JPH07210713A - Automatic ticket examining machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly make a transfer ride by giving a ride guidance at the time of transfer to a line of a different company based on ride guidance data selected by a selecting means, and then obtaining the ride guidance of the line of the different company at the time of exiting from the line of one company. CONSTITUTION:Data recorded on a train ticket C inserted into a main body (a) are read by a magnetic head H1 and processed by a CPU to decide whether the train ticket C is for the line of this company or a ride ticket for transfer to the line of the different company. When the inserted train ticket C is the train ticket for transfer to the line of the different company, ride guidance data regarding the ticket C which are stored in a RAM are selected and the CPU performs arithmetic processing on the basis of the selected ride guidance data to output a guidance at a display part 5. A speech guidance may be given in combination through a speaker 4 or only the speech guidance from the speaker 4 may be given. The transfer ride ticket C for the different company line which is inserted is returned to the user at a discharge opening 2 and an exiting process is performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and particularly when there is a boarding station of another company's line near the exit station and the passenger has a transfer ticket to another company line when getting off the bus. This is related to the thing that allows passengers to get boarding information when they leave the station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic ticket gate for participation has a function that when a ticket satisfying a getting-off condition is inserted into a main body (hereinafter referred to as a main body) of the automatic ticket gate, data recorded on the ticket is read. Then, the door is opened based on the calculated processing (when the main body is a normally open type, the door is left unchanged). Also, when a ticket that does not satisfy the exit conditions is inserted into the main body, the door is naturally closed and participation is refused.

[0003]

By the way, as shown in the route map of FIG. 5, the A station of Company A line and the O station of Company B line are close to each other, and the user (passenger) A is station A. You may get off at and transfer at Otsu station.

There is a case where the user a has a transit ticket for the B company line when he / she takes the A company line in advance. In this case, for example, Otsu station is a large station. If you have multiple platforms, you can transfer smoothly if you get the boarding information for Otsu Station when you enter Kou Station.

[0007] However, the conventional automatic ticket gates have a drawback in that no passenger guidance is provided at the time of transit, and it is not kind to a user who is unfamiliar with transit.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to make it possible for other companies to use a ticket for connecting to another company's line when it is inserted in the body. It is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can guide passengers on a line.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention performs arithmetic processing based on data recorded in a ticket inserted in a main body, and the arithmetic processing In an automatic ticket gate that performs entry processing based on the result, a storage means for storing boarding guide data of another company's line and a boarding ticket inserted into the main body when the ticket is a connecting ticket to another company's line It is characterized by having a selecting means for selecting boarding guidance data concerning a ticket from the storage means, and a guiding means for carrying out boarding guidance based on the boarding guidance data selected by the selecting means.

[0008]

In the above structure, the guiding means provides boarding guidance when connecting to another company's line based on the boarding guidance data selected by the selecting means.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment, in which a transport mechanism 3 driven by a motor M is disposed between an insertion opening 1 and an ejection opening 2 of a main body a thereof. There is.

The transport mechanism 3 comprises a well-known aligned transport path 3a, a main transport path 3b, and a discharge transport path 3c, among which the aligned transport path 3a aligns the tickets C inserted from the insertion slot 1. In addition, the main transport path 3b has a magnetic head H ₁ for reading the magnetic data recorded on the ticket C, and the magnetic data read by this magnetic head is processed by a controller described later. Then, a magnetic head H ₂ for writing the calculation result and a verifying magnetic head H ₃ for reading whether or not the data writing is normally performed.
And have.

In the figure, 4 is a speaker provided on the side surface of the main body a. In addition, reference numeral 5 in the drawing is a display unit including a display screen provided adjacent to the discharge port 2, and D in the drawing is
It is a door that opens and closes the ticket gate passage.

In the figure, S is a human detection for detecting the entrance or exit of the user into or through the ticket passage, which is formed between the adjacent main body (not shown). It is a vessel. Although not shown, the main transport path 3b
A recovery conveyance path having a wing is provided between the discharge conveyance path 3c and the discharge conveyance path 3c. When the wing rises, the ticket can be collected into the collection box via the collection conveyance path. There is.

In the figure, reference numeral 6 is a controller formed mainly of a microcomputer for controlling the main body a as a whole.
Its electrical configuration is shown in FIG.

That is, the controller 6 has a central processing unit (CPU) 12 which performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 10 and working data stored in the RAM 11. In the RAM 11, the boarding guide data of another company's line, which is transmitted from a management machine installed in a station office or the like (not shown), is stored in advance.

The CPU 12 includes a read / write driver 14 for driving and controlling the magnetic heads H _{1 to} H ₃ and a door driver 1 for driving the door D via the I / O unit 13.
5 and a display driver 16 that drives the display unit 5 are connected. The I / O unit 13 is connected with the sensor amplifiers of the human detectors S, S ..., But they are omitted because they are not directly related to the description of the present invention.

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, as shown in FIG. 5, the user a
Assume that you are getting off at A station on the A company line and are about to get on again from Otsu station on the B company line. In addition, user A also has a transit ticket for the B company line when boarding the A company line. It is assumed that Now, it is assumed that the user a has inserted the ticket C into the insertion slot 1 in order to enter from the station A.
(Step 100 is affirmative. Hereinafter, step is referred to as S).

The data recorded on the ticket C inserted in the main body a is read by the magnetic head H ₁ and is read by the CPU 12
The ticket C is used for the calculation processing of
It is determined whether it is a passenger ticket or a transfer ticket for another company's line (company B line) (S102, S104).

If the inserted ticket C is a ticket for connecting to another company's line (Yes at S104), the boarding guide data for the ticket C stored in the RAM 11 is selected, and the selected boarding ticket is selected. The CPU 12 performs arithmetic processing on the basis of the guidance data to guide the display unit 5 (S106).

FIG. 4 shows an example of the guide. Note that this guidance may be combined with voice guidance through the speaker 4, or may be voice guidance only through the speaker 4.

The inserted transfer ticket C to another company's line is returned to the user A from the outlet 2 and the participation process is performed (Yes at S110, S112).

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment can receive the boarding guide of the other company's line if the connecting ticket C to the other company's line is inserted at the time of participation, so that the transfer boarding is smooth. It becomes possible to do it.

[0023]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a storage means for storing boarding guide data of another company's line and a boarding ticket inserted into the main body when the ticket is a connecting ticket to another company's line. It consists of a selection means for selecting boarding guidance data for a ticket from the storage means and a guidance means for carrying out boarding guidance based on the boarding guidance data selected by the selection means. You can receive boarding information for the line, and you can smoothly transfer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing in section a part of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a display unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a route map.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Insertion port 3 Transport mechanism 4 Speaker 5 Display unit 6 Controller a Main body of the automatic ticket gate (main body) C Ticket

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that performs arithmetic processing based on data recorded on a ticket inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and performs entrance processing based on the result of the arithmetic processing. Storage means for storing guidance data, and when the ticket inserted in the main body of the automatic ticket gate is a transit ticket for another company's line, the boarding guidance data for the ticket is selected from the storage means. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: selecting means; and guiding means for providing boarding guidance based on the boarding guidance data selected by the selecting means.