JPH1011624A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent a person from forcedly going through an examination machine without a ticket even by an automatic ticket examination machine without door, by displaying a user who is image-picked up by an image pickup means when the person without the ticket is detected or when the passage of the user cannot be permitted. SOLUTION: When a valid ticket is inserted from an insertion port 1, a display for permitting passage is displayed on a display screen, and the user is informed of it. Even at the time of the permission of passage, data which is image-picked up by a TV camera 8, namely, the user of the valid ticket is projected on the display screen 7, but a flash lamp 6 is not lighted. Thus, the screen does not draw peripheral attention. When man detectors 4a and 4b detect that a person without ticket (including a person possessing an invalid ticket) comes into the center part of a ticket examination passage (b), the flash lamp 6 is lighted. Thus, the person without the ticket is irradiated with light and clearly projected on the display screen. Then, sound guidance with effect that he cannot pass is given through a speaker 5.

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,
In particular, the present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate suitable for a doorless type.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the main body b) viewed from the side of a ticket gate passageway, in which a not-shown ticket insertion slot 1 is provided at the upper end of the main body b in the direction of passage, and the exit is slightly lower than the center of the upper surface. A discharge port 2 for returning a ticket to a user is provided at a position near the side.

Although not shown, a transport mechanism (not shown) for transporting the ticket inserted from the insertion port 1 to the discharge port 2 is provided inside the main body b between the insertion port 1 and the discharge port 2. The mechanism includes a magnetic head device for reading data recorded on the ticket and further writing new data, a punching device for punching a hole in the ticket, and a printing device for performing predetermined printing on the ticket. A card handler in which various devices are incorporated is provided.

[0006] A plurality of human detectors S, S... Formed of photo sensors are provided on a detector mounting bar 3 which is provided to protrude upward from the side surface of the main body b and the upper surface of the main body b. By these human detectors S, S, in order from the entrance side of the ticket gate passage, an entrance detection zone Z1, a central detection zone Z2.
An exit detection zone Z3 is formed, and pass detections P1, P2 are formed between the respective zones.

In the automatic ticket gate having the above structure, the insertion slot 1
When a valid ticket is inserted from the door, the door D1 is opened (when the main body b is normally open type, the user is allowed to pass), while the invalid ticket such as an expired ticket is
Alternatively, in the case of a billless person (hereinafter referred to as a billless person including a user of an invalid ticket), the door D1 is closed when the billless person enters the central detection zone Z2.

Further, when a doorless person is generated in the ticket gate passage and the door D1 is closed, a lamp L provided on the detector mounting bar 3 is turned on to inform a staff member. I have.

[0007]

Incidentally, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, a door is provided so as to be able to effectively prevent the passing of no-tags, and the door is opened and closed. It is not known to the user whether or not this is the case, and there is a problem that some kind of anxiety may be given and noise is generated when the door is opened and closed.

In order to solve such a problem, the automatic ticket gate is a doorless type, and the entrance or exit is permitted or disapproved by voice or by using a display screen provided on the upper surface of the main body together with the voice. It is also conceivable to guide the user in the state.

[0009] However, the display screen provided on the main body is almost horizontal and is a small display screen.
It is conceivable to increase the volume when guiding a billless person, but such a large volume raises a new problem of increasing noise to the environment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to provide a doorless type automatic ticket gate which continuously detects a user in a ticket gate passage. Even in this case, there is provided an automatic ticket gate that can effectively guide non-passengers to pass-through permission to surrounding persons such as billless persons and clerks, and can effectively prevent the passage of billless persons. It is in.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, based on data recorded on a ticket inserted in a main body or a non-contact ticket with the main body. In an automatic ticket gate that performs a ticket inspection process based on data obtained by data transfer between the automatic ticket gate and a detecting means for detecting a user position in a ticket gate, Imaging means for taking an image, display means provided at a position in front of the user in the ticket gate, and when the detection means detects a ticketless person, or the calculation result of the ticket processing permits the user to pass. And display control means for displaying, on the display means, a user who has taken an image with the image pickup means when the user is unable to do so. Further, the detecting means is for continuously detecting a user in the ticket gate passage. Further, an irradiating means for irradiating light to the ticket gate passage is provided when the detecting means detects a ticketless person, or when the calculation result of the ticket gate processing cannot permit the passage of a user. .

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a doorless type automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment, and the same components as those in the conventional example of FIG.

At the upper end of the main body a in the passing direction, a ticket insertion slot 1 is provided, and a discharge port for returning the ticket to the user is provided at a position slightly closer to the exit side than the center of the upper surface. An outlet 2 is provided.

Although not shown, a transport mechanism (not shown) for transporting the ticket inserted from the insertion port 1 to the discharge port 2 is provided inside the main body a between the insertion port 1 and the discharge port 2. The mechanism includes a magnetic head device for reading data recorded on the ticket and writing new data, a punching device for punching a hole in the ticket, and a printing device for performing a predetermined printing on the ticket. Are provided.

In the case where the main body a is of a non-contact type in which a user carries an automatic ticket gate by exchanging data with a non-contact ticket comprising an IC card having a wireless communication function, the above-mentioned card handler is omitted. In addition, an antenna of the transmitter is provided on the upper surface on the entrance side of the main body a.

Human detectors 4a and 4b each composed of a line sensor are provided along the ticket gate P on the side of the body a on the ticket gate P side and the detector mounting bar 3, respectively. The line sensor is configured to continuously detect users in the ticket gate P. The line sensor can be formed by arranging a plurality of photo sensors at predetermined intervals, and is separately proposed by the present applicant. And an array type pyroelectric sensor.

In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a speaker provided on a directional detector mounting bar 3 for providing voice guidance to a user (not shown) in a ticket gate a, and reference numeral 6 denotes its use. This is a flash lamp provided on the detector mounting bar 3 so that light can be emitted toward the user.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 denotes a display screen provided in front of a user who proceeds along the ticket gate a, which can display a screen imaged by the television camera 8 which images the ticket gate a. It is configured as follows.

In the figure, C is a controller for controlling the whole body a, and its block diagram is shown in FIG.
That is, the controller C has a central processing unit (CPU) 22 that performs a calculation process of a ticket inspection process using a system program stored in the ROM 20 and working data stored in the RAM 21.

The CPU 22 includes a card handler unit 24 and human detectors 4a and 4b via an I / O unit 23.
, An imaging unit 25 for displaying data captured by the TV camera 8 on the display screen 7, a flash driver 26 for turning on the flash lamp 6, and an audio driver 27 for driving and controlling audio from the speaker 5. I have.

In the above configuration, when a valid ticket is inserted from the insertion slot 1, a display permitting passage, for example, a circle is displayed on the display screen to notify the user. Even when this passage is permitted, data captured by the TV camera 8
That is, although the user of the valid ticket is displayed on the display screen 7, the screen is not enough to draw the attention of the surroundings because the flash lamp 6 is not turned on.

The human detectors 4a, 4b show that a ticketless person (including a holder of an invalid ticket) has entered the central part of the ticket gate a.
4b, the flash lamp 6 is turned on, so that the unlabeled person is clearly projected on the display screen 7 by the irradiation of light, and voice guidance indicating that it cannot pass through the speaker 5 Is performed.

Therefore, the user of the billless person can know that he / she has been denied passage, and
It is possible to notify the surroundings, and particularly to the attendant, that a ticketless person has occurred in the ticket gate a. For this reason, even if the main body a is a doorless type, an effect is obtained in which it is possible to prevent a billless person from forcibly breaking through.

In the above-described example, the user in the ticket gate a is always displayed on the display screen 7; however, it is also possible to display only when there is no bill.

Further, by storing the imaging data when a bidless person occurs, it can be used as evidence for identifying the bidless person later.

In the above example, the main body a is of the insertion type for inserting a ticket, but it is needless to say that it may be of a non-contact type.

[0027]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a detecting means for detecting a user position in a ticket gate, an image pickup means for imaging a user in the ticket gate, and a forward position of a user in the ticket gate. Display means provided in the display means, when the detection means has detected a ticketless person, or when the calculation result of the ticket gate processing can not allow the user to pass, the display means displays the user imaged by the imaging means Display control means for displaying on the main body, even if the main body is a doorless type,
It is possible to prevent a forbidden person from breaking through by force. Further, when the detecting means is configured to continuously detect the user in the ticket gate passage, the movement of the user can be grasped reliably. Further, when the detecting means detects a ticketless person, or when the calculation result of the ticket checking process does not permit the passage of a user, when the irradiating means for irradiating light to the ticket gate passage is provided, Can be effectively irradiated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Insertion opening 2 Discharge opening 3 Detector mounting bar 4a, 4b Human detector (detection means) 5 Speaker 6 Flash lamp (irradiation means) 7 Display screen (display means) 8 TV camera (imaging means) a Automatic ticket gate body ( Main unit) C controller (display control means)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Haruo Watanabe 1-13-8 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama Japan Signal Co., Ltd. Yono Office (72) Inventor Makoto Yagi 1-1-13 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama No. 8 Inside the Yono Works of Signal Corporation (72) Inventor Norihiro Asada 1-13-8 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ticket gate based on data recorded on a ticket inserted into an automatic ticket gate body or based on data obtained by data exchange between the automatic ticket gate body and a non-contact ticket. In an automatic ticket gate that performs a processing calculation and performs an automatic ticket gate, a detection unit that detects a user position in a ticket gate, an imaging unit that images a user in the ticket gate, and a user in the ticket gate in front of the user. A display unit provided at a position, when the detection unit detects a ticketless person, or when the calculation result of the ticket checking process does not permit the passage of the user, the display unit displays the user imaged by the imaging unit. And a display control means for displaying the information on the means. 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means is for continuously detecting a user in the ticket gate passage. 3. When the detecting means detects a billless person,
3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, further comprising an irradiation unit for irradiating the ticket gate with light when a calculation result of the ticket gate processing does not permit the passage of a user.