JPH0785275B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate suitable for entrance of a group.

<Outline of the Invention> In the present invention, when the door open mode for group traffic is set, the leading person who throws the card in the group is permitted to pass the card on condition that the card is valid, and Unconditionally allow the succeeding person following the person to enter without entering a card, so that when the group enters, if the card held by the first person is judged to be valid, Others who followed were free to enter without a card.

《Prior art and its problems》 Conventionally, in this type of automatic ticket gate, it is obligatory for all passers to insert a passing card, and if the inserted card is determined to be valid, only one It was designed to permit passage as long as possible.

Therefore, in the conventional automatic ticket gate, for example, when a group on a school excursion enters, it is necessary for all the groups to have a card, and when all the groups have a card, the cards of all the groups are put in. There was a problem that it took a long time to pass by, or if one person lost the card, the whole group would have to wait around the automatic ticket gate, and the area around the ticket gate would be crowded.

<Objective of the Invention> The object of the present invention is to allow only an authorized group to pass through surely and promptly when a group tries to enter, and it is not necessary for individual group members to have a pass card.
It also aims to reduce the monitoring effort of staff.

<< Structure and Effect of the Invention >> In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has an operation mode for ordinary passers When the processing mode or the mode setting means for setting the door open mode for group traffic and the door open mode by the mode setting means, the card is valid for the leading person who throws the card in the group Passing is permitted on the condition of, and a passing permitting unit that permits the succeeding person following the leading person unconditionally without inserting a card is provided.

According to such a configuration, since the person in charge of the organization is usually located at the head, as long as the person in charge has a pass card, it is possible to ensure that only the authorized group is allowed to pass, and the person at the head passes. It is not necessary for anyone other than the person in charge to have a pass card.

Further, as described above, in consideration of the fact that the person in charge of the organization usually exists at the head, it is possible to perform reliable traffic management without always monitoring the permission or prohibition of traffic.

<< Description of Embodiments >> FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The entrances and exits shown in the figure are three entrance ticket gates 1, 2, 3 and 3.
The entrance and exit ticket gates 4, 5 and 6 are arranged in a staggered manner to form three passages that can be switched between entrance and exit.

As is well known, each automatic ticket gate 1 is provided with a card slot 7, a display panel 8, a card slot 9 and a door 10.

Further, an appropriate number of human sensors 11 (composed of photoelectric sensors) are arranged on the inner wall of the automatic ticket gate 1, and it is detected by the output of this sensor that a human has arrived in each passage.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical hardware configuration of the device.

In the figure, the control unit 12 is a microprocessor, ROM, RAM
It is mainly composed of the above, and forms the center of control of this device.

A card reader 13, a door control unit 14, a human detection sensor 15, a display unit 16 and a setting unit 17 are connected to the system bus of the control unit 12.

The card reader 13 has a card slot 7 to a card slot 9
The magnetically recorded information can be read and written from the inserted card, which is provided in the middle of the transport path leading to.

The door control unit 14 is composed of a drive device that controls the opening and closing of the door 10.

The human detection sensor 15 is composed of an appropriate number of photoelectric sensors, and the passage position and the passage direction can be detected by the detection order.

The display unit 16 corresponds to the control unit of the display panel 8, and the display panel 8 enables various kinds of information to be transmitted to passersby.

The setting unit 17 is for setting and inputting various kinds of information to the control unit 12, and particularly in the present invention, the setting unit 17 is newly provided with a setting switch 17a as a mode setting means.

The setting switch 17a is remotely installed at a position where the automatic ticket gate 1 can be monitored, as shown in FIG. 1, and is composed of, for example, an alternate pushbutton switch that can be mechanically held by itself.

Next, FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the configuration of the control program incorporated in the control unit 12 and functioning as the passage permission means. The operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be systematically described below with reference to this flow chart.

When the program is running, it is always a minute time interval,
The state of the setting switch 17a is sensed, and based on this, the door open mode or the normal processing mode is determined.

Here, when the setting switch 17a is turned off, it is determined that the normal processing mode (No at step 301),
After that, automatic ticket gates for normal processing are performed.

As is well known, in this normal processing, all persons who are going to pass are requested to insert a card, and only when it is determined that the card is valid based on the information of the inserted card, the traffic for one person is passed. Is allowed.

On the other hand, if the setting switch 17a is turned on,
The door open mode is determined (Yes at Step 301), and thereafter, based on the output of the human detection sensor 15, the passage of a person is awaited (Step 303).

In this state, if the passage of people is detected (step
(Yes at 303), and then it is determined whether or not the person has inserted the card into the card slot 7 (step 304).

As is well known, a photoelectric sensor for card detection is arranged inside the card slot 7, and the insertion of a card is determined based on the output of this sensor.

If it is confirmed that the card has been inserted (Yes at step 304), the card reader 13
At step 305, the information magnetically recorded is read, and it is determined whether the card is valid or invalid based on the read information (step 306).

If it is determined that the card is valid (Yes at step 306), the door control unit 14 is driven to open the door (step 30).
7) The card inserter will be allowed to pass.

On the other hand, when the card is determined to be invalid (No at step 306), the door is not opened (step 308), and the passage of the person is not permitted.

Therefore, when a group enters, there is usually a person in charge of the group at the head of the group, and as long as the leader has a valid card, at least only the leader can pass. Will be allowed.

The succeeding person following the leading person is allowed to pass, so that the passing person is confirmed (Yes at step 303) and the succeeding person does not insert the card. Is confirmed (step 30
4 No), neither the card information determination process (step 305) nor the card validity determination process (step 306) is executed, and the door opening process is immediately performed (step 307).
The succeeding person is allowed to pass unconditionally without inserting a card.

For this reason, when a permitted group passes, as long as the leader of the group has a valid card, it is possible to judge the passage of the leader with the card and allow it.
The successor will be able to pass through all of the group without inserting a card, which will speed up the group's traffic and reduce the monitoring effort of the staff.

On the other hand, in the case where the door open mode is set (Yes at Step 301), when a group that is not allowed to pass is allowed to pass, first the passage of the leader of the group is detected (Yes at Step 303). At the same time, the leading person detects that the card has been inserted (Yes in step 304), and determines whether the card is valid or invalid (step 305).

In this case, the card is judged to be invalid because it is a group that is not allowed to pass (step 306).
(No), the door is closed (step 308), and passage of the leading person is prohibited.

For this reason, in such a case, if the leading person is not able to pass, it is unlikely that the succeeding person following it will also be able to pass.
By simply banning the traffic of the first person, it is possible to ban the traffic of all the concerned organizations, and the monitoring labor of the staff is reduced.

As described above, in this embodiment, if the setting switch 17a is turned on and the door is open for group traffic, the validity of the card inserted by the leader (responsible person) is determined by It is possible to manage the passage of a group as a unit without requiring a successor to insert a card.

Therefore, in general, when a group passes, in consideration of the practice that the person in charge of the group has the person in charge at the head of the group and the person in charge has the card, and the person in charge always puts in the card when passing. In the case of the door open mode for group traffic, it is only necessary to check the validity of the card inserted by the leading person (responsible person) without visually confirming that the group is 1 It becomes possible to manage the traffic as a unit, speeding up the traffic of the group and reducing the monitoring labor of the staff.

In the above description, the case of being attached to the entrance / exit of a station has been described, but it goes without saying that it can be widely applied to entrances / exits of various theaters, amusement parks, etc. and other entrances / exits of trade fairs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a layout of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical hardware configuration of the ticket gate, and FIG. 3 is an electrical software configuration of the same. It is a flowchart showing. 1 to 6 Automatic ticket gate 7 Card entry 8 Display panel 9 Card exit 10 Door 11 Human detection sensor 17a Setting switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate configured to perform group traffic control as well as general traffic control, and the operation mode is set to a normal processing mode for general traffic or a door open mode for group traffic. When the door open mode is set by the mode setting means and the mode setting means, the leading person who throws in the card in the group is allowed to pass on condition that the card is valid, and An automatic ticket gate, comprising: a passage permitting unit that permits unconditionally passing a succeeding person without inserting a card.