JPH0636096A - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] To provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus capable of optimizing the ticket gate processing for passengers who carry an information medium using radio. [Structure] In an automatic ticket gate apparatus 1 for wirelessly transmitting and receiving ticket gate information to and from an information medium possessed by a passenger, a plurality of transmitting / receiving means 43 for receiving ticket gate information transmitted from the information medium, Strength discriminating means 45 for discriminating the strength of the electric field strength of the ticket gate information received by each transmitting / receiving means 43;
Position determination means 46 for determining the position of the passenger carrying the information medium based on the determination result of the strength determination means 45. With this configuration, the position determination of the passenger carrying the information medium using wireless by the operation of the transmission / reception unit 43, the strength determination unit 45, and the position determination unit 46, that is, whether the passenger is passing through the automatic ticket gate or outside the premises, It is possible to determine whether the premises are on the premises and optimize the ticket gate processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is an automatic ticket gate installed in a train station of a transportation system such as a train or a ship, which automatically processes the ticket using an information medium for wirelessly transmitting ticket information carried by passengers. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional automatic ticket gate, a passenger at a station can unconditionally get on or off at the station by inserting a commuter pass or the like into the automatic ticket gate. Ordinary ones that allow a conventional station staff to perform the ticket gate processing function.

In this case, the passenger inserts a commuter pass or the like into the slot and moves the commuter pass or the like conveyed to the take-out port to that position to remove the commuter pass, so that the information medium such as the commuter pass corresponds to the passenger. It can be taken easily.

However, in the case of an information medium using a wireless card which has been put into practical use in recent years, when passing through an automatic ticket gate, passengers simply pass in the vicinity of the automatic ticket gate without letting go of their information medium. However, there is a problem that even if the passing state can be detected, the owner of the information medium in the process of wicket processing cannot take a correspondence.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional automatic ticket gate apparatus, the passenger cannot take the correspondence between the information medium using the wireless card and the owner, and as a result, the passenger can change the information medium. If you take it and pass through the vicinity of the automatic ticket gate, you will be admitted to the premises, or you will have already entered the premises even if you have not left the premises, and the subsequent ticket processing by the automatic ticket gate for the information medium There is a problem that it cannot be performed normally.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus capable of optimizing the ticket gate processing for passengers who carry an information medium utilizing wireless communication.

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In an automatic ticket gate apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving ticket gate information to and from an information medium possessed by a passenger, a plurality of transmitting and receiving means for receiving the ticket gate information transmitted from the information medium and each transmitting and receiving means. It has strength discriminating means for discriminating the strength of the electric field strength of the received ticket gate information, and position discriminating means for discriminating the position of the passenger carrying the information medium based on the discrimination result of the strength discriminating means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in an automatic ticket gate apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving ticket gate information to and from an information medium possessed by a passenger to perform a ticket gate processing, the ticket is transferred from the information medium along the passage direction of the passenger. A plurality of transmitting / receiving means for receiving the transmitted ticket gate information, a detecting means for detecting a passing state of passengers, a strength discriminating means for discriminating the electric field strength of the ticket gate information received by each transmitting / receiving means, and this strength discriminating means. The position determination means for determining the position of the passenger carrying the information medium based on the determination result of the above and the detection result of the detection means, and the appropriate ticket gate information for the information medium is transmitted / received according to the determination result of the position determination means. And control means for sending through the means.

[0009]

The operation of the automatic ticket gate constructed as described above will be described below.

The plurality of transmitting / receiving means of the automatic ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1 receives the ticket gate information transmitted from the information medium possessed by the passenger. The strength determination means determines the strength of the electric field strength of the ticket inspection information received by each transmission / reception means. The position determination means determines the position of the passenger who carries the information medium based on the determination result of the strength determination means, that is, whether the passenger is passing through the automatic ticket gate, outside the premises, or inside the premises.

As a result, the ticket gate processing for passengers can be optimized.

The plurality of transmitting / receiving means of the automatic ticket gate apparatus according to the second aspect receives the ticket gate information transmitted from the information medium owned by the passenger along the passing direction of the passenger. The strength discriminating means discriminates the strength of the electric field strength of the ticket inspection information received by each transmitting / receiving means, and sends the discrimination result to the position judging means.

Further, the detection means detects the passing state of the passenger and sends the detection result to the position determination means.

The position judging means judges the position of the passenger carrying the information medium based on the discrimination result and the detection result, that is, whether the passenger is passing through the automatic ticket gate, outside the premises, or inside the premises. .

The control means sends appropriate ticket gate information to the information medium via the transmission / reception means according to the judgment result of the position judgment means.

This makes it possible to optimize the ticket gate processing for passengers.

[0017]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

In the automatic ticket gate 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an entrance machine 2 for entering the station premises and an exit machine 3 for exiting from the station premises to the outside of the station are arranged in parallel with each other. Is provided with a passage 4 for passage of passengers.

The entrance machine 2 is provided with a gate 9 mounted on the side surface of the ticket gate body 6 so that the passage 4 can be blocked or opened.

On the upper surface of the ticket gate main body 6, there is an entrance 10 as an intake means at the end outside the station premises, and the gate 9 is provided.
Each of which is provided with a discharge port 11 as a discharge unit, and a display unit such as a liquid crystal display which displays a guide about an information medium such as a commuter pass or a ticket in front of the discharge port 11 in the traveling direction. 12 are provided.

At the outer edge and the inner edge of the ticket gate main body 6 and the central portion, a corner display for displaying the operating state of the automatic ticket gate 1 in, for example, a blue operating state and a red stopping state Parts 13a and 13b and a central display part 13c are provided.

Further, the ticket inspection machine main body 6 has a first antenna 41 and a second antenna 4 located outside and inside the premises.
The transmission / reception means 43 consisting of 2 is provided to transmit / receive the ticket gate information to / from the wireless card (IC card) C which stores the ticket gate information which is a kind of information medium.

Further, a detecting means 4 is provided on the side surface of the entrance machine 2.
4 and the light receiving element 56 which constitutes the detecting means 44 are attached to the side surface of the exit device 3 so as to face each other.

The outlet unit 3 has the same structure as the inlet unit 2,
The layout is symmetrical.

FIG. 3 shows a control system of the automatic ticket gate 1.

This automatic ticket gate 1 is equipped with a control means 37 consisting of a program memory 35 and a control part 36, and the control part 36 constitutes a carrier system provided in the ticket gate main body 6 and a carrying motor 30 and an aligning means 15 are provided. , Magnetic reading means 18, discriminating means 38, front and back unified processing means 19, magnetic writing means 2
1, operation control of the magnetic check means 23, the thermal printer 24, the scissors means 25, and the display means 12 is performed.

Further, the control unit 36 is provided with the detection means 44,
The first antenna 41 and the second antenna 42 are connected. In addition, the control unit 36 determines the strength of the electric field strength of the ticket gate information received by the first antenna 41 and the second antenna 42, and the determination result of the strength determination unit 45 and the detection unit 44. It is connected to the position determination means 46 which determines the position of the passenger carrying the wireless card C based on the detection result.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket gate 1 having the above structure will be described.

A wireless card C is provided near the automatic ticket gate 1.
When the passenger carrying the vehicle approaches, the first and second antennas 41 and 42 of the automatic ticket gate 1 receive the ticket gate information from the wireless card C, respectively.

The strength discriminating means 45 discriminates the strength of the electric field strength of the ticket inspection information received by the first and second antennas 41 and 42, and sends the discrimination result to the position judging means 46. The position determination means 46 determines the position of the passenger who carries the wireless card C based on the determination result, that is, whether the passenger is passing the automatic ticket gate 1, outside the premises, or inside the premises.

That is, the position determining means 46, if the electric field strength of the ticket gate information received by the first antenna 41 is larger than the electric field strength of the ticket gate information received by the second antenna 42, the wireless card C, that is, Passengers are determined to be off-premises.

Further, the position judging means 46 gradually weakens the electric field strength of the ticket gate information received by the first antenna 41, the detection signal of the light receiving element 56 changes from the on state to the off state, and the second antenna. When the electric field strength of the ticket inspection information received at 42 gradually increases, it is determined that the wireless card C, that is, the passenger is passing through the automatic ticket inspection apparatus 1.

Next, when the position judging means 46 judges that the passenger is passing through the automatic ticket gate 1, the controller 36
According to this judgment result, the ticket gate information (station code, time, etc.) indicating that the entrance is completed is sent to the wireless card C, and this wireless card C is sent.
Has been entered.

In this way, the wireless card C and the passengers who carry the wireless card C can be accurately handled, and the ticket gate processing using the wireless card C can be optimized.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

[0036]

According to the present invention described in detail above, since it has the above-mentioned structure, an automatic ticket gate apparatus is provided which is capable of optimizing the ticket gate processing for a passenger who has an information medium utilizing wireless communication. be able to.

Further, according to the present invention, since it has the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to optimize the ticket gate processing for passengers who have an information medium using radio by utilizing the operation of the detecting means. A ticket gate device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Automatic ticket gate 37 Control means 43 Transmission / reception means 44 Detection means 45 Strength determination means 46 Position determination means C Wireless card

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving ticket gate information to and from an information medium possessed by a passenger, and a plurality of transmitting / receiving means for receiving ticket gate information transmitted from the information medium. And a strength discriminating means for discriminating the strength of the electric field strength of the ticket gate information received by each transmitting / receiving means, and a position discriminating means for discriminating the position of the passenger carrying the information medium based on the discrimination result of the strength discriminating means. An automatic ticket gate featuring 2. An automatic ticket gate apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving ticket gate information to and from an information medium possessed by a passenger to perform ticket gate processing, wherein ticket gate information transmitted from the information medium along the passage direction of the passenger is transmitted. A plurality of transmitting / receiving means for receiving, a detecting means for detecting a passing state of passengers, an intensity discriminating means for discriminating the strength of the electric field intensity of the ticket gate information received by each transmitting / receiving means, a discrimination result of the intensity discriminating means and the detection. Position determination means for determining the position of the passenger who owns the information medium based on the detection result of the means, and control for sending appropriate ticket inspection information for the information medium via the transmission / reception means according to the determination result of the position determination means An automatic ticket gate characterized by having means.