JP3344945B2 - 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,
In particular, the present invention relates to a device that can surely prevent the passing of a billless person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate has been equipped with various types of tickets (normal tickets, commuter passes, coupons, SF cards, etc.) at the entrance of the main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as "body"). ) Is read, the data recorded on the ticket is read.

As a result of the entry / exit calculation processing based on the read data, if entry / exit can be permitted, the door is opened (if the main body is normally open), the passage through the ticket gate passage is permitted. The door is closed when entry and exit are not permitted as a result of the arithmetic processing.

The main body is provided with a human detector for detecting a user in a ticket gate passage, and is configured to control opening and closing of a shutter provided at an insertion port according to a traveling user position. The door is closed when it is detected that a billless person has entered the central position of the ticket gate passage.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, if the timing of closing the door after the detection of a tagless person is delayed, the ticketless person is allowed to pass through. . In particular, the body has been miniaturized,
There was a drawback that the tendency increased when the length of the ticket gate passage was shortened.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can surely prevent the passage of a billless person.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention performs an entry / exit calculation process based on data recorded on a ticket inserted into an entrance of a main body. As a result of the arithmetic processing, when the entrance and exit can be permitted, the door is opened and the passage of the ticket gate passage is permitted, and when the entrance and exit cannot be permitted, the door is closed and the passage of the ticket gate passage is not permitted. In the automatic ticket gate, a human detecting means for detecting a user in the ticket gate, a shutter for opening and closing the slot of the main body, and a ticketless person have entered almost halfway between the entrance side and the center of the ticket gate. The door is closed when it is detected that the door has been closed, and the door is opened when it is detected that the bidless person has entered the center of the ticket gate passage.
Control means for closing the shutter maintained in a state ,
When the bidless person exits the ticket gate,
Shutter opening control means for opening the shutter .

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment as viewed from the ticket gate passage P side.

The slot 1 is provided at the upper end of the entrance a (right side in FIG. 1) of the ticket gate P of the main body a and is a shutter 1a driven by a solenoid (not shown).
Is provided so that the inlet 1 is opened and closed.

The outlet 2 is provided on the upper surface on the outlet side of the main body a, and is configured to discharge a ticket (not shown) to be returned to a user (not shown). Although not shown, a card handler (not shown) is provided in the main body a between the outlet 2 and the inlet 1 so that the ticket inserted into the inlet 1 can be transported to the outlet 2. .

While the ticket is being conveyed by the card handler, data recorded on the ticket is read via a magnetic head for reading (not shown), and the data is read out based on the read data. The controller is configured to perform an entry / exit calculation process. The new data (entrance / exit data) obtained by the arithmetic processing is configured to be written via a write magnetic head (not shown).

In FIG. 1, D1 and D2 are doors for opening and closing the ticket gate P, of which the door D1 is provided on the exit side and the door D2 is provided on the entrance side. The door D2 provided on the entrance side prevents passage of a user who has entered the ticket gate passage P in the opposite direction (passage in the direction opposite to the arrow in FIG. 1). Since the present invention is used for a user entering in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
The opening / closing control operation of the door D2 is omitted.

In FIG. 1, S1 to S10 are photoelectric type human detectors, which are provided in order from the entrance side to the exit side at predetermined intervals. These human detectors S1 to S10
Of these, the human detectors S2, S4, S6, and S9 are
Is provided on a sensor mounting bar a 'protruding from the upper surface of the sensor. When a user is detected by a human detector provided on the sensor mounting bar a', the user is Is determined.

Among these human detectors S1 to S10, the human detector S3 is provided substantially at the center between the entrance side and the center of the main body a. Hereinafter, this will be described as "intermediate sensor S3". The human detectors S3 to S7 located at the center of the ticket gate P are for adults (S4, S6) and children (S4).
5 and S7) are also provided two by two at predetermined intervals along the traveling direction of the ticket gate P. This is for detecting the traveling direction of the user according to the order in which the human detection (S4, S6, S5, S7) has performed the detection. In the present invention, since the traveling direction of the user is not directly related, the human detector S4 of the central human detectors S4 and S7 will be described as "central sensor S4".

As shown in FIG. 2, the controller C
The main unit a is configured so as to be able to control the main unit a in a centralized manner. That is,
The operation unit 1 is configured to be able to perform an entry / exit operation process using a system program and working data stored in the memory 2.

The arithmetic unit 1 includes a read / write unit 3 having a read head for reading data recorded on a ticket inserted into the main body a and a write head for writing new data as a calculation result, and a door. a door drive unit 4 for opening and closing the D1, a sensor amplifier 5 for inputting a signal of the human detector S1 ~S10, and a solenoid driver 6 for driving the solenoid of the shutter 1a is connected.

Hereinafter, the control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the case where the user inserts a valid ticket into the slot 1 will be described (step 1).
00 affirmation, step 102 affirmation. Hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”. ), The user is allowed to open the door D1 and pass through the ticket gate passage P.

If the ticket inserted into the slot 1 is an invalid ticket (No at S102), the door D1 is closed and the slot 1 is closed by the shutter 1a. 2 (S106).
Accordingly, the user is prevented from passing through the ticket gate P, and the entry of the next user's ticket is prohibited, so that the correspondence between the user and the ticket can be accurately taken.

When the user of the invalidated ticket removes the invalidated ticket from the outlet 2 and exits the ticket gate passage P (Yes at S108), the shutter 1a is opened (S110) and the main unit a
Can handle the next customer.

Now, if a billless person enters the ticket gate passage P and the entry is detected by the intermediate sensor S3 (No at S100,
(S112: Yes, S114: Yes), and the door D1 is closed (S116). Therefore, the user (no-ticker) can know at an early stage that the user has entered the ticket gate passage P without inserting a ticket into the slot 1. Also, at this stage, since the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is open, the user can insert the ticket into the slot 1 at this stage without completely exiting the ticket gate passage P. it can.

When the ticketless person further enters the ticket gate passage P and is detected by the central sensor S4 (Yes at S118), the shutter 1a of the slot 1 is closed (S12).
0). Therefore, the inconvenience that the subsequent user cannot enter the ticket and the valid ticket of the subsequent user can pass the billless person can be avoided.

When the billless person completely exits the ticket gate passage P, the shutter 1a is opened (S124), and the next customer (including the leaving billless person) can insert a ticket into the slot 1. Becomes

In the above example, the human detectors S1 to S1
Although 10 is a photoelectric type, a known human detector such as an ultrasonic type provided at a position away from the main body a may be used.

[0024]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a shutter for opening and closing the slot of the main body, and a door when it is detected that a billless person has entered almost halfway between the entrance side and the center of the ticket gate passage. And is kept open when it is detected that the billless person has entered the center of the ticket gate.
And control means for closing the shutter is, the non bidders said
Open the shutter when exiting the ticket gate
Since the door is provided with the shutter opening control means , the door is closed at an early stage for the bidless person, and the passage of the billless person can be reliably prevented. Further, it is possible to have a feature that the ticketless person can insert the ticket possessed without completely leaving the ticket gate passage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from a ticket gate passage side.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 slot 1a shutter 2 outlet 3 read / write unit 4 door drive unit 5 sensor amplifier 6 solenoid driver S1 to S10 human detector (S3 intermediate sensor) (S4 center sensor) D1, D2 door P ticket gate C controller

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-57-50087 (JP, A) JP-A-4-182887 (JP, A) JP-A-6-70046 (JP, U) JP-A-8-305905 (JP , U) JP 47-47268 (JP, B1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 15/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An entry / exit operation process is performed based on data recorded on a ticket inserted into an entrance of a main body of an automatic ticket gate, and as a result of the operation process, when entry / exit can be permitted, a door is opened. In the automatic ticket gate that opens the gate and permits the passage of the ticket gate, and when entry and exit cannot be permitted, closes the door and prohibits the passage of the ticket gate, a human detection that detects a user in the ticket gate passage Means, a shutter for opening and closing the slot of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and closing the door when it is detected that a ticketless person has entered almost halfway between the entrance side and the center of the ticket gate passage, Control means for closing the shutter, which is kept open when it is detected that the bidless person has entered the center of the ticket gate, and the shutter when the billless person exits the ticket gate passage.
And a shutter opening control means for opening the shutter .