JPH1173529A - Noncontact type automatic ticket examining machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to hold a card within the communication range of an antenna by providing the outside of the antenna visually. SOLUTION: At the front upper part of a housing H, the antenna (a) connected to a transmitter for sending and receiving data to and from the card C that the user bears by radio communication is provided so that it can be viewed from outside. When a main body G is in operation and is ready to examine a user's ticket, a lighting part 2 illuminates in blue. When the user holds the card C to the antenna (a) in this state, data are sent and received between the main body G and card C. When the user is allowed to pass through the ticket examination path P as a result of arithmetic processing by the data transmission and reception, a door D is opened and the user can pass. When the user is not allowed to pass, on the other hand, the door D is closed, the lighting part 2 blinks in red, and a guidance indicating that entry and exiting are disallowed is given on a display screen and through a speaker 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-contact automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a non-contact automatic ticket gate capable of satisfactorily communicating with a non-contact card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-246687, data is transmitted and received between the main body of an automatic ticket gate and a commuter pass in a non-contact manner, so that the main body of the automatic ticket gate. There has been proposed a non-contact automatic ticket gate that can perform an automatic ticket gate without inserting a commuter pass into the ticket gate. This non-contact automatic ticket gate does not have to insert tickets such as a commuter pass into the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate, and thus has a feature that the convenience of the user can be improved.

[0003]

By the way, in the case of a non-contact automatic ticket gate, a user inserts a non-contact card (hereinafter, referred to as "card") into the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate (hereinafter, referred to as "card").
The antenna connected to the transmitter provided in the "body"). If this is not the case, for example, the card may repeatedly enter and exit its area of communication, or
If the user does not enter the communication range at all, the communication becomes poor and entry and exit are not permitted.

In order to prevent such inconvenience, it is conceivable to increase the output of the transmitter to increase the communication range. However, if the communication range is too wide, communication with a card of a user of an adjacent main body may occur. New problems such as generation of noise between the signal transmitted from the adjacent main body and the like occur.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact automatic ticket gate that allows a user to reliably hold a card over a communication range of an antenna. To provide.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a contactless automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is provided with a contactless card via an antenna provided in a main body of the contactless automatic ticket gate. In the non-contact automatic ticket gate that automatically exchanges data by transmitting and receiving data in a non-contact manner, the antenna is provided to be visible from the outside. Also,
A lighting device is provided at a portion where the antenna is installed.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a non-contact automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment, and shows a use state of the main body G, that is, a ticket gate P at an entrance side of a gate passage P of a housing H of the main body G. There is provided a display unit 1 for displaying to the user whether or not the vehicle can pass through. An antenna a connected to a transmitter, which will be described later, for transmitting and receiving data by wireless communication with a card C possessed by a user is provided on the front upper portion of the housing H so as to be visible from the outside. I have. The antenna a is surrounded by an LE (described later).
An illumination unit 2 made of D or the like is provided.

In the figure, S, S... Are photoelectric human detectors for detecting the entry of a user into the ticket gate P, the exit from the ticket gate P, or the passage thereof. And the sensor mounting arm 3. In addition, a speaker 4 for announcing predetermined guidance to the user by voice is attached to the side surface of the housing H, and an exit side on the upper surface of the housing H is provided to the user. A display screen 5 for providing predetermined guidance by characters is attached.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the main body G, which is configured using a microcomputer. The controller 6 is connected to a transmitter T for transmitting and receiving data to and from the card C.

The transmitter T transmits a transmission signal of data such as the station name and the date on the same day from the main body G to the card C via the antenna a, as well as a known contactless automatic ticket gate. And the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration. To explain from the main body G side, an antenna a connected to a controller 6 via a conductive line L such as a waveguide or a coaxial cable is shown. Is connected, a door drive unit 7 for driving and controlling the door D (see FIG. 1) and an illumination drive unit 8 for driving and controlling the illumination unit 2 are connected. The controller 6 includes a human detector S,
Although a sensor amplifier or the like for inputting a signal from S... Is connected, it is omitted here.

The card C is the same as a normal IC card having a wireless communication function, and thus detailed description is omitted. However, the receiving antenna and the data transmitted from the card C to the main body G are phase-modulated and reflected. A reflecting antenna for generating a signal, a receiving unit for processing a signal received by the receiving antenna, and a CPU for storing data from the main body G and having a memory for storing data (card data) of a boarding section and the like; A phase modulator for modulating the subcarrier from the CPU with the card data to modulate the phase of the reflected signal, a battery for driving the card C, and the like are provided.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II in FIG. 2, and is a detailed view of a portion of the antenna a.

The antenna a is provided on the lower surface of the illumination section 2 made of a transparent material, and is protected from being directly touched by a user. The illuminating unit 2 is formed by laminating transparent synthetic resin plates 2a and 2b made of a material that does not affect wireless communication between the antenna a and the card C. LE between 2b
Illumination plate 2c that can be selectively illuminated red or blue by D
Is provided. The illumination of the illumination plate 2 is not limited to the LED, and a red light bulb and a blue light bulb may be provided below the illumination unit 2. The illumination color is not only red and blue, but also yellow, for example. May also be used.

[0015] In the non-contact automatic ticket gate configured as described above,
When the main body G is movable and the user is waiting for a ticket gate, the illumination unit 2 is lit in blue. Then, when the user holds the card C over the antenna a in this state, data is exchanged between the main body G and the card C.

As a result of the arithmetic processing accompanying the data transfer, when the passage of the ticket gate P can be permitted, the door D is opened (when the main body G is a normally open type), the passage of the user is permitted. Also, as a result of the arithmetic processing, when the passage of the user cannot be permitted, the door D is closed, the illumination unit 2 blinks in red, and it is informed that entry and exit through the speaker 4 and the display screen 5 cannot be performed. You will be guided. The illumination of the illumination unit 2 may be lit in blue when entry and exit can be permitted. In any case, it is desirable that the lighting unit 2 turns on the lighting unit 2 so that the antenna a can be easily recognized from the outside.

As described above, since the card C can be held over the antenna a which can be recognized from the outside, communication malfunction can be effectively prevented, and the ticket gate processing efficiency can be improved.

[0018]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is a non-contact automatic ticket gate which exchanges data with a non-contact card via an antenna provided on the main body in a non-contact manner to perform an automatic ticket gate. Since the antenna is made visible from the outside, the card can be securely held over the antenna. Further, when illuminating means is provided at the installation portion of the antenna, the guideability to the user can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a non-contact automatic ticket gate.

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

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 G Non-contact automatic ticket gate main body (main body) 2 Illumination unit (illumination means) T Transmitter a Antenna C Non-contact card (card)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A non-contact automatic ticket gate which performs data exchange with a non-contact card via an antenna provided on a body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate in a non-contact manner to perform an automatic ticket gate. A non-contact automatic ticket gate, wherein the antenna is provided so as to be visible from the outside. 2. The non-contact automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein a lighting means is provided at a portion where the antenna is installed.