JPH0799550B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

Description: [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate that prevents mistakes in a ticket issued at a ticket return slot.

[Prior Art and its Defects] One of the problems in the automatic ticket gate is a mistake in the ticket. This is because the front passenger who put in a ticket to be collected in the automatic ticket gate (for example, a normal ticket when he / she enters the car, hereinafter referred to as a collection ticket) is about to pass through the ticket gate passage to the next passenger. When a ticket that has been thrown in and is to be returned (for example, a commuter pass, etc., hereinafter referred to as a return ticket) is put out at the ticket return slot, the previous customer forgets that his ticket has been collected and gives it. It occurs when you take the ticket you have taken away with the illusion that it is your own ticket.

As a technique for preventing such mistaking of tickets, for example, those disclosed in JP-B-58-73, JP-A-53-14000, and JP-A-55-147790 have been proposed. ing.

In all of these technologies, when the previous customer puts the collected ticket and the next customer puts the return ticket into the automatic ticket gate, the return ticket put in by the next customer is pooled in the plane by the ticket pool mechanism, When the passage detector detects that the front passenger has passed through the ticket gate passage, the return ticket is returned to the ticket return slot.

However, in the above automatic ticket gates, when the passage detector fails and does not operate normally, the return ticket inserted by the next customer is pooled even after the previous customer has passed. Since it is left as it is, there is an inconvenience that the customer processing efficiency decreases.

[Object of the Invention] In view of the above points, the present invention is suitable for an automatic ticket gate having a function of preventing mistaking of tickets, even when the passage detector fails to perform a normal detection operation. The purpose is to prevent the customer processing efficiency from decreasing by canceling the pool operation of the ticket of the next customer under the conditions.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above object, even if the passage detector fails and does not perform normal detection operation, it is possible that the next customer has entered the predetermined area of the ticket gate passage. Based on the detection, the return ticket pool operation is canceled and returned to the ticket return port, so that the customer processing efficiency is prevented from being lowered, and the wrong ticket is prevented.

The above operating principle is that the first intruder (front passenger) in the ticket gate passage
This is based on the fact that a predetermined area where the next intruder (next guest) can enter only when the vehicle exits from the ticket gate passage exists in the ticket gate passage of the popular automatic ticket gate. That is,
A central entry detector is provided at a position where entry into the predetermined area can be detected, and even when the central entry detector detects entry of the return ticket inserter into the above-mentioned predetermined area, the front passenger can enter from the ticket gate passage. As if it came out forward, the pool operation of the return ticket is canceled.

More specifically, the present invention provides a ticket under the condition that a ticket to be collected is inserted into the ticket slot of the automatic ticket gate and the passage detector does not detect the participation of the person who inserts the ticket to be collected. When a ticket to be returned has been inserted into the slot, the ticket pool mechanism causes the ticket to be returned to be pooled, and when the passage detector detects the passage of the ticket to be collected through the ticket gate passage, the pool mechanism In the automatic ticket gate that cancels the pool operation of tickets and returns the tickets to be returned to the ticket return entrance, the next intruder enters only when the first intruder in the ticket passage has advanced from the ticket passage A central entry detector is provided at a position where entry into a predetermined area within the ticket gate passage can be detected, and when the passage detector detects passage of a ticket inserter to be collected, or the central entry detector is Check the entry of the ticket to be returned to the specified area When it is characterized in that a control unit for releasing the pooled operation by pool mechanism.

[Operation] When the passage detector does not detect the passage of the previous customer, the control unit causes the ticket pool mechanism to pool the ticket inserted by the next customer. If the passage detector is not defective, the pool operation is released when the passage detector detects the passage of the front passenger. When the passage detector is out of order, the pool operation is canceled when the central entrance detector detects the central entrance of the next customer. If the ticket for the next pooled customer is a return ticket, it will be issued to the ticket return slot.

[Embodiment] Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a time chart showing its operation.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a ticket gate passage and an installation position of a detector of the automatic ticket gate.

As shown in FIG. 3, the automatic ticket gate 10 of the present invention is provided with a ticket slot 11 and a ticket return slot 12 as in the conventional machine.
The passengers P1 and P2 pass through the ticket gate passage in the direction D of the arrow.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the control unit C is provided inside the main body.
And a passage detector 4 and a ticket pool mechanism 7, and a central approach detector 8 is newly provided.

The passage detector 4 is provided at a position where it is possible to detect that the customer has advanced from the inside of the ticket gate passage by blocking the detection light beam from the customer. On the other hand, the central approach detector 8
The detection light beam is blocked by the customer so that it can be detected that the customer has entered the center of the ticket gate passage, that is, between the detection light beam of the passage detector 4 and the detection light beam of the central entrance detector 8. It is provided at a position where it can be detected that it has entered the existing predetermined area.

This predetermined area is the front passenger who is the first intruder in the ticket gate passage.
Only when P1 moves out of the ticket passage, the next passenger P2, who is the next intruder, can enter the area.

Therefore, when the central entrance detector 8 detects the next customer P2, it means that the front passenger P1 has exited from the ticket gate ahead.

The control unit C includes a reading unit 1, a determination unit 2, and an addition / subtraction circuit 3
And two shift registers 5 and 6.

The reading unit 1 reads information from a ticket inserted into the ticket slot 11 (not shown in FIG. 1) and inputs it to the determination unit 2. The determination unit 2 compares the input information with the information for the automatic ticket gate stored in the storage unit in advance, determines whether the ticket is valid or invalid, and determines whether the ticket is a recovery ticket. Determine if it is a return ticket.

The validity determination signal S1 that is output when the determination unit 2 determines that it is valid is given to the addition / subtraction circuit 3. Adder / subtractor circuit 3
"1" is added each time this validity judgment signal is input, and each time the passage detection signal S2 output by the passage detector 4 that detects this when the customer passes through the ticket gate of the automatic ticket gate is input When "1" is subtracted and the content of the adder / subtractor circuit is less than "2", the output signal S3 is at the H level (hereinafter,
It is called "H". ), The output signal S3
Becomes L level (hereinafter referred to as "L").

Further, the valid determination signal S1 output from the determination unit 2 is simultaneously input as a shift signal to the first shift register 5 and the second shift register 6. The second shift register 6 is connected so as to take in the shift-out contents of the first shift register 5.

Then, when the judging unit 2 judges that the inserted ticket is a collected ticket, the collected ticket judgment signal S4 is given to the first register 5, and "1" is given to this register every time it is given.
Set.

Thus, when a valid collected ticket is inserted, the first shift register 5 is set to "1" by the validity determination signal S1 and the collected ticket determination signal S4, and when the next valid ticket is inserted. , The first shift register 5 according to the validity determination signal S1
The content of is shifted to the second shift register 6. When the latter ticket is a recovery ticket, "1" is set in the first shift register 5 as in the first case.

The output signal S3 of the adder / subtractor circuit 3 and the detection signal S7 of the central approach detector 8 are ORed by the OR gate 9 to clear the signal S8.
Is connected so that it is input to the clear terminal of the second shift register 6.

Therefore, when either of the signals S3 or S7 becomes the active state ("H"), the content of the second shift register 6 is cleared.

The output terminal of the second shift register 6 is connected to a circuit for driving a known ticket pool mechanism 7 provided in this automatic ticket gate, and the content of the second shift register 6 is "1".
If the output signal S6 in the case of is, the ticket pooling mechanism 7 is operated to pool the tickets, which are loaded into the ticket slot 11 of the automatic ticket gate and are transported by the ticket transporting mechanism (not shown), to predetermined positions. Has become.

The operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the time chart of FIG. 2. First, the case where the passage detector 4 is normal will be described.

First, when a valid ticket is inserted into the ticket slot 11 of the automatic ticket gate 10, the determination unit 2 outputs the validity determination signal S1 based on the information read from the ticket by the reading unit 1, so the addition / subtraction circuit 3 The count value of becomes 1. Then, when the inserted ticket is a collected ticket, the first ticket shift register 5 is set to "1" by the collected ticket determination signal S4, and the set output signal S5 in the active state ("H") is output. However, since the content of the second shift register 6 is "0", the output signal S6 is inactive ("L") and the ticket pool mechanism 7 is not operated.
Therefore, the collection ticket that has just been inserted is conveyed as it is and collected in the machine by the known sorting means.

Before the front customer P1 who put in the recovery ticket advances from the ticket passage,
When the next customer P2 throws in a valid ticket, the content "1" of the first shift register 5 is shifted to the second shift register 6 by the validity determination signal S1, and the content is set to "1". And
Since the count value of the adder / subtractor circuit 3 is now "2" due to the validity determination signal S1, the output signal S3 of the adder / subtractor circuit 3 is at the "L" level, so the second shift register 6 is in the active state (" H ") is retained. Therefore, the ticket pool mechanism 7 is operated, and the return ticket inserted by the next customer P2 is pooled.

In this way, it is possible to prevent the previous customer P1 who put in the recovery ticket from illusion and take away the return ticket of the next customer P2.

When the front passenger P1 advances from the ticket gate passage, the count value of the adder / subtractor circuit 3 becomes "1" by the passage detection signal S2 (a) shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, and the output signal S3 of "H" is input. OR
Since the clear signal S8 is given from the gate 9 to the clear terminal of the second shift register 6 to be cleared, the ticket pool operation is canceled. Therefore, the second customer P2 can receive the return ticket issued to the ticket return port 12 and advance from the ticket gate passage. When the next customer P2 advances from the ticket gate passage, the adder / subtractor circuit 3 is subtracted by the passage detection signal S2 (b) and the count value becomes "0" as in the above.

Further, when the front passenger P1 passes through the passage before the second passenger P2 puts in the ticket, the count value of the addition / subtraction circuit 3 which once becomes "1" is subtracted to "0" by the passage detection signal S2. Therefore, the output signal S3 of the adder / subtractor circuit transits to "H". Therefore, even if “1” of the first shift register 5 is shifted to the second shift register 6 by the subsequent passenger P2 inserting a valid ticket, the second shift register 6 still outputs the clear signal of the OR gate 9. Since it is cleared by S8, the return ticket of the next customer P2 is not returned to the pool but immediately returned to the ticket return opening 12.

Next, a case where the passage detector 4 fails will be described.
If the passage detector 4 fails and does not output the passage detection signal S2, the following inconvenience may occur. That is, when the next customer P2 throws in the return ticket before the previous customer P1 does not pass, and the previous customer P1 passes after that, the passage detection signal S2 is not output, so the count value by the valid ticket input of the previous customer and the next customer Becomes "2", and the output signal S3 of the adder / subtractor circuit 3 which becomes "L" does not return to "H". Therefore, since the second shift register 6 in which "1" has been shifted from the first shift register is not cleared by the ticket input of the next customer P2, the collected tickets input by the second customer P2 remain pooled, and the ticket gate passage It will not be possible to advance from.

In the present invention, in order to eliminate the above-mentioned inconvenience, the clear signal S8 is given to the second shift register 6 by the detection signal S7 of the central approach detector 8. This is based on the fact that the detection operation of the next customer P2 by the central approach detector 4 corresponds to the detection operation of the preceding customer P1 by the passage detector 4.

That is, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
When the passage detector 4 does not output the passage detection signal S2 despite the passage of P1, the detection signal S7 from the central approach detector 8 is output as the clear signal S8 via the OR gate 9 as the clear signal S8. 2 is given to the clear terminal of the shift register 6. As a result, the output signal S6 in the inactive state (“L”) is given from the second shift register 6 to the ticket pool mechanism 7, whereby the ticket pool operation is canceled. That is, the previous guest
The pool operation for the return ticket that the second customer P2 has inserted before P1 moves out of the ticket gate passage is canceled when the next customer P2 is detected by the central entrance detector 4.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the ticket of the next customer P2 from being pooled forever due to the failure of the passage detector 4, so that it is possible to realize the wrong ticket collection without lowering the customer processing efficiency.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when the passage detector does not detect the passage of the preceding customer, the ticket inserted by the next customer is pooled, and the passage detector detects the passage of the preceding customer. When a passage is detected,
Alternatively, when the central entrance detector detects the central entrance of the next customer, the pool operation is canceled, so that if the passage detector fails, tickets are prevented from being pooled forever. Therefore, it is possible to prevent mistaking of tickets without reducing the customer processing efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the first invention,
FIG. 2 is a time chart for explaining the operation of the configuration, and FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view for explaining the operation of the automatic ticket gate to which the present invention is applied. 4 …… Passage detector, 7 …… Ticket pool mechanism, 8 …… Central entrance detector, 10 …… Automatic ticket gate, 11 …… Ticket slot, 12 ……
Ticket return port.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Under the condition that a ticket to be collected is inserted into the ticket slot of an automatic ticket gate and the passage detector does not detect the participation of the person who put the ticket to be collected into the ticket slot. When a ticket to be returned has been inserted, the ticket pool mechanism causes the ticket to be returned to be pooled, and when the passage detector detects passage of the ticket inserter of the ticket to be collected through the ticket gate passage, the pool mechanism In the automatic ticket gate that cancels the ticket pool operation by the above and returns the ticket to be returned to the ticket return slot, the next intruder only when the earliest intruder in the ticket gate passage exits from the ticket gate passage When a central entrance detector is provided at a position where entry into a predetermined area within a ticket gate passage that can be entered is detected, and the passage detector detects the passage of an inserter of the ticket to be collected, or If the central entry detector is the person who put in the ticket to be returned, Upon detection of entry into the constant regions, an automatic ticket gate, characterized in that a control unit for releasing the pooled operation by the pool mechanism.