JP2011170527A - Forgetting prevention system using ticket gate, and baggage information management part and ticket gate in this system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a forgetting prevention system utilizing ticket gates which enables a person to confirm whether he/she has all of his or her baggage or not when going out through a ticket gate after getting on a train through a ticket gate with a lot of baggage in his/her hands, and to provide a baggage information management part and ticket gates in this system. <P>SOLUTION: The forgetting prevention system utilizing ticket gates can give a warning to a person who does not carry baggage which the person has carried when passing a ticket gate to ride a train when going out through a ticket gate, and furthermore, can show the person which pieces of baggage the person does not have. Pieces of baggage which the person does not have may be displayed subsequently to or simultaneously by giving to the person a warning that he/she does not have them. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for checking forgotten items of baggage possessed, and in particular, when leaving a ticket gate such as a train, it is checked whether the baggage that was carried when entering the ticket is not forgotten. The present invention relates to a system, a baggage information management unit and a ticket gate apparatus in this system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a system that checks a baggage possessed and issues a warning to the owner has been known (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

  However, for a person who has a plurality of baggage, if there is a large amount of baggage, attention will not be fully received, and there is a high risk that some baggage will be forgotten on the premises of the train or in the train.

JP 2008-140196 A JP 2008-123509 A

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and when carrying a lot of baggage, entering the train from the ticket gate, getting on the train, and coming out through the ticket gate, all the baggage is removed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a forgotten object prevention system using a ticket gate device that can check whether it is possessed, a baggage information management unit, and a ticket gate device in this system.

  According to claim 1 of the present invention, associating means for associating information on baggage to be carried with a storage medium for riding before bidding processing in the first ticket gate device as an ID code of a wireless tag attached to the baggage, Baggage information transmission means for transmitting the medium number of the boarding storage medium and the ID code of the baggage associated by the association means to a second ticket gate device, and the ID code transmitted by the baggage information transmission means, The ID code comparing means for comparing with the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the carry-on baggage at the time of the ticket issuing process in the second ticket gate apparatus, and the ID code comparing means matches the transmitted ID code. When there is no wireless tag having the ID code to be used, a warning that there is no wireless tag or the baggage to which the wireless tag was attached is displayed. It characterized in that it has a warning means for, and provides left something prevention system utilizing a ticket gate apparatus.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the medium number of the boarding storage medium bid-processed by the ticket gate mechanism section of the first ticket gate apparatus, and the vehicle number that is associated with the medium number and passes through the first ticket gate mechanism section. The RFID tag ID code attached to the checked baggage is received from the first ticket gate device, and the boarding storage medium has a ticket gate mechanism for ticketing processing, and the medium number is assigned to the medium number during the ticketing processing. A baggage information management unit is provided that transmits to a second ticket gate device that detects whether or not the ID code received in association with the ID code of the RFID tag to which the baggage is attached.

  According to claim 6 of the present invention, associating means for associating information on baggage carried with the vehicle storage medium before bidding processing in the first ticket gate device as an ID code of a wireless tag attached to the baggage Baggage information transmission means for transmitting the medium number of the boarding storage medium and the ID code of the baggage associated by the association means to a second ticket gate device, and the ID code transmitted by the baggage information transmission means, ID code comparison / determination means for determining whether or not there is this ID code by comparing with the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the carry-on baggage during the ticketing process in the second ticket gate device, and this ID code comparison / determination means When it is determined that there is no wireless tag having an ID code that matches the transmitted ID code, this wireless tag or A first ticket gate device for use in a forgotten object prevention system using a ticket gate device having a tag device and a warning means for issuing a warning that there is no baggage, the baggage carrying the baggage A ticket gate mechanism unit for ticket gate processing by a storage medium, a baggage registration unit for registering the baggage, an ID code of a wireless tag registered by the baggage registration unit, and a storage medium for the vehicle to be ticketed by the ticket gate mechanism unit. There is provided a ticket gate apparatus in a forgotten object prevention system, comprising a ticket gate information management unit that manages information on a medium number.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a forgotten object prevention system using a ticket gate apparatus, a baggage information management unit and a ticket gate apparatus in this system that can confirm whether or not all baggage is possessed before leaving the ticket gate apparatus. There is.

It is a block diagram of the thing-left-behind prevention system using the ticket gate apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the ticket gate apparatus of embodiment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the baggage registration part in embodiment shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement at the time of baggage registration and bidding in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement after a bid in the one embodiment of this invention, and the time of a bid. It is a figure for demonstrating a structure and operation | movement of the ticket gate mechanism part of the ticket gate apparatus shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. The configuration of one embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. The forgotten item prevention system 10 includes a baggage information centralized management unit 11 that centrally manages baggage information, baggage information station management units 12 and 13 that manage baggage information at each station, and a radio tag attached to each station. There are ticket gate devices 14a, 14b, 14c and 14d (hereinafter referred to as 14 in the case of representatives) which input and check baggage information via a storage medium.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a baggage registration unit 21 for registering baggage is located at a guidance office near each ticket gate device 14, and has a ticket gate mechanism unit 22 that carries the baggage and carries a boarding storage medium, and a ticket gate. The mechanism unit 22 includes a ticket gate information management unit 23 that manages ticket gate information obtained from a storage medium.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the baggage registration unit 21 includes a baggage imaging unit 31 that captures a baggage to be carried, an ID code issue instruction unit 33 that issues an ID code to a wireless tag 32 associated with the captured baggage, And a medium tag associating unit 35 for storing the ID code of the wireless tag 32 in a storage medium 34 that is carried by the carryer and gets on the train, for example, a boarding storage medium 34 such as a commuter pass.

  The baggage imaging unit 31 is configured by, for example, an imaging camera, and is temporarily placed on the baggage table and imaged so that the characteristics of the baggage scheduled to be carried are apparent in appearance. If it is clear that the features distinguishable from other baggage carried together, one piece is sufficient, but if a plurality of pieces are necessary for distinguishing from other pieces of baggage, a plurality of pieces of baggage may be imaged.

  One wireless tag 32 is prepared corresponding to the imaged baggage, an ID code is issued to the wireless tag, and the ID code is written in the storage area of the wireless tag 32. The ID code issued to the wireless tag 32 is associated with the medium tag associating unit 35 in the vehicle storage medium 34 possessed by the baggage carrier at the ticket gate. That is, the baggage image corresponding to the ID code of the wireless tag 34 is associated with the number of the boarding storage medium 34 and stored in the ticket gate information management unit 23. After these processes are performed, the wireless tag 32 is tied to baggage.

  In addition, when a baggage carrier has a plurality of baggage and enters the station, a radio tag is issued corresponding to the plurality of baggage, and the plurality of ID codes issued are used for one boarding. Corresponding to the storage medium, it is stored in the ticket gate information storage unit 23.

  Until this baggage is imaged, the RFID tag is issued, and the ID code and image are written in the ticket gate information management unit 23 corresponding to the medium number of the boarding storage medium, the baggage is placed on the luggage platform (not shown). Then, when the wireless tag and the board storage medium are inserted into the predetermined holes, the processing can be automatically performed. In this way, there is an advantage that processing can be performed quickly when there is a large amount of baggage to be carried.

  The person carrying the baggage carries the baggage attached with the wireless tag issued by the baggage registration unit 21 and passes through the ticket gate mechanism unit 22 using the boarding storage medium. A baggage carrier who has information about the baggage of the storage medium (RFID code, name of the baggage, baggage image, etc.) when the storage medium is brought close to the designated part of the ticket gate mechanism for bidding However, it is detected that the ticket has passed through the ticket gate mechanism 22.

  The ticket gate information management unit 23 transmits the medium number of the boarding storage medium and the baggage information carried by the bidder to the baggage information station management unit 12 of the station, for example, wirelessly as shown in FIG. The baggage information station management unit 12 sends the received baggage information to the baggage information centralized management unit 11 in the center.

  The operation of this embodiment of the invention will now be described. Now, it is assumed that the vehicle storage medium holder carrying the baggage enters the ticket gate device 14a at the A station, takes the train to the B station, and exits the ticket gate device 14d at the B station.

  First, the operation from when a person carrying baggage and having a storage medium for boarding registers his / her baggage to enter the station premises from the ticket gate will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S401, the baggage imaging unit 31 takes a photograph of the baggage to be carried. In step S402, the wireless tag 32 is prepared for the baggage, and in the next step S403, the ID code number of the wireless tag 32 is instructed. In step S404, the wireless tag 32 having the issued ID code is tied to the baggage with a string, for example.

  In step S405, the medium tag associating unit 35 associates the ID code of the wireless tag 32 and the baggage image captured by the baggage image capturing unit 31 with the medium number of the storage medium 34 for the rider carrying the baggage.

  In the next step S406, the above-described series of processing of the baggage carrier who is going to bid, that is, imaging of the baggage, issuing of the ID code of the corresponding RFID tag, the ID code of the RFID tag and the storage for boarding the imaging baggage Make sure that each piece of storage on the media is done for all the baggage you carry.

  If there is a baggage that has not been processed yet, the process returns to step S401, and a photograph of the baggage that has not been processed is taken. In steps S402, S403, S404, and S405, the processing as described above is performed on the unprocessed baggage.

  In step S406, when the above processing is completed for all of the baggage to be carried, the person who wants to get on the train carries these baggage, holds the boarding storage medium 34, and puts the ticket gate mechanism unit 22 shown in FIG. Pass through. At this time, it is sent from the ticket gate mechanism unit 22 to the ticket gate information management unit 23 that the person holding the boarding storage medium of this medium number has entered the station premises.

  In the next step S409, the ticket gate information management unit 23 transmits the information of the baggage carried along with the storage medium number to the baggage information station management unit 12 of the station, for example, wirelessly. In step S410, the baggage information station management unit 12 receives the baggage information and transmits the baggage information to the baggage information centralized management unit 11 of the center, for example, by wire.

  It should be noted that the destination information of the boarding storage medium can also be sent to the ticket gate information management unit 23 when the baggage carrier passes the ticket gate mechanism unit 22. For example, in the case of a commuter pass, the destination information is a destination station of a regular section. When performing baggage numbering and registration processing, the destination can be registered in advance. As described above, when the destination station of the baggage carrier is known in advance, the baggage information central management unit can send the baggage information only to the corresponding station. Therefore, the amount of transmission information as a whole can be reduced.

  In this way, information that a bidder who has entered a specific ticket gate device carrying the baggage possesses the specific baggage is collected in the baggage information central management unit 11.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment when a bidder entering from A station with baggage goes out of B station as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

  Note that the baggage registration unit shown in FIG. 2 is not necessarily required if the ticket gate device 14d only performs the ticketing process for the boarding storage medium. A top view of a part of the ticket gate mechanism unit 22 as an example of the ticket gate device 14d is shown in FIG. A pair of ticket gates 62 a and 62 b are provided on the outside of the pair of side plates 61 a and 61 b so as to be openable to the outside, and a display unit 64 is provided on the upper surface of the right side plate 61 b of the passage 63. As will be described later, there is no carry-on baggage on the display unit 64, or an image of no carry-on baggage is displayed. For the sake of simplicity, FIG. 6 shows only one ticket gate passage that exits from the campus of the ticket gate mechanism 22. However, in the normal ticket gate apparatus, in addition to this, a configuration of a path that can be changed in direction from the premises to the outside and from the outside to the premises and a configuration of a passage that enters the premises from the outside are provided in parallel.

  In step S501, the baggage information central management unit 11 transmits the baggage information together with the storage medium number of the boarding storage medium, for example, to the baggage information station management unit 13 of the B station in advance. The information is received from the baggage information central management unit 11, and in step S502, all the ticket gate devices at station B, in this case the ticket gate device 14d, together with the storage medium number, the baggage information and the baggage information station management unit 13 at station B Receive from. The received storage medium number and baggage information are stored in the ticket gate information management unit 23 of the ticket gate device 14d (step S503).

  In step S504, the bidder carrying the baggage tries to leave the ticket gate mechanism 22 of the ticket gate device 14d with the storage medium for boarding. Then, the ticket gate information management unit 23 compares the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the carry-on baggage with the ID code of the baggage information sent earlier, so that the person who is going to issue a ticket can carry out the baggage. And check their baggage (step S505). Specifically, the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the baggage is detected, and this is included in the baggage information previously sent via the baggage information central management unit 11 and the baggage information station management unit 13. Compare ID codes.

  Next, in step S506, it is checked whether or not the RFID tags corresponding to all baggage are detected by the ticket gate device. If the numbers and values of all the ID codes in the transmitted baggage information match, the person who is going to put out the ticket has all the baggage carried at the time of bidding. Therefore, when the ID codes of the wireless tags corresponding to all baggage are detected in step S506 (Y in S506), the process proceeds to step S507, where the person who carries the baggage opens the ticket gate door of the ticket gate mechanism unit 22. You can get out of the station.

  On the other hand, if the number of ID codes detected when trying to issue a ticket is less than the ID code that has been received and stored, forgetting some of the baggage that you brought into the train station first. It has been. Therefore, when part or all of the ID code of the wireless tag corresponding to the carry-on baggage is not detected in step S506 (N in S506), it is carried on the display unit 64 of FIG. 6 at the time of bidding in step S508. Display a warning that all or part of your checked baggage is missing. In the next step S509, one or a plurality of baggage images that are not carried are displayed on the display unit 64. Thus, when no baggage is carried, the ticket gates 62a and 62b are not opened.

  According to this embodiment, in this way, when the baggage carried at the time of bidding is not carried at the time of tendering, a warning is given to the carryer and further what kind of baggage is not held to the carryer. It becomes possible to show. In the above embodiment, when the user does not have the baggage, the warning is given first and the baggage that is not held next is displayed. However, the baggage that the user does not have can be displayed simultaneously with the warning.

  In the above embodiment, baggage information is collected from one ticket gate device at each station into one baggage information station management unit and then sent to the baggage information centralized management unit. However, since the number of ticket gates varies depending on the size of the station, it may be possible to send / receive baggage information to / from the center baggage information central management unit at a small station or directly at a small station. A baggage information station management unit may be provided to control each ticket gate device. It is also possible to install a baggage information management unit that collects baggage information at ticket gates at a plurality of stations instead of at each station. Furthermore, baggage information can be directly transmitted / received to / from the baggage information central management unit of the center from the ticket gates at all stations. In the present invention, this baggage information management is called a baggage information management unit.

  In the above embodiment, the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the picked-up baggage is included in the ID code transmitted as the baggage information in the ticket gate apparatus at the station where the baggage to be taken is picked up. When there is not, the image of the corresponding baggage is displayed on the ticket gate device. In this way, there is an advantage that the forgotten baggage can be intuitively understood.

  However, it is possible not to display an image of baggage that is not carried in this way. In particular, when the appearance of each piece of baggage is different, the baggage carrier can easily recognize the forgotten baggage only by the name of the baggage without displaying an image.

  Further, according to the embodiment, when the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the baggage is not detected, a warning is given that there is no baggage. However, it may be warned that there is no wireless tag with the ID code. The warning means may be performed by characters on the display unit, or may be performed by voice.

  In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a baggage carrier enters a train station and exits from another station. However, the present invention is not limited to such a train station, and is generally applicable to cases where baggage is carried and bid processing is carried out, and baggage is carried and billing processing is carried out.

  In the above embodiment, the baggage information such as the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the baggage, the name of the baggage, the photographed image of the baggage, together with the medium number of the storage medium for the rider, the baggage information station management unit , It was sent to the ticket gate at the destination station via the baggage information central management department. However, these baggage information is stored in the storage medium for boarding at the time of bidding and the baggage information stored in this card at the time of ticketing is read out and compared with the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the baggage. It is also possible to find extra baggage. In this way, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to send baggage information separately from the bid ticket gate device to the ticket gate device.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented with various modifications. These modifications are also included in the present invention as long as the technical idea of the present invention is used.

10 ··· Lost and found prevention system,
11 ··· Baggage information central management department,
12, 13, ... Baggage information station management department,
14a, 14b, 14c, 14d ... ticket gate device,
21 ... Baggage registration department,
22 ... ticket gate mechanism
23 ... Ticket information management department,
31 ... Baggage imaging unit,
32 ... wireless tag,
33 ... ID code number issuing instruction unit,
34 ... Riding storage medium,
35 ... Media tag association unit,
61a, 61b ... side plates,
62a, 62b ... ticket gates,
63 ... passage,
64: Display unit.

Claims (6)

Associating means for associating the information of the baggage to be carried with the vehicle storage medium before the bidding process in the first ticket gate device as the ID code of the RFID tag attached to the baggage;
Baggage information transmitting means for transmitting a medium number of the boarding storage medium and the ID code of the baggage associated by the associating means to a second ticket gate device;
The ID code transmitted by the baggage information transmitting means is compared with the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the carried baggage during the ticketing process in the second ticket gate apparatus, and it is determined whether there is this ID code. ID code comparison / determination means,
When it is determined by the ID code comparison determination means that there is no wireless tag having an ID code that matches the transmitted ID code, a warning that there is no wireless tag or the baggage to which the wireless tag is attached Warning means to issue,
A forgotten article prevention system using a ticket gate device, characterized by comprising:   Furthermore, it comprises baggage photographing means for photographing the baggage, the image photographed by the baggage photographing means is transmitted by the baggage information transmitting means together with the ID code of the wireless tag corresponding to the baggage, and the ID code comparing means When it is determined that there is no ID code of the wireless tag attached to the baggage to be carried, the image of the baggage attached with the wireless tag of the ID code is displayed by the display means in the second ticket gate device. A forgotten article prevention system using the ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1. A baggage registration unit for registering the baggage;
The first ticket gate device is:
A ticket gate mechanism for carrying the registered baggage and performing ticket gate processing using a storage medium;
A ticket gate information management unit for managing information of the ID code of the wireless tag and the medium number of the boarding storage medium to be ticketed by the ticket gate mechanism unit;
A forgotten article prevention system using the ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by comprising: The baggage registration unit
An ID code number issuing instruction unit for instructing the numbering of the ID code of the wireless tag corresponding to the baggage;
A medium tag associating unit for associating the ID code issued by the ID code issuing unit with a medium number of the boarding storage medium;
A baggage imaging unit for imaging the baggage carried;
A forgotten article prevention system using the ticket gate apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: The medium number of the boarding storage medium bid-processed by the ticket gate mechanism section of the first ticket gate apparatus, and the wireless tag attached to the baggage carried when passing through the first ticket gate mechanism section associated with the medium number Receiving an ID code from the first ticket gate;
Does the boarding storage medium have a ticket gate mechanism that issues a ticket, and the ID code received in association with the medium number at the time of the ticketing process matches the ID code of the wireless tag with the baggage? A baggage information management unit for transmitting to a second ticket gate device for detecting whether or not. Associating means for associating the information of the baggage to be carried with the vehicle storage medium before the bidding process in the first ticket gate device as the ID code of the RFID tag attached to the baggage;
Baggage information transmitting means for transmitting a medium number of the boarding storage medium and the ID code of the baggage associated by the associating means to a second ticket gate device;
The ID code transmitted by the baggage information transmitting means is compared with the ID code of the wireless tag attached to the carried baggage during the ticketing process in the second ticket gate apparatus, and it is determined whether there is this ID code. ID code comparison / determination means,
When it is determined by the ID code comparison determination means that there is no wireless tag having an ID code that matches the transmitted ID code, a warning that there is no wireless tag or the baggage to which the wireless tag is attached Warning means to issue,
The first ticket gate device used in a forgotten object prevention system that uses a ticket gate device having:
A ticket gate mechanism for carrying the registered baggage and performing a ticket gate process using a storage medium;
A ticket gate information management unit for managing information of the ID code of the wireless tag and the medium number of the boarding storage medium to be ticketed by the ticket gate mechanism unit;
A ticket gate apparatus for a forgotten article prevention system, comprising: