JPH1027271A - Gate device and automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a gate operation suitable for the passing control of passengers with different height differences by detecting the height of a passing body by a height detection means and driving a gate to be closed corresponding to the height of the passing body by a close driving means corresponding to the detected height. SOLUTION: The detection direction of upper passing detection sensors S1-S3 is set toward an upper height position Sa for detecting a tall passenger H1 and the detection direction of intermediate passing detection sensors S4-S6 is set toward an intermediate height position Sb for detecting the passenger H2 of a normal height. Lower passing detection sensors S7-S12 detect the light shielding signals of the passenger and are set to a lower height position Sc for surely detecting a short passenger H3. The heights of the passengers H1-H3 are read from the detection data of the respective passing detection sensors S1-S12, the gate of the height position suitable for the passing control is selected from the height, one of the gates 13a-13c in vertical three stages on an exit side is selected and a closing operation is performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gate device which is installed at a ticket gate of a person or a vehicle such as a railway, an airport, a parking lot, a highway, etc. The present invention relates to a gate device and an automatic ticket gate capable of appropriately regulating traffic.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic ticket gate installed at a railway station will be described below as an example. As shown in FIGS.
The ticket gate passage 52 formed between the ticket gate machine bodies 51 parallel to the left and right generally opens and closes a door 53 provided on the exit side thereof to permit and regulate the passage of passers-by.

[0003] In this case, while reading data of a ticket issued by a passerby at the time of a ticket gate, several transmission type upper photoelectric detecting sensors 54 and lower photoelectric detecting sensors 55 arranged along the ticket gate passage 52 are provided. The door 53 is controlled to open and close by detecting a pedestrian. If the upper photoelectric detection sensors 54 are not detected and the lower photoelectric detection sensors 55 are detected, the passerby is determined to be an infant and the door is not closed.

[0004]

However, this type of door is mounted at a relatively low position of the ticket gate main body so as to restrict the traffic to all passers of different heights between adults and children. Because of this low position, the foot of a pedestrian who vigorously passes when the traffic is restricted may be caught by the door and thrown forward and fall, which is dangerous. In addition, since the position of the door is low, there is a case where a passerby crosses the door or jumps through a ticket gate passage, thereby making illegal passage. For this reason, it is conceivable to raise the position of the door.However, in this case, there is a problem that an illegal passage may be made due to a dive, or the height of the door may be a position where the child hits the face, which is dangerous. Was.

Therefore, the present invention focuses on the fact that the closing operation is performed at a height position corresponding to the height of the passing object, and the closing operation is performed at an arbitrary height position of various passing objects having different heights, so that all the passing objects are closed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gate device and an automatic ticket gate that can regulate traffic with high security suitable for the body.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A gate that regulates the passage of a passing object, height detecting means for detecting the height of the passing object, and the gate corresponding to the height of the passing object according to the detection height detected by the height detecting means. And a closing drive unit for performing a closing drive.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gate device provided with a gate for regulating the passage of a passing object, wherein a plurality of gates independently provided in the height direction and the height of the passing object are detected. A height detecting means, and a closing drive means for selecting a specific gate from the plurality of gates in accordance with the height of the passing object detected by the height detecting means and closing the selected gate are provided.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the passers whose traffic is regulated by the gate device are passers-by.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the gate device is applied to an automatic ticket gate.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the height detecting means detects the height of the passing object at the time of restricting the passing of the passing object, and the closing drive means operates the gate in accordance with the detected height. Close driving is performed according to the above.

When restricting the passage of a passing object, the height detecting means detects the height of the passing object, and a plurality of closing drive means are independently provided in the height direction in accordance with the detected height. A specific gate corresponding to the height of the passing object is selected from each of the arranged gates and is driven to close.

Further, when the gate device is configured to restrict the passage of passersby, a gate operation suitable for restricting the passage of passers with different height differences, such as adults and children, can be performed.
For example, when the present invention is applied to an automatic ticket gate, it is possible to perform a ticket gate process suitable for restricting the passage of persons of different heights.

[0013]

As a result, when the gate is closed, the closing operation is performed in accordance with the height position of the passing body, so that the traffic regulation suitable for the height of the passing body can be performed. For example, it is possible to regulate traffic by using a gate that moves up and down according to the height of the traffic, or to select a gate at an optimal position from a plurality of gates that are independently arranged in the height direction to regulate traffic. .

If such a gate device or an automatic ticket gate is used to restrict the passage of passersby, regardless of the height of adults and children having different height differences, the optimum height position corresponding to the height can be adjusted. Restrict traffic at the gate. therefore,
The gate restricts the traffic at the optimal height even if there is a violent passer-by, avoiding collision with this gate, increasing safety, and also allowing passers-by to cross the gate or escape. Also, illegal acts such as jumping through the ticket gate passage can be prevented at the same time.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 show an automatic ticket gate used in a station service. This automatic ticket gate is located at the entrance of the ticket gate body 11 in the ticket gate direction, and has a double door type upper gate 12a and an intermediate gate 1.
2b and three lower gates 12a to 12c, which are lower and upper gates 12c, respectively, and at the exit in the ticket gate direction, the upper and lower gates 13a, the middle gate 13b and the lower gate 13c are both opened. Independent gates 13a to 13 of stages
c is provided.

Further, a ticket insertion port 14 for inserting a ticket is provided on the upper surface on the entrance side of the ticket gate main body 11, and a ticket discharge port (not shown) for discharging the ticket is provided on the upper surface on the exit side. A guidance indicator 15 is provided on the front of the ticket gate main body 11 and on the upper surface on the exit side, and guides the ticket determination result and ticket use guidance to passers-by by using characters and arrow symbols.

Further, the ticket gate main body 11, which is parallel to the left and right,
On the inner surface of 11, an upper traffic detecting sensor S1 to S3, an intermediate traffic detecting sensor S4 to S6, and a lower traffic detecting sensor S7 to S12 are arranged along a ticket gate 16 formed therebetween to insert a ticket. The system is configured to allow or restrict traffic based on the data of the ticket inserted into the mouth 14 and the detection signal of the pedestrian.

The above-mentioned upper traffic detection sensors S1 to S3 and the intermediate traffic detection sensors S4 to S6 are provided on a top surface of the ticket gate main body 11 by using a reflection type sensor. Are arranged on the inner surface side, and the respective detection directions are set to be directed to the upper side of the passage. Of these, the detection directions of the upper traffic detection sensors S1 to S3 are relatively high and obliquely upward for detecting the tall pedestrian H1. Is set toward the upper height position Sa, and the detection directions of the intermediate traffic detection sensors S4 to S6 are:
It is set toward the middle height position Sb slightly obliquely above where the normal height of the pedestrian H2 is detected.

The lower traffic detection sensors S7 to S12 are provided with a light emitter on one inner surface of the opposing ticket gate main bodies 11, 11 and a light receiver on the inner surface of the other ticket gate main body.
The lower height position Sc for detecting a light blocking signal of a passer-by when passing through here and detecting a short-passenger H3 such as a child or a toddler without fail is set.

The detection signals of these detection sensors S1 to S12 are read to detect the traffic condition of the passer who has used the ticket gate.
The heights of the passers-by H1 to H3 are read from the detection data 1 to S12, and a gate at a height suitable for traffic regulation is selected based on the read heights.
13c to perform a closing operation. This allows
Passengers whose traffic is restricted have gates that are neither too low nor too high, so that ticket gates are reliably and reliably regulated.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the automatic ticket gate. A CPU 31 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in a ROM 32 and stores the control data in a RAM.
At 33, it is stored so as to be readable.

The ticket processing unit 34 reads the magnetic data of the ticket inserted into the ticket slot 14 to determine the validity of the ticket, and when it is determined to be valid, records the magnetic data on the ticket and prints it. , A ticket processing operation such as punch hole formation is executed.

The entrance gate processing unit 35 is provided at the entrance side of the ticket gate passage 16 and has three upper and lower independent upper gates 12a.
Then, one of the intermediate gate 12b and the lower gate 12c is driven to open and close. Similarly, the exit gate processing unit 36 opens and closes one of the upper gate 13a, the intermediate gate 13b, and the lower gate 13c, which are disposed on the exit side of the ticket gate passage 16 and are independent in three stages.

The ticket gate control operation of the automatic ticket gate configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Now, when a passerby inserts a ticket into the ticket slot 14 when using a ticket gate, the CPU 31 reads the ticket information of the inserted ticket to determine validity, and when determining the validity of this ticket, the gate 31 Is kept open to allow the passage of passers who use the ticket gate (steps n1 to n3).

By the way, when a passer-by passes through the central part of the ticket gate 16 with no ticket or invalid ticket, the CPU 3
1 controls the driving so that any one of the gates 13a to 13c on the exit side is closed based on the ticket impossible data to restrict the passage of a pedestrian. For example, when the upper traffic detection sensors S1 to S3 are turned on with the passage of a pedestrian, it is determined to be a tall pedestrian H1, and the exit side upper gate 13a suitable for restricting the traffic of the tall pedestrian H1 is set. Close operation. In this case, not only the upper gate but also the intermediate gate and the lower gate may be combined to perform the closing operation (steps n4 to n5).

The upper traffic detection sensors S1 to S3 are O
If the intermediate traffic detection sensors S4 to S6 are turned on at the FF, it is determined that the pedestrian H2 has a normal height, and the intermediate gate 13b on the exit side suitable for restricting the traffic of the pedestrian H2 having the normal height.
Is closed. In this case, not only the intermediate gate but also the lower gate may be closed (steps n6 to n6).
7).

Further, when both the upper traffic detection sensors S1 to S3 and the middle traffic detection sensors S4 to S6 are OFF and only the lower traffic detection sensors S7 to S12 are ON, it is determined that the vehicle is short-passing H3. The lower gate 13c on the exit side suitable for restricting the traffic of the short pedestrian H3 is closed (steps n8 to n9).

In this case, if a passer who cannot pass the ticket is not detected, it is determined that the passer does not enter the ticket gate passage 16 and retreats and retreats. Prepare for the next passer ticket control (step n10).

As described above, when the gate is closed by the automatic ticket gate, the gate is closed at the height position corresponding to the height of the passer, so that the traffic regulation suitable for the height of the passer can be performed. . In particular, since the traffic can be regulated at the gate at the optimal height corresponding to the height of adults and children with greatly different height differences, even if there are pedestrians who pass vigorously, the traffic is regulated at the optimal height and the gate Highly secure ticket gates that avoid collision with In addition, passers-by cross gates,
Unauthorized acts such as slipping under or passing through a ticket gate can be prevented at the same time.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the gate device of the present invention corresponds to the automatic ticket gate of the embodiment.
The gates correspond to the upper gates 12a and 13a, the middle gates 12b and 13b, and the lower gates 12c and 13c. The detecting means includes upper traffic detecting sensors S1 to S3.
The closing drive means corresponds to the middle traffic detection sensors S4 to S6 and the lower traffic detection sensors S7 to S12.
Although corresponding to 1, the present invention is not limited to only the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, three upper and lower gates which are independent in the height direction are provided, and an optimum gate is selected from these gates to restrict the traffic. However, the present invention is not limited to this. One gate may be slid in the vertical direction so as to follow the height of a pedestrian so as to regulate traffic at an optimum height position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an inner surface of a ticket gate body of an automatic ticket gate of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a passage position detection state of the automatic ticket gate of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram of the automatic ticket gate of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a ticket gate control operation of the automatic ticket gate of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a conventional automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a traffic detection state of a conventional automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 gate machine body 12a-12c, 13a-13c gate 16 ticket gate 31 CPU S1-S3 upper traffic sensor S4-S6 middle traffic sensor S7-S12 lower traffic sensor H1-H3 Passerby

Claims (4)

[Claims] A gate for regulating the passage of the passer; height detecting means for detecting the height of the passer; and a gate for the gate in accordance with the detected height detected by the height detector. A gate device comprising: a closing drive unit that performs a closing drive corresponding to the height. 2. A gate device comprising a gate for regulating the passage of a passing object, wherein a plurality of said gates are independently provided in a height direction, and height detecting means for detecting the height of said passing object is provided. A gate device provided with a closing drive means for selecting and driving a specific gate from the plurality of gates in accordance with the height of the passing object detected by the height detecting means; 3. The gate device according to claim 1, wherein the passer is a passer. 4. The gate device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, is an automatic ticket gate.