Classifications

• • 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
  • G07C9/10—Movable barriers with registering means
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B11/00—Means for allowing passage through fences, barriers or the like, e.g. stiles
  • E06B11/08—Turnstiles; Gates for control of entry or exit of persons, e.g. in supermarkets
  • E06B11/085—Turnstiles; Gates for control of entry or exit of persons, e.g. in supermarkets non-rotary or with a limited angle of rotation, e.g. 90°

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an automated door to allow or prohibit access to a space or a transport vehicle, in particular to a departure lounge or to an aircraft.
• the invention applies to access to boarding rooms, boats, planes or any means of public transport or to buildings, access to airline airlines at airports, to areas duty-free.
• the most conventional solutions are tripods ordered by reading a valid transport ticket.
• the tripod movement is manual and the tripod bars permanently obstruct the passage, annoying the traveler, especially if he has luggage.
• the door occupies a large space which cannot be used for detection devices.
• Glass obstacle systems are fragile, that is to say they cannot withstand shocks.
• Current systems have a low level of reliability because the obstacle can hinder the detection of the user's progress. It is difficult to detect passage at different heights.
• the object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of the solutions known above.
• the invention thus relates to an automated door to allow or prohibit the access of a person to a space or a transport vehicle in particular to a departure lounge or to an airplane, comprising at least one vertical and elongated frame constituting a closed housing, the door comprising at least one leaf movable between a closed position in which this leaf forms a barrier preventing the passage of a person along the frame, the upstream end of the frame relative to the direction of movement of the person, comprising an inlet mouth for an access ticket and the downstream end of the frame comprising an outlet mouth for this ticket, the frame containing means for controlling the movement of the leaf between the two aforementioned positions, a path for moving the ticket between said inlet mouth and said outlet mouth of the ticket and means for reading the ticket.
• this door is characterized in that it comprises means prohibiting the person from accessing the outlet mouth to collect the ticket, when the leaf is in the position preventing the passage of the person.
• this automated door is characterized in that the distance between the leaf and the outlet of the ticket is such that when the leaf is in the position preventing the passage of a passenger, the latter cannot access the said ticket outlet to collect the latter. This distance must be greater than the length of the arm of a large passenger plus a certain distance taking into account the fact that the passenger can bend over and rotate his shoulders in an attempt to retrieve the ticket.
• the invention thus makes it possible to avoid any risk that a passenger could defraud by recovering the coupon from his ticket, before the opening of the leaf.
• the leaf is secured to the frame.
• the leaf is mounted in rotation along a substantially horizontal axis extending in the direction of the length of the frame.
• the leaf in the position preventing the passage of the person, has a portion projecting from the frame having the shape of a circular sector, the circular edge of this sector being directed upwards.
• This shape makes it possible to constitute an obstacle preventing passage while allowing the leaf to completely disappear in the open position of the door.
• the means for controlling the movement of the leaf consist of reading a valid ticket, authorizing the movement of said leaf.
• the lateral face of the frame adjacent to the passage of the person comprises detection cells cooperating with means preventing the opening of the leaf when these cells detect an abnormal situation.
• said cells comprise at least two superimposed rows of cells, one of the rows extending on either side of the leaf above a line situated halfway up the frame and the other row being located in the vicinity of this line, said cells comprise three superimposed rows of cells, one of the rows extending on either side of the leaf above a line situated at mid-height of the frame, a second row being located in the vicinity of this line and a third row being located below this line, said cells comprise at least three groups of cells, each of these groups being assigned to different detection functions, a first group of cells is assigned to a detection function ensuring personal safety, a second group of cells is assigned to a detection function to allow the counting of people and a third group is assigned to a function of detection of unauthorized and / or fraudulent passages, - at least one cell can belong simultaneously to two groups of cells to fill different functions depending on the group of cells to which said cell is assigned, the cells of the upper row lying between the entry end of the frame and the leaf are capable of detecting the entry of an adult person
• the frame contains a microcomputer adapted to receive information from an external central control station, from a ticket reader introduced into the inlet mouth of the frame, from detection cells and to order via a PLC and a frequency converter the operation of an electric motor to move the leaf to the open or closed positions.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automated door according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is an elevation view, after removal of the side panels and upper covers, of the automated door according to the invention
• FIG. 3 is a partial view of the automated door, the upper covers being in place
• FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3, the upper covers being open
• FIG. 5 is an elevation view of the front end of the automated door, the leaf being in the closed position
• FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a side face of the automated door showing the location of the detection cells
• FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a ticket in position between two conveyor belts and the read heads of the reader
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automated door according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is an elevation view, after removal of the side panels and upper covers, of the automated door according to the invention
• FIG. 3 is a partial view of the automated door, the upper covers being in place
• FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3, the upper covers being open
• FIG. 5
• FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a ticket and a reader
• FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the diff different control elements of the automated door
• Figure 10 is a perspective view showing the transport path of the automated door, the upper covers being open
• Figure 11 is a view in partial longitudinal section of the transport path showing the junction between two transport modules
• FIG. 1 2 is a partial plan view showing the top of the transport path and the junction between two modules
• Figures 1 3, 14, 1 5 are schematic plan views showing three embodiments of the junction between two transport modules
• Figure 16 is a schematic side view of two modules according to another embodiment.
• Figure 17 is an elevational view in partial longitudinal section of a rocker and a separation device, the rocker being in the inactive position
• Figure 18 is a view similar to Figure 17, the rocker being in the one of its active positions relative to the separation device
• Figure 1 9 is a view similar to Figures 1 7 and 1 8, the rocker being in the evacuation position to a storage bin
• Figure 20 is a view similar to Figures 17 to 19, the rocker being in another active position located 180 ° from the position shown in Figure 1 8
• Figure 21 is a view similar to Figure 1 9, showing another position of discharge to a tank
• Figure 22 is a view similar to Figure 17 showing the rocker in a position in which one of the sets of belts is separated from the other set of belts
• Figure 23 is a perspective view showing a control device the position of a moving part with respect to a reference part
• FIG. 24 is a plan view from above of FIG. 23, FIG. 24A is a diagram showing a variant of the shape of the edges of the moving and reference parts
• FIG. 25 is a view in elevation and in longitudinal section of a separation device showing a first position of the guide and of the cutting blade
• Figure 26 is a view similar to Figure 25, on a smaller scale, showing the guide and the cutting blade in a second position
• Figure 27 is a plan view of the cutting blade and the cams carried by the shaft of the electric motor
• FIG. 28 is a plan view of the cutting blade showing a variant of the means for controlling this blade and of the guide support
• FIG. 29 is a schematic section view of the guide support and the cutting blade
• FIGS. 30 and 31 are each a schematic view, similar to FIG.
• the automated door 1 to allow or prohibit access to a space or a transport vehicle, in particular a departure lounge or an airplane, comprises a vertical and elongated frame 2 constituting a closed housing of parallelepiped shape.
• This frame 2 carries a leaf 3 movable between a closed position (see figure
• this leaf 3 forms a barrier preventing the passage of a passenger along the frame 2 and an open position in which the leaf 3 allows this passage.
• the upstream end of the frame 2 relative to the direction of movement of the passenger comprises near the upper face of the frame an inlet mouth 4 for an access ticket and the downstream end of the frame 2 comprises, on the upper face of the frame , an outlet 5 of this ticket.
• the frame 2 contains means which will be detailed below to control the movement of the leaf 3 between the two aforementioned positions.
• the frame 2 further comprises, at its upper part, a transport path 6 for the ticket between the input 4 and the output 5 of the ticket and means for reading the ticket.
• the distance d (see FIG. 3) between the leaf 3 and the outlet mouth 5 of the ticket is such that, when the leaf 3 is in the position preventing the passage of a passenger, the latter cannot not access said outlet 5 of the ticket to collect the latter.
• the leaf 3 is integral with the frame 2 and is mounted for rotation along a substantially horizontal axis X - X 'extending in the direction of the length of the frame 2. Furthermore, in the position prohibiting the passage of the passenger, the leaf 3 is integral with the frame 2 and is mounted for rotation along a substantially horizontal axis X - X 'extending in the direction of the length of the frame 2. Furthermore, in the position prohibiting the passage of the passenger, the leaf 3 is integral with the frame 2 and is mounted for rotation along a substantially horizontal axis X - X 'extending in the direction of the length of the frame 2. Furthermore, in the position prohibiting the passage of the passenger, the leaf
• the means for controlling the movement of the leaf 3 consist of reading a valid ticket, authorizing the movement of said leaf 3.
• the side face 2a of the frame 2 adjacent to the passenger passage includes detection cells C1, C2, ... C33 cooperating with means preventing the opening of the leaf 3, when these cells detect an abnormal situation.
• the lateral face 2a of the frame 2 carries two superimposed rows of cells.
• the upper row of cells C1 to C1 2 extends on either side of the leaf 3 above the line L located halfway up the frame 2 and the other row comprising the cells C23 to C31 is located at neighborhood of this line.
• the cells C1, C2, etc. C33 comprise three superimposed rows of cells, one of the rows extending on either side of the leaf 3 above a line L situated at mid-height of the frame 2, a second row being located in the vicinity of this line L and a third row being situated below this line L.
• the above cells comprise at least three groups of cells, each of these groups being assigned to different detection functions.
• a first group of cells is assigned to a detection function ensuring passenger safety
• a second group of cells is assigned to a detection function to allow passenger counting
• a third group is assigned to a detection function for non-passenger traffic. authorized and / or fraudulent.
• At least one cell can belong to two groups of cells simultaneously to perform different functions depending on the group of cells to which this cell is assigned.
• the cells C1 to C8 of the upper row between the entry end 4 of the frame and the leaf 3 are capable of detecting the entry of an adult passenger and possibly the unauthorized passage of two or more close passengers.
• the cells of the middle row between the leaf 3 and the exit end 7 of the frame 2 are capable of detecting the exit of a passenger after the leaf 3 has opened.
• the cells of the lower row between the entry end 4 of the frame and the leaf 3 are capable of detecting the entry of a child.
• the detection of an adult pulling a trolley is carried out by the combination of at least one concealed cell of the upper row simultaneously with the concealment of at least two concealed cells on the lower row, separated by a non-concealed cell.
• the cells located near leaf 3 are assigned to passenger safety against inadvertent closing of the leaf.
• the cells in the upper or middle rows, located downstream of the leaf, are able to detect the passage of a person or child from downstream to the upstream of the door and to control the closing of the leaf to prevent return of this person.
• the frame 2 contains (see FIG. 9) a microcomputer 8 adapted to receive information from an external central control station 9, from a reader 10 for the ticket introduced into the inlet mouth 4 of the frame, detection C1 ... C33.
• the microcomputer 8 also controls, via a controller 1 1 and a frequency converter 1 2, the operation of an electric motor 1 3 to move the leaf 3, or a second leaf to the open or closed position.
• the microcomputer 8 also receives information 8a, cells, motors 1 3 and various modules contained in the frame 2 which will be detailed below.
• the ticket 14 has a magnetic strip 1 5.
• the frame 2 contains four read heads 1 6, 17, 18, 1 9 of this magnetic strip, capable of reading the latter, whatever the position according to which the ticket is inserted in entry 4.
• the device can also operate with two reading heads for the same face of the ticket.
• the frame 2 further comprises near the outlet end 7 of the ticket, a module 20 for cutting the ticket and detaching from it a coupon
• the frame 2 comprises between the movement path 6 of the ticket and the module 20 for cutting the ticket, a module 24 for returning the latter.
• This module 24 as well as the module for cutting the ticket will be described in detail below.
• the frame 2 also contains a printer (not shown) for printing a second ticket different from the ticket read by the reading means, this printer being controlled as a function of the data read by a reader and of information received from the external control station 9.
• the frame 2 comprises a second leaf pivotally mounted inside the frame, near the first leaf, on an axis X - X 'common with the latter, this leaf making in the closed position, protrusion on the face of the frame 2 opposite to that on which protrudes the first leaf when it is in the closed position.
• the door has a second frame
• This second frame 2c parallel to the first and delimiting the passage.
• This second frame 2c comprises a second leaf 3b cooperating with the first leaf 3, the opening of the first and of the second leaf being controlled by reading a valid ticket and the means associated with the opening of the passage.
• the door may include audible or visual signage associated with each normal or abnormal passage situation.
• the door according to the invention may have a symmetrical architecture adapted to allow passage either in one direction or in the opposite direction.
• the door just described is fully automated.
• the passenger introduces his ticket at the entrance 4 of the frame 2.
• the read heads 16 to 19 detect the position of the ticket and read the magnetic strip.
• This ticket is validated by the microcomputer 8 in connection with the external central station 9.
• the leaf 3 does not open.
• the side cells of the frame detect if the passenger is in a normal situation. If so, leaf 3 can open. As long as leaf 3 is closed, the passenger cannot withdraw the coupon from his ticket at the exit.
• the cells After opening the leaf, the cells detect the passenger's exit and the module 20 cuts the ticket to detach the coupon 21 and eject it outside. The passenger can then collect the coupon.
• Figures 10 to 16 show a device 30 for transporting flat documents, such as tickets, cards and the like on transport modules aligned with each other. This device is contained in the upper part of the frame 2.
• each transport module 31, 32 comprises two parallel belts 34, 35; 34a, 35a each wound at their opposite ends on two pulleys 36, 37; 36a, 37a mounted in rotation on axes 38, 39 fixed relative to a frame 40, 41.
• Each of the two parallel belts (see Figure 1 1) is arranged in longitudinal contact with another belt such as 42, 43 so that the documents are held between two superimposed pairs of belts and driven by the movement of the latter.
• Figure 1 1 also shows that for each module, the pulleys of the two superimposed pairs of belts, are at each end thereof, located at right of one another.
• the pulleys 38a, 38 of the two superimposed pairs of belts 35, 42; 35a, 43 could at each end of these be offset axially from one another.
• the module with two pairs of parallel belts 34, 35 is bordered on each side by a module comprising only one relatively wide belt 34a, placed under another identical belt.
• the axes 38 and 39 of the pulleys of two adjacent modules are not aligned, but offset, so that the ends of the belts 34, 35; 34a, 35a are more interwoven with one another.
• FIG 10 shows on the other hand, that each transport module is covered by a cover 45, 46, 47 which can open and close independently of the covers of the other modules. These covers facilitate the maintenance of the ticket transport path.
• the belts and the upper pulleys can be mounted on a detachable frame by pivoting with respect to the belts and the lower pulleys.
• the modules are independent of each other and interchangeable.
• the transport device can comprise several transport modules, some of these modules comprising an additional function chosen from the following: reading the transported document, turning the document over, cutting the document, printing the document.
• FIGS. 17 to 22 show in detail the turning module 24 mentioned above which precedes the device for separating the ticket 20 into two parts, one of these parts being distributed at the outlet 5 of the separation device.
• This reversal module 24 is adapted so that the distributed part of the ticket or coupon is always the same regardless of the direction in which the ticket is introduced into the input 4 of the automated door.
• the reversing module 24 comprises, upstream of the separation device 20, a member comprising means for holding the ticket and for performing the following operations: directing the ticket towards the separation device 20, if the part to be detached and dispensed is located at the front, turn the document 180 °, if the part to be detached is located at the rear, then direct the ticket towards the separation device 20.
• the turning module 24, furthermore comprises means for directing the remaining part of the document towards a collection bin 50 or 51 (see FIG. 2).
• the module 24 comprises a rocker 52 rotatably mounted about an axis Y -Y 'perpendicular to the path of the ticket, comprising means for holding the ticket, this rocker
• This rocker 52 having an entry end 53 for the ticket and an end of exit 54 for the latter.
• This rocker 52 is movable in rotation between a position in which (see Figure 17) the inlet end 53 of this rocker is opposite a ticket transport module, a position in which (see Figure 1 8) l the outlet end 54 of the rocker 52 is opposite the inlet 55 of the separation device 20 and a position located 180 ° from the previous one, in which (see FIG. 20) the inlet end 53 of the rocker 24 is opposite the entry 55 of the separation device 20.
• the rocker 52 further comprises means for moving the ticket between the inlet 53 and outlet 54 ends of the rocker.
• Figures 1 9 and 21 show on the other hand that the rocker 52 is further movable in rotation between any of the positions shown in Figures 1 8 and 20 and two intermediate positions between them in which the end d input 53 or output 54 of the rocker is not opposite the input 55 of the separation device 20 but opposite a collection bin 50, 51 of the remaining part of the ticket.
• the rocker 52 also includes means for moving the remaining part of the ticket towards the collection bin 50, 51, when it is in the above intermediate positions.
• the means for holding and for moving the ticket comprise two pairs of belts 56, 57 wound on pulleys 58, 59, 60, 61, the belts taking support on either side of the ticket to hold it and move it by rotation of the pulleys 58, 59, 60, 61 in one direction or in another direction.
• the rotation of the rocker 52 between the different positions is controlled by an electric motor of the stepping type.
• the rotation of the pulleys 58 to 61 is controlled by an electric motor also of the stepping type.
• FIG. 22 shows that the assembly constituted by one of the pairs of belts 56 and the corresponding pulleys 58, 59 can be separated from the assembly constituted by the other pair of belts 57 and the corresponding pulleys 60, 61 by rotation of one of the sets with respect to the other to ensure maintenance and, if necessary, intervene in the event of a ticket being blocked.
• the module for transporting the ticket to the rocker 52 is associated with ticket reading heads capable of detecting the position of the two parts of the ticket with respect to its direction of movement.
• These read heads cooperate with the microcomputer 8 (see FIG. 9) to control the rotation of the rocker 52 between the various positions and the movement of the ticket in this rocker.
• the separation device 20 is a device for cutting the ticket into two parts.
• the inlet 55 of the separation device 20 includes a guide 70 to guide the entry of the ticket into the device.
• This guide 70 extends substantially in the direction of the ticket held between the two pairs of belts 56, 57 of the rocker 52, when the latter is in one of the positions mentioned above opposite the entry 55 of the device. separation 20.
• the rocker 52 makes it possible to present at the entry 55 of the separation device 20, a ticket oriented in the right direction, that is to say with the detachable coupon located at the front, intended for the passenger having passed the automated door according to the invention.
• FIGS. 23 and 24 represent a device for controlling the position of a part of the rocker 52 relative to a fixed reference 63.
• This device comprises a cell 64 emitting a conical light beam 67 fixed to a part 65 fixed relative to to frame 2.
• the conical light beam 67 is directed towards the fixed reference part
• the movable mechanical part 1 52 has a part 68 capable of cutting the conical light beam 67 when it is in the position to be checked opposite the receiver 66 at the limit of overlap with the fixed reference piece 63.
• the reference piece 63 is a tab projecting perpendicularly from a fixed flat plate 65.
• This tab 63 is parallel to the part 68 of the movable part 1 52.
• the part 68 has a upper edge 68a capable of being aligned with the lower edge 63a of the tab 63 when the movable part 1 52 is in the position to be checked.
• the receiver 66 is placed slightly under the lower edge 63a of the tab, so that when the upper edge 68a of the part 68 of the moving part 1 52 is aligned with the lower edge 63a of the tab 63, the receiver 66 detects a total cut of the light beam 67 emitted by the cell 64.
• the movable part 1 52 is a movable part in rotation towards at least one limit position to be checked, namely that shown in Figures 23 and 24.
• This movable part is part of the rocker described above which is movable in rotation between several positions to direct a ticket directly or by turning it after 180 ° rotation of this rocker towards the device 20 for separating the ticket into two parts.
• the device shown in Figures 23 and 24 operates as follows:
• the limit position to be checked is that in which the edge 68a of the movable part 1 52 after having turned a certain angle arrives in alignment with the edge 63a of the fixed reference 63. Shortly before, this limit position, the light beam 67 emitted by cell 64 is diaphragmed by the upper edge 68a of the part 68 of the part 52 and by the lower edge 63a of the reference part 63. As a result, the receiver 66 picks up only the part of the beam luminous 67 which passes through the aforementioned diaphragm.
• the beam 67 is completely masked by the part 68 and by the reference 63, so that the receiver 66 no longer picks up light.
• the electrical signal corresponding to this situation can then order the stopping of the motor which rotates the moving part 52, namely the rocker in the example considered.
• the limit position in which the outlet 54 or its inlet 53 must be aligned with the inlet 55 of the separation device 20 is detected by the receiver 66 of a light beam which cooperates with the fixed reference part 63 and with the part 68 of the rocker 52 or with a part of the latter offset by 180 ° relative to the part 68.
• the receiver 66 and the reference piece 63 are fixed to the upper part of the separation device 20.
• the upper edge 68a of the part 68 and the lower edge 63a of the tab 63 are rectilinear.
• the upper edges 68a and lower 63a of the above parts have a concave rounded shape, so that when the limit position to be checked is reached, the two shapes intersect at a point.
• This variant would further improve the accuracy of position control.
• the above device can be applied to the measurement of distances, angles and rotational speeds.
• FIGS. 25 and 26 represent the separation device 20 which is arranged following the turning module 24.
• the separation device 20 comprises a guide 70 the inlet 55 of which is disposed opposite the outlet 54 of the rocker to guide the displacement of the ticket towards the exit 5.
• the separation device 20 further comprises a knife blade 71 which is movable in translation between a position (see FIG. 25) spaced from the trajectory of the ticket defined by the guide 70 and a position (see Figure 26) in which the knife blade 71 intersects the above path, that is to say separates the ticket into two parts.
• the guide 70 is movable between a position (see FIG. 25) spaced from the outlet of the rocker 24, in which the cutting blade 71 is in the spaced position and a position (see FIG. 26) brought closer to the output of the rocker in which the blade 71 is in the position in which it cuts the trajectory of the ticket to separate it into two parts.
• the separation device 20 comprises means for controlling the movement of the cutting blade 71 and means for controlling the movement of the guide 70 between the two aforementioned positions. These means are suitable for controlling the movement of the cutting blade 71 when the ticket is partly released from the outlet 70 while still being partly engaged in the guide and partly engaged in the conveyor 79 described below.
• the means for controlling the movement of the cutting blade 71 comprise (see FIG. 27) a cam 72 secured to a shaft 73 driven in rotation by an electric motor. This cam 72 cooperates with the edges of a window 74 formed in the cutting blade 71.
• the guide 70 consists of two plates spaced apart by a distance adapted to the passage of the ticket.
• the means for controlling the movement of the guide 70 comprise a support 75 of this guide integral with the latter and extending transversely to this guide 70.
• the movement of this support 75 is controlled by a second cam 76 (see FIG. 27) integral with the shaft 73 driven in rotation by the electric motor, mentioned above.
• This cam 76 cooperates with a bearing surface 77 of the support, as shown in FIG. 25.
• the cam 72 cooperating with the cutting blade 71 and the cam 76 cooperating with the support 75 of the guide 70 are integral with the same shaft 73 driven in rotation by the electric motor.
• the movement of the support 75 is guided in rotation about the axis 78, as shown in FIG. 25. This movement of the support of the guide could also be guided in translation.
• the separation device 20 comprises in alignment with the guide 70, a conveyor 79 with belts superimposed 80, 81 able to transport the cut part of the ticket towards the outlet 5 of the device.
• the belts 80, 81 of the conveyor 79 are wound on pulleys 82, 83 driven in rotation by an electric motor.
• the separation device 20 which has just been described operates as follows.
• the ticket is conveyed in the guide 70 by the belts of the rocker 24.
• the guide 70 is pushed by its support 75 and by the cam 76 to the position shown in FIG. 20, where the end of the guide 70 is close to the conveyor 79. During this movement of the guide 70, the cutting blade 71 is spaced from the guide.
• the guide 70 moves back to the position shown in FIG. 21, leaving the ticket in the path of the cutting blade 71. The latter then moves under the effect of the cam 72 and cuts the ticket into two parts.
• the front part of the ticket i.e. the coupon, is transported to exit 5 where it can be picked up by the passenger.
• the rear part of the ticket is taken up by the rocker 24 and is stored in one of the trays 50, 51.
• the pivoting of the support 75 of the guide 70 is controlled by a ramp 90 which is integral with the cutting blade 71.
• the translational movement of the blade 71 in its movement causes the ramp 90 which, by pressing on the bearing surface 77, causes the support 75 to pivot.
• a return spring not shown, controls the reverse movement.
• the lateral face of the frame as illustrated in FIGS. 30 and 31, comprises three superimposed rows of cells superimposed between them.
• a first middle row of cells M is located in the vicinity of the mid-height of the lateral face 2a of the frame 2, and a high row H located above the midline M It includes in in addition to a lower row B located below the middle row.
• the cells are arranged in columns numbered from 1 to 1 2, in the direction of access to the space, noted by an arrow A. The opposite direction of movement is represented by an arrow B.
• the cells are designated by the letter of their row associated with the number of their column.
• cell M5 is the middle row cell in the fifth column.
• Each row defines a horizontal detection plane, respectively median, high and low.
• the door comprises two movable leaves in planes perpendicular to the face 2a of the frame 2, on either side of the seventh column.
• the leaves are represented in FIG. 60 by their projections 3, 3b on the face 2a, the first leaf 3 being between the sixth and seventh columns, and the second leaf 3b being between the seventh and eighth columns.
• the top plane is used for the detection of large people, the middle plane for that of children and the bottom plane for the detection of people crawling in the device.
• the combination of the top and middle planes makes it possible to differentiate a person, a child or a cart and hand luggage. For example, if only the upper cells are obscured, the device detects hand luggage; if only the bottom cells are obscured, the device detects a child or a cart; if the upper and lower cells are obscured, the device detects a person.
• the term trolley can in particular include a wheeled suitcase.
• An object of the door is to provide secure access, in particular when boarding passengers on an airplane, this case will be taken as an example later. It is therefore necessary to detect all unauthorized access.
• Cells are used to detect, through abnormal movements, unauthorized access.
• An illegal crossing of the obstacle can be considered as fraud.
• large area fraud a fraud during which the person obstructs a certain number of cells (which can be configurable) and that the crossing of the leaves is detected.
• the leaves receive an order to close, and close immediately if they were open or are kept closed if they did't.
• the leaves can also be provided for the leaves to close only if no one is in the closing zone of the leaves, to avoid injuring a person who is present in the zone of the leaves.
• the closing of leaves can be replaced or supplemented by an audible and / or light signal, for example pictograms.
• the state of intrusion or fraud can be maintained for a certain time, which can be configured, after the cause that caused it has disappeared.
• An evacuation operating mode can be provided, for example when an evacuation command is activated locally, in which the door is kept open to allow free movement, especially in the opposite direction B.
• the crossing of the door is generally authorized after reading a valid access document by a reader for the access document.
• the reader and the door share a common frame. They must have a consistent behavior towards the passenger. The latter, for example, introduces a coupon into the reader, advances while the door leaves open and retrieves his cut document from the rear of the reader.
• the reader must know the state of a door controller. He must be able to adapt his behavior to the activity of the door.
• the "door active” state indicates that the door controller is initialized.
• the reader must take these different states into account when processing a coupon. The reader considers that the door is unavailable for the introduction of a coupon until it has explicitly told it that it is ready (or almost ready), occupied or inactive.
• the “active door” state corresponds to the initial state of the door seen by the reader.
• the “door inactive” state indicates that the door controller does not control the passenger flow. This is typically the case where the passage is permanently open. The reader in this case does not take into account the state of occupation of the door. He considers that the door is always available.
• the "door ready” state indicates that the door is ready to be passed by a passenger. It is the resting state of the door. The reader considers that the door is then available for the introduction of a coupon.
• the "door occupied” state indicates that the door is occupied. This is typically the case where the door has opened or is in the process of being crossed by a passenger. We can also consider the case where the door is blocked due to maintenance or due to obstruction of the passage. The reader considers that the door is then unavailable for the introduction of a coupon.
• the door is not ready after a given time, and an access ticket has been introduced by an entry for the ticket, the ticket is returned at the entrance for the ticket.
• the status "door almost ready” indicates that the door is active and that it will be ready, if all goes well, within a very short time. This is typically the case where the door controller begins to close the passage, because the passenger has advanced sufficiently. The door will only really pass when the passage is completely closed.
• Each status corresponds to a stage in the crossing of the door by the passenger.
• the "door entry” status indicates that the authorized passenger is in the door entry area.
• the "door crossing” state indicates that the authorized passenger is crossing the leaves.
• the "door exit” state indicates that the passenger is crossing the leaves and is leaving the door.
• a time delay can be provided and started after at least some of the steps for crossing the door, an anomaly being detected if a next step of crossing the door is not carried out during this time delay.
• certain timers exist for each of the states. Variables are activated according to the expiration or not of the times assigned, or authorized, for each of the time delays.
• the door controller activates the door entry wait variable when the door entry wait time has expired. This means that the authorized person did not cross the leaves and remained outside the door for a time greater than the authorized time. This variable is maintained until a new authorization is presented.
• the door controller activates the door pass wait variable when the door pass wait time has expired. This means that the authorized person did not cross the leaves and remained in the entry zone ZA of the door for a time greater than the authorized time. This variable is maintained until a new authorization is presented.
• the door controller activates the end of passage variable when the end of passage time has expired. This means that the authorized person has crossed the leaves and does not leave the door, that is to say remains in the exit zone ZB, for a time greater than the authorized time. This variable is maintained until a new authorization is presented.
• the door controller also takes into account the state of certain switches, in particular a push button activated in the event of evacuation, end-of-tail sensors for each of the leaves, on opening and closing.
• the door controller activates the evacuation variable when the evacuation push button is activated
• the controller activates the opening limit switch variable when the opening limit switches are reached
• the end variable closing limit switches when the closing limit switches are reached.
• the maintenance mode allows the test of the sound signal, pictograms, leaves and cells.
• the passage is done freely in the corridor.
• the leaves are open and all the pictograms are red, except in pictogram test mode where the pictograms change alternately from green to red, for example every second.
• One mode in which the door is controlled in direction A and closed in direction B is the automatic mode generally used. In this mode, the leaves are closed, the orientation pictogram is green and has the shape of an arrow indicating direction A. Passage through the door is only authorized in direction A, following a request for passage valid. All abnormal movements are managed in this operating mode.
• a closed mode direction A and direction B the leaves are closed and all the pictograms are red, in the shape of a cross, and indicate the prohibition to pass that you access according to direction A or direction B.
• the passage to across the corridor is prohibited in both directions. Presence in the device, in zone A or zone B is considered to be an anomaly.
• NO mode the leaves are open at rest and will close in the event of intrusion and fraud.
• NF mode the leaves are closed at rest and will open in the event of authorized passage.
• the cells are grouped so that they define detection zones.
• the same cell can belong to several detection zones.
• the entry area ZA groups cells H1 to H6 and M1 to M6.
• the exit zone ZB groups cells H8 to H1 2 and M8 to M9.
• a ZR crawl zone contains cell B7.
• An area of the ZP gate contains the H7 and M7 cells. When there is no one in these four zones, the corridor is declared empty otherwise, occupied.
• a presence in front of one of the H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 or M6 cells indicates a presence in zone A.
• M9 indicates a presence in zone B.
• a presence in front of one of the cells H7 or M7 indicates a presence in the zone of the door.
• a presence in front of B7 indicates a presence in the crawl zone.
• An area of the ZV leaves contains the cells H6, H7, H8, M6, M7 and M8. This zone is used to determine the passage of a person in direction A or B. The detection of a presence simultaneously in front of a cell in the upper row and in the middle row of the same column indicates the presence of an adult. Thus, a presence in front of H 1 and M1, H2 and M2, H3 and M3, H4 and M4, H5 and M5 or H6 and M6 indicates the presence of an adult in the entry zone ZA.
• M5 and not H5 or M6 and not H6 indicates the presence of a child in the entry area ZA.
• the ZS security zone which prevents a person or an obstacle, for example a luggage cart, from hindering the opening or closing of a leaf.
• the ZS security zone consists of cells H6, H7, H8, M6, M7, M8 and B7. When the leaves are open, they will only close if the closing safety zone is cleared. The close command will be activated after a delay.
• the presence of more than one person in the entry area ZA is considered to be a "little train" before passage.
• the exception to this rule is the presence of an adult followed by a cart. In this case, the system does not distinguish between an adult followed by one or more children or a trolley.
• the presence in the exit zone ZB of more than one child associated with the presence of at least one adult is considered as a little train after passage.
• a group is composed of at least two consecutive hidden cells, that is to say belonging to the same row and to two neighboring columns, surrounded by at least one which is not.
• a general algorithm for detecting the passage used according to the different types of scenarios is as follows.
• a counting area is made up of three successive columns, each comprising a set of cells. We must first arrive on a first column, then the second and finally the third among these three. It is then necessary to leave the first then the second and finally the third among the three. The passage is validated when leaving the third column.
• the passage of a large person to the right of the leaves, in direction A is determined by: the successive concealment of the cells H6 and M5 (or M6 or M7), then of the cells H7 and M6 (or M7 or M8 ), and finally H8 and M7 (or M8_ or M9), and by the successive deactivation of the H6 cell, then of the H7 cell, and finally H8,
• the passage of a large person to the right of the leaves, in direction B is determined by: the successive concealment of cells H8 and M7 (or M8_ or M9), then of cells H7 and M6 (or M7 or M8 ), and finally H6 and M5 (or M6 or M7), and by the successive deactivation of the H8 cell, then of the H7 cell, and finally H6, H7 being always occulted.
• the passage of a child to the right of the leaves, in the direction A, when there is no passage of a large person in progress is determined by: the successive occultation of cell M6, H5 while H6 and H7 are occulted, then of the cell M7, H6, and H7 and H8 being occulted, and finally M8 and H7 and H8 and H9 being occulted, and by the successive deaccultation of the cell M6, then of the cell M7, and finally M8, M7 is still hidden.
• passage authorizations are in progress, following the reading of the access ticket, for a given direction (A or B), the number of authorizations in progress is decremented by one during each passage in this direction.
• the ZV leaf area is used for counting people crossing the door.
• the detection of a presence in front of at least the middle cell M1 ( and high H 1 when it is a large person) of the first column when the next two M2 and M3 (and respectively H2 and H3) are occulted initiates the detection of entry into the entry area.
• the cells of the following columns M2 then M3 (and respectively H2 then H3) are successively occulted and that finally those of the first two columns M1 then M2 (and respectively H 1 then H2) are successively occulted and kept occulted, the entry of a person is confirmed.
• a “opposite direction” detection is initiated. say that it is checked that there is no movement in direction B, while only crossing the door in direction A is authorized. If there is indeed an entry in the opposite direction, the leaves are closed.
• an airplane access ticket is individual. Thus, only one authorization to cross the door is issued for each reading of a valid ticket. Such authorization is only issued if a previous passage has been completed, that is to say that the previous person has left the door.
• the passage authorization is canceled.
• the access ticket can then be returned to the entrance for a ticket. In a waiting position of the door, the leaves are closed.
• the door returns to the standby position only when no presence is detected in the exit zone or when end of passage information is received. If the passage is not completed before the end of cycle time has elapsed, this anomaly is signaled. The reporting of this anomaly remains active until a new authorization to pass is given.
• the cancellation of the passage may come from one of the two passage wait timers below or from external information. According to a presence in the entry zone ZA, one of the following waiting times is started:
• the entry waiting delay is triggered when a passage authorization is given and a person is not in the entry zone ZA. As soon as this person crosses the leaves, the timer is stopped and reset when a new passage authorization is given.
• the passage waiting time delay is activated when a passage authorization is activated and the person is in the entry area. As soon as this person crosses the leaves, the timer is stopped and reset when a new passage authorization is given. As soon as the passage is authorized, the leaves open. As long as they are not closed, if opposite direction detection is activated, i.e. a movement in the opposite direction is detected, the leaves close again.
• Opposite Direction Intrusion If the person who generated the Opposite Direction Detection entered the port through the exit zone ZB and remains there, an Opposite Direction Intrusion is declared. If the person steps back and leaves the device, this intrusion state is maintained during an intrusion maintenance delay. If during this time delay, a new Opposite Direction Detection occurs, it is treated as Opposite Direction Intrusion and the leaves are closed. Otherwise, at the end of the time delay, the intrusion state disappears and the entry pass continues normally.
• the pictogram at the entrance of the door has the shape of a red cross and an audible alarm is activated.
• a Small Train Detection after authorized passage occurs when an authorized person has crossed the leaves and they are closed or in a closing phase and possibly the pictogram at the door access prohibits entry. is to say that it is red and / or represents a cross.
• an Intrusion Small train after authorized passage is declared. If the unauthorized person steps back and leaves the device, this intrusion state is maintained during an intrusion maintenance delay. If during this delay, a new Detection Small train after authorized passage occurs, it is treated as Intrusion Small train after authorized passage, At the end of the delay, the state of intrusion disappears and the door returns to its waiting position.
• a small train detection before authorized passage occurs when an authorized person has not yet crossed the leaves. As long as the unauthorized person who generated the Small train detection before authorized passage is in the entry area, a Small train Intrusion before authorized passage is declared. If the unauthorized person moves back and leaves the device, this state of intrusion disappears and the processing of the passage of the authorized person continues normally.
• the pictogram at the entrance indicates that passage is prohibited and the audible alarm operates.
• the door is on standby, in the controlled input mode, or in one of the closed modes, in one direction or the other, i.e. the door is at rest, abnormal movements are checked. Under these conditions, no authorization is pending, the leaves are closed, and pictograms indicate a prohibition to pass in each direction.
• Intrusion At rest a detection of entry into the entry area while the door is at rest.
• any presence in this area not following an entry detection is considered Fraud At rest.
• a person wants to exit by jumping over the leaves they land in the entrance area and generate a Fraud At rest. Indeed, it is important that a passenger already considered to be on board, cannot come out. Indeed, as we said above, to limit the risk of suicide bombing attacks, it is important to know who is actually on the plane and that each piece of checked baggage corresponds to a passenger actually on board.
• the fraud hold time delay is activated. At the end of the time delay, the door returns to its rest state. If an unauthorized person enters the entry area, an Intrusion
• Intrusion At rest If during this delay, a new entry in the exit zone occurs, it is treated as Intrusion At rest. At the end of the time delay, the intrusion state disappears and the door resumes its rest state. On the other hand, if this same person crosses the counting zone, the intrusion is transformed into Fraud At rest. When there is no one left in the door, the fraud hold time delay is activated. At the end of the time delay, the door returns to its rest state. If a person is in the ZB exit zone without an entry detection, a Resting Fraud is declared. When there is no one left in the door, the fraud hold time delay is activated. At the end of the time delay, the door returns to its rest state.
• the leaves are each equipped with an opening limit switch. They are declared open when the two opening limit switches are reached. Likewise, they include two limit switches of closing. They are declared closed when the two closing limit switches are reached.
• the leaves when the leaves are closed, they will only open if the opening safety zone is empty. When the zone is released, an opening safety delay is activated. At the end of the time delay, the opening command is sent to the motors.
• the leaves are designed to always have to open fully. When the leaves are completely open, a time delay is activated to allow a period of time between the moment when the leaves are completely open and the moment when the PLC will take into account any request for closure. This delay is set only to allow the motorization to stabilize for a certain time before taking into account a new closing request. There is an opening fault delay. An opening fault is signaled when the opening fault time has elapsed and the opening limit switches are not reached.
• the closing safety zone is active during an Safety activated delay which is itself activated when the leaves are closed. If something prevents the leaves from closing completely, after the Safety delay has been activated, they will close unconditionally. Once closed, the security zone is deactivated. According to the same principle, it can be provided that when the door is at rest, if the leaves are closed and that they are forced, they close automatically. By default, it is possible to provide that the Safety activated time delay keeps the ZS security zone permanently activated.
• FIG. 31 comprises only a leaf 3, movable in a plane situated between the sixth and the seventh column of cells.
• leaf 3 movable in a plane situated between the sixth and the seventh column of cells.
• it comprises three additional cells M10, M1 1, M1 2 in the middle row to the right of the tenth, eleventh and twelfth columns of cells, in the exit zone ZB.
• additional cells are useful for detecting the presence of a carriage or child in the exit zone ZB and for differentiating between passenger and baggage.
• they are particularly suitable for dealing with a small train fraud after crossing the leaf (or leaves in one embodiment comprising two).
• a safety zone for a ZC trolley can include cells M 5, M 6, M 7 and B5, and cells L5 and L6 when they are present.
• the number of cells in each row can be greater or less, depending on the type of detection that one wishes to make. For example if you only want to control the passage and count the number of people having actually passed the leaves, the cells in the ZV leaf area are sufficient.
• the spacing of the columns, the position of the rows relative to the ground and their spacing can vary according to anthropometric data relating to a population to be checked.
• the door is fully symmetrical, particularly if we want to be able to use it, by carrying out the same checks, in two opposite directions. In this case, depending on the direction of the passage, certain cells may not be used for the controls.
• the audible alarm can be different depending on whether an intrusion or fraud is detected.
• the door can also be provided so as not to differentiate between intrusion and fraud.
• the safety zone upon opening can consist of cells H6 and M6, and in the embodiment of Figure 30 further include cells H7 and M7.
• the more restrictive opening security zone can include, in the embodiment of FIG. 31, cells H6, H7, M6, M7, B6 and B7.
• the ticket can in particular be of a contactless reading type, in particular using radio frequencies.
• the ticket can also include a barcode and the door can include a printer to print a boarding pass.
• Detection can be done by other means than the concealment of photoelectric cells.

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