IT202000007789A1 - Visual system for automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public - Google Patents

Description

Visual system for the automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public

Technical field of the invention

The present invention relates to a visual system for the automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public. This system allows automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public according to the principle that each user can? access the area concerned only when another user leaves the same area, keeping the number of people inside the area less than a predetermined maximum number, which is established by regulations or by autonomous decision of the manager.

State of the art.

To avoid crowding in commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public, a limited number of people is admitted inside, as a consequence of this? queues form that need to be managed.

One of the systems used? that of providing people who want to enter a ticket numbered progressively and people enter according to the progressive order of the tickets. This system does not allow any control on the number of people inside the commercial establishment and / or public office or office open to the public, it only guarantees the chronological order in which the people who took the ticket arrived.

US2008046304A1 describes a queue management system aimed at optimizing human resources within the commercial and / or public office or office open to the public, without posing the problem of the number of presences inside the commercial and / or office public or open to the public.

Summary of the invention

Main purpose of the present invention? to avoid that a number of customers and / or users exceeding a predetermined number is present inside the commercial establishment and / or public office or office open to the public. To achieve the object of the invention, a visual system for automatic management of the entrance to commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public is realized, comprising an electronic control unit, at least one entrance / exit door, one or more? detectors of people entering or leaving the business and / or public office or office open to the public characterized by the fact that the detectors send the number of people entering or leaving the business and / or public office or office open to the public to the control unit , that if the number of people detected inside the commercial and / or public office or open to the public? less than a predetermined maximum number, the control unit activates a light projector that projects a signal that authorizes entry, and that if the number of people detected inside the commercial and / or public office or open to the public? equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum number, the control unit activates a light projector that projects a signal that does not authorize entry.

Another feature? given by the fact that the entrance door? controlled by a detector and that, if the number of people detected inside the commercial and / or public office or open to the public? equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum number, the control unit does not open the door.

Another feature? given by the fact that the system includes a totem that manages the entry order by distributing tickets with progressive numbers.

Another feature? given by the fact that the control unit manages a display showing the number corresponding to the ticket of who can? enter combined with the switching on of a signal that authorizes entry, if the number of people inside? less than the preset maximum number.

Another feature? given by the fact that if the entrance door? also exit door the detectors are two and if the external detector first detects a person who enters the internal detector, detecting the same person, will send? to the control unit the signal that a person? entry, if the internal detector first detects a person who exits, the external detector detecting the same person will send? to the control unit the signal that a person? exit.

Other features and advantages will become clear from Figure 1 given for illustrative and non-limiting purposes.

Brief description of the figure.

Figure 1 illustrates a way of carrying out the invention with a door that opens and closes and a visual signal indicating that it can be done. enter or not.

Description of a preferred way of carrying out the invention

With reference to figure 1, the visual system for the automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public? equipped with: at least one input and / or output port 1, with a detector 2, with at least one projector 3 or 4 that projects a signal that authorizes input 5, or that projects a signal that does not authorize input 6 and of a control unit.

The operating principle provides for the detection of passage through at least one pre-established entrance / exit door, by means of a photocell or other type of detector. The detector 2 d? a signal to the control unit that activates a projector, for example with a fixed image LED gobo that will project, for example, at the input (on the ground or on the wall) a flashing signal and / or an inscription like? forward? which authorizes entry. As soon as the customer / user avr? crossed the entrance a second detector will send? a signal to the control unit which controller? if the maximum number of people pre-established (users or customers)? been reached and turn off? the input signal and activate? a second signal that does not authorize entry, for example with the word stop or wait.

At the same time, if the number of customers / users present within the? commercial establishment and / or public office or open to the public? higher than the maximum preset number, the doors remain closed, on the contrary if the signal authorizing entry is projected, the doors open when the customer / user approaches

The whole cycle? managed by an electronic control unit that can be programmed according to different parameters

Example of an operating cycle:

1. L? business activates the system and opens access to the public

2. The projector? turned on and projects a signal that authorizes entry, for example with an arrow and / or the inscription? forward? or other equivalent writing.

3. One or more? detectors detect inputs and outputs and the control unit counts them.

4. When the maximum number of users allowed inside the facility is reached, the control unit will send? an activation command to the projector that projects a signal that does not authorize entry, for example the message? Stop? or other equivalent writing.

5. As soon as, through the detector or detectors, it is detected that the number of those present inside falls below the maximum threshold, the projector projects a signal that authorizes entry.

6. Vice versa, as soon as the threshold is exceeded again, the cycle restarts from point 4.

The detectors can be of various kinds depending on the available spaces:

? Ultrasonic distance detectors,

? infrared photocells,

? pir

? etc

If not foreseen, it is possible to create obligatory routes for the exit and entry even with special Totems.

Where necessary (for example if the input and the output coincide) the detectors will be able to distinguish the direction of movement to activate the correct signal in the case of output or input.

The system can? it can also be integrated with a counter display to manage queues and with acoustic signals. The control unit can? also manage a display showing the number corresponding to the ticket of who can? enter combined with the lighting of a green signal, if the number of people inside? less than the preset maximum number.

The various components can be connected to each other in modality? wireless.

The found, well understood, is not limited to the representation given by the tables but can? receive improvements and modifications from the man of the trade without leaving the patent framework.

Does the present invention allow numerous advantages and to overcome difficulties? that could not be won with the systems currently on the market.

Claims (5)

Claims 1) Visual system for the automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public including an electronic control unit, at least one entrance / exit door, one or more? detectors of people entering or leaving the business and / or public office or office open to the public characterized by the fact that the detectors send the number of people entering or leaving the business and / or public office or office open to the public to the control unit , that if the number of people detected inside the commercial and / or public office or open to the public? less than a predetermined maximum number, the control unit activates a light projector that projects a signal that authorizes entry, that if the number of people detected inside the commercial and / or public office or open to the public? equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum number, the control unit activates a light projector that projects a signal that does not authorize entry. 2) Visual system of automatic management of the entrance in commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public according to claim 1 characterized by the fact that the entrance door? controlled by a detector and that, if the number of people detected inside the commercial and / or public office or open to the public? equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum number, the control unit does not open the door. 3) Visual system for automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the system includes a totem that manages the entry order by distributing tickets with progressive numbers. 4) Visual system for automatic management of entry into commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public according to claim 3 characterized by the fact that the control unit manages a display showing the number corresponding to the ticket of who can? enter combined with the switching on of a signal that authorizes entry, if the number of people inside? less than the preset maximum number. 5) Visual system for automatic management of the entrance to commercial establishments and / or public offices or offices open to the public according to claim 1 characterized by the fact that if the entrance door? also exit door the detectors are two and if the external detector first detects a person who enters the internal detector, detecting the same person, will send? to the control unit the signal that a person? entry, if the internal detector first detects a person who exits, the external detector detecting the same person will send? to the control unit the signal that a person? exit.