JPH10105748A - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus that properly opens and closes a door based on a read result of a recording medium presented by a passerby so that an error does not occur. An automatic ticket gate according to the present invention includes a reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium, a first detecting unit that detects the presence of a plurality of passers-by on a passage, and a presentation operation of the recording medium. A second detection unit for detecting, the first and second
And a door opening / closing unit that opens and closes a door according to the result of the passage permission / inhibition determination unit that determines whether passage is possible for each of the plurality of passers based on the detection result from the detection unit. .

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate installed at entrances or exits of facilities such as railways, for example, in the field of railways for the purpose of labor saving of ticket gates.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in the field of railways, automatic ticket gates have been introduced at entrances and exits of facilities such as railways for the purpose of labor saving of ticket gates.

[0003] This is because when a user using a facility enters or exits the facility or changes the facility, the user takes in a ticket carried by the user and inspects it. This is a device that automatically permits the passage of a user and, if inappropriate, blocks the passage of a user.

[0004] This automatic ticket gate system uses magnetic information or radio information (for example, magnetic information or radio information) recorded on a ticket inserted by a user at the time of entry, departure or transfer, or a ticket presented near a radio communication unit. Read the validity period and fare of the entrance station and the ticket, the type for adults or children, etc.), and decide whether to permit or prevent the user from passing based on the read information. After performing a predetermined process such as a printing process, the ticket is discharged as needed.

[0005] Such automatic ticket gates usually include 10
A transmission type human detection sensor using a point light sensor is provided, and the movement of a human being, such as a position where the person is present, is monitored based on the light blocking state of the sensor.

[0006] Of the ten points, four points are arranged on a fence called a pole, which distinguishes adults and children. When a person passes through the automatic ticket gate, a human detection sensor on the pole is blocked. If it passes without passing through, it is determined that a child who does not need to pay is passing, door operation, and,
No warning is given.

[0007] Such an automatic ticket gate generally operates as follows.

First, when a passenger puts or presents a correct ticket in the automatic ticket gate, the automatic ticket gate reads the information, judges that the ticket is correct, opens the door in the traveling direction, and sets Wait for one person to pass.

Then, when it is determined that the passenger has passed by the light / dark state of the ten human detection sensors as described above,
The passage waiting state is canceled and returns to the original state.

[0010] In addition, if the ticket entered by the passenger is not a correct one, for example, if a ticket whose validity period has passed is entered, the automatic ticket gate reads the information and determines that the ticket is out of the validity period. It is determined that the passing passenger has a ticket outside the validity period.

In this case, the door in the direction of travel is closed to block traffic, and at the same time, a buzzer sounds and a display indicating that the ticket is not valid is output to the display unit.

Then, when the passenger takes the ticket at the take-out opening and determines that the person has returned to the take-out opening based on the light / dark state of the human detection sensor, the passenger returns to the original state.

[0013] Further, when the passenger enters the passage of the automatic ticket gate without inserting a ticket, and the four human detection sensors at the center are shaded, the automatic ticket gate determines the passenger as a ticketless person. , Closing the door in the direction of travel, preventing passage, and returning to the original state by returning the passenger to the exit.

[0014]

However, the conventional automatic ticket gate as described above has several problems to be solved as follows.

First, in the case where human detection is performed only by the transmission type human sensor, a passenger who does not have a ticket and a passenger who has a correct ticket (hereinafter referred to as a "genuine ticket") successively try to pass. In, before a passenger who does not have a preceding ticket interrupts the central four human detection human sensors, if a subsequent passenger puts a regular ticket in the slot, the preceding passenger can pass and should be able to pass There is a problem that passengers following the can not pass.

When the automatic ticket gate reads the inserted ticket, it opens the door in the traffic direction as described above, and waits for the passage of one passenger. Passengers who do not have a ticket pass, and after the passengers who do not have the ticket pass and the waiting state of the automatic ticket gate is cleared, the passenger who actually put in the ticket is in the center of the aisle. When it has reached, it is determined that there is no ticket, and the door is closed.

This is more prominent in the case of an automatic ticket gate that exchanges information with a ticket presented by wireless communication without inserting the ticket, since the passenger does not release his / her hand from the ticket.

As another problem, since the passage of a human is viewed only in the dark state at the four central points, if the central four points can be blocked even by a non-human, it is determined as a human. For example, golf back, surfboard,
If you try to pass through the automatic ticket gate with the front, etc., you will be judged as a human at the stage where you cut off four points with the previous golf bag, and if you actually try to pass, the door will be closed. May occur.

Conversely, if two people pass through the automatic ticket gate in close contact with each other, it is determined that one person has passed.
There is a problem that two people can pass by one ticket.

The above-mentioned problem is that the current automatic ticket gate system is concerned with associating passers-by with passer-by identification means, such as tickets, for one passer who is a holder of a ticket or the like. This is a problem that arises because it is assumed that only the pass ticket is associated, and the read ticket is assumed to be the leading person in the passage.

For this reason, the current automatic ticket gate system does not allow one passer to insert a plurality of tickets such as a ticket and a settlement ticket.

For example, as shown in FIG. 28, there are two passers, a passer A and a passer B, and an automatic ticket gate is provided with a ticket a with insufficient fee, a settlement ticket b, and a ticket c with insufficient fee. When a plurality of tickets are inserted in order, the automatic ticket gate cannot determine whether passer-in A or passer-in B has inserted the settlement ticket b.

Therefore, it is not possible to determine at which timing of the passers-by A and B the closed door should be opened, and when the door is open, at which timing the door should be closed.

Further, in the conventional automatic ticket gate, whether the passer-in who puts in the ticket is an adult or a child is determined by the height of the back, and as means for determining the height of the back, ,
The transmission type human detection sensor installed on the pole part is used.

In this determination method, it is determined whether or not the height of the passer-by is greater than the height of the pole portion depending on whether or not the vehicle has crossed the sensor. Therefore, only a rough determination can be made. If it is necessary to change the height threshold for judging, the pole part has to be moved up and down.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate that can solve the above-mentioned problems.

[0027]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention relates to a method of associating a pedestrian with a ticket inserted or approached by the pedestrian. It is intended to prevent the passenger from passing by using the ticket of the following passer-by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a passerby inserts or passes a plurality of tickets such as a fare-shortered ticket and a settlement ticket by associating a passer with a ticket that the passer has inserted or brought closer. It is an object of the present invention to enable automatic payment processing and the like to be performed with a high degree of security.

According to a third aspect of the invention, when a passerby enters an automatic ticket gate without a bill, or when the inserted ticket has insufficient fee, the subsequent passerby is notified of the fact. In this way, it is possible to prevent a subsequent passer from inadvertently putting in or approaching a ticket or adjustment ticket, and to prevent a preceding passer from passing through with a subsequent passer's ticket or adjustment ticket. It is assumed that.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is to measure the height of passers-by using a video camera or the like, and to more accurately distinguish between adults and children.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the presence of a luggage and a person is understood by capturing an image of a passerby using a video camera or the like, and the determination of passage is made based only on the passage information of the person.

That is, according to the present invention, when a passerby presents a recording medium to the main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. In the automatic ticket gate that permits or prevents the passage of the passerby, when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium,
A first method for detecting the presence of a plurality of passers-by on the passage;
Detecting means, a second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer to the main body, and the plurality of passers based on detection results from the first and second detecting means. An automatic ticket gate device comprising: a traffic permission / non-permission determining unit that determines whether the vehicle is allowed to pass each time; and a door opening / closing unit that opens and closes the door of the main body in accordance with a result of the traffic permission / non-permission determination unit. You.

According to the present invention, when a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. An automatic ticket gate that permits or prevents the passage of the passerby, wherein when the passerby inserts or presents the recording medium in the main body, reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; First detecting means for detecting the presence of a plurality of passers-by on a passage, second detecting means for detecting an operation of inserting or presenting the recording medium into the main body, and first and second detecting means Means for judging whether each of the plurality of passers is allowed to pass based on the detection result from the vehicle, and opening and closing the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the means for judging whether or not the plurality of passers are present. Door opening / closing means, when the passer-in inserts or presents the recording medium, the pass-through / non-permission determining means, in order to pass the passerby when the recording medium is valid, the door opening / closing means There is provided an automatic ticket gate device comprising control means for controlling the door to be in an open state, and controlling the door to be in a closed state in order to prevent other passengers from passing.

Further, according to the present invention, when a passerby presents a recording medium to the main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. In the automatic ticket gate that allows or blocks the passage of the passerby, when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; First detecting means for detecting the presence of a plurality of passers-by on a passage; second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer-by with respect to the main body; and the first and second means Means for judging whether or not each of the plurality of passers is allowed to pass based on the detection result from the detecting means; and opening the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the means for judging whether or not the person is allowed to pass. Door opening / closing means for allowing one passer to insert or present a plurality of recording media to the main body, and a plurality of records inserted or presented by the one passer. There is provided an automatic ticket gate device characterized by being configured to be able to collectively process media.

According to the present invention, when a passerby presents a recording medium to the main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. In the automatic ticket gate that allows or blocks the passage of the passerby, when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; First detecting means for detecting the presence of a plurality of passers-by on a passage; second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer-by with respect to the main body; and the first and second means Means for judging whether or not each of the plurality of passers is allowed to pass based on the detection result from the detecting means; and opening the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the means for judging whether or not the person is allowed to pass. Door opening / closing means, and when the passerby presents the recording medium, the pass / fail judgment means includes a door opening / closing means for allowing the passerby to pass when the recording medium is valid. Control means for controlling the door to be in an open state, and controlling the door to be in a closed state in order to prevent traffic from being passed to other passers. An automatic ticket gate apparatus is provided, wherein a plurality of recording media inserted or presented by the one passerby can be collectively processed, and a medium can be inserted or presented. You.

According to the present invention, when a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. In the automatic ticket gate that allows or blocks the passage of the passerby, when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; First detecting means for detecting the presence of a plurality of passers-by on a passage; second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer-by with respect to the main body; and the first and second means Means for judging whether or not each of the plurality of passers is allowed to pass based on the detection result from the detecting means; and opening the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the means for judging whether or not the person is allowed to pass. Door opening / closing means, and the passer presents the recording medium, and the door opening / closing means controls the door by the door opening / closing means so as to allow only the passerby to pass when the recording medium is valid in the passability determination means. Control means for controlling to an open state and notifying means for notifying a passer of the processing status of the pass / fail judgment means, wherein one passer inserts or presents a plurality of recording media to the main body. The automatic ticket gate device is configured to be able to collectively process a plurality of recording media inserted or presented by the one passerby.

According to the present invention, when a passer-by presents a recording medium to the main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. An automatic ticket gate for permitting or blocking the passage of the passerby; reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; existence position determining means for detecting the presence of the passerby on the passage; A height measuring means for measuring the height of the passerby passing through the passage; and a reading result of the reading means and the presence status of the passerby determined by the presence position determining means and a measurement result of the height measuring means, It is provided with a traffic permission / non-permission determining means for determining whether or not a passenger can pass, and a door opening / closing means for opening and closing the door of the main body in accordance with a result of the traffic permission / non-permission determining means. Automatic gate apparatus is provided, characterized in that.

According to the present invention, when a passerby presents a recording medium to the main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is closed according to the read result. An automatic ticket gate that opens and closes to permit or block the passage of the passerby; reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; presence position determining means for detecting the presence of the passerby on the passage; Height measuring means for measuring the height of the passerby passing through the passage, from the reading result of the reading means and the presence status of the passerby determined by the presence position determining means and the measurement result of the height measuring means A transit permission / non-permission determining unit that determines whether the passer is allowed to pass, a door opening / closing unit that opens and closes a door of the main body according to a result of the transit permission / non-permission determining unit, Determination means for determining whether the recording medium is for an adult or for a child based on the read result of the reading means, wherein the read content of the reading means is for a child, and When the measurement result of the height measuring means is equal to or more than a predetermined value, an automatic ticket gate apparatus is provided, wherein the door is closed by the door opening / closing means to prevent the passage of the pedestrian.

According to the invention, when a passerby presents a recording medium to the main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. An automatic ticket gate for permitting or blocking the passage of the passerby; reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; existence position determining means for detecting the presence of the passerby on the passage; A height measuring means for measuring the height of the passerby passing through the passage; and a reading result of the reading means and the presence status of the passerby determined by the presence position determining means and a measurement result of the height measuring means, It is provided with a traffic permission / non-permission determining means for determining whether or not a passenger can pass, and a door opening / closing means for opening and closing the door of the main body in accordance with a result of the traffic permission / non-permission determining means. The reading means further includes means for reading height information pre-recorded on the recording medium, and the passability determination means compares the height information read by the reading with the measurement result of the height measuring means. If they do not match, an automatic ticket gate apparatus is provided in which the door is closed by the door opening / closing means to block the passage of the pedestrian.

According to the present invention, when a passer-by presents a recording medium to the main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result. An automatic ticket gate for permitting or blocking the passage of the passerby; reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; existence position determining means for detecting the presence of the passerby on the passage; A person luggage discriminating means for discriminating a person and luggage passing through the aisle based on the characteristic of the shape thereof; a reading result of the reading means and the presence status of the passerby determined by the existence position judging means; Opening / closing means for judging whether or not the pedestrian is allowed to pass from the judgment result, and opening / closing the door of the main body according to the result of the passing / non-passage judgment means An automatic ticket gate, wherein the pass / fail determination means is a target for determining whether or not the passer is allowed to pass only when the determination result of the person luggage determination means is a person. An apparatus is provided.

According to the present invention, at least one of the first detecting means, the second detecting means, the height measuring means, and the baggage discriminating means processes a video camera and an image taken by the video camera. There is provided an automatic ticket gate device characterized by including image processing means.

[0042]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below in order with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing an example of the internal structure of an automatic ticket gate according to the recording medium processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing the appearance of the automatic ticket gate. .

As shown in FIG. 1, one end of the main body 1 of the automatic ticket gate receives a ticket 2 as a card-shaped recording medium having a magnetic recording section on a predetermined surface on which information is recorded by a magnetic recording method or the like. An insertion slot 3 and an outlet 4 for discharging the ticket 2 inserted from the insertion slot 3 are provided at the other end.

Further, in order to handle a ticket having a wireless communication function capable of reading and rewriting information in a non-contact manner, when handling this kind of ticket, a wireless communication near the slot 3 is required. A trust antenna 70 is provided.

As the ticket 2, for example, a prepaid system having a monetary value (ordinary ticket, commuter pass, coupon, etc.) or a system in which the prepaid fee having a monetary value is reduced each time (stored fair) Thickness, such as
Vouchers with various widths and functions are used.

The pole 50 and the radio antenna 70 are mounted on the pole 50 so that a passerby can take an image of an operation of inserting the ticket 2 into the entrance 3 and an operation of approaching the radio antenna 70.
A video camera 80 is installed at a position overlooking the camera.

As described above, the pole 5 of the automatic ticket gate main body 1
By attaching a video camera 80 as an imaging device to the camera 0, even if a passerby attempts to insert a ticket into the ticket slot 3 (FIG. 3) or presents the ticket over the wireless antenna 70 ( FIG. 4), it is possible to image the hand and the ticket.

A transport path 5 for transporting the ticket 2 inserted through the input port 3 to the output port 4 is formed between the input port 3 and the exit 4.

A plurality of sensors (detectors) 6, 7, 8, 9,... Are provided on the transport path 5, and these sensors 6, 7, 8, 9,. For example, the passing position of the ticket 2 conveyed on the conveyance path 5 is sequentially detected.

Each sensor 6, 7, 8, 9,...
Is an optical sensor, for example, and the position of the ticket 2 can be confirmed by shading when the ticket 2 passes through the sensor.

In the transport path 5, between the slot 3 and the exit 4, magnetic information reading units (read heads) 10 and 11 for reading magnetic information recorded on the ticket 2 and the ticket 2 Magnetic information recording units (write heads) 12 and 13 for recording magnetic information and magnetic information reading units (read heads) 14 and 15 for reading recorded magnetic information are provided.

Each of the read / write heads 10 to 15 is provided with a support member (rotary roller) so that a predetermined interval is provided as a transport path 5 and the respective intervals are maintained.
16 to 21 are provided to face each other.

The read / write heads 10 to 15 are
Attached to one side of the automatic ticket gate main body 1 together with the rotating rollers 16 to 21.

Each of the read / write heads 10 to 15 is provided above and below the transport path 5 so that the magnetic information on the back side can be read and written when the ticket 2 is inserted in either front or back. Each pair is provided.

Further, on the transport path 5, sorting units 22 and 23 for sorting the tickets 2 are provided.

The post-processing of the sorting section 22 is different between the ordinary ticket and the other ones, and the post-processing is different depending on the width of the ticket 2, for example, a card of a stored fair system (hereinafter referred to as SF card) or the like. Is for distributing the normal ticket to the thermal printer 25 and the insert / punch 26 side, respectively.

When the inserted ticket 2 is to be released, the distribution unit 23 sorts the ticket 2 in the direction of the exit 4, and the inserted ticket 2 should be collected. If there is, the ticket 2 is distributed to the bid collection section 40.

Further, on the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate main body 1, there is provided a display 28 for providing guidance to a user, a station staff or the like.

Further, a plurality of human detection sensors 30 to 39 for detecting the position of the user and a door for closing the door to prevent the passage of the user are provided on the side of the automatic ticket gate main body 1 as in the prior art. 41 are provided.

Next, the configuration of the control system of the automatic ticket gate will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, the control system of the automatic ticket gate includes a central processing unit 42 (hereinafter referred to as CPU) for controlling the entire automatic ticket gate.
A read-only memory 44 (hereinafter referred to as a ROM) that stores a control program of the CPU 42, storage of information read from the ticket 2, storage of a plurality of display patterns created in advance and a control blog A random access memory 46 (hereinafter referred to as RAM) for recording information as a ram buffer, and fare information corresponding to an entrance station (or an entrance station code corresponding to the entrance station) where the use of the ticket 2 has been started are stored. Memorized fare memory 48
A reading circuit 50 for controlling the reading heads 10, 11, 14, 15; a recording circuit 52 for controlling the writing heads 12, 13; and a function for decoding the ticket information received by the wireless antenna 70. And a signal conversion unit 71 having a function of coding information to be written on the ticket 2 via the wireless antenna 70, and a ticket detection for detecting the transport status of the ticket 2 based on detection outputs of the detectors 6 to 9 and the like. A circuit 54; a transport control circuit 56 for controlling a transport motor 55 for transporting the ticket 2 along the transport path 5; and a display for displaying on the display 28 in accordance with the determination of the ticket 2 and the movement of the user. A control circuit 59;
A door control circuit 60 for controlling a door opening / closing mechanism 58 for driving the door 41; and a human detector control circuit 57 for detecting a passing situation of a human based on detection outputs of the human detectors 30 to 39.
And a transmission control circuit 62 for transmitting information to a control panel (not shown) for controlling the automatic ticket gate main body 1 or a host computer.

It is assumed that the CPU 42 has a timer function and the like.

The control system of the automatic ticket gate includes:
An A / D conversion circuit 81 for encoding a video signal sent from a video camera 80 as image information, an image memory 82 for storing the image data, and a user And an image processing circuit 83 for recognizing an operation of inputting or presenting 2.

The image processing circuit 83 is constituted by, for example, a CPU and its peripheral circuits. The image processing circuit 83 takes in a video signal from the video camera 80 which is constantly output at predetermined time intervals. Detecting the action of inputting or presenting the.

In the image processing circuit 83, the user inserts or presents the ticket 2 into the slot 3 of the automatic ticket gate, instead of periodically taking in the video signal from the video camera 80 at predetermined time intervals. The obtained timing may be obtained from information of the sensors 6 and 7 and the wireless antenna 70 and the like, and the timing may be notified by the CPU 42 so that the image is fetched and processed at that timing.

Next, a method of extracting a hand of a passer-in who has inserted or presented a ticket from an image captured by the video camera 80 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, a moving area is extracted from the image data captured by the video camera 80 and stored in the image memory 82.

This utilizes the fact that the hand to insert or present the ticket 2 is moving, but the apparatus itself is stationary, and the newly captured image and the image stored in the image memory 82 in advance are used. This is realized by a difference process with a background image that is present or an image captured before a predetermined time.

Here, if the captured image is the image at the moment when the passer inserts or presents the ticket, the hand of the passer who inserted the ticket is extracted as the change area.

The changed area is generally converted into a binary image by performing a binarization process so that the image processing circuit 83 can easily process the changed area.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing this state, and the region of the hand with the ticket 2 inserted in the slot 3 is extracted.

As shown in FIG. 7A, this area may be obtained by being separated into several small areas. In such a case, a labeling process and a separation / integration process known in image processing are used. Thus, it is possible to obtain a solidified area, or to obtain a projection pattern on the X-axis and Y-axis in the image as shown in FIG. 3B, and obtain a solidified area from the projection pattern.

Since such processing is a method often used in plane image processing, further description is omitted here.

The image of the hand of the passerby obtained in this way is, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, and is an image in which the direction in which the arm of the person extends is in contact with some of the four sides of the screen. Becomes

Here, since there is a relationship between the direction of the arm of the person and the position where the person exists, the position of the arm extending in the image is checked to find out, for example, as shown in FIG. The location where the pedestrian is located is almost limited.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, by comparing this result with the output results of the human detection sensors 30 to 32, it is possible to know where in the passage the person who inserted the ticket 2 is located.

That is, whether or not a person exists between the person who has inserted or presented the ticket 2 and the door 41 is determined based on the obtained location of the passerby and the outputs of the human detection sensors 30 to 39. If it does not exist, the door 41 is opened, but if not, the door 41 is not opened, so that it is possible to prevent a pedestrian existing in front of the door 41 from passing illegally.

When it is necessary to know the position of a person more accurately, as shown in FIG.
It is also conceivable to add 0, 91 or the like.

In the above description, the position of the person is assumed based on where the detected hand is in the image. However, the accuracy of the position is further improved by examining the arm direction in detail. It is possible.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the hand portion is obtained as a long bar-shaped silhouette continuing from the arm, so that the extracted region has a long axis direction, that is, a principal axis direction of inertia θ.
By obtaining 2, the hand direction can be obtained.

In the principal axis of inertia θ2, the 0th, 1st and 2nd order moments of inertia in the x and y axis directions are represented by mij (i, j = 0,
By using (1, 2), it can be calculated as follows.

Θ 2 = 1/2 ^* tan ⁻¹ {2 ^* m 11 / (m 02 −m 20)} (Formula 1) Here, m 11, m 02, and m 20 each represent a region of f
(X, y) when a respective m11 = ∫∫χyf (x, y) dxdy, m20 = ∫∫x 2 f (x, y) dxdy, m02 = ∫∫y 2 f (x, y) dxdy (Equation 2)

As described above, the position of the person determined from the direction of the hand is determined by the human detection sensor 30 to 30 if necessary.
The information is sent to the CPU 42 together with the output signal 39, and by combining these information, the ticket 2 is inserted.
Or if the person you ’re presenting is trying to enter the aisle,
Alternatively, it can be determined whether or not it is near the door 41 in the passage.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the preceding user enters without entering or presenting the ticket 2,
When a subsequent passenger inserts or presents the ticket 2, conventionally, since the position of the passenger who has inserted the ticket is not known, if the ticket is not a problem, the door is opened and the preceding user is opened. In the system of the present invention, it is possible to detect that a passenger who has passed by mistake has not inserted a ticket in the method of the present invention, so that it is possible to prevent the passing of the ticket.

Next, the flow of processing in the present invention will be described with reference to the flow shown in FIG.

In this automatic ticket gate, the human detection sensor 3
It is always checked whether or not a person enters the passage from the situation such as 0, 31, or 36 (step S1).

When the person is confirmed, it is confirmed whether or not the ticket 2 is inserted into the slot 3 or presented to the radio antenna 70 (step S2). Is checked by the person detection sensors 32, 33, 37, and 38 so as not to pass through (step S3).

Here, the human detection sensors 32, 33, 3
When it is determined that the person has moved to the positions of 7 and 38, it is determined that the person intends to pass without a ticket, and the door 41 is closed (step S12).

When the ticket 2 is inserted or presented, the information of the ticket is read, and the position of the person who has inserted or presented the ticket in the image processing circuit 83 is known based on the input signal, and the human detection sensor is used. The position of the input person is confirmed by comparing with the outputs of 32, 33, 37 and 38 (step S
4).

Subsequently, information such as the validity period and the section of the ticket 2 is checked to determine whether the ticket is valid (step S5).

If the ticket is not valid, a message indicating that the ticket is not valid is displayed without opening the door 41 because the passer cannot pass through, and the ticket is discharged (step S11).
The process proceeds to the step of closing the door (step S12).

When the ticket is valid, the ticket 2 is ejected when the person is located in front of the door 41 in the passage based on the result of the position determination of the preceding person who entered the ticket. (Step S8), a display indicating that passage is possible, and the door 41 is opened so that the person can pass through (Step S9).

On the other hand, if the person entering the ticket is located at the entrance of the aisle, it is checked whether there is a person in front of the person and in front of the door 41 (step S7).

If no person exists, the process proceeds to a process of opening the door 41 so that a pedestrian existing at the entrance of the passage can pass through (step S8).

If there is a person, the ticket 2 is discharged (step S11) to close the door 41 so that the person in the passage is not accidentally passed (step S12).

When the passage of a person is blocked, it is confirmed that the person returns from the automatic ticket gate, and the process returns to the first step (step S13) or the door 41 for the passage of the person is opened. Waiting for a person to pass through door 4
1 is the same as before (step S1).
0).

As described above, by performing the opening / closing process based on the position of the person who has inserted the ticket, it is possible to prevent a user who does not have a valid ticket from passing by mistake.

In step S12, it is displayed that the ticket is not valid. However, depending on the case, the door 41 may be closed because the ticket is not valid, or the person who entered the ticket although the ticket is valid. If the display is changed depending on whether the door 41 is closed due to the presence of a person prior to the user, convenience for the user is achieved.

[0100] Steps S1 and S2 are successively performed in this order. However, the order may be reversed, or steps S1 to S3 may be simultaneously checked as shown in FIG.

Step S4 need not be performed before step S5, but may be performed after that.

The flow shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 is based on the assumption that there is only one pedestrian who inserts or presents a ticket.
It is conceivable that the next person inserts a ticket after a passenger passes the ticket and before the person exits the automatic ticket gate.

In this case, by using the status flag or the like in the program of the CPU and tracking the position of the moving object while observing the output of the human detection sensor, the parallel processing is performed while waiting for the passage of the human in step S9. And step S1,
Of course, it is also possible to perform the process of S2 and to perform a process that allows a plurality of users to pass.

In the above description, it is assumed that the image processing unit detects a hand at the time when an image change is detected. However, in order to prevent malfunction due to noise, the frequency of capture is increased, and It is also conceivable to judge that a hand is present only when a time change is extracted.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the video camera 8
Video camera 8 to extract the hand region from the video of
As shown in FIG. 1, it is considered that 0 should be installed so that the optical axis is as vertical as possible to the information pole 50 at a substantially intermediate position between the ticket entrance 3 and the wireless antenna 70.

If the optical axis of the video camera 80 is not perpendicular, the height of the hand of the passerby is related to the hand direction of the image obtained by imaging, and the accuracy of the hand direction obtained by the image processing is determined. And the ticket entrance 3
And a pole 50 at an intermediate position between the antenna 50 and the radio antenna 70
The reason is that the optical axis of the video camera 80 is desired to be as vertical as possible.

Further, the field of view of the video camera 80 can be sufficiently imaged by the hand that inserts or presents the ticket 2 into the wireless antenna 70 and the ticket slot 3, and the feet and luggage of the person behind are within the field of view as much as possible. It is good not to have it.

[0108] If there is an extra object in the field of view of the video camera 80, the burden of image processing increases,
This is because the accuracy of the hand direction obtained by the image processing is reduced.

By the way, when one video camera captures images of the vicinity of the slot 3 of the ticket 2 and the vicinity of the wireless antenna 70 for presenting the ticket 2, there may be a case where sufficient accuracy is not obtained due to the relationship of resolution.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 16, a video camera 80a for imaging the vicinity of the entrance 3 of the ticket 2
By separately installing the video camera 80b that captures the image of the wireless antenna 70 that presents the ticket 2, it is also possible to secure the resolution and improve the detection accuracy.

Since the video camera is usually long in the direction of the optical axis, when the video camera 80 is installed as shown in FIG. 2, the video camera 80 protrudes upward (or downward) from the pole, making it difficult to see. There is also a possibility to give.

In such a case, if a small video camera can be accommodated in the pole 50 using a small video camera, the video camera is long, but the video camera is long and protrudes vertically. Figure 1
The video camera 80 can be embedded in the pole 50 by using the reflector 92 as shown in FIG.

If necessary, it is possible to arrange lenses before and after the reflection plate 92 to make the light between the video camera 80 and the reflection plate 92 parallel to the pole 50.
If the lens 93 and the reflector 92 are unitized as shown in FIG.

In this case, if the aperture adjustment and the bint adjustment can be performed in the same manner as a normal lens, and the angle of the reflection plate 92 can be adjusted using the adjustment screw 94 as shown in FIG. It becomes possible easily.

In this case, too, if sufficient accuracy cannot be obtained by imaging the vicinity of the entrance 3 of the ticket 2 and the vicinity of the wireless antenna 70 for presenting the ticket 2 with a single video camera, FIG. As shown, by installing two video cameras 80a and 80b, the resolution can be improved.

Further, in the case where the pole is so thin that the video camera cannot be accommodated therein, as shown in FIG.
Is connected, the video camera 80 is embedded in the main body, and the photographing area is viewed with the lens at the tip of the fiber scope 95.

Here, if the resolution cannot be obtained, the two video cameras 80a and 80
b may be used.

In the description so far, the operation of inserting or presenting a ticket is detected in the image processing unit, and the correspondence with the position of the person is associated with the position or angle of the hand and the output state of the human detection sensor. Video camera 8
If the field of view of 0 is widened and the inside of the passage is photographed at the same time, it is possible to detect the hand from the photographed image and also to obtain the position of the person in the passage. A similar determination can be made without output.

This example will be described with reference to FIG.

In this case, since the field of view of the video camera 80 is wide, the hand and the part of the body to be inserted or approached are shown in the image.

For this reason, when the image capture difference processing similar to that described above is performed, a part of the body of the person and a part of the hand in the passage are integrated or separated as shown in FIG. Will be extracted.

Here, the body of the person in the passage is extracted along a part of the side of the image, and the hand is extracted so as to extend from the side. For example, as shown in FIG. In the former, the position of the person is determined from the left and right positions of the extracted moving object region (FIG. (C)), and the movement extracted in the upper portion is determined. The position and direction of the hand are obtained from the object area ((d) in the figure), and from these connection states, it is possible to easily determine which position the person has inserted or approached the ticket ((FIG. e), (f)).

That is, in this case, the human interrogation sensors 30 to 39 for detecting the position of the person in the passage are not required.

[0124] Here, it is also conceivable that a plurality of person candidate areas and a plurality of hand candidate areas extending therefrom are extracted by expanding the field of view of the video camera 80.

In this case, it is only necessary to associate each passerby area with a hand area that matches the passerby area. For example, as shown in FIG. 24, when both circumscribed rectangles have a common part, Correspondence is made by the same person.

As shown in FIG. 25, if this is not the case, the person candidate region and the hand candidate region may be associated with the closest candidate.

That is, the association problem between the passerby candidate region and the hand candidate region can be associated with each other by using various types of data of the region as parameters and replacing it with an fitting problem using an evaluation function representing a correspondence relationship.

As the evaluation items, the proximity and size of the candidate area of the person and the hand, the direction in which the hand should be, and the like may be taken into consideration.

The plurality of passer-by candidate areas and the candidate area are denoted by R1i and R2j (i = 1, 2,..., M j = 1, respectively).
2,..., N).

Here, m and n are the numbers of the passerby candidate area and the hand candidate area, respectively.

Next, the area S of the center of gravity G1i of R1i and R2i
The center of gravity G2j of each of 2j and R2i is obtained by a basic method used in image processing.

Further, in each of R2j (j = 1, 2,..., N), the direction of the hand is determined as the inertia principal axis direction θ2j in correspondence with (Equation 1).

The evaluation function of the association includes various data such that the center of gravity is close, the area of the candidate area is large, and the direction of the principal axis of inertia corresponding to the hand direction is appropriate. And the value of the evaluation value E is selected to be minimized.

E = Wd ^* (Dxij + Dyij) + Ws / S2j + Wθ ^* : θ2j−θT: (Equation 3) where Wd, Ws, and Wθ are weighting constants and θT
Is an estimated value of the direction of R2j given in advance.

Dxij and Dyij are G1i and G2
j, the coordinates of G11 and G2j are (x1
i, y1i) and (x2j, y2i) are given by the following (Equation 4).

Dxij =: xi-xj :, yij =: yi-yj: (Equation 4) As described above, when a plurality of users and hand regions are extracted, the common part of the circumscribed rectangle, By associating the passerby candidate area with the hand candidate area by association or the like, it is possible to know which person has inserted or presented the ticket 2 by processing the image from the video camera 80, At the same time, the presence of other persons in the passage can be known, so that the same effect can be obtained without using the outputs of the person detection sensors 30 to 39.

In the description so far, the video camera 8
0 was put on the pole 50, but the video camera 80
It is not necessary to be here. For example, as shown in FIG. 26, it is possible to install the camera at a position facing downward from almost directly above the passage and slightly closer to the passport 3 so as to photograph the inside of the passage. I do not care.

In this case, the angle of view of the video camera 80 is further increased than in the case of FIG. 23, and a plurality of persons are shown as shown in FIG. 27, but it is assumed that a plurality of person areas have been extracted as described above. By performing a process such as dividing the area by hand, it is possible to associate a passerby with a hand that inserts or presents a ticket.

Next, an embodiment of the second invention will be described.

Although the above-described first embodiment is an embodiment in which the user uses one ticket, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment. By using the process of associating a passenger with a ticket to be inserted or presented as described in the embodiment of the first invention, a passerby can use a plurality of tickets such as a ticket with a shortage of charge and a settlement ticket. The automatic payment process or the like is automatically performed by inputting or approaching to the server with high security.

That is, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 28, when there are two passers-by, the preceding passer- er A enters a ticket a with insufficient fare, When the succeeding passer B inserts the ticket in the order of the settlement ticket b and the ticket with the insufficient charge (FIG. 28A), the preceding passer A enters the ticket a and the adjustment ticket b with the insufficient charge. Then, when the subsequent passerby B inserts the ticket c with insufficient fee (FIG. 28)
The difference of (b)), which could not be determined by the conventional automatic ticket gate, is determined by using the method of associating the user with the ticket described in the embodiment of the first invention, and This allows for payment.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, when the ticket described in the first embodiment of the present invention is inserted or presented, it is determined at which position in the passage the user is present. Is realized by using a method of determining

That is, FIG.
It can be seen whether the person who put in the settlement ticket, which is the difference between FIG. 28A and FIG. 28B, is the preceding person or the following person.

That is, the above object can be achieved by the CPU 42 judging a combination of the output of the image processing circuit 83, the outputs of the human detection sensors 30 to 39, and the reading result of the ticket 2.

Next, the flow of processing according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the figure, the flow from step S1 to step S4 is the same as that of the first embodiment of the present invention.

That is, when a ticket is inserted, the position of the ticket is checked (step S4), and it is checked whether the ticket is a settlement ticket (step S5 '). Since there is a possibility that a ticket with insufficient fee may be continuously inserted, the process proceeds to a processing step having the next ticket inserted (step S8 ').

If the ticket is not a settlement ticket, the ticket becomes a ticket. It is checked whether this is a ticket that cannot be settled (step S6 '). If the ticket cannot be settled, the flow proceeds to a processing step where passage is impossible. (Step S17).

If the settlement is possible, the process waits until the next ticket is inserted (step S8 ') through a processing step (step S7') for determining whether or not the settlement is necessary. Is the timeout processing step S
The process proceeds to the impassable process via 9 '(step S17).

When the ticket is inserted, the position of the person who has inserted the first and second tickets is checked again to identify the person who has inserted the ticket. To determine whether or not it is possible to pass (steps S10 'and S1).
1 ').

Next, it is confirmed whether or not the person is the same person (step S12 '). If it is determined that the person is not the same person, the ticket is illegally passed. S17).

If it is determined that the person is the same person and that it is possible to pass with one ticket, the ticket is put in front of the person as in the case of the first embodiment. It is checked whether there is no person, and if there is no person, the door is opened and the vehicle is allowed to pass (step S14).

When the settlement ticket is used, the settlement process is performed for the first time at this stage. In other cases, the settlement process is not carelessly performed.

The processing after the passer-by has judged whether or not the person is allowed to pass is the same as that of the first embodiment.

Here, step S4 'and step S10
The reason why the position of the input person is confirmed twice with the 'is that there is a possibility that the person has moved when inputting a plurality of tickets, and the difference in the detection time and the human detection sensor It is necessary to make a judgment in consideration of the output results of the above.

To increase the accuracy of this association, it is conceivable to monitor the movement of a moving object in the automatic ticket gate by checking the output of the human detection sensor in step S8 '.

Further, steps S4 'to S10
In the case where the time required for processing between ′ and ′ is extremely short, the processing in step 10 ′ may not be performed.

In step S8 ', in consideration of the fact that passers-by do not understand the necessity of settlement, the display may prompt the user to insert the next settlement ticket. May be displayed on the display unit 28 or guided by voice, so that the convenience of the user can be achieved.

Although this flow describes the processing of one person, similarly to the case described in the description of FIG. 14, the actual processing of one person is completed and the next person enters. Is expected. In such a case, the CPU 4
In the program 2, by using a status flag or the like, the processes of steps S1, S2, and S3 are performed in parallel while waiting for the passage of a person in step S16 ′, and a process that allows a plurality of users to pass is performed. It is of course possible to do so.

As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to correspond to a plurality of tickets by examining the position of the person and the type and validity period of the ticket.

In the above description, as an example of the use of a plurality of tickets, two tickets, a ticket with a shortage of charge and an adjustment ticket, have been described, but these are used as a pair like a ticket and an express ticket. Of course, the present invention can be applied to a ticket, and the present invention can be applied to a case where the number of tickets is not two but three or more.

In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, a passer-by and a ticket are associated with each other in the processing inside the automatic ticket gate, and the preceding passer who cannot pass normally possesses the succeeding pass. This is a method that attempts to prevent unauthorized passing due to the result of reading a passenger's ticket.

This is a problem that occurs when a subsequent passerby inserts or presents his / her own ticket without knowing the result of reading the ticket of the preceding passer.
This is to be solved on the device side.

However, in an automatic ticket gate such as a wireless communication type, there is a possibility that a preceding person and a following person present a ticket at the same time. In this case, the system according to the embodiment of the first invention is used. However, it is not possible to know which passer has the information of the read ticket, and as a result, no one can pass.

Further, from the side of a passer-by, it is considered that there is a request to know the reading result of the preceding user's ticket and his / her own ticket.

In other words, from a different point of view, if it is made clear to the subsequent passer that the preceding passer does not have a genuine ticket or the settlement has not been completed, the following passer Will not insert or present a ticket or adjustment ticket, so that a preceding person who does not have a correct ticket can be prevented from passing.

Therefore, in the third embodiment of the present invention described below, the following passerby is inadvertently notified of this by notifying the succeeding passer of the passability / non-permission result of the preceding passer. Do not insert or present a ticket.

FIG. 31 shows a block diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 32 shows an example of an external view of an automatic ticket gate according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5, which is provided with an output function for outputting a ticket inspection result.

The output function may be, for example, display of lamps or character information, sound information such as chimes, etc. In any case, the person who is going to insert or present a ticket is required This is realized by providing a display 85 or a speaker 86 near the insertion slot 3 or the wireless antenna 70 so that the reading result of the ticket can be understood.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned display device 28 outputs a ticket to a preceding person who tries to pass through the gate 41 after inputting the ticket, whereas in the present invention, the ticket is now output. It is different from the conventional automatic ticket gate in that it guides a subsequent user who tries to insert or bring the user closer.

FIG. 33 shows an example of the display device 85. The blue lamp 85a is turned on when the ticket of the preceding person has no problem.
And a red lamp 85 that lights up during inspection or when there is a problem
b, depending on the inspection status and result of the ticket and the position of the user, one of them is turned on.

The operation of the embodiment of the third invention is as follows. When the processing of the previous passerby is completed, the blue lamp 8
5a is turned on, and during the processing of the ticket of the previous passer, or as a result of the processing, the pass is disabled and the red lamp 85b is turned on when the passer is still in the passage of the automatic ticket gate. I have.

That is, when the blue lamp is turned on, the read result of the ticket that the user intends to insert is used as it is for the user to pass.

When the red lamp is lit, the processing of the preceding person has not been completed, and the read contents of the ticket of the person who intends to insert or present the ticket are used by the preceding person. In such a case, it is recommended that a later user not insert or present a ticket.

Next, the conditions for switching the lighting of the blue lamp 85a and the red lamp 85b will be described.

The lighting switching timing is determined by the result of reading the ticket and the position of the person.

First, when the user enters the automatic ticket gate or when the ticket is inserted, the lighting is switched from the blue lamp lighting to the red lamp lighting in order to inspect the ticket.

If there is no problem with the ticket, it is detected by the human detection sensors 30 to 39 that the person has passed the predetermined position of the automatic ticket gate, and the passage is completed at the stage when this is detected. It is determined that the passerby can enter the ticket, and the display device 85 is switched from red lamp lighting to blue lamp lighting.

The operation of opening and closing the door 41 here is the same as in the prior art.

In other words, if the ticket inserted by the user or the presented ticket is not valid, the ticket is discharged with the door 41 closed while the red lamp is lit, and the payment of the settlement ticket is continued. After waiting, it is checked whether or not it is possible to pass. If so, the door 41 is opened, the passage of a person is checked, and the blue lamp is switched on.

If the settlement ticket is not inserted, or if there is a problem such as a deadline or an out-of-section, the human detection sensors 30 to 30 indicate that a passer-by of the ejected ticket will return to the entrance of the automatic ticket gate. After confirming at 39, the display is switched to lighting of the blue lamp.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, it is confirmed by the human detection sensors 30, 31, and 36 whether a person enters the passage of the automatic ticket gate (step S1).

If it is detected that a person has entered, the entry flag of the person is set, and the lamp is switched from blue lamp lighting to red lamp lighting (step 3).
0).

Further, since the user sometimes inserts or presents a ticket before entering the passage of the automatic ticket gate,
It is confirmed whether there is an operation of inserting or presenting a ticket (step S2).

[0187] Here, when the operation of entering a person or inserting or presenting a ticket is detected, information such as the type, validity period, and section of the ticket is read (step S4), and the red lamp is switched on.

Next, after confirming the insertion or presentation of the ticket and the entry of the person (step S22), the flow proceeds to the type determination of the ticket.

It is confirmed whether or not the ticket is a settlement ticket (step S5 '). If the ticket is a settlement ticket, the process proceeds to a processing step of waiting for the next ticket to be settled or inserted (step S5'). S8 ').

If the ticket is not a settlement ticket, it is assumed that the ticket inserted or presented is a ticket, and it is determined whether the ticket is valid or not valid but becomes valid by settlement (step S6). ´).

If the ticket is not a ticket or the validity period has expired, the ticket cannot be passed, so the ticket is discharged (step S17) and the door is closed to prevent the ticket from passing (step S17). 18).

If not, it is determined whether or not the settlement is necessary (step S7 '). If the settlement is not required, the process proceeds to a passable processing step (step S8').

If the payment can be made by settlement, the process proceeds to a processing step of waiting for the next ticket to be inserted or presented (step S6 ').

Here, if the next ticket is not inserted for a predetermined time, it is determined that the user has no intention of settlement, and the process proceeds to a processing step of not allowing traffic (step S17).

When the settlement ticket is inserted, the result is inspected (step S11 '), and if the settlement is not possible, the process proceeds to a processing step of impassable (step S17). If the settlement result is acceptable, the passage is performed. The process proceeds to a possible processing step (step S13 ').

If it is possible to pass, the ticket is discharged and the door 41 is opened, but if necessary, the processing from step S13 'to step S16 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. By doing so, it is confirmed that a person who does not put a ticket before the submitter does not pass, and then prompts the user to pass.

Each processing procedure of this flow is shown in FIG.
It has been described that the settlement ticket is accepted based on 30. However, this is merely an example, and the function of accepting the settlement ticket may be eliminated, or the determination of the passerby located in front of the submitter may be omitted. .

Of course, unless the basics of the present invention are changed,
It is possible to change the timing of reading, judgment and lamp lighting.

As described above, if the result of breaking the ticket of a person in the passage of the automatic ticket gate is transmitted to the succeeding passer, the succeeding passer can read the result of the reading process of the preceding user. To solve the problem that the user does not hurry to insert or present his / her ticket without confirming, and as a result, a user who does not have a preceding correct ticket will pass with a subsequent user's ticket. Can be.

[0200] In the third embodiment of the present invention, the red and blue lamps have been described as examples of the output function.
This may be a character display, or a chime or buzzer may be sounded during a period corresponding to the turning on of the red lamp or at a timing of switching from red to blue.

The display device 85 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 33, but may be displayed in characters or patterns.

Further, in the third embodiment of the present invention, the position and traffic of a person are confirmed by the human detection sensors 30 to 39 provided in the automatic ticket gate as in the prior art.
As in the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the position of the person who inserts the ticket may be determined on the automatic ticket gate side, and the display lamp to the subsequent person may be controlled based on the result. Absent.

In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, a video camera is used to photograph the vicinity where a ticket is to be inserted or presented, thereby associating a passenger with a ticket. .

As described above, when a video camera is used, information that could only be obtained by a line using a conventional human detection sensor spreads as surface information, so that various information on passers-by can be obtained.

Therefore, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention described below, the height of a passerby is determined by imaging the passerby using a video camera 80 or the like.
The height information of the user, which was obtained only by the human detection sensors 30 to 39 attached to 0, is obtained from the video with high accuracy, and is intended to distinguish between adults and children.

The fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the height of a pedestrian is to be determined from the image of the video camera 80. Therefore, unlike the first and second embodiments, these are different from those of the first and second embodiments. Video camera 8 at a position where differences can be determined
0 must be placed.

FIG. 36 shows an example in which a video camera 80 is installed on an automatic ticket gate on the left side in the direction of passage.

[0209] Regarding the angle of view of the video camera 80, the left end (in the traveling direction) on the input image reflects the vicinity of the center of the automatic ticket gate, and the right end (in the traveling direction) minimizes the outside of the passage as much as possible. If the angle in the vertical direction is set at an angle slightly reflecting the inside of the automatic ticket gate at the bottom of the surface, the subsequent processing is easy to perform.

As described in the first embodiment of the present invention, the video image picked up by the video camera 80 is subjected to difference processing with respect to a background image which has been shot in advance, or between images captured at predetermined time intervals. Is obtained, and a binarization process is further performed to extract a region of the moving object.

As shown in FIG. 37, when the presence of a moving object is detected in the image input by the video camera 80,
This is equivalent to a passerby.

When the position of the video camera 80 is as shown in FIG. 38, the height of the person generally corresponds to the height of the moving region in the image as it is, but as shown in FIG. Since it moves in the θ direction that forms an acute angle with the optical axis of the video camera 80, it gradually moves from right to left on the surface with the movement,
There is a feature that the bigger it comes to the front.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 39, the height of the person's back is determined by the height of the image when detected at a predetermined position in the left-right direction in the image.

Since the presence of a person can be obtained by detecting a tall change area, a vertical projection is performed on a plane image from which the change area is extracted as shown in FIG.
The portion where the projection value is continuously higher than the predetermined value THhy continues for longer than the predetermined period THly is cut out as one mountain, whereby the presence of a person can be known.

Since the upper position of the change area in the image at this time corresponds to the top of the person, the height of the person can be obtained by obtaining the position in the Y-axis direction.

Here, since the height of the person is gradually detected with the movement as described above, this mountain in the image comes to a predetermined position, that is, a certain position in the horizontal direction in the image. It is determined that the head standing at the time is the height of the person.

That is, as shown in FIG. 40 (b), in a differential binary image for detecting a change area, an area having a width d including a position p is determined as a height measurement position, and a vertical projection is always obtained. When the projection value is continuously higher than a predetermined value, it is detected that a person has entered, and further, when the mountain comes to a position p, the upper position of the change area is located on the back of the person. It will be measured as height.

FIGS. 41 (a), (b),
It is shown in (c).

When associating the actual height with the position of the peak in the plane image of the change area, a table in which the height and the height correspond to the vertical height of the top of the head at that time is experimentally obtained in advance. You can find your height from there.

After the height of the passing person is determined in this way, the height of the passing person is compared with a preset threshold value of the height of the adult and that of the child, and whether the passing person is an adult or a child is determined. Determine if there is.

Thereafter, the operation of turning on the dwarf lamp or sounding the buzzer according to the type of the inserted or presented ticket is the same as the conventional operation.

In this case, it is assumed that a human is detected in a region having a width d including the position p. However, a difference binary image is obtained every time an image is captured, a vertical projection is obtained, and the position of the mountain is obtained. By tracking it along the time axis, the movement of the person can be obtained with high accuracy, or in the case of a passage used for entry and exit, it is also possible to obtain the movement direction by this method.

In addition to detecting a person by using only the image, a human detection sensor is provided at a position where the height is determined, and when the sensor is blocked, the height of the top of the person in the image is reduced. It is also possible to make a determination.

If the height of the person passing through is known as described above, it is determined whether this person is an adult or a child.

This determination is made based on whether the value is larger or smaller than the value set in advance by the CPU 42. Further, the result of reading the ticket is compared with the result for an adult or a child to turn on the lamp if necessary. Or change the opening and closing conditions of the door.

In this way, the condition for adults and children is C
The change can be made by changing a value set in advance in the PU 42, and a change such as changing the height of the pole 50 as in the related art becomes unnecessary.

[0227] Here, the height information is used only for distinguishing between adults and children in light of the function of the conventional automatic ticket gate, but in the embodiment of the present invention, the height of the user is reduced. In order to know more accurately than in the past, for example, for a ticket such as a commuter pass, by recording the height information in the ticket, the following use can be considered.

That is, when the ticket is inspected by the automatic ticket gate, the height information obtained by the automatic ticket gate is added to the inspection contents in addition to the conventional validity period and section, and if the height differs by a predetermined value or more. In such a case, it is possible to determine that the person other than the legitimate holder of the commuter pass has used the commuter pass so that the commuter pass cannot be used.

Incidentally, the arrangement of the video camera 80 is shown in FIG.
It is not necessary to be at the position shown in FIG. 6, and it may be mounted on a pole as shown in FIG. 42, or may be installed on the right side body in the traveling direction as shown in FIG.

In this case, the obtained image is reversed left and right unlike FIG. 37, but the processing method is almost the same as described above.

In the case of FIG. 43, since there is also a wireless antenna section 70, it is considered preferable to install the video camera 80 on the farther side in the traveling direction than the wireless antenna section 70.

In the fourth embodiment, an attempt is made to discriminate an adult from a child by imaging a passerby using a video camera.

By the way, with the conventional human detection sensor of the automatic ticket gate, it was impossible to determine whether the interrupted object was a luggage or a person because only the brightness information of the sensor could be obtained.

That is, in the conventional automatic ticket gate, the passage of a person is detected by the person detection sensor. Therefore, when the user tries to pass the automatic ticket gate with the golf bag in front, the golf bag is In some cases, it may be mistaken for a person to pass,
There was a risk that the door would close if a person tried to pass after the golf bag passed.

When the video camera 80 is used as in the fourth embodiment, a passerby is photographed, but the image taken naturally includes the luggage carried by the passerby. become.

That is to say, if the video from the video camera is used, it is possible to distinguish between luggage and a person because it is not surface information but surface information as described in the third embodiment of the present invention. Conceivable.

Therefore, in the fifth embodiment of the present invention described below, the image taken by the video camera 80 is subjected to image processing to separate the luggage from the person, and the pass is determined only by the pass information of the person. That's what we are trying to do.

In this case, various things can be considered as luggage held by a person. Typical luggage which is detected by a human detection sensor in a conventional automatic ticket gate is, in addition to the golf bag described above, a bag and a surfboard. , Umbrella, stroller and the like.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, these packages are distinguished from the person from the image of the video camera 80, and if necessary, are combined with the outputs of the person detection sensors 30 to 39 to accurately pass the person. By judging well, the above problem is solved.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, a person and a package are discriminated from the image of the video camera 80.
The video camera 8 is located at a position where these differences can be determined.
0 must be placed.

For example, as in the embodiment of the fourth invention, a video camera 80 may be installed on the automatic ticket gate on the left side in the traveling direction of the passage, or a video camera may be installed on the automatic ticket gate on the right side. 80 may be installed.

[0242] Further, by photographing the area in front of the door 41, it is possible to judge when the user tries to pass through the door 41, so that the accuracy can be improved.

In this case, similarly to the fourth embodiment, the angle of view of the video camera 80 is such that the left end (in the traveling direction) on the input image can photograph the vicinity of the center of the ticket gate. In addition, if the right end (front side in the traveling direction) is arranged so that the outside of the passage is not reflected as much as possible, and the vertical direction is set at an angle at which the inside of the automatic ticket gate is slightly reflected at the bottom of the screen, the subsequent processing is easy to perform.

Next, the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, as in the above-described embodiments of the present invention, video camera 80
By performing difference processing on the image fetched from, the area of the person and the baggage is extracted.

FIG. 44 shows an example of a person having the extracted luggage, and an area where a person is likely to be extracted is extracted from this area as described later.

Since the solidified area other than the person area corresponds to the luggage, when this area is extracted, the luggage or the luggage passes through any part of the automatic ticket gate from the position in this image. The CPU 42 compares the result with the outputs of the human detection sensors 30 to 39, and thereby detects the presence of the human
The output of -39 is ignored and the passage is determined only by the person.

There are various methods for discriminating a person area. Examples of the method will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 45, similarly to the first embodiment, the projection pattern in the X- and Y-axis directions is obtained.
In the projection pattern, a section in which a predetermined height THhy, THhx or more continues for a predetermined length THly, THlx or more is obtained, thereby obtaining a solidified change area. If necessary, its circumscribed rectangle is obtained.

In this case, since the video camera 80 has a fixed position and a fixed magnification, the size of the person in the automatic ticket gate is determined by the size of the changing area and the size of the circumscribed rectangle. It can be determined whether the person is a person.

That is, it is determined whether or not the obtained change area is like a person, based on whether or not the size or area of the circumscribed rectangle of the extracted change area is close to a predetermined person size or person area. Can be.

As shown in the figure, when a circumscribed rectangle is obtained, since the carrying person and the baggage are generally connected, when the area is cut out by the projection pattern obtained in the vertical direction. Is the height THh for the cutout
It is better to make y a little larger.

If the reliability based on the size of the circumscribed rectangle is not reliable, the feature of the shape can be used.

For example, since a person has a feature that the width of the head is narrower than the width of the body, the upper and lower widths of the region obtained as shown in FIG. A method of determining a person based on whether it is within a predetermined range is also conceivable.

That is, after the mass area is obtained, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the upper and lower parts each have a height of, for example, 30%.
A projection pattern is obtained again in the vertical direction in the extent region, and a width Wu, Wl of the upper and lower parts is obtained by obtaining a section in which the predetermined height or more continues for a predetermined length or more in the projection pattern.

Next, a person is determined based on whether or not the ratio Wu / Wl is within a predetermined value range.

As shown in FIGS. 27B and 27C, since the Wu / Wl value differs between the golf bag and the person, for example, 0.9 and 0.6, the person can be distinguished. .

In addition, it is possible to similarly determine the area of the region instead of the width and determine the person based on the ratio.

[0259] As this simple method, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the center of gravity of the extracted area is obtained, and the person's center of gravity is in the downward direction, while the luggage may be at the top, so it can be determined from the upper and lower positions It is possible.

Further, instead of judging the features of the image using the two-difference image, as shown in FIG. 48, an area corresponding to the changed area, which is a two-valued difference image, is obtained in the captured image.
Assuming that the person is a person, determine the brightness and color of the upper area corresponding to the face, and check whether the color and brightness correspond to those of the person to determine whether the person is a person It is also possible to do.

As described above, various methods have been proposed for determining whether an area is a person.
Here, further explanation is omitted.

Next, the operation of the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the flowchart of FIG. 49, the ticket is regarded as valid and the passage of the person is detected. Steps S5 to S9 in the flowchart of FIG.
It corresponds to.

First, after it is determined that the ticket is valid (step S5), the shape of the moving object is determined from the image of the video camera 80 by the image processing means.
The moving object is extracted, the luggage and the person are separated, and the existence of the luggage is known (step S30).

Next, if necessary, a process is performed to confirm whether or not there is a preceding person who does not seem to have a ticket (step S6). Proceed to the closing step.

If there is no preceding person, the ticket discharge and door 4
1 and the like (step S8).
Passage detection of an object is performed by the person detection sensors 30 to 39 (step S9).

At this stage, a distinction is made between the person and the baggage by image processing again (step S31). If the person has passed the person, the process proceeds to the step of completing the person passage (step S32), and If not, the process returns to step S9 to wait for the passage of the person again.

Note that in this flowchart, step S6
Is added in light of the embodiment of the first invention, and is not a necessary step in the embodiment of the fifth invention, and the extraction of persons and luggage in steps S30 and S31 The processing does not necessarily need to be performed in both, and the result of step S30 is remembered and used in step S32 to determine whether the passing object is a person,
The determination may be made only in step S31.

In the description so far, it has been described that the person and the luggage are separated and only the area determined to be a person is determined to pass through the person. However, when it is difficult to determine the person and the luggage, Instead of distinguishing these, the state of connection between the person and the baggage is determined from the image, and the person detection sensor 3
When the passage of an object is detected in 0 to 39, it is not determined that the person has passed by this alone, and the image processing circuit 83 determines the movement of the entire area in which it is determined that they are connected. It can be determined that the luggage has passed together.

That is, in FIG. 45, when the area of the moving object is obtained, the THy of the cutout of the projection pattern in the vertical direction is slightly lowered, and a circumscribed rectangle connecting the person and the baggage is obtained as shown in FIG. By observing the movement of the circumscribed rectangle and the output results of the human detection sensors 30 to 39 together, it is determined that this person has passed when the golf bag and the person have passed.

That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 51, as in the flowchart of FIG. 49, after the ticket is determined to be valid (step S5), the shape of the moving object is determined from the image of the video camera 80 by the image processing circuit 83. And the connection state between the luggage and the person is determined (step S30), and if necessary, it is checked whether or not a preceding person who does not insert a ticket between the moving object and the door 41 stays (step S30). In step S6), processes such as ticket ejection and door opening are performed, and when it is determined that a person-like object has passed through the person detection sensors 30 to 39 (step S9), the pass is determined based on the result of the surface image processing circuit 83. It is determined whether the circumscribed rectangle of the object is large and there is a further area (step S31). It is determined that not, waiting for the passage of the subsequent region is ultimately what determines that the person has passed (step S32).

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the area of the moving object is obtained from the image captured by the video camera 80, and the area of the luggage and the person and the connection thereof are determined from this. This result is obtained by using the human detection sensor 30 to
By combining with the output of 39, the problem that the door 41 is closed when only the luggage passes and the person carrying the luggage passes can be eliminated.

In the above description, the image captured by the video camera 80 is combined with the output of the person detection sensors 30 to 39. However, this is not always necessary. It is also possible to detect the movement of a person from only the information of the person.

In the description so far, the video camera 80 has been described as being installed on the automatic ticket gate. However, it is not always necessary to install the video camera 80 in this place in order to judge luggage. As shown, it is also conceivable to install it above the passage.

In this case, the image obtained to look down from above is as shown in FIG. 52, and the connectivity between the person and the baggage becomes more remarkable.

That is, a person usually looks as shown in FIG. 19A, but when a person has a golf bag or the like, for example, it looks as shown in FIG. .

Furthermore, in this case, since it is less likely that a plurality of persons appear to be overlapped, there is a feature that the separation of a plurality of persons is facilitated.

Further, since the background in this case is the floor of the passage, the background is more stable than the case where the video camera 80 is installed as shown in FIG. 36. As shown in FIG. 53, if fluorescent lamps 87 and the like are arranged below the automatic ticket gate and illuminated, the extraction becomes easier.

The first to fifth embodiments of the present invention have been described above in sequence. However, except for the third embodiment of the present invention, the video camera 80 is installed at predetermined time intervals. The method is based on taking an image and extracting the motion of a person, a hand, and the like by the difference processing.

In the description so far, it has been described that the image captured by the video camera 80 is subjected to the difference processing with the same size. However, when the processing time is long, the plane image is converted into the reduced image. (Mosaicing) is also possible.

Also, in an actual image, the influence of the color of clothes or noise may occur to make it impossible to extract a correct change region. Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate isolated points and remove a region with a small area used in general image processing. It is also conceivable to perform the noise removal or to fill the holes when a hole is formed inside the moving object.

That is, the installation environment of the automatic ticket gate may have many complicated backgrounds, and in such a case, it is considered that these processes often work well. Further, depending on the installation environment of the video camera 80, the external image and the lighting conditions change, so that the entire difference image appears to have undergone a large change, or a passerby inserts a ticket or presents it to the wireless antenna 70. Occasionally, a hand may cross the front of the video camera 80 and cause a large change in the entire image.

In such a case, the change area becomes large. If the change area is too large, it may be considered that an abnormal state has occurred and the processing may need to be interrupted. Since the change and the movement of the hand are changes in a short time, it can be distinguished from the abnormality of the device, and it is considered that there are few problems in practical use.

Also, with respect to a method of extracting a change area from an image captured by the video camera 80 and determining whether a target is a human, many methods have been studied and developed for the purpose of intrusion monitoring and the like. The present invention provides a similar effect using any of these methods,
It does not depend on the image processing method.

In the above invention, the processing of the automatic ticket gate and the image processing are performed by the CPU 42.
It is not limited to this.

Further, as for the human detection sensors 30 to 39, since the existing apparatus uses a transmission type light sensor, the transmission type light sensor has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A pyroelectric sensor for detecting movement, a proximity sensor using reflected light, ultrasonic waves, or the like may be used.

Also, the position of the video camera 80 has been described as an example where the most effective place is considered in each embodiment of the present invention. However, it is not always necessary to be such a place. There is no problem as long as the desired image can be obtained regardless of the location on the passage.

Also, the video camera 80 has been premised on shooting with normal illumination or external light.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is conceivable to provide a specific illumination 88 so as to always have the same brightness, or to use an infrared illumination and an infrared camera instead of a normal illumination and a video camera to reduce the influence of the illumination.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 55 (a) and (b), a light source 89 such as an LED is arranged at a place where the background of the video camera 80 is projected. A method is also conceivable in which the light source becomes invisible when a hand or a person having a character enters the shooting area.

FIGS. (C) and (d) are examples in which a hand holding a ticket is shown in an image captured from the video camera 80 in such a configuration, and FIGS. It is a difference binary image.

In FIGS. (E) and (f), the LEDs that are blocked by the hand or the ticket are shown in white in the figure and are not visible, and the other LEDs are not blocked, so that they are turned on and black. I can see.

Thus, the visible LEDs are different in FIGS. (E) and (f), and by judging this state, it is possible to know from which direction the hand extends.

[0293] In this description, the description is given of the portion where the hand is held, but this can be applied anywhere around the automatic ticket gate and the floor, etc. In this case, the lighting of the LED is visible or invisible. Since the presence of a hand or a person can be determined by using this, it is possible to reduce the influence of the surrounding brightness.

In the above description, the video camera 80 has been described as the image input means. However, if the position and direction of the hand are known as in the first and second embodiments, for example, It is not always necessary to use a video camera, and by detecting the blinking state of the LED 89 shown in FIG. 55 with each photodetector 89b as shown in FIG. 56, it is possible to determine at which position the hand holding the ticket exists. You can also know.

Thus, instead of using a light sensor to combine an LED and a photodetector, a plurality of pyroelectric sensors 79 and ultrasonic sensors for measuring the distance to an object are arranged as shown in FIG. This makes it possible to know where the hand is located from the output result.

In addition, various applications are possible within the scope of the present invention.

[0297]

Therefore, as described in detail above, according to the present invention, for example, an error that occurs when a person with a genuine bill inserts a ticket after a no-entry entrant (the former can pass and the latter It is possible to correctly associate the submitter with the ticket to be processed so as to prevent (no bill).

[0298] In the case of an automatic ticket gate system capable of inserting a plurality of tickets, it is possible to specify how far the inserted ticket is a ticket for one person and the submitter, thereby extending the range of operation. it can.

Further, by notifying the subsequent user of the result of reading the ticket of the passerby, the subsequent user does not carelessly insert or present the ticket, and the reliability is improved.

Further, detailed information of the submitter, for example, height, presence / absence of luggage, etc. can be obtained.

When the automatic ticket gate can determine the height, the information of the holder is preliminarily included in the ticket, and the height of the holder based on the information is measured and compared with the height of the person actually passing. A type of ID check can be performed.

[0302] Further, since the baggage can be correctly discriminated, the person carrying the baggage is not mistaken for two persons, and the detection capability of human detection can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an example of an internal structure of an automatic ticket gate device relating to a recording medium processing device according to an embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 2 is a view showing the appearance of the automatic ticket gate according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a passer is about to insert a ticket into a ticket entrance;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a passerby presents a ticket to a wireless antenna;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the automatic ticket gate according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6: Insert a ticket from an image captured by a video camera,
Or a diagram for explaining a method of extracting a hand part of a presented passerby,

FIG. 7: Insert a ticket from an image captured by a video camera,
Or a diagram for explaining a method of extracting a hand part of a presented passerby,

FIG. 8: Insert a ticket from an image captured by a video camera,
Or a diagram for explaining a method of extracting a hand part of a presented passerby,

FIG. 9: Insert a ticket from an image captured by a video camera,
Or a diagram for explaining a method of extracting a hand part of a presented passerby,

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a method of extracting a hand portion of a passer who has inserted or presented a ticket from an image captured by a video camera,

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a method of extracting a hand portion of a passer who has inserted or presented a ticket from an image captured by a video camera,

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a method of extracting a hand portion of a passer who has inserted or presented a ticket from an image captured by a video camera,

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a case where a preceding user enters without entering or presenting a ticket, and a succeeding user enters or presents the ticket.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a modification of the processing flow according to the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 23 is a view showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 25 is a view showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of the first invention;

FIG. 28: When there are two passers-by, a preceding passer-A enters a ticket a with insufficient charge, and a subsequent passer B issues a ticket in order of a settlement ticket b and a ticket with insufficient charge. (A) and a case where the preceding passer A enters a ticket a and a settlement ticket b with insufficient fee and a case where the succeeding passer B inputs a ticket c with an insufficient fee and (b). Diagram,

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a flow of a process according to the embodiment of the second invention;

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a flow of a process according to the embodiment of the second invention;

FIG. 31 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the automatic ticket gate according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 32 is a view showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of a display device according to the embodiment of the third invention;

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing the flow of a process according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing the flow of a process according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 36 is a view showing an appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 37 is a view illustrating an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 38 is a view illustrating an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 39 is a view showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 40 is a view showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 41 is a view showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 42 is a view showing a modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 43 is a view showing a modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 44 is a view illustrating an outline of the operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 45 is a view showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 46 is a view showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 47 is a view showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 48 is a view showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing an operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 50 is a view showing a modification of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing an operation of a modification of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 52 is a view showing a modification of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 53 is a view showing a modification of the automatic ticket gate according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 54 is a view showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 55 is a view showing the appearance and operation of an automatic ticket gate according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 56 is a view showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 57 is a view showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate main body, 2 ... Ticket, 3 ... Slot, 4 ... Exit, 70 ... Antenna of wireless communication, 50 ... Pole, 80 ... Video camera, 5 ... Transport path, 6, 7, 8, 9, a plurality of sensors (detectors) 10, 11, a magnetic information reading section (read head), 12, 13, a magnetic information recording section (write head), 14, 15, a magnetic information reading section (read head) ), 16-21: Supporting member (rotating roller), 22, 23: Distributing section, 24: SF processing section, 25: Thermal printer, 26: Insertion punch, 40: Billing section, 28: Display, 30-39: Plurality of human detection sensors, 41: Door, 42: Central processing unit (CP
U), 44: Read only memory (ROM), 46: Random access memory (RAM), 48: Fare memory, 50: Read circuit, 52: Recording circuit, 71: Signal conversion unit, 54: Ticket Detection circuit, 56: transport control circuit, 57: human detector control circuit, 58: door opening / closing mechanism, 59: display control circuit, 60: door control circuit, 62: transmission control circuit, 81: A / D conversion circuit, 82 ... Image memory, 83 ... Image processing circuit.

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Claims (28)

[Claims] When a passer-by presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recording content of the recording medium is read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result to open the passer-by. An automatic ticket gate that permits or blocks the passage of the recording medium, wherein when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; The first to detect the presence of a pedestrian
Detecting means, a second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer to the main body, and the plurality of passers based on detection results from the first and second detecting means. An automatic ticket gate apparatus comprising: a traffic permission / non-permission determining means for determining whether or not each pass is possible; and a door opening / closing means for opening and closing the door of the main body according to the result of the traffic permission / non-permission determining means. 2. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recording content of the recording medium is read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result to open the passerby. An automatic ticket gate that permits or blocks the passage of the recording medium, wherein when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; The first to detect the presence of a pedestrian
Detecting means, a second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer to the main body, and the plurality of passers based on detection results from the first and second detecting means. Passing permission / prohibition determining means for determining whether or not each pass is possible, door opening / closing means for opening / closing the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the passing permission / prohibition determining means, and when the passer presents the recording medium, When the recording medium is valid, the door opening / closing means controls the door to an open state so that the passer is allowed to pass when the recording medium is valid, and blocks the pass to other passers. Control means for controlling the door to be in a closed state in order to perform the operation. 3. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recording content of the recording medium is read, and the door is opened and closed according to the result of the reading. An automatic ticket gate that permits or blocks the passage of the recording medium, wherein when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; The first to detect the presence of a pedestrian
Detecting means, a second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer to the main body, and the plurality of passers based on detection results from the first and second detecting means. A pass / fail determination unit for determining whether or not each pass is possible, and a door opening / closing unit that opens and closes a door of the main unit in accordance with a result of the pass / fail determination unit; Wherein a plurality of recording media can be inserted or presented, and the plurality of recording media inserted or presented by the one passerby can be collectively processed. apparatus. 4. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recording contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result to open the passerby. An automatic ticket gate that permits or blocks the passage of the recording medium, wherein when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; The first to detect the presence of a pedestrian
Detecting means, a second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer to the main body, and the plurality of passers based on detection results from the first and second detecting means. Passing permission / prohibition determining means for determining whether or not each pass is possible, door opening / closing means for opening / closing the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the passing permission / prohibition determining means, and when the passer presents the recording medium, When the recording medium is valid, the door opening / closing means controls the door to an open state so that the passer is allowed to pass when the recording medium is valid, and blocks the pass to other passers. Control means for controlling the door to be in a closed state in order to allow a single passerby to insert or present a plurality of recording media to the main body, and to the single passerby Yo Automatic gate apparatus characterized by the processable configured collectively for a plurality of recording media that are on or presented. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second detecting means includes means for detecting at least one of the recording medium and a hand of each passer who has the recording medium. 5. The automatic ticket gate according to any one of the items 1 to 4. 6. The means for determining whether the presenting operation of the recording medium is performed by a pedestrian entering the passage or by a pedestrian located in front of the door in the passage. The automatic ticket gate according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: 7. The number of recording media presented by a passer-by, based on a single or plural recording media determination results obtained by the reading device based on the detection by the second detecting device, based on the detection by the second detecting device. 5. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 3, further comprising a passer / recording medium associating process for associating the information with the insertion order and the recorded contents. 8. In the passer / recording medium associating process by the passability determining unit, the determination result by the determining unit indicates that the recording medium is inserted or presented.
In the case where the door is associated with the passerby located in front of the door in the passage, and when the result of the determination by the reading means indicates that the pass is permitted, the door is moved so that only the passerby is passed. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 7, wherein the automatic ticket gate is controlled to be in an open state. 9. The passer / recording medium associating process performed by the passability / non-permission determining unit determines that the operation of presenting the recording medium is performed by a passerby trying to enter a passage. And if it is determined that there is no passerby located in front of the door in the passage, and if the result of the determination by the reading means indicates that the passer is permitted, only the passerby is passed. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 7, wherein the door is controlled to be opened so as to cause the door to open. 10. In the passer / recording medium associating process by the passability determining unit, the result of the determination by the determining unit is that the operation of presenting the recording medium is performed by a passer who is going to enter the passage. If it is determined that there is a passerby located in front of the door in the aisle, even if the result of the determination by the reading means is that the passage is permitted, For passers-by in front of the door,
8. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 7, wherein the door is controlled to be closed so as to prevent the passage of the recording medium presented by the passerby trying to enter the passage. 11. In the passer / recording medium associating process by the passability determining unit, the result of the determination by the determining unit is that the operation of presenting the recording medium is performed by a passer who is about to enter a passage. If it is determined that there is a passerby located in front of the door in the aisle, even if the result of the determination by the reading means is that the passage is permitted, For passers-by in front of the door,
In order to prevent passing by the result of the recording medium presented by the passer-by entering the passage, the door is controlled to be closed, and processing for the recording medium presented by the passer-by entering the passage is performed. 11. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 7, wherein guidance is given to a passerby located in front of the door in the passage to prompt presentation of an appropriate recording medium. 12. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded content of the recording medium is read, and the door is opened and closed according to a result of the reading, and the passerby is opened. An automatic ticket gate that permits or blocks the passage of the recording medium, wherein when the passerby presents the recording medium to the main body, a recording medium reading unit that reads recorded contents of the recording medium; The first to detect the presence of a pedestrian
Detecting means, a second detecting means for detecting an operation of presenting the recording medium by the passer to the main body, and the plurality of passers based on detection results from the first and second detecting means. Means for determining whether or not each pass is possible, door opening and closing means for opening and closing the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the means for determining whether or not to pass, and the passer presenting the recording medium, Control means for controlling the door to be opened by the door opening / closing means in order to allow only the passerby to pass when the recording medium is valid in the permission / non-permission determining means; And a notifying means for notifying a person, while allowing one passerby to insert or present a plurality of recording media to the main body, and to insert or present by the one passer. Automatic gate apparatus characterized by the processable configured collectively for a plurality of recording media indicated. 13. In the notification means, whether a read result of a recording medium to be presented by a passer is applied to the passer or to a passer preceding the passer. 13. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 12, wherein the output is performed so as to discriminate whether or not there is a ticket. 14. The notifying means, as a condition that a reading result of a recording medium presented by a passer from now on may be used for a passer preceding the passer, The presence of a passer who precedes the passer in the passage of the main body is detected, or the passer preceding the presenter presents the recording medium by the second detecting means, and then the result of the reading by the reading means is used. The first detecting means detects that the passer is allowed to pass and the preceding passer has passed a predetermined position in the passage of the main body portion, or detects the preceding passer according to the result of reading by the recording medium processing means. The passer is not allowed to pass, and the passer returns within the passage of the main body, and the passage of the passerby is detected before reaching the entrance of the passage by the first detecting means. 13 Dynamic ticket gate apparatus. 15. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded content of the recording medium is read, and the door is opened / closed based on the read result to open and close the door. Reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; presence position determining means for detecting the presence of a pedestrian on the passage; and passing through the passage of the main body. Height measuring means for measuring the height of the passerby, the read result of the reading means and the presence status of the passer determined by the existence position determining means and the measurement result of the height measuring means of the passage of the passer And a door opening / closing means for opening / closing a door of the main body in accordance with a result of the traffic permission / non-permission determination means. Automatic ticket gate apparatus. 16. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recording contents of the recording medium are read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result to open the passage. An automatic ticket gate that permits or blocks the passage of traffic, reading means for reading the recorded contents of the recording medium, presence position determining means for detecting the presence of a passerby on the passage, and passing through the passage of the main body. Height measuring means for measuring the height of the passerby, and the passing of the passerby from the reading result of the reading means and the presence status of the passerby determined by the existence position determining means and the measurement result of the height measuring means. Passing permission / non-permission determining means for determining whether or not the vehicle is open / closed; door opening / closing means for opening / closing a door of the main body in accordance with a result of the traffic permission / non-permission determining means; Determination means for determining whether the recording medium is for an adult or for a child based on the result of the reading, wherein the content read by the reading means is for a child, and the height measurement means An automatic ticket gate, wherein the door is closed by the door opening / closing means to prevent the passage of the pedestrian when the result of measurement is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. 17. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body portion forming a passage having a door, the recording content of the recording medium is read, and the door is opened and closed according to the read result to open the passerby. Reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; presence position determining means for detecting the presence of a pedestrian on the passage; and passing through the passage of the main body. Height measuring means for measuring the height of the passerby, the read result of the reading means and the presence status of the passer determined by the existence position determining means and the measurement result of the height measuring means of the passage of the passer And a door opening / closing unit that opens and closes a door of the main body in accordance with a result of the passage permission / inhibition determination unit. Further comprising means for reading height information pre-recorded on the recording medium, wherein the passability determination means compares the height information read by the reading with the measurement result of the height measuring means, If the doors do not match, the door is closed by the door opening / closing means to block the passage of the pedestrian. 18. When a passerby presents a recording medium to a main body forming a passage having a door, the recorded content of the recording medium is read, and the door is opened and closed according to the result of the reading. Reading means for reading the recorded content of the recording medium; presence position determining means for detecting the presence of a pedestrian on the passage; and passing through the passage of the main body. A person luggage discriminating means for discriminating a person and a baggage based on a characteristic of the shape thereof; Means for determining whether or not the pedestrian is allowed to pass, and means for opening and closing the door of the main body in accordance with the result of the means for determining whether or not the passage is possible Comprising a, in the passing determination means, the determination result is automatic ticket gate apparatus, characterized in that the target determines whether the passage of the passer only when a person of the person baggage discriminating means. 19. At least one of the first detecting means, the second detecting means, the height measuring means, and the baggage discriminating means includes a video camera and an image processing means for processing an image taken by the video camera. 19. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, further comprising: 20. A part of the video camera, which is located above the passage of the main body, which optically confirms the input port of the recording medium or the presentation of the recording medium by the head of a passerby or accompanying luggage. 20. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 19, wherein the automatic ticket gate is installed at a position closer to the passport than directly above to avoid being blocked by the ticket gate. 21. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 19, wherein the video camera is installed on a main body on a right side from a passage entrance of the main body. 22. The video camera according to claim 19, wherein the video camera is installed on the right main body from inside the passage of the main body, and is inclined so as to capture the inside of the passage. Automatic ticket gate as described. 23. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 19, wherein the video camera is installed on a pole provided on a main body on the right side from a passage entrance of the main body. 24. The video camera according to claim 19, wherein one video camera takes an image of a portion where the recording medium is inserted and a portion where the recording medium is presented.
24. The automatic ticket gate according to any one of the above items. 25. The video camera, wherein one video camera captures an image of a part for loading the recording medium, a part for presenting the recording medium, and a passerby passing through a passage of the main body. The automatic ticket gate according to any one of claims 19 to 23, characterized in that: 26. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 25, wherein the first detecting means and the second detecting means are configured to be capable of processing an image obtained by one video camera. . 27. The automatic video camera according to claim 19, wherein the video camera captures an image of a portion where the recording medium is inserted and an image of a portion where the recording medium is presented by two video cameras. Ticket gate device. 28. The image processing means for performing separation / integration of each area on each of the areas extracted by the extraction means based on the connectivity and the threshold processing of the amplitude shape signal of the projection onto a certain direction axis. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 19, further comprising a process.