Gate and monitoring equipment

Abstract

To provide a gate device capable of controlling passing of the number of users who can pass even when the plurality of users enter a path with one medium.SOLUTION: A gate device 100 includes a reading unit 20 that reads information of a passage right medium PM, a display unit 30 that displays a guidance for a user US, a detection unit 40 that detects passing of the user US, and a control unit 50 that, when the reading unit 20 reads the passage right medium PM having a plurality of passage rights, measures the number of users US detected by the detection unit 40 and permits passing of the users US until the number of users for the plurality of passage rights is reached.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a gate device and a monitoring device for controlling the passage of users. [Background technology]

[0002] There is a gate device that, when multiple users enter a passageway using one medium, determines whether or not each user can pass according to their attributes and restricts the users' passage through the passageway (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Another gate device manages the positions of users based on position detection information of the users, and distinguishes the position information of multiple users within the passageway (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

[0003] However, in the gate device of Patent Document 1, for example, when there are multiple users who need a ticket at an automatic ticket gate, it determines that they cannot pass regardless of the presence or absence of associated ticket information, and does not consider supporting a function that allows multiple people to pass with one ticket. Also, in the gate device of Patent Document 2, for example, while it tracks and monitors the positions of multiple users when there are multiple users in the passage of an automatic ticket gate, it does not mention allowing multiple people to pass with one ticket. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2011-191953 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2012-84182 A Summary of the Invention

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned points, and aims to provide a gate device that can control the passage of users up to the number of users allowed to pass through, even when multiple users enter an aisle using a single medium, and a monitoring device that acquires information from the gate device.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned objective, a gate device includes a reading unit that reads information on the right of passage medium, a display unit that displays guidance to users, a detection unit that detects the passage of users, and a control unit that, when the reading unit reads a right of passage medium having multiple rights of passage, counts the number of users detected by the detection unit and allows the passage of users up to the number of users represented by the multiple rights of passage.

[0007] In the above-mentioned gate device, when the reading unit reads a pass right medium having multiple pass rights, the control unit counts the number of users detected by the detection unit and allows the passage of users up to the number of people represented by the multiple pass rights, thereby enabling multiple users to automatically pass through with a single pass right medium.

[0008] In a specific aspect of the present invention, the display unit displays the number of users detected by the detection unit as the number of people who have passed through in real time to the user. In this case, the user can be made aware of the current number of people who have passed through.

[0009] In another aspect of the present invention, the display unit displays the number of people with the right of passage to the user based on the information on the right of passage medium read by the reading unit. In this case, the user can recognize the number of people with the right of passage corresponding to the right of passage medium read by the reading unit.

[0010] In yet another aspect of the present invention, the control unit notifies an external monitoring device in real time of the number of people with a right of passage based on the information on the right-of-passage medium read by the reading unit and the number of people who have passed through detected by the detection unit. In this case, the passage status at the gate device can be managed by the external monitoring device.

[0011] To achieve the above objective, the monitoring device includes an information receiving unit that acquires in real time information on the number of users who have the right to pass and the number of users who have passed through, which information is output from any of the gate devices described above, and a notification unit that notifies a monitor of the information acquired by the information receiving unit.

[0012] The above monitoring device allows a plurality of users to pass automatically using one passing right medium by the gate device described above, and can monitor in real time information on the number of users with a passing right and the number of users who have passed. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a gate system including a gate device and a monitoring device according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] 2A and 2B are a conceptual plan view and a front view illustrating a gate device in the gate system of FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the gate device. [Figure 4] 13(A) to 13(D) are conceptual diagrams for explaining counting the number of people passing through a passageway of users. [Diagram 5] 13A to 13D are conceptual diagrams illustrating counting the number of complete passers-by in a passageway of users. [Figure 6] 4 is a flowchart showing an example of various processes performed by the gate device. [Figure 7] 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of various processes performed by the monitoring device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0014] [Embodiment] An example of a gate system GS according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

[0015] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the gate system GS. The gate system GS includes a gate device 100 and a monitoring device 200. The gate device 100 is installed, for example, at a ticket gate of a station, an airport, or an office building. The monitoring device 200 is provided outside the gate device 100, for example, at a location where a supervisor, a staff member, or the like of the facility where the gate device 100 is installed can monitor. The gate system GS has, for example, a plurality of gate devices 100 connected to the monitoring device 200 via a communication line 300. Note that the gate system GS may have a configuration in which one gate device 100 is connected to the monitoring device 200. In the following, for the sake of simplicity, a case in which one gate device 100 is connected to the monitoring device 200 will be described.

[0016] 2(A) and 2(B) are conceptual plan and front views for explaining a gate device 100 of the gate system GS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a part of the gate device 100. The gate device 100 in FIG. 2 will be explained as being installed as an automatic ticket gate at a station as an example. The gate device 100 restricts a user US who does not have an appropriate passage right medium PM from passing through a passage PA to enter or exit a station premises. In FIG. 2(A) and other figures, the travel direction D1 of the user US is the X direction, the left-right direction (horizontal direction) perpendicular to the X direction is the Y direction, and the up-down direction (vertical direction) perpendicular to the X direction and the Y direction is the Z direction.

[0017] The gate device 100 includes a main body unit 10, a reading unit 20, a display unit 30, a detection unit 40, and a control unit 50.

[0018] The main body 10 of the gate device 100 forms a passage PA through which the user US can pass, and is composed of a pair of a master machine 11 and a slave machine 12 that are arranged at an interval that allows the user US to pass through. The master machine 11 and the slave machine 12 each have a pair of gate doors 11a, 12a that are rotatably attached, and the gate doors 11a, 12a form an opening and closing gate GT. The gate door 11a of the master machine 11 is arranged at both ends of the side surface of the master machine 11 on the passage side. Similarly, the gate door 12a of the slave machine 12 is arranged at both ends of the side surface of the slave machine 12 on the passage side. Although not shown, a control board or the like for operating the gate doors 11a, 12a, etc. is provided inside the master machine 11 and the slave machine 12. The example of FIG. 2(A) shows a configuration that can be applied to both entrance and exit passage control with one gate device 100. When a user US passes through, the opening / closing gate GT on the far side operates in the travel direction D1 of the user US, opening and closing to control the passage of the user US. The opening / closing gate GT opens and closes according to the results of information analysis of the passage right medium PM received by the reading unit 20. Specifically, the opening / closing gate GT opens the passage when allowing the user US to pass, and closes the passage when preventing the user US from passing.

[0019] The right-of-passage medium PM is a ticket medium for performing ticket gate processing such as entrance processing and exit processing, and is intended for IC cards, two-dimensional codes, magnetic tickets, and the like. In wireless right-of-passage medium PM such as IC cards and two-dimensional codes, for example, information required for ticket gate processing is recorded in an internal or external memory. In magnetic right-of-passage medium PM, for example, information is recorded in a recording layer on the ticket face. The information required for ticket gate processing is recorded in the right-of-passage medium PM, the gate device 100, or the monitoring device 200, for example, linked to the unique ID of the right-of-passage medium PM. Information is recorded in the right-of-passage medium PM by, for example, reservation via the Internet or reservation at a ticket vending machine. Ticket gate information required for ticket gate processing corresponding to the right-of-passage medium PM includes, for example, the unique ID of the medium, boarding section information, fare adjustment information, and information such as the number of users US who can pass with one right-of-passage medium PM. For example, a maximum of four people are granted the right of passage per medium. The number of people allowed to pass that can be granted by the passage right medium PM is not limited to four, and can be changed as appropriate to one, two or more people.

[0020] The reading unit 20 reads information on the pass right medium PM, and is provided on the upstream side (in front of the user US) of the main engine 11, which is on the right side of the main body 10 from the user US, in the traveling direction D1 of the user US. The reading unit 20 accepts the pass right medium PM held by the user US, and reads and writes the right information recorded on the pass right medium PM. Examples of the reading unit 20 include an IC card reader and a two-dimensional barcode reader. Note that when the pass right medium PM is a magnetic ticket, the reading unit 20 may be provided with a ticket insertion slot, an ejection slot, and a transport path connecting the insertion slot and the ejection slot, and the information on the ticket may be read as the ticket passes through the transport path.

[0021] The display unit 30 displays guidance to the user US, and is provided on the downstream side (farther from the user US) of the main unit 10 in the traveling direction D1 of the main unit 11 of the user US. The display unit 30 is a display panel composed of, for example, an organic EL element or a liquid crystal element. The display unit 30 displays various guidance information, for example, a guidance screen corresponding to the result of the ticket gate processing, to the user US. The display unit 30 also displays the number of users with a right of passage based on the information of the right of passage medium PM read by the reading unit 20 to the user US. The display unit 30 also displays the number of users US detected by the detection unit 40 described later as the number of users who have passed in real time to the user US. By displaying these pieces of information by the display unit 30, the user US can be made aware of the number of people who have passed at the present time and the number of people with a right of passage corresponding to the right of passage medium PM read by the reading unit 20. In the example shown in FIG. 2(A) and the like, the display unit 30 is provided on the rear side of the reading unit 20, but the position of the display unit 30 can be appropriately changed so that the user US can easily see it.

[0022] The detection unit 40 detects the passage of the user US and is disposed on the side of the main unit 10 on the aisle side of the main unit 11 and the secondary unit 12. The detection unit 40 detects the position of the user US in the aisle PA and can track the position of the user US in the aisle PA from when the user US enters the aisle PA until when the user US passes through the aisle PA. The detection unit 40 has a plurality of sensors 41 provided at a predetermined interval along the aisle. The sensor 41 is, for example, a transmission type optical sensor, and is composed of a plurality of light emitting units 41a provided in the main unit 11 and a plurality of light receiving units 41b provided in the secondary unit 12 at positions facing the light emitting units 41a. Each light receiving unit 41b receives light from the opposing light emitting units 41a and detects the presence or absence of the user US depending on whether or not the light is received. The sensor 41 may be configured such that the light emitting unit 41a is provided in the secondary unit 12 and the light receiving unit 41b is provided in the main unit 11. The sensor 41 may also be a reflection type optical sensor.

[0023] The control unit 50 is built into the main body unit 10 and controls the operations of the main body unit 10, the reading unit 20, the display unit 30, and the detection unit 40. Specifically, the control unit 50 operates the reading unit 20, and when the control unit 50 detects a right-of-passage medium PM, it reads information on the right-of-passage medium PM. The control unit 50 also operates the detection unit 40 to detect the entry and exit of the user US into the passage PA, the position within the passage PA, and the like, and counts the number of users US passing through the passage PA. The control unit 50 also operates the display unit 30 to display various guidance information and information based on the right-of-passage medium PM to the user US. When the reading unit 20 reads a right-of-passage medium PM having multiple rights of passage, the control unit 50 also counts the number of users US detected by the detection unit 40, and allows the users US to pass up to the number of people with multiple rights of passage. Furthermore, the control unit 50 notifies an externally provided monitoring device 200 in real time of the ID of the pass right medium PM read by the reading unit 20, the number of people with the right to pass based on the information on the pass right medium PM, the number of users US who have passed through detected by the detection unit 40, etc. This allows the external monitoring device 200 to manage the passage status at the gate device 100. The control unit 50 may be provided outside the main body unit 10. In this case, the control unit 50 can control the operation of each unit of the gate device 100 on a network via, for example, a relay device.

[0024] 4(A)-4(D) and 5(A)-5(D) are conceptual diagrams for explaining the counting of the number of people passing through the passage PA of the user US. FIG. 4(A) and others show an example in which the number of people with the right of passage medium PM is four. The detection unit 40 of the gate device 100 has sensors 4a-4i arranged along the passage PA. In the illustrated example, the detection unit 40 detects the first sensor 4a (first sensor) to count the number of people passing through, which is necessary for determining whether the gate GT is open or closed, and the detection unit 40 detects the last sensor 4i (second sensor) to count the total number of people passing through, which is finally recorded when the right of passage medium PM enters or exits. The first and second sensors can be changed to any of the sensors 4a-4i as appropriate, but the first sensor is arranged closer to the user US than the second sensor in the traveling direction D1.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 4(A), after the first user US holds the passage right medium PM over the reading unit 20, the passage of user US1 is detected by the first sensor 4a through which user US1 passes first. The control unit 50 counts the number of passing people as 1 based on the detection of the first sensor 4a (first sensor) of user US1. As shown in FIGS. 4(B) to 4(D), similarly, the passage of second to fourth users US2 to US4 is detected by the first sensor 4a through which users US2 to US4 pass first. The control unit 50 successively counts the number of passing people as 2 to 4 based on the detection of the first sensor 4a of users US2 to US4.

[0026] As shown in FIG. 5(A), the passage of user US1 is detected by the sensor 4i (second sensor) that the first user US1 passes through last. The control unit 50 counts the number of complete passers as 1 based on the detection of the last sensor 4i of user US1. As shown in FIGS. 5(B) to 5(D), the passage of users US2 to US4 is detected by the sensor 4i that the second to fourth users US2 to US4 pass through last. The control unit 50 successively counts the number of complete passers as 2 to 4 based on the detection of the last sensor 4i of users US2 to US4.

[0027] 1, the monitoring device 200 includes an information receiving unit 60, a notifying unit 70, a storage unit 80, and a monitoring control unit 90. Note that the monitoring device 200 may further include other devices necessary for monitoring.

[0028] The information receiving unit 60 is a receiving unit that acquires in real time, via the communication line 300, the ID of the pass right medium PM output from the gate device 100, the number of users US with the right to pass recorded on the pass right medium PM, information on the number of people who have passed through the passage PA, and the like. The information receiving unit 60 can also separately receive information that is pre-recorded on the pass right medium PM, such as information on users US and reservation information. The information from the gate device 100 acquired by the information receiving unit 60 is transmitted to the notification unit 70 and the memory unit 80. The information that is pre-recorded on the pass right medium PM is transmitted to the memory unit 80.

[0029] The notification unit 70 notifies the supervisor of the information acquired by the information receiving unit 60, and examples thereof include a monitor that displays the passage status of the user US, and an alarm that notifies of an abnormality when an abnormality occurs.

[0030] The storage unit 80 is a memory that records information linked to the fare table and the ID of the passage right medium PM. Information linked to the ID of the passage right medium PM includes, for example, information about the user US, the boarding section, entry record, fare settlement status, and the number of people with passage rights. The information recorded in the storage unit 80 is read or written as appropriate, and is used when the gate device 100 operates. The storage unit 80 also records information received from the gate device 100 as appropriate.

[0031] The monitoring and control unit 90 controls the operations of the information receiving unit 60, the notification unit 70, and the storage unit 80. Specifically, the monitoring and control unit 90 operates the information receiving unit 60 to receive information from the gate device 100, operates the notification unit 70 to appropriately notify the information acquired by the information receiving unit 60, and operates the storage unit 80 to read or write based on the information acquired by the information receiving unit 60. The gate device 100 may be remotely controlled by the monitoring and control unit 90.

[0032] The monitoring device 200 allows a plurality of users US to pass automatically using one passing right medium PM by the gate device 100, and can monitor in real time the number of users US with a passing right and the number of users who have passed.

[0033] An example of the operation of the gate device 100 will now be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

[0034] In the gate device 100, the control unit 50 checks whether the pass right medium PM is detected by the reading unit 20 (step S11). When the pass right medium PM is detected in step S11 (Yes in step S11), the control unit 50 reads information on the pass right medium PM (step S12) and determines whether the user US can pass based on the information on the pass right medium PM (step S13). That is, it is confirmed whether the pass right medium is valid and whether there is a shortage of balance. When it is determined that the user US can pass as a result of the determination in step S13 (Yes in step S13), the control unit 50 performs an operation to open the opening / closing gate GT (step S14). The control unit 50 checks whether the user US is detected by the detection unit 40 (the first sensor 4a in the example of FIG. 4(A) etc.) (step S15). In step S15, when the user US is detected (Yes in step S15), the number of people passing is counted as +1 (step S16), and various guide information based on the information of the pass right medium PM, the number of people with pass rights, the number of people who have passed based on the count in step S16, etc. are displayed on the display unit 30 (step S17). Next, the control unit 50 judges whether the number of people with pass rights acquired from the pass right medium PM for the user US who entered the passage PA this time is full (step S18). As a result of the judgment in step S18, when the number of people with pass rights recorded in the pass right medium PM for the current user US is reached (Yes in step S18), the control unit 50 checks whether the user US is detected by the detection unit 40 (the last sensor 4i in the example of FIG. 5(A) etc.) (step S19). In step S19, when the user US is detected (Yes in step S19), the number of people who have completely passed is counted as +1 (step S21). Next, the control unit 50 judges whether the number of people with the passage right expired in step S18 matches the number of people who passed counted in step S21 (step S22). If the result of the judgment in step S22 is that the number of people with the passage right matches (Yes in step S22), the control unit 50 notifies the monitoring device 200 of the number of people with the passage right and the number of people who have passed (step S23), returns to the initial standby state (step S24), and ends the series of operations.If the result of the determination in step S18 is that the number of users US has not reached the number of people with passing rights recorded in the passing right medium PM (No in step S18), the control unit 50 notifies the monitoring device 200 of the number of people with passing rights and the current number of people who have passed (step S25), and returns to step S17. Note that the notification from the gate device 100 to the monitoring device 200 may be performed as appropriate, not limited to after steps S18 and S22.

[0035] If the control unit 50 determines in step S13 that the user US cannot pass through (No in step S13), it closes the opening and closing gate GT (step S31) and displays an alarm to inform the user of the occurrence of an abnormality (step S32). Furthermore, it checks whether the user has forced their way through the opening and closing gate GT even though the opening and closing gate GT is closed (step S33). If no forced way through is confirmed in step S23 (No in step S33), it detects whether the user US remains in the gate device 100 (step S34), and repeats the operations of steps S31 to S33 as long as it is determined in step S34 that the user US remains (Yes in step S34). On the other hand, if forced way through is confirmed in step S33 (Yes in step S33), the control unit 50 notifies the monitoring device 200 of this fact (step S35). After it is determined in step S34 that no user US remains (No in step S34), or after the reporting operation in step S35 has been performed, the control unit 50 performs an abnormal operation cancellation process to cancel the series of operations from step S31 (step S36), and also returns to the initial standby state (step S24), thereby ending the series of operations.

[0036] An example of the operation of the monitoring device 200 associated with the gate device 100 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

[0037] In the monitoring device 200, the monitoring control unit 90 judges whether or not the output of a notification from the gate device 100 has been accepted by the information accepting unit 60 (step S41). If it is judged in step S41 that the notification has been accepted (Yes in step S41), the monitoring control unit 90 operates the storage unit 80 to read or write information corresponding to the content of the notification from the gate device 100 (step S42), and issues a notification to the notifying unit 70 corresponding to the content of the notification from the gate device 100 (step S43), thereby completing the series of operations.

[0038] As described above, in the gate device 100 of this embodiment, when the reading unit 20 reads a pass right medium PM having multiple pass rights, the control unit 50 counts the number of users US detected by the detection unit 40 and allows the passage of users US up to the number of users with multiple pass rights, thereby allowing multiple users US to automatically pass through with a single pass right medium PM.

[0039] In conventional automated ticket gates at stations, one pass right medium PM allows one person to pass through. As described above, one pass right medium PM cannot allow multiple users to pass through an automated ticket gate. In the case of a group of users US, each user US must carry a pass right medium PM, or an attendant must open a manned passageway to allow them to pass through. When allowing a large number of users US to pass through a manned passageway, an attendant must count the users US in the manned passageway, which requires manpower. The present invention can automatically manage the number of users US that is equal to the number of pass rights granted to one pass right medium PM. In addition, by using the monitoring device 200 in combination, not only the users US but also the attendant can check the number of people with pass rights and the number of people who have passed through.

[0040] 〔others〕 The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be embodied in various forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

[0041] In the above embodiment, the gate system GS is configured with the gate device 100 and the monitoring device 200, but it may be configured with only the gate device 100. In this case, among the operations of the gate device 100 shown in Fig. 6, the operation related to the notification to the monitoring device 200 is omitted or incorporated into the gate device 100 itself.

[0042] In the above embodiment, the case where the device is installed in a station has been described. However, as already mentioned, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to a gate device installed in, for example, an airport, an office building, or the like.

[0043] In addition, in the above embodiment, the example of Figure 2 (A) shows a configuration in which one gate device 100 can be applied to both entry and exit passage control, but it is also possible to provide a reading unit 20 and a display unit 30 only in the main machine 11 and apply the configuration to either entry or exit passage control.

[0044] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the detection of the passage status of the user US by the detection unit 40 is not limited to the examples shown in FIGS. 4(A) to 4(D) and 5(A) to 5(D), and can be modified as appropriate.

[0045] In the above embodiment, the counting of the number of complete passers-by shown in FIGS. 5(A) to 5(D) can be omitted as appropriate.

[0046] In addition, in the above embodiment, the process is repeated in step S18 until the number of people with passing rights is reached, but, for example, if no user US passes through for a certain period of time, it may be determined that the passing rights for that amount have been canceled and the process may proceed to step S19 or later. [Explanation of symbols]

[0047] 4a to 4i...sensor, 10...main body, 11...master unit, 11a, 12a...gate door, 12...slave unit, 20...reader, 30...display unit, 40...detector, 41...sensor, 41a...light emitting unit, 41b...light receiving unit, 50...control unit, 60...information receiving unit, 70...notification unit, 80...storage unit, 90...monitoring control unit, 100...gate device, 200...monitoring device, 300...communication line, D1...direction of travel, GS...gate system, GT...opening / closing gate, PA...passage, PM...passage right medium, US, US1 to US4...user

Claims

1. A reading unit that reads information on the right-of-passage medium; A display unit that displays guidance to a user; A detection unit that detects the passage of the user; a control unit that, when the reading unit reads a right-of-passage medium having a plurality of rights-of-passage, counts the number of the users detected by the detection unit and permits passage of the users up to the number of the plurality of rights-of-passage, The display unit displays the number of users detected by the detection unit as the number of users who have passed through in real time to the users.

2. The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays to the user the number of people having the right of passage based on information on the right of passage medium read by the reading unit.

3. The gate device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the control unit notifies an external monitoring device in real time of the number of people with the right to pass based on the information on the right-of-passage medium read by the reading unit and the number of users who have passed through detected by the detection unit.

4. an information receiving unit that receives in real time information on the number of users who have a right to pass and the number of users who have passed, the information being output from the gate device according to any one of claims 1 to 3; a notification unit that notifies a monitor of the information acquired by the information receiving unit; A monitoring device comprising:

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