JP2004318320A - Marking device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately mark a person or vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: A pigment spraying device 21 is configured to mark a person 3 passing an entrance/exit 1a, and coming out of a store by spraying pigment 26 from a spray nozzle 21a facing the exit side of the entrance/exit 1a of the store 1. The spraying operation is controlled by a spray control part 40. When the store 1 is robbed, a staff or the like operates an operating part 40a to spray pigment in a timing when a burglar 3 passes the entrance/exit 1a of the store 1, and comes out of the store. Thus, it is possible to mark the burglar 3, and to specify the figure afterwards. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a marking device that performs marking on a person, a vehicle, or the like, and enables the person or the vehicle to be specified later.
[0002]
[Prior art]
At financial institutions, convenience stores, precious metal stores, etc., when an incident such as theft or robbery occurs, a colored ball is thrown at the escaping criminal or fleeing vehicle to mark it, so that the criminal or vehicle can be identified later. .
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, it has been difficult to accurately hit the fleeing person or vehicle with the color ball.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to solve this problem and to provide a marking device capable of accurately marking a person or a vehicle.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a marking device according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises:
A pigment injection device that injects a pigment at a predetermined position in a passage of a person or a vehicle,
An injection control unit for controlling an operation of injecting the pigment by the pigment injection device.
[0006]
Further, the marking device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the marking device according to claim 1,
A sensor for detecting that a person or a vehicle has come to a predetermined position in the passage,
The injection control unit controls the pigment injection device based on a detection signal of the sensor.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration of a marking device 20 according to an embodiment installed in a store 1 such as a financial institution, a convenience store, a precious metal store, and the like.
[0008]
The marking device 20 includes a pigment ejection device 21 and an ejection control unit 40.
[0009]
The pigment spraying device 21 sprays the pigment 26 from the spray nozzle 21a facing the outlet side of the entrance / exit 1a of the store 1 (including not only the entrance / exit through which customers enter and exit, but also the entrance / exit and windows dedicated to the people involved in the store). This is for marking the person 3 who has gone out of the store through the entrance 1a, and the injection operation thereof is controlled by the injection control unit 40.
[0010]
The pigment 26 to be used is desirably one which cannot be easily erased once it has dried, and is blended with a specific component and a ratio which can be distinguished from pigments generally used for painting or the like. The width (spread) of the jet of the pigment 26 is set to be substantially equal to the width of the entrance 1a.
[0011]
The ejection control unit 40 has an operation unit 40a provided at a position in the store 1 where a clerk can operate, and controls the ejection operation of the pigment ejection device 21 by operating the operation unit 40a.
[0012]
The operation unit 40a is installed at a position (for example, behind the counter, a floor surface under the counter, or the like) that is difficult for a clerk to make erroneous operations and is a blind spot when viewed from a criminal, and a plurality of the operation units may be provided as necessary. In consideration of the fact that the criminal requests money in the cash register, a part of the key buttons of the cash register (for example, a key that is not normally pressed, a simultaneous pressing of a plurality of keys, or the like) is used in advance so that it can be used as the operation unit 40a. It may be modified.
[0013]
The pigment injection device 21 is configured to inject the pigment using water pressure or gas pressure.
[0014]
As a configuration example of the pigment injection device 21 using water pressure, as shown in FIG. 2, a pipe 24 connects a water tank 22 and a mixer 23 arranged at a high place, and the pigment The tank 25 is connected, and the water flowing into the mixer 23 from the pipe 24 and the pigment 26 in the pigment tank 25 are mixed and injected from the injection nozzle 21a. The water in the water tank 22 may be used only when the water supply is cut off, and the water from the water pipe 27 may flow into the pipe 24.
[0015]
The injection operation of the pigment injection device 21 of the above configuration example can be controlled by opening and closing a solenoid valve 28 provided on the pipe 24.
[0016]
That is, in this case, the injection control unit 40 is configured to be able to open and close the electromagnetic valve 28, and when the operation unit 40a is operated, the electromagnetic valve 28 is opened for a certain time (or continuously), and the pigment injection is performed. The pigment is jetted from the jet nozzle 21a of the device 21.
[0017]
As a configuration example of the pigment injection device 21 using gas pressure, as shown in FIG. 3, a spray can 30 containing a pigment 26, a holding unit 31 for detachably holding the spray can 30, and a holding unit And a cylinder device 32 for pushing a push button 30a portion of the spray can 30 held by the cylinder 31. As the cylinder device 32, an oil cylinder, an air cylinder, or the like can be used.
[0018]
In the case of the pigment injection device 21 of this configuration example, the injection control unit 40 is configured to be able to drive the cylinder device 32, and when the operation unit 40a is operated, the injection control unit 40 drives the cylinder device 32 for a fixed time (or continuously). Then, the push button 30a of the spray can 30 is pushed in, and the pigment is ejected from the ejection nozzle 21a attached to the spray can 30.
[0019]
In the above example, the injection control unit 40 that has received the operation on the operation unit 40a indirectly controls the injection operation of the pigment injection device 21, but the opening and closing control can be performed manually instead of the electromagnetic valve 28. A manual valve may be used and operated directly by a clerk to control the injection of the pigment. In addition, instead of the cylinder device 32, a connection mechanism for mechanically connecting the push button 30a of the spray can 30 and the operation section 40a is provided, and the force applied to the operation section 40a is sprayed via the connection mechanism. It may be transmitted to the 30 push buttons 30a to control the ejection of the pigment.
[0020]
In the marking device 20 configured as described above, when the store 1 is attacked by a robbery or the like, a clerk or the like operates the operation unit 40a at the timing when the perpetrator passes through the entrance 1a of the store 1 and goes out of the store. By spraying the pigment, the offender can be marked, and the person can be specified later.
[0021]
Further, since the pigment ejecting apparatus 21 is installed so as to eject the pigment to the exit side of the entrance 1a as a passage through which the perpetrator always passes, reliable marking can be performed only by adjusting the operation timing.
[0022]
Further, as in a marking device 20 'shown in FIG. 4, a sensor 40b (for example, an infrared sensor) for detecting a human body is provided at the entrance 1a of the store 1 (an automatic door sensor may be used). When the human body is detected by the sensor 40b after receiving the operation of the operation unit 40a, the pigment is injected from the pigment injection device 21 for a predetermined time (or may be continuous), so that the clerk can control the operation unit 40a. Marking errors due to a shift in operation timing can be prevented. In this case, the operation unit 40a of the injection control unit 40 is for activating the operation of the injection control unit 40, and may be operated while looking at the plow while the criminal is in the store.
[0023]
In the above description, the pigment is injected into the entrance 1a of the store 1. However, if the configuration is such that the sensor 40b detects and injects the pigment as described above, the escaped criminal passes not only at the entrance but also through the entrance. The sensor 40b may be provided in a passage such as a corridor, and the pigment may be jetted to a predetermined position.
[0024]
In addition, the marking devices 20, 20 'can be installed in buildings and private houses of various companies other than stores, so that occupants can grasp the inside of the vehicle, such as buses and airplanes, and there are passages through which illegal persons pass. Can be installed on specified vehicles.
[0025]
The marking target may be not only a person but also a car. For example, pigments can be injected into a car that tries to escape at a toll parking lot without paying a fee.
[0026]
That is, in the case of a toll parking lot where a clerk for receiving the parking fee is resident, the clerk operates the operation unit 40a to inject and mark a pigment on a runaway vehicle passing through the entrance of the parking lot.
[0027]
In addition, in an unmanned parking lot where the parking fee is settled by a tolling machine installed at the entrance of the parking lot, a sensor installed at the gate is used to force the vehicle to pass through the gate without paying the parking fee. Is detected, and the pigment is jetted for marking. Note that, in this case, shooting by the surveillance camera is also performed at the same time to automatically notify the management company or police.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the marking device of the present invention includes a pigment ejecting device that ejects a pigment to a predetermined position in a passage through which a person or a vehicle passes, and an ejection control unit that controls the device.
[0029]
For this reason, it is possible to reliably mark the marking target person or vehicle as compared with the conventional method of throwing a color ball.
[0030]
Further, in a configuration in which a sensor detects that a person or a vehicle to be marked has come to a predetermined position in a passage and injects the pigment, more reliable marking can be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a marking device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a main portion of the marking device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another configuration example of a main portion of the marking device. Diagram of marking device that controls injection timing by using
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Store, 1a ... Doorway, 20 ... Marking device, 21 ... Pigment injection device, 21a ... Injection nozzle, 22 ... Water tank, 23 ... Mixer, 24 ... Tube, 25 ... Pigment Tank, 26 ... Pigment, 28 ... Solenoid valve, 30 ... Spray can, 31 ... Holding part, 32 ... Cylinder device, 40 ... Injection control part, 40a ... Operating part, 40b ... Sensor

Claims (2)

A pigment injection device that injects a pigment at a predetermined position in a passage of a person or a vehicle,
A marking device comprising: an ejection control unit configured to control a pigment ejection operation by the pigment ejection device. A sensor for detecting that a person or a vehicle has come to a predetermined position in the passage,
The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the ejection control unit controls the pigment ejection device based on a detection signal of the sensor.

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