RU2692343C1 - Contactless payment for passage system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: automated check-in systems.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to automated check-in systems and automated fare payment systems, to a system for contact-free passage payment. System includes subsystems of turnstiles, vestibule, monitoring or payment. Subsystem for turnstiles comprises a reader, two narrowly directional antennae, configured to form a spatial zone for radio exchange with passes in the area of the turnstile, photoelectric sensor designed to exclude false actuation of the system at passage of passes from 60 persons per minute and a locking mechanism installed with the possibility of mechanical locking or unlocking of the passage by command of the monitoring or payment subsystem. Vestibule subsystem includes a reader, two broadly directional antennae connected to the reader and installed with possibility of formation of a spatial zone for radio exchange with passes at the specified distance from the detector frame. Subsystem for monitoring or payment comprises control unit, which is a computer.EFFECT: higher carrying capacity and safety, reduced risks of fraud.1 cl, 2 dwg

Description

The technical field to which the invention relates.

The invention relates to the field of automated checkpoint systems and automated fare collection systems, more specifically, to a contactless fare / passage payment system designed to authorize passage to a controlled area of people with gaps — cards (travel tickets) or other electronic documents, accounting for the number people (with the possibility of their identification), passing into the limits of the protected space (vehicle, premises), accounting for the cost of passage and carrying out pl Atezh per pass with the help of individual contactless travel tickets, for which there is no need for special attachment to the reader.

The level of technology

The contactless fare / passage payment system (hereinafter referred to as the SMSC) can be widely used in public transport, as a fare collection system, at public events (sports facilities, concert halls, etc.), as a system for controlling and monitoring the fact of payment, as well as access control systems for paid events and / or events with the need to ensure security by controlling the passage and taking into account the number of participants (with the possibility of their identification).

In the prior art, a number of technical solutions are known that are protected by patents for inventions relating to automated systems for paying for and checking travel documents using local communications and passes based on magnetic tickets, contactless smart cards, and compact computer terminals.

Thus, the patent for utility model RU 10907 (Applicants - Yatsenko Maxim Petrovich, Cheburkov Yury Sergeevich) is known, the date of publication of the application: 08/16/1999, which describes an automated system for paying the metro and checking travel documents for winning in the lottery, consisting of a central a post with a central computer and vestibule complexes interconnected by a system multiplex channel through its input / output devices; each vestibule complex contains a control unit, automatic control points and points payment interconnected channel vestibule complex, while the automatic control point, including the block determining the status of the card contains consistently included block code reading the travel document and the register of the read code, the memory block of the read code connected in series the message memory block received from the central post, and a message decoder, a comparison unit, the inputs of which are connected respectively to the outputs of the register of the read code and the message decoder, the drive control unit horizontal bar that, the payment point consists of a cash register, a code reading block of a sold travel document, connected to a coding block for a message about a sold travel document, characterized in that a game card identification block is inserted into an automatic control point, connected through a switchboard to a basic computer that communicates with computer central office, as well as with the block marker, while the switch communicates with the point of payment and block sound and video alerts.

Also known is the patent for invention RU 2421812 (Applicant - MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED (US)), the date of publication of the application: 27.06.2009. The invention relates to methods and systems for automatic collection of tolls in a transport system. The technical result is to ensure the speed and reliability of passenger service, the use of payment cards without the requirement of pre-payment for access, performing group processing of transaction records using a joint balance sheet. The method comprises the steps of receiving payment device data from a payment device, the payment device includes at least an account identifier identifying the payment account associated with the specified payment device, provide the user access to the payment system of the transport system if the specified payment information the devices satisfy the condition, choose a payment rule from a group of payment rules, with at least one payment rule being a fact-based payment rule, and perform heel combined payment, the added amount of fees associated with access to the pay zone, to a combined balance associated with said data payment device, said redemption transaction initiated payment for said payment network when said one or more operating criteria are satisfied.

The technical solution protected by the patent for invention RU 2121163 (Applicant - Gayev Dmitry Vladimirovich) was made as the closest analogue of the claimed contactless fare / passage payment system, the date of publication of the application: 10.27.1998 titled “Automated fare collection and inspection of travel documents for transport” .

The system provides automation of the sale of travel documents, their verification during planting and subsequent statistical processing of the results of the transport system and its individual sections. The system consists of a central station, vestibule (station) complexes, a processing center, an emission center, a magnetic ticket coding center, a Contactless Smart Card personalization center, and a travel document repository connected by a system multiplex channel. The central post contains control units (CU), a block of memory of the central post and an input-output device interconnected by a multiplex channel of the central post. BU is an automatic workplace (AWP). The lobby complex consists of travel document payment points, automatic checkpoints, automatic workstations similar to the central office workstation, a management server distributing information from the lobby complex, a controller connected to the automatic checkpoints through its multiplex channel, with payment points and automatic workstations connected to each other and its input to the management server through its multiplex channel. The processing center performs the operational processing of the current information of the system. The emission center consists of a control unit and a payment center, similar to the above, and is also equipped with a scanner and an installation of instant photographing. The Magnetic Ticket Coding Center and Contactless Smart Card Personalization Center are equipped with the above described control units with a tape encoder and a printer, respectively.

The disadvantages of this system include:

- low throughput bandwidth systems;

- low security throughput system and high risks of fraud with permits.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The task of the claimed invention is to develop a contactless fare / passage payment system that will increase the capacity of the pass systems, improve the security of the pass system and reduce the risks of fraud with passes, and offer consumers and event organizers and transport a new simple service for controlling and billing the pass without operations upon presentation of a pass, which will significantly improve the quality of services and customer loyalty.

The present invention, in contrast to the analogues described in the prior art, provides a significant increase in throughput and ease of use of the means of access and payment due to the possibility of using them “on the go”, without being removed and applied to the reading devices.

The technical results of the claimed inventions are:

• Increase the capacity of the pass system by at least 15%;

• Improving the security of the access system and reducing the risk of pass fraud.

The technical result of the claimed invention is achieved by the design of a contactless fare / passage payment system, including

a turnstile subsystem containing a reader, at least two narrowly directed antennas installed with the possibility of forming a spatial zone for radio traffic with gaps in the turnstile area, a photoelectric sensor that provides the possibility of avoiding false triggering of the system with a large flow of gaps (from 60 people per minute through one turnstile) and a locking mechanism installed with the possibility of mechanically locking or unlocking the passage at the command of the monitoring or payment subsystem, each of the decree by the elements associated with the reader;

a vestibule subsystem containing a reader and at least two widedirectional antennas associated with the reader and installed with the possibility of forming a spatial zone for radio traffic with gaps at a specified distance from the frame-detector, and

subsystem of monitoring or payment, containing a control unit, which is a computer equipped with software that implements the way the system works, storing and processing the necessary data.

In addition, these readers are associated with the control unit and configured to receive and transmit exchange signals with gaps crossing the frame-detector or at a specified distance from the frame-detector, transmitting gaps information to the control unit and receiving information from it for recording in the gaps.

Brief Description of the Drawings

FIG. 1 shows the structural scheme of the ACCS.

FIG. 2 shows the main algorithm for the operation of the ACCS.

The implementation of the invention

The contactless fare / passage payment system (block diagram is shown in Fig. 1) includes the following subsystems:

- subsystem of turnstiles (1),

- lobby subsystem (2),

- monitoring / payment subsystem (3).

The turnstile subsystem (1) is intended for:

- reliable fixation of the fact of crossing the controlled perimeter by a contactless pass / card, made on the basis of radio frequency tag technology (RFID) and containing a memory,

- carrying out transactions with the pass memory to determine the residual cost of the pass and correct the cost data by the value of the pass cost (if the payment for the pass is necessary),

- control of the shut-off mechanism of the turnstile at the command of the monitoring / payment subsystem in order to prevent passage through false passes or lack of funds to pay for the passage.

The turnstile subsystem (1) (see Fig. 1) includes:

- at least two narrowly directed antennas (5) and (6) connected to the reader (4), ensuring the formation of a spatial zone for radio traffic with gaps in close proximity to the turnstile, that is, in the turnstile zone;

- a reader (4) connected to the control / monitoring unit (12), providing reception and transmission of exchange signals with gaps intersecting the frame-detector, as well as transmitting gaps information to the control / monitoring unit and receiving information from there to write to the skip;

- photoelectric sensor (7) connected to the reader (4), the signal of which is sent to the control / monitoring unit (12) and helps to prevent false positives of the ACCS with a large flow of gaps. A large flow in the context of this invention is considered to be such a flow of passes, in which the delay in the passage of one person in 1-2 seconds. leads to the creation of a queue or, more specifically, from 60 people per minute through one turnstile;

- locking mechanism (8), connected to the reader (4), causing mechanical locking / unlocking of the passage at the command of the monitoring / payment subsystem.

 The lobby subsystem (2) is intended for:

- early detection of a pass for the purpose of preloading and unloading data (caching) related to the pass accounts,

- obtaining data on the subject (Photo, full name and other data), making the passage through the turnstile system, with the data recorded in the SMSS database stored in the monitoring / payment subsystem,

- interaction with servers, which are the technical implementation of the monitoring / payment subsystem, in order to reliably identify the gaps and determine the possibility of payment for the passage,

- recording new data in the memory of passes according to the results of charging for a pass.

The lobby subsystem (2) (see Fig. 1) consists of:

- at least two wide directional antennas (10) and (11), connected to the reader (9), ensuring the formation of a spatial zone for radio traffic with gaps at a given distance - up to 12 m from the frame-detector (when approaching it and when from her);

- a reader (9) connected to the control / monitoring unit (12), providing reception and transmission of exchange signals with gaps at a given distance - up to 12 m from the turnstile frame detector, as well as transmission of information passes to the control / monitoring unit (12 ) and receiving information from there to write to the pass.

The monitoring / payment subsystem (3) is intended for:

- software implementation of the basic algorithms of the SMSS: control of the passage, accrual and payment (billing),

- interaction with the turnstile subsystems and the lobby for data exchange with gates and turnstile sensors / locking device.

The monitoring / payment subsystem (3) (see Fig. 1) includes a control / monitoring unit (12), which is a mainframe computer equipped with specified software that implements the ACNS operation method, as well as the storage and processing of necessary data.

The way the work of the ACCS .

To implement the functions of the SMS COB system, potential customers receive or buy passes (travel cards), which are radio frequency tags with memory, implemented using radio frequency identification technology (RFID). When issuing a pass using the terminal, which is part of the control / monitoring unit, the pass will have its own unique pass identifier entered for the passage of the amount of money, data about the subject, as well as the session key, which will be updated each time it is read.

During each pass through the turnstile, the SSNC reads information from the pass and controls the correctness of the session key and the availability of a sufficient amount of money in the ticket account. When the data is correct, the command is issued to open the turnstile, and a new session key and a new pass price are recorded for the pass through to the SMSMC database stored in the monitoring / payment subsystem. In addition to the pass, the time of the last pass is recorded, which allows to exclude multiple unauthorized use of the pass.

If the reading of the skip data reveals the incorrectness of the session key, the ACCS blocks the further use of the pass by its unique identifier and blocks the passage through the turnstile. If, when reading the skip data, a lack of funds is detected, the SMSC blocks the passage through the turnstile and informs the user about the need to replenish the skip account with the indication on the turnstile.

The interaction of the ACCS with the pass starts at the far approaches (at a given distance) to the turnstile as a result of detection of the pass by the lobby subsystem. This allows the monitoring / payment subsystem to preload the turnstile subsystem before loading the data from the database (cache the data passes), which significantly reduces the time required to perform other operations to control the passage and billing, avoiding delays through the turnstile. The lobby subsystem also interacts with the pass after the turnstile passing, recording new pass cost data, which also speeds up the passage process.

The main algorithm of the ACCS operation during the passage of the turnstile object is shown in FIG. 2. Passenger's entry into the vestibule subsystem's control zone (block [1] of the algorithm) is continuously monitored by the reader (9) by actively scanning the radio stream, which allows to detect the presence of legitimate gaps in the control zone. Information from each such pass is read into the reader and the control / monitoring unit (algorithm block [3]), after which the control / control unit extracts information about the pass by its unique number from the central omission database (algorithm block [4]). After that, without waiting for the passenger to pass the turnstile, the control / monitoring unit checks the sufficiency of the amount recorded on the pass for the passage (block [5] of the algorithm), and if sufficient, writes information about the pass to the cache memory (block [ 6] algorithm).

Then, when a passenger approaches the turnstile (block [7] of the algorithm) and when a pass is detected by the turnstile subsystem (block [9] of the algorithm), the control / monitoring unit checks whether there is a pass in the cache memory (block [11] of the algorithm ): if available, the control / monitoring unit sends updated skip / card information (cost, time, session key) to the turnstile subsystem for recording on the card, and also updates the central database (algorithm block [12]) and generates a signal for the turnstile subsystem permits to pass a prior mechanism (block [13] of the algorithm); and in case of its absence, it forms a signal to prohibit the passage for the turnstile subsystem (block [10] of the algorithm). The block [8] of the algorithm provides control of the passenger's stay in the zone of approach to the turnstiles and the removal of information about the pass / card from the cache memory in situations when the passenger changed his mind to make the passage.

Thus, the proposed contactless fare / passage payment system allows to increase the capacity of the pass system by at least 15%, increase the security of the pass system and reduce the risks of fraud with passes.

Claims (5)

The system of contactless fare collection (ACCS), including the turnstile subsystem (1) containing a reader (4), at least two narrowly directed antennas (5) and (6) installed with the possibility of forming a spatial zone for radio traffic with gaps in the turnstile zone, a photoelectric sensor (7), configured to exclude false alarms with a flow of passes of 60 people per minute and a locking mechanism (8) installed with the possibility of mechanically locking or unlocking the passage at the command of the monitoring or payment subsystem (3), with each of the elements (5), (6), ( 7) and (8) is connected with the reader (4); lobby subsystem (2) containing a reader (9) and at least two wide directional antennas (10) and (11) connected to a reader (9) and installed with the possibility of forming a spatial zone for radio traffic with gaps at a given distance from the frame-detector and the monitoring or payment subsystem (3), containing the control unit (12), which is a computer equipped with software that implements the way the system works, storing and processing the necessary data, the readers (4) and (9) are connected with the control unit (12) and are configured to receive and transmit exchange signals with gaps crossing the frame-detector or at a specified distance from the frame-detector, transmitting gaps to the control unit (12 ) and receiving information from it for recording in the pass.

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