JP2005032090A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distinctly guide users with a voice. <P>SOLUTION: An automatic ticket examination machine which performs prescribed arithmetic processing of entrance/exit is performed on the basis of data recorded in a passenger ticket and guides a user with a voice of prescribed contents via a loud speaker with respect to the result of the arithmetic processing or in the case of detecting a free rider has an attribute extraction means for extracting attributes of the user such as whether the user of the passenger ticket is an adult or a child, from data recorded in the passenger ticket and a selection means for selecting the directivity of the speaker in accordance with extracted attributes of the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a device that can clearly guide predetermined contents to a user in a ticket gate passage through a speaker.

  Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gates guides the user (passenger) in the ticket gate passage of the automatic ticket gate main body via a speaker about the predetermined contents, such as the necessity of settlement guidance by transit. It is comprised so that it can do (refer patent document 1). However, in the above-described conventional automatic ticket gate, the speaker is provided in the automatic ticket gate main body with one omnidirectional speaker, for example, at the central portion of the automatic ticket gate main body on the ticket gate side. As a result, there was a drawback of lack of guidance for users. In particular, the ticket gate in which the main body of the automatic ticket gate is installed has a drawback that it is difficult to hear the sound from the speaker because it is noisy.

In order to solve such drawbacks, the present applicant has proposed an automatic ticket gate capable of providing voice guidance in accordance with the user position in the ticket gate (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2001-357424 A JP 2002-358544 A

  By the way, when automatic ticket gates are installed in a large station, a plurality of them were installed side by side, and guidance was given simultaneously with the voice guidance of the adjacent automatic ticket gates, or at the same time as broadcasting within the station premises. Sometimes, there was a drawback that it was difficult to hear the contents of the guidance.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can clearly convey voice guidance of a predetermined content even when environmental noise is large.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic ticket checker according to the present invention performs a predetermined entry / exit calculation process based on data recorded in a boarding ticket, and the calculation process is as follows. In the automatic ticket checker that performs voice guidance of a predetermined content via a speaker when a person with no ticket is detected, the passenger of the ticket is an adult from the data recorded in the ticket And an attribute extracting unit that extracts a user attribute such as a child or a child, and a selection unit that selects the directivity of the speaker in correspondence with the extracted user attribute.
The automatic ticket gate according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the speaker is composed of a plurality of speakers having directivity corresponding to the attributes of the user.
The automatic ticket gate according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the speaker is a highly directional speaker.

The automatic ticket checker according to claim 1 of the present invention includes an attribute extraction means for extracting an attribute of a user such as whether the passenger of the ticket is an adult or a child from data recorded in the ticket, Since there is a selection means for selecting the directivity of the speaker in correspondence with the attribute of the user, it is possible to clearly convey a predetermined voice guidance to the user even if the environmental noise is large.
The automatic ticket gate according to claim 2 of the present invention can be easily implemented because the speaker is composed of a plurality of speakers having directivity corresponding to the attributes of the user.
In the automatic ticket gate according to claim 3 of the present invention, the speaker is a highly directional speaker, so that clearer voice guidance can be given to the user.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, in which one of a pair of housings constituting a main body (hereinafter referred to as “ticket gate body”) G of the automatic ticket gate. It is a perspective view of G1. The other casing G2 (not shown) (see FIG. 3 to be described later) is provided so as to face the one casing G1 with the ticket gate P therebetween.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a ticket entry slot provided on the entrance (entrance) side in the passing direction of the ticket gate passage P of the housing G1, and reference numeral 2 denotes an advance (exit) of the ticket gate passage P on the upper surface of the housing G1. 3 is a display screen for guiding predetermined contents by characters to a user provided in the vicinity of the outlet 2. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes a speaker for guiding predetermined contents by voice to a user provided in a sensor mounting box B, which will be described later, near the outlet 2. The speaker 4 is composed of a plurality of four types of speakers, known high-directivity speakers 4a to 4c and a wide directivity, that is, a normal speaker 4d having no directivity. These speakers 4a to 4d will be described later.

  A card handler (not shown) is provided in the housing G1 between the inlet 1 and the outlet 2. This card handler is configured so that a boarding ticket inserted from the insertion slot 1 can be transported to an outlet 2 or a collection box (not shown) provided in the housing G1. During the transfer, it reads the data recorded on the ticket consisting of the magnetic ticket inserted in the slot 1, writes new data, punches and prints as necessary, and returns it to the user The ticket that needs to be discharged is discharged to the exit 2 and the ticket that needs to be collected in the housing G1 can be collected in the collection box.

  In FIG. 1, a is an antenna, which is provided on the top surface of the housing G1 on the side of the slot 1 and is a non-contact ticket comprising an IC card (not shown) having a wireless communication function (not shown). The ticket is also included in the ticket.)

  In FIG. 1, B is a sensor mounting box, which is provided on the upper surface of the housing G1, opposite to the ticket gate passage P, and along the ticket gate passage P. In the sensor mounting box B, the speaker 4 is provided, and human detectors S1 to S3 made up of reflective sensors are built in the entrance side, the central part and the exit side of the ticket gate passage P, respectively. An adult user in the ticket gate passage P can be detected. That is, the human detectors S1 to S3 composed of the reflection type sensors have a light emitting element that emits light from the floor surface of the ticket gate passage P toward a predetermined height, and the irradiated light strikes an object (user). It is comprised by the light receiving element which light-receives the reflected light ray (reflected light).

  In FIG. 1, S10 to S15 are human detectors composed of transmissive sensors composed of photoelectric elements, which are provided at a predetermined interval on the ticket gate path P side between a pair of housings. It is comprised so that the user position in can be detected. Among these human detectors S10 to S15, the human detector S10 is at the entrance side of the ticket gate passage P, the human detector S15 is at the exit side of the ticket gate passage P, and the human detectors S12 and S13 are at the center of the ticket gate passage P. The human detector S11 is provided in the middle between the entrance side and the central portion of the ticket gate passage P, and the human detector S14 is provided in the middle between the outlet side and the central portion of the ticket gate passage P. The human detectors S10 to S15 composed of these transmissive sensors have a light emitting element on the side surface of one casing G1, and a light receiving element on the side surface of the other casing G2. And when it detects with human detectors S10-S15 which consist of these transmission type sensors, and is not detected with human detectors S1-S3 which consist of the above-mentioned reflective type sensor, the user is a child (child) user. It is determined. The pair of human detectors S12 and S13 provided in the central part of the ticket gate passage P detects that the user has reached the central part of the ticket gate passage P, and the users in the ticket gate passage P according to the detection order. It is used to determine the direction of movement.

  In FIG. 1, D1 and D2 are doors for opening and closing the ticket gate passage P. Of these doors D1 and D2, the door D1 is provided on the exit side of the ticket gate passage P, and the door D2 is provided on the entrance side thereof. Yes. The doors D1 and D2 are configured to be driven by a controller C which will be described later, which controls the ticket gate main body G in an integrated manner. The other housing G2 (not shown) is also provided with a door at a position corresponding to the doors D1 and D2 of the housing G1. The door D2 is a door that is closed when the ticket gate main body G stops its operation. Further, when the ticket gate main body G is a normally open type or a bidirectional type, the door D2 is shown in FIG. It becomes a door on the exit side of the ticket gate passage P for the user entering from the direction opposite to the arrow direction. In the present embodiment, the ticket gate main body G will be described as a dedicated type for processing a user in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the controller C includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11 that performs a predetermined entrance / exit calculation process using the system program and working data stored in the memory 10. The CPU 11 of the controller C includes a card handler 12 that processes a boarding ticket made of a magnetic ticket via an I / O unit (not shown), a door driver 13 that drives and controls the doors D1 and D2, and a human detection device (S1 to S3). , S10 to S15), a human detector unit 14 for processing signals from the reader, a reader / writer 15 for reading data recorded on the non-contact ticket via the antenna a, and writing new data, and a speaker. 4 is connected to an audio unit 16 that controls the drive of the motor 4. Note that a crisis such as a display driver that drives and controls the display screen 3 is connected to the CPU 11, but is omitted here.

  FIG. 3 is a front view seen from the entrance direction of the ticket gate passage P when a plurality of ticket gate main bodies G having the above-described configuration are installed at the ticket gate (four in the illustrated example). 3, the ticket gate passage P of the ticket gate main body G located on the left side is more than other ticket gate passages (three ticket gate passages on the right side in FIG. 3) P, P... Widely formed.

  In FIG. 3, the alternate long and short dash line extending in a fan shape indicates the directivity of each of the speakers 4a to 4d. That is, the directivity direction of the speaker 4a is directed to the face of the wheelchair user A, the directivity direction of the speaker 4b is directed to the face of the child (child), and the directivity direction of the speaker 4c is directed to the adult face. It has been. The directivity direction of the speaker 4d is directed to the faces of all users who pass through the ticket gate passage P, that is, is omnidirectional, and is configured in the same manner as in the past. As is clear from FIG. 3, the direction of the wheelchair user A and the direction of the child B are almost the same, so the speaker 4a and the speaker 4b can be a single speaker.

  Each of the speakers 4a to 4d is provided in the sensor mounting box B of the housing G1, but can also be provided in the housing G1. In particular, the omnidirectional speaker 4d can be provided in the vicinity of the human detectors S12 and S13 on the side surface of the casing G1 on the side of the ticket gate P as in the conventional case. Furthermore, the directional speakers 4a to 4c may be a single highly directional speaker, and the speaker may be a movable type that changes the directional axis of the speaker.

  Hereinafter, the control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It should be noted that the ticket or non-contact ticket made up of a magnetic ticket (not shown) used in the ticket gate main body G, in addition to the ticket that does not indicate the user's attribute, indicates that the user is a wheelchair user. Some of them contain predetermined data indicating the attributes of the user, such as the fact that the child is a child, the user is an elderly person, or the user is a weakly hearing user, a so-called deaf person Suppose you are.

  The controller C reads the data recorded on the ticket inserted into the slot 1 of the ticket gate body G or the non-contact ticket (hereinafter described as a ticket) that is touched or held over the antenna a. (Step 100 is affirmative, hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”). There is no predetermined data indicating the above-mentioned user attribute in the read data, and the predetermined entry / exit of the CPU 11 based on the read data (meaning entry or participation). When entry / exit is not permitted in the calculation process, the door D1 is closed, a predetermined voice guidance such as a settlement process is performed non-directionally through the speaker 4d, and the same guidance is displayed on the display screen 3. (S102 negative, S104; see speaker 4d in FIG. 3). It should be noted that the entry and exit can be permitted by a predetermined calculation process of entry and exit of the CPU 11 based on the read data, and there is no need to forget to take a boarding ticket. Voice guidance from 4d is not performed, and noise generation at the ticket gate is suppressed (not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4). The omission of such voice guidance is the same in the following speakers 4a to 4c.

  By the way, when the attribute data indicating the wheelchair user A is included in the data read from the boarding ticket (Yes in S102, S106), the speaker 4a is driven and predetermined voice guidance such as settlement guidance is given. At the same time, the same guidance is given via the display screen 3 (S108; see the speaker 4a in FIG. 3).

  When the attribute data indicating the wheelchair user is not included in the data read from the boarding ticket and the attribute data indicating the adult deaf person is included, or the adult data such as attribute data indicating the elderly When such attribute data is included (No in S106, Yes in S110), the speaker 4c is driven to perform predetermined voice guidance such as settlement guidance and the same guidance is performed via the display screen 3 ( S112, see speaker 4c in FIG.

  When the attribute data indicating the child is included in the data read from the ticket (No in S110), the speaker 4b is driven to perform predetermined voice guidance such as settlement guidance and the same guidance is displayed. This is performed via the screen 3 (S114, see the speaker 4b in FIG. 3).

It is a perspective view of one housing | casing among a pair of housing | casing which comprises the ticket gate main body which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram of a controller. It is the front view which looked at the ticket gate main body of the present invention from the entrance direction side of the ticket gate passage. It is a flowchart which shows control operation.

Explanation of symbols

G Automatic ticket gate body (ticket gate body)
G1 housing D1, D2 door P ticket gate B sensor mounting box S1 to S3, S10 to S15 human detector 1 input port 2 outlet 3 display screen 4a to 4d speaker a antenna C controller

Claims (3)

Performs predetermined entry / exit calculation processing based on the data recorded on the boarding ticket, and provides voice guidance of predetermined contents via the speaker when the result of the calculation processing or when a billless person is detected In automatic ticket gates,
Attribute extraction means for extracting the attribute of the user such as whether the user of the ticket is an adult or a child from the data recorded in the ticket;
Selection means for selecting the directivity of the speaker in correspondence with the extracted user attributes;
An automatic ticket gate characterized by comprising: 2. The automatic ticket checker according to claim 1, wherein the speaker comprises a plurality of speakers having directivity corresponding to user attributes. 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the speaker is a highly directional speaker.

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