EP0063026A2 - Fahrkartenausgabe- und -kontrollsystem für die Passagierbeförderung - Google Patents

Fahrkartenausgabe- und -kontrollsystem für die Passagierbeförderung Download PDF

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EP0063026A2
EP0063026A2 EP82301829A EP82301829A EP0063026A2 EP 0063026 A2 EP0063026 A2 EP 0063026A2 EP 82301829 A EP82301829 A EP 82301829A EP 82301829 A EP82301829 A EP 82301829A EP 0063026 A2 EP0063026 A2 EP 0063026A2
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Malcolm Douglas Norman Withnall
Martin John Pemberton
Kevin Mcmanus
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  • a passenger-carrying vehicle is characterised in that it is equipped with ticket-checking means capable of reading information presented to it on a ticket in a printed bar-code form, capable of distinguishing between valid and invalid tickets, and capable of indicating that an invalid ticket has been presented.
  • bar-code is meant, where the term is used herein, a code by means of which information (e.g. a sequence of digits) can be presented in an optically-machine-readable form, each of a plurality of basic elements which are available to constitute the information in code being represented by a uniquely arranged group of marks, or spaces between marks, the marks being in the general form of bars.
  • side-by-side bar-code format where the expression is used hereinafter, is meant a format, which we have devised, in which the bars of each basic code element are arranged on a line extending generally unidirectionally along the lengths of the bars.
  • an “end-to-end” bar-code format where the expression is used hereinafter, is meant a format in which the bars of each basic code element are arranged on a line extending generally unidirectionally transversely of the lengths of the bars; in a known end-to-end format, which has been used in various different applications, the bars are in parallel with one another and of equal length.
  • the ticket-checking means is capable of assessing the validity of a ticket by reading information presented to it in a bar-code form on the ticket and comparing the read information with reference information to which it has access.
  • the vehicle is equipped with data-storing means whereby the reference information can be stored, although by means of a radio data link it might be . possible to refer to information stored elsewhere.
  • Up-dating means whereby the reference information can be modified as the vehicle travels, can in a bus, for example, comprise a fare-stage up-date key to be operated by the driver.
  • the ticket-checking means be capable of communicating read information to a data store for subsequent retrieval.
  • the vehicle is equipped with suitable data-storing means whereby the information can be recorded.
  • a vehicle in accordance with the invention may be equipped also with ticket-issuing means arranged to issue tickets bearing information presented in a , bar-code form readable by the ticket-checking means. It may be required that the ticket issuing means is capable of printing on to a ticket in a bar-code form information which can be read by the ticket-checking means and which indicates travel permissible with the ticket issued.
  • Ticket stock might be pre-printed with certain information (e.g. serial numbers) in bar-code, in which case it may not be necessary for the ticket-issuing means to print further information in bar-code, but it is preferred that the ticket issuing means be arranged to print serial numbers (in bar-code) on to tickets upon issue.
  • the ticket-issuing means be capable of communicating to a data store, for subsequent retrieval, information born by tickets issued, and preferably the vehicle itself is equipped with suitable data-storing means whereby the information can be recorded.
  • any suitable data-storing means can be used.
  • the ticket-issuing and ticket-checking means are preferably microprocessor based and the choice of data to be stored can be determined by software. In order to gain access to the stored data, the microprocessor could periodically be connected up to a computer terminal, though it might prove more convenient to connect it to a portable data-logger which would record the information (for example on magnetic tape) for future play-back to the computer.
  • the ticket-issuing means preferably has access, usually via a control console, to fare-table information stored, for example, in interchangeable memory chips or on magnetic tape cassettes. Provision for regularly up-dating the fare-tables is, of course, usually needed, and equipment suitable for providing these facilities is already known.
  • the ticket-checking means may be arranged to read tickets bearing information in an end-to-end bar-code format (as hereinbefore defined). This could enable the information to be read by a single reading head in a single sweep. However, we have found that this format tends to be wasteful of space and where, as on a bus ticket of orthodox dimensions, there can be a shortage of space available for printing all the information needed for a through-ticketing system, a side-by-side format (as hereinbefore defined) may be much preferable.
  • each ticket 10 bears all the information necessary to define travel permissible with the ticket and to enable the validity of the ticket to be checked for travel on any particular vehicle at any particular time within the transport system.
  • the information is printed on the ticket in an optically-machine-readable bar-code form.
  • the information carried in bar-code form comprises a serial number and information characteristic of the nature and/or purpose of the ticket, such as information relating to the price paid for the ticket and/or the type of ticket (e.g. season, multi-journey, single, transfer) and/or the fare code (e.g. adult, child, return) and/or the expiry date and/or the stage of origin and/or the stage of destination and/or zones within which the ticket can be validly used.
  • the bus being one of a plurality of similarly equipped buses in the transport system, comprises a microprocessor-based unit providing a control console 12, for operation by the driver, and data-storing means 14 (referred to hereinafter as the memory).
  • the memory 14 can, for convenience in description, be considered to comprise four portions 14a to 14d.
  • Ticket-issuing means on the bus comprises a ticket printer 16, associated with the control console 12, whereby bar-coded travel information can be printed on to a ticket (in a form readable by a ticket reader 18, referred to hereinafter) under instructions from the console.
  • a ticket in a form readable by a ticket reader 18, referred to hereinafter
  • Each ticket may be taken from ticket stock bearing pre-printed serial numbers (which are also printed in bar-code), though for practical reasons it is preferred that the serial number be printed on by the ticket printer.
  • the ticket-issuing means has access to fare-table data stored in the memory 14a. Furthermore, the ticket-issuing means is arranged to communicate information born by and associated with each ticket issued (whether or not all of that information is printed on the ticket) to the memory 14c, whereby the information can be recorded for subsequent retrieval for management purposes.
  • the printer is equipped to read bar-coded information, in order that the ticket serial number, and any other pre-printed information in bar-code, can be recorded.
  • the ticket printer 16 is arranged to print certain basic information on to each ticket also in an ordinary (non-coded) readable form.
  • the bus is equipped with ticket-checking means comprising a ticket reader 18 to which ticket-holding passengers can present their tickets on boarding the bus.
  • the ticket reader is capable of optically reading information presented to it on a ticket in a printed bar-code form, and the checking means is capable of distinguishing between valid and invalid tickets, and capable of indicating that an invalid ticket has been presented.
  • the ticket reader 18 is associated with the memory in order that it can compare information read from the ticket with reference information stored in the memory 14b. Upon so detecting an invalid ticket, for travel on that bus at that time, the ticket would be rejected and indicating means 20, comprising a buzzer to alert the driver, would be activated.
  • the ticket reader 18 is arranged to communicate information read from each ticket to the memory 14d, whereby the information can be recorded for subsequent retrieval for management purposes.
  • one or more large illuminated stage/zone indicators 22 are provided in the bus.
  • the information so displayed corresponds with 'alighting stage' and 'valid zones' information printed on the tickets (where appropriate).
  • the indicators are arranged to be up-dated during travel by a fare-stage up-dating key of the control console 12, operated by the driver. Operation of the up-dating key serves also to up-date reference information in the memory 14 on which the ticket-issuing means and the ticket-checking means rely.
  • the bus is equipped also with portable ticket-inspecting means comprising an inspection handset 24 which is adapted to be carried within the bus and enables an inspector to check tickets for validity.
  • the handset is adapted to read information presented to it on a ticket in bar-code, and is capable of displaying information read from the ticket in a form which can be read by the inspector.
  • the handset is battery-powered and comprises optical bar-code reading means, a microprocessor with programmable memories, a keypad and an illuminated display.
  • the memory of the handset can be programmed with sufficient travel information to enable it to check the validity of tickets presented.
  • Tickets for use in the transport system can be pre-purchased from ticket dispensers 26 at convenient sites (e.g. railway stations, post offices, and bus depots).
  • a conventional single bar-code digit comprises at least five, parallel, thick/thin bars, spaced at uneven intervals. In order to provide a continuous stream of information, therefore, these digits are placed in an end-to-end format. In a through-ticketing situation, where as many as 128 digits may be required, we believe that each ticket would need to be in the region of 120-140 mm long.
  • the side-by-side bar-code format (as hereinbefore defined) is used.
  • the bar-code in side-by-side format, may be based on the principle of hexadecimal binary notation, whereby each line comprises room for four 'bits' of information printed in the form of bars. This allows for the following number of digits to be encoded: assuming that a clear line (i.e., no printed bars) would not constitute a digit.
  • the bar-code information on a ticket can, in order to carry sufficient information, consist of 32 four-bit lines, giving a 4 x 32 matrix. Adding another column of bits to the ticket (making a 5 x 32 matrix) allows a parity check to be made on the original four-bit lines.
  • the scheme works on the principle of a bar being added in the fifth column only if there is an even number of informational bars in that line. Such a ticket is shown in Figure 2.
  • each line comprises room for five 'bits' of information printed in the form of bars. Since three bars are always printed in any one line this allows for the following number of digits to be encoded:
  • the side-by-side format, and coding on either the three-out-of-five or hexadecimal principle can give substantial advantages.
  • the use of only one kind of bar (rather than both thick and thin bars, as is conventional in end-to-end formats makes printing quality much less critical; instead of having to distinguish between thick and thin bars, a reading head has solely to be able to distinguish between the presence and the absence of a bar.
  • both printing and reading equipment have to be operated fast, to print and read tickets on a moving vehicle, a certain ruggedness in the system is practically essential, and the proposed formats contribute significantly towards the achievement of that end.
  • the ticket reader 18 comprises five reading heads which are each arranged to scan one of the five columns of bits as the ticket is passed through the reader.
  • the signals from the five reading heads are assessed, line by line, by the ticket-checking means in order to read the coded information on the ticket.
  • waybills can be printed in bar-code form, in addition to a conventionally printed summary. Relatively large amounts of information can thus be printed in an extremely compact form for automatic machine reading at the garage or depot. Audit time at the end of the driver's duty can be greatly reduced, and an inherent cross-checking facility is available, should it be required. Additionally, machine-readable waybills with a sufficiently low error rate greatly facilitate the entry of statistical data into central computing systems.

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EP0169278A1 (de) * 1984-07-23 1986-01-29 Computer Services Corporation Vorrichtung zur Verteilung der Einnahmen aus dem Fahrkartenverkauf
EP0201472A1 (de) * 1985-05-08 1986-11-12 Ab Almex Verfahren zum Sammeln von Informationen
AT389953B (de) * 1986-03-12 1990-02-26 Skidata Gmbh Vorrichtung zum lesen und kennzeichnen von karten, wie wertkarten, fahrkarten, ausweiskarten oder dergleichen
EP0465456A1 (de) * 1990-07-06 1992-01-08 Societe Regionale Wallonne Du Transport System zum Festsetzen des Tarifes und zum anteilmässigen Einziehen des Fahrpreises in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln
WO1993008992A1 (en) * 1991-10-30 1993-05-13 Markpoint Printer Ab Security ticket
FR2733071A1 (fr) * 1995-04-12 1996-10-18 Dassault Automatismes Dispositif portatif de traitement de titres en papier ou analogue a piste magnetique
WO1998048386A1 (de) * 1997-04-17 1998-10-29 Christian Ploppa Eintrittskartenprüfsystem
WO1999038122A1 (en) * 1998-01-21 1999-07-29 P & S S.R.L. Method and apparatus for the validation of tickets
SG90221A1 (en) * 1999-12-20 2002-07-23 Sony Corp Portable electronic apparatus, ic card and read/writer
US6476416B1 (en) 1999-12-20 2002-11-05 Sony Corporation Thin-film semiconductor apparatus, display apparatus using such semiconductor apparatus, and method of manufacturing such display apparatus
EP1276081A2 (de) * 2001-07-14 2003-01-15 Bundesdruckerei GmbH Ticket-System
KR100833959B1 (ko) * 2000-06-28 2008-05-30 시크파 홀딩 에스.에이. 품목을 인증하기 위한 통신 기기 및 방법, 품목을 인증하기 위한 유닛 및 시스템, 및 인증 기기
NL2008296C2 (en) * 2012-02-15 2013-08-19 Appvantages B V Method and system for verifying scannable codes, and code for use therein.
RU2641783C1 (ru) * 2001-04-17 2018-01-22 Твайфлекс Трейдинг Лимитед Автоматизированная система оплаты проезда и контроля проездных документов

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EP0169278A1 (de) * 1984-07-23 1986-01-29 Computer Services Corporation Vorrichtung zur Verteilung der Einnahmen aus dem Fahrkartenverkauf
EP0201472A1 (de) * 1985-05-08 1986-11-12 Ab Almex Verfahren zum Sammeln von Informationen
AT389953B (de) * 1986-03-12 1990-02-26 Skidata Gmbh Vorrichtung zum lesen und kennzeichnen von karten, wie wertkarten, fahrkarten, ausweiskarten oder dergleichen
EP0465456A1 (de) * 1990-07-06 1992-01-08 Societe Regionale Wallonne Du Transport System zum Festsetzen des Tarifes und zum anteilmässigen Einziehen des Fahrpreises in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln
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WO1993008992A1 (en) * 1991-10-30 1993-05-13 Markpoint Printer Ab Security ticket
FR2733071A1 (fr) * 1995-04-12 1996-10-18 Dassault Automatismes Dispositif portatif de traitement de titres en papier ou analogue a piste magnetique
WO1998048386A1 (de) * 1997-04-17 1998-10-29 Christian Ploppa Eintrittskartenprüfsystem
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EP1276081A2 (de) * 2001-07-14 2003-01-15 Bundesdruckerei GmbH Ticket-System
EP1276081A3 (de) * 2001-07-14 2004-06-09 Bundesdruckerei GmbH Ticket-System
NL2008296C2 (en) * 2012-02-15 2013-08-19 Appvantages B V Method and system for verifying scannable codes, and code for use therein.
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