JP6826405B2 - Automatic door controller - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an automatic door control device that controls an automatic door with an auto-lock function.

For the purpose of improving crime prevention, apartment houses such as condominiums partition the entrance of the building between a visitor entry area where visitors from the outside can enter and a common corridor leading to each house. A partition such as a wall may be provided, and an automatic door with an auto-lock function may be provided at a common entrance / exit provided in the partition.

In addition, an automatic door with an auto-lock function may be provided at the entrance and exit of the building for the purpose of preventing people other than those involved from entering the building.

This type of automatic door with an auto-lock function requires a house key, a physical key such as an IC card or IC tag, or an unlocking code such as a PIN when unlocking the auto-lock from the outside. Needed.

On the other hand, the automatic door with an auto-lock function is equipped with a sensor that detects the approach or presence of a person or an object inside, a so-called motion sensor. When a person is detected by the motion sensor, the automatic door is automatically auto-locked. A type in which the lock is unlocked and the automatic door is opened is generally used.

By the way, in an apartment house, when an individual house is rented or sold, a preview is usually performed by a person who wishes to rent or purchase the house.

Moreover, in recent years, it has been considered to temporarily rent individual houses of apartment houses for accommodation.

However, since the viewers and guests are only temporary visitors, it is difficult to lend or distribute the physical key for unlocking the automatic door with the auto-lock function in advance, and Teaching the unlock code of an automatic door with an auto-lock function is not preferable for crime prevention.

In the building, it is also considered to rent a vacant room as a conference room. However, since the users of the rental conference room are only temporary visitors to the building, it is difficult to lend or distribute the physical key for unlocking the automatic door with the auto-lock function in advance. Moreover, it is not preferable for crime prevention to teach the unlocking code.

Therefore, regarding automatic doors with an auto-lock function, for those who are allowed to enter, such as visitors, guests, and users of rental conference rooms, the physical for unlocking the automatic door with an auto-lock function It is desired that the automatic lock can be unlocked from the outside so that the automatic door can be opened without using a key or an unlocking code.

Compared to the existing automatic door auto-lock system, the automatic door is configured to further include a communication device, an unlocking control device, and a management device that are connected and arranged in the electrical wiring between the motion sensor and the automatic door control device. An electronic lock control system has been conventionally proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

According to this automatic door electronic lock control system, the user can unlock the automatic door auto lock by using the radio key that communicates with the communication device by radio wave while leaving the existing automatic door auto lock system. It is said that the system can be built.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-218547

However, in Patent Document 1, since it is necessary to connect the communication device to the electric wiring between the motion sensor and the automatic door control device, the existing automatic door auto-lock system is electrically operated. Construction needs to be carried out. Moreover, the communication device needs to be compatible with the signal transmission method between the motion sensor and the automatic door control device. Therefore, for example, if this signal transmission method differs depending on the manufacturer and model of the automatic door with an auto-lock function, it becomes necessary to use a dedicated communication device compatible with the signal transmission method used. ..

Therefore, in the present invention, there is no need to make any changes to the existing automatic door control system with an auto-lock function, and a person who is permitted to enter without using a physical key or an unlocking code can auto-lock. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic door control device capable of unlocking and opening an automatic door with a function from the outside.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention uses a housing, a flap rotatably held in the housing, a means for rotating the flap provided in the housing, and a user's mobile terminal. comprising a signal communication unit authentication signal is input, a controller, wherein the housing is disposed in the detection area of the sensor to be mounted on the inside of the automatic door with auto lock function, the controller, the from the outside of the portable terminal of the automatic door based on the input of the authentication signal to the signal communication unit, the automatic door controller having a configuration including the function of providing an instruction to rotate said flap to said rotating means ..

A power source is connected to the controller, and the power source is configured as a primary battery or a secondary battery arranged in the housing.

The signal communication unit is configured to receive the authentication signal by wireless communication.

According to the automatic door control device of the present invention, access is permitted without making any changes to the existing automatic door control system with an auto-lock function, and without using a physical key or unlocking code. A person can unlock an automatic door with an auto-lock function from the outside to open it.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the embodiment of the automatic door control device. It is a cut side view of the automatic door control device of FIG. It shows the usage state of the automatic door control device of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment]
1A and 1B show an embodiment of an automatic door control device, FIG. 1A is a partially cut schematic front view, and FIG. 1B is a cut schematic front view. FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of cutting at the position AA of FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an example of a usage state of the automatic door control device.

The automatic door control device of this embodiment is shown by reference numeral 1 in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) and FIG. For convenience of explanation, the front side (right side in FIG. 2) of the paper surface in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) is the front side of the automatic door control device 1, and the back side (left side in FIG. 2) in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b). It is referred to as the rear side of the automatic door control device 1, and the left-right direction in FIGS. 1A and 1B will be described as the left-right direction of the automatic door control device 1.

The automatic door control device 1 includes a housing 2 and a flap 3 rotatably held on the front surface 2a side of the housing 2, and further, a rotating means for rotating the flap 3 inside the housing 2. 4, the signal communication unit 5, the power supply 6, and the controller 7 are provided.

The housing 2 is a box-shaped hollow container, and an opening 8 extending in the vertical direction is provided at an intermediate portion in the left-right direction on the front surface 2a.

The flap 3 is a rectangular plate-shaped member arranged on the front side of the housing 2 and extending in the left-right direction, and one of the long side portions has a height corresponding to the upper end side of the opening 8 on the front surface 2a of the housing 2. It is rotatably attached to the position via a hinge 9. Since the flap 3 hangs down from the hinge 9 due to its own weight when not receiving an external force, the flap 3 is in a posture along the front surface 2a of the housing 2 as shown in FIG. The flap 3 is attached at a height position corresponding to the upper end side of the opening 8 so that the opening 8 is covered by the flap 3 arranged along the front surface 2a of the housing 2 as described above. is there. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the housing 2 through the opening 8. The mounting position of the flap 3 on the front surface 2a of the housing 2 is not limited to a position higher than the upper end of the opening 8.

In the present embodiment, the rotating means 4 is configured to include a servomotor 10 and a swivel arm 11 attached to the output shaft 10a of the servomotor 10.

The servomotor 10 is installed sideways toward the opening 8 side at a position on either the left or right side of the opening 8 inside the housing 2. FIG. 1B shows, as an example, a configuration in which the servomotor 10 is provided at a position on the right side of the opening 8 (see FIG. 1A) in a left-facing posture. In this state, the output shaft 10a is arranged on the rear side of the opening 8 and at a position lower than the mounting position of the flap 3 in a direction perpendicular to the opening 8.

The swivel arm 11 is a rod-shaped member extending in the vertical direction in parallel with the opening 8, and the upper end side, which is the base end side, is attached to the output shaft 10a.

The initial state of the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is a state in which the tip end side of the swivel arm 11 is arranged below the output shaft 10a by the rotating means 4. In this initial state, the flap 3 hangs down from the hinge 9 and is arranged along the front surface 2a of the housing 2.

When the rotating means 4 operates the servomotor 10 from the initial state and rotates the output shaft 10a in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2, the tip of the swivel arm 11 is shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. The side (lower end side) can be projected to the front side of the housing 2 through the opening 8. Therefore, the rotating means 4 pushes the flap 3 forward on the tip end side of the swivel arm 11 projecting to the front side of the housing 2, and as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, the flap 3 is moved forward of the housing 2. It can be rotated to a posture in which it is deployed so as to protrude. This state is hereinafter referred to as a flap unfolded state.

In the rotating means 4, when the servomotor 10 is operated to return the swivel arm 11 to the initial state, the flap 3 also rotates due to its own weight and returns to the initial state.

As shown in FIG. 1B, a controller 7 is connected to the servomotor 10. Further, the signal communication unit 5 and the power supply 6 are also connected to the controller 7.

The power supply 6 supplies electric power to the controller 7, and further supplies electric power to the signal communication unit 5 and the servomotor 10 of the rotating means 4 via the controller 7.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 3, an automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function is installed in the doorway 101, and a sensor (presence sensor) for detecting the approach or presence of a person or an object in the inner section of the doorway 101. It is configured to include 102. The automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function has a function of unlocking and unlocking the auto-lock when a person or an object is detected by the sensor 102. Since the unlocking and unlocking operations of the automatic door 100 based on the signal of the sensor 102 are executed by the existing automatic door control system with the auto-lock function, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As the sensor 102, a light ray reflection sensor that detects a person or an object based on a change in the amount of reflection of near infrared rays and a radio wave sensor that detects a person or an object based on a change in the amount of reflection of microwaves are often used. There is.

In this type of automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function, the sensor 102 may be installed on the ceiling or on the wall surface, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, depending on the method of the sensor 102 used and the range of the detection area. It is installed in various places, such as being installed in.

The automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is installed in the detection area of the sensor 102. Therefore, depending on the arrangement of the sensor 102 and the range of the detection area, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment may be installed. It is desirable to be able to install it in various places. From this point of view, it is preferable to use a primary battery or a secondary battery as the power source 6. The automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment uses a fuel cell as the power source 6 or is connected to a commercial power source such as an AC power source via a power cord (not shown) instead of the power source 6 arranged in the housing 2. Of course, it may be configured to be used.

When a primary battery or a secondary battery is used as the power source 6, although not shown, a configuration is provided in any part of the housing 2 with an opening having a lid that can be opened and closed, and inside the opening. It is preferable that the power source 6 by the primary battery or the secondary battery is held through a battery box (not shown) or the like. According to this configuration, the battery can be easily replaced by opening the lid of the opening. Needless to say, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment does not include an opening with a lid, and the housing 2 may be disassembled to replace the battery.

The signal communication unit 5 has obtained permission for the user to enter from the authentication means 12 as shown in FIG. 3 possessed by a user (not shown) who desires to pass through the automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function. It receives an authentication signal S for confirming that the person is a person.

The authentication means 12 is a mobile terminal carried by a user such as a smartphone, a tablet, or a mobile phone, and the authentication signal S can be acquired by executing an application program and externally connecting via a network. It is preferable to use a mobile terminal having a function. The method of using the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment using the authentication means 12 will be described later.

The authentication signal S may be delivered from the authentication means 12 to the signal communication unit 5 by wireless communication such as short-range wireless communication. Therefore, both the authentication means 12 and the signal communication unit 5 are provided with a communication module for wireless communication.

The controller 7 has a function of executing the following processing.

When the controller 7 confirms the input of the authentication signal S based on the signal from the signal communication unit 5, the controller 7 causes the servomotor 10 of the rotating means 4 to operate the servomotor 10 from the initial state to the flap unfolded state. Give a deployment command.

When the servomotor 10 operates to the flap unfolded state according to this deployment command, the flap 3 is rotated so that the flap 3 is deployed in front of the housing 2 at the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. Be placed.

In the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment, the expanded state of the flap 3 or the operation when the flap 3 is expanded is performed within the detection region of the sensor 102 of the automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function. The installation position is set so as to.

Therefore, in the sensor 102, the amount of reflection of near infrared rays or the amount of reflection of microwaves changes due to the expansion operation of the flap 3 that occurs in the detection region, so that a signal similar to that when a person or an object is detected is output. Occur.

In the automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function, the auto-lock of the automatic door 100 is unlocked and unlocked based on the signal from the sensor 102. Therefore, in this state, the user can pass through the automatic door 100 which has been released and opened.

After that, the controller 7 gives a deployment command to the servomotor 10, and when a set time elapses, gives a return command to the servomotor 10 to operate the servomotor 10 from the flap deployment state to the initial state. ..

When the servomotor 10 operates to the initial state according to this return command, the deployed flap 3 is rotated, and the flap 3 returns to the initial state along the front surface 2a of the housing 2.

As described above, according to the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment, the automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function is provided only to the user who is authenticated by issuing the authentication signal S using the authentication means 12. The automatic lock can be unlocked to open the automatic door 100.

Further, in the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment, when the authentication signal S is input to the signal communication unit 5, the controller 7 performs a process of giving a deployment command to the servomotor 10 of the rotating means 4. There is. Therefore, the controller 7 does not need information on the user carrying the authentication means 12 or information such as when the user passes through the automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function.

It should be noted that the application program on the authentication means 12 side manages the period and time during which the automatic lock of the automatic door 100 can be released, such as when the authentication signal S can be transmitted from the authentication means 12. It should be.

Therefore, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is applied to the automatic door 100 with various auto-lock functions, and is applied to a process in which a licensed user unlocks the auto-lock from the outside of the automatic door 100. can do. At that time, the user does not need to use a physical key or an unlocking code. Further, the control system of the automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function to which the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is applied does not require any change such as connecting a device.

Therefore, even when the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is equipped, the automatic door with the auto-lock function has a house key, a physical key such as an IC card or an IC tag, or a personal identification number. It does not affect the process of unlocking the auto lock from the outside using the unlocking code such as.

Further, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment does not need to be provided with a device corresponding to the management device shown in Patent Document 1.

In the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment, the controller 7 is in a standby state until the authentication signal S is input to the signal communication unit 5.

Further, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to include only one servomotor 10 in the rotating means 4 as a driving unit that consumes electric power. Further, the servomotor 10 only needs to rotate the flap 3 from the initial state to the deployed state via the swivel arm 11. Therefore, the servomotor 10 can suppress the output and the power consumption.

The signal communication unit 5 need only receive the authentication signal S from the authentication means 12 by wireless communication. Further, since the authentication signal S received by the signal communication unit 5 by wireless communication can be converted into an electric signal without requiring special processing such as image analysis, the power consumption of the signal communication unit 5 and the controller 7 is consumed. Can be reduced.

Therefore, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment can reduce power consumption. Therefore, in the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment, when a primary battery is used as the power source 6, the frequency of battery replacement can be reduced. Further, when a secondary battery is used as the power source 6, the frequency of charging can be reduced.

[Example of use]
Next, a usage example of the automatic door control device 1 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is installed inside the doorway 101 provided with the automatic door 100 with the auto-lock function and in the automatic door 100 with the auto-lock function. The flap 3 is installed so as to be arranged in the detection area of the sensor 102. In FIG. 3, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment is installed on the wall surface located above the automatic door 100.

A user who wishes to pass through the doorway 101 for viewing a house or using a conference room for rent uses a mobile terminal as an authentication means 12 (see FIG. 3) to make a reservation server (not shown) via a network. Connect to and apply for a reservation for the period you wish to enter through the doorway 101.

The reservation server determines whether it is possible to enter the requested period of entry, and if it is possible to enter, gives the user authentication means 12 the access permission associated with the access permission period corresponding to the desired period. send.

On the other hand, the authentication means 12 makes it possible to execute in advance an application program capable of transmitting the authentication signal S (see FIG. 3) only during the period for which the access permission is received, based on the entry permission received from the reservation server. ..

In this state, the user goes to the outside of the target automatic door 100 with an auto-lock function during the period of receiving the entry permission, and arranges the authentication means 12 near the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment. In this state, the authentication means 12 executes a predetermined application program. As a result, the authentication signal S is transmitted from the authentication means 12 by wireless communication.

When the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment receives the authentication signal S at the signal communication unit 5, the flap 3 is deployed by the rotating means 4 in accordance with the deployment command by the controller 7 as described above.

Since the unfolding operation and the unfolding state of the flap 3 are detected by the sensor 102 of the automatic door 100 with the auto-lock function, the auto-lock is unlocked in the automatic door 100 with the auto-lock function based on the signal from the sensor 102. At the same time, the automatic door 100 is opened.

As a result, the user can enter the inside through the doorway 101 in the state where the automatic door 100 is opened.

When the user leaves, the sensor 102 detects the user himself / herself. Therefore, based on the signal from the sensor 102, the automatic door 100 with the auto-lock function unlocks the auto-lock and the automatic door 100. The opening operation is performed. Therefore, in this state, the user can pass through the doorway 101 and exit to the outside.

The predetermined application program in the authentication means 12 does not transmit the authentication signal S at a time before or after the period of permission for entry. Therefore, even if the user is permitted to enter, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment cannot be in the deployed state except during the period when the access is permitted, so that the automatic door control device 1 is equipped with an auto-lock function. The automatic door 100 cannot be opened by releasing the auto lock from the outside.

Further, since a person who has not received permission to enter cannot transmit the authentication signal S using the authentication means 12, the automatic door control device 1 of the present embodiment cannot be put into the deployed state. Therefore, the automatic door 100 with the auto-lock function cannot be opened by releasing the auto-lock from the outside.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and usage examples, and the dimensions of each constituent member and the dimensional ratio of each constituent member shown in each figure are for convenience of illustration. , Does not reflect the actual dimensions or dimensional ratio.

The automatic door control device 1 of the present invention may have a configuration in which the configurations shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B are reversed left and right.

The arrangement of the rotating means 4, the signal communication unit 5, the power supply 6, and the controller 7 in the housing 2 may be other than those shown in the drawing.

If the flap 3 can be rotatably supported on the front side of the housing 2 and the signal communication unit 5, the power supply 6, and the controller 7 can be housed, the dimensions and dimensions other than those shown in the figure are up, down, left, right, front and back. It may be a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a ratio, and may be any shape other than the rectangular parallelepiped.

As long as the flap 3 can be rotated from the initial state to the deployed state, the rotating means 4 may freely set the position where the flap is pushed by the swivel arm 11. Further, the rotating means 4 of the flap 3 has a configuration in which the swivel arm 11 and the flap 3 are connected by a link, a configuration in which the flap 3 is rotated by a linear actuator instead of the servomotor 10, and the like. It may be configured as.

The size of the flap 3 and the range of rotation angles may be appropriately set according to the range of the detection area of the sensor 102 of the automatic door 100 with the auto-lock function, the detection sensitivity, and the like. Therefore, the flap 3 may have a size or an angle range other than the one shown in the figure.

When the signal communication unit 5 receives the authentication signal S from the authentication means 12 by wireless communication (BLUETOOTH (registered trademark), etc.), the signal communication unit 5 is placed at a position other than the drawing, such as the side portion of the housing 2. It may be arranged.

Of course, various other changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

2 Housing 3 Flap 4 Rotating means 5 Signal communication unit 6 Power supply 7 Controller 100 Automatic door 102 Sensor S Authentication signal

Claims (3)

With the housing
A flap rotatably held in the housing and
The flap rotating means provided in the housing and
A signal communication unit that receives an authentication signal from the user's mobile terminal ,
With a controller,
The housing is installed in the detection area of a sensor installed inside an automatic door with an auto-lock function.
Wherein the controller, wherein the automatic outside of the portable terminal of the door based on the input of the authentication signal to the signal communication unit, a function of giving a command to rotate the flap to the pivot means Automatic door control device. A power supply is connected to the controller,
The automatic door control device according to claim 1, wherein the power source is a primary battery or a secondary battery arranged in the housing. The automatic door control device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the signal communication unit receives the authentication signal by wireless communication.

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