JP4983058B2 - Gate device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gate device which is provided in a gate such as a departure gate of an airport, for example, and reads a non-contact medium by a method such as a non-contact IC or a two-dimensional bar code and discharges a guide medium.

  Conventionally, there has been proposed a ticket gate apparatus that accepts reservations for airline seats and discharges seat tickets based on the inserted personal information card (see Patent Document 1).

  This ticket gate reads out the reservation information recorded as magnetic data from the inserted personal information card and transmits it to the host device. The host device inquires about the reservation information, and if OK, edits the ticket issuing information and outputs it to the ticket gate device. The ticket gate device prints the seat information on the personal information card or the seat paper and discharges it based on the seat ticket issuing information.

  In airports where such ticket gates are installed, when a user (passenger) inserts a medium such as a personal information card into the ticket gate, an operator takes out the medium released from the ticket gate and hands it to the user. ing.

  On the other hand, in recent years, a non-contact medium that can read information in a non-contact manner by a method such as a non-contact IC or a two-dimensional barcode is used instead of a medium for recording magnetic data. Information is read from the non-contact medium in a non-contact manner without being taken into the ticket gate device.

  For this reason, there is a problem in that it is difficult for the clerk to understand the correspondence between the user who has read the non-contact medium with the ticket gate device and the discharged medium, and the clerk is not able to pass the medium.

  In detail, for example, for users who did not hold the non-contact medium correctly or for users whose non-contact medium was invalid, the ticket information cannot be obtained by introducing the reservation information. No media is ejected from the device. However, if the next user holds the non-contact medium correctly, the medium for the user is released from the ticket gate device, and the attendant may give it to the previous user. In addition, when a medium is forgotten, a medium to be passed to the previous user may be passed to the next user. Then, once a passing error occurs, different media are passed to users who pass continuously. When such a situation occurs, it becomes very difficult to make adjustments later, and in some cases, the departure time of the aircraft is greatly delayed.

  However, the above-described ticket gate apparatus cannot effectively prevent such a passing mistake, and in particular, a non-contact medium has not been considered at all.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-149462

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a gate device that accepts a non-contact medium, discharges a guide medium, and prevents the guide medium from being mistakenly transferred.

The present invention provides a non-contact reading means for reading the passage information in a non-contact manner from a non-contact medium in which passage information relating to the passage of the gate is recorded, and a guide for recording guidance information for a user based on the read passage information. Conveying means for conveying the medium to the discharge port; holding means for holding the guide medium so as to be removable at the discharge port; switching means for switching the holding state of the guide medium by the holding means; and utilization through the gate And a consistency determining means for determining whether or not the person and the guide medium of the discharge port correspond correctly, and the switching means is a gate device that performs switching based on a determination result by the consistency determining means. It is characterized by that.

  The non-contact medium may be a non-contact medium capable of reading information, such as a non-contact IC medium, a bar code medium, or both.

  The passage information can be configured with information about the passage of the gate, such as information about the departure place and the arrival place.

  The non-contact reading means can be constituted by means for reading information in a non-contact manner, such as a non-contact IC medium reader, a barcode reader, or both.

The guidance information may be information related to guidance, such as seat information, boarding flight information, destination information, or a plurality of these.
The guide medium can be composed of a medium such as paper.

  According to the present invention, when the clerk pulls out the guide medium held by the holding means, the clerk can recognize the difference in the holding state.

  The consistency determining means includes a passage sensor for detecting the passage of the user, and means for determining whether or not the number of passing users detected by the passage sensor and the number of the guide media discharged coincide with each other. It can be configured by means for determining whether or not the passing user and the guide medium of the discharge port correspond correctly.

  According to this aspect, the holding state by the holding unit can be switched at the stage where the consistency cannot be obtained, and the staff can recognize that the consistency cannot be obtained due to the difference in the feeling of pulling out the guide medium.

The present invention also records non-contact reading means for non-contact reading the passage information from a non-contact medium in which passage information relating to passage of the gate is recorded, and guide information to the user based on the read passage information. Conveying means for conveying the guide medium to the discharge port, holding means for holding the guide medium at the discharge port so as to be extractable, switching means for switching the holding state of the guide medium by the holding means, and the non-contact reading means Is configured to read the passage information in a non-contact manner from a plurality of types of non-contact media having different reading methods, and includes a medium type determination unit that determines the type of the non-contact medium, and the switching unit includes the medium type determination unit. This is a gate device that performs switching based on the determination result of (1 ).

  This allows the clerk to determine whether or not the type of the non-contact medium of the user visually confirmed by the clerk and the feel of pulling out the guide medium match correctly, and prevents the clerk from passing the guide medium incorrectly. it can.

Further, as an aspect of the present invention, the switching unit can be configured by a holding force switching unit that switches a holding force by the holding unit.
The holding force switching means includes a contact portion that contacts the guide medium, an urging means such as a spring that urges the contact portion, and a driving means such as a solenoid that changes the urging force of the urging means. For example, it can be configured by means for switching the holding force.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to make the clerk recognize the difference in weight when extracting the guide medium, and to prevent the clerk from passing the guide medium.

As an aspect of the present invention, the holding means can be constituted by a holding means for holding and holding the guide medium.
According to this aspect, the guide medium can be easily held.

  In addition, as an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cutting means that can partially make a cut in the width direction on the continuous paper, and has a cutting portion using the leading end portion from the cut as the guide medium, and the switching means controls the cutting means to switch. Thus, it can be constituted by a cutting ratio switching means for switching a ratio between a cut portion having a cut and a continuous portion having no cut.

The cutting means can be constituted by means such as a cutter for cutting continuous paper at right angles or obliquely with respect to the feeding direction.
The cutting ratio switching means is a control for switching the ratio in the state where both the cutting part and the continuous part exist, or the state where both the cutting part and the continuous part exist and the state where the continuous part does not exist (the cutting part and It is possible to adopt a configuration in which appropriate control such as switching to a state where the continuous portion is in a ratio of 10 to 0) is performed.

  According to this aspect, the holding medium is held by the holding means, such as a state where the holding guide medium is partially connected to the continuous paper body, a state where the held guide medium is separated from the continuous paper body, and the like. Can be switched to an appropriate state.

  Thereby, when the guide medium is separated from the continuous paper main body, it is possible to make the clerk recognize the difference in touch due to the feeling that the continuous portion is broken, and it is possible to prevent the clerk from passing the guide medium.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gate device that accepts a non-contact medium, discharges the guide medium, and prevents the guide medium from being mistakenly transferred.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an automatic ticket gate 1 provided at the gate, and FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the automatic ticket gate 1.
The automatic ticket gate 1 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is about the height of the abdomen of a normal person and that is long in the left-right direction, which is the user's passing direction. A human detection sensor group 5 including a plurality of sensors arranged at equal intervals in the left-right direction is provided at a height position of about 3/4 from the lower front of the automatic ticket gate 1.

  A two-dimensional bar code reader 3 and a non-contact IC reader / writer 4 are provided on the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate 1 on the right side (entrance side). The two-dimensional barcode reader 3 is an apparatus for recognizing an image by scanning a two-dimensional barcode. As shown in FIG. 2, the two-dimensional barcode reader 2 that performs scanning is placed at the center of the upper surface of the two-dimensional barcode reader 3. Is provided. The non-contact IC reader / writer 4 is composed of an antenna arranged so as to surround the periphery of the two-dimensional bar code reader 3.

  In the center of the upper surface of the automatic ticket checker 1, a blue display lamp 6 and a red display lamp 7 are juxtaposed in the width direction of the automatic ticket checker 1 (vertical direction in FIG. 2). The blue display lamp 6 is a blue lamp that is lit when the determination of whether to pass is OK, and the red display lamp 7 is a red lamp that is lit when the determination of whether to pass is NG.

  A ticketing machine 8 is provided on the left side (exit side) of the automatic ticket gate 1, and a ticket discharge unit 8 a of the ticketing machine 8 is provided on the upper left side of the automatic ticket gate 1.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of the inside of the ticket issuing machine 8 as seen from the front.
In the ticket issuing machine 8, a thermal roll paper 10 is attached to a roll paper holder 11 provided at the lower left in the frame 9. The thermal roll paper 10 is a continuous paper wound in a roll shape. The leading end extends from the lower side to the right, is guided by the right side guide roller 12 and is bent upward, and the transport rollers 13, 14, 23, 29 are provided. Is passed straight through to the catching roller 37.

  The configuration from the guide roller 12 to the catching roller 37 will be described in detail. A roll paper set detection sensor 44 that detects whether or not the thermal roll paper 10 is set in the roll paper holder 11 is provided at the subsequent stage of the guide roller 12. ing.

  Subsequent to the roll paper set detection sensor 44, conveyance rollers 13 and 14 are provided, and a motor 17 having a pulley 16 is provided in the vicinity of the conveyance rollers 13 and 14. A belt 15 is stretched between the transport rollers 13 and 14 and the pulley 16 rotated by the motor 17. Accordingly, when the motor 17 rotates, the transport rollers 13 and 14 also rotate via the pulley 16 and the belt 15.

  A touch roller 18 that is urged by a spring 20 toward the transport roller 13 is disposed opposite to the transport roller 13 on the front side. Further, a touch roller 19 that is urged by a spring 21 toward the transport roller 14 is disposed opposite to the transport roller 14 on the rear stage side. These touch rollers 18 and 19 are freely rotating rollers. Accordingly, the thermal roll paper 10 can be transported by rotating the thermal roll paper 10 between the transport roller 13 and the touch roller 18 and between the transport roller 14 and the touch roller 19.

  A rotary cutter 22 is provided at the subsequent stage of the conveying roller 14. The rotary cutter 22 completely cuts the thermal roll paper 10 in the width direction, and separates the tip side portion from the cut portion as a ticket 47 (see FIG. 4).

  A conveyance roller 23, a platen roller 26, and a conveyance roller 29 are provided at the subsequent stage of the rotary cutter 22. In the vicinity of the transport rollers 23 and 29 and the platen roller 26, a motor 35, a pulley 34 rotated by the motor 35, and a tension pulley 32 are provided. A belt 33 is stretched around the transport rollers 23 and 29, the platen roller 26, the tension pulley 32, and the pulley 34. Accordingly, the belt 33 is maintained in a tensioned state by the tension pulley 32. The rotational force of the motor 35 is first transmitted to the pulley 34, and further to the conveying rollers 23 and 29 and the platen roller 26 via the belt 33, all of which rotate.

  A touch roller 24 that is urged by a spring 25 toward the transport roller 23 is opposed to the transport roller 23 at the preceding stage. The touch roller 24 is a roller that freely rotates. As a result, the bill 47 cut from the thermal roll paper 10 can be transported by being sandwiched between the transport roller 23 and the touch roller 24.

  A thermal head 27 that is urged by a spring 28 toward the platen roller 26 is opposed to the middle platen roller 26. The thermal head 27 prints guide information such as seat information on the ticket 47 and functions as a writing means for writing information.

  A print positioning sensor 45 is provided upstream of the thermal head 27 and downstream of the conveying roller 23. With this print positioning sensor 45, characters can be printed by the thermal head 27 at the correct position of the ticket 47 cut from the thermal roll paper 10.

  A touch roller 30 that is biased toward the transport roller 29 by a spring 31 is disposed opposite the transport roller 29 at the rear stage. The touch roller 30 is a freely rotating roller. Thereby, the ticket 47 can be transported by being sandwiched between the transport roller 29 and the touch roller 30.

  A ticket release detection sensor 46 is provided at the subsequent stage of the transport roller 29. The ticket release detection sensor 46 can detect whether the ticket 47 has been released and whether the ticket 47 has been removed.

  A catching roller 37 is provided at the subsequent stage of the ticket release detection sensor 46, and a guide 36 that is opposed to the catching roller 37 and is in contact with the catching roller 37 is provided.

  The catching roller 37 is provided at the tip of an inverted L-shaped lever 38. The lever 38 is pivotally supported by a shaft 39 at a substantially central portion so that the catching roller 37 can rotate in a direction toward and away from the guide 36. One end of a spring 40 is connected to the end of the lever 38 opposite to the catching roller 37. The other end of the spring 40 is connected to the vicinity of the tip of the plunger 42 of the solenoid 41. A stopper 43 that restricts the distance by which the plunger 42 protrudes from the solenoid 41 to a certain distance is provided on the distal end side of the plunger 42.

  Thereby, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 4A, the catching roller 37 is constantly urged toward the guide 36 by the urging force of the spring 40 (the pulling force in this embodiment). Therefore, the ticket 47 can be held between the catching roller 37 and the guide 36 with a certain amount of pressing force.

  Further, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 4B, when the solenoid 41 is turned on and the plunger 42 is retracted, the spring 40 is pulled, and the urging force by the spring 40 is strengthened, and the catching roller 37 and the guide 36. Thus, the ticket 47 can be held with a strong pressing force.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic ticket gate 1.
The automatic ticket gate 1 includes a CPU 51, an interface 52 connected to the CPU 51, a two-dimensional bar code reader 3, a non-contact IC reader / writer 4, a human detection sensor group 5, a blue display lamp 6, and a red color connected to the interface 52. The display lamp 7 and the ticket issuing machine 8 are configured.

  The two-dimensional barcode reader 3 acquires information by image processing from the two-dimensional barcode scanned by the two-dimensional barcode reader 2 (see FIG. 2), and transmits the acquired information to the CPU 51. This information includes passage information relating to whether or not passage is possible, such as an airline user member number, reservation number, departure place information, arrival place information, and use date and time information.

  The non-contact IC reader / writer 4 emits electromagnetic waves from an antenna, transmits / receives information to / from the non-contact IC medium using a magnetic field, and transmits information acquired from the non-contact IC medium to the CPU 51. This information includes passage information relating to whether or not passage is possible, such as an airline user member number, reservation number, departure place information, arrival place information, and use date and time information.

The blue display lamp 6 emits blue light by turning on / off the CPU 51.
The red display lamp 7 emits red light according to the on / off control of the CPU 51.
The ticket issuing machine 8 issues a ticket 47 under the control of the CPU 51.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the ticket issuing machine 8.
The ticket issuing machine 8 includes a CPU 55, an interface 56 connected to the CPU 55, a motor 17, a rotary cutter 22, a thermal head 27, a motor 35, a solenoid 41, a roll paper set detection sensor 44, a print connected to the interface 56. A positioning sensor 45 and a ticket release detection sensor 46 are included.

The motors 17 and 35 rotate and stop according to the control of the CPU 55.
The rotary cutter 22 performs cutting of the thermal roll paper 10 according to the control of the CPU 55.

  The thermal head 27 prints various information such as seat information on a ticket 47 cut from the thermal roll paper 10 under the control of the CPU 55.

  The solenoid 41 executes the backward movement and the protrusion of the plunger 42 according to the ON / OFF control of the CPU 55.

  The roll paper set detection sensor 44 detects the presence or absence of the thermal roll paper 10 and transmits a detection signal to the CPU 55.

  The print positioning sensor 45 is a sensor for determining the print position by detecting the leading end of the conveyed bill 47 and transmits the detected detection signal to the CPU 55.

  The ticket release detection sensor 46 is a sensor that detects whether or not the ticket 47 has been released and whether or not the ticket 47 has been removed, and transmits the detected detection signal to the CPU 55.

FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of operations executed by the CPU 51 of the automatic ticket gate 1.
The CPU 51 waits until information is read from the non-contact medium (two-dimensional bar code medium or non-contact IC medium) held by the user with the two-dimensional barcode reader 3 or the non-contact IC reader / writer 4 (step S1: No). .

  When the information is read from the non-contact medium (step S1: Yes), the CPU 51 determines whether or not it can pass, and if the determination is NG (step S2: No), the CPU 51 prevents the user from passing (step S3). This passage prevention is realized by the attendant's reception by turning on the red display lamp 7. In addition, you may make it the structure which prevents passage by providing the door opened and closed by a drive means, and closing this door.

  If the determination is OK in the pass / fail determination (step S2: Yes), the CPU 51 issues a ticket by the ticket issuing machine 8 (step S4), and counts the number of tickets 47 issued by the ticket release detection sensor 46 (step S5). ).

  If the number of passing users detected by the human detection sensor group 5 matches the number of issued tickets detected by the ticket release detection sensor 46 (step S6: Yes), the CPU 51 proceeds to step S8. At this time, the solenoid 41 is in an OFF state, and the clamping force of the ticket 47 by the guide 36 and the catching roller 37 is weak. For this reason, the guide 36 and the catching roller 37 pinch the ticket 47 in a state where the clerk can pull it out with a light force (a state where the pulling resistance force due to friction or the like is weak).

  If they do not match (step S6: No), the solenoid 41 is turned on to increase the holding force of the ticket 47 by the guide 36 and the catching roller 37, and a state where a strong force is required for the clerk to remove the ticket 47 (friction etc.) (Step S7). As a result, the clerk feels heavier than usual when pulling out the ticket 47 and can recognize that there was an abnormality. Therefore, it is possible to immediately notice the wrong delivery of the ticket 47 and correct it on the spot.

  The CPU 51 detects whether or not there is a next user using an approach-side sensor that also functions as an entry detection sensor in the human detection sensor group 5, and if there is a next user (step S8: Yes), the step The process is returned to S1 and repeated.

  If there is no next user (step S8: No), the CPU 51 shifts to a standby state (step S9) and ends the process.

  With the above configuration and operation, the guide 36 and the catching roller 37 are normally used when the ticket 47 is released while the number of passing passengers and the number of tickets issued match, that is, while it is considered that there is no difference in passing of the tickets 47. It is possible to hold the ticket 47 with the holding force. Then, when it is considered that the passing number of people and the number of tickets issued do not coincide with each other and the passing of the tickets 47 is considered to have occurred, it is possible to immediately increase the holding force and make it difficult to remove the tickets 47. As a result, the clerk can recognize that the withdrawal of the ticket 47 has become heavy, and can recognize the occurrence of an abnormality.

  In this way, since the clerk can recognize the occurrence of an abnormality with the touch of the hand, the passing of the ticket 47 can be prevented without looking at the ticket discharge portion 8a, the blue display lamp 6, the red display lamp 7, or the like. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the passing of the ticket 47 while finely dealing with the user passing through the passage L (see FIG. 2) in the direction of the arrow Y.

  Further, if the method is to notify the clerk's visual or auditory sense by means of the blue display lamp 6, the red display lamp 7, or a warning sound, the notification that the automatic ticket checker 1 has determined that passage is impossible is determined. However, it is possible to prevent such a mistake by notifying the tactile sense, which is a sensory organ completely different from the notification of whether or not the vehicle can pass.

  The solenoid 41 turned ON in step S7 is turned OFF at an appropriate timing after the ticket 47 is removed, such as turned OFF when the ticket release detection sensor 46 detects the withdrawal of the ticket 47 or turned OFF in step S9. It is good to make it.

As a second embodiment, an automatic ticket gate 1 in the case where the feeling of pulling out the ticket 47 (see FIG. 4) is switched by the cut amount of the rotary cutter 22 (see FIG. 3) will be described.
In this case, the solenoid 41 in the automatic ticket gate 1 of Example 1 becomes unnecessary.

  Further, the rotary cutter 22 executes complete cutting (full cut) for completely separating the bill 47 from the thermal roll paper 10 and partial cutting (partial cut) for cutting partially according to the switching control of the CPU 55.

  As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 8A, the complete cut is a cut in which a straight cut 61 is formed in the width direction in the thermal roll paper 10. Thereby, the front end side portion from the cut 61 is completely separated as a ticket 47.

  As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 8B, the partial cutting is performed by leaving the continuous portion 63 at one end in the width direction (right end in this embodiment) of the thermal roll paper 10 from the side (left end in this embodiment). ) To make a straight cut 62. As a result, the voucher 47 constituted by the front end portion from the cut 62 is connected to the thermal roll paper 10.

  Since the other configuration is the same as that of the automatic ticket gate 1 of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The automatic ticket gate 1 according to the second embodiment configured as described above may be configured to execute the partial cutting described above in step S7 described with reference to FIG. Moreover, when the number of passing people and the number of ticket issuing are the same at step S6, it is good to set it as the structure which performs the complete cutting | disconnection mentioned above and advances a process to step S8.

  Since other operations are the same as those of the automatic ticket gate 1 of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  With the configuration and operation described above, the clerk can recognize the occurrence of an abnormality based on the difference in feel when the ticket 47 is pulled out (difference in whether or not the continuous portion 63 feels torn), and the same effect as in the first embodiment is obtained. be able to.

  A slide cutter may be used instead of the rotary cutter 22. In this case, it is possible to form an arbitrary cut 62 and a continuous part 63 such as leaving a continuous part 63 at the center in the width direction of the ticket 47 and forming a straight cut 62 on both sides thereof.

As a third embodiment, an automatic ticket checker 1 that switches the feeling that a clerk pulls out a ticket 47 according to the type of non-contact medium used by a passing user will be described.
Since the configuration of the automatic ticket gate 1 in this case is the same as that of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of operations executed by the CPU 51 of the automatic ticket gate 1 of the third embodiment.
The CPU 51 waits until information is read from the non-contact medium (two-dimensional bar code medium or non-contact IC medium) held by the user with the two-dimensional bar code reader 3 or the non-contact IC reader / writer 4 (step S21: No). .

  When the information is read from the non-contact medium (step S21: Yes), the CPU 51 determines whether or not it can be passed. If the determination is NG (step S22: No), the CPU 51 prevents the user from passing (step S23).

  If it is OK in the pass / no-go determination (step S22: Yes), the CPU 51 executes ticketing by the ticketing machine 8 (step S24), and determines whether the read medium is a two-dimensional barcode or a non-contact IC medium. (Step S25).

  If the read non-contact medium is a two-dimensional barcode (step S25: Yes), the CPU 51 turns on the solenoid 41 to increase the holding force of the ticket 47 between the guide 36 and the catching roller 37 (step S26). Thereby, the clerk feels heavier than usual when extracting the ticket 47, and can recognize that the ticket 47 corresponds to the two-dimensional barcode. Therefore, if the user's non-contact medium visually confirmed is a non-contact IC medium, it can be immediately noticed that the correspondence does not match and the ticket 47 is handed over.

  If it is not a two-dimensional bar code in step S25 (step S25: No), the clamping force of the ticket 47 between the guide 36 and the catching roller 37 is weakened with the solenoid 41 turned off. Thereby, the clerk feels the normal weight when extracting the ticket 47 and can recognize that the ticket 47 corresponds to the non-contact IC medium. Therefore, if the user's non-contact medium visually confirmed is a two-dimensional bar code, it can be immediately noticed that the correspondence does not match and the voucher 47 is handed over.

  The CPU 51 detects whether or not there is a next user using an approach-side sensor that also functions as an entry detection sensor in the human detection sensor group 5, and if there is a next user (step S27: Yes), the step The process is returned to S21 and repeated.

  If there is no next user (step S27: No), the CPU 51 shifts to a standby state (step S28) and ends the process.

  With the above configuration and operation, it is possible to vary the feel of pulling out the ticket 47 in accordance with the type of read non-contact medium. As a result, the clerk visually checks whether the non-contact medium held by the passing user over the two-dimensional barcode reader 3 or the non-contact IC reader / writer 4 is a two-dimensional barcode or a non-contact IC medium. If it is possible to extract the ticket 47 with the weight corresponding to the confirmed type, it is possible to recognize that it is not a mistake in delivery, and that it is a mistake in delivery otherwise.

  Therefore, as in the first embodiment, since the clerk can recognize by hand feeling, it is possible to prevent the passing of the ticket 47 even without looking at the ticket discharge portion 8a, the blue display lamp 6, the red display lamp 7, and the like. Therefore, the clerk can prevent the handing over of the ticket 47 while responding finely to the user.

  In each of the above embodiments, the feel of pulling out the ticket 47 is changed depending on the difference in pressing force for clamping the ticket 47 or the difference between complete cutting or partial cutting. 37, the length of the portion remaining inside the ticketing machine 8 may be varied, and the feel may be changed depending on the difference in length.

  In this case, the length over which a constant force (extraction resistance force such as frictional force) is applied during the withdrawal of the bill 47 is changed by the pressing force of the guide 36 and the catching roller 37. Therefore, an attendant can recognize an abnormality or the like depending on whether the length of the constant force is long or short.

  Further, the difference in the feeling of pulling out the ticket 47 is not limited to two stages, and may be configured in a plurality of stages. In this case, various types of information can be conveyed to the staff.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The gate device of the present invention corresponds to the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment,
Similarly,
The non-contact reading means corresponds to the two-dimensional bar code reader 3 and the non-contact IC reader / writer 4,
The discharge port corresponds to the ticket discharge part 8a,
The continuous paper corresponds to the thermal roll paper 10,
The cutting means corresponds to the rotary cutter 22,
The conveying means corresponds to the conveying rollers 23 and 29,
The holding means and the clamping means correspond to the guide 36, the catching roller 37, the lever 38, the shaft 39, and the spring 40,
The switching means corresponds to the solenoid 41 or the rotary cutter 22,
The holding force switching means corresponds to the solenoid 41,
The guidance medium corresponds to the ticket 47,
The cutting rate switching means corresponds to the CPU 55,
The cut portion corresponds to the cuts 61 and 62,
The continuous part corresponds to the continuous part 63,
The consistency determination means corresponds to the CPU 51 that executes step S6,
The medium type determination means corresponds to the CPU 51 that executes step S25,
Non-contact media corresponds to non-contact IC media and two-dimensional barcode media,
The present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

The front view of an automatic ticket gate. The top view of an automatic ticket gate. The block diagram which looked at the inside of a ticket issuing machine from the front. The partially expanded block diagram of a ticket issuing machine. The block diagram which shows the structure of an automatic ticket gate. The block diagram which shows the structure of a ticket issuing machine. The flowchart of the operation | movement which CPU of an automatic ticket gate performs. Explanatory drawing of the break of the ticket of Example 2. FIG. The flowchart of the operation | movement which CPU of the automatic ticket gate of Example 3 performs.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate 3 ... Two-dimensional barcode reader 4 ... Non-contact IC reader / writer 8a ... Ticket discharge | release part 10 ... Thermal roll paper 22 ... Rotary cutter 23, 29 ... Conveyance roller 36 ... Guide 37 ... Catching roller 38 ... Lever 39 ... shaft 40 ... spring 41 ... solenoid 47 ... ticket 51 ... CPU
55 ... CPU
61, 62 ... cut 63 ... continuous part

Claims (5)

Non-contact reading means for reading the passage information in a non-contact manner from a non-contact medium in which passage information relating to the passage of the gate is recorded;
Transport means for transporting a guide medium in which guide information to a user is recorded based on the read passage information to a discharge port;
Holding means for holding the guide medium detachably at the discharge port;
Switching means for switching the holding state of the guide medium by the holding means ;
Consistency determining means for determining whether or not the user passing through the gate and the guide medium of the discharge port correspond correctly,
A gate device that switches the switching means based on a determination result by the consistency determination means . Non-contact reading means for reading the passage information in a non-contact manner from a non-contact medium in which passage information relating to the passage of the gate is recorded;
Transport means for transporting a guide medium in which guide information to a user is recorded based on the read passage information to a discharge port;
Holding means for holding the guide medium detachably at the discharge port;
Switching means for switching the holding state of the guide medium by the holding means ;
The non-contact reading unit is configured to read the passage information in a non-contact manner from a plurality of types of non-contact media having different reading methods.
A medium type determining means for determining the type of the non-contact medium;
A gate device that switches the switching unit based on a determination result by the medium type determination unit . It said switching means, a gate device of the holding force according to claim 1 or 2 wherein is constituted by switching means for switching the holding force by the holding means. It said holding means, a gate device according to any one of claims 1-3 configured in a sandwich means for holding by pinching the guiding medium. A cutting means that can partially cut a widthwise cut in the continuous paper and has a leading end portion from the cut as the guide medium,
The gate device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the switching means is configured by a cutting ratio switching means for switching the cutting means to switch a ratio between a cut portion having a cut and a continuous portion having no cut.

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