JP2002230600A - Ticket selling ticket gate system, and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent situations of taking too much time for a passenger in congestion in buying a ticket after waiting in line in front of a ticket machine resulting in missing a train or the like. SOLUTION: For enabling the passenger to buy the ticket at a relatively distant place from the ticket machine, radiocommunication is made between the ticket machine and a portable telephone or portable terminal of the passenger. For a radiocommunication method at this time, that enabling communication at a certain distance (dozens of meters) such as Bluetooth is employed. After that, a destination is inputted by key input or voice input from the terminal, and ticket information issued by the ticket machine is written on an IC card. In passing a ticket gate, the portable terminal or portable telephone is directed to the ticket gate to make radiocommunication with the ticket gate, and if the ticket information stored in the IC card is acceptable or not is determined to determine if the passenger is allowed to pass or not.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a ticket sales ticket gate system using contactless communication and a portable terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to get on a train or train, passengers first insert cash into a ticket vending machine to purchase a ticket or a prepaid card, and insert a ticket or a prepaid card into an automatic ticket gate. He had a ticket at the ticket gate.

[0003]

However, in order to purchase a ticket at the time of congestion or the like, it is necessary to purchase tickets in order in front of a ticket vending machine. Therefore, it has been time-consuming to purchase a ticket, and a situation has occurred in which a person misses a train or the like. In addition, the ticket purchaser must check the fare in the section where he / she wants to get on before purchasing the ticket, which further increases the time for purchasing the ticket. In addition, the user interface for purchasing tickets at each station, that is, a ticket vending machine, is different, and there is a possibility that the user may be puzzled if he / she is not used to purchasing tickets at the ticket vending machine. Therefore, the present invention makes it possible to smoothly purchase a ticket or the like at a ticket vending machine and reduce the time.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a terminal device such as a mobile phone or a mobile terminal is used when purchasing a ticket. The terminal device has a function capable of wireless communication and a function capable of reading and writing a storage medium. The ticket is used as ticket information that can be stored in a storage medium.

[0005] In order to make it possible to purchase a ticket from a remote place to some extent, a user's terminal device is used to perform wireless communication and communicate with a ticket vending machine. The wireless communication method at this time is B
A communication method such as Bluetooth that can communicate at a certain distance (several tens of meters) is used. After communication is established,
The destination is input from the user's terminal device by key input or voice input and transmitted to the ticket vending machine. The ticket vending machine which recognizes the destination of the user transmits the fee of the ticket issued by wireless communication to the terminal device of the user. When the usage amount is recognized, payment of the amount is executed by electronic money in the storage medium. When the payment is completed normally, ticket information is transmitted from the ticket vending machine to the terminal device. The terminal device that has received the ticket information stores the received ticket information in the storage medium and ends the purchase of the ticket. When passing through the ticket gate, a portable terminal or a mobile phone is held over the ticket gate to perform wireless communication with the ticket gate, and confirm whether the ticket information stored in the storage medium is correct. The communication method at this time is a communication method with a short communication distance (ten and several centimeters) in order to target only those who approach the ticket gate. As described above, the communication method is properly used depending on the application.
Since the user uses his / her own terminal when purchasing a ticket, the user interface such as the purchase procedure can be unified to some extent. When passing through the ticket inspection machine, the ticket inspection machine and mobile phone or mobile terminal perform wireless communication with the ticket inspection machine,
Send the ticket information to the ticket inspection machine. The ticket checking machine that has received the ticket information authenticates the received ticket information and checks whether the ticket information is correct. If the authentication is successfully completed, permit the passage.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. The portable terminal 1 has an IC card function 2a for controlling reading and writing of an IC card mounted on the microcomputer 2, a wireless communication function 2b for communicating with a ticket vending machine at a certain distance, for example, controlling wireless communication in Bluetooth, a ticket gate. Wireless communication function 2c for controlling wireless communication in close proximity to the machine, IC card connector 3 for inserting an IC card, key 4 as an input device, and LC as a display device
D5, a transmission / reception device 6 for transmitting / receiving wireless communication data, an electronic money application 7a for a portable terminal, and a memory 7 storing a ticket application 7b.

[0007] The IC card 8 as a storage medium includes an IC card control function 8a for controlling commands to the IC card and activation of an application in the IC card, an electronic money application 8b, a ticket application 8c,
It is composed of electronic money information 8d and ticket information 8e.

The ticket vending machine comprises a ticket vending machine 9, a ticket vending machine server 10, and a fee database 11. The ticket vending machine 9 has a function of creating ticket information and transmitting and receiving wireless communication. The ticket vending machine 9 is connected to a ticket vending server 10. The ticket vending machine server 10 is connected to a fee database 11 which stores fee data. The ticket gate device includes a ticket gate 12, a ticket gate server 13, and an authentication database 14. The ticket gate 12 has a function of transmitting and receiving communication. In addition, there is a ticket gate means for permitting or disallowing passage by opening and closing the gate. The ticket gate 12 is connected to a ticket gate server 13. The ticket gate server 14 is connected to an authentication database 14 that stores authentication data.

The present embodiment is an example of a ticket vending machine and a ticket gate system configured with the above-described devices and managing the purchase of a ticket at a ticket vending machine and the passage of a ticket gate using two wireless communication means. State. First, a procedure for purchasing a ticket will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. When purchasing a ticket, the purchaser attaches the IC card 8 to the IC card connector 5 of the mobile terminal 1 in advance (S101). After the card is inserted, the IC card control function 2a of the microcomputer 2 checks whether the card is correct (S102). If the microcomputer 2 determines that the card is illegal, the microcomputer 6 displays an error message on the LCD 6. If the microcomputer 2 determines that the IC card is normal, the IC 6
It displays that the card is normal and waits for an instruction from the user (S102) (S103). The user presses the key for instructing the purchase of the ticket in the key 4. After recognizing the key input, the microcomputer 2 transmits the connection request data to the ticket vending machine 9 via the transmitting / receiving device 6 by the wireless communication function 2b (S
105). At the head of the transmission data, the ID of the transmission source and the ID of the transmission destination are stored, and it is possible to clarify to which device the request is issued. In this example, the ticket vending machine I
D is stored in the transmission data and transmitted. Communication with the ticket vending machine uses a communication method such as Bluetooth so that the ticket vending machine can be accessed from a certain distance.
The ticket vending machine 9 is always in a receiving state, and receives data to be transmitted at any time. The ticket vending machine 9 confirms the transmission destination ID when receiving data, and ignores data other than the ticket vending machine ID. The ticket vending machine 9 determines whether the received data is normal (S106). If the data is normal to the ticket vending machine, the ticket vending machine 9 sends destination request data to the transmission source ID, which also serves as confirmation of data reception. (S107). The portable terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal data (S108), displays that the connection with the ticket vending machine 9 has been completed, and displays a destination input request on the LCD 5 (S109). Wait for input (S110). When the destination is input from the key 4, the microcomputer 2 causes the ticket vending machine 9 to transmit the destination data input by the transmission / reception device 6 (S11).
1). The ticket vending machine 9 determines whether the received data is normal (S
112), and transmits the received destination data to the ticket vending machine host terminal 10 (S113). Ticket vending machine host terminal 10
Determines whether the received data is normal or not (S114),
Ticket vending machine host terminal 10 that has successfully received destination data
Searches the ticket vending machine database 11 for a fee corresponding to the destination data (S115). When the search is completed, the vending machine host terminal 10 stores the fee data in the vending machine 9.
, And the ticket vending machine 9 transmits the fee data to the portable terminal 1 (S116). The microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal (S117), and displays the received fee data on the LCD 5 (S118). When the user performs a key input of the purchase confirmation (S119), the microcomputer 2 activates the electronic money AP 8b of the IC card 8 using the electronic money AP of the memory 7. The mobile terminal 1 transmits the electronic money information 8 d for the fee data to the ticket vending machine 9. The ticket vending machine 9 that has normally received the electronic money information transmits the electronic money information to the ticket vending machine host terminal 10 (S120). The ticket vending machine host terminal 10 determines whether or not the payment of the amount information by the electronic money processing has been normally completed (S121). If the payment has been normally completed, the ticket vending machine 9 creates ticket information of the requested destination, and The ticket information is transmitted to the terminal 1 (S122).
The microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether or not the ticket information has been normally received (S123), stores the received ticket information in the ticket information 8e of the IC card 8 (S124), and the purchase process is completed. Is displayed on the LCD 5 (S12
5). By performing the above processing, the ticket purchase processing ends. When an error occurs in each process, the user is notified that passage is not possible (S126).
The process ends.

[0010] According to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to line up to buy tickets even during congestion, and each person can arbitrarily purchase tickets from within a predetermined area. In addition, if you enter a destination, it will inform you of the price, so you do not have to check the price list before purchasing. Furthermore, when purchasing a ticket, the user uses his / her portable terminal. Therefore, since the terminal operation is familiar,
The ticket can be purchased more smoothly than a conventional ticket vending machine. In particular, for visually impaired people, it is not necessary to go to a ticket vending machine that has barrier-free measures to purchase tickets, and the ticket vending machine is different because it uses the terminal that you always use The possibility of being confused can be reduced.

Next, the procedure of passing through a ticket gate will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The ticket gate 12 transmits data for confirming the presence or absence of a mobile terminal in the communication range at regular intervals. This data transmission uses proximity communication, and the communication distance is reduced. This is for performing communication with only the person approaching the ticket gate. The user inserts the IC card 8 into the portable terminal 1 when passing through the ticket gate (S20).
1). When an IC card is inserted, the microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether the inserted IC card is normal (S202). When the IC card is normal, the fact that the IC card 8 is normal is displayed on the LCD 5 of the portable terminal 1 (S203). When the user brings the mobile terminal 1 closer to the ticket gate 12, the mobile terminal 1 receives the data transmitted from the ticket inspection machine 12 via the transmission / reception device 6 using the wireless communication function 2c. The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal (S204), and when the normal data is received, also confirms the reception of the data, and transmits the ticket information 8e to the ticket gate 1
2 (S205). The ticket gate 12 that has received the ticket information 8e transmits the received ticket information 8e to the ticket gate host terminal 13. The ticket gate host terminal 13 that has received the ticket information determines whether the ticket information has been normally received (S
206) If it is normally received, the ticket gate host terminal 1
3 authenticates the ticket information 8e using the data in the ticket information authentication database 14 (S207). Authentication of ticket information includes confirmation of ticket information, confirmation of destination,
For example, confirmation of the expiration date. Ticket terminal host terminal 13
Determines whether the authentication has been completed normally (S20).
8) If the authentication of the ticket information 8e has been normally completed, it is determined whether the ticket is being issued or the ticket is being issued (S209).

The discrimination between a ticket gate and a ticket exit is determined by the presence or absence of the station information of the ticket information 8e in the IC card. In the case of a ticket gate, the ticket gate station information is written in the ticket information 8e of the IC card, the gate of the ticket gate is opened (S212), and the process of passing the ticket gate is ended. In the case of the ticket information collection process, the ticket gate host terminal 13 transmits a request to delete the ticket information 8e to the portable terminal 1 (S210). The microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received erasure request is normal, and when normal data is received, erases the ticket information 8e of the IC card 8 (S211). The ticket gate 12 opens the gate (S2
12), end the process. If an error has occurred in each process, the user is notified that passage is not possible (S213), and the process ends. In this example, the user turns on the mobile terminal by himself before passing the ticket gate, but when the mobile terminal recognizes the radio wave (carrier) transmitted from the ticket gate, the power of the mobile terminal is automatically turned on. If it is entered, the processing is performed more smoothly. This embodiment is characterized in that different communication methods are used when purchasing a ticket and when passing through a ticket gate. When purchasing a ticket, use a medium-to-long-distance wireless communication function that allows communication over a certain distance so that the ticket can be purchased at a certain distance.When passing through the ticket gate, only the people approaching the ticket gate will be able to purchase the ticket. The short-range wireless communication function is used to perform authentication. By switching the communication method according to the intended use for this purpose,
Convenience is improved. In the above embodiment, the switching between these two functions is performed by the ticket purchase instruction key 4.
It has been described that when is pressed, the mode is switched to the long-range wireless communication function 2b, and when the radio wave of the ticket gate 12 is received, the mode is switched to the short-range wireless communication function 2c. In addition, usually short-range wireless communication function 2
c, the long-distance wireless communication function 2b is used only while the ticket purchase instruction key is pressed and the ticket is purchased, and after the purchase, the switch to the short-range wireless communication function 2c is automatically performed. . On the other hand, normally, the long-distance wireless communication function 2b is used, and short-distance wireless communication is performed when it is detected that a ticket gate is approaching or when an IC card storing station information is inserted. It may be configured to switch to a state in which the communication function 2c is used. Before receiving data from the ticket gate, a device that transmits a signal indicating the area of the ticket gate is provided around the ticket gate, and when a signal from the device is received, the short-range wireless communication function is automatically performed. It may be configured to switch to 2c. In the first embodiment, the description has been given of the case where the host terminal 10 receives the destination data and calculates the fee when purchasing the ticket, but the ticket vending machine 9 may perform this. Further, the configuration has been described in which the host terminal 10 receives the electronic money and checks whether the electronic money has been normally ended. However, this may be performed by the ticket vending machine 9. At this time,
The ticket vending machine 9 may temporarily accumulate electronic money, and the host terminal 10 may suck up the sales money at regular intervals. Further, an example has been described in which the host terminal authenticates the ticket information in a ticket gate or a ticket gate, but this may be performed by each ticket gate machine 12. The same applies to the following embodiments. In the first embodiment, when purchasing a ticket, the destination is input by key input and the purchase is confirmed. In the second embodiment described below, the destination and confirmation are input by voice input. A system that can easily perform the operation will be described. FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the embodiment using voice input. The basic system configuration is the same as that of the embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that the portable terminal is provided with an MIC as a microphone. The configuration of the mobile terminal 1 in the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except for a voice conversion function 2d for converting voice to data and an MIC 15 for inputting voice as an input device.

First, a procedure for purchasing a ticket will be described with reference to flowcharts of FIGS. When purchasing a ticket, the purchaser attaches the IC card 8 to the IC card connector 5 of the mobile terminal 1 in advance (S301). After the card is inserted, the IC card control function 2a of the microcomputer 2 checks whether the card is correct (S302). If the card is invalid, an error display or the like is output on the LCD 6. It is to be noted that not only an error may be displayed but also may be notified by voice. If the IC card is normal,
Is displayed or a voice notification that the IC card is normal, and waits for an instruction from the user (S303) (S304)
The user enters words to operate the procedure for buying a ticket into the MIC 15. For example, the word "buy a ticket"
To enter. After recognizing the input of words, the microcomputer 2 converts the voice into data using the voice conversion function 2d (S3).
05). The voice is converted to data, and in the case of a ticket purchase command, the microcomputer 2 transmits the connection request data to the ticket vending machine 9 via the transmitting / receiving device 6 by the wireless communication function 2b (S30).
6). The sender ID and the destination I
D is stored, and it is possible to clarify which device is making a request. In this example, the ID of the ticket vending machine 9
Is stored in the transmission data and transmitted. Communication with the ticket vending machine 9 uses a communication method such as Bluetooth so that the ticket vending machine 9 can be accessed from a certain distance. The ticket vending machine 9 is always in a receiving state, and receives data to be transmitted at any time. Upon reception, the transmission destination ID is confirmed, and data other than the ticket vending machine ID is ignored. The ticket vending machine 9 determines whether or not the received data is normal (S307). If the received data is normal data transmitted to the ticket vending machine 9, the destination also serves as a confirmation that the data reception has been performed on the transmission source ID. The request data is transmitted (S308). The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal data (S309). Upon receiving the destination request data, the mobile terminal 1 notifies the LCD 5 of the completion of the connection with the ticket vending machine 9 by displaying or notifying (S310). The user waits for a destination input from the MIC 15 (S311). In addition, in order to prompt the destination input,
"Please tell me where you are going." MIC about destination
For example, if the word "Tokyo" is entered in 15,
The microcomputer 2 converts voice into data using the voice conversion function 2d (S312). After converting the voice into data, the microcomputer 2 transmits the input destination data to the ticket vending machine 9 (S313). The ticket vending machine 9 determines whether the received data is normal (S314), and transmits the received destination data to the ticket vending machine host terminal 10 (S315). The ticket vending machine host terminal 10 determines whether the received data is normal (S316). If the received data is normal, the ticket vending machine database 11 searches the ticket vending machine database 11 for a fee corresponding to the destination data (S317). When the search is completed, the vending machine host terminal 10 transmits the fee data to the vending machine 9,
The ticket vending machine 9 transmits the fee data to the portable terminal 1 (S31)
8). The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal (S
319) If the received charge data is normal, the received charge data is displayed on the LCD 5 or notified by voice (S320). When the user confirms the purchase,
When, for example, the word “purchase OK” is input to C15, the microcomputer 2 converts the voice into data using the voice conversion function 2d (S321). At this time, guidance such as "please say purchase is OK if the purchase is OK" may be given by a speaker (not shown). The microcomputer 2 converts the voice into data, and then uses the electronic money AP in the memory 7 to store the electronic money A in the IC card 8.
Start P8b. The mobile terminal 1 transmits the electronic money information 8 d for the fee data to the ticket vending machine 9. The ticket vending machine 9 that has normally received the electronic money information transmits the electronic money information to the ticket vending machine host terminal 10 (S322). The vending machine host terminal 10 determines whether or not the payment of the amount information by the electronic money processing has been normally completed (S323). When the process is normally completed, the ticket vending machine host terminal 10 creates ticket information of the requested destination and transmits it to the ticket vending machine 9. The ticket vending machine 9 that has received the ticket information transmits the received ticket information to the portable terminal (S324). The microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether the ticket information has been normally received (S325), stores the received ticket information in the ticket information 8e of the IC card 8 (S326), and informs the LCD 5 that the purchase processing has been completed. (S327). If an error has occurred in each process, the user is notified that passage is not possible (S328), and the process ends.

By performing the above processing, the ticket purchase processing is completed. The passage process of the ticket gate is the same as in the first embodiment, but if an error occurs, it may be notified by voice. The mobile terminal used in this embodiment may be a mobile phone in which a microphone is mounted in advance.

[0015] By purchasing a ticket by voice in this manner, convenience is enhanced. Particularly, for visually impaired persons, tickets can be purchased by voice, so that tickets can be purchased easily. In the following embodiment, the convenience may be improved by performing voice input or voice guidance. Next, a third embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, when purchasing ticket information at a ticket vending machine, a fee for the lowest section is collected first, and thereafter, a shortage is collected at the time of bidding. This embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This embodiment is a ticket vending machine and a ticket gate system configured with the same configuration as that of the first embodiment and using two wireless communication means to manage the purchase of a ticket at a ticket vending machine and the passage of a ticket gate. . The procedure for purchasing the lowest section ticket first is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When purchasing a ticket, the purchaser attaches the IC card 8 to the IC card connector 5 of the mobile terminal 1 in advance (S401). After the card is inserted, the IC card control function 2a of the microcomputer 2
Confirms the correctness of the card (S402). If the card is invalid, an error display or the like is output on the LCD 6. IC
If the card is normal, an indication that the IC card is normal is displayed on the LCD 6, and an instruction from the user is waited (S402).
(S403). The user presses any key in key 4 that operates the ticket purchase procedure. After recognizing the key input, the microcomputer 2 transmits the connection request data via the transmission / reception device 6 by the wireless communication function 2b (S405). At the beginning of the transmission data, the ID of the transmission source and the ID of the transmission destination are stored,
You can clarify which device is making the request. In this example, the ID of the ticket vending machine is stored in the transmission data and transmitted. The communication with the ticket vending machine is Bluetooth so that the ticket vending machine can be accessed from a certain distance.
h or the like. The ticket vending machine 9 is always in a receiving state, and receives data to be transmitted at any time. Upon reception, the transmission destination ID is confirmed, and data other than the ticket vending machine ID is ignored. The ticket vending machine 9 determines whether the received data is normal (S
406), if normal data is received, the sender ID
Then, the minimum section charge data, which also serves as confirmation of the data reception, is transmitted (S407). The microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal data (S408),
The portable terminal 1 that has received the minimum section charge data is a ticket vending machine 9.
The connection is completed is displayed on the LCD 5 (S40).
9) Further, the minimum section fee to be collected is displayed on the LCD 5,
The user waits for a purchase confirmation input from the key 4 (S41).
0). When the user performs a key input of the purchase confirmation, the microcomputer 2 activates the electronic money AP 8b of the IC card 8 using the electronic money AP of the memory 7, and starts the electronic money processing (S411). The electronic money processing is performed by the same processing as in the first embodiment. The vending machine host terminal 10
It is determined whether or not the payment of the amount information by the electronic money processing has been normally completed (S412). If the payment has been normally completed, the ticket information of the lowest section of the ticket gate station is created, and the created ticket information is transmitted from the ticket vending machine 9 to the portable terminal. 1 (S413). The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the ticket information has been normally received (S41).
4) The received ticket information is stored in the ticket information 8e of the IC card 8.
(S415), and the completion of the purchase process is displayed on the LCD 5 (S416). By performing the above processing, the ticket purchase processing ends. If an error has occurred in each process, the user is notified that passage is not possible (S417), and the process ends.

Next, the procedure of passing through a ticket gate when purchasing the lowest section ticket information will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The ticket gate 12 transmits data for confirming the presence or absence of a mobile terminal in the communication range at regular intervals. This data transmission uses proximity communication, and the communication distance is reduced.
This is for performing communication with only the person approaching the ticket gate. When the user passes through the ticket gate, the user
The C card 8 is inserted (S501). When the IC card is inserted, the portable terminal 1 determines whether the IC card is normal (S502). When the IC card is normal, the fact that the IC card 8 is normal is displayed on the LCD 5 of the portable terminal 1 (S503). When the user brings the mobile terminal 1 closer to the ticket gate 12, the mobile terminal 1 receives the data transmitted from the ticket inspection machine 12 via the transmission / reception device 6 using the wireless communication function 2c. The portable terminal 1 determines whether or not the received data is normal (S504), and when receiving the normal data, transmits the ticket information 8e to the ticket gate 12 together with confirming the reception of the data (S505). The ticket gate 12 that has received the ticket information 8e transmits the received ticket information 8e to the ticket gate host terminal 13. The ticket gate host terminal 13 that has received the ticket information determines whether the ticket information has been normally received (S506). If the ticket information has been normally received, the ticket gate host terminal 13 that has received the ticket information 8e performs ticket information authentication. The authentication of the ticket information 8e is performed using the data of the application database 14 (S507). In the authentication of the ticket information, the presence or absence of the ticket information, confirmation of the validity of the ticket information, and the like are performed. The ticket gate host terminal 13 determines whether the authentication has been completed normally (S508). If the authentication has been completed normally, it determines whether the ticket has been turned on or the ticket has been issued (S509). The discrimination between a ticket gate and a ticket exit is determined by the presence or absence of the station information of the ticket information 8e in the IC card. In the case of a ticket gate, the ticket gate station information is written in the ticket information 8e of the IC card, the gate of the ticket gate is opened (S516), and the process is terminated.

In the case of the bidding process, a fee from the bidding station to the bidding station is calculated (S510), and it is determined whether there is a difference (S511). If there is no difference, the ticket gate host terminal 13 transmits a request to delete the ticket information 8e to the portable terminal 1 (S514). The microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received erasure request is normal, and when normal data is received, erases the ticket information 8e of the IC card 8 (S51).
5) The gate of the ticket gate is opened (S516), and the process ends. If there is a difference, the calculated fee is collected by electronic money processing (S512). The ticket gate host terminal 13 determines whether the electronic money processing has been completed normally (S513). If the electronic money processing has been completed normally, it transmits a request to delete the ticket information 8e to the portable terminal 1 (S514). The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received erasure request is normal, and when normal data is received, erases the ticket information 8e of the IC card 8 (S515) and opens the gate of the ticket gate (S51).
6), end the process. If an error has occurred in each process, the user is notified that passage is not possible (S517), and the process ends.

According to this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, there is an effect that the ticket purchase procedure is performed only by selling the optimal fee and the subsequent payment is performed by the ticket issuing machine, so that the ticket purchase procedure is simplified.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. This embodiment is an example in which ticket information of a certain frequency is purchased at the time of purchasing ticket information at a ticket vending machine, and the ticket information corresponding to the frequency used at the time of passing through a ticket gate is reduced. This embodiment has a configuration similar to that of the first embodiment. First, a procedure for purchasing a ticket will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. When purchasing a ticket, the purchaser attaches the IC card 8 to the IC card connector 5 of the mobile terminal 1 in advance (S601). After the card is inserted, I
The C card control function 2a checks whether the card is correct (S6).
02). If the card is invalid, an error display or the like is output on the LCD 6. If the IC card is normal,
To indicate that the IC card is normal, and waits for an instruction from the user (S602) (S603). The user presses any key in key 4 that operates the ticket purchase procedure. After recognizing the key input (S604), the microcomputer 2 transmits the connection request data via the transmission / reception device 6 by the wireless communication function 2b (S605). At the head of the transmission data, the ID of the transmission source and the ID of the transmission destination are stored, and it is possible to clarify to which device the request is issued. In this example, the ID of the ticket vending machine is stored in the transmission data and transmitted. Communication with the ticket vending machine uses a communication method such as Bluetooth so that the ticket vending machine can be accessed from a certain distance. The ticket vending machine 9 is always in a receiving state, and receives data to be transmitted at any time. Upon reception, the transmission destination ID is confirmed, and data other than the ticket vending machine ID is ignored. The ticket vending machine 9 determines whether the received data is normal (S606). If the data is normal data transmitted to the ticket vending machine, the ticket vending machine 9 transmits to the transmission source ID the purchase frequency request data that also serves as confirmation of data reception. It is transmitted (S607). The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal data (S608), and upon receiving the purchase frequency request data, the mobile terminal 1 notifies that the connection with the ticket vending machine 9 has been completed and a request for the purchase frequency of the ticket information. The information is displayed on the LCD 5 (S609), and the user waits for input of the purchase frequency of the ticket information from the key 4 (S610). When the purchase frequency is input from the key 4, the input purchase frequency data is transmitted to the ticket vending machine 9 (S611). The ticket vending machine 9 determines whether the received data is normal (S612), and when the data is received normally, transmits the authentication request data to the mobile terminal 1 (S613). The microcomputer 2 of the mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal (S6).
14) The received confirmation request data is displayed on the LCD 5. The user confirms that the entered frequency is correct.
When the user performs a key input for purchase confirmation (S615),
The microcomputer 2 uses the electronic money AP in the memory 7 to
The electronic money AP 8b of the card 8 is activated. Mobile terminal 1
Transmits the electronic money information 8d for the fee data to the ticket vending machine 9. The ticket vending machine 9 which has normally received the electronic money information transmits the electronic money information to the ticket vending machine host terminal 10 (S61).
6) It is determined whether or not the payment of the amount information by the electronic money processing has been normally completed (S617).
The ticket vending machine 9 creates the ticket information of the requested frequency and transmits the created ticket information to the portable terminal (S618). The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the ticket information has been normally received (S61).
9) The mobile terminal 1 stores the received ticket information in the IC card 8
Is stored in the ticket information 8e (S620), and the completion of the purchase process is displayed on the LCD 5 (S621). If an error has occurred in each process, the user is notified that passage is not possible (S622), and the process ends. By performing the above processing, the ticket purchase processing ends.

Next, a procedure of passing through a ticket gate when ticket information of a certain frequency is purchased will be described with reference to flowcharts of FIGS. The ticket gate 12 transmits data for confirming the presence or absence of a mobile terminal in the communication range at regular intervals. This data transmission uses proximity communication, and the communication distance is reduced. This is for performing communication with only the person approaching the ticket gate. When the user passes through the ticket gate, the mobile terminal 1
The IC card 8 is inserted into the device (S701). When the IC card is inserted, the portable terminal 1 determines whether the IC card is normal (S702). If the IC card is normal,
The fact that the IC card 8 is normal is displayed on the LCD 5 of the portable terminal 1 (S703). The user places the portable terminal 1 in the ticket gate 12
, The mobile terminal 1 transmits the data transmitted from the ticket inspection machine 12 using the wireless communication function 2c.
Receive via. The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal (S704).
The ticket information 8e is also transmitted to the ticket gate 12 while confirming that the data has been received (S705). The ticket gate 12 that has received the ticket information 8e transmits the received ticket information 8e to the ticket gate host terminal 13. The ticket gate host terminal 13 that has received the ticket information 8e determines whether the ticket information has been normally received (S706). If the ticket information has been normally received, the ticket information authentication database 14 is used to obtain the ticket information. The authentication of 8e is performed (S707). Authentication of ticket information
The presence / absence of ticket information, the validity of the ticket information, and the frequency are checked. The ticket gate host terminal 13 determines whether the authentication has been completed normally (S708). If the authentication has been completed normally, it determines whether the ticket is being issued or the ticket is being issued (S709). The discrimination between a ticket gate and a ticket exit is made by the ticket information 8e in the IC card.
Is determined by the presence or absence of station information. In the case of a ticket gate, the ticket gate station information is written in the ticket information 8e of the IC card, the gate of the ticket gate is opened (S715), and the process is terminated.

In the case of the bidding process, a fee from the bidding station to the bidding station is calculated (S710). The debit degree calculated from the fee is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1 (S711).
The mobile terminal 1 that has received the withdrawal frequency uses the ticket application 7b to execute the withdrawal of the frequency of the ticket information. It is determined whether or not the frequency withdrawal processing has been completed normally (S712). If the processing has been completed normally, the ticket gate host terminal 13 transmits a request to delete the ticket information to the mobile terminal 1. The ticket information to be deleted at this time deletes the station information written at the time of the ticket gate. If the ticket information has been deleted normally (S714), the gate of the ticket gate is opened (S715), and the process is terminated. In addition, when an error occurs in each process, the user is notified that passage is not possible (S716), and the process ends. In the present embodiment, if the frequency of the ticket information remains, If the ticket passes through the ticket gate without purchasing the ticket at the ticket vending machine and the number of tickets is exhausted, the purchase at the ticket vending machine is performed again.

In the first embodiment, the validity of the ticket information is determined for the first time by bringing the portable terminal close to the ticket gate. However, in the fifth embodiment described below, the ticket information is determined before passing through the ticket gate. The validity of the ticket information is confirmed, and if the ticket information is invalid, the user is notified of the clearing request by, for example, sounding a warning sound on the portable terminal. The difference from the first embodiment is that the ticket gate is equipped with a communication method capable of communication of several tens of meters, such as Bluetooth, in addition to proximity-type communication. Note that the system in this embodiment uses the same system as in the first embodiment.

The procedure of passing through a ticket gate in the fifth embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The ticket gate 12 transmits data for confirming the presence or absence of a mobile terminal in the communication range at regular intervals. This data transmission is bl
A device that can communicate even at a certain distance, such as Bluetooth, and a proximity communication are used at the same time. This is because the mobile terminal 1 can be used even from a certain distance from the ticket gate by using a method that can communicate at a certain distance.
This is because the proximity communication is used to communicate only with the person approaching the ticket gate. The user inserts the IC card 8 into the portable terminal 1 when passing through the ticket gate (80
1). When an IC card is inserted, the mobile terminal 1
It is determined whether the card is normal (S802). If the IC card is normal, a message indicating that the IC card 8 is normal is displayed on the LCD 5 of the portable terminal 1 (S803). When the distance between the user and the ticket gate becomes a certain distance (about 10 to 50 m), the data transmitted from the ticket gate is transmitted to the wireless communication function 2
b, and is received via the transmission / reception device 6. The mobile terminal 1 determines whether the received data is normal (S804), and when receiving the normal data, transmits the ticket information 8e to the ticket gate 12 while also confirming the reception of the data (S80).
5). The ticket gate 12 that has received the ticket information 8e transmits the received ticket information 8e to the ticket gate host terminal 13. The ticket gate host terminal that has received the ticket information determines whether the ticket information has been normally received (S806). If the ticket information has been normally received, the ticket gate host terminal 1 that has received the ticket information 8e.
3 authenticates the ticket information 8e using the data in the ticket information authentication database 14 (S807). In the authentication of the ticket information, the presence / absence of the ticket information, the confirmation of the destination, and the confirmation of the expiration date are performed. The ticket gate host terminal 13 determines whether or not the authentication has been completed normally (S808). If the authentication of the ticket information 8e has been completed normally, the ticket gate machine terminal 13 remains unchanged, as in the first embodiment. Execute the process of passing the ticket gate. However, if the authentication of the ticket information is not completed normally, the ticket gate displays a warning sound of the ticket information being invalid on the portable terminal and a display on the LCD 5 (S809). In this example, the user turns on the mobile terminal by himself before passing the ticket gate, but when the mobile terminal recognizes the radio wave (carrier) transmitted from the ticket gate, the power of the mobile terminal is automatically turned on. If it is entered, the processing is performed more smoothly.
By performing such a method, it is possible to recognize in advance that a fee is insufficient before passing through the ticket gate, so that the gate is closed by the ticket gate, and the flow of people is not hindered. Further, in this embodiment, two types of communication means are mounted on the ticket gate. However, the same function can be established even if a communication device for ticket information confirmation is separately provided in front of the ticket gate.

Next, as a sixth embodiment, a method will be described in which the purchase frequency can be transferred to another person's IC card. The portable terminal 1 has an IC card function 2a for controlling reading and writing of an IC card mounted on the microcomputer 2, and communicates with a ticket vending machine over a certain distance, for example, Bluetooth.
wireless communication function 2b for controlling wireless communication on the Internet, wireless communication function 2b for controlling wireless communication near the ticket gate, and 2
An IC card connector 3 for inserting one IC card, a key 4 as an input device, an LCD 5 as a display device,
It comprises a transmitting / receiving device 6 for transmitting and receiving wireless communication data, an electronic money application 7a for a portable terminal, and a memory 7 storing a ticket application 7b.

The transfer source IC card 16 and the transfer destination IC card 17 include IC card control functions 16a and 17a for controlling commands to the IC card and controlling the activation of applications in the IC card, and the electronic money application 16
b, 17b, ticket applications 16c, 17c, electronic money information 16d, 17d, ticket information 16e, 17e
It consists of. The terminal device 1 has a ticket application 7
And transmits a ticket information transfer request to the transfer source IC card 16. Transfer source IC card 16 receiving the request
Returns a request to specify the moving amount of the ticket information to the mobile terminal 1 as a response. Mobile terminal 1 that received the response
Displays a message prompting the user to enter the amount of travel for ticket information.
Display at D5. When the user inputs the amount of movement using the key 4, the mobile terminal 1 transmits the amount of movement data to the transfer source IC card 16. The transfer source IC card 16 that has received the transfer amount data performs encrypted communication with the transfer destination IC card 17, moves the ticket information 16e to the ticket information 17e by the specified transfer amount, and ends the processing. By performing the above-described processing, the ticket information can be transferred between the IC cards, and can be transferred to another person's IC card. Further, since data transmitted and received between the IC cards is encrypted, it is impossible to change or copy the data on the terminal device. Also, by adding the transfer information to the destination and the travel time to the purchased ticket information, the portable terminal can display detailed information on the LCD of the portable terminal when necessary.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to smoothly purchase a ticket and pass through a ticket gate. By using a terminal owned by oneself for the purchase of a ticket, it is possible to purchase a ticket without being confused even with a ticket vending machine of the type used for the first time. When purchasing a ticket,
By adopting a communication method having a relatively long communication distance, it is possible to purchase a ticket in a specific range, and it is possible to save time and effort in front of a ticket vending machine. When passing the ticket gate, by adopting a communication method with a short communication distance,
By targeting only persons approaching the ticket gate to communication, malfunctions with other persons can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of first, third, fourth, and fifth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a system configuration diagram of a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 mobile terminal 2 microcomputer 2a IC card control function 2b wireless communication function 2c wireless communication function 2d voice conversion function 3 IC card connector 4 key 5 LCD 6 transceiver 7 memory 7a electronic money AP 7b ticket AP 8 IC card 8a card control function 8b Electronic money AP 8c Ticket AP 8d Electronic money information 8e Ticket information 9 Ticket vending machine 10 Ticket vending machine host terminal 11 Ticket vending machine database 12 Ticket gate 13 Ticket gate machine terminal 14 Ticket gate authentication database 15 MIC 16 Transfer source IC card 16a Card control function 16b Electronic money AP 16c Ticket AP 16d Electronic money information 16e Ticket information 17 Transfer destination IC card 17a Card control function 17b Electronic money AP 17c Ticket AP 17d Electronic money information 17e Ticket information

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Katsutoshi Sato 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Hitachi Image Information System Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shigeyuki Ito 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi Media Digital Media Development Division (72) Inventor Kenji Matsumoto 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Yokohama F-term in Hitachi Digital Media Development Division 3E026 AA04 AA10

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A ticket vending device having communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from a terminal device by non-contact communication, electronic money processing means for processing electronic money, and a database storing ticket fee information; A storage medium for storing information and ticket information sold by the ticket vending apparatus; communication means for transmitting and receiving data by contactless communication with the ticket vending apparatus and the ticket gate; control means for controlling the communication means; A terminal device having read / write means for reading / writing information stored in a storage medium, a communication means for transmitting / receiving data to / from the terminal device by non-contact communication, and an authentication means for authenticating ticket information stored in the storage medium A ticket sales ticket system comprising: a ticket gate device for permitting or denying traffic by the authentication unit; and a ticket sales ticket system comprising: A communication unit for transmitting destination data to the ticket vending apparatus; the ticket vending apparatus calculates ticket fee data using the database based on the destination data transmitted from the terminal device; Means for transmitting the ticket fee data to the terminal device, the terminal device having received the ticket fee data transmitting the electronic money information read from the storage medium by the read / write means to the ticket vending device by the communication means, The ticket vending device processes the received electronic money information by electronic money processing means, transmits the ticket information to the terminal device by the communication means, and the terminal device reads and receives the ticket information by the reading / writing means. The terminal device writes the ticket information stored in the storage medium to the ticket gate device by communication means. Shin, and the ticket gate apparatus authenticates the ticket information received by the authentication means, ticket sales ticket gate system, characterized by controlling said wicket means to allow passage when the ticket information is valid. 2. A ticket vending device having communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from a terminal device by non-contact communication, and electronic money processing means for processing electronic money; and electronic ticket information and electronic ticket information sold by the ticket vending device. A storage medium for storing ticket information, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the ticket vending device and the ticket gate by non-contact communication, a control unit for controlling the communication unit, and reading and writing of information stored in the storage medium. A terminal device having reading and writing means for performing, a communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal device by non-contact communication, an authentication means for authenticating ticket information stored in the storage medium, and a fee database for storing fee information. A ticket gate system comprising: a ticket gate means for permitting or denying passage by the authentication means; anda ticket sales ticket system comprising: Communication means transmits a ticket purchase instruction to the ticket sales device, and the ticket sales device which has received the ticket purchase instruction transmits ticket fee data of the lowest section to the terminal device by the communication means, and the ticket fee data The terminal device that has received the electronic money information read from the storage medium by the read / write unit transmits the electronic money information to the ticket vending device by the communication unit, and the ticket vending device processes the received electronic money information by the electronic money processing unit. Transmitting the ticket information to the terminal device by the communication means, the terminal device writes the received ticket information to the storage medium by the reading and writing means, and at the time of a ticket gate, the terminal device transmits the ticket information to the terminal device by the communication means. The ticket information stored in the storage medium is transmitted to the ticket gate, and the ticket gate receives the ticket information received by the authentication unit. When the ticket information is valid, the station information is transmitted to the terminal device and written to the storage medium in the previous period to allow passage, and at the time of bidding, the communication means of the terminal device transmits the ticket information to the ticket gate device. The ticket information and the station information stored in the storage medium are transmitted, the ticket gate authenticates the ticket information received by the authentication unit, and the ticket gate calculates a fee using a database based on the received station information. And transmitting the electronic money stored in the storage medium to the ticket gate using communication means, and when the payment by the electronic money is completed, transmitting the ticket. A ticket sales ticket system, which permits the passage of a ticket. 3. A ticket vending machine having communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from a terminal device by non-contact communication, and electronic money processing means for processing electronic money; and electronic money information and the ticket vending machine. A storage medium for storing ticket information, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the ticket vending device and the ticket gate by non-contact communication, a control unit for controlling the communication unit, and reading and writing of information stored in the storage medium. A terminal device having read / write means for performing, a communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal device by non-contact communication, an authentication means for authenticating ticket information stored in the IC card, and a fee database for storing fee information. ,
A ticket gate system comprising: a ticket gate device for permitting or denying traffic by the authentication unit; anda ticket sales ticket system comprising: a communication device of the terminal device, which communicates a ticket purchase instruction to the ticket sales device. The ticket vending device, which has received the ticket purchase instruction, transmits a fixed number of ticket fee data to the terminal device by the communication means, and the terminal device that has received the ticket fee data transmits the ticket fee data to the terminal device by the read / write means. The electronic money information read from the storage medium is transmitted to the ticket vending device by the communication unit, the ticket vending device processes the received electronic money information by the electronic money processing unit, and outputs the ticket information of a certain frequency to the terminal device. The terminal device transmits the ticket information received by the communication unit, and writes the ticket information to the storage medium by the reading and writing unit. At the time of the ticket gate, the terminal device transmits the ticket information stored in the storage medium to the ticket gate device by the communication means, the ticket gate device authenticates the ticket information received by the authentication means, and the ticket information is valid. When is, the station information is transmitted to the terminal device and written in the storage medium in the previous period, passing is permitted, and at the time of bidding, the terminal device is transmitted to the ticket gate device by the communication means, and the terminal device is transmitted to the ticket gate device by the communication means. The ticket information and the station information stored in the storage medium are transmitted, the ticket gate device authenticates the ticket information received by the authentication means, and the ticket gate device uses a database based on the received station information. A fee is calculated and transmitted to the terminal device, and the terminal device transmits frequency data for a ticket fee from the ticket information stored in the storage medium to the ticket gate device by communication means, A ticket sales ticket gate system, wherein the ticket gate permits passage when payment is completed. 4. The communication means of the terminal device is capable of long-distance communication and short-distance communication having different communication distances, the communication between the terminal device and the ticket vending device is long-distance communication, 4. The ticket sales ticket gate system according to claim 1, wherein communication between the ticket gate and the ticket gate device is short-range communication. 5. A non-contact long-distance communication is performed between the portable terminal and the ticket gate before passing through the ticket gate. The ticket gate authenticates the ticket information, and when the ticket information is not normal. The ticket sales ticket system according to claim 4, wherein warning information is transmitted to the terminal device. 6. The ticket terminal includes a microphone and voice conversion means for converting voice input by the microphone, and transmits a ticket purchase instruction input by voice to the ticket sales device by the communication means. The ticket sales ticket system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: 7. The ticket sales ticket gate system according to claim 1, wherein said terminal device comprises a display means for displaying said ticket information. 8. A ticket vending device for selling tickets, a communication device for performing contactless communication with a ticket gate device for ticketing, a reading / writing device for reading and writing a storage medium storing electronic money information, and a ticket purchase. And a control unit for controlling the communication unit and the read / write unit. When the ticket purchase is instructed by the instruction unit, the control unit switches the communication unit. Controlling to transmit data for ticket purchase to the ticket vending device by long-distance communication, the communication means receiving a ticket fee payment request from the ticket vending device, and the control means responding to the payment request. On the other hand, the electronic money in the storage medium is read out by controlling the reading / writing means, and the electronic money read out is transmitted to the ticket vending apparatus by long-distance communication by controlling the communication means. The communication means receives the ticket data from the ticket vending device, the control means causes the read / write means to write the ticket data on the storage medium, and the control means controls the communication means to perform short-distance A terminal device for transmitting the ticket data to the ticket gate device by communication. 9. A ticket comprising a ticket sales device and a ticket gate device capable of communicating with a terminal device having read / write means for reading and writing a storage medium storing electronic money information, and communication means capable of long-distance communication and short-distance communication. A sales ticket gate system, comprising: a long-distance communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from a terminal device by non-contact long-distance communication; an electronic money processing means for processing electronic money; and a database storing ticket fee information. A ticket vending device, a short-distance communication unit that transmits and receives data by short-range communication without contact with the terminal device, an authentication unit that authenticates ticket information stored in the storage medium, and permission or departure of traffic by the authentication unit. A ticket gate device with ticket gate means for disabling, the ticket vending device receives the destination data transmitted from the terminal device by long-distance communication means Calculating the ticket fee data based on the destination data by using the database, transmitting the ticket fee data to the terminal device by the long-distance communication means, and the ticket vending device transmits the ticket fee data to the terminal device. Receiving the electronic money information transmitted from the receiving terminal device by the long-distance communication means, processing the electronic money information by the electronic money processing means, transmitting ticket information to the terminal device by the long-distance communication means, The ticket gate receives the ticket information stored in the storage medium transmitted from the terminal device by the short-range communication means, authenticates the ticket information, and permits passage when the ticket information is valid. A ticket sales ticket gate system characterized by controlling a ticket gate means so as to perform the operation. 10. An insertion slot into which a transfer source IC card and a transfer destination IC card having a fixed amount of ticket information can be inserted, read / write means for reading and writing information of the transfer source IC card and the transfer destination IC card, and ticket information. A ticket transfer application for controlling the transfer of the mobile terminal. The ticket transfer application of the mobile terminal is started by inserting the transfer source IC card and the transfer destination IC card into the insertion slot, and the transfer destination IC card is transferred from the transfer source IC card to the transfer destination IC card. A terminal device for transferring a part of ticket information to an IC card.