JPH05233906A - Automatic ticket examining machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To compatibly measure the passing speed of each user, and to apply fuzzy inference by standing by for measurement at appoint of time when an entrance detecting means detects the passing of the user at the time of returning motion, and at a point of time when a central detecting means detects the passing-through-middle of the user at the time of entry. CONSTITUTION:When the user returns after entering up to an entrance detection zone 1, a machine stands by for the measurement for the user to enter next at a point of time when a sensor S1 detects the passing-through-entrance by returning. When the user enters to a central detection zone 3, and goes out of the central detection zone 3 on the basis of the sensor S6 or S7, the machine stands by for the measurement for the user to enter next. Accordingly, a door D1 is operated to open on the basis of the fuzzy inference including the passing speed of the user in an entecedent part. When plural users are on a passage P, namely, when the first user is passing through the central detection zone 3 without going out of an exit detection zone 5, and the next user enters to the central detection zone 3, and further, he passes through it, the machine stands by for the measurement of this user at this point of time.

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, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate provided with fuzzy inference control means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an automatic ticket gate equipped with a fuzzy inference control means, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-19093, it is optimal based on the speed of the user (passenger) and the height of the user. It is an automatic ticket gate that gives a comfortable opening and closing speed for children, elderly people, people with disabilities, etc.

Further, the present applicant has filed Japanese Patent Application No. 3-14377.
No. 1 proposes an automatic ticket gate equipped with fuzzy inference control means based on the speed of the user and the position of the user with respect to the automatic ticket gate main body (hereinafter referred to as the main body). According to the automatic ticket gate according to this proposal, the door opening / closing control that matches the user's passage form, for example, closes the door to an illegal user to call attention, and informs the regular urgent user. The door opening / closing control can be performed so as not to prevent the passage of the door.

[0004]

The automatic ticket gates using any of the above fuzzy inferences use the speed of the user as basic data, but this is disclosed only for the main body of one user. Absent.

However, the automatic ticket gates that are often used nowadays allow automatic ticket gates even when there are two or more users on the aisle side of the main body, so-called rush hour during commuting and commuting hours. I am able to deal with.

However, the conventional automatic ticket gate using the above fuzzy inference has not been solved how to detect the speed of the user when a plurality of users are involved in one main body. During the hour, the automatic ticket gate may not operate based on fuzzy inference.

In addition, when the automatic ticket gate is provided with the fuzzy inference control means, even when the fuzzy inference control is not required, such as when the main body is started or stopped or when the main body is automatically closed or automatically opened. Since the opening and closing of the door is controlled by a predetermined fuzzy inference, the opening and closing speed of the door is unnecessarily fast or slow, and the control load becomes large.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to enable fuzzy inference control even when a large number of users are involved in the main body, and to perform fuzzy inference. When there is no need for control, it is to provide an automatic ticket gate that allows normal door opening and closing control.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is obtained by performing arithmetic processing on data recorded in a ticket inserted in a main body,
Or, when opening and closing drive control of a door due to the presence of a billless user on the aisle side of the main body, the opening and closing drive control of the door is measured by measuring at least the passage speed of the user in the passage and the measured value is forwarded. In an automatic ticket gate that is performed by fuzzy inference as a subject part, an entrance detecting means for detecting a user present at the entrance side of the passage, and a central detection for detecting a user present at the center part of the passage Means and when the user once enters the passage and then retreats from the passage, when the entrance detecting means detects the passage of the user, or when the user advances from the entrance side to the exit side. In this case, when the central detecting means detects that the user has entered the central part, and when the central part is detected to pass through the central part, it waits for the measurement of the passing speed of the user who enters next. It is characterized by having a standby unit. In addition, when controlling the opening and closing of the door due to the result of arithmetic processing of the data recorded on the ticket inserted into the main body or because there is a billless user on the aisle side of the main body, In an automatic ticket gate, in which the opening / closing drive control measures the passing speed of the user in the passage and the measured value is performed by fuzzy reasoning with the antecedent part when the ticket is inserted into the main body or the passage It is characterized in that an opening / closing control means for performing a predetermined opening / closing drive is provided without performing door opening / closing drive control by fuzzy inference except when there is a billless user on the side.

[0010]

In the above structure, when the user once enters the passage and then retreats from the passage,
When the entrance detecting means detects the passage of the user, it waits for the next user to measure the passing speed, and when the user progresses from the entrance side to the exit side, the central detecting means When the entry of the user into the central portion is detected and the passage of the central portion is detected, the measurement of the passing speed of the next user is awaited. Also, the opening / closing control means performs a predetermined opening / closing drive control without performing the door opening / closing drive control by the fuzzy inference, except when the ticket is inserted into the main body or when there is a billless user on the aisle side. I do.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the main body a according to the embodiment as viewed from the passage P side. The right side of the main body a is the concourse side and the left side is the home side.

S _{1 to} S ₁₀ are photoelectric sensors provided on the side wall of the main body a and the arm along the direction of the passage P at a predetermined interval, and are not shown in FIG. A human detector and a passage speed detector are configured with a sensor provided so as to face another main body.

Of these sensors S _{1 to} S ₁₀ , the sensor S
₁ and S ₂ are provided on the concourse side to form an entrance detection zone 1 and have a function of detecting entry into the passage P for a user entering the entrance. It should be noted that although the exiting user has a function of detecting an advance from the passage P, the following description will be made on condition that the main body a is set to the entrance mode for the sake of simplicity.

The sensor S ₃ is provided on the left side (home side) of the entrance detection zone 1 to form the entrance-side intermediate detection zone 2. Further, the sensors S _{4 to} S ₇ are provided at the substantially central position of the passage P and form the central detection zone 3. The sensor S ₈ is provided on the left side (home side) of the central detection zone 3 to form the exit side intermediate detection zone 4. Further, the sensors S ₉ and S ₁₀ are provided on the home side to form the exit detection zone 5. The exit detection zone 5 has a function of detecting entry into the passage P for a user who enters the exit.

Of the sensors S _{1 to} S ₁₀ , the sensors S ₁ and S ₃ and the sensors S ₃ and S ₄ are used to measure the passing speed of the user. That is, the sensor S ₁
From the time when the human detection is performed by the sensor S ₃ to the time when the sensor S ₃ detects the human, or the time from the time when the human detection is performed by the sensor S ₃ to the time when the sensor S ₄ performs the human detection. Is configured to measure the passing speed of the user.

In the figure, D ₁ and D ₂ are well-known doors respectively provided on the home side and the concourse side of the passage a side of the main body a, and the doors of the main body a installed with the passage P interposed therebetween. And acts to open and close the passage P. The door D ₁ is configured to operate when the main body a is set in the entry mode, and the door D ₂ is configured to operate when the entry mode is set.

In the figure, C is a controller mainly composed of a microcomputer, and its electric configuration is shown in FIG. That is, the controller C has a central processing unit (CPU) 8 that performs arithmetic processing using the system program stored in the ROM 6 and the working data stored in the RAM 7.

The CPU 8 uses the I / O unit 9 to
From the insertion port a ₁ of the main body a to the ejection port a ₂
A magnetic head controller 11 for driving and controlling a magnetic head H for reading the magnetic data recorded on the ticket b or for writing the entry / exit data while being transported via Display 1 for displaying ticket guides to users
2 (not shown in FIG. 1), a display driver 13 for driving
Loudspeaker 1 for audio notification of ticket gate guidance to users
4 and the above-mentioned sensors S ₁ to
A sensor driver 1 for inputting the output of S ₁₀ and the position detection sensor of the magnetic ticket (not shown) and other various sensors.
6 and are connected.

Further, the I / O unit 9 is connected to a fuzzy control section 17 for performing well-known fuzzy inference control,
The door driver 18 is configured to drive and control the doors D ₁ and D ₂ .

A chain line connecting the I / O unit 9 and the door driver 18 in FIG. 2 indicates the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention, and the normal door control, that is, a predetermined door control without passing through the fuzzy controller 17 is performed. The figure also shows that it also has an opening / closing control means for driving the door at an opening / closing speed.

The control operation of the automatic ticket gate of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration is performed by including the passage speed of the user in the antecedent section, as in the conventional automatic ticket gate having the fuzzy inference control means described above. In addition to the above, when the fuzzy inference control is not required, the doors D ₁ and D ₂ are rotated at a predetermined rotation speed.

That is, when the doors D ₁ and D ₂ must be operated by fuzzy inference control, when a ticket is put into the main body a and when there is an unpaid person on the passage P side of the main body a. In other cases, for example, when the user exits the passage P and there is no next user, and the doors D ₁ and D ₂ are automatically opened or closed, There is no relationship with the user and fuzzy inference control is involved when manually opening and closing the door during maintenance, when closing the door due to a failure of the main body a, or when opening the door when resetting the main body a. There is no problem even if the door is opened and closed at a predetermined constant speed as in the case of the conventional door driving of the automatic ticket gate.

Therefore, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, the drive control of the doors D ₁ and D ₂ is made different on the basis of the condition of the ticket insertion or the ticketless person detection.

This will be further described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 3. When a door opening / closing instruction such as manual door opening / closing is given to the main body a (controller C) at the time of maintenance management as described above, the door driver 18 Is driven without passing through the fuzzy control section 17 to open and close the doors D ₁ and D ₂ at a predetermined constant speed (Yes at Step 100, Step 108).
Hereinafter, the step will be referred to as S. ).

When the sensor (not shown) detects that the ticket has been inserted into the insertion opening a ₁ of the main body a, rather than the above-described door opening / closing instruction during maintenance and management, When there is an opening / closing instruction depending on whether the ticket is a valid ticket or an invalid ticket, the door driver 18 is driven via the fuzzy control section 17 (S100 negative, S102 positive, S104, S108).

For example, when the inserted ticket is a valid ticket, the door D ₁ (D ₂ ) is opened at a rotation speed according to fuzzy inference (when the main body a is in the open mode, it is the same), and on the other hand, the ticket Is a void ticket, the door D ₁ (D ₂ ) is closed at a rotational speed according to fuzzy inference.

When the user is detected by any of the sensors S _{1 to} S ₈ even though the ticket is not inserted into the insertion slot a ₁ , the user is a billless person. Therefore, it is closed at a rotation speed according to fuzzy inference in order to prevent passage of the billless person (S102 negative, S106).
positive).

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment performs the door drive control by fuzzy inference only when the ticket is inserted and the unpaid person is detected. Since it is not necessary to consider the condition part, the software configuration for fuzzy inference can be simplified and the control load on the controller C can be reduced. Further, at the time of maintenance and the like, the work for opening and closing the door at an appropriate speed can be performed satisfactorily.

Next, the measurement start timing of the user's speed in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described based on the flowcharts of FIGS. 4-1 and 4-2 and the sensor detection timing of FIG. Explain.

First, after the user enters the ticket from the concourse side to the home side with or without inserting the ticket into the insertion slot a ₁ , that is, after once trying to enter, the concourse is re-established for some reason. The case where the vehicle moves backward to the side, that is, the case where the returning operation is performed will be described.

In FIG. 1, when the user enters the entrance detection zone 1 and retreats, the return operation is measured for the user who enters next when the sensor S ₁ detects the entrance passage due to the return. Standby (with S201, S20
4). The relationship between the sensor outputs of the sensors S ₁ and S ₂ and the measurement standby in this case is shown in FIG. In other words, the measurement standby here indicates the timing of distinguishing the user who has left from the user who will enter next, and means the state of waiting for the measurement of the general acceleration of the user who will enter next. The approach starts the measurement.

Also, when the user who has advanced to the point beyond the central detection zone 3 performs the returning operation, the measurement is awaited when the sensor S ₁ detects the entrance passage as described above (S202, S208 exist). , S214, S2
20, S230). In this case, the door D ₁ is driven to close according to the fuzzy inference.

Furthermore, when there are a plurality of users (up to three people) in the passage P and the user who finally entered the passage P starts returning, when each user passes the sensor S _1. Waiting for measurement (S242, S250 or S25
6).

Next, a case where the player enters without entering the return operation will be described. First, the entrance of only one user will be described. When that user enters the central detection zone 3 and then exits from the central detection zone 3 by the sensor S ₆ or S ₇ , the user who enters next On the other hand, the measurement is on standby (with S200, S202, S208,
S210). In this case, the sensors S ₁ , S ₃ , S ₄ , S ₁₀
FIG. 5B shows the relationship between the sensor output and the standby for measurement.

Therefore, the door D ₁ is opened based on the fuzzy inference including the passage speed of the user in the antecedent part.

When the main body a is in the open mode,
When the door D ₁ is closed based on fuzzy reasoning when the ticket is invalid, and when the main body a is in the closed mode, when the user exits the exit detection zone 5, based on the fuzzy reasoning as described above. Instead, the door D ₁ is closed at a predetermined speed.

When there are a plurality of users in the passage P, that is, the first user passes through the central detection zone 3 without exiting from the exit detection zone 5, and the next user passes through the central detection zone 3 When the vehicle further enters and further passes, measurement of the next user is awaited at that time (S218, S224, S234, S238). in this case,
If the user-to-user interval is small, the next user measurement is made between sensors S3 and S4.

The waiting for measurement of such a plurality of users is configured so that up to 3 persons are allowed (S244, S248, S252, S256). It should be noted that, when the main body is started (power is turned on), it is programmed so as to immediately enter the measurement standby state, so that the speed of the first user can be measured (S200).

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, at the time of returning operation, at the time of exiting the entrance detection zone, and at the time of entrance, at the time of the user's advance in the central detection zone,
Since the measurement is on standby, even if a plurality of users are present in the passage P, it is possible to measure the passing speed of each user with good matching and use it for fuzzy inference.

[0040]

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, when the entrance detecting means detects the passage of the user during the backward movement, and when the central detecting means detects the passage of the center of the user during the entering operation. Since the measurement is put on standby in step 2, even if a plurality of users are present in the passage, the passing speed of each user can be measured with good matching and used for fuzzy inference. In addition, since the door drive control by fuzzy inference is performed only when the ticket is inserted and the unpaid person is detected, the software configuration for fuzzy inference can be simplified and the control load can be lightened. During management, the door opens and closes at an appropriate speed to facilitate work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention viewed from a passage side.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 4-1 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 4-2 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a sensor and a measurement standby.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Main body (main body of automatic ticket gate) P passage C controller (measurement standby means, opening / closing control means) 1 entrance detection zone (entrance detection means) 3 central detection zone (central detection means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A door is opened by a result of arithmetic processing of data recorded on a ticket inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, or by the presence of an unpaid user on the aisle side of the main body of the automatic ticket gate. In controlling the opening and closing of the door, in the automatic ticket gate, which controls the opening and closing of the door at least by measuring the passage speed of the user in the passage and performing the measured value by fuzzy inference with the antecedent part. Entrance detecting means for detecting a user present on the entrance side, central detecting means for detecting a user present on the central part side of the passage, and when the user once enters the passage and then retreats from the passage When the entrance detecting means detects the passage of the user, or when the user progresses from the entrance side to the exit side, the central detecting means indicates the entrance of the central part of the user. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a measurement standby unit that waits for measurement of the passing speed of a user who further enters when detecting the passage and detecting the passage of the central portion thereof. 2. The door is opened by the result of arithmetic processing of the data recorded on the ticket inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, or by the presence of an unpaid user on the aisle side of the main body of the automatic ticket gate. In the automatic ticket gate, the opening / closing driving control of the door is controlled by measuring the passing speed of the user in the passage and performing the fuzzy inference with the measured value as the antecedent part. Except when the card is inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, or when there is a ticketless user on the aisle side, a predetermined opening / closing drive is performed without performing the door opening / closing drive control by the fuzzy inference. An automatic ticket gate equipped with an opening / closing control means.