Gate device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025245641-A1
Application number	US-202418909505-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 8, 2024
Priority date	Jan 26, 2024
Publication date	Jul 31, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a gate device switches an operation mode between a first mode in which notification is made when a detector that detects a person passing through a passage detects a person passing through the passage and a second mode in which no notification is made even when the detector detects a person passing through the passage. Further, the gate device changes a light emission state of a light emitter for making notification to different states between the first mode and the second mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A gate device, comprising:
a gate mechanism that is disposed along a passage through which a customer passes and includes
a light emitter that is provided above the gate mechanism, and
a detector configured to detect a person passing through the passage; and
a processor configured to
switch an operation mode of the gate mechanism between a first mode in which notification is made by the light emitter when the detector detects a person passing through the passage and a second mode in which no notification is made even when the detector detects a person passing through the passage, and
change a light emission state of the light emitter to different states between the first mode and the second mode.

2 . The gate device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an accounting machine that is provided upstream of the passage and makes a payment for a transaction with the customer, the accounting machine receiving an instruction to start the transaction by receiving an operation of the customer for the payment, the processor being further configured to start, upon receiving the instruction to start the transaction, payment processing for making a payment for the transaction.

3 . The gate device according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor is further configured to
set, before receiving the instruction to start the transaction, the operation mode of the gate mechanism to the first mode to make the light emission state of the light emitter a first light emission state, and
change, where the instruction to start the transaction has been received in the first mode, the light emission state of the light emitter from the first light emission state to a second light emission state.

4 . The gate device according to claim 3 , wherein
the processor is further configured to
determine whether or not the detector has detected a person in the first mode,
determine, where the detector has detected a person, whether or not the instruction to start the transaction has been received, and
change, where the instruction to start the transaction has been received, the light emission state of the light emitter from the first light emission state to the second light emission state.

5 . The gate device according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor is further configured to change the light emission state of the light emitter to a third light emission state while performing the payment processing.

6 . The gate device according to claim 5 , wherein
the payment processing includes processing of determining whether or not content of the transaction includes a transaction that requires calling a sales clerk, and the processor is further configured to
change, where the instruction to start the transaction has been received in the first mode, the light emission state of the light emitter from the first light emission state to the second light emission state, and
set, where content of the transaction includes no transaction that requires calling a sales clerk, the operation mode of the gate mechanism to the second mode to change the light emission state of the light emitter from the second light emission state to the third light emission state.

7 . The gate device according to claim 6 , wherein
the processor is further configured to determine, where content of the transaction includes a transaction that requires calling a sales clerk, an event that calls a sales clerk has occurred, and change the light emission state of the light emitter from the second light emission state to a fourth light emission state different from the third light emission state.

8 . The gate device according to claim 7 , wherein
the event that calls a sales clerk includes an error that has occurred in the payment processing, and the processor is further configured to change the light emission state of the light emitter in accordance with a level of the error.

9 . The gate device according to claim 4 , wherein
the processor is further configured to change, where the detector has detected a person, the light emission state of the light emitter from the second light emission state to a fourth light emission state different from the second light emission state.

10 . The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein
the light emitter is a patrol lamp provided at a tip portion of a pole erected vertically to a road surface of the passage.

Assignees

• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Okano Kouki
• Sugiyama Tomonori
• Nakatsukasa Fumio
• Otani Yuna
• Nakahara Kanako

Classifications

• G08B5/36

  using visible light sources · CPC title

• G08B21/24

  Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms · CPC title

• G07G1/0018

  Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means · CPC title

• G07C9/38

  with central registration · CPC title

• E01F9/617

  Illuminated or wired-up posts, bollards, pillars or like upstanding bodies or structures for traffic guidance, warning or control (E01F9/559 takes precedence) · CPC title