JP5404018B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate that displays different guidance displays for each user who uses the automatic ticket gate.

  At station ticket gates, amusement parks, and the like, the use ticket carried by the customer is identified by an automatic ticket gate device, and the automatic door installed in the passage is opened and closed based on the discrimination result, thereby saving labor.

  For example, in an automatic ticket gate device in a station service device, a user who uses the automatic ticket gate device is notified of the determination result of a boarding ticket that is a used ticket or the remaining amount in the case of an SF (Stored Fare) card. It is common to display and notify on a display device arranged in the forward direction.

  However, when a plurality of users pass through the automatic ticket gate continuously, the display device displays the determination result information until the first user passes, and displays the determination result of the next user. There is a problem of slowing down. Therefore, even if the next customer's determination result is not passable, the timing of notifying the content is delayed, and as a result, the timing for the customer to know the determination result is delayed, resulting in a distribution failure. There was a case.

In order to deal with this problem, a method is known in which a plurality of display devices are used to provide guidance to passengers (users) moving through an automatic ticket gate passage (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2006-202342 (page 9, FIG. 8)

  However, the above-described plurality of guidance displays have a problem that the users are confused because a plurality of users can visually recognize the plurality of guidance displays. In addition, since a plurality of passengers see other people's ticket information, there is a problem of security.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and displays a guide for a user who uses an automatic ticket gate using a single display device, and uses the display device to use a plurality of automatic ticket gate devices. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate device provided with a display device capable of changing display contents for each user depending on the position of the user.

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 of the present invention forms a passage through which a user passes and determines whether the passage is permitted based on a use ticket carried by the user. An automatic ticket gate, an entrance sensor for detecting a person at the entrance of the passage, an exit sensor for detecting a person at the exit of the passage, a detection position of the entrance sensor and a detection position of the exit sensor in the passage A central sensor having a human detection range between the first ticket guide, a first guide that is arranged in front of the automatic ticket gate and is visible to the person detected by the entrance sensor, and a person detected by the central sensor a second guide that but visible, the third and guide the person that is visible to the outlet sensor detects a display device for displaying each of said first guide in accordance with the detection result of each sensor And a display control means for each display control and said third guide and said second guide.

  According to the present invention, different guidance displays can be performed simultaneously for each customer passing through the automatic ticket gate. By displaying necessary information to necessary people, confusion during travel can be prevented and security can be improved.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an automatic ticket gate apparatus 1 having a display device 10 of this embodiment installed at a station ticket gate, for example. The automatic ticket gate device 1 is used by being disposed on both sides with a passage interposed therebetween, but here, only the automatic ticket gate device disposed on the right side in the traveling direction indicated by the arrow D in the figure is shown.

  The automatic ticket gate 1 is provided with a magnetic ticket slot 3 and a magnetic ticket slot 4 for inserting a magnetic ticket at the entrance in the traveling direction, and a non-contact IC card (hereinafter referred to as an IC card) in the vicinity of the magnetic ticket slot 3. .) An IC card reading unit 2 for reading T is disposed, and a display device 10 is disposed in the vicinity of the magnetic ticket outlet 4. In addition, automatic doors 20 and 21 are arranged at the entrance and exit of the automatic ticket gate 1.

  The automatic ticket gate 1 includes at least an optical sensor (entrance sensor) 30 on the entry side, an optical sensor (center sensor) 31 on the central portion, and an optical sensor (exit sensor) 32 on the outlet side. A user who uses 1 is detected (referred to as human detection). Depending on the automatic ticket gate, more optical sensors may be arranged to perform human detection. However, since this human detection is not the gist of the present invention, detailed description thereof is omitted. Of course, it is needless to say that the movement of the passenger passing by arranging more sensors may be detected in detail.

  Furthermore, the display device 10 of the present embodiment simultaneously displays three types of display by the space area A (first space area), B (second space area), and C (third space area) on the upper surface of the display device. It is possible to do.

  The figure shows a state in which the user P moves forward in the direction of the arrow D with the IC card T held over the IC card reading unit 2 in the automatic ticket gate 1 configured as described above.

  FIG. 2 shows a guidance display displayed on the display device 10 when the user shown in FIG. 1 carries an appropriate (passable) IC card T having a charging function and passes through the passage of the automatic ticket gate 1. Show. The display device 10 is configured to be capable of emitting three types of displays in three types of directions. Therefore, the user can visually recognize three types of display contents depending on the direction (angle) in which the display device 10 is viewed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, there is a case where the user P is alone and the ticket information (use ticket information) of the IC card T carried by the user P is passed over the IC card reader 2. Note that the ticket information of the IC card is allowed to pass.

  The display device 10 is arranged in front of the automatic ticket gate 1 in the traveling direction. When the user P moves forward through the passage of the automatic ticket gate 1 while looking at the display device 10, the customer P looks at the display device 10. The position of the line of sight changes. In the present embodiment, three types of displays can be visually recognized depending on where the space area of the line of sight when the user P looks at the display device 10 is included. For example:

  In the area of the space area A shown in the figure, a display screen of “Thank you for using the withdrawal amount of 130 yen” can be visually recognized (screen visible in A).

  Furthermore, in the space area B, you can see the display screen of “Thank you for using the remaining amount of 1000 yen and the withdrawal amount of 130 yen” (screen visible in B).

  Furthermore, in the space area C, the display screen of “Thank you for using the withdrawal amount of 130 yen” is visible (screen visible in C).

  FIG. 3 shows a guidance display on the display device 10 when the users P1 and P2 use the automatic ticket gate device 1 in succession. The illustrated example is an example of a case where a user carrying an IC card having a charging function uses the automatic ticket gate apparatus 1 under the following conditions.

The first passenger P1 enters with an IC card T1, which is a passable ticket.

The second passenger P2 enters with an IC card T2, which is a non-passable ticket.

  The illustrated display example shows a state in which the first customer P1 holds the IC card T1 over the IC card reading unit 2. In this state, since the IC card T2 carried by the second passenger P2 is not read, it is not recognized by the automatic ticket gate device 1, and accordingly, each ticket based on the ticket information regarding the IC card T1 of the customer P1 is used. The following display is visually recognized in the space area.

  In the space area A, the user P1 can visually recognize the display 10A (“Thank you for using the withdrawal amount of 130 yen”). At this time, display 10B ("Thank you for using 130 yen withdrawal") is visible in space area B, and display 10C ("Thank you for using 130 yen withdrawal amount" in space area C). However, since the user P1 has not reached the space areas B and C, only the display 10A can be viewed in the space area A.

  4 shows a state in which the first user P1 and the second user P2 have entered the automatic ticket gate 1 from the state of FIG. 3 and the first user P1 has been detected by the entrance sensor 30. FIG.

  In this case, the display device 10 performs the same display as in FIG. This is because the automatic ticket gate 1 recognizes only the first user P1 and displays based on the determination result for the first user P1.

  In FIG. 5, the first user P1 and the second user P2 move forward from the state of FIG. 4, the user P1 is detected by the central sensor 31, and the IC card T2 carried by the user P2 is the IC card. The state read by the reading device 2 is shown. In this case, although the passenger P1 is detected by the central sensor 31, the user P2 is not detected by the entrance sensor 30, and therefore, a display similar to FIG. 4 is displayed based on the ticket information for the user P1. Visible.

  6 shows a state in which the first user P1 and the second user P2 have advanced from the state of FIG. 5 and the user P2 has been detected by the entrance sensor 30. FIG. In this case, since the IC card T1 carried by the customer P1 can pass and the IC card T2 carried by the customer P2 is not passable (when adjustment is required), the customer who is in the space area A In P2, ("Turn over to the checkout machine") is visually recognized, and for passenger P1 in the space area B ("1000 yen remaining balance 130 yen thank you for using") it can. When the user P1 further advances and reaches the space area C, ("Thank you for using 130 yen withdrawal amount") is visually recognized. In this way, necessary information is displayed for each customer, and by displaying such that it cannot be seen by other users, it is possible to improve traffic confusion and security.

  In FIG. 7, the first user P <b> 1 moves forward and the second user P <b> 2 moves backward in the direction of the arrow E by the guidance display for each user by the display device 10 up to FIG. 6. The guidance display on the display device 10 at this time is displayed as follows.

  In the space area A, the display 10C (“Turn over to the checkout machine”) for the user P2 is visually recognized. This is because the ticket information of the IC card T2 that is carried to the user P2 is not allowed to pass, so it is better to notify the user at an early stage when entering the automatic ticket gate device 10.

  In the space area B, the display 10B (“Thank you for using the withdrawal amount of 130 yen”) for the first user P1 is visually recognized. Here, since the IC card T1 carried by the customer P1 can pass, it is displayed on the display device 10 based on the ticket information of the IC card T1. Therefore, in this area, display is not performed for the second passenger P2 who cannot pass.

  When the user P1 further moves forward and reaches the space area C, a display 10C (“Thank you for using the withdrawal amount of 130 yen”) for the customer P1 is displayed. In this area, as with the space area B, the display for the second passenger P2 who is not allowed to pass is not performed.

  In the present embodiment, an example is shown, but there may be a case where different guidance displays are made for each user and for each of the space areas A, B, and C. For example, when the passable first user is in the space area C, the user basically moves forward. Therefore, in the space area B, the guidance display for the second user is performed. Become. On the other hand, in the space area A, it is possible to display guidance for the third user. In this case, it is possible to display three types of guidance for three customers.

  In addition, when there is no subsequent user on the upstream side of the automatic ticket gate passage of the user who uses the automatic ticket gate 1, it is possible to not display the upstream space area. For example, when the user's line of sight is in the space area B and moving forward, the display for the space area A, which is a guidance display for the back side of the user, is unnecessary, which is preferable from the viewpoint of security.

  In this embodiment, an example of guidance display by a display device for a user carrying an IC card is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same display is performed for a user who uses the magnetic ticket described above. Needless to say, you can.

As described above, according to the present invention, the IC card carried by the user for the first user who uses the automatic ticket gate 1 and the second or third user who uses the automatic ticket gate 1 subsequently. By using the ticket information, it is possible to provide an automatic ticket gate device that can perform different guidance displays on the same display device depending on the entry position with respect to the automatic ticket gate device 1.
[1]
An automatic ticket gate device that determines a use ticket carried by a customer and determines whether or not the vehicle can pass based on the determination result,
A plurality of sensors consisting of at least an inlet sensor, a central sensor and an outlet sensor, which are arranged from upstream to downstream in the direction of passage of the automatic ticket gate in order to detect traffic of users;
A display device capable of simultaneously performing a plurality of displays depending on the viewing position;
With
The display device
When the entrance sensor detects a user, a function of displaying the vicinity of the line of sight of the user looking at the display device in a first spatial region having a display visual field range;
A function of displaying in the second spatial region the display visual field range in the vicinity of the line of sight of the user looking at the display device when the central sensor detects the user;
When the exit sensor detects a user, a function of displaying the vicinity of the line of sight of the user looking at the display device in a third spatial region having a display visual field range;
Display control means for displaying different guidance for each spatial area;
, An automatic ticket gate device characterized by comprising.
[2]
The display control means includes
When a first user is detected by the central sensor and a second user who subsequently enters the automatic ticket gate is detected by an entrance sensor, the first user having a line of sight in the second space area The second guidance display based on the first person's use ticket information is performed, and the first guidance based on the second person's use ticket information is given to the second user who has a line of sight in the first space area. The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to [1], wherein display is performed.
[3]
The display control means also includes
According to [1] or [2], when there is no subsequent user on the upstream side in the direction of travel of a user who travels using the automatic ticket gate, the display on the upstream space area is not performed. Automatic ticket gate as described.

The automatic ticket gate apparatus 1 provided with the display apparatus 10 of this invention. The guidance display displayed on the display apparatus 10 when the user P shown in FIG. 1 carries the appropriate IC card T which has a charge function, and passes the automatic ticket gate apparatus 1. FIG. When the users P1 and P2 use the automatic ticket gate in succession, guidance display on the display device 10 when the IC card T1 of the customer P1 is held over the IC card reader. The guidance display displayed on the display device 10 when the users P1 and P2 move forward from the state of FIG. 3 and the customer P1 is detected by the entrance sensor 30. The customers P1 and P2 further move forward from the state of FIG. 4, the customer P1 is detected by the central sensor, and the IC card of the customer P2 is displayed on the display device 10 when read by the IC card reader. Information display. 5 is a guidance display displayed on the display device 10 when the users P1 and P2 further advance from the state of FIG. 5 and the user P2 is detected by the approach sensor. The guidance display displayed on the display device 10 when the user P1 further moves forward and the user P2 moves backward by the guidance display of the display device 10.

Explanation of symbols

T, T1, T2 IC card P1, P2 User 1 Automatic ticket gate 2 IC card reader 3 Magnetic ticket slot 4 Magnetic ticket outlet 10 Display device 20, 21 Automatic door 30 Entrance sensor 31 Central sensor 32 Exit sensor

Claims (4)

An automatic ticket gate device that forms a passage through which a user passes and determines whether the passage is permitted based on a use ticket carried by the user ,
An entrance sensor for detecting a person at the entrance of the passage ;
An exit sensor for detecting a person at the exit of the passage ;
A central sensor having a person detection range between the detection position of the entrance sensor and the detection position of the exit sensor in the passage ;
A first guide that is arranged in front of the automatic ticket gate and is visible to the person detected by the entrance sensor; a second guide that is visible to the person detected by the central sensor; and the exit sensor A display device for displaying each of the third guidance visible to the person to be detected ;
Display control means for controlling display of the first guide, the second guide, and the third guide according to the detection results of the sensors ;
Automatic ticket gate device having . The display control means includes
1 person patrons is detected by the central sensor, when the customer of the second person entering the said automatic ticket gate apparatus is detected by said inlet sensor continues, the first person customer as the second guidance the guidance based on voucher information portable to be displayed on the display device, causes the display of guidance based on the said second child use voucher information the customer is mobile in a first guide on the display device,
Automatic gate apparatus of claim 1, wherein. Wherein the display control unit,
When the first user detected by the central sensor is allowed to pass and the second user detected by the entrance sensor is not allowed to pass, guidance indicating that the first passenger cannot pass Is displayed on the display device, and a guide indicating passage permission is displayed on the display device as the second guide.
The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 or 2. The display device
The display device is a flat display device in which three types of display contents that are different depending on the angle at which the display screen of the display device is viewed can be visually recognized. The first guidance is displayed as the display content, and the second guidance is displayed as the second display content that is visible at an angle at which the person detected by the central sensor views the display screen of the display device. Displaying the third guidance as the third display content visible at an angle at which the person detected by the exit sensor views the display screen of the display device;
The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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