JP2641610B2 - Contactless automatic ticket collection machine and contactless card - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a non-contact automatic ticket collection machine and a non-contact card used therein.

[Prior art and its problems]

In recent years, automatic ticket collection machines have become widespread, but these automatic ticket collection machines insert a ticket or commuter pass into the main body of the automatic ticket collection machine and enter the ticket gate (entrance) or the ticket collection (entry). Is configured as a contact type in which a passing process is performed. In the contact type automatic ticket collection machine, it is necessary to insert a ticket etc. into the automatic ticket collection machine itself, so the flow of passengers is interrupted at the automatic ticket collection machine and congestion at the ticket gate In addition to the above, there is a problem that a commuter pass user has to put a commuter pass in and out of a commuter pass for each collection ticket near the collection ticket gate. In particular, since such congestion occurs during the morning and evening rush hours, it is possible to reduce congestion by using a non-contact type commuter pass during this time, and to reduce the Usability can be improved. For this reason, at present, a non-contact automatic ticket gate has been intensively studied and proposed.
No. 6687), the non-contact automatic ticket gate has not yet been put to practical use because it has many unsolved problems. One of the unsolved problems is the multiplexing of data transfer. That is, the contact-type automatic ticket collection machine that is frequently used at present has a shutter at the insertion slot during the collection ticket processing (passing processing) based on the data of one commuter pass inserted into the automatic ticket collection machine body. Since it is closed and the insertion of another commuter pass is rejected, it is possible to generate a credit permitting one pass in accordance with the data read from the inserted commuter pass, and It is possible to correspond to the processing. However, in the non-contact type automatic ticket gate, when the non-contact type automatic ticket gate main body (hereinafter referred to as the main body) is activated,
The communication state is always set, and data is taken in at a predetermined scan time. Therefore, the main body is activated and one non-contact type card (hereinafter, referred to as a card)
Is within the communicable range, data is exchanged every scan. For this reason, if a credit is generated each time the data is read, there is a disadvantage that a single card performs a plurality of passing processes. For this reason, when the read data is duplicated, a credit may be generated based on only the first read data. However, in this case, when the contents of the card of the preceding customer and the contents of the card of the succeeding customer are the same, there is a problem that the passing processing cannot be performed with the card of the following customer. Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to perform a single pass process on one card within a communicable range between the main body and the card. It is an object of the present invention to provide a contactless automatic ticket collection machine that can be used. It is another object of the present invention to provide a card that can perform only a single pass processing.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in a non-contact type automatic ticket collection machine that performs an automatic ticket collection by sending and receiving data between the body and a card such as a commuter pass, Card identification data capturing means for capturing card identification data recorded on the contactless card, credit generating means for generating a single credit corresponding to the captured card identification data, and the generated credit And pass control means for performing a single pass process by performing arithmetic processing on the data taken in from the card. In addition, after the single pass process, the captured card identification data is held for a predetermined time or until a pair of processes of the entrance process and the exit process is completed, and the pass is prohibited during the hold. It is characterized in that means are provided. Further, the card is characterized in that, in addition to basic data such as a boarding section and an expiration date, card identification data of the card is recorded. Then, the card identification data of the card is characterized by being specified by the place where the card is issued or the airplane.

[Action]

In the above configuration, when card identification data (hereinafter, referred to as ID data) is captured by card identification data capturing means (hereinafter, ID data capturing means), a single credit is generated from the credit generating means. And
The pass control means performs a single pass process by performing an arithmetic process based on the generated credit and data from the taken card. The card stores the ID data of the card in addition to the boarding section, the expiration date, and the like, and is used for the above-described credit generation. This ID data is specified by the issuing place or issuing machine of the card.

【Example】

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main body a according to the embodiment, which is a normally open type in which doors 1a and 1b are provided at a front portion and a rear portion of a side wall of the main body a, respectively. It is configured as a two-way non-contact automatic ticket collection machine. In FIG. 1, the passenger (passenger) is set to be able to pass from the front side (right side) to the rear side (left side) of the main body a. Therefore, a mark indicating the passing direction of the user is lit on the display panel 2 provided on the front end face. Card passages 3a and 3b for passing a card C held by a user in the front and rear portions of the upper surface of the main body a.
Are provided respectively. The card passage 3b is for a customer who passes from the back of the main body a toward the front from the rear. Therefore, two or more main bodies a are used in parallel. For this reason, the door 1a of the main body a shown in the figure is the door 1 of the main body (the main body on the left side in the drawing) located in front of the main body a.
a ′, and door 1b is the door 1
It is configured to work with b '. A transmitting / receiving antenna 4 is embedded in the bottom of each of the card paths 3a and 3b, and is set so that communication between the main body a and the card C can be performed when the card C is located in the paths 3a and 3b. ing. S denotes a human detector including a photo sensor for detecting the passage of a passenger, and a plurality of human detectors are provided on the side wall of the main body a and the arm 5. L is a lamp for notifying the user that the main body a can be used. When displayed in red, it means that the collection ticket processing of the front passenger has not been completed and thus cannot be used. Sometimes it means usable. Reference numeral 10 denotes a controller mainly composed of a microcomputer, which is configured to control the main body a in a centralized manner, and its electrical configuration is shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the controller 10 and the card C. A central processing unit (CPU) 11 uses a system program stored in a ROM 12 and working data stored in a RAM 13. Perform arithmetic processing. This CPU has I
A door driver 15 for driving the doors 1a, 1a ', 1b' via the / O unit 14, and a lamp driver 16 for controlling the lighting of the lamp L
And the sensor amplifier 17 that takes in the detection signal of the sensor S
And a communication control unit 18 for exchanging data with the card C. The communication control unit 18 has a function of receiving a radio wave transmitted from the card C via an antenna and transmitting the radio wave from the main body a to the card C. The electrical configuration on the card C side includes an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same function as the communication control unit 18 of the main unit a, an I / O
O unit 22, CPU 23, ROM to memory 24, power supply 25
And The power supply 25 may be used as a power supply by receiving a power wave supplied from the main body a without having the power supply 25 inside the card C. The CPU 23 controls the data of the memory 24 to be transmitted to the main unit a via the communication control unit 21 and records the data from the main unit a, that is, the modified ticket data of the entrance and exit times in the memory 24. Control. FIG. 3 is a data map of the memory 24, which includes a basic data section 30 for storing basic data such as a boarding section, a boarding period, and a type (adult, child, commuting, attending school), and an ID number of the card C ( It has an ID data section 31 for storing ID data) and a collection ticket data section 32 for storing entry and exit times. Among these, as the ID number stored in the ID data section 31, a different number is stored for each card, but the number can be assigned to a serial number for each card. But,
When serial numbers are used, ID numbers must be managed by the entire transportation organization that adopts this automatic ticket collection system, which is virtually impossible. By the way, since it is only necessary that the same ID number does not exist, it is extremely easy to manage the ID number if the ID number is specified for each issuing place of the card, that is, for each issuing station. Further, when the number of cards issued daily at the station is large, it may be specified for each card issuing machine at the station. In any case, if the ID number is specified by the station or the issuing machine, the ID number of the card C can be specified by the code number of the station or the issuing machine, which is extremely convenient. For example, if the code number of station A is 01, the first card issued on November 1, 1990 at that station is 01021101
0001 ID number and the second card is 010211010002
, And the tenth card can have an ID number of 01011010010. Further, when an airplane is specified and an ID number is assigned, the identification number is assigned by adding an airplane code number in addition to the station code. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when the lamp L of the main body a is lit in blue and the main body a can be used, a user having a card (commuter pass) C approaches the main body a and the card C passes through the card passage 3a. Then, the data of the card C is received by the antenna 4 and RA
It is taken into M13 (step (hereinafter, referred to as S) 100 affirmation, S102 affirmation, S104). The CPU 11 determines that the ID number in the data
If it does not exist in the ID number stored in AM13,
RAM1 shows the credit flag corresponding to the retrieved ID number
Stand within 3. (No at S106, S108). If the same ID number exists in the above determination (Yes at S106), abnormal processing is performed and the ticket collection processing is not performed (S110). In other words, this ID number is
It is held in the main body a for a predetermined time, and continuous ticket gates or bill collection with the same card are prohibited during the institution. For example, so-called pass-back is prohibited so that a single card C is not used by multiple people to check or collect tickets. On the condition that the credit flag is set, the CPU 11 performs an arithmetic processing based on the data received from the card C, and if the arithmetic result indicates that the collection ticket can be permitted, the door 1b (1b ') Is maintained in the open state (body a
Is closed to open when is a normally closed type), and the collection time is transmitted to the card C. On the other hand, in the card C, after a series of collection tag (pass) processing for writing the received collection tag data into the memory 32, the credit flag is lowered (S112, S114). Of course, if the result of the above-mentioned calculation disallows the collection ticket, the door 1b (1b ') is changed from open to closed (it remains closed when the main body a is normally closed), At that time, the detection is detected by the sensor S located in the middle of the main body a, and the passage of the person is prevented. After a predetermined time has passed since the end of the customer's ticket collection, for example,
When 10 minutes have elapsed, the ID number of the card C of the user stored in the RAM 13 is erased (No at S116).
Therefore, when the card C is inserted into the card passage 3a of the main body a, no abnormal processing is performed, and the passing processing is performed. In the above-described embodiment, the time limit is set to prohibit the pass-back of the card. However, the collection ticket data of the card C may be used. In other words, a card is normally used as a pair of a ticket gate (entrance) and a ticket collection (entry), so that a pair of ticket gates can be used for RAM1.
The ID number stored in 3 may be deleted. As described above, the non-contact automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment provides a single credit when ID data of the card C is received, regardless of the number of times data is exchanged between the main body a and the card C. Since the card C is generated, the card C can be used for a single ticket collection based on the credit. Further, since the ID number assigned to the card C is specified at the issuing station or the issuing machine of the card C, the ID number can be easily managed. In the above-described embodiment, the example of a commuter pass is shown as a card, but a coupon, a prepaid card, or a stored fair card may be used.

【The invention's effect】

In the non-contact automatic ticket collection machine according to the present invention, a single credit is generated when the main body receives the ID data of the card, so that the card has a single credit based on the credit. You can make a bid. Further, since the ID data attached to the card is specified at the issuing station or issuing machine of the card, the management of the ID number can be performed extremely easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a contactless automatic ticket collection machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a memory map of the card, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control operation. a ... body (non-contact type automatic ticket collection machine body), C ... card (non-contact type card), 1a, 1b ... door, 4,20 ... antenna, 10 ... controller.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A non-contact type automatic ticket collection system for exchanging data between a non-contact type automatic ticket collection machine body and a non-contact type card such as a commuter pass to perform an automatic ticket collection. A card identification data capturing means for capturing card identification data recorded on the contactless card; a credit generating means for generating a single credit corresponding to the captured card identification data; A pass control means for performing a single pass process by performing an arithmetic process on the received credit and data taken from the card. 2. After the single pass processing, the captured card identification data is held for a predetermined time or until a pair of the entrance processing and the exit processing is completed. 2. A non-contact automatic ticket collection machine according to claim 1, further comprising a prohibition means for permitting. 3. A non-contact card used in the non-contact automatic ticket collection machine according to claim 1, wherein the non-contact card has basic data such as a boarding section and an expiration date. A non-contact card wherein card identification data of the non-contact card is recorded. 4. The non-contact type card according to claim 3, wherein the card identification data of the non-contact type card is specified by an issuing place of the non-contact type card or an issuing machine.