JP6730471B2 - Tickets and ticket issuing machines - Google Patents

Description

Embodiments of the present invention, ticketing machines, and a ticket gate.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a ticket for using a transportation such as a railroad or a bus, an event venue, etc., a magnetic ticket, an IC ticket, and a paper ticket in which usage information is printed on a paper medium are known. The paper ticket printed on the paper medium has one side that is vulnerable to unauthorized use by copying. However, in the conventional technology, the effect of suppressing the illegal use of the ticket may not be sufficient.

JP, 2005-338908, A

An object of the present invention is to provide is to provide unauthorized Ru can be suppressed ticketing machine, and ticket gate.

The ticket for use in the embodiment has a display surface, an antenna, and a chip. On the display surface, a display object in which information about the ticket is encoded is displayed. The antenna is for wireless communication with an external device. The chip includes a storage unit that stores information regarding the ticket, and the information stored by the storage unit is transmitted to the external device using the antenna. To do. The display object is displayed in the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the display surface, and the chip is arranged at a position biased toward the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the display surface.

The block diagram of the ticket 100 of embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the information written in the memory|storage part 123. The block diagram of the reader/writer 200 applicable to the ticket 100. 1 is an external configuration diagram of a reader/writer 200 of an embodiment and an automatic ticket gate 1 provided with a reader/writer 20 for a transportation IC card. The functional block diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 of embodiment. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a reader/writer 200A that is compatible with both a transportation IC card and a ticket 100. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a reader/writer 200B that is compatible with both a transportation IC card and a ticket 100. The block diagram of the ticket issuing machine 300 which issues the boarding ticket 100. The flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process performed by the ticket issuing machine 300 of embodiment. The flowchart which shows the other example of the flow of the process performed by the ticket issuing machine 300 of embodiment.

Hereinafter, a ticket for use and a ticket issuing machine according to the embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the use ticket will be described as a ticket used on the railway, but the use ticket may be an admission ticket used at an event site or the like, or another ticket.

[ticket]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a ticket 100 of the embodiment. The ticket 100 includes, for example, a paper base material 110 having a display surface 110A on which a two-dimensional code 115 is printed, a chip 120 and an antenna 130 that are put into the paper base material 110.

The two-dimensional code 115 is an example of a “display object”. In the two-dimensional code 115, the validity information indicating the validity of the ticket 100 and the identification information of the ticket 100 (hereinafter, code side ticket ID) are encoded. Encoding refers to converting information into a state in which a person cannot directly recognize the content by encoding, encoding, or any other method. Further, the validity information is, for example, the following information, and is information that defines the usable range of the boarding right 100. Instead of the two-dimensional code, a barcode or any other type of information-encoded display object may be printed.
(1) Available sections and dates Example: Sections from Station A to Station B can be used from 12/1 to 12/31 (2) Fares and available dates Example: Sections up to 500 yen , Available from 12/1 to 12/31

In addition, the ticket 100 may be a regular ticket that is effective only for one ride, a one-day ticket that can be used many times on the day of use, or a meal ticket that can be used at shops along the line. It may be a planning ticket such as a ticket. Information regarding the number of times of use may be included in the efficacy information.

The chip 120 is, for example, a passive type IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, and transmits/receives information to/from a reader/writer 200 described later by an RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier) technology. The chip 120 includes an RF circuit 121, a control circuit 122, a storage unit 123, and the like. The processing by the chip 120 is performed by a command response method that responds to a command received from the reader/writer 200 via the antenna 130.

The RF circuit 121 includes a rectifier circuit that extracts driving power from radio waves emitted by the reader/writer 200, a decoder that extracts signals (commands) from the radio waves emitted by the reader/writer 200, and the like. The control circuit 122 is composed of, for example, a logic circuit. The control circuit 122 writes the data instructed by the reader/writer 200 in the storage unit 123 or reads the data read from the storage unit 123 via the antenna 130 according to the content of the command fetched by the RF circuit 121. A process of transmitting to the reader/writer 200 is performed.

The storage unit 123 includes, for example, a readable/writable nonvolatile storage medium such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). The storage unit 123 stores, for example, information that can be compared with the code-side ticket ID encoded in the two-dimensional code 115 (hereinafter, chip-side ticket ID) from the ticketing stage. In addition, a usage record of the ticket 100 is written in the storage unit 123 by the reader/writer 200. The usage record of the boarding ticket 100 is, for example, information such as an entrance station and an entrance date and time. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of information written in the storage unit 123. The chip side ticket ID may be written in a non-rewritable non-volatile storage medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory).

Here, in order that the chip-side ticket ID is information that can be collated with the code-side ticket ID, for example, (1) both completely match, (2) both partially match, and (3). When one or both are arithmetically processed or decrypted by a predetermined algorithm, they completely match or partially match the other. (4) When one or both are encrypted as a key, they completely match or partially match the other. It suffices to satisfy various conditions for making it possible to verify the correctness of the other on the basis of.

Communication with the reader/writer 200 using the antenna 130 is performed using a UHF (Ultra High Frequency) band such as a 900 [MHz] band or a 2.45 [GHz] band. Since this UHF band is different from 13.56 [MHz] used for communication by a transportation IC card, communication between the reader/writer 200 built into the automatic ticket gate 1 and the ticket 100 is performed by the transportation system. It is possible to prevent the interference between the IC card and the communication of the automatic ticket gate 1. Note that a communication band other than the UHF band may be used as long as it is different from the communication band used by the IC card for transportation. The transportation IC card may include both a card formed literally in a card shape and a card built in an electronic device such as a mobile phone. Further, the communication with the reader/writer 200 using the antenna 130 may be performed using 13.56 [MHz] used by the IC card of the traffic system for communication.

[Reader/Writer, automatic ticket gate]
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the reader/writer 200 that is compatible with the ticket 100. The reader/writer 200 includes an antenna 210, a communication control unit 220, a camera 230, a light 240, and a timing control unit 250. The reader/writer 200 supplies electric power to the ticket 100 and performs wireless communication with the ticket 100. As described above, this wireless communication is performed using the UHF band such as the 900 [MHz] band and the 2.45 [GHz] band. Note that, instead of the UHF band, another communication band may be used as long as it is different from the communication band used by the traffic IC card for communication. Further, in this wireless communication, communication with the reader/writer 200 using the antenna 130 may be performed using 13.56 [MHz] used by the IC card of the traffic system for communication.

The communication control unit 220 of the reader/writer 200 acquires the information such as the chip side ticket ID and the usage record from the ticket 100 by transmitting the read command to the ticket 100 using the antenna 210, and the acquired information. Output to the automatic ticket gate 1. Further, the reader/writer 200 writes the information in the storage unit 123 of the boarding ticket 100 by transmitting a write command including information instructed by the host device to the boarding ticket 100 using the antenna 210. This information includes, for example, a usage record of the ticket 100.

The output of the antenna 210 of the reader/writer 200 is set so that the communicable range is about 10 [cm]. As a result, it is possible to suppress the establishment of communication between the reader/writer 200 and the RFID tags other than the ticket 100. In normal communication using the UHF band, communication of several [m] is possible. However, in the reader/writer 200 of the present embodiment, the usage mode of the automatic ticket gate 1 (a user uses the ticket 100 to read/write the reader/writer 200). The communication range is set according to (holding or touching). As a result, it is possible to prevent information other than the information used for the ticket inspection processing of the automatic ticket inspection machine 1, which is the original application, from being mixed into the reader/writer 200, and it is possible to realize a smooth ticket inspection processing.

Further, the camera 230 of the reader/writer 200 images the ticket 100 (particularly the two-dimensional code 115) held by the user. The light 240 irradiates the ticket 100 with light when the camera 230 performs an imaging operation. The antenna 210 of the reader/writer 200 is wound, for example, so as to surround the optical axis 230A of the camera 230. It should be noted that the antenna 210 of the reader/writer 200 being wound so as to surround the optical axis 230A of the camera 230 is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. The image data captured by the camera 230 is output to, for example, the automatic ticket gate 1. The image captured by the camera 230 may be decoded in the reader/writer 200, and the information extracted by the decoding may be output to the automatic ticket gate 1. The camera 230 may be a camera that captures visible light or a camera that captures infrared light.

The reader/writer 200 performs communication using the antenna 210 and imaging using the camera 230 at substantially the same timing. This timing synchronization is controlled by the timing control unit 250. The timing control unit 250 operates the camera 230, for example, when the communication control unit 220 causes the antenna 210 to transmit a radio wave for polling and receives a response thereto. The function of the timing control unit 250 may be built in the communication control unit 220 or the camera 230, or may be the function of the automatic ticket gate 1 side.

The reader/writer 200 is provided separately from the reader/writer for the traffic IC card in the automatic ticket gate 1, for example. FIG. 4 is an external configuration diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 provided with the reader/writer 200 of the embodiment and the reader/writer 20 for an IC card for transportation. The automatic ticket gate 1 controls the passage of the user in the direction A in the figure. The automatic ticket gate 1 includes a display unit 30 that displays various types of information, a door unit 40, and the like. Although the reader/writer 200 is shown to be provided on the front side of the reader/writer 20 in FIG. 4, the present invention is not limited to this. Although not shown in FIG. 4, the automatic ticket gate 1 may be capable of processing a magnetic ticket in addition to the ticket 100 and the IC card for transportation.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment. The automatic ticket gate 1 includes a control unit 50. The control unit 50 includes, for example, a decoding unit 51, an encoding unit 52, an SF (Stored Fare) processing unit 53, a decoding unit 54, an encoding unit 55, an image processing unit 56, a matching unit 57, and a ticket processing. Section 58. These functional units are software functional units that function by a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program stored in a program memory. Further, some or all of these functional units may be hardware functional units such as LSI (Large Scale Integration) and ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The decoding unit 51 and the encoding unit 52 may have a function realized by a computer incorporated in the reader/writer 20, and one or both of the decoding unit 54 and the encoding unit 55 and the image processing unit 56 are readers. It may be a function realized by a built-in computer of the writer 200.

The decoding unit 51 decodes the information read by the reader/writer 20 from the IC card for transportation and outputs the decoded information to the SF processing unit 53. The encoding unit 52 encodes the information instructed by the SF processing unit 53 and outputs it to the reader/writer 20. The reader/writer 20 writes the information input from the encoding unit 52 into a transportation IC card.

The SF processing unit 53 collects a fare based on a charge balance of electronic money held by a transportation IC card. The SF processing unit 53 controls the door unit 40 to be in an open state to allow the user to pass when the transportation IC card satisfies the entrance condition or the exit condition, and when the entrance condition or the exit condition is not satisfied, the door is closed. The section 40 is controlled to be in a closed state to prohibit passage of the user. Further, the SF processing unit 53 causes the display unit 30 to display an image according to whether the user can pass or not.

The decoding unit 54 decodes the information read from the ticket 100 by the reader/writer 200 and outputs the information to the matching unit 57. The encoding unit 55 encodes the information instructed by the ticket processing unit 58 and outputs it to the reader/writer 200. The reader/writer 200 writes the information input from the encoding unit 55 into the ticket 100. The image processing unit 56 analyzes the image captured by the camera of the reader/writer 200, decodes the information encoded in the two-dimensional code 115, and outputs the information to the matching unit 57. The matching unit 57 compares the chip side ticket ID acquired from the ticket 100 with the code side ticket ID to determine whether the ticket 100 is valid. The ticket processing unit 58 refers to the validity information and the usage record acquired from the ticket 100 when the matching unit 57 determines that the ticket 100 is valid, and the ticket 100 is the entry condition or It is determined whether the entry conditions are met. The ticket processing unit 58 controls the door unit 40 to be in an open state to allow the user to pass when the ticket 100 satisfies the entrance condition or the exit condition, and the door unit when the entrance condition or the exit condition is not satisfied. 40 is controlled to a closed state to prohibit the passage of the user.

The reader/writer 200 may be an integrated reader/writer capable of communicating with both the IC card for transportation and the ticket 100. FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a reader/writer 200A that is compatible with both a transportation IC card and a ticket 100. The reader/writer 200A has, for example, an antenna 210-1 and a first communication control unit 220-1 for communicating with the ticket 100, and an antenna 210-2 and a second communication for communicating with a transportation IC card. And a control unit 220-2. The first communication control unit 220-1 and the second communication control unit 220-2 may be separate pieces of hardware, or some or all of the hardware may be commonly used and each has its own software configuration. May be included. Further, the reader/writer 200A may include a functional unit corresponding to the decoding unit 51, the encoding unit 52, the decoding unit 54, and the encoding unit 55 in FIG.

The antenna 210-1 and the first communication control unit 220-1 communicate with the ticket 100 in a communication band such as the UHF band that is different from 13.56 [MHz] used for communication by the IC card for transportation. The antenna 210-2 and the second communication control unit 220-2 communicate with a traffic IC card at 13.56 [MHz]. The reader/writer 200 outputs the information acquired from the transportation IC card and the information acquired from the ticket 100 to the control unit 50 in a distinguishable manner. Note that, in the configuration shown in FIG. 6, the antenna 210-1 and the antenna 210-2 are concentrically provided, which is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. Further, the antenna 210-1 and the first communication control unit 220-1 may communicate with the ticket 100 using 13.56 [MHz] used by the IC card of the traffic system for communication.

Further, in the configuration shown in FIG. 6, the first communication control unit 220-1 and the second communication control unit 220-2 may use a common antenna. FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a reader/writer 200B that is compatible with both a transportation IC card and a ticket 100. In this case, the time zone in which the first communication control unit 220-1 controls the antenna 210 so as to communicate in the communication band corresponding to the ticket 100, and the second communication control unit 220-2 is the transportation IC card. The time zone for controlling the antenna 210 is controlled so as to be alternately switched so as to communicate in the communication band corresponding to.

In both of the modes shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, it is not preferable that the communication with the IC card for transportation and the communication with the ticket 100 interfere with each other. In this respect, since the reader/writers 200, 200A, and 200B of the present embodiment communicate with the boarding ticket 100 in a communication band different from 13.56 [MHz] used by the IC cards for transportation, the communication interference occurs. Can be suppressed.

The ticket 100 of the embodiment stores the chip ticket ID that can be compared with the code ticket ID encoded in the two-dimensional code 115 in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. The side ticket ID and the code side ticket ID can be collated. As a result, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use by copying the two-dimensional code 115.

Further, the ticket 100 of the embodiment encodes the validity information in the two-dimensional code 115, and the storage unit 123 of the chip 120 stores the chip-side ticket ID and the usage record, so that all the validity information is included. The storage area required for the storage unit 123 can be reduced compared to the case where information is stored in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. As a result, the chip 120 can be manufactured at a lower cost.

In addition, since the reader/writers 200, 200A, and 200B of the embodiment communicate with the boarding ticket 100 in a communication band different from 13.56 [MHz] used for communication by the IC card for transportation, the IC card for transportation is used. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of communication interference in an environment in which are used in parallel.

[Ticketing machine]
Hereinafter, a ticket issuing machine that issues the boarding ticket 100 will be described. FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of the ticket issuing machine 300 that issues the ticket 100. The ticket issuing machine 300 includes, for example, an operation/display unit 310, a money collection unit 320, a reader/writer 330, a control unit 340, a supply unit 350, a conveyance unit 360, an internal reader/writer 370, and two-dimensional code printing. The unit 380 and the ticket unloading unit 390 are provided.

The operation/display unit 310 is, for example, a touch panel type display device in which a contact detection mechanism is provided on a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display device. The purchaser of the ticket 100 can operate the operation/display unit 310 to purchase the ticket 100 having desired effect information. Note that an operation/display unit including a mechanical switch may be provided instead of the touch panel-type operation/display unit.

The money collection unit 320 and the reader/writer 330 are provided to collect the fee of the ticket 100 from the user. The money collection unit 320 counts the banknotes and coins inserted by the user, and when the price of the ticket 100 is exceeded, it is returned to the user as change. The reader/writer 330 performs a process of deducting the price of the boarding ticket 100 from the electronic money held by the transportation IC card presented by the user.

The control unit 340 includes a processor such as a CPU and controls each unit of the ticket issuing machine 300. The supply part 350 supplies the paper base material 110 of the ticket 100 (the chip 120 and the antenna 130 are inserted and the two-dimensional code is not printed yet) to the transport part 360. In response to the conveyance unit 360 conveying the paper substrate 110, the internal reader/writer 370 communicates with the chip 120 in the paper substrate 110, and the two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional code 115. The ticket 100 thus created is carried out of the housing of the device by the ticket carrying-out section 390 and delivered to the user.

The chip 120 included in the paper base 110 before the two-dimensional code 115 is printed is stored in the ticket issuing machine 300 when the chip side ticket ID is already stored and when the chip side ticket ID is not stored. It may be necessary to write it. The contents of the processing for both of these will be described below.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the ticket issuing machine 300 of the embodiment. This flow chart shows the flow of processing when the chip-side ticket ID is stored in the chip 120 of the paper base 110.

First, the ticket issuing machine 300 waits until the content of the boarding ticket 100 purchased by the user is confirmed (step S100). When the content of the ticket 100 is determined, the supply unit 350 sends one paper base material 110 to the transport unit 360 and starts transport (step S102).

Next, the internal reader/writer 370 reads the chip side ticket ID from the chip 120 of the paper base 110 (step S104). Next, the control unit 340 generates the two-dimensional code 115 that encodes the code-side ticket ID that can be compared with the read chip-side ticket ID and the validity information corresponding to the confirmed contents of the ticket 100. (Step S106). Then, the two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional code 115 generated in step S106 on the paper base material 110 (step S108), and the ticket 100 is created. The created ticket 100 is carried out by the ticket carry-out unit 390 (step S110). When executing the flowchart of FIG. 9, a reader device capable of only reading information from the chip 120 may be used instead of the internal reader/writer 370.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing another example of the flow of processing executed by the ticket issuing machine 300 of the embodiment. This flowchart shows the flow of processing when the chip 120 of the paper base 110 does not store the chip-side ticket ID.

First, the ticket issuing machine 300 waits until the content of the ticket 100 purchased by the user is confirmed (step S200). When the content of the boarding ticket 100 is determined, the supply unit 350 sends one paper base material 110 to the transport unit 360 and starts transport (step S202).

Next, the control unit 340 determines the chip side ticket ID (step S204). Although there is no particular limitation on the content of this determination process, the control unit 340 may give a serial number within the range of numbers assigned to each ticket issuing machine 300, for example.

Next, the internal reader/writer 370 writes the chip side ticket ID in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120 of the paper base 110 (step S206). Next, the control unit 340 encodes the code-side ticket ID that can be compared with the chip-side ticket ID determined in step S204 and the two-dimensional code 115 that encodes the validity information corresponding to the content of the confirmed ticket 100. It is generated (step S208). Then, the two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional code 115 generated in step S208 on the paper base material 110 (step S210), and the ticket 100 is created. The created ticket 100 is carried out by the ticket carry-out section 390 (step S212). When executing the flowchart of FIG. 10, a writer device that can only write information to the chip 120 may be used instead of the internal reader/writer 370.

According to the ticket 100 of the embodiment described above, the chip side ticket ID that can be compared with the code side ticket ID encoded in the two-dimensional code 115 is stored in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. In the ticket gate 1, the chip side ticket ID and the code side ticket ID can be collated. As a result, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use by copying the two-dimensional code 115.

Further, according to the ticket 100 of the embodiment, the validity information is included in the two-dimensional code 115 to encode the chip-side ticket ID and the usage record in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. The storage area required for the storage unit 123 can be reduced compared to the case where all the information is stored in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. As a result, the chip 120 can be manufactured at a lower cost.

Further, according to the reader/writers 200, 200A, and 200B of the embodiment, communication with the ticket 100 is performed in a communication band different from 13.56 [MHz] used by the IC card for transportation, and thus communication interference occurs. It can be suppressed.

Further, according to the ticket issuing machine 300 of the embodiment, it is possible to create and issue the ticket 100 having the above effects.

Although the ticket 100 is formed of the paper base material 110 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this and may be formed of another material such as a plastic base material.

According to at least one embodiment described above, a display surface for displaying a display object in which the validity information indicating the validity of the ticket and the identification information of the ticket are encoded, and an antenna for wireless communication with an external device. By including a storage unit that stores information that can be collated with the identification information of the ticket that is encoded in the display object, and a chip that transmits the information stored by the storage unit to an external device using an antenna, , It is possible to suppress unauthorized use.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof as well as included in the scope and the gist of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Automatic ticket gate, 100... Ticket, 110... Paper base material, 110A... Display surface, 120... Chip, 121... RF circuit, 122... Control circuit, 123... Storage part, 130... Antenna, 200, 200A, 200B ... reader/writer, 210, 210-1, 210-2... antenna, 220... communication control unit, 220-1... first communication control unit, 220-2... second communication control unit, 230... camera, 240... Light, 300... Ticket issuing machine, 310... Operation/display section, 320... Money receiving section, 330... Reader/writer, 340... Control section, 350... Supply section, 360... Conveying section, 370... Internal reader/writer, 380... Two-dimensional Code printing section, 390... Ticket unloading section

Claims (8)

It's a ticket,
A display surface on which a display object in which information about the ticket is encoded is displayed,
An antenna for wireless communication with an external device,
A chip that includes a storage unit that stores information about the usage ticket, and has a transmission unit that transmits the information stored in the storage unit to an external device using the antenna,
Equipped with
The display object is displayed in the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the display surface,
The chip is arranged at a position biased to an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the display surface,
Usage ticket. The antenna is arranged at a position biased to an end on the same side as the chip with respect to the longitudinal direction of the display surface,
The use ticket according to claim 1. The display object is displayed at a position that does not overlap the chip and the antenna on the display surface,
The use ticket according to claim 1 or 2. The storage unit includes a readable/writable storage medium, and a use record of the use ticket is written in the storage unit by an external device.
The use ticket according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The display surface is one surface of a paper substrate,
The chip and the antenna are rubbed into the paper substrate,
The use ticket according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The chip communicates via the antenna in a communication band different from that of a transportation IC card,
The use ticket according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A ticket issuing machine for issuing the use ticket according to any one of claims 1 to 6. An antenna for wirelessly communicating with an external device, a chip that includes a storage unit that stores information about a ticket, and a chip that has a transmission unit that transmits the information stored by the storage unit to an external device using the antenna, A display object in which information about the voucher is encoded in a central portion in the longitudinal direction of a display surface, which is one surface of the paper substrate, with respect to a paper substrate that is placed in a position biased toward the end in the longitudinal direction. A printing unit for printing
Ticket machine.

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