unit 73, drilling by the punching unit 74, and printing by the printing unit 75.

  If there is a medium held in the pool unit 82 (step n11: YES), the storage of the reserved medium in the pool unit 82 is released (step n12), and the process returns to step n9.

  If there is no medium held in the pool part 82 (step n11: NO), the medium superposed by the superposing part 76 is discharged from the outlet 77 in a superposed state (step n13).

  With the above operation, the automatic ticket checker 1 can execute data processing on the inserted ticket medium 3, and can permit passage as normal processing and prohibit passage as abnormal processing.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket checker 1 relating to the payout process described in step n3 of FIG. 6 will be described with reference to the processing flowcharts shown in FIGS.
In the feeding process, the motor of the feeding unit that is the motor of the first drive system is driven (step s1), and the upper conveyor belt 39 and the lower conveyor belt 49 are rotated in the conveying direction at different speeds.

  The control unit waits until one of the clogging detection sensors 25 is turned on by the medium conveyed by the upper conveyance belt 39 and the lower conveyance belt 49 (step s2: NO). Step s2: YES), the timer is started and elapsed time measurement is started (step s3).

  Next, if any of the extraction sensors 51 is turned on (step s4: YES), the medium is transported by a predetermined distance and the motor of the first drive system is stopped (step s9).

  If none of the extraction sensors 51 is ON in step s4 (step s4: NO), the process returns to step s4 until the cleaning mode transition determination time, which is a predetermined time, elapses and the time is up (step s5). : NO).

  If the time is up (step s5: YES), it is determined whether any of the insertion detection sensors 21 is ON. If none is ON (step s6: NO), the process proceeds to step s10 in FIG. .

  If either of them is ON (step s6: YES), the process shifts to the cleaning mode and the cleaning is executed (step s7).

  In this cleaning mode, the upper conveyor belt 39 and the lower conveyor belt 49 of the feeding unit 20 are continuously rotated.

  Thereby, the insertion side 2a of the cleaning sheet 2 cleans the conveyance-side surfaces of the upper conveyance belt 39 and the lower conveyance belt 49, and from the state where the frictional force is reduced by dirt and dust, sufficient friction without dirt and dust is obtained. It can be restored to a powerful state.

If any one of the extraction detection sensors 51 is turned on during cleaning, the process proceeds to step s9 because only a predetermined time has elapsed due to the conveyance state of the ticket medium 3 instead of the cleaning sheet 2. (Step s8: YES).
If none of the extraction detection sensors 51 is ON, the process returns to step s6 (step s8: NO).

  If none of the input detection sensors is ON in step s6 (step s6: NO), the input medium is not the cleaning sheet 2, so that the sensors 22, 23, 24, and 25 are detected as shown in FIG. It is determined whether all are OFF (step s10).

  If all of them are OFF (step s10: YES), since there is no medium in the feeding unit 20, the motor of the first drive system that is the motor of the feeding unit 20 is stopped (step s11), and the process is terminated. .

  If any one of the sensors 22, 23, 24, and 25 is ON (step s10: NO), a medium that is not a cleaning sheet remains in the feeding unit 20, so The side conveying belt 49 is reversely rotated to reversely convey the medium for a certain distance (step s12). Accordingly, the state of the medium that is difficult to be conveyed can be changed, and the medium can be easily conveyed during the next normal conveyance.

The motor of the first drive system that is the motor of the feeding unit 20 is temporarily stopped (step s13), the motor is re-driven in the transport direction (step s14), and the process returns to step s2.
The steps s12 to s14 correspond to a retry operation.

  By the above operation, if the inserted medium is a plurality of ticket media, the ticket medium can be conveyed while being separated by the feeding unit 20, and when the cleaning sheet 2 is inserted, this is determined. It is possible to shift to the cleaning mode.

  As a criterion for shifting to the cleaning mode, any one of the clogging detection sensors 25 is ON (step s2: YES), and all the sampling detection sensors 51 are OFF (step s4: NO). When the determination time has elapsed (step s5: YES), it is set that any of the input detection sensors 21 is ON (step s6: YES).

  For this reason, it is possible to reliably determine whether the cleaning sheet 2 has been loaded and to shift to the cleaning mode.

  In addition, after shifting to the cleaning mode, any of the extraction detection sensors 51 is turned ON (step s8: YES), and all of the insertion detection sensors 21 are OFF (step s6: NO). When 24 and 25 are all OFF (step s10: YES), the cleaning mode is ended, the normal mode is entered, and the automatic return can be performed.

  Therefore, when the operator pulls out the cleaning sheet 2 from the insertion slot 10 (step s6: NO to step s10: YES), the automatic ticket gate 1 shifts to the normal mode.

  Alternatively, when the operator releases his hand from the cleaning sheet 2 (step s8: YES), the automatic ticket gate 1 moves the cleaning sheet 2 from the internal feeding unit 20 to the reading unit 71, the writing unit 72, the verifying unit 73, and the input. The punch 74, the printing unit 75, and the overlapping unit 76 are passed through and discharged to the external outlet 77, and the mode is changed to the normal mode.

  As described above, in the normal mode, a plurality of the bill media 3 loaded in a batch are separated and conveyed by the feeding unit 20 to be surely processed, and cleaning is performed by dirt or the like on the upper conveying belt 39 and the lower conveying belt 49 of the feeding unit 20. If necessary, the cleaning can be performed simply by inserting the insertion portion 2a of the cleaning sheet 2 through the insertion port 10.

  Therefore, it is possible for the operator of the automatic ticket gate 1 to easily clean without looking at the instruction manual or the like, and the separation performance of the feeding unit 20 can be maintained with simple maintenance. Thereby, it is possible to provide a comfortable use environment by preventing clogging or the like due to a decrease in separation performance of the feeding unit 20 for a user (passer) who is determined to pass by the automatic ticket gate 1.

  Note that the cleaning mode in step s7 may be executed until the cleaning time that is a predetermined fixed time elapses, and automatically shifts to the normal mode when the cleaning time elapses.

  In this case, even an operator who does not know how long cleaning should be performed can perform appropriate cleaning because the cleaning mode is automatically terminated.

  Further, the ticket medium 3 is composed of a magnetic medium such as a magnetic card having a magnetic unit for storing information, but may be composed of an IC card having an IC chip.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The cleaning medium of the present invention corresponds to the cleaning sheet 2 of the embodiment,
Similarly,
The input unit corresponds to the input port 10,
The ticket medium transport device corresponds to the slot 10, the feeding unit 20, and the ticket aligning unit 50,
The separating and conveying means corresponds to the feeding unit 20,
The input detection means corresponds to the input detection sensor 21,
The separation conveyance detection means corresponds to the clogging detection sensor 25,
The intake detection means corresponds to the extraction detection sensor 51,
The take-in means corresponds to the take-out rollers 52, 53,
The reading means corresponds to the reading unit 71,
The return means corresponds to the outlet 77,
The size of the cleaning medium corresponds to the insertion portion conveyance direction length L1,
The interval from the input detection means to the separation conveyance detection means corresponds to the interval L15,
The determination conditions correspond to step s2 = YES, step s4 = NO, step s5 = YES, and step s6 = YES,
The cleaning process corresponds to step s7,
The process transfer means corresponds to the control unit that executes step s7,
The return process corresponds to steps s9 and s11,
The information stored in the ticket medium corresponds to the ticket medium information,
The determination means and the passage determination means correspond to the control unit,
The predetermined time corresponds to the cleaning mode transition determination time,
The present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

The block diagram which shows the structure of an automatic ticket gate. The top view of the separation conveyance part of an automatic ticket gate. The side view of the separation conveyance part of an automatic ticket gate. The side view of the separation conveyance part at the time of cleaning sheet insertion. The side view which shows the outline of the separation conveyance part of an automatic ticket gate. The processing flowchart which shows the whole operation | movement of an automatic ticket gate. The processing flowchart which shows the whole operation | movement of an automatic ticket gate. The processing flowchart which shows operation | movement of the automatic ticket gate in a payout process. The processing flowchart which shows operation | movement of the automatic ticket gate in a payout process. Explanatory drawing of a prior art example.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate 2 ... Cleaning sheet 3 ... Ticket medium 10 ... Insertion port 20 ... Delivery part 21 ... Insertion detection sensor 25 ... Clogging detection sensor 51 ... Extraction detection sensor 50 ... Ticket alignment part 52,53 ... Extraction roller 72 ... Book Insertion part 77 ... Take out port L1 ... Insertion part conveyance length L15 ... Interval

Claims (4)

A loading section that allows a plurality of ticket media to be loaded at once;
Separating and conveying means for conveying a plurality of inserted ticket media while separating them one by one;
A ticket medium transporting device comprising a take-in means for taking in ticket media one by one from the separating transport means,
An insertion detection means for detecting the insertion of the ticket medium;
Separation and conveyance detection means for detecting a ticket medium being separated and conveyed by the separation and conveyance means; and
Capture detection means for detecting the loading of the ticket medium by the capture means; and
As a judgment condition for judging that the cleaning medium is inserted,
After detecting the loading of the medium by the loading detection means ,
Detecting the presence of a medium with the separation conveyance detection means ,
The loading detection means detects the loading of the medium when the separation detection means has detected that the medium has not been detected by the take-up detection means for a predetermined time after the separation and conveyance detection means has detected the presence of the medium. <Br / > Judgment means set with
A ticket medium transport apparatus comprising: a process transition unit that shifts to a cleaning process for cleaning the separation transport unit with the cleaning medium when the determination unit determines that a cleaning medium has been input. In the processing executed by the processing transition means,
After the transition to the cleaning process, the cleaning process ends when the take-in detection unit detects that there is a medium, or when both the input detection unit and the separation / conveyance detection unit no longer detect the presence of a medium. The ticket medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein processing is set. Transport of the cleaning medium formed such that the interval from the input detection means to the separation transport detection means is longer than the medium length in the ticket medium transport direction and longer than the medium length in the ticket medium transport direction. 3. The ticket medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interval is set to be shorter than the medium length in the direction. The ticket medium conveying device according to claim 1, 2, or 3,
Reading means for reading stored information into a plurality of inserted ticket media;
An automatic ticket gate having passage determination means for determining whether or not to pass based on the information.

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