JP2695706B2 - Bi-directional 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 a two-way automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a normally-closed automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a plan view of a conventional two-way automatic ticket gate b, which is a pair of left and right two-way automatic ticket gates provided in parallel with a passage direction of a passenger (passenger) passage P. The main body (hereinafter, referred to as main body) 20a, 20b.

Usually, a large number of these main bodies are provided side by side at a ticket gate of a station, and a pair of left and right main bodies form a passage P for one customer. Here, only a passage P for one customer is shown. Have been.

The main body 20a on the right side of the passage P and the main body 2 on the left side
0b, doors 21a, 21b, which are opened and closed by a reversible motor (not shown) at a front position and a rear position in the passage direction of the passage P.
21b and 22a, 22b are provided, and the passage P is opened or closed by moving the pair of doors in the direction of the arrow.

When the two-way automatic ticket gate b having the above structure is of a normally open type and is set to a ticket gate (entrance) mode indicated by a solid arrow, the doors 21a, 2
1b and 22a, 22b are accommodated in each main body 20a, 20b. When a passenger inserts a ticket (including a commuter pass, a coupon, and the like) into the insertion slot 1 of the right main body 20a, a controller (not shown) incorporated in the right main body 20a operates. The doors 21a and 21b are connected to the main bodies 20a and 20b, respectively, if the result of the operation is that the user can pass through.
The side P is kept as it is, and the passage P is kept open so that the passage of the user is allowed. The inserted ticket is discharged from the discharge port 2 provided at the center of the upper surface of the right main body 20a.

When passage is not permitted with the ticket inserted into the insertion slot 1, or when a ticketless person enters the passage P, the entry is detected by the sensor S provided at the center of the passage of the two-way automatic ticket gate b. When it is detected, the doors 21a and 21b rotate and the passage P is kept closed.

The positional relationship between the sensor S and the doors 21a and 21b is based on the walking speed (2 m / s) of the patron or the ticketless person who has inserted the invalid ticket and the turning time of the doors 21a and 21b. Therefore, the predetermined interval L is determined so that the passage of these persons can be reliably prevented.

[0008] When the bidirectional automatic ticket gate b having the above configuration is in the ticket collection (entry) mode, the user passes through the passage P in the direction of the dotted arrow. Doors 22a, 22b instead of doors 21a, 21b
b is controlled to open and close, and the ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 3 of the left main body 20b, and a ticket that needs to be returned, such as a commuter pass, is discharged from the discharge port 4.

The above description of the operation shows an example in which the bidirectional automatic ticket gate b is normally open, but in the case of the normally closed type, one door is always closed and the other door is always closed. It is open. When the inserted ticket allows the passage, the door that is always closed is opened to open the passage, and in the case of an invalid ticket or a billless person, the door that is always closed is left as it is, and the passage is opened. The closed state is maintained. Further, when trying to set the two-way mode with the normally closed type, it is necessary to use the normally open type so that the passenger is not trapped between both doors.

[0010]

However, the above-mentioned conventional two-way automatic ticket gate has a problem that the cost is increased because the doors are provided at the front position and the rear position on the passage side of the main body. Was.

In addition, since a billless person is detected by a sensor provided at a central portion on the passage side of the main body and doors are provided at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction of the sensor, the length of the main body is at least a predetermined length. There is a drawback that the length is required to be at least twice as large as the interval L and the space is increased, and the installation space for the bidirectional automatic ticket gate is increased. Furthermore, when the normally open type or the normally closed type is set to the two-way mode, the guideability of the customer is inferior. If the person entered continuously, the billless person would be trapped between the two doors, and thus had to be used as a normally open type. Further, in the normally closed state, there is a risk that a billless person is easily attracted, and there is a risk that the billless person or the user of the invalid ticket collides with a door that is closed. For this reason, a bidirectional mode can be used, and the appearance of a normally closed type automatic ticket gate has been awaited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized, low-cost, two-way automatic ticket gate, and furthermore, a guide for users. It is to provide an excellent two-way type automatic ticket gate.

[0013]

The present invention SUMMARY OF], for the achievement of the above object, the passage side central portion of the composed the body pair
A pair of normally closed door was set vignetting respectively, driving means for their opening and closing the normally-closed door, a mode setting means for setting the body ticket gate mode or collecting bills mode, the
The ticket gate mode or the front end direction of a pair of normally closed doors
It is characterized by having a door control unit for controlling the combined at constant <br/> Angle to pass Direction customers take advantage of the current tag mode.

[0014]

In the above construction, the door control means is provided with a mode setting.
In accordance with the passing direction of the passengers at the time of ticket gate mode or Atsumarisatsumo <br/> over de of the body that is set by the constant section, previous end of the normally closed door
Is controlled to guide the user .

[0015]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the same components as those in the related art will be described using the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a two-way automatic ticket gate a according to an embodiment. FIG. 1A shows the two-way automatic ticket gate in a ticket gate (entrance) mode, and FIG. Indicates a bill collection (entry) mode.

The two-way automatic ticket gate a comprises a pair of right and left right main bodies 1a and left main body 1b which are provided in parallel with the direction of passage of the pas- sage P as in the conventional two-way automatic ticket gate. It is composed of

[0018] These two body 1a, the length 1b, the one half of the length of a conventional body, a passage P is opened in the central portion of its length a pair of normally closed door 2a or you closed, ,
2b is provided. In addition to the front and rear positions in the passage direction of the main bodies 1a and 1b, insertion ports 1 and 3 and discharge ports 2 and 4 for a ticket are provided, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 2, sensors S, S, each of which includes a well-known photoelectric element or the like for detecting the passage of a customer, are provided at the front position and the rear position, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, the normally-closed doors 2a and 2b are housed in the depressions 5 so that they do not hinder the passage of the passenger when housed in the main bodies 1a and 1b. Have been. And these normally closed type doors 2a, 2b
Is the angle of the state in which the path P is closed, depending on whether the bidirectional automatic ticket gate a is in the ticket gate mode or the ticket collection mode.
That is, the home position is determined.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a drive mechanism of the normally-closed door 2a. The basic structure is the same as that of a well-known drive mechanism. On the other hand, the normally-closed doors 2a and 2b according to this embodiment are substantially 180
° It is configured to be able to rotate. That is, the normally-closed door 2a is rotatably supported on the main body 1a by the pin 6 and the opposite side of the normally-closed door 2a is connected to the reversible motor M via the connecting rod 7. This reversible motor M is
Like a well-known door drive motor, a speed reduction mechanism is internally provided, and a sensor (not shown) for detecting a rotation angle is provided on the rotation shaft.

Therefore, when the reversible motor M is rotated approximately 90 ° clockwise, the normally closed door 2a is closed.
Rotates clockwise (see a solid arrow in FIG. 3), and when the reversible motor M rotates approximately 90 ° counterclockwise, the normally-closed door 2 rotates.
a can rotate counterclockwise. The normally closed door 2a is positioned so as to be orthogonal to the direction of the passage P as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 when the operation of the bidirectional automatic ticket gate a is stopped, and the home in the ticket gate mode. The position of the front end of the normally closed door 2a is oriented at a predetermined angle α toward the direction in which the passenger passes in the ticket gate mode, and the home position in the ticket collection mode is the closed door 2a.
The leading end of a is directed toward the passing direction of the customer in the bill collection mode by a predetermined angle β. Although not shown, the rotation mechanism of the normally closed door 2b is arranged symmetrically with the normally closed door 2a, and both normally closed doors 2a and 2b are driven to rotate together .
Therefore, these normally closed doors 2a and 2b operate together.
Then, as shown in FIG. 1 (a) or (b), the door
The direction of travel of the user can be indicated by the tip angle.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 8 denotes a guide display section provided on one end face in the longitudinal direction of the main body 1a. The guide display section 8 is also provided on the end face of the other main body 1b on the side of the insertion opening 3. I have.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller C for controlling the two-way automatic ticket gate a according to this embodiment. The controller C is a system program stored in the RAM 20. And a central processing unit (CPU) 22 for performing arithmetic processing using a working program stored in the RAM 21. This CPU
A read / write (R / W) 22 of the magnetic head H for reading magnetic data recorded on the ticket through the I / O unit 23 and writing new magnetic data on the ticket is provided at 22. The driver 24, the door driver 25, and the guidance display driver 27 are connected.

The I / O unit 23 includes, in addition to the above, an amplifier for a sensor for detecting the position of a ticket, a driver for shutters provided at the insertion ports 1, 3 and the ejection ports 2, 4, and the like. Although connected, they are omitted because they are not particularly necessary for the description of the present invention.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the bidirectional automatic ticket gate a having the above configuration will be described.

Now, suppose that the two-way automatic ticket gate a is operated and operated in the ticket gate mode (step 1).
00 affirmation, step 102 affirmation. Hereinafter, the step is referred to as S. 1), the front end of the normally closed doors 2a, 2b has a passage P as shown in FIG.
Is set so as to indicate the direction in which the user passes from the state in which is closed. That is, the reversible motor M is rotated so that the tip direction of the normally-closed door 2a is inclined toward the passage direction by an angle α from a position orthogonal to the passage P (S104, S106).
Note that an arrow to that effect is displayed on the guidance display section 8 via the guidance display driver 26, and the other main body 1b
A mark prohibiting the passage of traffic is displayed on the guidance display section.

When the normally closed doors 2a and 2b are set as described above, a ticket gate process is started (S108). Then, when the ticket is inserted into the insertion slot 1 by the passenger,
The controller C performs an arithmetic process based on the data of the ticket to determine whether or not the traffic can be permitted.
If the traffic can be permitted in this determination, the reversible motor M rotates 90 ° clockwise through the door driver 25 and the normally closed door 2
a, 2b are housed in the recesses 5 of the main bodies 1a, 1b,
Release.

Then, when the passage of the passenger is detected by the sensor S, the reversible motor M turns 90 ° counterclockwise to position the normally closed doors 2a, 2b at the original home position.
If the passengers are continuous and the determination of the ticket of the succeeding passenger is valid, the normally-closed doors 2a and 2b will remain in the passage P even if the passing of the preceding passenger is completed. Is kept open without closing.

When the inserted ticket does not permit the passage, for example, in the case of a passing ticket or an expired commuter pass, the ticket is returned to the insertion slot 1 like a well-known two-way automatic ticket gate. At the same time, the passage is not opened and abnormal processing is performed.

Since the two-way automatic ticket gate a is of a normally closed type, there is in principle no passing of a billless person. However, when a ticket is not inserted into the insertion slot 1 and a human is detected by the sensor S, the user is a well-known person, such as a warning light, because no billless person obstructs the passage of the customer. The same abnormal processing as in the closed automatic ticket gate is performed.

The above operation is described in the bidirectional automatic ticket gate a
Is an example of the ticket gate mode. In the ticket collection mode, (S1
02 negative), the normally-closed doors 2a, 2b are positioned at an angle β from the position where the tip direction of the normally-closed doors 2a, 2b is orthogonal to the passage P, as shown in FIG. The reversible motor M is rotated and set to face (S110, S1
12). Then, the ticket is inserted into the insertion opening 3 of the left main body 1b, and the normally-closed doors 2a and 2b are controlled to rotate in the chain line direction in FIG.

The bidirectional automatic ticket gate a according to the present embodiment comprises:
Since the normally closed doors 2a and 2b need only be provided at the central portions of the main bodies 1a and 1b on the passage side, the number of doors is half that of the conventional case, and the manufacturing can be performed at low cost. Also, the main body 1
The length of a and 1b is half that of the conventional art, and the installation space in the station premises can be reduced.

[0033] In addition, the ticket gate mode or interest at the time of collecting bills mode
Since the previous end direction of the angle of the passage in accordance with the direction normally closed door 2a, 2 b of use who is set, the angle of the customer is not only the guidance of the guide display unit 8, the normally closed door 2a, 2b Also has the effect of guiding users smoothly . Sa
Furthermore, the angle of the tip is a pair of normally closed doors 2a, 2b.
Is provided in the center of the aisle, so it is normally closed by the user.
The distance to the doors 2a, 2b is short and therefore the user
Can easily recognize the angles of the normally closed doors 2a and 2b.
Can be.

[0034]

The two-way automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a
Provided at the central part on the passage side of the main body composed of a pair of right
Pair of normally closed doors, and open and close the normally closed doors
Driving means, and the above-mentioned main body in a ticket gate mode or a ticket collection mode.
Mode setting means for setting the mode, and the pair of normally closed
To the ticket gate mode or the ticket collection mode with the tip direction of
Control to a predetermined angle according to the direction of passengers passing
Than consisting of a door control unit, than conventional sufficient in number of door half, it is possible to manufacture at low cost, also, only half the length of the body than conventional reduced ground space station yard can do.

The pair of normally-closed doors is operated in the ticket gate mode or
Since-edge angle <br/> degree in accordance with the passing direction of a user at the time of mode of the current bill is set, it is possible to smoothly induce patrons. In addition, since the pair of normally-closed doors is provided at the central portion on the side of the passage, the tip angle of the pair of normally-closed doors is set by the user.
The distance to the door is short and the user must
The angle of a can be easily recognized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bidirectional automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view in a ticket collection mode, and FIG. 1 (b) is a plan view in a ticket collection mode. It is a top view.

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

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a drive mechanism of a normally closed door.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation state.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a conventional two-way automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Two-way automatic ticket gate 1a, 1b main body (two-way automatic ticket gate main body) 2a, 2b Normally closed door P Passage C Controller 1,3 Insertion port 2,4 Exit port

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A pair of normally closed door was set eclipse each passage side central portion of the both-way automatic ticket gate machine body composed pair, and drive means for opening and closing them normally closed door, a mode setting means for setting the wicket mode or collecting bills mode the bidirectional type automatic ticket gate machine body, ticket gate mode or collecting bills mode is set to the tip end direction of the pair of normally closed door
Automatic ticket gate, characterized in that it comprises a door control means for controlling the passage direction combined at Teikaku degree direction of the customer interest in de, a.