EP0389313A1 - Storage system comprising a set of adjacent lockers controlled by a micro-processor - Google Patents

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EP0389313A1
EP0389313A1 EP90400451A EP90400451A EP0389313A1 EP 0389313 A1 EP0389313 A1 EP 0389313A1 EP 90400451 A EP90400451 A EP 90400451A EP 90400451 A EP90400451 A EP 90400451A EP 0389313 A1 EP0389313 A1 EP 0389313A1
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    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/10—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property
    • G07F17/12—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
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    • G07F17/12—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
    • G07F17/13—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned the containers being a postal pick-up locker
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    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus

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  • the present invention relates to a storage system with adjacent lockers each closed by a door allowing any user to deposit objects, such as luggage or packages, in an assigned locker, as well as the removal of these objects during an occupation period. determined from the locker.
  • Such a system finds application in particular in stations and / or airports.
  • the present invention aims to eliminate the above drawbacks by providing a storage system comprising a plurality of adjacent lockers which are each closed by a door; a microprocessor device connected by means of an input / output interface device to locks for opening and closing the doors of these lockers and characterized in that the microprocessor device is also respectively connected to an assembly display screen keyboard to allow an attendant located at a reception desk to record the identity, such as the name, identity card number or passport number of a user presenting at the counter, and assigning to the identity of the user a free locker number and a time slot for occupying the locker; to a device for issuing to the user a title, preferably a magnetic stripe ticket, on which are stored in coded form at least the number of the assigned locker and the identity of the user; and a title reception and reading device associated with each locker; and in that the reading device, associated with the free or busy locker allocated to the user and having received the title thereof, transmits at least the information relating to the number of the locker stored on the title to the microprocess
  • the reading device also transmits the information relating to the identity of the user stored on his title to the microprocessor device which checks on the basis of this information whether the free or occupied locker has actually been assigned personally to the user and, if so, orders the unlocking of the locker door lock.
  • the microprocessor device also checks, from the aforementioned information from the reading device, whether the locker allocated to the user is allocated in the aforementioned time slot.
  • the attendant records the identity of the user using the keyboard-display unit at the same time as the user settles the amount of the rental of the locker allocated during the aforementioned occupation time slot.
  • a code relating to the time slot for the occupation of the locker allocated to the user is stored on the ticket which is issued to him.
  • the code relating to the number of the locker memorized on the ticket is specific to the user.
  • each locker door is returned to the closed position preferably by an elastic return member and the lock of this door is then locked by the microprocessor device.
  • An opto-electronic sensor is associated with each door lock of a locker to control the correct locking of the lock.
  • the keyboard-screen assembly allows the attendant to retrieve the number of the locker assigned to the user from his identity, particularly in the event of the user losing his title.
  • the reference 1 designates a storage system with adjacent compartments 2, for example twenty in number, and the doors of which, in the closed position, are in the same frontal plane.
  • Each door includes an automatic return device thereof in the folded closed position.
  • Such return devices are already known per se and may for example be constituted by a return spring disposed coaxially with the hinge of the door and acting between the latter and its frame.
  • Each door also comprises a lock fixed to the interior side of the door and the locking or unlocking of which is controlled by a microprocessor device as will be described later.
  • openings or slots 3 for receiving a ticket, preferably consisting of a magnetic stripe ticket, each slot 3 forming part of a ticket reading device.
  • a reading device is associated with each locker 2.
  • the microprocessor device ensuring the operation of the storage system 1 comprises a microprocessor 4 bidirectionally connected to a time base or timer 5, an EPROM memory 6 containing the operating program of the microprocessor 4, an EPROM memory 7 in which various parameters are stored such as in particular time values of time base 5, and two RAMs of the RAM 8 and 9 type making it possible to store respectively data relating to locker numbers assigned to users or users and data relating to identity of these users.
  • the microprocessor 4 is also bidirectionally connected via a buffer or buffer circuit 10 to three parallel input-output interface circuits 11-13, such as for example the PIA circuit known per se.
  • the interface circuit 11 is bidirectionally connected to a keyboard-screen assembly 14 while the interface circuit 12 is bidirectionally connected to a ticket delivery device 15.
  • the interface circuit 13 is bidirectionally connected to a printer 17 .
  • the microprocessor 4 receives via the buffer circuit 10 information coming from the reading devices 18 for tickets 16 associated respectively with the lockers 2.
  • the reading devices 18 are connected to the buffer circuit 10 via a circuit interface 19.
  • the microprocessor 4 also receives information coming from sensors 20 for detecting the correct closing of the doors of the lockers 2 in particular during the operation of depositing objects and constituted for example by opto-electronic sensors housed either in the door jamb in the case where the lock is secured to the door, or in the door in the case where the lock is fixed to the amount.
  • the sensors 20 are connected to the buffer circuit 10 via an interface circuit 21.
  • the microprocessor 4 transmits, via an interface circuit 22 and a control circuit 23, control information for mechanisms 24 for locking and unlocking the locks of the doors of the lockers 2.
  • Such mechanisms can be constituted by electromagnetic members for actuating the bolts of the locks or by motors, the direction of activation of which determines the locking or unlocking the lock.
  • a user comes to the reception desk where there is an attendant who can interact with the microprocessor 4 via the keyboard-screen assembly 14.
  • the user requests to use a locker 2 by disclosing his identity to the attendant, such as that for example his patronymic name, his identity card number, his passport number, etc.
  • the attendant types on the keyboard the identity of the user who also pays for the rental of the locker.
  • the microprocessor 4 by receiving the information relating to the identity of the user, assigns to this information a free locker number as well as a predetermined time slot for occupying the locker.
  • the microprocessor 4 stores in the memories 7-9 the data relating to the time slot in which the locker is occupied, the number of the locker assigned to the user and the identity of the user.
  • the microprocessor 4 also sends this data to the assembly 14 so as to be displayed.
  • the microprocessor 4 controls the delivery device 15 so that it issues a ticket 16 on which are magnetically memorized the number of the locker assigned to the user as well as his identity. On the ticket 16 issued can also be magnetically recorded the time slot of the locker allocated to the user. It should be noted that the allocation of a locker can be carried out automatically by the microprocessor 4 which, under the command of a routine program, searches among the lockers 2 for a free locker, or at the request of the user , the microprocessor 4 then verifies whether the selected bin is actually free.
  • the user takes possession of his ticket 16 and goes to the closed locker 2 which has been allocated to him, such a locker being individually and visually identified by his number.
  • the allocation of the allocated locker number to the user is carried out orally by the attendant, but it is also possible to provide, associated with the delivery device 15, a clear printing device on the ticket issued 16 of the locker number assigned to the user. The latter then introduces his ticket into the slot 3 of the reading device 18 associated with the locker 2 which has been allocated to him.
  • the reading device 18 reads at least the information relating to the number of the locker stored on the ticket and transmits it to the microprocessor 4 which checks whether this information actually corresponds to the locker number assigned to the user.
  • the number of a locker can be magnetically coded differently on each ticket issued by the device 15 to each user or be the same magnetic code for all the tickets issued. In the latter case, it is preferable that the reading device 15 also reads the information relating to the identity of the user stored on his ticket and transmits it to the microprocessor 4 which checks whether the free locker has actually been assigned personally to the user during the prescribed time slot. This makes it possible to further personalize the ticket given to the user.
  • Recognition by microprocessor 4 of the unit locker occupancy times allocated to a user can be made from the data stored in memory 7 in relation to that stored in memories 8 and 9 or by also recording information relating to the time slot on each ticket issued which is then read by the reading device 18 which transmits the corresponding information to the microprocessor 4 in order to check whether the time slot prescribed for the user, with the code number of the assigned locker, are actually assigned to the identity of the 'user.
  • the microprocessor 4 After verifying the veracity of the information recorded on the ticket 16 inserted in the reader 18 the microprocessor 4 sends to the mechanism 24 an unlocking order for the lock of the assigned locker door so as to allow the user to deposit in the locker opened his objects. After having deposited their objects, the user closes the door of the automatic recall locker towards its closed position. The correct locking of the locker door lock is detected by the associated opto-electronic sensor 20. If a problem with locking the door lock arises, the microprocessor 4, after having received the corresponding anomaly information from the sensor 24, sends information to the screen of the assembly 14 informing the attendant of this anomaly . In such a situation, the microprocessor 4 can also be adapted to send information to an audible and / or visual warning device located near the attendant. Once the cause of the problem with locking the door lock has been eliminated and the door properly closed, the object is locked in the assigned locker for a determined period or time slot. The reading device 18 is arranged to then return the ticket 16 to the user.
  • the microprocessor 4 controls the information or information recorded on the ticket 16 in the same manner as when the objects are deposited in the locker.
  • the microprocessor 4 sends the mechanism 24 an order to unlock the lock of the door of the occupied locker, which triggers the opening of the door.
  • the user recovers his personal objects, the locker door folds down automatically in the closed position and the lock is locked by the microprocessor 4 controlling the mechanism 24 after a predetermined time delay. If the door does not lock after this time, for example in the event of an anomaly, an alarm can be generated at the reception desk.
  • the reading device 18 is arranged to keep the user's ticket, this which obliges him to go to the reception desk where the attendant will inform him accordingly.
  • the user may have, by forgetting, allowed the period of occupation of the locker that had been allocated to him to elapse. In this case, the attendant will return his personal items to him against payment of a fixed sum and after verifying his identity using the keyboard-screen assembly 14.
  • the reading device 18 will return the ticket to him so that he can later recover the objects left in the deposit.
  • the system according to the present invention thus makes it possible to ensure the identification of the user authorized to use a given locker for a given duration of occupation of the locker.
  • the issuing device 15 and the reading devices 18 for tickets 16 are already known per se and are in common use for other applications. They therefore do not have to be described in more detail.
  • the printer 17 makes it possible, for example, to enter the daily list of users having rented a specific locker, which allows the attendant to quickly check whether a locker requested by a user is already occupied or not without having to go through the device. microprocessor.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a storage system with adjacent lockers. The system is characterised in that it comprises, connected to a microprocessor-based device (4), a keyboard/display screen assembly (14) enabling an operator to record the identity of a user; a device (15) for supplying the user with a ticket on which are stored at least the number of the locker allocated to the user and the identity thereof; and a device (18) for receiving and reading the ticket (16) associated with each locker (2). The system finds application in stations or airports. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne un système de rangement à casiers adjacents fermés chacun par une porte permettant à tout utilisateur le dépôt d'objets, tels que bagages ou colis, dans un casier attribué, ainsi que le retrait de ces objets pendant une période d'occupation déterminée du casier.The present invention relates to a storage system with adjacent lockers each closed by a door allowing any user to deposit objects, such as luggage or packages, in an assigned locker, as well as the removal of these objects during an occupation period. determined from the locker.

Un tel système trouve application notamment dans les gares et/ou aéroports.Such a system finds application in particular in stations and / or airports.

On connaît de tels systèmes contrôlés par un dispositif à microprocesseur qui verrouille la serrure de la porte d'un casier contenant les objets après paiement d'une somme déterminée et délivre un ticket sur lequel est imprimé en clair notamment un numéro de code d'identification du casier attribué à l'utilisateur. Avant la fin de la durée autorisée d'occupation du casier, l'utilisateur compose à l'aide d'un clavier le numéro de code qui est reconnu par le dispositif à microprocesseur commandant alors le déverrouillage de la serrure de la porte du casier occupé.We know of such systems controlled by a microprocessor device which locks the lock of the door of a locker containing the objects after payment of a determined sum and issues a ticket on which is printed in clear, in particular an identification code number. the locker assigned to the user. Before the end of the authorized duration of occupation of the locker, the user dials using a keypad the code number which is recognized by the microprocessor device then controlling the unlocking of the lock of the door of the occupied locker .

Cependant, un tel système connu est contraignant pour l'utilisateur qui doit composer le numéro de code d'identification du casier occupé pour récupérer ses objets personnels. De plus, l'utilisateur peut perdre son ticket qui peut être trouvé par des personnes susceptibles de s'approprier les objets en consigne après composition du code imprimé en clair sur le ticket.However, such a known system is binding for the user who must dial the identification code number of the occupied locker to recover his personal items. In addition, the user can lose his ticket which can be found by people likely to appropriate the objects in deposit after composition of the code printed in clear on the ticket.

La présente invention a pour but d'éliminer les inconvénients ci-dessus en proposant un système de rangement comprenant une pluralité de casiers adjacents qui sont chacun fermés par une porte ; un dispositif à microprocesseur relié par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif d'interfaces d'entrées/sorties à des serrures d'ouverture et de fermeture des portes ces casiers et caractérisé en ce que le dispositif à microprocesseur est également respectivement relié à un ensemble clavier-écran de visualisation de façon à permettre à un préposé situé à un guichet d'accueil d'enregistrer l'identité, telle que par exemple le nom, le numéro de carte d'identité ou le numéro de passeport d'un usager se présentant au guichet, et d'affecter à l'identité de l'usager un numéro de casier libre et une tranche horaire d'occupation du casier ; à un dispositif de délivrance a l'usager d'un titre de préférence un ticket à piste magnétique, sur lequel sont mémorisés sous forme codée au moins le numéro du casier attribué et l'identité de l'usager ; et à un dispositif de réception et de lecture de titre associé à chaque casier ; et en ce que le dispositif de lecture, associé au casier libre ou occupé attribué à l'usager et ayant reçu le titre de celui-ci, transmet au moins l'information relative au numéro du casier mémorisé sur le titre au dispositif à microprocesseur qui contrôle si cette information correspond effectivement au numéro de casier attribué à l'usager et qui, dans l'affirmative, commande le déverrouillage de la serrure de la porte du casier attribué à l'usager qui y dépose ou récupère au moins un objet personnel.The present invention aims to eliminate the above drawbacks by providing a storage system comprising a plurality of adjacent lockers which are each closed by a door; a microprocessor device connected by means of an input / output interface device to locks for opening and closing the doors of these lockers and characterized in that the microprocessor device is also respectively connected to an assembly display screen keyboard to allow an attendant located at a reception desk to record the identity, such as the name, identity card number or passport number of a user presenting at the counter, and assigning to the identity of the user a free locker number and a time slot for occupying the locker; to a device for issuing to the user a title, preferably a magnetic stripe ticket, on which are stored in coded form at least the number of the assigned locker and the identity of the user; and a title reception and reading device associated with each locker; and in that the reading device, associated with the free or busy locker allocated to the user and having received the title thereof, transmits at least the information relating to the number of the locker stored on the title to the microprocessor device which checks whether this information actually corresponds to the locker number assigned to the user and which, if so, controls the unlocking of the lock of the door of the locker assigned to the user who deposits or retrieves at least one personal object there.

Selon une caractéristique de l'invention, le dispositif de lecture transmet également l'information relative à l'identité de l'usager mémorisée sur son titre au dispositif à microprocesseur qui contrôle à partir de cette information si le casier libre ou occupé a été effectivement attribué personnellement à l'usager et, dans l'affirmative, commande le déverrouillage de la serrure de la porte du casier.According to a characteristic of the invention, the reading device also transmits the information relating to the identity of the user stored on his title to the microprocessor device which checks on the basis of this information whether the free or occupied locker has actually been assigned personally to the user and, if so, orders the unlocking of the locker door lock.

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, le dispositif à microprocesseur contrôle également à partir des informations précitées du dispositif de lecture si le casier attribué à l'usager se trouve alloué dans la tranche horaire d'occupation précitée.According to another characteristic of the invention, the microprocessor device also checks, from the aforementioned information from the reading device, whether the locker allocated to the user is allocated in the aforementioned time slot.

Selon encore une autre caractéristique de l'invention, le préposé enregistre l'identité de l'usager à l'aide de l'ensemble clavier-écran de visualisation en même temps que l'usager règle le montant de la location du casier attribué pendant la tranche horaire d'occupation précitée.According to yet another characteristic of the invention, the attendant records the identity of the user using the keyboard-display unit at the same time as the user settles the amount of the rental of the locker allocated during the aforementioned occupation time slot.

Avantageusement, un code relatif à la tranche horaire d'occupation du casier attribué à l'usager est mémorisé sur le titre qui lui est délivré.Advantageously, a code relating to the time slot for the occupation of the locker allocated to the user is stored on the ticket which is issued to him.

De préférence, le code relatif au numéro du casier mémorisé sur le titre est spécifique à l'usager.Preferably, the code relating to the number of the locker memorized on the ticket is specific to the user.

Selon toujours une autre caractéristique de l'invention, chaque porte de casier est ramenée en position fermée de préférence par un organe de rappel élastique et la serrure de cette porte est ensuite verrouillée par le dispositif à microprocesseur.According to another characteristic of the invention, each locker door is returned to the closed position preferably by an elastic return member and the lock of this door is then locked by the microprocessor device.

Un capteur opto-électronique est associé à chaque serrure de porte d'un casier pour contrôler le verrouillage correct de la serrure.An opto-electronic sensor is associated with each door lock of a locker to control the correct locking of the lock.

L'ensemble clavier-écran permet au préposé de retrouver le numéro du casier attribué à l'utilisateur à partir de son identité notamment en cas de perte par l'utilisateur de son titre.The keyboard-screen assembly allows the attendant to retrieve the number of the locker assigned to the user from his identity, particularly in the event of the user losing his title.

L'invention sera mieux comprise, et d'autres buts, caractéristiques, détails et avantages de celle-ci apparaîtront plus clairement au cours de la description explicative qui va suivre faite en référence aux dessins schématiques annexés donnés uniquement à titre d'exemple illustrant un mode de réalisation de l'invention, et dans lesquels :

  • La figure 1 est une vue de face du système de rangement à casiers adjacents conforme à l'invention.
  • La figure 2 représente sous forme de schéma-blocs le dispositif électronique de contrôle et de commande du système de la figure 1 ; et
  • La figure 3 est une vue agrandie de la partie cerclée en III de la figure 1.
The invention will be better understood, and other aims, characteristics, details and advantages thereof will appear more clearly during the explanatory description which will follow made with reference to the appended schematic drawings given solely by way of example illustrating an embodiment of the invention, and in which:
  • Figure 1 is a front view of the storage system with adjacent lockers according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 represents in the form of a block diagram the electronic control and command device of the system of FIG. 1; and
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the part circled in III of FIG. 1.

En se reportant aux figures, la référence 1 désigne un système de rangement à casiers adjacents 2, à titre d'exemple au nombre de vingt, et dont les portes, en position de fermeture, se trouvent dans un même plan frontal. Chaque porte comprend un dispositif de rappel automatique de celle-ci en position rabbatue de fermeture. De tels dispositifs de rappel sont déjà connus en soi et peuvent être par exemple constitués par un ressort de rappel disposé coaxialement à la charnière de la porte et agissant entre celle-ci et son dormant. Chaque porte comprend également une serrure fixée au côté intérieur de la porte et dont le verrouillage ou le déverrouillage est commandé par un dispositif à microprocesseur comme cela sera décrit ultérieurement.Referring to the figures, the reference 1 designates a storage system with adjacent compartments 2, for example twenty in number, and the doors of which, in the closed position, are in the same frontal plane. Each door includes an automatic return device thereof in the folded closed position. Such return devices are already known per se and may for example be constituted by a return spring disposed coaxially with the hinge of the door and acting between the latter and its frame. Each door also comprises a lock fixed to the interior side of the door and the locking or unlocking of which is controlled by a microprocessor device as will be described later.

Sur la façade du système de rangement sont prévues des ouvertures ou fentes 3 de réception d'un titre de préférence constitué par un ticket à piste magnétique, chaque fente 3 faisant partie d'un dispositif de lecture du titre. Un dispositif de lecture est associé à chaque casier 2.On the front of the storage system are provided openings or slots 3 for receiving a ticket, preferably consisting of a magnetic stripe ticket, each slot 3 forming part of a ticket reading device. A reading device is associated with each locker 2.

Le dispositif à microprocesseur assurant le fonctionnement du système de rangement 1 comprend un microprocesseur 4 bidirectionnellement relié à une base de temps ou timer 5, une mémoire EPROM 6 contenant le programme de fonctionnement du microprocesseur 4, une mémoire EPROM 7 dans laquelle sont stockés divers paramètres tels que notamment des valeurs de temps de la base de temps 5, et deux mémoires vives du type RAM 8 et 9 permettant de stocker respectivement des données relatives à des numéros de casiers attribués à des utilisateurs ou usagers et des données relatives à l'identité de ces usagers.The microprocessor device ensuring the operation of the storage system 1 comprises a microprocessor 4 bidirectionally connected to a time base or timer 5, an EPROM memory 6 containing the operating program of the microprocessor 4, an EPROM memory 7 in which various parameters are stored such as in particular time values of time base 5, and two RAMs of the RAM 8 and 9 type making it possible to store respectively data relating to locker numbers assigned to users or users and data relating to identity of these users.

Le microprocesseur 4 est également bidirectionnellement relié par l'intermédiaire d'un circuit tampon ou buffer 10 à trois circuits d'interfaces d'entrées-sorties parallèles 11-13, tels que par exemple le circuit PIA connu en soi. Le circuit d'interface 11 est bidirection­nellement relié à un ensemble clavier-écran 14 tandis que le circuit d'interface 12 est bidirectionnellement relié à un dispositif de délivrance 15 de tickets 16. Le circuit d'interface 13 est bidirectionnellement relié à une imprimante 17.The microprocessor 4 is also bidirectionally connected via a buffer or buffer circuit 10 to three parallel input-output interface circuits 11-13, such as for example the PIA circuit known per se. The interface circuit 11 is bidirectionally connected to a keyboard-screen assembly 14 while the interface circuit 12 is bidirectionally connected to a ticket delivery device 15. The interface circuit 13 is bidirectionally connected to a printer 17 .

Le microprocesseur 4 reçoit par l'intermédiaire du circuit tampon 10 des informations provenant des dispositifs de lecture 18 de tickets 16 associés respectivement aux casiers 2. Les dispositifs de lecture 18 sont reliés au circuit tampon 10 par l'intermédiaire d'un circuit d'interface 19. Le microprocesseur 4 reçoit également des informations provenant de capteurs 20 de détection de la fermeture correcte des portes des casiers 2 notamment lors de l'opération de dépôt d'objets et constitués par exemple par des capteurs opto-électronique logés soit dans le montant de la porte dans le cas où la serrure est solidaire de la porte, soit dans la porte dans le cas où la serrure est fixée au montant. Les capteurs 20 sont reliés au circuit tampon 10 par l'intermédiaire d'un circuit d'interface 21. Enfin, le microprocesseur 4 transmet, par l'intermédiaire d'un circuit d'interface 22 et d'un circuit de commande 23, des informations de commande de mécanismes 24 de verrouillage et de déverrouillage des serrures des portes des casiers 2. De tels mécanismes peuvent être constitués par des organes électro­magnétiques d'actionnement des pênes des serrures ou par des moteurs, dont le sens d'activation détermine le verrouillage ou le déverrouillage de la serrure.The microprocessor 4 receives via the buffer circuit 10 information coming from the reading devices 18 for tickets 16 associated respectively with the lockers 2. The reading devices 18 are connected to the buffer circuit 10 via a circuit interface 19. The microprocessor 4 also receives information coming from sensors 20 for detecting the correct closing of the doors of the lockers 2 in particular during the operation of depositing objects and constituted for example by opto-electronic sensors housed either in the door jamb in the case where the lock is secured to the door, or in the door in the case where the lock is fixed to the amount. The sensors 20 are connected to the buffer circuit 10 via an interface circuit 21. Finally, the microprocessor 4 transmits, via an interface circuit 22 and a control circuit 23, control information for mechanisms 24 for locking and unlocking the locks of the doors of the lockers 2. Such mechanisms can be constituted by electromagnetic members for actuating the bolts of the locks or by motors, the direction of activation of which determines the locking or unlocking the lock.

Le fonctionnement du système de rangement conforme à l'invention va être maintenant expliqué ci-dessous.The operation of the storage system according to the invention will now be explained below.

Un usager se présente au guichet d'accueil où se trouve un préposé pouvant dialoguer avec le microprocesseur 4 par l'intermédiaire de l'ensemble clavier-écran 14. L'usager demande à utiliser un casier 2 en déclinant au préposé son identité, telle que par exemple son nom patronymique, son numéro de carte d'identité, son numéro de passeport, etc. Le préposé tape sur son clavier l'identité de l'usager qui règle en même temps la location du casier. Le microprocesseur 4, en recevant les informations relatives à l'identité de l'usager, affecte à ces informations un numéro de casier libre ainsi qu'une tranche horaire prédéterminée d'occupation du casier. Ainsi, le microprocesseur 4 mémorise dans les mémoires 7-9 les données relatives à la tranche horaire d'occupation du casier, au numéro de casier attribué à l'usager et à l'identité de l'usager. Le microprocesseur 4 envoie également ces données à l'ensemble 14 de façon à être visualisées. De plus, le microprocesseur 4 commande le dispositif de délivrance 15 de façon qu'il délivre un ticket 16 sur lequel sont mémorisés magnétiquement le numéro du casier attribué à l'usager ainsi que son identité. Sur le ticket 16 délivré peut être également enregistrée magnétiquement la tranche horaire d'occupation du casier attribué à l'usager. Il est à noter que l'attribution d'un casier peut s'effectuer automatiquement par le microprocesseur 4 qui, sous la commande d'un programme de routine, recherche parmi les casiers 2 un casier libre, ou à la demande de l'usager, le microprocesseur 4 vérifiant alors si le casier choisi est effectivement libre.A user comes to the reception desk where there is an attendant who can interact with the microprocessor 4 via the keyboard-screen assembly 14. The user requests to use a locker 2 by disclosing his identity to the attendant, such as that for example his patronymic name, his identity card number, his passport number, etc. The attendant types on the keyboard the identity of the user who also pays for the rental of the locker. The microprocessor 4, by receiving the information relating to the identity of the user, assigns to this information a free locker number as well as a predetermined time slot for occupying the locker. Thus, the microprocessor 4 stores in the memories 7-9 the data relating to the time slot in which the locker is occupied, the number of the locker assigned to the user and the identity of the user. The microprocessor 4 also sends this data to the assembly 14 so as to be displayed. In addition, the microprocessor 4 controls the delivery device 15 so that it issues a ticket 16 on which are magnetically memorized the number of the locker assigned to the user as well as his identity. On the ticket 16 issued can also be magnetically recorded the time slot of the locker allocated to the user. It should be noted that the allocation of a locker can be carried out automatically by the microprocessor 4 which, under the command of a routine program, searches among the lockers 2 for a free locker, or at the request of the user , the microprocessor 4 then verifies whether the selected bin is actually free.

L'usager prend possession de son ticket 16 et se rend au casier fermé 2 qui lui a été attribué, un tel casier étant individuellement et visuellement identifié par son numéro. De préférence, l'attribution à l'usager de son numéro de casier alloué est effectuée oralement par le préposé mais il est également possible de prévoir, associé au dispositif de délivrance 15, un dispositif d'impression en clair sur le ticket délivré 16 du numéro du casier attribué à l'usager. Celui-ci introduit alors son ticket dans la fente 3 du dispositif de lecture 18 associé au casier 2 qui lui a été attribué. Le dispositif de lecture 18 lit au moins l'information relative au numéro du casier mémorisée sur le ticket et la transmet au microprocesseur 4 qui contrôle si cette information correspond effectivement au numéro de casier attribué à l'usager. Le numéro d'un casier peut être codé magnétiquement différemment sur chaque ticket délivré par le dispositif 15 à chaque usager ou être un même code magnétique pour tous les tickets délivrés. Dans ce dernier cas, il est préférable que le dispositif de lecture 15 lise également l'information relative à l'identité de l'usager mémorisée sur son ticket et la transmette au microprocesseur 4 qui contrôle si le casier libre a été effectivement attribué personnellement à l'usager pendant la tranche horaire d'occupation qui lui est prescrite. Ceci permet ainsi de personnaliser davantage le ticket remis à l'usager. La reconnaissance par le microprocesseur 4 de la tranche horaire d'occupation du casier attribué à un usager peut s'effectuer à partir des données mémorisées dans la mémoire 7 en relation avec celles mémorisées dans les mémoires 8 et 9 ou en enregistrant également magnétiquement sur chaque ticket délivré une information relative à la plage horaire qui est lue ensuite par le dispositif de lecture 18 qui transmet au microprocesseur 4 l'information correspondante afin de contrôler si la plage horaire prescrite à l'usager, avec le numéro de code du casier attribué, sont effectivement affectés à l'identité de l'usager.The user takes possession of his ticket 16 and goes to the closed locker 2 which has been allocated to him, such a locker being individually and visually identified by his number. Preferably, the allocation of the allocated locker number to the user is carried out orally by the attendant, but it is also possible to provide, associated with the delivery device 15, a clear printing device on the ticket issued 16 of the locker number assigned to the user. The latter then introduces his ticket into the slot 3 of the reading device 18 associated with the locker 2 which has been allocated to him. The reading device 18 reads at least the information relating to the number of the locker stored on the ticket and transmits it to the microprocessor 4 which checks whether this information actually corresponds to the locker number assigned to the user. The number of a locker can be magnetically coded differently on each ticket issued by the device 15 to each user or be the same magnetic code for all the tickets issued. In the latter case, it is preferable that the reading device 15 also reads the information relating to the identity of the user stored on his ticket and transmits it to the microprocessor 4 which checks whether the free locker has actually been assigned personally to the user during the prescribed time slot. This makes it possible to further personalize the ticket given to the user. Recognition by microprocessor 4 of the unit locker occupancy times allocated to a user can be made from the data stored in memory 7 in relation to that stored in memories 8 and 9 or by also recording information relating to the time slot on each ticket issued which is then read by the reading device 18 which transmits the corresponding information to the microprocessor 4 in order to check whether the time slot prescribed for the user, with the code number of the assigned locker, are actually assigned to the identity of the 'user.

Après avoir vérifié la véracité des informations enregistrées sur le ticket 16 introduit dans le lecteur 18 le microprocesseur 4 envoie au mécanisme 24 un ordre de déverrouillage de la serrure de la porte du casier attribué de façon à permettre à l'utilisateur de déposer dans le casier ouvert ses objets. Après avoir déposé ses objets, l'usager referme la porte du casier à rappel automatique vers sa position de fermeture. Le verrouillage correct de la serrure de porte du casier est détecté par le capteur opto-électronique 20 associé. Si un problème de verrouillage de la serrure de la porte se pose, le microprocesseur 4, après avoir reçu du capteur 24 l'information correspondante d'anomalie, envoie à l'écran de l'ensemble 14 une information avertissant le préposé de cette anomalie. Dans une telle situation, le microprocesseur 4 peut être également adapté pour envoyer une information à un dispositif avertisseur sonore et/ou visuel situé à proximité du préposé. Une fois la cause du problème du verrouillage de la serrure de la porte éliminée et la porte correctement fermée, l'objet est enfermé dans le casier attribué pendant une durée ou plage horaire d'occupation déterminée. Le dispositif de lecture 18 est agencé pour alors restituer à l'usager son ticket 16.After verifying the veracity of the information recorded on the ticket 16 inserted in the reader 18 the microprocessor 4 sends to the mechanism 24 an unlocking order for the lock of the assigned locker door so as to allow the user to deposit in the locker opened his objects. After having deposited their objects, the user closes the door of the automatic recall locker towards its closed position. The correct locking of the locker door lock is detected by the associated opto-electronic sensor 20. If a problem with locking the door lock arises, the microprocessor 4, after having received the corresponding anomaly information from the sensor 24, sends information to the screen of the assembly 14 informing the attendant of this anomaly . In such a situation, the microprocessor 4 can also be adapted to send information to an audible and / or visual warning device located near the attendant. Once the cause of the problem with locking the door lock has been eliminated and the door properly closed, the object is locked in the assigned locker for a determined period or time slot. The reading device 18 is arranged to then return the ticket 16 to the user.

Lorsque l'usager souhaite retirer ses objets personnels avant la fin de la durée d'occupation du casier attribué, il introduit son ticket personnalisé dans le dispositif de lecture 18 qui le lit et transmet au moins l'information relative au numéro du casier mémorisée sur le ticket au microprocesseur 4 comme déjà expliqué ci-dessus. Ainsi, le microprocesseur 4 contrôle la ou les informations enregistrées sur le ticket 16 de la même manière que lors du dépôt des objets dans le casier. Une fois la véracité des informations contenues sur le ticket 16 effectuée, le microprocesseur 4 envoie au mécanisme 24 un ordre de déverrouillage de la serrure de la porte du casier occupé, ce qui déclenche l'ouverture de la porte. L'usager récupère ses objets personnels, la porte du casier se rabat automatiquement en position de fermeture et la serrure est verrouillée par le microprocesseur 4 commandant le mécanisme 24 après une temporisation prédéterminée. Si la porte ne se verrouille pas à l'expiration de cette temporisation, par exemple en cas d'anomalie, une alarme peut être produite au guichet d'accueil.When the user wishes to collect his personal objects before the end of the period of occupation of the allocated locker, he introduces his personalized ticket into the reading device 18 which reads it and transmits at least the information relating to the number of the locker stored on the ticket to microprocessor 4 as already explained above. Thus, the microprocessor 4 controls the information or information recorded on the ticket 16 in the same manner as when the objects are deposited in the locker. Once the information contained on the ticket 16 has been verified, the microprocessor 4 sends the mechanism 24 an order to unlock the lock of the door of the occupied locker, which triggers the opening of the door. The user recovers his personal objects, the locker door folds down automatically in the closed position and the lock is locked by the microprocessor 4 controlling the mechanism 24 after a predetermined time delay. If the door does not lock after this time, for example in the event of an anomaly, an alarm can be generated at the reception desk.

Si l'usager tente de récupérer ses objets personnels en dehors de la tranche horaire d'occupation qui lui a été prescrite, le dispositif de lecture 18, sous le contrôle du microprocesseur 4, est agencé pour garder le ticket de l'usager, ce qui l'oblige à se rendre au guichet d'accueil où le préposé le renseignera en conséquence. Par exemple, l'usager peut avoir, par oubli, laissé s'écouler la durée d'occupation du casier qui lui avait été attribué. Dans ce cas, le préposé lui rendra ses objets personnels contre paiement d'une somme déterminée et après avoir vérifié son identité à l'aide de l'ensemble clavier-écran 14.If the user tries to recover his personal objects outside the time slot for occupation which has been prescribed to him, the reading device 18, under the control of the microprocessor 4, is arranged to keep the user's ticket, this which obliges him to go to the reception desk where the attendant will inform him accordingly. For example, the user may have, by forgetting, allowed the period of occupation of the locker that had been allocated to him to elapse. In this case, the attendant will return his personal items to him against payment of a fixed sum and after verifying his identity using the keyboard-screen assembly 14.

Bien entendu, l'usager peut être amené à retirer certains de ses objets en consigne pendant la plage horaire d'occupation et en laisser d'autres en consigne. Dans ce cas, le dispositif de lecture 18 lui restituera le ticket pour lui permettre de récupérer par la suite les objets restants en consigne.Of course, the user may have to collect some of their items on deposit during the beach occupancy schedule and leave others on deposit. In this case, the reading device 18 will return the ticket to him so that he can later recover the objects left in the deposit.

En cas de perte par l'utilisateur de son ticket, celui-ci se rend au guichet en déclinant son identité au préposé qui peut alors retrouver par l'ensemble 14 le numéro du casier attribué à l'utilisateur.In case of loss by the user of his ticket, he goes to the counter declining his identity to the attendant who can then find by the set 14 the number of the locker assigned to the user.

Le système selon la présente invention permet ainsi d'assurer l'identification de l'usager autorisé à utiliser un casier donné pour une durée d'occupation du casier donnée.The system according to the present invention thus makes it possible to ensure the identification of the user authorized to use a given locker for a given duration of occupation of the locker.

Sur chaque ticket 16 délivré, il est également possible d'imprimer en clair d'autres informations relatives notamment à l'identité de l'usager ou à la tranche horaire d'occupation du casier attribué.On each ticket 16 issued, it is also possible to print in clear other information relating in particular to the identity of the user or to the time slot of occupation of the allocated locker.

Le dispositif de délivrance 15 et les dispositifs de lecture 18 de tickets 16 sont déjà connus en soi et sont d'un usage courant pour d'autres applications. Ils n'ont donc pas à être décrits plus en détail. Enfin, l'imprimante 17 permet par exemple d'inscrire la liste journalière des usagers ayant loué un casier déterminé, ce qui permet au préposé de vérifier rapidement si un casier demandé par un usager est déjà occupé ou non sans avoir à passer par le dispositif à microprocesseur.The issuing device 15 and the reading devices 18 for tickets 16 are already known per se and are in common use for other applications. They therefore do not have to be described in more detail. Finally, the printer 17 makes it possible, for example, to enter the daily list of users having rented a specific locker, which allows the attendant to quickly check whether a locker requested by a user is already occupied or not without having to go through the device. microprocessor.

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Système de rangement comprenant une pluralité de casiers adjacents (2) qui sont chacun fermés par une porte ; un dispositif à microprocesseur (4) relié par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif d'interfaces d'entrées/sorties (11-13, 19, 21, 22) à des serrures d'ouverture et de fermeture des portes des casiers (2) ; caractérisé en ce que le dispositif à microprocesseur (4) est également respectivement relié à un ensemble (14) clavier-écran de visualisation de façon à permettre à un préposé situé à un guichet d'accueil d'enregistrer l'identité, telle que par exemple le nom, le numéro de carte d'identité ou le numéro de passeport d'un usager se présentant au guichet, et d'affecter à l'identité de l'usager un numéro de casier libre et une tranche horaire d'occupation du casier ; à un dispositif de délivrance (15) à l'usager ; d'un titre (16), de préférence un ticket à piste magnétique, sur lequel sont mémorisés sous forme codée au moins le numéro du casier attribué et l'identité de l'usager et à un dispositif de réception et de lecture (18) de titre associé à chaque casier ; et en ce que le dispositif de lecture (18), associé au casier libre ou occupé (2) attribué à l'usager et ayant reçu le titre de celui-ci, transmet au moins l'information relative au numéro du casier mémorisée sur le titre au dispositif à microprocesseur (4) qui contrôle si cette information correspond effectivement au numéro de casier attribué à l'usager et qui, dans l'affirmative, commande le déverrouillage de la serrure de la porte du casier attribué à l'usager qui y dépose ou récupère au moins un objet personnel.1. Storage system comprising a plurality of adjacent lockers (2) which are each closed by a door; a microprocessor device (4) connected via an input / output interface device (11-13, 19, 21, 22) to locks for opening and closing the doors of the lockers (2 ); characterized in that the microprocessor device (4) is also respectively connected to an assembly (14) keyboard-display screen so as to allow an attendant located at a reception desk to record the identity, such as by example the name, the identity card number or the passport number of a user present at the counter, and to assign to the identity of the user a number of free locker and a time slot of occupation of the locker; a delivery device (15) to the user; a ticket (16), preferably a magnetic stripe ticket, on which are stored in coded form at least the number of the assigned locker and the identity of the user and to a reception and reading device (18) the title associated with each locker; and in that the reading device (18), associated with the free or occupied locker (2) assigned to the user and having received the title thereof, transmits at least the information relating to the number of the locker stored on the title to the microprocessor device (4) which checks whether this information actually corresponds to the locker number assigned to the user and which, if so, controls the unlocking of the lock of the door of the locker assigned to the user who deposits or collects at least one personal item. 2. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de lecture précité transmet également l'information relative à l'identité de l'usager mémorisée sur son titre au dispositif à microprocesseur (4) qui contrôle à partir de cette information si le casier libre ou occupé a été effectivement attribué personnellement à l'usager et, dans l'affirmative, commande le déverrouillage de la serrure de la porte du casier (2).2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the aforementioned reading device also transmits the information relating to the identity of the user stored on his title to the microprocessor device (4) who checks on the basis of this information whether the empty or occupied locker has been effectively allocated personally to the user and, if so, orders the unlocking of the locker of the locker door (2). 3. Système selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif à microprocesseur (4) contrôle également à partir des informations précitées du dispositif de lecture (18) si le casier attribué à l'usager se trouve alloué dans la tranche horaire d'occupation précitée.3. System according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the microprocessor device (4) also checks from the aforementioned information from the reading device (18) whether the locker allocated to the user is allocated in the time slot of the aforementioned occupation. 4. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que sur le titre (16) précité est également mémorisé un code relatif à la tranche horaire d'occupation du casier attribué à l'usager.4. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on the title (16) mentioned above is also stored a code relating to the time slot in the locker allocated to the user. 5. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le code précité relatif au numéro du casier attribué est spécifique à l'usager.5. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the aforementioned code relating to the number of the allocated locker is specific to the user. 6. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le préposé enregistre l'identité de l'usager à l'aide de l'ensemble clavier-écran de visualisation (14) précité en même temps que l'usager règle le montant de la location du casier attribué pendant la tranche horaire d'occupation précitée.6. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the attendant records the identity of the user using the aforementioned keyboard-display screen (14) at the same time as the user sets the amount of the locker rental allocated during the aforementioned occupancy time slot. 7. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que chaque porte de casier (2) est ramenée en position fermée, de préférence par un organe de rappel élastique, et le dispositif à microprocesseur (4) verrouille ensuite la serrure de la porte du casier.7. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each locker door (2) is returned to the closed position, preferably by an elastic return member, and the microprocessor device (4) then locks the lock. the locker door. 8. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un capteur opto-électronique (18) associé à chaque serrure de porte d'un casier (2) pour contrôler le verrouillage correct de la serrure.8. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a sensor opto-electronics (18) associated with each lock of a locker door (2) to control the correct locking of the lock. 9. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le titre (16) précité comprend également, imprimées en clair, les informations relatives notamment à l'identité de l'usager, au numéro du casier qui lui est affecté et/ou à la tranche horaire d'occupation.9. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the above-mentioned title (16) also includes, printed in plain text, the information relating in particular to the identity of the user, to the number of the locker assigned to him and / or the time slot of occupation. 10. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de lecture (18) précité rend à l'usager son titre après dépôt dans le casier de son objet personnel.10. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the aforementioned reading device (18) gives the user his title after depositing in the locker of his personal object. 11. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble clavier-écran (14) précité permet au préposé de retrouver le numéro du casier attribué à l'utilisateur à partir de son identité notamment en cas de perte par l'utilisateur de son titre.11. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the aforementioned keyboard-screen assembly (14) allows the attendant to retrieve the number of the locker assigned to the user from his identity, in particular in the event of loss by the user of his title.
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