JP3384878B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a non-contact automatic ticket gate. 2. Description of the Related Art An automatic ticket gate that is frequently used at present is configured so that a ticket or a commuter pass is inserted into a main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as a main body) so that the automatic ticket gate is performed. I have. However, this insertion type automatic ticket gate has a problem that a commuter pass user has to put a commuter pass in and out of a commuter pass every time the commuter pass passes through a ticket gate. [0003] Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, data is exchanged between the main body and a commuter pass (card) in a contactless manner, and an automatic ticket gate is inserted without inserting the commuter pass into the main body. (For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-246687). [0004] By the way, when a non-contact type automatic ticket gate is employed, a shutter mechanism is not provided at an insertion opening unlike a current insertion type automatic ticket gate. If a user without a ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as a “no-tag person”) is stopped in advance and a subsequent user sends a valid card to the communication area of the main unit, the no-ticket person passes On the other hand, there is an inconvenience that a valid card holder cannot pass through. In order to solve such inconveniences, when a billless person is detected, the communication function of the main body is stopped to prohibit the subsequent user from transferring data with the card. By the way, once the main body detects a billless person, it is necessary to detect that the billless person has exited the ticket gate passage, reset the ticket gate function of the body, and restart the communication function of the body. is there. For this reason, even if you have a valid card, if the distance between the communication area and the card fluctuates and communication becomes unstable, etc. The inconvenience of having to exit outside and enter the ticket gate passage again occurs. [0007] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that enables automatic ticket gates without leaving the ticket gate passage when a user who has a valid card is determined to be a no-tag person. And In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention performs an automatic ticket gate by exchanging data between a main body and a card in a non-contact manner. In an automatic ticket gate, a stop means for stopping communication for data transfer of the main body when a ticketless person is detected, a detection means for detecting a user in a ticket gate passage of the main body, and the stop means are operated. during the detecting means determines that one person user of the ticket gate passage, entering one user that is the ticket gate passage
If it is present on the mouth, or if one of its users
And a restarting means for stopping the operation of the stopping means and restarting the communication for data transmission / reception of the main body when present in the middle of the ticket gate passage . In the above arrangement, if the communication function is stopped by the stop means when the unlabeled person is detected and the detecting means determines that there is only one user, the communication is restarted by the restart means. You. Therefore, the single user can exchange data between the main body and the card to perform an automatic ticket gate. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main body G, and a display unit 2 for displaying a passable direction to a user is provided on a front surface and a rear surface of a housing H. A communication area 3 for exchanging data by wireless communication with a card possessed by a user is provided in the upper part of the front part and the rear part of the housing H. An antenna 4 connected to a communication control unit described later faces these communication areas 3. S1 to S12 are adjacent main bodies (not shown)
Is a well-known human detector including a photo sensor for detecting a user entering or exiting from or passing through the ticket gate passage formed between the side of the housing H and the arm 5. Are attached at predetermined intervals along the direction of the ticket gate passage. Of these human detectors, S2
The human detectors except for S5 and S5 are the same as those mounted on the well-known main body, but the human detectors S2 and S5 are configured to detect the first half of the entrance side of the ticket gate passage finely. That is, the human detector S2 is the human detectors S1 and S3.
And the human detector S5 is the human detector S4, S6
It is provided in the middle of (S7). Among the human detectors S1 to S12, the positional relationship between the detectors is maintained so that two humans can be detected simultaneously by the human detectors S1 to S9. That is, if any one of the human detectors S1 to S4 detects a person, one user exists in the range of the human detectors S1 to S4 and the human detectors S5 to S9. Is detected by any one of the human detectors, it can be detected that one user exists in the range of the human detectors S5 to S9. A speaker 6 for broadcasting predetermined guidance to a user is mounted on a side surface of the housing H. Reference numeral 7 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the main body G, which is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and its electrical configuration is shown in FIG. That is, the central processing unit (CPU) 11 of the controller 7 performs an arithmetic control process using the program data stored in the ROM 12 and the working data stored in the RAM 13. The CPU 11 includes a door driver 15 for driving the doors 1a and 1b via the I / O unit 14, and an amplifier 16 for amplifying and taking in the detection signals of the human detectors S1 to S12.
And an audio driver 17 for driving the speaker 6, and a communication control unit 18 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the card C. The communication control unit 18 is composed of a microcomputer separate from the controller 7 and, like a well-known non-contact automatic ticket gate, transmits a station name and a date on the card C from the main body G via the antenna 4 to the card C. And the like, and a function of receiving radio waves transmitted from the card C. The communication method between the main body G and the card C is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, but may be an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like. Next, the electrical configuration of the card C will be described.
The card C includes an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same function as the communication control unit 18 of the main body G, and an I / O unit 2, similarly to a normal IC card having a communication function.
2, a CPU 23, a memory 24 including a ROM and a RAM, and a power supply 25. In addition, the power supply 25
Instead of having it inside the card C, the power wave supplied from the main body G may be received and used as a power source. The control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, the body G
It is assumed that a user holding a valid card C is set to be a two-way type as shown in FIG. 1 and is going to enter. When the card C is moved closer to the communication area 3, data transfer between the main body G and the card C is started, and the CPU 11 of the main body G performs a calculation for a ticket gate (step 100). Yes, step 102. Hereinafter, the step will be referred to as S.) As a result of the arithmetic processing, if the ticket gate can be permitted, the door 1a is opened (if the main body G is a normally open type), a series of ticket gate processing ends with the detection output of the human detector S12 on the exit side. (Yes at S104). However, even if the card C is a valid ticket, if the card C held in the user's hand is located near the boundary of the communicable range of the communication area 3, so-called fluctuations occur, causing a malfunction in data transfer. Sometimes. In this case, it is determined that there is no bill, the door 1a is closed, and the communication function of the main body G is stopped (No in S104, S104
106). Accordingly, communication of the untagged person with the card of the subsequent user is prevented, and the inconvenience of the untied person being billed by the card of the subsequent user is prevented. A user who is determined to be a billless person despite possessing a valid card C is generally expected to take an action of attempting re-communication. [0022] In this case, as in the prior art, no bidder may be re-communicated and leave it entirely from the ticket gate passage is (S108 Yes, S110), no bidders at the time the door 1 a is closed Pause and attempt to re-establish the location where you stopped or retreated a bit. When this re-communication is attempted, one person in the ticket gate passage is regarded as an unticketed person and there is no problem, so that one person is present at the entrance side of the ticket gate passage (S112).
If affirmative) or if one person is present in the middle of the ticket gate passage (Yes at S114), the communication of the main body G is restarted (S110), and an announcement is made from the speaker 6 to prompt re-communication. [0024] Therefore, the user (untagged person) can re-communicate without completely exiting the ticket gate passage and can use the ticket gate, which is extremely convenient. If there is a subsequent user other than the unlabeled person (No at S114), since the communication of the main body G has not been resumed, the unlabeled person is the card C of the subsequent user.
There will not be a ticket gate. According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, wherein a stop means for stopping communication for data transfer of the main body when a ticketless person is detected, and a user in a ticket gate passage of the main body. While the detecting means for detecting and the stopping means are operating, the detecting means determines that there is only one user in the ticket gate passage , and that one
The user is at the entrance of the ticket gate, or
The one user is in the middle of the ticket gate passage
In this case , the operation of the stopping means is stopped, and the communication means for resuming communication for data transmission / reception of the main body is constituted.Therefore, the billless person can re-communicate without completely leaving the ticket gate passage. There is a feature that can be gated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main body and a card. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation. [Description of Signs] 4 Communication area 7 Controller G Main body (Main body of automatic ticket gate) C Non-contact card (card) S1 to S12 Human detector

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] In an automatic ticket gate that automatically transmits and receives data between a main body of the automatic ticket gate and a non-contact card to perform automatic ticket inspection, Stop means for stopping communication for data transfer of the automatic ticket gate main body when detecting, a detecting means for detecting a user in a ticket gate passage of the automatic ticket gate main body, the stop means operates Inside, the detecting means is the ticket gate passage
The user of the inner it is determined that one person, one user that is the break
If it exists at the entrance of the bill passage, or if
When the user is in the middle of the ticket gate passage , restart means for stopping the operation of the stop means and restarting communication for data transmission / reception of the main body of the automatic ticket gate. Automatic ticket gates.