CA1137615A - Sensor and system for fast teller lines - Google Patents
Sensor and system for fast teller linesInfo
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
- G01S15/02—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems using reflection of acoustic waves
- G01S15/04—Systems determining presence of a target
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The invention relates to a detection and actuation system which is housed in a single, self-contained standard.
The system can be used as, for example, a fast teller standard, and is especially useful in that the detector and indicator thereof can be disposed in the same housing. The system in-cludes a signal transmitter and a signal receiver, and the transmitter can emit a signal from the location of the standard to a location of interest, so that the location of interest can be monitored even though the standard is in a different location,
The invention relates to a detection and actuation system which is housed in a single, self-contained standard.
The system can be used as, for example, a fast teller standard, and is especially useful in that the detector and indicator thereof can be disposed in the same housing. The system in-cludes a signal transmitter and a signal receiver, and the transmitter can emit a signal from the location of the standard to a location of interest, so that the location of interest can be monitored even though the standard is in a different location,
Description
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This invention relates to a novel detection and actuation system More specifically, this invention relates to such a system which is housed in a single self-contained unit which can also, in the single unit, include an indicator.
It is known in the art to provide detection and actuation systems, For example, U.S. Patent 3,921,160, Ratner, November 18, 1975, teaches a system for detecting the absence of a customer at a teller's station, and for activating a light when such absence is detected. The detectors in the Ratner Patent comprise either a mat in front of the teller's station coverin~ an activating switch, or a light-sensi-tive detector.
The mat is inconvenient as bank managers are not fond of them, and they can also cause people to trip. In any case, the life of a switch under the mat would be limited because of heavy use and because of the possibility of ac:cidental damage.
The light-sensitive detector has problems as the operation of the detector is so much a function of ambient light -conditions. As these will vary from location to location, it is difficult to produce a standard package useful in all locations. In addition, once the system has been adjusted to a particular location, it is inevitable that the light condi-tions will change bringing with it the possibility of system failure.
U S. Patent 2,733,426, Jablonowski, January 31, 1956, teaches a system for detecting the presence of an automobile by the pressure of the car exerted on a mechanical switch.
This system has the same problem as any system involving mechanical parts, namely, mechanical wear out, heavy instal-lations or failure of the parts. Thus, the systems are expensive to build, and expensive to maintain In U.S, Patent
This invention relates to a novel detection and actuation system More specifically, this invention relates to such a system which is housed in a single self-contained unit which can also, in the single unit, include an indicator.
It is known in the art to provide detection and actuation systems, For example, U.S. Patent 3,921,160, Ratner, November 18, 1975, teaches a system for detecting the absence of a customer at a teller's station, and for activating a light when such absence is detected. The detectors in the Ratner Patent comprise either a mat in front of the teller's station coverin~ an activating switch, or a light-sensi-tive detector.
The mat is inconvenient as bank managers are not fond of them, and they can also cause people to trip. In any case, the life of a switch under the mat would be limited because of heavy use and because of the possibility of ac:cidental damage.
The light-sensitive detector has problems as the operation of the detector is so much a function of ambient light -conditions. As these will vary from location to location, it is difficult to produce a standard package useful in all locations. In addition, once the system has been adjusted to a particular location, it is inevitable that the light condi-tions will change bringing with it the possibility of system failure.
U S. Patent 2,733,426, Jablonowski, January 31, 1956, teaches a system for detecting the presence of an automobile by the pressure of the car exerted on a mechanical switch.
This system has the same problem as any system involving mechanical parts, namely, mechanical wear out, heavy instal-lations or failure of the parts. Thus, the systems are expensive to build, and expensive to maintain In U.S, Patent
2,482,610, Burn, September 20, 1949, the presence of cars is ~3~
detecte~ by either rnechanical switches or photosensitive devices. The problems with such detectors were above-described.
U.S. Patent 3,803,578, LaVanway, April 9, 1974, teaches a manual switch activated system.
All of the systems known in the art suffer ~rom the disadvantage that the sensors and indicators are separate units which are disposed remote from each other. Thus, in the Ratner Patent, the sensors 10 or 12 are located remote from the indicator 7. This requires wiring connections between the ~0 sensors and the indicator making for an expensive and incon-venient installation. In addition, the system is not portable and must remain at its installed location, so that its flexibility is reduced, The disadvantages of the mat 12 have been above-discussed. The optical sensor 10 has to be installed on the counter at or near the teller position. As some banks have rather ornate counters, the requirement to bore, drill and cut into them is a substantial disadvantage.
The reason ~or havin~ to separate the sensor and indicator in known systems is that the sensor must be at or near the location in which an object is to be sensed, Thus, once again in the Ratner Patent, the mat 12 must be directly in front of the teller's cage to sense when a customer is or is not at this teller position. In a like manner, the optical sensor 10 must be directly in front of the teller so that a customer blocks the light to the sensor when he is at the teller position. In any other positions, the signals from sensors 10 or 12 would be meaningless.
The indicator 7, on the other hand, must be loca-ted in a position where it can be seen by the customers, i.e., remote from the sensors.
~37615 In order to provide a single, self-contained, unit which can incorporate both t~e sensor and the indicator, it is necessary to provide a sensor which does not have to be dis-posed at or adjacent to the area of interest but which can nevertheless sense an object in this area.
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a detection and actuation system which overcomes the disadvan-tages of known systems.
It is a more particular object of the invention to provide such a system which is housed in a single, self-contained unit, which unit may also include an indicator.
It is still a more particular object of the invention to provide such a system wherein the sensor does not have to be disposed in or directly adjacent to the area in which an object is to be detected.
It is an even more particular object of the invention to provide such a system wherein the sensor comprises a signal transmitter and a signal receiver, whereby signals are trans-mitted into the area a~d reflect~d off an object in the area and returned to the receiver so that the reception o~ a re-flected signal lndicates the presence of an o~ject in the area.
In accordance with the invention, the system com-prises a wave signal transmitter and a wave signal receiver.
The transmitter is directed at an area of interest, and the presence of an object in the area of interest will reflect the wave signal back to the receiver, thus detecting the presence of the object in the area of interest.
In accordance with a feature of the invention, the wave signal comprises short pulses, Preferably, the pulses are fo~ned of waves at ultrasonic frequenciesO
76~5 In accordance with a specific embodiment, a fast service queing system comprises: a single, self~contained housing unit, said housing unit including: transmitter means for emitting a wave signal at a predetermined frequency, means for directing said emitted wave signal at a predetermined area, receiver means adapted to receive said emitted wave signal, said emitted wave signal being reflected to said receiver means when an object is disposed in said predetermined area, said receiver means comprising a detector for detecting reflected waves received by said receiver means, and trip means, activated by an output of said detector means, to provide an actuating signal, indicator means connected to said trip means to indicate the presence or absence of an object in said pre-determined area, whereby, when an emitted wave is reflected by an object in said predetermined area, and said reflected wave is received and detected by said receiver means, said trip me~n~ provides an actuating signal to said indicator means to indicate the presence of an object in said predetermined area, and, whereby, when there is no object in said predetermined area so that said emitted wave is not reflected, said in-dicating means indicates the absence of an object in said pre-determined area.
The invention will be better understood by an examination of the following description, together with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a block dia~ram of one em~odiment of the invention, and FIGURE 2 shows one housing for a system in accordance with the invention.
Referring to Figure 1, the system in accordance with the invention comprises a transmitter means 1 and a receiver ~L~37~
means 2. ~he transmitter means includes hardware for emittiny a wave signal at a predetermined frequency, for example E-M
waves, microwaves, sound waves, infra-red, etc. In a preferred em~odiment, the emitted waves are at ultrasonic frequencies.
Infrared fre~uencies are also preferred, The transmitter is prefera~ly turned on and off to pxoduce a waveform as shown at 4 in Figure 1. The CW producing the on period is, in one embodiment, a wave at 40 KHz and, in the same er~odiment, the on period for the transmitter is 1 msec and the off period is 10 msec. The receiver is of~ every time the transmitter is on, and it is on every time the transmitter is off.
With the ultrasonic wave signal embodiment, the transmitter means includes a "pulse'` generator 3 and a power amplifier 5. The output of the amplifier dri~es transducer 7, i,e., an antenna, In the same embodiment, the receiver means inclu~es transducer 11 (an antenna) which feeds aplifier 13. The output of 13 is fed to filter 15 which eliminates signals outside o~
the ultrasonic band, The output of the filter is fed to integrator 17, (provided to further suppress noise), whose out-put is fed to level detector 19. When a high enough level is detected in the detector, trip means 21 is activated. The trip means may be an electronic switch as well known in the art.
Activating the trip means will cause the trip means to provide an actuating signal to further means such as, for example, light means 23, or audio means 25, or a -further transmitter 27.
The output of the transmitter means is directed at an ar~?a of inte~est 29 in which an object 31 may be disposed.
~376~L5 'rhe transmitter means and receiver means are dis-posed in the same, single container, and power for operating the transmitter and receiver means can be provided either from a 110 AC source, or from a DC battery, as well known in the art, The "pulse" generator 3 will consist of an ultra-sonic wave generator and a modulator as well known in the art.
In operation, the system works as follows A wave emitted from the transmitter means is directed at the area of interest 29, If there is no object in the area, the emitted wave continues past the area of interest to be dissipated in space, or it is absorbed by the material behind the area of interest.
If there is an object in the area of interest, the emitted wave is reflected back to the receiver means where it is detected to provide an actuating signal for actuating a further means. In the case of the light and audio means, the actuating signal will turn them off, so that the light or audio means are turned on when there is no reflection (no object in the area of interest).
It will be appreciated that the described system can have many differen~ applications. Thus, in the security field, the system can be used to actuate an alarm on detection of a predetermined condition, The system can also be used in a fast teller system as illustrated in Figure 2. In this figure, the system in accordance with the invention is housed in a base 33 of a standard indicated generally at 34.
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~7Çi~i Wal.ls 35 of standard 3~ are at an angle so that they face the area of interest. Thus, the standard could be located in the position of 7 in -the Ratner patent. The angle of 35 would be approximately 45 so that the wall 35 would -face the position in front of the teller. A directional antenna is dis-posed in 35 to direct a signal at right angles to wall 35, The antenna is preferably wide angled so that the whole area in front o:.the teller is covered, With the standard in the position of 7 in the Ratner patent, the antenna is on the left-hand t~all 35. If the stan-dard were on the other side of the teller, the antenna would be on the right-hand wall 35, A light bulb (not shown) is disposed in the standard behind transparent plate 37. The light bulb comprises the means 23 in Figure 1.
~s can be seen, the unit is contained in a sinyle, self-contained housing and can be self~powered (battery) or it can contain a single wire for connection to a source of the 110 v. AC.
With this system, installa-tion is not necessary, The standard is merely placed at the side of the telleris cage and plugged in or turned on (self-powered). The plate 37 is dis-posed so that it can be seen by customers, and the standard is adjusted to "aim" its output signal to the area in ~ron-t of the teller, When there is a customer at the teller's wicket, a signal will bounce of~ the customer and return to the receiver, This will keep the light turned off.
When there is no customer at the teller's wicket, there is no reflection, so that the light will turn on to indi-cate a free teller.
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The transmitter means 27 could, when there is no customer at the teller's cage, send ou-t a signal to activate an availability board such as shown at 8 in the Ratner Patent.
This could be disposed at the head of the fast teller line and let the next customer know that a teller position is now free.
If there are a large number of tellers, the trans-mitter of each station could be aifferently coded. The avail-ability board would be adapted to illuminate a different number in response to a respective code, so that the customer would know which teller is free. In this case, the standards 34 would have a respective number on the plate 37.
In other embodiments of the invention, the output of the transmitter 27 can emit a signal to trigger an alarm or to start a camera takin~ photographs.
Although several embodiments have been discussed above, this was for the purpose of il]ustrcatin~, but not limiting, the invention. Various modifications, which will come readily to the mind of one skilled in the art, are within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
detecte~ by either rnechanical switches or photosensitive devices. The problems with such detectors were above-described.
U.S. Patent 3,803,578, LaVanway, April 9, 1974, teaches a manual switch activated system.
All of the systems known in the art suffer ~rom the disadvantage that the sensors and indicators are separate units which are disposed remote from each other. Thus, in the Ratner Patent, the sensors 10 or 12 are located remote from the indicator 7. This requires wiring connections between the ~0 sensors and the indicator making for an expensive and incon-venient installation. In addition, the system is not portable and must remain at its installed location, so that its flexibility is reduced, The disadvantages of the mat 12 have been above-discussed. The optical sensor 10 has to be installed on the counter at or near the teller position. As some banks have rather ornate counters, the requirement to bore, drill and cut into them is a substantial disadvantage.
The reason ~or havin~ to separate the sensor and indicator in known systems is that the sensor must be at or near the location in which an object is to be sensed, Thus, once again in the Ratner Patent, the mat 12 must be directly in front of the teller's cage to sense when a customer is or is not at this teller position. In a like manner, the optical sensor 10 must be directly in front of the teller so that a customer blocks the light to the sensor when he is at the teller position. In any other positions, the signals from sensors 10 or 12 would be meaningless.
The indicator 7, on the other hand, must be loca-ted in a position where it can be seen by the customers, i.e., remote from the sensors.
~37615 In order to provide a single, self-contained, unit which can incorporate both t~e sensor and the indicator, it is necessary to provide a sensor which does not have to be dis-posed at or adjacent to the area of interest but which can nevertheless sense an object in this area.
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a detection and actuation system which overcomes the disadvan-tages of known systems.
It is a more particular object of the invention to provide such a system which is housed in a single, self-contained unit, which unit may also include an indicator.
It is still a more particular object of the invention to provide such a system wherein the sensor does not have to be disposed in or directly adjacent to the area in which an object is to be detected.
It is an even more particular object of the invention to provide such a system wherein the sensor comprises a signal transmitter and a signal receiver, whereby signals are trans-mitted into the area a~d reflect~d off an object in the area and returned to the receiver so that the reception o~ a re-flected signal lndicates the presence of an o~ject in the area.
In accordance with the invention, the system com-prises a wave signal transmitter and a wave signal receiver.
The transmitter is directed at an area of interest, and the presence of an object in the area of interest will reflect the wave signal back to the receiver, thus detecting the presence of the object in the area of interest.
In accordance with a feature of the invention, the wave signal comprises short pulses, Preferably, the pulses are fo~ned of waves at ultrasonic frequenciesO
76~5 In accordance with a specific embodiment, a fast service queing system comprises: a single, self~contained housing unit, said housing unit including: transmitter means for emitting a wave signal at a predetermined frequency, means for directing said emitted wave signal at a predetermined area, receiver means adapted to receive said emitted wave signal, said emitted wave signal being reflected to said receiver means when an object is disposed in said predetermined area, said receiver means comprising a detector for detecting reflected waves received by said receiver means, and trip means, activated by an output of said detector means, to provide an actuating signal, indicator means connected to said trip means to indicate the presence or absence of an object in said pre-determined area, whereby, when an emitted wave is reflected by an object in said predetermined area, and said reflected wave is received and detected by said receiver means, said trip me~n~ provides an actuating signal to said indicator means to indicate the presence of an object in said predetermined area, and, whereby, when there is no object in said predetermined area so that said emitted wave is not reflected, said in-dicating means indicates the absence of an object in said pre-determined area.
The invention will be better understood by an examination of the following description, together with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a block dia~ram of one em~odiment of the invention, and FIGURE 2 shows one housing for a system in accordance with the invention.
Referring to Figure 1, the system in accordance with the invention comprises a transmitter means 1 and a receiver ~L~37~
means 2. ~he transmitter means includes hardware for emittiny a wave signal at a predetermined frequency, for example E-M
waves, microwaves, sound waves, infra-red, etc. In a preferred em~odiment, the emitted waves are at ultrasonic frequencies.
Infrared fre~uencies are also preferred, The transmitter is prefera~ly turned on and off to pxoduce a waveform as shown at 4 in Figure 1. The CW producing the on period is, in one embodiment, a wave at 40 KHz and, in the same er~odiment, the on period for the transmitter is 1 msec and the off period is 10 msec. The receiver is of~ every time the transmitter is on, and it is on every time the transmitter is off.
With the ultrasonic wave signal embodiment, the transmitter means includes a "pulse'` generator 3 and a power amplifier 5. The output of the amplifier dri~es transducer 7, i,e., an antenna, In the same embodiment, the receiver means inclu~es transducer 11 (an antenna) which feeds aplifier 13. The output of 13 is fed to filter 15 which eliminates signals outside o~
the ultrasonic band, The output of the filter is fed to integrator 17, (provided to further suppress noise), whose out-put is fed to level detector 19. When a high enough level is detected in the detector, trip means 21 is activated. The trip means may be an electronic switch as well known in the art.
Activating the trip means will cause the trip means to provide an actuating signal to further means such as, for example, light means 23, or audio means 25, or a -further transmitter 27.
The output of the transmitter means is directed at an ar~?a of inte~est 29 in which an object 31 may be disposed.
~376~L5 'rhe transmitter means and receiver means are dis-posed in the same, single container, and power for operating the transmitter and receiver means can be provided either from a 110 AC source, or from a DC battery, as well known in the art, The "pulse" generator 3 will consist of an ultra-sonic wave generator and a modulator as well known in the art.
In operation, the system works as follows A wave emitted from the transmitter means is directed at the area of interest 29, If there is no object in the area, the emitted wave continues past the area of interest to be dissipated in space, or it is absorbed by the material behind the area of interest.
If there is an object in the area of interest, the emitted wave is reflected back to the receiver means where it is detected to provide an actuating signal for actuating a further means. In the case of the light and audio means, the actuating signal will turn them off, so that the light or audio means are turned on when there is no reflection (no object in the area of interest).
It will be appreciated that the described system can have many differen~ applications. Thus, in the security field, the system can be used to actuate an alarm on detection of a predetermined condition, The system can also be used in a fast teller system as illustrated in Figure 2. In this figure, the system in accordance with the invention is housed in a base 33 of a standard indicated generally at 34.
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~7Çi~i Wal.ls 35 of standard 3~ are at an angle so that they face the area of interest. Thus, the standard could be located in the position of 7 in -the Ratner patent. The angle of 35 would be approximately 45 so that the wall 35 would -face the position in front of the teller. A directional antenna is dis-posed in 35 to direct a signal at right angles to wall 35, The antenna is preferably wide angled so that the whole area in front o:.the teller is covered, With the standard in the position of 7 in the Ratner patent, the antenna is on the left-hand t~all 35. If the stan-dard were on the other side of the teller, the antenna would be on the right-hand wall 35, A light bulb (not shown) is disposed in the standard behind transparent plate 37. The light bulb comprises the means 23 in Figure 1.
~s can be seen, the unit is contained in a sinyle, self-contained housing and can be self~powered (battery) or it can contain a single wire for connection to a source of the 110 v. AC.
With this system, installa-tion is not necessary, The standard is merely placed at the side of the telleris cage and plugged in or turned on (self-powered). The plate 37 is dis-posed so that it can be seen by customers, and the standard is adjusted to "aim" its output signal to the area in ~ron-t of the teller, When there is a customer at the teller's wicket, a signal will bounce of~ the customer and return to the receiver, This will keep the light turned off.
When there is no customer at the teller's wicket, there is no reflection, so that the light will turn on to indi-cate a free teller.
~376~5~
The transmitter means 27 could, when there is no customer at the teller's cage, send ou-t a signal to activate an availability board such as shown at 8 in the Ratner Patent.
This could be disposed at the head of the fast teller line and let the next customer know that a teller position is now free.
If there are a large number of tellers, the trans-mitter of each station could be aifferently coded. The avail-ability board would be adapted to illuminate a different number in response to a respective code, so that the customer would know which teller is free. In this case, the standards 34 would have a respective number on the plate 37.
In other embodiments of the invention, the output of the transmitter 27 can emit a signal to trigger an alarm or to start a camera takin~ photographs.
Although several embodiments have been discussed above, this was for the purpose of il]ustrcatin~, but not limiting, the invention. Various modifications, which will come readily to the mind of one skilled in the art, are within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Claims (6)
1. A fast service queing system comprising:
a single, self-contained housing unit, said housing unit including:
transmitter means for emitting a wave signal at a predetermined frequency;
means for directing said emitter wave signal at a predetermined area;
receiver means adapted to receive said emitted wave signal;
said emitted wave signal being reflected to said receiver means when an object is disposed in said predetermined area;
said receiver means comprising a detector for detect-ing reflected waves received by said receiver means, and trip means, activated by an output of said detector means, to pro-vide an actuating signal, indicator means connected to said trip means to indicate the presence or absence of an object in said pre-determined area, whereby, when an emitted wave is reflected by an object in said predetermined area, and said reflected wave is received and detected by said receiver means, said trip means provides an actuating signal to said indicator means to indicate the presence of an object in said predetermined area;
and, whereby, when there is no object in said pre-determined area so that said emitted wave is not reflected, said indicating means indicates the absence of an object in said predetermined area.
a single, self-contained housing unit, said housing unit including:
transmitter means for emitting a wave signal at a predetermined frequency;
means for directing said emitter wave signal at a predetermined area;
receiver means adapted to receive said emitted wave signal;
said emitted wave signal being reflected to said receiver means when an object is disposed in said predetermined area;
said receiver means comprising a detector for detect-ing reflected waves received by said receiver means, and trip means, activated by an output of said detector means, to pro-vide an actuating signal, indicator means connected to said trip means to indicate the presence or absence of an object in said pre-determined area, whereby, when an emitted wave is reflected by an object in said predetermined area, and said reflected wave is received and detected by said receiver means, said trip means provides an actuating signal to said indicator means to indicate the presence of an object in said predetermined area;
and, whereby, when there is no object in said pre-determined area so that said emitted wave is not reflected, said indicating means indicates the absence of an object in said predetermined area.
2. A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said wave signal comprises a continuous wave periodically turned on and off, the off spaces between the on periods being sub-stantially greater than the on periods.
3. A system as defined in claim 2 wherein said con-tinuous waves are formed of waves at ultrasonic frequencies.
4. A system as defined in claim 2 wherein said con-tinuous waves are formed of waves at infra-red frequencies.
5. A system as defined in claim 2 wherein each on period is 1 msec., and the spacing between adjacent on periods is 10 msec.
6. A system as defined in claims 1, 2 or 5 wherein said housing unit comprises:
a base for housing said system;
a column extending upwardly from said base and including a transparent front plate;
and antenna means disposed in said housing, and means for directing said antenna at said predetermined area;
whereby a signal emitted from said system is emitted towards said predetermined area.
a base for housing said system;
a column extending upwardly from said base and including a transparent front plate;
and antenna means disposed in said housing, and means for directing said antenna at said predetermined area;
whereby a signal emitted from said system is emitted towards said predetermined area.
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