JP3300575B2 - Non-contact automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

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 doorless type ticket gate.

[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 has a feature that it is not necessary to insert a ticket such as a commuter pass into the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate, thereby improving the convenience for the user.

[0003]

By the way, special ticket gates such as stations with a small number of users or temporary ticket gates are:
Although a low-cost automatic ticket gate without a door may be adopted, a non-contact automatic ticket gate may be adopted as the automatic ticket gate.

Normally, when the automatic ticket gate is stopped, that is, when the user cannot use the ticket gate, the user is notified by displaying an entry-prohibited mark or the like at the entrance of the automatic ticket gate. In the case of an automatic ticket gate without a door, a user who overlooks the display sometimes takes an action of using the automatic ticket gate. In this case, in an insertion-type automatic ticket gate that inserts tickets into the automatic ticket gate and performs automatic ticket inspection, the user cannot use the automatic ticket gate at this time because the shutter of the insertion slot is closed. Can be surely known.

[0005] However, when the automatic ticket gate is a non-contact type automatic ticket gate, there is a concern that a user may pass through a ticket gate passage because there is no insertion slot and a shutter for closing the slot.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned concerns, and in the case where the non-contact automatic ticket gate is stopped, the non-contact type automatic ticket gate can inform the user of the suspension. To provide an automatic ticket gate.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a non-contact automatic ticket gate according to the present invention provides a wireless transmitter and a non-contact card provided in a main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate. In a non-contact automatic ticket gate that performs data exchange in a non-contact manner between itself and a non-contact type automatic ticket gate, a detecting means for detecting a held object held by the transmitter, and the detecting means detects the held object And a notifying means for notifying that the body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate is in use stop state when the transmitter does not perform communication. Further, the notifying means notifies by a sound or a lamp.

[0008]

In the above structure, the notifying means notifies that the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate is in a use stop state when the detecting means detects a holding object and the transmitter does not perform communication. .

[0009]

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 (hereinafter referred to as an automatic ticket gate). At the entrance side of the ticket gate passage P of the casing H of the automatic ticket gate 1, a display unit 2 for displaying to a user the use state of the automatic ticket gate 1, that is, whether or not the ticket gate P can be passed is provided. ing. In addition, a communication area 3 for transmitting and receiving data by wireless communication with a non-contact card (commuter pass; hereinafter, referred to as a card) C carried by the user is provided at an upper portion of the front part of the housing H. Is provided. An antenna a connected to a transmitter described later faces the communication area 3.

S, S... Are photoelectric type human detectors for detecting the entry of a user into the ticket gate passage P, the exit from the ticket gate passage P, or the passage thereof. Mounted on The arm 4 has a lamp L
1 and L2, and a speaker 5 for broadcasting predetermined guidance to a user is mounted on the side surface of the housing H.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the automatic ticket gate 1, which is constructed using a microcomputer. The controller 6 is connected to a transmitter T for transmitting and receiving data to and from the card C, and is connected to a detector described later.

The transmitter T transmits a transmission signal modulated with data such as the station name and the date on the same day from the automatic ticket gate 1 to the card C via the antenna a, as well as a known contactless automatic ticket gate. And has a function of demodulating data of the boarding section and the like sent from the card C.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral A denotes a photoelectric hand-held object detector, which is configured to detect a state in which a user holds a card C over an antenna a. The object detector A may be of a well-known ultrasonic type or pyroelectric type.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the present embodiment. To explain from the automatic ticket gate 1 side, the controller 6 is connected to the object detector A,
A lamp drive unit 7 for turning on the lamps L1 and L2 provided on the arm 4 and an audio unit 8 for driving the speaker 5 are connected. The controller 6 is connected to a sensor amplifier or the like for inputting signals from the human detectors S, S,... But is omitted here.

The card C has a receiving antenna 10a and a reflection antenna for generating a reflection signal by phase-modulating data transmitted from the card C to the automatic ticket gate 1, as in a normal IC card having a wireless communication function. 10b, a receiving unit 11 for processing a signal received by the receiving antenna 10a, a CPU 12 having a memory for storing data from the automatic ticket gate 1 and storing data (card data) for a boarding section and the like, A phase modulator 13 for modulating a subcarrier from the CPU 12 with data to modulate the phase of a reflected signal, and a battery E for driving the card C are provided.

In the card C having the above configuration, the antenna a
When the transmission signal transmitted from the automatic ticket gate 1 is received by the reception antenna 10a, the transmission data from the automatic ticket gate 1 side is extracted by the reception unit 11 including the detection circuit and the demodulation circuit,
2 is stored in the second memory.

The CPU 12 controls the frequency of the main carrier (for example, 2.45 GHz) when generating the transmission signal of the automatic ticket gate 1.
z), a subcarrier of, for example, 500 KHz, which is sufficiently lower than that of z), is output to a multiplication circuit (not shown) of the phase modulation unit 13, and card data (digital signal) to be sent to the automatic ticket gate 1 The signal is output to a multiplication circuit (not shown) of the phase modulation unit 13. Therefore, a signal in which the subcarrier is modulated with the card data is generated from the multiplication circuit.

The generated signal is transmitted through a phase modulation circuit (not shown) of the phase modulation section 13 to the reflection antenna 10b.
Power is supplied to Therefore, when a main carrier wave transmitted in a time-division manner with the transmission signal from the antenna a of the transmitter T hits the reflection antenna 10b and is reflected, the phase is just modulated by the card data.

When the antenna a of the transmitter T receives the reflection signal reflected by the reflection antenna 10b, the reception circuit (not shown) performs detection processing, filter processing, and amplification processing to extract data from the card C side. Then, the extracted card data is sent to the controller 6 of the automatic ticket gate main body 1.
To be used for the automatic ticket gate calculation process.

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, it is assumed that the automatic ticket gate 1 has stopped operating and the user cannot use the automatic ticket gate 1 (No at Step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as S). Then, at this time, if the user enters the ticket gate passage P in order to use the automatic ticket gate 1, and holds the card C over the antenna a, the card C is held by the object detector A
(Yes at S102). In this state, if the automatic ticket gate 1 is operating (Yes at S100),
Data is exchanged between the card C and the automatic ticket gate 1, and a ticket processing operation is performed.

However, since the automatic ticket gate 1 is in a stopped state, the lamp L1 blinks and lights to alert the user, and the speaker 5 indicates that the automatic ticket gate 1 is in the stopped state. Announcement is made (S1
04). Therefore, the user can surely know that the automatic ticket gate 1 is in the stopped state, and the ticket gate P
(S106 affirmation, S10
8).

In this embodiment, the use stop state of the automatic ticket gate 1 is notified by voice from the speaker 5, so that even if the user is visually impaired, it can be effectively notified. In addition, for the visually impaired user, the air is blown out from near the shaded object detector A to notify the user, or Braille appears at the part where the visually impaired user touches the hand near the shaded object detector A. You may let me know.

[0024]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has a detecting means for detecting an object held by a transmitter, a detecting means for detecting the object, and when the transmitter does not communicate. Since there is provided a notifying means for notifying that the main body of the automatic ticket gate is in use stop state, it is possible to notify the user that the automatic ticket gate is in use stop state. Voice guidance,
Alternatively, when the information is displayed by a lamp, the use stop state of the automatic ticket gate can be reliably notified.

[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 a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Non-contact automatic ticket gate (automatic ticket gate) 5 Speaker 6 Controller 7 Door drive unit 8 Lamp drive unit 9 Sensor amplifier a Antenna C Non-contact card (card) A Shading object detector S, S ... Human detector L1 to L2 Lamp T Transmitter 10a Receiving antenna 10b Reflecting antenna 11 Receiving unit 12 CPU 13 Phase modulating unit E Battery

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A non-contact automatic ticket gate that performs automatic ticket processing by exchanging data between a wireless transmitter provided on a main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate and a non-contact card in a non-contact manner. A detecting means for detecting an object held by the transmitter; anda detecting means for detecting the object held by the transmitter, and when the transmitter does not perform communication, the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate comprises: A non-contact automatic ticket gate, comprising: a notifying unit for notifying that the use is stopped. 2. The non-contact automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the notifying means notifies by a voice. 3. The non-contact automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the notifying means turns on a lamp to notify.