JP2009280179A - Platform door device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a platform door device allowing a passenger to make effective use of waiting time for an electrical train in a station platform, being provided in a relatively wide space to relax congestion, and further relaxing congestion at a ticket vending machine, a fare adjustment machine, etc. on which passengers are apt to concentrate. <P>SOLUTION: The platform door device 10 is installed at a railway side edge of the station platform, and is provided with: a display operation unit 21 having a display unit 31, a touch panel 32 and a reader/writer 33 installed at least in the wall surface at a passenger side of the station platform of a door casing 11 for storing an opening/closing door; and a processing and controlling means 22 for transmitting and receiving a signal between the display unit 31, touch panel 32, and reader/writer 33, in the display operation unit 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a platform door device, and more particularly, to a platform door device that can provide a passenger who is waiting for a train at a station platform with a means for utilizing the waiting time.

  In recent years, in order to improve the safety of passengers getting on and off a train (train) at a railway station platform (station platform or platform), installation of a platform fence and a platform door device has been advanced. The door is closed when the train enters the station platform, and has a function of isolating the passenger and the train entering the station platform as a part of the fence. On the other hand, the home door device includes a door (movable part) that can be opened and closed by advancing and retreating operations, and a door housing part (fixed part) that houses the door. A drive mechanism for driving the door is provided in the door casing. When the vehicle door is opened after the train entering the station platform stops, the door of the platform door device is opened accordingly. Passengers get on and off with the doors open by the home door device.

As a prior art related to the present invention, there is a passenger guidance system described in Patent Document 1. In this passenger guidance system, a point grant means for giving points to a passenger ticket, commuter pass, etc. for passengers boarding from a designated door of a designated train, and a designated door of the designated train. A door display means for displaying the position and a position detection means for detecting the position information of the door on which the passenger has boarded are provided to confirm whether the passenger has boarded from the designated door of the designated train. According to this configuration, since the passenger moves from a crowded door to a non-congested door in a train station station platform or the like, an effect of eliminating the congestion is expected.
JP 2007-290638 A

  In the passenger guidance system described in Patent Document 1, the reader / writer functioning as a point giving means is attached to the train side. Therefore, the passenger who receives the profit of the point is configured to exchange signals with the reader / writer attached to the train side after getting on the train.

  The current platform door device itself has only a basic platform fence function of isolating between a train and a passenger. On the other hand, passengers waiting for a train at the station platform usually have sufficient waiting time for the train to enter the station platform. Therefore, it is desired that the platform door device be configured so as to effectively utilize the passenger's waiting time for the train by providing an additional function such as an IC card reader / writer in addition to the platform fence function. .

  In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention can effectively utilize the waiting time of passengers waiting for a train at a station platform, and can be installed in a relatively large space to eliminate congestion. An object of the present invention is to provide a platform door device that can eliminate congestion at ticket machines and payment machines where passengers tend to concentrate.

  The platform door device according to the present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object.

  A platform door device according to the present invention is a platform door device provided on a railroad side edge of a station platform, and is provided on a wall surface on a passenger side of at least a station platform of a door housing portion that houses an openable door. A display operation unit including a display unit, a touch panel, and a reader / writer, and a processing / control unit that exchanges signals between the display unit in the display operation unit, the touch panel, and the reader / writer. Is done.

  In the above-described platform door device, a display operation unit is provided on the wall surface on the passenger side of the station platform in the door housing unit, so that the passenger can perform various necessary processes with the IC card that he / she owns and wait for the train Necessary processing can be performed in a spare time. Since the station platform is a relatively large place, the IC card read / write processing can be performed without causing congestion.

  In the above configuration, preferably, the processing / control unit is provided inside the door casing.

  In the above configuration, more preferably, the processing / control unit is connected to a management server. As a result, the entire system is managed by the management server via the network.

  In the above configuration, more preferably, the processing / control means performs means for performing a balance inquiry process of an IC device such as an IC card ticket held by the passenger, or performs a deposit process for the IC device possessed by the passenger. Means.

  According to the platform door device according to the present invention, a display operation unit that can perform a balance inquiry procedure and an IC card deposit procedure is provided on the platform side wall surface where a passenger waiting for a train in the platform door device is present. This makes it possible to effectively use the waiting time of passengers waiting for the train, and since the station platform is a relatively large space, the passengers can carry out the procedures with a margin. In addition, it is possible to eliminate congestion in the vicinity of a ticket machine or a checkout machine where passengers have conventionally been concentrated.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments (examples) of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  With reference to FIGS. 1-3, the platform door apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 1 shows an external perspective view of one platform door device (viewed from the station platform side), FIG. 2 shows an external front view of the device (viewed from the station platform side), and FIG. A plan view is shown.

  In FIG. 1 etc., the state where the platform door at the stage before the train (train) arrives at the station platform is shown. The entirety of one platform door device 10 is arranged and fixed along the edge 100 on the track side of the station platform. Normally, the platform door device 10 has a fixed number of platform door devices arranged and fixed corresponding to the position of each vehicle door of a train that has entered the station platform and stopped. The home door device 10 is housed in a pair of door casings 11 fixed to the floor of a station platform, and in a door pocket portion inside each of the pair of door casings 11 and is openable and closable by advancing and retracting. And a door 12. The pair of door casings 11 have basically the same external shape and structure, and are arranged with a required interval. The interval forms a boarding / alighting passage. A slit-like opening through which the home door 12 enters and exits is formed on each facing surface of the pair of door casings 11, and the home door 12 enters and exits through the opening. When the home door device 10 is in the closed state, the home doors 12 on both sides come out of the door housing parts 11 and close the getting-on / off passage. When the home door device 10 is in the open state, the home doors 12 on both sides enter the door housing parts 11 to form a boarding / alighting passage.

  The home door 12 includes a rectangular frame portion 12a and a transparent portion 12b supported by using the frame portion 12a as a frame. The transparent part 12b is made of tempered glass or reinforced plastic. Since most of the home door 12 is made of a transparent material, the situation on the track side can be confirmed from the station platform side even when the home door 12 is in a closed state.

  In each of the plurality of platform door devices 10 provided along the track-side edge 100 of the station platform, a drive that operates the platform door 12 that is accommodated in the door casing 11 and that opens and closes based on the forward / backward motion. The mechanism is provided inside the door casing 11. Furthermore, between two adjacent platform door devices 10, a platform fence portion is formed as needed to partition between the platform and a train entering the track. In FIG. 1 and the like, the illustration of the home fence portion is omitted.

  In the home door device 10, a display operation unit 21 is provided on the wall surface on the station platform side, that is, on the passenger side, in each of the pair of door casings 11 arranged on the left and right sides. The display operation unit 21 wirelessly exchanges information (signals) between a display function part that presents necessary information to a passenger waiting for arrival of a train at a station platform and a personal IC card possessed by the passenger. And an operation function unit capable of transmitting and receiving. The display operation unit 21 is composed of a liquid crystal display device. A display operation unit 21 is provided on the outer surface portion of the door casing unit 11, and a processing control unit 22 connected to the display operation unit 21 is also provided inside the door casing unit 11.

  In FIG. 4, the structure of the system provided in the door housing | casing part 11 in the home door apparatus 10 which concerns on this embodiment is shown. As described above, the display operation unit 21 is attached to the wall surface of the door casing 11 on the station platform side, and includes the display unit 31, the touch panel 32, and the reader / writer 33. The display unit 31 is means for displaying operation information such as train entry and providing information to passengers. The touch panel 32 is an input unit that generates an instruction / command signal when the passenger performs a touch operation on the displayed operation unit as necessary. The reader / writer 33 is based on a passenger's operation such as an IC card (IC card boarding ticket, IC commuter pass) or a mobile phone having an IC card function (referred to as “IC device”) and a touch operation on the touch panel 32. This is wireless communication means for exchanging information (signals) with a personal IC card possessed and performing necessary information processing.

  The display unit 31, the touch panel 32, and the reader / writer 33 are each connected to a control unit 41 included in the processing control unit 22. The control unit 41 is composed of a microcomputer (CPU or the like). The control unit 41 controls the operations of the display unit 31, the touch panel 32, and the reader / writer 33. Further, the control unit 41 is provided with a money processing unit 42 that performs processing such as depositing money or coins. The control unit 41 is connected to a general management server 44 located at a higher level via the network 43, and is configured to transmit and receive necessary information.

  The control unit 41 has a function of driving the display unit 31 to receive train operation information (train arrival, departure guidance, etc.), advertisement information, and the like provided from the management server 44 via the network 43. 31 is displayed on the screen.

  When the control unit 41 holds the touch panel 32 and the reader / writer 33 in the active state, the money processing unit 42 holds the IC card or the like over the reader / writer 33 and performs a necessary touch operation on the touch panel. For example, balance inquiry processing or payment processing to an IC card or the like is performed. In the money processing unit 42, a balance inquiry processing program 45 and a deposit processing program 46 are prepared in the memory 42a, and balance inquiry processing or deposit processing is executed by these. For passengers waiting for the train at the station platform, balance inquiry procedures and deposit procedures can be performed during the waiting time.

  The configurations, shapes, sizes, and arrangement relationships described in the above embodiments are merely schematically shown to the extent that the present invention can be understood and implemented. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the technical idea shown in the claims.

  The platform door device according to the present invention is used when a passenger waiting for a train at a station platform performs a balance inquiry and a deposit process with a sufficient waiting time.

It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the platform door apparatus which concerns on this invention, and shows the external appearance of one platform door apparatus seen from the station platform side. It is an external appearance front view of a home door apparatus. It is a top view of a home door apparatus. It is a block diagram of the system provided in the door housing | casing part in the platform door apparatus which concerns on this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Home door apparatus 11 Door housing part 12 Home door 21 Display operation part 22 Processing control part 31 Display part 32 Touch panel 33 Reader / writer 41 Control part 42 Money processing part 43 Network 44 Management server 45 Balance inquiry processing program 46 Deposit processing program

Claims (5)

In the platform door device provided at the track side edge of the station platform,
A display operation unit including a display unit, a touch panel, and a reader / writer, provided on at least a wall surface on the passenger side of a station platform of a door casing unit that stores an openable door;
Processing / control means for transferring signals between the display unit, the touch panel, and each of the reader / writer in the display operation unit;
A platform door device comprising:   The platform door device according to claim 1, wherein the processing / control unit is provided inside the door casing.   The platform door device according to claim 1, wherein the processing / control unit is connected to a management server.   The platform / door apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the processing / control unit includes a unit that performs a balance inquiry process of an IC device owned by a passenger.   The platform door device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the processing / control unit includes a unit that performs a deposit process to an IC device owned by a passenger.

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