JP2680490B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a contactless card type automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatic ticket gates which are frequently used at present are constructed such that a ticket or a commuter pass is inserted into a main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as a main body) so that the automatic ticket gate is performed. However, this insertion type automatic ticket gate has a problem that a commuter pass user has to put a commuter pass in and out of a commuter pass every time the commuter pass passes through a ticket gate.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, data is exchanged between the main body and the commuter pass (card) in a non-contact manner, and the automatic ticket gate is inserted without inserting the commuter pass into the main body. A contactless card type automatic ticket gate that can be used has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-246687).

[0004]

However, in the non-contact card type automatic ticket gate, when the automatic ticket gate is set to be a bidirectional type capable of both entrance and exit, the user can enter from both directions. It can be inconvenient when competing.

This is because, when the conventional automatic ticket gate of the insertion type is set to the bidirectional type, the passenger's ticket or commuter's ticket from the other direction is inserted until the user passes from one direction. Since the shutter of the insertion slot is closed so that it cannot be operated, the competition of users from both directions is automatically adjusted, but the contactless card type automatic ticket gate uses the insertion slot because it does not have an insertion slot. This is because the competition cannot be adjusted.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate which can efficiently adjust the above-mentioned competition when the automatic ticket gate is of a contactless card type.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a main body for entrance and exit.
It is a bidirectional type that can perform bidirectional ticket processing.
In an automatic ticket gate that transfers data without contact between the main body and the card ,
Setting means for setting in both directions type, when the front Symbol the body is set in both directions type, alternately to antenna provided respectively in both side of the body for exchanging data between the card and polling means for applying a polling discontinued at the start of communication with the card through one of the antennas of the antenna is the ticket gate of the user carrying the card to stop polling the other antenna to the end And means.

[0008]

In the above arrangement, the polling means alternately polls each antenna. At this time, when the communication with the card is started via one of the antennas, the stopping unit stops polling the other antenna until the user who has the card finishes the ticket gate.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view when two main bodies are arranged side by side and a ticket gate P is formed between the main bodies G ₁ and G ₂ , and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main body G ₁ .

[0010] Since the main body G ₁ and body G ₂ are the same configuration, will be described. Body G _1, body G ₁ includes a housing H
Doors 1 for opening and closing the ticket gate passage P on the front and rear sides of the car
A display unit 2 is provided on the front and back surfaces of the housing, which has a and 1b, for displaying a passable direction to the user.
In addition, a lamp 3 ₁ is provided at the upper part of the front and the back to display whether or not the automatic ticket gate can be used. That is, this lamp 3 ₁ indicates that the ticket processing for the preceding user, or the ticket processing for the opposite person when the main bodies G ₁ and G ₂ are set to the bidirectional type has not been completed, or that there is no ticket intruder. Therefore, it is configured to illuminate red when it is unusable and illuminate blue when it is usable.

Further, a communication area 4 for transmitting and receiving data to and from a non-contact type card C carried by a user by wireless communication is provided on the upper part of the front part and the rear part of the housing. Antennas 4a ₁ and 4a ₂ connected to a communication control unit, which will be described later, are faced to these communication areas, respectively.

S is a human detector for detecting the entrance or exit of a user into or from the ticket gate passage to or from the ticket gate passage formed between the main body G ₂ and
It is attached to the side surface of the housing H and the arm 5. Also,
Speakers 6 for broadcasting predetermined guidance to the user are attached to both side surfaces of the housing H.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the main body G ₁ , which is composed of a microcomputer, and its electric structure is shown in FIG. The central processing unit (CPU) 11 of the controller 7 performs arithmetic control processing using the programs and data stored in the ROM 12 and the data stored in the RAM 13. The CPU includes a door driver 15 for driving the doors 1a and 1b through the I / O unit 14, a lamp driver 16 for controlling the lighting of the lamp 3, and a sensor for amplifying the detection signal of the human detector s and incorporating it. 17, a voice driver 18 that drives the speaker 6, and a communication control unit 19 that transmits and receives data to and from the card C are connected.

The communication control unit 19 is composed of a microcomputer different from the controller 7, and like the well-known non-contact type automatic ticket gate, the station name and the card name are transferred from the main unit G ₁ to the card C via the antenna 4a _1. It has a function of transmitting data such as the date of the day and receiving an electric wave transmitted from the card C. The communication method between the main bodies G ₁ and G ₂ and the card C is not limited to the radio wave method described above, and an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like can be adopted.

Next, the electrical configuration of the card C will be described.
This card C has an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same function as the communication control unit 19 of the main bodies G ₁ and G ₂ , and an I / O unit 22 like an ordinary IC card having a communication function. , A CPU 23, a memory 24 including a ROM and a RAM, and a power supply 25. Note that the power supply 25 may not be provided inside the card C, and may be configured to receive power waves supplied from the main bodies G ₁ and G ₂ and use it as a power supply.

The control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that both the main bodies G ₁ and G ₂ are set to the bidirectional type (step 100 affirmative, hereinafter the step is S). Then, it is assumed that a user is trying to enter in the direction of the solid arrow in FIG. 1 and another user is competing to try to enter in the direction of the chain arrow.

The controllers C of the _two main bodies G ₁ and G ₂ are synchronized with each other and are alternately polled from the antennas 4a ₁ and 4a ₂ (S102). At this time, if the entry user's card C starts communication earlier than the exiting user's card C, polling of the antenna 4a ₂ of the main body G ₂ is stopped and the lamp 3 ₂ lights up in blue. Changes to red lighting (Yes at S102, Yes at S104, S106). As a result, the participating user knows that the entering user has a priority order, and suspends the participation. At this time, an announcement is made from the speaker 6 to temporarily suspend the participation.

[0018] is performed wicket processing admission of the user, and the passage of the user from the ticket gate passage P is detected by the sensor S, the lamp 3 ₂ can participate in user contestants side light blue Is notified, and polling of the antenna 4a ₂ is started again (S108, S110, S11).
2, S114 negative, S102 negative). Therefore, the participating user can communicate by communicating with the main body G ₂ via the antenna 4a ₂ . If, as described above, the entering user and the entering user compete, and the entering user's communication with the card C is earlier than the entering user (No at S102, S
116 af), contrary to the above, the entering user waits until the exiting user finishes entering.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, when the card C of one of the users on the entrance and exit sides is contacted, the other ticket is used until the ticket gate of the user is completed. Since the polling of the antenna 4a ₁ (or 4a ₂ ) for the user is stopped and the communication with the card C of the other user is interrupted, the users from both directions in the two-way type setting conflict with each other. However, the passage of the ticket gate can be adjusted smoothly.

Moreover, the lamps 3 ₁ and 3 ₂ and the speaker 6
Since it is possible to inform the user of the priority order, it is possible to avoid unnecessary trouble.

[0021]

In the automatic ticket gate machine according to the present invention, before
Setting means for setting the main body as a bidirectional type and the main body
When set to directional, exchange data with the card.
On each side of the body for receiving
Paulin alternately polling the aerial antenna
Through the antenna and one of the antennas
When you start communication with the card, you have the card
The other antenna until the end of the ticket gate
Than having a stop means to stop-ring, it can be user from both directions to adjust the passage of smoothly ticket gates also compete.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view when two main bodies are arranged in parallel to form a ticket gate passage.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main body.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a main body and a card.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ₁ , 3 ₂ lamps G ₁ , G ₂ main body (main body of automatic ticket gate) 4a ₁ , 4a ₂ antenna 7 controller (polling means, stopping means) C card

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. The main body of the automatic ticket gate is both for entry and exit.
It is a two-way type that can perform ticket gate processing for
In the automatic ticket gate for automatically transferring data by exchanging data between the main body of the automatic ticket gate and the card in a non-contact manner, setting means for setting the main body of the automatic ticket gate to a bidirectional type
And when the main body of the automatic ticket gate is set to the bidirectional type,
Polling means for alternately polling antennas provided on both sides of the main body for exchanging data with the card, and communication with the card via one of the antennas. when starting the automatic ticket gate, characterized in that it comprises a stop means to stop polling the other antenna until wicket of user carrying the card finishes, the.