JPH09185733A - Automatic ticket examination device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ticket examination device allowing even a passenger using a wheelchair or carrying with large bagguage to walk through a ticket examining path similarly to general passengers. SOLUTION: A suspending means 14 suspends the main body of the ticket examination device 12 from a ceiling. The height of the main body of the ticket examination device 12 is fixed so as to allow a passenger to use a wheelchair. Consequently the width of the ticket examining path is extended by the portion of the width of the main body of the ticket examination device 12 to allow the passenger to use the wheelchair to pass the ticket examining device to utilize the automatic ticket examining device similar to general passengers without necessitating the extension of a space for installing the automatic ticket examination device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate which has improved accessibility even for passengers at a station having a large baggage in their hands, passengers in a wheelchair and the like. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A current automatic ticket gate is a floor-mounted type, and the width of the ticket gate passage is wide enough for one passenger to pass through. As described above, the width of the ticket gate passage is fixed because it does not variably expand because the automatic ticket gate is installed on the floor.

Therefore, a passenger having a large baggage in his hand or a passenger in a wheelchair cannot pass through the automatic ticket gate and cannot use the automatic ticket gate because the width of the ticket passage is narrow. Such passengers pass through a wide passage between the station monitoring room and the automatic ticket gate to directly check the ticket with a station clerk to check the ticket.

Therefore, an automatic ticket gate having a wide ticket passage can be considered so that even passengers who have large luggage in their hands or those in wheelchairs can pass through it. In addition, if the width of the ticket gate passage is made too wide, not only one ordinary customer but two people can pass at the same time, which is not preferable in terms of fraud prevention.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even a passenger who holds a large baggage or a person in a wheelchair can use the same ticket gate as a normal passenger. It is an object to provide an automatic ticket gate that can pass through a passage.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a suspension means (14) fixedly attached to a ceiling (T), and a predetermined height above the floor by the suspension means (14). The ticket gate body (12) suspended and supported by the
An opening / closing door (16, 1) attached to a rotating door shaft (32, 32) below the ticket gate body (12).
6) and the automatic ticket gate having.

The suspension means (14) comprises a pair of suspension support bars (26, 26) provided in the longitudinal direction of the ticket gate body (12), and the suspension support bars (26, 26). And a connecting bar (30, 30) for connecting the hanging support bar (26, 26) provided on the ticket gate body (12) facing the ticket gate body (12) to form a ticket gate passage. By having it, even if the ticket inspection machine main body (12) is suspended, it is stably fixed, which is preferable.

By forming a vertical ticket slot (18) in front of the entrance of the ticket gate body (12) and a vertical ticket exit (20) at the exit side, wheelchair users can use it. It becomes easy to insert tickets such as boarding tickets and commuter tickets.

[0009]

[Function] The main body (12) of the ticket gate is not installed on the floor (F) but is hung from the floor (F) to a predetermined height on the ceiling. The space will be created, the width of the ticket gate will be widened, and wheelchair passengers will be able to pass through, and the automatic ticket gates will be available.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on one embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an automatic ticket gate (10) according to the present invention.
0) is the ticket gate main body (12) and the ticket gate main pair (12)
It has a suspending means (14) for suspending the vehicle from the ground at a predetermined height, and an opening / closing door (16, 16) provided in the lower part of the ticket gate body (12).

The ticket gate main body (12) is suspended from the ceiling (T) by the suspension means so that the bottom surface thereof is at least the height of the wheelchair (W) from the floor (F). Specifically, the bottom of the ticket gate body (12) is the floor (F)
The height is about 600 to 700 mm.

(18) is a ticket insertion slot for inserting a boarding ticket, a commuter pass (C), etc., and (20) is a ticket ejection slot. The ticket slot (18) shows an example formed vertically so that a user of a wheelchair (W) can easily insert a commuter pass (C) and the like. Similarly, it may be formed to be horizontal. It is easy to form the ticket outlet (20) vertically on the side surface of the ticket inspection machine main body (12) as shown in the figure, but it may be provided vertically in front of the outlet. . (22) is a guide display section including a plasma display panel,
The guide display part (22) is provided on the side surface of the ticket gate body (12) on the side of the ticket gate passage. Reference numeral (24) is a speaker for guidance.

The suspending means (14) is composed of suspending support bars (26, 26) which are two vertical bars and are separated from each other in the longitudinal direction of the ticket gate body (12). The suspension support bar (26, 26) allows the ceiling box (2
The ticket gate main body (12) is suspended and supported on the ceiling (T) via 8). Each hanging support bar (26, 26)
As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic ticket gate (10) shown in FIG.
Another suspension support bar (26, 26) that hangs and supports another ticket gate body that constitutes a pair of automatic ticket gates facing each other.
26) and the connecting bar (30, 30). This connecting bar (30, 30) is a ticket gate body (1
This is for supporting the ticket gate main body (12) so that it does not wobble because the state 2) is in the air.

A control circuit for controlling the automatic ticket gate (10) is preferably housed in the ceiling box (28) so that the ticket gate main body (12) is miniaturized. ) May not be provided, and the control circuit and the like may be provided in the ticket gate body (12).

The opening / closing doors (16, 16) are rotatable door shafts (32, 16) hanging from the lower part of the ticket gate body (12).
32). The upper end side of the door shafts (32, 32) is connected to a motor or the like which is a drive means provided in the ticket gate body (12), and the lower end side is a bearing portion provided on the floor (F) side. It is rotatably supported by (34, 34). (36) is a support bar that rotatably supports the door shafts (32, 32).

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the automatic ticket gate (10) according to the present invention. Since the ticket gate main body (12) is in a state of being lifted up, a wheelchair-accessible ticket gate. On the lower side of the main body (12), the passage is widened by the width of the ticket inspection machine main body (12), and the passage width is (L1) as shown in the figure. The expanded passage width (L
In 1), the passage width (L2) of the normal ticket gates (12a, 12a) adjacent to each other is 500 to 600 mm (preferably 550).
mm) to 900 to 1000 mm. Therefore,
The width of the ticket gate passage formed by the automatic ticket gate (10) according to the present invention is wider than the width of the wheelchair (W), so that the wheelchair user can use the automatic ticket gate as well as general users. Can also use the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, and becomes an in-service automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the detection means for identifying whether the user is a wheelchair user or a general user. The detection means is a mat sensor (40) provided in the entrance / exit section and the ticket gate passage section. The mat sensor (40)
Is a matrix of a number of pressure sensors (42, 42)
And an entrance / exit detection unit (44, 44)
And an in-passage detection section (46).

The entrance / exit detectors (44, 44) detect only the wheelchair (W), and the in-passage detector (4)
6) detects a wheelchair (W) and a general user. In the detection of the wheelchair (W), the control unit stores the detection pattern of the wheelchair (W) in advance, and it is possible to identify whether or not the wheelchair is detected by comparing the detection pattern with the actual detection signal. For example, there are four wheelchair wheels, so pressure mat sensors (42, 4
2) is switched on at 4 points, the distance between the switches at the 4 points is within a predetermined distance because the sizes of the wheelchairs are somewhat the same, and the 4 points are continuously switched on. If the condition that the vehicle is moving is stored as a detection pattern, it can be easily discriminated between a wheelchair user and a general user by comparing this with an actual detection signal.

In particular, when there are wheelchair users in the ticket gate passage, the opening / closing doors (16, 16) are not closed during that time so that the opening / closing doors (16, 1) can be closed.
It is preferable that the wheelchair user is not damaged by the sudden closing motion of 6).

In FIG. 4, in order to prevent the opening / closing doors (16, 16) from being closed while there are wheelchair users in the ticket gate passage, a light barrier sensor (50) is provided in the lower portion of the ticket gate main body (12) in the longitudinal direction. ) Is provided.

The light barrier sensor (50) is an array of a large number of light emitters / receivers, and judges that there is a customer in the ticket gate passage by blocking the light from the light emitters. Therefore, when it is determined that there is a wheelchair user in the ticket gate passage, the opening / closing door (16, 1)
By keeping 6) closed, wheelchair passengers will not be damaged by the sudden closing action of the opening / closing doors (16, 16).

Further, in the present invention, by recording wheelchair information on the commuter pass (C) or the like, the opening / closing doors (16, 16) can be opened based on the wheelchair information. In this case, the control circuit may be reset to its original state when a general customer enters.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the contact-type automatic ticket gate which inserts the commuter ticket (C) and the like into the ticket gate body (12) has been described, but the commuter ticket (C) and the like can be transmitted and received, If a contactless automatic ticket gate that sends and receives information to and from the ticket gate body (12) is used, wheelchair passengers do not need to insert and remove the commuter pass (C) from the ticket gate body (12). Will be even more convenient for

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the main body of the ticket gate can be held at a predetermined height above the floor by suspending the main body of the ticket gate from the ceiling, the automatic ticket gate can be installed. The width of the ticket gate passage can be expanded without expanding the space, and not only general users but also wheelchair users can use the automatic ticket gate. It is also convenient for passengers with large luggage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top view showing an example in which a mat sensor is used as wheelchair detection means.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an automatic ticket gate showing an example in which a light barrier sensor is provided at a lower portion of a side surface of a ticket gate body to determine whether or not there are passengers in a ticket gate passage.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Automatic ticket gate 12 Main body of ticket gate 14 Suspending means 16 Opening / closing door 18 Ticket insertion opening 20 Ticket extraction opening 26 Suspending support bar 30 Connecting bar 32 Door axis W Wheelchair T Ceiling F Floor

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A suspending means (14) fixedly attached to a ceiling (T), and a ticket inspection machine main body (12) suspended and supported at a predetermined height from the floor by the suspending means (14), An opening / closing door (16, 1) attached to a rotating door shaft (32, 32) below the ticket gate body (12).
6) An automatic ticket gate characterized by having: 2. The suspension means (14) comprises a pair of suspension support bars (26, 26) provided in the longitudinal direction of the ticket inspection machine body (12), and the suspension support bars (26, 26). ) And the suspension support bar (26, 26) provided in the ticket gate body (12) facing the ticket gate body (12) to form a ticket gate passage, and a connecting bar (30, 30) 1. The method according to claim 1, wherein
Automatic ticket gate described in. 3. A vertical ticket slot (18) is formed in front of the entrance of the ticket gate body (12), and a vertical ticket exit (20) is formed on the exit side. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The ceiling (T) of the ticket gate body (12)
The automatic ticket gate according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the suspension means (14) suspends the ceiling box (28) provided on the surface.