JP3995804B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly, to an automatic ticket gate that can reduce power consumption.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate is provided with a human detector group for detecting a user (passenger) in the ticket gate passage. These human detector groups are provided by a photoelectric element type sensor group in which a light emitting element is provided in one of a pair of casings of an automatic ticket gate provided across a ticket gate passage, and a light receiving element is provided in the other casing. It is configured.
[0003]
The human detector group consists of an entrance-side human detector provided on the entrance side of the ticket gate passage, an exit-side human detector provided on the exit side of the ticket gate passage, and a predetermined interval between the two sides. It is composed of a plurality of intermediate human detectors provided, and is always set in an operating state while the main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as “main body”) is in operation.
[0004]
In the automatic ticket gate equipped with the above-mentioned human detector group, when a user who has entered a valid ticket into the slot of the main body is detected by the entrance human detector, the door is opened until the user passes through the ticket gate. When an invalid ticket is inserted into the slot, the door and the shutter of the slot are closed until the user of the invalid ticket exits the ticket gate. In addition, if the intermediate human detector detects that a ticketless person has entered the ticket gate passage without entering the ticket into the main slot, the ticketless person The door and the shutter of the slot are configured to be closed until the vehicle exits.
[0005]
When a user enters in reverse from the exit side of the ticket gate passage, that is, when the exit-side human detector detects reverse entry, the door provided on the entrance side of the ticket gate passage exits the user. It is configured to be closed.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional automatic ticket gate has a drawback in that power consumption is increased because all human detector groups are always kept in operation while the main body is in operation.
[0007]
In particular, automatic ticket gates are actually used before and after the train arrives at the station, but many times are placed in a standby state, and even during these times, the entire human detector group is set to the operating state. As a result, power consumption was increased.
[0008]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described drawbacks, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic ticket gate capable of reducing power consumption.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention includes an entrance-side human detector provided on the entrance side of the ticket gate passage, an exit-side human detector provided on the exit side of the ticket gate passage, and both sides thereof. In an automatic ticket gate having a human detector group consisting of intermediate human detectors provided with a predetermined interval between them, the entrance-side human detector and the outlet-side human detector are always connected during operation of the main body. When the person is detected by the setting means for setting the operating state and the entrance-side human detector or the exit-side human detector, when a ticket is inserted into the entrance of the body, or the body is reset. And an intermediate human detector control means for setting the intermediate human detector to an operating state when the operation is performed.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram seen from a ticket gate side showing a section of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment, and is an upper part of one end side (right side in the illustrated example) of the main body a Is provided with an entrance 1 for a ticket with a shutter 1a, and an outlet 2 for discharging the ticket a little closer to the center at the upper part on the other end side.
[0011]
In the main body a between the insertion port 1 and the discharge port 2, an alignment conveyance path 3 for positioning and aligning a ticket inserted from the insertion port 1 in a predetermined direction, a reading head H ₁ , a writing head H _2, and A transport path 6 including a main transport path 4 having a verifying head H ₃ and a discharge transport path 5 for discharging a boarding ticket taken into the main body a to the discharge port 2 is provided. , 4 and 5 are configured to be rotationally driven by a motor M.
[0012]
In FIG. 1, B is a collection box provided in the main body a, and is configured so that a boarding ticket that does not need to be returned to the user can be guided through the wing W.
[0013]
In FIG. 1, S _{1 to} S ₁₀ are human detectors for detecting the user's entry into and exit from the ticket gate a and the position of the user in the ticket gate a. ₁ , S ₃ , S ₄ , S ₅ , S ₈ , S ₁₀ are provided in the case a ′ of the main body a, and the remaining human detectors S ₂ , S ₆ , S ₇ , S ₉ are provided in the case a. ′ Is provided on a sensor mounting bar a ″ that protrudes upward from ′, and is configured to be able to discriminate between an adult and a dwarf (child) of a user. When detected by both human detectors on the mounting bar a ″, the user is determined to be an adult, and when detected by a human detector only on the housing a ′ side, the user is identified as a dwarf. Determined. These human detectors S _{1 to} S ₁₀ are photoelectric element-type sensors comprising a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element that are provided in a housing a ′ (not shown) and a sensor mounting bar a ″ that are provided with the ticket gate a. It is configured.
[0014]
The human detectors S ₁ and S ₂ are provided on the entrance side (input port 1 side) of the ticket gate a, and form the entrance side human detector of the present invention. Human detector S ₃ is provided in a little advanced at the ticket gate passage Lee. The human detectors S ₄ , S ₅ , S ₆ , S ₇ are provided in the central part of the ticket gate a with a predetermined interval, and the user's passing direction depends on the order in which human detection is performed. It can be detected. Human detectors S ₈ to S ₁₀ is provided on the inlet side and symmetrical about a central portion of the ticket gate passage b. Of these, the human detectors S ₉ and S ₁₀ form the exit-side human detector of the present invention. Of these human detector groups (S _{1 to} S ₁₀ ), human detectors S _{3 to} S ₈ form the intermediate human detector of the present invention.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, D ₁ and D ₂ are doors for opening and closing the ticket gate passage. Reference numeral 7 denotes a controller composed of a microcomputer for comprehensively controlling the main body a, and its electrical configuration is shown in FIG.
[0016]
The controller 7 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 10 that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 8 and working data stored in the RAM 9. The CPU 10 has a read driver 12 for taking in data from the read head H ₁ via the I / O unit 11 and a write head H ₂ for writing new data obtained as a result of calculation by the CPU 10. , A write driver 13 for driving the data, a verify read driver 14 for fetching data from the verification head H ₃ for confirming new written data, and a door driver for driving the doors D ₁ and D _2. 15, a sensor amplifier 16 for inputting signals from the human detectors S _{1 to} S _10, and a shutter driver 17 for driving the shutter 1 a are connected. Note that each driver such as a motor M is connected to the CPU 10 via the I / O unit 11, but is omitted here.
[0017]
Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. Now, when the main body a is operated (started up) (Yes in Step 100; hereinafter, “S”), the human detectors S ₁ , S ₂ on the entrance side and exit side of the ticket gate a S ₉ and S ₁₀ are set to the operating (ON) state (S 102).
[0018]
Without body a is reset (S104: No), the inlet 1 when ticket C is turned (S106: Yes), all of the remaining human detectors S ₃ to S ₈ are turned ON (S108), Therefore, the controller 7 can detect the position of the user in the ticket gate a.
[0019]
Wicket treatment with the entered ticket C is completed, if contestants user of the ticket C is from ticket gate passage Lee (S110, S112: Yes), the human detector S ₃ to S ₈ is turned OFF, the following The user waits (Yes at S112, S114). Although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, when a user continuously enters the ticket gate a, all the users' ticket processing is completed and all users enter the ticket gate a. Until then, the human detectors S _{3 to} S ₈ are kept ON.
[0020]
In the present invention, when “entering from the ticket gate” is referred to, if a user who has entered a valid ticket into the main body a is permitted to pass through the ticket gate a and then advances from the ticket gate a, an invalid ticket is entered into the main body a. When the entered user is closed from door D ₁ and refused to pass through ticket gate a, and when the returned ticket is withdrawn from outlet 2, the ticketless person enters the middle of ticket gate a When the door D ₁ is closed and the ticketless person leaves the ticket gate a, and it is detected that the user has entered from the exit side of the ticket gate a and the door D ₂ is closed. Includes the case of exiting the ticket gate a.
[0021]
And ticket C put into the main body a is jammed, or, when the main body a is reset by an attendant by the maintenance and inspection of the body a (S104: Yes), the human detector S ₃ to S ₈ are the ON The ON state is continued until a user participation is detected from the ticket gate a) (S116, S112 affirmative, S114).
[0022]
If the user is detected by the entrance side human detectors S ₁ and S ₂ without the ticket C being inserted into the slot 1 (S106 negative, S118 positive), the human detectors S _{3 to} S ₈ is turned ON and a user in the ticket gate a can be detected (S120). If the detected user inserts the ticket C into the slot 1, the ticket gate process is performed by the ticket C. (Yes at S122).
[0023]
However, if the detected user enters the predetermined position (central position) of the ticket gate a without entering the ticket into the slot 1 (No in S122, S124 affirmative), the user is a together with the door D ₁ is closed is determined, the shutter 1a of inlet 1 is closed (S126). When the no-tag user to exit the ticket gate passage Lee, the shutter 1a of inlet 1 is opened, the human detector S ₃ to S ₈ is an OFF (S130).
[0024]
Wicket passage Conversely when entering is detected to Lee (S118 negative, S132: Yes), the closed door D _1, normal use of the main body a is stopped. The human detector S ₃ to S ₈ is turned ON, the position of the wicket passage b of the user of the reverse ingress is detected (S134). When the user of the reverse ingress to egress from the ticket gate passage Lee (S136: Yes), together with the door D ₂ is opened, the shutter 1a of inlet 1 opens, a state usable body a is normal, also, human detectors S ₃ to S ₈ is an OFF (S138, S130).
[0025]
As described above, the human detector S ₃ to S ₈ is ON, since the OFF control, it is possible to reduce the power consumption of the main body a.
[0026]
In the above-described example, the sensor mounting bar a ″ is provided in the main body a, but this may be omitted. The entrance-side human detector (S ₁ , S ₂ ) and the exit-side human detection an example is shown in which a plurality of human detectors S ₃ to S ₈ between the vessel (S _9, S _10), the center of the human detector _{(S 4, S 5, S} 6, S 7) only Therefore, in the present invention, “an intermediate human detector provided with a predetermined interval between both sides” includes a case where one human detector is provided in the central portion. Yes.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention includes a setting means for setting the entrance-side human detector and the exit-side human detector to an operating state at all times during operation of the main body, and the entrance-side human detector or the exit-side human detector. An intermediate human detector that sets the intermediate human detector to an operating state when a human is detected by the detector, when a ticket is inserted into the slot of the main body, or when the main body performs a reset operation. Since it consists of a control means, power consumption can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Inlet 1a Shutter 2 Outlet 7 Controller a Main body of automatic ticket gate (main body)
a 'housing a "sensor mounting bar S ₁ to S ₁₀ human detectors D _1, D ₂ degree wicket passage

Claims (1)

It consists of an entrance-side human detector provided on the entrance side of the ticket gate, an exit-side human detector provided on the exit side of the ticket gate, and an intermediate human detector provided with a predetermined distance between the two sides. In an automatic ticket gate equipped with human detectors,
During operation of the main body of the automatic ticket gate, always set means for setting the entrance-side human detector and the exit-side human detector in an operating state;
When a person is detected by the entrance-side human detector or the exit-side human detector, when a ticket is inserted into the slot of the automatic ticket gate, or when the automatic ticket gate is reset. Intermediate human detector control means for setting the intermediate human detector to an operating state when
An automatic ticket gate characterized by comprising:

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