JP2659489B2 - Automatic ticket gate system - Google Patents

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 system, and more particularly to an automatic ticket gate system capable of coping with a postpaid card, a so-called postpaid card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic ticket gate that is frequently used at present has a prepaid ticket or a commuter pass (card) inserted into an automatic ticket gate body (hereinafter referred to as a main body). The data recorded on the card is taken into the main body. The main body performs an arithmetic process based on the data, performs entry and exit processing based on the arithmetic result, and writes the arithmetic result on the card to perform a ticket inspection process.

[0003] The above-mentioned insertion type automatic ticket gate machine solves the inconvenience of having to put a card in and out of a commuter pass every time a commuter pass user passes through a ticket gate. An IC type card with a communication function provided to the card, data is transferred between the card and the main body in a non-contact manner, and the card is automatically inserted without inserting the card into the main body. A non-contact automatic ticket gate that performs a ticket gate has also been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-246687).

[0004]

By the way, in recent years, the trend toward cashless and credit has progressed, and there has been a demand for a postpaid type card which can be withdrawn from a financial institution after use. I have. In particular, a non-contact type card has a large storage capacity, and has characteristics that can be used immediately with a post-paid type card. Also, the insertion type magnetic card can be applied to the postpaid type by providing a postpaid magnetic storage unit.

When the card is of the postpaid type,
In order to secure transactions, it is necessary to conduct a credit check like a well-known credit card. However, if the credit check is performed by connecting the main body to the host computer every time the ticket inspection process is performed, the gate processing speed of the main body is significantly reduced, and the advantage of the automatic ticket gate that high processing efficiency can be obtained. Is impaired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate system which can use a post-paid card without lowering the ticket gate processing speed and can secure transaction.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention automatically exchanges data with an approaching or inserted post-payment card. A main body to be gated, a judging means for judging whether or not the amount of overdraft in the card exceeds a predetermined lending limit when the card approaches or is inserted into the main body, and the judgment And rejection data writing means for writing data for rejecting the automatic ticket gate by the main body when the means determines that the ticket has been exceeded. Further, a notifying means is provided for notifying that the overdraft amount has approached the predetermined lending limit when the overdraft amount in the card falls within a predetermined range of the predetermined lending limit. It is characterized by.

[0008]

In the above construction, when the card approaches or is inserted into the main body, the judging means determines whether or not the overdraft amount on the card exceeds a predetermined lending limit, for example, 50,000 yen. Is determined. Then, when the judgment is that the card has been exceeded, the data for rejecting the automatic ticket gate by the main body for the card.
Write data. Therefore, after that, automatic ticket inspection using the card cannot be performed.

The notifying means, when the overdraft amount on the card falls within a predetermined range (for example, 47,000 yen) of a predetermined lending limit (50,000 yen), the overdraft amount is increased. It notifies that the predetermined loan limit has been approached. Therefore, the card user can recognize the settlement time.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view when the main body G is a non-contact type, and has doors 1a and 1b for opening and closing a ticket gate passage on the front and rear side surfaces of the housing H. On the front and rear sides, a display unit 2 for displaying a passable direction to a user is provided.

A communication area 3 for exchanging data with a non-contact card C carried by a user by wireless communication is provided at an upper portion of a front portion and a rear portion of the housing H. An antenna 4 connected to a communication control unit described later faces these communication areas 3.

S is a human detector for detecting a user entering, exiting from, or passing through a ticket gate passage formed between an adjacent main body (not shown) and a housing. H is attached to the side surface and the arm 5. Speakers 6a for providing a predetermined voice guidance to the user are attached to both sides of the housing H, and predetermined speakers for the user are provided on both sides of the upper surface of the housing H. Display screens 6b, 6b for providing guidance by text are provided.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the main body G, which is mainly composed of a microcomputer.
Its electrical configuration is shown in FIG. That is, the central processing unit (CPU) 11 of the controller 7 performs an arithmetic control process using the program data stored in the ROM 12 and the working data stored in the RAM 13.
The CPU 11 includes a door driver 15 for driving the doors 1a and 1b via the I / O unit 14, and a human detector s
Sensor 16 for amplifying and taking in the detection signal of the above, audio driver 17a for driving speaker 6a, and display screen 6b
And a communication control unit 18 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the card C are connected.

The communication control unit 18 is composed of a microcomputer separate from the controller 7, and, like a well-known non-contact automatic ticket gate, transmits the station name and the date of the day from the main body G to the card C via the antenna 4. And the like, and a function of receiving radio waves transmitted from the card C. The communication method between the main body G and the card C is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, but may be an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like.

The card C has a well-known IC type card form as shown in FIG. 3, and has commuter pass items printed on its surface.

Next, the electrical configuration of the card C will be described.
This card C has an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same function as the communication control unit 18 of the main body G, and an I / O unit 2, similarly to a normal IC card having a communication function.
2, a CPU 23, a memory 24 including a ROM and a RAM, and a power supply 25. In addition, the power supply 25
Instead of having it inside the card C, the power wave supplied from the main body G may be received and used as a power source.

Next, the control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the main body G is set to be a two-way type as shown in FIG. 1, and a user having the card C is going to enter. Also, for the user of this card C,
The contract is for lending up to 50,000 yen, and data to that effect is stored in the memory 24 of the card C.

If the user of the card C has a uniform loan amount, the data to that effect is provided by each card.
The data can be stored in the RAM 13 or the ROM 12 of the main body G without being stored in the memory 24 of the memory C.

When the card C reaches the communicable range of the communication area 3 of the main body G (Yes at step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as S), a command from the main body G is received by the card C. And in the card C, the main body G
The CPU 23 performs a predetermined ticket inspection process based on the data obtained from, and sends the result to the main body G side. When the response of the card C is received by the main body G, the main body G performs a calculation process for a predetermined ticket gate process (S102).

As a result of the arithmetic processing, if the entry is permitted this time and the lending amount does not exceed 50,000 yen even if the initial fare is lent, the door 1b is opened via the door driver 15 (the main body G). (If S is a normal open type), a ticket examination process is performed (S104 negative, S106 positive, S1)
08).

At this time, if the overdraft amount is approaching 47,000 yen to 50,000 yen (No at S106), the current overdraft amount is limited to the user of the card C. The fact that the amount is approaching 50,000 yen is emitted from the speaker 6a, and is displayed on the display screen 6b and notified (S110). Therefore, the user knows that the settlement time has come, and can pay the railway company from a predetermined financial institution. At the time of this payment, the overdraft in the memory 24 of the card C is rewritten to 0 by the settlement processor (not shown).

However, as a result of the arithmetic processing, if entry is not possible, that is, if adding the initial fare to the current overdraft exceeds 50,000 yen, the door 1a is closed and entry is not permitted (S112). In addition, the speaker 6a announces that the loan amount to the card C exceeds the limit of 50,000 yen and cannot be used, and the fact is displayed on the display screen 6b. Further, the use prohibition data is sent from the main body G to the card C, and the data is stored in the memory 2.
4 (S114). Therefore, the car
In the de C, the use of other main bodies is prohibited, and the ticket gate processing cannot be performed.

[0023] If the entry is made exceeding the initial fare, the excess will be added at the time of entry.
If the loan limit is exceeded, participation is rejected in the same manner as described above, and if the loan amount approaches the limit, a notification to that effect is given.

The card C whose entry or participation has been refused is set in the above-mentioned settlement machine and, when a predetermined settlement is performed, the overdraft amount in the memory 24 is rewritten to 0 and the card C can be used again. (S116).

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate system according to the present embodiment, the lending limit is set on the post-paid type card C to perform the automatic ticket gate. And computation only between card C and
Ticket gate processing can be performed without performing a calculation process for a credit check with a host computer such as a well-known credit card. Therefore, the main body G can adopt the postpay method without lowering the ticket processing speed.

In the above-described embodiment, the card C
Is a non-contact type, but may be a magnetic card insertion type.
In this case, the loaned amount is printed by a printing unit provided in the main body. However, when the card C is of a non-contact type, the memory 24 has a large capacity, so that the card C can be easily implemented.

[0027]

In the automatic ticket gate system according to the present invention, a lending limit is set on a post-paid type card and the automatic ticket gate is performed. Calculation processing is performed only between
It is possible to perform a ticket inspection process without performing an arithmetic process for a credit check with a host computer such as a computer.
Therefore, the main body can adopt the post-payment method without lowering the ticket processing speed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main body and a card.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the card.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 G main body (automatic ticket gate main body) C card 6a speaker (notifying means) 6b display screen (notifying means) 7 controller (judgment means, writing means)

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Junichiro Harada 11-2, Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate main body which exchanges data with an approaching or inserted postpaid card and automatically turns a ticket, and wherein the card approaches or closes the automatic ticket gate main body. Determining means for determining, when inserted, whether the overdraft amount in the card exceeds a predetermined lending limit; and when the determining means determines the excess, the card includes Rejection data writing means for writing data for rejecting automatic ticket gates by the automatic ticket gate body. 2. A notifying means for notifying that the overdraft amount has approached the predetermined lending limit when the overdraft amount on the card falls within a predetermined lending limit. The automatic ticket gate system according to claim 1, wherein