JP5936971B2 - Automatic ticket gate and control program switching processing program in automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an automatic ticket gate constituting a station service device and a control program switching processing program in the automatic ticket gate.

  In a station service system equipped with station service equipment such as automatic ticket vending machines and automatic ticket gates, when a control program is updated (switched), conventionally, there is a restart (reboot) process that temporarily shuts off the operating power. There was a problem in the system operation that the station service (ticketing service) was supported during the time period until the system was restarted through the test mode at the time of restart.

  Conventionally, as a switching technique of a control program in this kind of station service system, a technique for switching programs according to a set date and time (see Patent Document 1), an instruction from the program management section after downloading the program from the program management section to the control section In other words, there is a technology for switching between backup and current use (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2000-056779 A JP 2002-342102 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate capable of switching an existing control program to an updated control program without re-startup processing.

  The automatic ticket gate according to the embodiment includes a first control unit that includes a first storage unit that stores a first control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the first control program; A second control unit that includes a second storage unit that stores a second control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the second control program; the first control unit; and A communication means for receiving a switching instruction signal for setting one of the second control sections in an operating state and setting the other control section in an operable standby state from a host device, and a control currently in operation In the program processing of the unit, the switching is performed when each state satisfies a certain condition on condition of the reception state of the switching instruction signal, the processing state inside the ticket gate, and the user trend state outside the ticket gate. Follow the instruction signal , Characterized by comprising a program switching processing means for switching a program processing according to the currently running control unit control program of the program processing in accordance with the control program of the control unit of the currently waiting, the.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the automatic ticket gate which concerns on embodiment. The figure which shows the state which the processing program switched in the said embodiment. The flowchart which shows the switching process procedure of the program in the said embodiment.

  Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic ticket gate 10 includes a control unit mounting unit 11 that implements a control unit including a control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, a control device 21 that is a control target of the control program, a power source, and the like. And a unit 28.

  The control unit mounting unit 11 includes a first storage unit 12a that stores a first control program (PA) for performing automatic ticket gate processing, and performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the first control program (PA). A first control unit 12 and a second storage unit 13a storing a second control program (PB) for performing automatic ticket gate processing, and performing automatic ticket gate processing according to the second control program (PB). Two control units 13 are respectively mounted. In this embodiment, the first control unit 12 and the second control unit 13 are configured by independent control boards, and are inserted into the connectors provided in pairs on the mounting unit 11, thereby The control unit 12 and the second control unit 13 are mounted on the control unit mounting unit 11 and connected by connectors. The first control unit 12 and the second control unit 13 mounted on the control unit mounting unit 11 are respectively supplied with a common operating power supply from the power supply unit 28, and are in a hot standby (redundant configuration) system state. It is in. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the control program (PA) stored in the storage unit 12a of the control unit 12 is in an operating state, and the control program (PB) stored in the storage unit 13a of the control unit 13 can be operated instantaneously. Is in a stopped (standby) state. In this embodiment, the control program (PB) is an updated program (update program) with respect to the control program (PA).

  The automatic ticket gate 10 is provided with a control device 21 such as a ticket transport unit 21 including a ticket reading unit, a bill collection unit 22, a door unit 23, a human detection unit 24, a guidance display unit 25, and a communication unit 26. . These control devices 21 are individually supplied with power for operation from a power supply unit 28.

  In this embodiment, the communication unit 26 sets one of the first control unit 12 and the second control unit 13 to an operating state, and sets the other control unit to an operable standby state. The first condition (CT1) is that the switching instruction signal (CS) is received from the host device, the second condition (CT2) is that the control unit mounting unit 11 has a stopped (standby) control program, and the ticket The third condition (CT3) is that no tickets are present (not presented) in the ticket transport unit 21 including the reading unit, and the human detection unit 24 is within the passage of the automatic ticket gate 1 and within a certain circumference outside the passage. When all of these conditions (CT1 to CT5) are satisfied, the fourth condition (CT4) is that the user does not exist and the fifth condition (CT5) that all the control devices 21 are in the normal state. Control program switching process Hodokosuru. It is assumed that a control program (control program switching process routine) for performing the switching process is provided in each of the control program (PA) and the control program (PB) and is executed in the control unit in the operating state.

  FIG. 2 shows a state in which each control program in operation and stop (standby) shown in FIG. 1 is switched by the above-described program switching process, and FIG. 3 shows the program switching process procedure described above.

  In this program switching process, when the communication unit 26 receives the switching instruction signal (CS) from the host device (Yes in step S11), it is determined that the first condition (CT1) is satisfied. When the switching instruction signal (CS) is not received (No at Step S11), it is determined that the first condition (CT1) is not satisfied, and the switching processing routine is ended (Step S21).

  When it is determined that the first condition (CT1) is established (Yes in Step S11), it is determined whether or not there is a stopped (standby) control program in the control unit mounting unit 11 (Step S12). When it is determined that it exists (Step S12 Yes), it is determined that the second condition (CT2) is satisfied.

  When it is determined that the control program does not exist (No in step S12), it is determined that the second condition (CT2) is not satisfied, and the higher-level device is notified via the communication unit 26 that there is no control program to be switched. (Step S22), the process returns to Step 11.

  When it is determined that the second condition (CT2) is satisfied (Yes in Step S12), it is determined whether or not there is a ticket in the ticket transport unit 21 including the ticket reading unit (Step S13), and there is no ticket. When it is determined (not presented) (step S13 Yes), it is determined that the third condition (CT3) is satisfied. When it is determined that there is no ticket (not presented) (No at Step S13), the process returns to Step 13.

  When it is determined that the third condition (CT3) is satisfied (Yes in step S13), based on the detection processing result of the human detection unit 24, whether or not there is a user in the passage of the automatic ticket gate 1 and in a certain surrounding outside the passage. When it is determined that there is no user in the passage around the automatic ticket gate 1 and outside the passage (Yes in step S14), it is determined that the fourth condition (CT4) is satisfied. When it is determined that there is a user in the passage around the automatic ticket gate 1 or outside the passage (No in step S14), the processing returns to step 13.

  When it is determined that the fourth condition (CT4) is satisfied (step S14 Yes), it is determined whether or not all the control devices 21 are in a normal state (step S15), and all the control devices 21 are in a normal state. Is determined (step S15 Yes), it is determined that the fifth condition (CT5) is satisfied. When any one of the control devices 21 is in an abnormal state (No at Step S15), the process returns to Step 13.

  When all the above conditions (CT1 to CT5) are satisfied (step S15 Yes), a control program switching process is performed (step S16). This state transition is shown in FIG.

  With the control program switching process described above, it is possible to switch the current control program to the updated control program in a state in which the ticket gate operation is continued without a restart process.

  In the embodiment described above, the switching process of the control program that switches the current control program to the updated control program while the ticket gate operation is continued is exemplified. However, the updated control program can be used as a spare program. Therefore, it is possible to realize a fail-safe mechanism that copes with the processing abnormality.

The above-described embodiments are presented as examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The presented embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.
The invention described in the scope of the claims at the beginning of the present application is added below.
[C1]
A first control unit that includes a first storage unit that stores a first control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the first control program;
A second control unit that includes a second storage unit that stores a second control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the second control program;
Communication for receiving a switching instruction signal for setting one of the first control unit and the second control unit in an operating state and setting the other control unit in an operable standby state from a host device Means,
In the program processing of the control unit that is currently in operation, each of the states satisfies a certain condition on condition that the switching instruction signal is received, the processing state inside the ticket gate, and the user trend state outside the ticket gate. A program switching processing means for switching the program processing according to the control program of the currently operating control unit to the program processing according to the control program of the currently waiting control unit according to the switching instruction signal;
An automatic ticket gate characterized by comprising:
[C2]
The automatic ticket checker according to C1, wherein the second control program is a program updated with respect to the first control program.
[C3]
The automatic ticket checker according to C1, wherein the second control program is a spare program for the first control program.
[C4]
The automatic ticket checker according to C1, wherein the control unit that is currently on standby is in a hot standby state in which instantaneous operation is possible.
[C5]
When the switching instruction signal is received, the program switching processing means indicates that the operating control unit is not processing as the processing state inside the ticket gate, the user trend state outside the ticket gate is in the vicinity of the ticket gate passage and the vicinity thereof. The automatic ticket checker according to C1, which switches program processing according to the control program of the currently operating control unit to program processing according to the control program of the currently waiting control unit on condition that there is no user.
[C6]
A first control unit that includes a first storage unit that stores a first control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the first control program, and second that performs automatic ticket gate processing. Any one of a second control unit that includes a second storage unit that stores the control program, and performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the second control program, and the first control unit and the second control unit Communication means for receiving from the host device a switching instruction signal for setting one control unit to an operating state and setting the other control unit to an operable standby state, and switching the control program according to the switching instruction signal A control program switching process program in the automatic ticket gate to control,
When the switching instruction signal is received, the operating control unit is not processing as the processing state inside the ticket gate, and there is no user in the ticket gate passage and its vicinity as the user trend state outside the ticket gate The control program switching processing program in the automatic ticket gate for causing the computer to realize the function of switching the program processing according to the control program of the currently operating control unit to the program processing according to the control program of the currently waiting control unit .
[C7]
The control program switching process program in the automatic ticket checker according to C6, wherein the second control program is a program updated with respect to the first control program.
[C8]
The second control program is a control program switching process program in the automatic ticket gate according to C6, which is a spare program for the first control program.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Automatic ticket gate, 11 ... Control part mounting part, 12 ... 1st control part, 12a ... 1st memory | storage part, 13 ... 1st control part, 13a ... 2nd memory | storage part, 20 ... Control equipment , 21 ... ticket transport section, 22 ... bill collection section, 23 ... door section, 24 ... human detection section, 25 ... guidance display section, 26 ... communication section, 28 ... power supply section, PA ... first control program, PB ... Second control program, CS: switching instruction signal.

Claims (8)

A first control unit that includes a first storage unit that stores a first control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the first control program;
A second control unit that includes a second storage unit that stores a second control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the second control program;
Communication for receiving a switching instruction signal for setting one of the first control unit and the second control unit in an operating state and setting the other control unit in an operable standby state from a host device Means,
In the program processing of the control unit of the currently running, receiving the switching instruction signal, there is no user in the vicinity with wicket passage, when the ticket gate internal processing state satisfies a certain condition, current Program switching processing means for switching the program processing according to the control program of the operating control unit to the program processing according to the control program of the control unit currently waiting,
An automatic ticket gate characterized by comprising:   The automatic ticket checker according to claim 1, wherein the second control program is a program updated with respect to the first control program.   The automatic ticket checker according to claim 1, wherein the second control program is a spare program for the first control program.   The automatic ticket checker according to claim 1, wherein the control unit currently in standby is in a hot standby state in which instantaneous operation is possible. Program switching process means pre SL and this control unit in the operation is not in process conditions as the processing status of the ticket gate internal control unit of a program processing according to the control program of the control unit of the currently running currently waiting The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the automatic ticket gate is switched to program processing according to the control program. A first control unit that includes a first storage unit that stores a first control program that performs automatic ticket gate processing, and that performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the first control program, and second that performs automatic ticket gate processing. Any one of a second control unit that includes a second storage unit that stores the control program, and performs automatic ticket gate processing according to the second control program, and the first control unit and the second control unit Communication means for receiving from the host device a switching instruction signal for setting one control unit to an operating state and setting the other control unit to an operable standby state, and switching the control program according to the switching instruction signal A control program switching process program in the automatic ticket gate to control,
When receiving the switching instruction signal, the possible control unit in the running as processing state of ticket gates inside it is not in process, that there is no user in the vicinity and modified bill passage, to a condition, currently in operation A control program switching process program in an automatic ticket gate for causing a computer to realize a function of switching a program process according to the control program of the control unit to a program process according to the control program of the control unit currently waiting.   7. The control program switching process program for an automatic ticket gate according to claim 6, wherein the second control program is a program updated with respect to the first control program.   7. The control program switching process program for an automatic ticket checker according to claim 6, wherein the second control program is a spare program for the first control program.

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