JP2000215331A - Automatic passing management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an automatic passing management system which does not need a special ticket checking machine for deciding the acceptance/rejection of a passenger who has a non-magnetic ticket and is allowed to freely pass and also does not always have to adjacently establish a staff office. SOLUTION: This management system is provided with a 1st mode in which information is read from passing tickets 4a and 5a of passers 4 and 5 having the tickets 4a and 5a and performs passing control by automatically opening and closing doors 6 provided in a passage and a 2nd mode in which passage control for a passer 7 who does not have the tickets 4a and 5a by opening and closing the doors 6 according to an operation signal of a portable remote switch 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for automatically controlling traffic by opening and closing a passage door, such as an automatic ticket gate system for railways and a system for automatically controlling traffic in buildings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional automatic traffic management system will be described with reference to FIG. The figure shows an automatic ticket gate system in a station building in the automatic traffic management system. Passengers 4 and 5 who are going to pass through the ticket gate 3 transfer tickets 4a and 5a in which ticket information is described to the card readers 1a and 2 of the automatic ticket gates 1 and 2.
In the case where a is read and the vehicle is allowed to pass, the door 6 is opened and the vehicle passes. In the case of refusal, the door 6 is closed and the vehicle is blocked. A so-called automatic ticket gate is made. However, ticket gate 3
Passengers 4 and 5 who try to pass through are all ticket 4a,
Instead of having the card readers 5a read the card readers 1a and 2a and performing a ticket check, a person who has a so-called blank ticket that cannot be read by the card readers 1a and 2a, or a ticket gate 3 that can be freely opened from a social point of view. Some are authorized to pass. Such blank tickets and free-passing passengers 7
Cannot pass through the ticket gate 3 by the automatic ticket gate.

Therefore, ticket gates 4 are provided with ticket 4a, 5a.
, And a special ticket machine (hereinafter, referred to as a ticket machine) for determining whether a blank ticket or a free-passing passenger 7 can pass or not.
It is called a ticket gate for double-passage passage. ) 9 is provided between the automatic ticket gates 1 and 2 and the attendant room 11. In this double-passage ticket gate 9, the attendant 12 requests the passer-by 7 to present a blank ticket or an identification card, and judges whether entry or exit is possible based on the presented blank ticket or the like. As a result, when permitting entry / exit, the attendant 12 presses an open button 13a provided on the monitoring panel 13 to open the door 10 of the double-sided passage ticket gate 9, thereby permitting passage, and entry / exit is enabled. If not permitted, the door is kept closed.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate system, at least the automatic ticket gate machine 1,
It is necessary to install 2 sets of 2 and ticket gate 9 for the double-handed passage,
Moreover, the ticket gate 9 for the dual-purpose passage must be provided adjacent to the attendant room 11 in terms of function. For this reason, there was a problem that installation was restricted. The automatic traffic management system is not limited to the automatic ticket gate system in the station building, and may be installed in a passage of a building to perform traffic management.
In particular, since the installation space is limited in the building, the above-mentioned automatic ticket gates 1 and 2 and the ticket gate 9 for the double-handed passage, and the attendant room 1
There is a problem that the conventional automatic traffic management system which needs to be integrally installed is not suitable.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and does not require a ticket gate for a double-passage passage. In addition, the present invention is applicable to a case where a pass / fail decision is made based on a blank ticket, an identification card, or the like. Even if there is, an object of the present invention is to obtain an automatic traffic management system that does not necessarily require the installation of the attendant room 11 adjacently.

[0006]

A first automatic traffic management system according to the present invention reads information from a passport of a passer who owns the passport and automatically opens and closes a door provided in a passage. And a second mode in which the door is opened and closed by an operation signal of a portable remote switch to manage the traffic of passers who do not own the pass.
Mode.

In a second automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, the remote switch transmits an operation signal wirelessly.

Further, in the third automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, traffic management is continuously performed in the second mode while the remote switch is transmitting an operation signal. When the operation signal is stopped, the mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode so that traffic management is performed.

Further, in the fourth automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, the remote switch is switched from the first mode to the second mode by transmitting an operation signal to pass. The second mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode a predetermined time after the management is performed and the operation signal is stopped, and the traffic management is performed.

Further, in a fifth automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, the remote switch comprises a first button and a second button. The traffic control is performed by switching from the first mode to the second mode by the operation signal, and the traffic control is performed by switching from the second mode to the first mode by the operation signal of the second button.

Further, a sixth automatic traffic management system according to the present invention is the automatic traffic management system according to any one of the third to fifth aspects, wherein the traffic ticket is controlled when the traffic control is performed in the second mode. When the information of the pass ticket of the passer who owns is read, the traffic management is continuously performed in the second mode at least within a predetermined time after the reading.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 1 to 4
1 shows an automatic traffic management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and shows an automatic ticket gate system installed in a station building. FIG.
Is a plan view of the ticket gate 3. In the figure, 1a is a card reader that reads ticket information without contact from a ticket 4a of a passenger 4 entering the premises. 1 automatically turns on a door 6 provided in a passage based on ticket information read by the card reader 1a. 2a is a card reader that reads ticket information from a ticket 5a of a passenger 5 who exits the premises, and 2 is a ticket reader that is read by the card reader 2a. It is an automatic ticket gate that automatically opens and closes a door 6 provided in a passage on the basis of the gate to control the passage of the ticket gate 3.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a person who holds a so-called blank ticket which cannot be read by the card readers 1a and 2a,
Passengers who are authorized to freely pass through the ticket gate 3 from a social point of view (hereinafter also referred to as blank ticket holders), 11 is a staff room provided adjacent to the automatic ticket gate 1, 12 is a staff member,
Reference numeral 13 denotes a monitoring panel for monitoring the operation state of the automatic ticket gates 1 and 2. Reference numeral 21 denotes a portable remote switch that opens and closes the door 6 to manage the traffic of the blank ticket holder 7, 21 a denotes an opening button for opening the door 6 incorporated in the remote switch 21, and 21 b denotes an automatic connection with the remote switch 21. A lead wire 22 for connecting to the ticket gate 1 is a staff member operating the remote switch 21.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the first embodiment. In the figure, the same symbols as those in FIG.
Reference numeral 31 denotes a control unit of the automatic ticket gates 1 and 2, which opens and closes the door 6 provided in the passage based on the ticket gate information read by the card readers 1a and 2a and in accordance with an instruction from the remote switch 21 and the monitoring panel 13. .

The operation will be described with reference to FIGS.
In FIG. 3, it is determined whether or not the remote switch 21 has been operated in step S11.
In the first mode, ticket management information is read, and the door 6 provided in the passage is automatically opened / closed to control traffic. That is, it is checked whether the ticket 4a has been read by the card reader 1a in step S12. If not, the process returns to step S11. At time t1 shown in FIG.
Is read, a decision is made in step S13 as to whether or not traffic is permitted based on the above-mentioned ticket gate conditions. If the passage is denied, the procedure returns to step S11 with the door 6 closed. If the passage is permitted, the process proceeds to step S14, and the door 6 is opened at time t2 as shown in FIG. In step S15, the vehicle waits for the passenger 4 to pass. When the passenger 4 passes at time t3 in FIG. 4, the process proceeds to step S16, and the door 6 closes at time t4.

When the remote switch 21 is operated in step S11, the traffic management of the blank ticket person 7 who does not have the ticket 4a is performed in the second mode in which the door 6 provided in the passage is opened and closed by the operation signal of the remote switch 21. Is performed. That is, at time t5 shown in FIG.
Is operated by the attendant 22, the door 6 is opened at time t6 in FIG. 4 in step S17. In step S18, the switch is continuously opened while the remote switch 21 is being operated. During this time, the blank ticket holder 7 passes at time t7. If the attendant 22 stops operating the remote switch 21 at time t8 after this passage, the door 6 is closed at time t9 in step S19, and the process returns to step S11. After that, traffic management is performed in the first mode until the remote switch 21 is operated. When operated, traffic management is performed in the second mode. Time t10 → time t11 → time t12 in FIG.
→ Time t13 indicates the traffic management in the first mode.

According to the first embodiment, by operating the remote switch 21, information is read from the ticket 4a, and the door 6 provided in the passage is automatically opened and closed to control the traffic from the first mode. While the operation signal of the remote switch 21 is being transmitted, the mode is switched to the second mode in which the door 6 is continuously opened, and traffic management is performed.
Can be managed by the automatic ticket gates 1, 2. For this reason, it is unnecessary to install the ticket gate 9 for the dual-purpose passage shown in FIG. In addition, since the mode can be shifted to the second mode by operating the remote switch 21, it is not necessary to switch to the second mode by a switch provided on the monitoring panel 13 of the attendant room 11. For this reason, the attendant room 11 does not need to be provided adjacent to the automatic ticket gates 1 and 2, and the degree of freedom in construction increases. Furthermore, remote switch 2
Since 1 is operated at the ticket gate 3, it is more effective in cracking down on unauthorized users than in the case where it is operated in the attendant room 11, and security is improved. Furthermore, remote switch 2
Since the door 6 is opened by continuously pressing 1, the opening / closing control of the door 6 according to the walking speed of the pedestrian becomes possible, and the switching between the first mode and the second mode can be performed smoothly. .

The remote switch 21 is connected to the automatic ticket gate 1 by a lead wire 21b. However, as shown in FIG. 5, a remote switch 21T for transmitting an operation signal wirelessly and an automatic switch Ticket gate 1,
2 may be received by the remote control receiver 21 </ b> R incorporated in the remote controller 2. Further, the installation location of the remote control receiver 21R is not limited to the automatic ticket gates 1 and 2, and a location having good reception sensitivity may be selected and separately installed. By using the wireless system, the work of connecting to the automatic ticket gate 1 becomes unnecessary. Also, there is no stumbling on the lead wire 21b. Further, since the operator is not bound by the lead wire 21b, the operator, who is the operator, can move over a wider range, which is effective for crackdown on unauthorized users.

Embodiment 2 6 and 7 show the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the steps denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. Further, in FIG. 7, the times indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG.

When the remote switch 21 is operated in step S11, the traffic control of the blank ticketer 7 who is not a passenger and does not have the ticket 4a is performed in the second mode. That is,
In step S11, when the remote switch 21 is operated by the attendant 22 at time t25 shown in FIG.
At 1, the door 6 is opened at time t26 in FIG. 7, and the timer is reset to "0" in step S22 to limit the opening time. In step S23, three seconds are measured. During this time, the door 6 is kept open, and at time t27, the blank ticketer 7 turns the ticket gate 3
Pass through. When three seconds have elapsed, the process moves to step S24, and the door is closed at time t28. The procedure S1 is performed by closing the door.
Return to 1. After that, traffic management is performed in the first mode until the remote switch 21 is operated.

According to the second embodiment, the passage time of the ticket gate can be ensured only by pressing the remote switch 21 instantaneously, and other attention can be paid after the switch is pressed, and the smooth traffic management can be performed. Becomes possible.

Embodiment 3 FIG. 8 to 10 show a third embodiment of the present invention. 8, the same symbols as those in FIG. 2 indicate the same parts. In FIG. 9, the steps denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. Further, in FIG. 10, times with the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 4 indicate times with the same contents. The description of the same contents is omitted here.
In FIG. 8, a remote switch 40 includes a first switch for switching from the first mode and performing traffic management in the second mode.
It comprises a button 41 and a second button 42 for switching from the second mode and managing traffic in the first mode.

In FIG. 9, it is checked whether or not the first button 41 of the remote switch 40 has been operated in step S30. If the first button 41 has been operated, the second button for opening and closing the door 6 provided in the passage according to the operation signal of the remote switch 40. Depending on the mode, the traffic management of the blank ticket person 7 who is not a passenger having the ticket 4a is performed. That is, when the first button 41 is operated by the attendant 22 at time t35 shown in FIG. 10 in step S30, the door 6 is moved to time t3 in FIG. 10 in step S31.
Release at 6. In step S32, the door 6 is continuously opened until the second button 42 is operated, and the process waits. During this time, the blank ticket person 7 passes at time t37. When the clerk 22 operates the second button 42 at time t38, the process proceeds to step S33, the door 6 is closed at time t39, and the process returns to step S30. Since then
Until the first button 41 is operated, traffic management is performed in the first mode. When operated, traffic management is performed in the second mode as described above.

According to the third embodiment, the switching from the first mode to the second mode is performed by the first button 41, and the switching from the second mode to the first mode is performed by the second button 42. Therefore, the traffic management in the second mode can be smoothly performed at a time interval suitable for each case, from the case where the blank ticket person 7 is one to the case where the blank ticket person is a group customer.

Embodiment 4 11 and 12 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 11, the steps denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. Further, in FIG. 12, the times indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 4 indicate the same contents. The description of the same contents is omitted here. When the remote switch 21 is operated in step S11, the traffic management of the blank ticket person 7 who is the passenger without the ticket 4a is performed in the second mode. That is, the procedure S
When the remote switch 21 is operated by the attendant 22 at time t45 shown in FIG. 11 at time t11, the door 6 is opened at time t46 in FIG. With this opening, the blank ticket customer 7 passes at time t47. Procedure S
At 42, the timer is reset to "0".

In step S43, it is checked whether the ticket 4a has been read. This is to enable the traffic management using the ticket 4a even in the second mode. When the ticket checking condition of the ticket 4a is read, the passage permission / prohibition is determined from the ticket checking condition in step S44. Procedure S if traffic is permitted
At 45, the timer is reset to "0", and the routine goes to Step S46. If the passage is rejected in step S44, the process proceeds to step S46 without resetting the timer. Step S4
If the ticket 4a has not been read in step 3, the process directly proceeds to step S46. If the operation of the remote switch 21 is continued, the procedure returns to the step S43, and the steps S44 to S46 are repeated thereafter. In step S46, the remote switch 21
Is stopped, the count time of the timer is checked in step S47. If the time is less than 3 seconds, the process returns to step S43, and the process up to step S47 is repeated. This is because three seconds are required from the reading of the ticket 4a to the passage of the passenger. If it is 3 seconds or more, the door is closed in step S48, and the process proceeds to step S11.
Shift to the first mode.

That is, the operation after the ticket 4a is read at time t48 with reference to FIG. 12 will be described. At time t49, the timer is reset. This reset keeps the door 6 open until the timer counts for 3 seconds from time t48. Therefore, when the operation of the remote switch 21 is stopped at the time t50, it is still three times from the time t49.
If the second has not elapsed, the door 6 remains open, and the time required for passing is secured. Time t51
At the time t52, the timer counts 3 seconds, and the door closes at the time t53. The mode is shifted to the first mode by this closing. If the operation of the remote switch 21 is stopped at time t50 and the door 6 is closed if the timer does not count for 3 seconds, the door 4 is closed before the passing time t51 of the passenger 4, and the passenger 4 is closed. The traffic is blocked and the traffic cannot be managed smoothly.

According to the fourth embodiment, even in the second mode, in the case of passage by the ticket 4a, the ticket 4a
Is read until a predetermined time elapses from the reading, so that even if the operation of the remote switch 21 is stopped before the passage of the passenger, the door is opened until the predetermined time elapses. Therefore, passengers can pass and smooth management is possible.

In each of the above embodiments, an automatic ticket gate system in a station building has been described as an automatic traffic management system, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a traffic management system in a building.

[0030]

As described above, the first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
An automatic traffic management system of the first embodiment reads information from the passport of a passer who owns the passport, automatically opens and closes a door provided in a passage to perform traffic control, and a portable remote control. A second mode in which the door is opened and closed by an operation signal of a switch to manage the traffic of passers-by who do not own the pass. For this reason, even for passers who do not have a passport, the pass is managed by opening and closing the same door as the passer who has the passport, so only passers who do not have a passport This has the effect of eliminating the need for traffic management.

In a second automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, the remote switch transmits an operation signal wirelessly. For this reason, there is an effect that the staff, who is the operator of the remote switch, can move over a wider range, and it is easy to crack down on unauthorized users.

Further, in the third automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, traffic management is continuously performed in the second mode while the remote switch is transmitting an operation signal. When the operation signal is stopped, the mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode, and traffic management is performed. Therefore, it is possible to control the opening and closing of the door in accordance with the walking speed of the pedestrian, and it is possible to smoothly switch between the first mode and the second mode.

Further, in a fourth automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, when the remote switch transmits an operation signal, the mode is switched from the first mode to the second mode. The second mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode a predetermined time after the management is performed and the operation signal is stopped, and the traffic management is performed. For this reason, only by pressing the remote switch instantaneously, it is possible to secure the passage time and to easily manage.

Further, in a fifth automatic traffic management system according to the present invention, in the first automatic traffic management system, the remote switch comprises a first button and a second button. The traffic control is performed by switching from the first mode to the second mode by the operation signal, and the traffic control is performed by switching from the second mode to the first mode by the operation signal of the second button. is there. For this reason, there is an effect that the traffic management in the second mode can be smoothly performed from the case where only one passer does not have a pass ticket to the case of a group customer.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic traffic management system according to any one of the third to fifth aspects, wherein a traffic ticket is owned when the traffic management is performed in the second mode. When the information of the pass ticket of the passer-by is read, the pass management is continuously performed in the second mode at least within a predetermined time after the reading. For this reason, even in the second mode, in the case of passing by a pass ticket, the door remains open until a predetermined time elapses after the pass ticket is read, and it is assumed that the operation of the remote switch is stopped before passing. Also, there is an effect that the door is opened until the predetermined time elapses, so that smooth traffic management can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a ticket gate 3 according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is another block diagram showing the entire configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view of Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view of Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a ticket gate 3 in a conventional automatic traffic management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 automatic ticket gate, 1a card reader, 2 automatic ticket gate, 2a card reader, 3 ticket gate, 4 passenger, 4a ticket, 5 passenger, 5a ticket,
6 door, 7 blank ticket holder, 11 attendant room, 12 attendant, 13 monitoring panel, 21 remote switch, 2
1a door open button, 21b lead wire, 21T remote switch, 21R remote control receiver, 22
Staff, 31 control unit, 40 remote switch, 4
1 First button, 42 Second button.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A first mode in which information is read from the passport of a passer who owns the passport, and a door provided in the passage is automatically opened and closed to manage the pass. An automatic traffic management system comprising: a second mode in which the door is opened and closed by an operation signal to perform traffic management for a passer who does not own the toll ticket. 2. The automatic traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the remote switch transmits an operation signal wirelessly. 3. The traffic management is continuously performed in the second mode while the remote switch is transmitting the operation signal,
2. The automatic traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein when the operation signal is stopped, the second mode is switched to the first mode to perform traffic management. 4. A mode is switched from the first mode to the second mode by a remote switch transmitting an operation signal to perform traffic management, and the mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode a predetermined time after the operation signal is stopped. The automatic traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the traffic control is performed by switching. 5. A remote switch comprising a first button and a second button.
The first mode is switched from the first mode to the second mode by the operation signal of the first button, and the traffic management is performed. The second mode is switched to the first mode by the operation signal of the second button. 2. The automatic traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the traffic control is performed. 6. When the information on the pass ticket of a passer who owns the pass ticket is read while the pass management is performed in the second mode, the pass mode is continued in the second mode at least within a predetermined time after the reading. The automatic traffic management system according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the traffic control is performed by performing the traffic control.