JP2000215332A - Card processing method and card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card processor capable of reducing the waiting time for card processing when a user gets off a bus by reducing the card processing time when the user gets off the bus. SOLUTION: In a bus fare receiving device which performs a bus fare reception processing in an omnibus of a distance rate system by using a magnetic prepaid card, the card processing method receives a card which is presented by a user when the user gets on a bus and on which amount information and use history information are recorded, reads the use history information from the received card, decides whether or not characteristics exist in an operation section on the basis of the read use history information, performs amount decrease processing that subtracts a fare being the same amount as the previously used fare from the card amount information when it decides that the characteristics exist, returns the card to the user, receives the card presented by the user when the user gets off the bus, reads amount information from the received card, decides whether or not the amount decrease processing is correctly performed on the basis of the read amount information and returns the card to the user when it decides that the processing has been correctly performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, a bus which uses a magnetic prepaid card to collect a bus usage fee on a shared bus on a distance route (a route whose usage fee varies depending on the distance) in transportation. The present invention relates to a card processing device such as a toll collection device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, for example, in a bus toll collection device called a bus-mounted device, a magnetic prepaid card (hereinafter, referred to as a prepaid card) in which predetermined amount information is magnetically recorded in advance.
Many of them have a function of processing the data (hereinafter simply referred to as a card).

In such a bus toll collection device,
In the case of a bus on a distance route, the user (passenger) pays a predetermined usage fee when getting off. That is, when the user inserts the card into the card slot at the time of getting off, the magnetic information recorded on the card (the amount information recorded in advance,
The usage fee is calculated by reading the boarding information recorded at the time of boarding. Then, a deduction process of subtracting the calculated usage fee from the price information magnetically recorded on the card is performed. Further, a printing process for printing a new balance after the reduction process on the card is performed, and a punch hole forming process for forming a punch hole of a remaining amount guide according to the balance is performed. When this series of processing is completed, the card is ejected and returned to the user. This series of processing is performed for all users who get off the bus.

[0004] If the balance becomes insufficient during the above-mentioned reduction processing, a new card is used to make up for the shortage, or paid in cash.

[0005]

However, the above-described reduction processing, printing processing, and punch hole forming processing are performed only when the user gets off the bus. For this reason, at a bus stop near a station where the number of people getting off significantly increases, a queue for getting off the card is formed at the exit of the bus.

That is, for example, a bus stop in front of a station,
At a bus stop where many users get off at once, depending on the length of processing time per user, a queue for card processing is formed at the exit of the bus. The user wants to go to the station in front of him immediately, but cannot get off because the bus fare has not been settled. As described above, especially during a rush hour, a situation arises in which bus users are dissatisfied.

Therefore, the present invention can shorten the card processing time at the time of getting off, for example, in a shared bus on a distance route, and can reduce the waiting time for the card processing at the time of getting off to the user, and can reduce the waiting time in the bus. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card processing method and a card processing device that can alleviate congestion and smooth the flow of users.

[0008]

According to the card processing method of the present invention, when a user rides on a vehicle, the card accepts a card on which predetermined amount information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded, and the received card Reading the use history information from and based on the read use history information,
A step of determining whether or not the usage section has a characteristic; and, if determining that the usage section has a characteristic, a charge of the same amount as the previous usage fee obtained from the usage history information, the amount of the accepted card. Performing a deduction process for subtracting from the information, returning the card after the deduction process to the user, and accepting the deducted card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle; Reading the money amount information from; and, based on the read money amount information, determining whether or not the money reduction processing has been correctly performed.If this determination determines that the money reduction processing has been correctly performed,
Returning the accepted card to the user.

Further, the card processing apparatus of the present invention accepts a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when getting on the vehicle, and from the received card, uses the usage history. First reading means for reading information, first determining means for determining whether or not there is a characteristic in a use section based on use history information read by the first reading means; and first determining means If it is determined by the means that the use section has a characteristic, a reduction process of subtracting a charge equal to the previous use fee obtained from the use history information from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and the reduction process is performed. First to return the card to the user
Card processing means, a second reading means for receiving the reduced-value card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and reading the amount information from the received card; and a second reading means. Second determining means for determining whether or not the amount reduction processing by the card processing means has been correctly performed based on the amount information read by
A second card processing means for returning the accepted card to the user when the judgment means judges that the deduction processing is correctly performed.

Further, the card processing device of the present invention accepts a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when getting on the vehicle, and from the received card, uses the usage history. First reading means for reading information, first determining means for determining whether or not there is a characteristic in a use section based on use history information read by the first reading means; and first determining means If it is determined by the means that the use section has a characteristic, a reduction process of subtracting a charge equal to the previous use fee obtained from the use history information from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and the reduction process is performed. First to return the card to the user
Card processing means, a second reading means for receiving the reduced-value card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and reading the amount information from the received card; and a second reading means. A second determining means for determining whether or not the first card processing means has correctly performed the reduction processing based on the amount information read by the first and second processing means; and the second determination means has correctly performed the reduction processing. If it is determined that the received card has been used, information such as the usage date and the balance after the reduction processing is printed on the accepted card, and a punch hole is formed in accordance with the balance. A second card processing means for returning the performed card to the user.

Further, the card processing device of the present invention accepts a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when the user rides on the vehicle, and uses the received card to determine the usage history. First reading means for reading information, first determining means for determining whether or not there is a characteristic in a use section based on use history information read by the first reading means; and first determining means If it is determined by the means that the use section has a characteristic, a reduction process of subtracting a charge equal to the previous use fee obtained from the use history information from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and the reduction process is performed. First to return the card to the user
When the card processing means and the first determination means determine that there is no feature in the use section, the accepted card is returned to the user without performing the deduction processing by the first card processing means. Second card processing means for performing
When the user gets off the vehicle, the card presented by the user is accepted, the second reading means for reading the money information from the accepted card, and the money information read by the second reading means, Second determining means for determining whether or not the first card processing means has performed the reduction processing; and if the second determination means determines that the reduction processing has been performed, the reduction processing is performed. Third determining means for determining whether or not the credit card has been correctly processed; and, if the third determining means determines that the credit reduction processing has been correctly performed, the use date and / or after the reduction processing of the accepted card are determined. A third card processing for printing information such as the remaining amount of the card, forming a punched hole corresponding to the remaining amount, and returning the card on which the printing processing and the punched hole forming processing have been performed to the user. And if the second determining means determines that the reduction processing has not been performed, or if the third determination means determines that the reduction processing has not been correctly performed, the accepted card A reduction process of subtracting a usage fee from the amount information of the above is performed, and information such as a usage date and a balance after the reduction process is printed on the accepted card, and a punch hole according to the balance is formed. And a fourth card processing means for returning the card having been subjected to the amount reduction processing, the printing processing and the punch hole forming processing to the user.

Further, the card processing device of the present invention accepts a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when the user rides on the vehicle, and reads the usage history from the received card. First reading means for reading information, first determining means for determining whether or not there is a characteristic in a use section based on use history information read by the first reading means; and first determining means Calculating means for performing a deduction process of subtracting from the amount information of the accepted card a charge equivalent to the previous use charge obtained from the use history information when it is determined by the means that the use section has a characteristic; Information such as the use date and the balance after the reduction process is printed on the card subjected to the reduction process, and a punch hole corresponding to the balance is formed. First card processing means for returning the card subjected to the punch hole forming process to the user, and accepting the reduced amount card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and from the accepted card, Second reading means for reading the amount information; second determining means for determining whether or not the amount reduction processing by the calculating means has been correctly performed based on the amount information read by the second reading means; A second card processing means for returning the accepted card to the user when the second determination means determines that the deduction processing is correctly performed.

Further, the card processing device of the present invention, when riding a vehicle, accepts a card on which predetermined amount information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded,
The first to read the use history information from the accepted card
Reading means, a first determining means for determining whether or not the use section has a characteristic based on the use history information read by the first reading means; If it is determined that there is a characteristic, a calculating means for performing a deduction process of subtracting a fee equal to the previous usage fee obtained from the usage history information from the amount information of the accepted card, and the deduction process is performed by the calculating means While printing information such as the usage date and the balance after the reduction processing on the card, forming a punch hole according to the balance,
The first card processing means for returning the card, which has performed the printing processing and the punch hole forming processing, to the user, and the first determining means determines that there is no feature in the use section. Without performing reduction processing,
A second card processing means for returning the accepted card to the user, and a second reading for accepting the card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle and reading the price information from the accepted card Means for determining whether or not a reduction process is being performed by the calculating means based on the money amount information read by the second reading means.
If the second determining means determines that the reduction processing has been performed, the third determination means determines whether or not the reduction processing has been correctly performed.
If it is determined by the determination means that the reduction processing is correctly performed, the third card processing means for returning the accepted card to the user, and the reduction processing is performed by the second determination means. If it is determined that there is no credit card, or if it is determined by the third determination means that the credit card reduction processing has not been correctly performed, a credit reduction processing of subtracting a usage fee from the price information of the accepted card is performed, and The received card is printed with information such as the usage date and the balance after the reduction processing, and a punch hole is formed in accordance with the balance, and the card that has been subjected to the reduction processing, the printing processing, and the punch hole formation processing is described above. And a fourth card processing means for returning to the user.

According to the present invention, for example, when only the fee reduction processing is performed on the amount information of the card when the user gets on the bus, and the passenger gets off with the card on which the reduction processing has been performed, whether or not the reduction processing is correct at the time of getting off If it is correct, that is, for example, if you get off at the same place as usual for commuting, since the correct reduction processing has been done in advance, you must return the card to the user as it is In addition to printing information such as a use date and a balance after the reduction processing on the card, forming a punch hole according to the balance and returning the card to the user.

Further, according to the present invention, for example, the use fee reduction process is performed on the amount information of the card when the user gets on the bus, and the information such as the use date and the remaining amount after the reduction process is printed on the card. In the case of forming a punch hole according to the balance and getting off with a card that has been subjected to this reduction processing, printing processing and punch hole formation processing, it is determined whether or not the above reduction processing is correct at the time of getting off, if it is correct, For example, in the case of getting off at the same place as usual for commuting use, the card is returned to the user as it is because the correct reduction processing is performed in advance.

Thus, for example, in a shared bus on a distance route, the card processing time at the time of getting off is shortened,
It is possible to reduce the waiting time due to card processing when the user gets off the vehicle. Therefore, congestion in the bus can be reduced, and the flow of users can be smoothed.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the arrangement of a bus fee collection device as a card processing device according to the present invention, and devices connected to the bus fee collection device. That is, 41 is a bus, 42 is a bus toll collection device (bus mounted machine) mounted in the bus 41, and 43 is a user (passenger).
, A fee indicator 44 for displaying a fee, a first reader / writer 44, a second reader / writer 45,
A numbered ticket issuing machine 6 issues a numbered ticket to a user. The first and second entrance reader / writers 44 and 45 process cards, coupons, and the like inserted by the user.

FIG. 2 shows the external structure of the bus fee collection device 42. The bus fare collection device 42 is roughly divided into a fare box 1 for counting coins, reading a numbered ticket, exchanging bills, and the like, and an exit for processing a card, a coupon and the like when a user gets off the bus. And a reader / writer 2.

In the charge box section 1, a charge insertion slot 3 for a user without change to insert cash, a currency exchange bill insertion slot 4 for a user with change to exchange bills, a currency exchange slot 5 for exchange of coins, A coin tray 6 from which exchanged coins are released, a return lever 7 for returning coins inserted into the exchange coin slot 5, an operation panel 8 used by the driver to manually operate the ejected coins, etc .; Safe 9 for holding numbered tickets, and memory card insertion slot 10 for inserting a memory card as an information storage medium for collecting and storing various processing data and the like
Is provided.

In the reader / writer 2, a slot 11 as a slot for inserting a card (magnetic prepaid card), a display monitor 12 for displaying the balance of the inserted card, a bus usage fee, etc. There are provided a user operation unit 13 for selecting such as, a discharge port 14 as a discharge unit for discharging a card whose payment has been completed, and an operation panel 15 for a driver to perform various operations.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the internal structure of the exit reader / writer 2. That is, in FIG.
The upper surface of the housing 21 is open, and a lid 21a for maintenance and inspection is provided in this opening so as to be openable and closable. Case 2
The front surface of the housing 1 has a slot 11 as a slot for inserting a card, and a cover 21a corresponding to the rear end of the housing 21 has a slot 14 as a receiving section for receiving the inserted card.
Are provided, and a transport path 22 for transporting the card C inserted from the input port 11 to the output port 14 is provided between the input port 11 and the output port 14. The transport path 22 includes a plurality of transport roller pairs 23,..., And is driven by a motor (not shown).

A detector 24 for detecting the inserted card C and a shutter 26 driven to be opened and closed by a shutter solenoid 25 are provided near the insertion port 11 of the transport path 22.
Are provided respectively.

On the downstream side of the shutter 26 in the transport path 22,
A magnetic head 27 for selectively reading and writing magnetic information from and to a magnetic recording portion of the card C to be conveyed, and the card C being conveyed while being sandwiched between the magnetic head 27 and the magnetic head 27. A platen roller 28 for pressing the card C is provided. Magnetic head 2
Reference numeral 7 uses, for example, a readable and writable magnetic head called a combination head.

Near the upstream side of the magnetic head 27 in the transport path 22, there are provided a detector 29 for detecting a reading start position of magnetic information and a detector 30 for reading a punched hole. . A detector 31 for detecting a magnetic information writing position and a punch hole position is provided near the downstream side of the magnetic head 27 in the transport path 22.

In the vicinity of the downstream side of the detector 31 of the transport path 22, a punching section 32 for forming a punching hole in a punching hole forming section of the card C at a predetermined position set according to the recording information is provided. Is provided.

On the downstream side of the punch section 32 of the transport path 22,
A print head 33 for printing predetermined information at a predetermined position set in advance in a print recording unit of the card C to be conveyed; a print head drive solenoid 34 for bringing the print head 33 into contact with the card C; and,
A platen roller 35 is provided to pinch and convey the card C to and from the print head 33 and to press the card C against the print head 33.

The punch section 32 of the transport path 22 and the print head 3
3, a detector 36 for reading a punch hole formed in the card C by the punch unit 32 and a detector 37 for detecting a print start position are provided.

An image reading sensor 38 such as a line sensor for detecting a printing start position of information printed on the card C by the print head 33 is provided near the downstream side of the print head 33 in the transport path 22. ing. A detector 39 for detecting a card C to be discharged is provided near the discharge port 14 of the transport path 22.

The detectors 24, 29, 30, 31, 3
6, 37 and 39 use, for example, optical detectors composed of a light source and a light receiving element arranged opposite to each other.

Here, the overall operation of the exit reader / writer 2 will be briefly described. Now, when the card C is inserted through the insertion slot 11 and is detected by the detector 24, the shutter 26 for preventing erroneous insertion of the card is opened by the shutter solenoid 25. Also, detector 2
When the card C into which the card 4 is inserted is detected, the transport path 22 is operated by driving a motor (not shown), and the card C is taken in and transported in the direction of the arrow b shown in the figure.

When the conveyed card C passes through the detector 30, the position of the punch hole already opened in the card C is read by the detector 30. Next, the detector 29
Is detected, the magnetic information of the conveyed card C is read by the magnetic head 27.

At this time, if there is an abnormality in the magnetic information read from the card C, or if the card is invalid due to an expiration or the like, the card C is transported in the direction of the arrow a in FIG. Discharge from mouth 11.

If the magnetic information read from the card C is normal, the magnetic information is further conveyed in the direction of the arrow b shown in FIG.
Is transported until it passes. Thereafter, when the detector 31 detects the passage of the card C, the magnetic head 27 writes the magnetic information while transporting the card C in the direction of the arrow a in the figure by reversing the transport path 22.

When the writing of the magnetic information is completed, the magnetic information is further conveyed in the direction of arrow a in FIG. Thereafter, when the detector 29 detects that the card C has passed, the magnetic head 27 reads the magnetic information that has just been written on the card C by the magnetic head 27 by reversing the transport path 22 while transporting the card C in the direction of the arrow b in the figure.

At this time, if there is an abnormality in the read magnetic information, a write retry of the magnetic information is performed. That is,
The sheet is further conveyed in a direction indicated by an arrow b in the conveying path 22 and the detector 3
1 until it passes. Thereafter, when the detector 31 detects the passage of the card C, the magnetic head 27 performs rewriting of magnetic information by reversing the transport path 22 while transporting the card C in the direction of the arrow a in the figure.

After rewriting is completed, the magnetic information is further conveyed in the direction of the arrow a in FIG. Thereafter, when the detector 29 detects the passage of the card C, the magnetic path 27 is reversed so that the magnetic information which has been rewritten on the card C is read again by the magnetic head 27 while being conveyed in the direction of the arrow b in the figure. .

At this time, if there is an abnormality in the read magnetic information, the card C is conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow a in FIG. When the read magnetic information is normal, the transport path 22 is reversed to transport the card C in the direction of the arrow a in the drawing until the card C passes the detector 31.

Thereafter, when the detector 31 detects the passage of the card C, the transport path 22 is reversed to convey the card C in the direction of the arrow b in the figure. When the detector 31 detects the card C, the card is further moved to a predetermined position. The card C is conveyed, and a punch hole such as a standard hole of the card balance is made in the card C by the punch unit 32.

Thereafter, while the card C is further conveyed in the direction of the arrow b in the drawing, the punched hole after the punching is read by the detector 36 to check whether there is any abnormality in the punched hole just opened.

As a result of this check, if there is an abnormality in the punched hole, that is, for example, if the punched hole has not been formed, the transport path 22 is reversed so that it passes through the detector 31 in the direction of the arrow a in the figure. Transport to Thereafter, when the detector 31 detects the passage of the card C, the transport path 22 is reversed to convey the card C in the direction of the arrow b in the drawing. When the detector 31 detects the card C, the card C is further transported to a predetermined position. Then, a punch hole such as a guide hole of the card balance is made in the card C by the punch unit 32.

Thereafter, while the card C is further conveyed in the direction of the arrow b in the figure, the punched holes are read by the detector 36 to check again whether there is any abnormality in the punched holes.

Here, if there is an abnormality again, the operation panel 15 used by the attendant to manually operate the card processing.
Displays an error code, etc., to notify the staff of the abnormality.
At this point, since the magnetic processing of the card C has been completed, there is no problem in the card processing, so that the processing continues to the printing processing.

That is, by reversing the conveying path 22, the sheet is conveyed in the direction of arrow a until it passes the detector 37. Thereafter, when the detector 37 detects the passage of the card C, the conveyance path 22 is reversed to convey the card C in the direction shown by the arrow b in the drawing, and the timing of passing through the detector 37 and the printing position based on the magnetic information processed previously are determined. , Print head 3
3 and between the platen roller 35,
By driving the solenoid 34, the print head 33 is driven.
Is pressed against the platen roller 35 with the card C interposed therebetween, and the bus usage fee, the card balance, and the like are printed on the card C.

The card C, which has completed the printing process, is read and scanned by the image reading sensor 38 while being further conveyed in the direction of the arrow b in the drawing, so that the information printed by the print head 33 is printed at a predetermined position. Confirm. Then, the card C is further conveyed in the direction of the arrow b in the figure, passes through the detector 39, and is discharged to the discharge port 14 as the card C whose settlement has been completed.

FIG. 4 schematically shows the structure of the display monitor 12. That is, the display monitor 12 displays a fare display section 51 for displaying the usage fee (fare), a card insertion amount display section 52 for displaying the remaining amount of the inserted card C, and a balance after subtracting the usage fee from the remaining amount of the card C. , A cash amount display unit 54 for displaying the amount of cash inserted, a shortage display unit 55 for displaying the shortage, a numbered ticket number display unit 56 for displaying the number of the numbered ticket, It comprises a backlit shortage display section 57 for displaying whether there is a shortage, and a payment end display section 58 for displaying whether payment has been completed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bus fee collection device 42. That is, the bus fare collection device 4
Reference numeral 2 denotes a control unit 47 for overall control, a toll box unit 1 connected to the control unit 47, an exit reader / writer 2, and operation panels 8, 1.
5, a display monitor 12, and a user operation unit 13. The safe 9 is provided in the charge box unit 1 as described above. The control unit 47 is connected to a fee display 43, a first boarding gate reader / writer 44, a second boarding gate reader / writer 45, and a numbered ticket issuing machine 46, respectively.

FIG. 6 shows the control unit 4 of the bus toll collection device 42.
7 shows the configuration of FIG. That is, the control unit 47
The CPU 61 is mainly configured.
The system bus 62 has a flash ROM 63 as storage means for storing various operation programs, fare data, and the like, and a storage means for storing (storing) a part of the operation programs, total data, maintenance data, and the like. S-RAM 64 backed up by a battery,
Fare box section interface 65, fare display interface 66, input / output interface 67, exit entrance reader / writer interface 68, first exit entrance reader / writer interface 69, second exit entrance reader / writer interface 70, A numbered ticket issuing machine interface 71 and a memory card interface 72 for reading and writing data with respect to the memory card 73 inserted in the memory card insertion slot 10 are connected to each other.

The fare box section interface 65 has the fare box section 1, the disembarkation door reader / writer interface 68 has the disembarkation door reader / writer 2, and the input / output interface 67 has operation panels 8 and 15, the display monitor 12, and the like. Further, the user selection button 13 is displayed, the fee display 43 is displayed on the fee display interface 66, and the first board reader / writer interface 69 is displayed.
The first entrance reader / writer 44, the second entrance reader / writer 45 in the second entrance reader / writer interface 70, the numbered ticket issuing machine 46 in the numbered ticket issuing machine interface 71, Each is connected.

Thus, the CPU 61 executes the flash RO
Based on the operation programs stored in the M63 and the S-RAM 64, various card processing such as usage fee collection processing is performed. At this time, the interfaces 67, 68, 6
Reader / writers 2, 44, 4 input via 9, 70
5, various types of card processing are performed based on input information from the operation panels 8, 15 and the user selection button 13 and the fare data stored in the flash ROM 63. And
The processed data is collected and stored in the S-RAM 64 or the memory card 73.

Next, the card processing including the pre-processing characteristic of the present invention will be described.

First, the card processing at the time of boarding will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For example,
When the card C is inserted into the second entrance reader / writer 45 (S1), the second entrance reader / writer 45 reads the remaining information (amount information) from the inserted card C and the usage history up to the previous time. The magnetic information such as information is read (S2) and sent to the control unit 47. Here, the use history information is, for example, a use date, a use section, a use fee, and the like up to the previous use, and these are magnetically recorded as use history information at the time of the previous use.

The control unit 47 confirms the usage history and the balance from the magnetic information read from the card C (S3). That is, since the use history information such as the use date, the use section, and the use fee is recorded on the card C as described above, the use history is confirmed based on the use history information (S3), and the usage method is characterized. It is determined whether or not there is (S
4).

That is, the use history is confirmed, for example, by
It goes back N times (a plurality of times) immediately before the boarding this time, and determines whether or not the boarding is in the same use section and the same use fee. In addition, the date is also added to the determination. That is, even if there is a ride in the same section and the same usage fee N times back from immediately before the current ride, for example, if it is more than one month before, the ride in the same section and the same usage fee is If it is within one month, it is regarded as a ride on the same section and at the same usage fee. That is, it is checked whether the user always uses the same section, such as commuting use or weekly use, or whether he / she rides in various use sections at irregular intervals.

If it is determined in step S4 that the rides are in the same use section and the same use fee, the control unit 47
Will charge the same amount as the same charge up to N times before
And a printing process for printing information such as the date of use, the balance after the reduction process, and a pre-processed mark on the card C, and furthermore, a punch hole according to the balance. (S
5).

At this time, other magnetic information processing,
For example, use history information such as the current use date, use section, and use fee is also magnetically recorded. When these processes are completed, the card C is returned to the user (S
6).

If it is determined in step S4 that the vehicle is not in the same usage section and the same usage fee, the control unit 4
7 magnetically records the numbered ticket number as boarding information on the card C (S7), and returns the card C to the user (S6). That is, if it is determined that the section is an indefinite section, the charge withdrawal process (reduction process), the printing process, and the punch hole forming process are not performed at all.

In the deduction processing of step S5,
If the required fee cannot be withdrawn due to the shortage of the balance, the card C is not reduced.

As described above, in the case of the card C which always uses the same section, at the time of getting on the board, the charge is removed only in the range of the magnetic information, and the printing process and the punch hole forming process are simultaneously performed. That is, at this point, a visible process such as a printing process or a punch hole forming process is performed. If the required fee cannot be withdrawn due to the shortage of the balance, the card C is not reduced. If it is determined that the section is an indefinite section, the process of removing the fee is not performed at all.

To visually determine whether or not the card C has been deducted at the time of boarding, it can be determined by looking at the reduced state of N lines immediately before printed on the card C. In other words, when the reduction of the immediately preceding N rows is constant, the date satisfies the above condition, and there is a balance that can be reduced by the preprocessing, the preprocessing is performed only with the magnetic information. Further, since a pre-processed mark is printed on the card C, it can be easily determined by looking at the mark.

Next, the card processing when getting off the vehicle will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the card C is inserted into the insertion port 11 of the exit reader / writer 2 (S
11) The exit reader / writer 2 reads the remaining information (money information) and magnetic information such as usage history information up to the previous time from the inserted card C (S12), and sends it to the control unit 47.

The control unit 47 determines whether or not the above-described reduction processing (preliminary processing) has been performed from the magnetic information read from the card C (S13). Is determined to be a correct reduction processing (reduction of an appropriate usage fee) (S14). If the processing is a correct reduction processing, the card C is discharged to the slot 11 and returned to the user (S15). That is, if the correct deduction processing is performed at the time of boarding, the card C is returned to the user as it is.

If it is determined in step S14 that the correct deduction processing has not been performed, the control unit 47 needs to correct the processing of the magnetic information at the time of boarding.
Processing of magnetic information is performed. That is, the same amount reduction processing as in step S5 described above and other magnetic information processing (magnetic recording such as use history information) are performed again (S17), and the card C is ejected to the insertion slot 11 to provide the user with information. It is returned (S15).

Further, in this case, since the printing process is also performed at the time of getting on the board, when erroneous information is printed, a process of deleting the line by a double line or the like is also performed. The punch holes formed in the pre-processing are left as they are.

[0065] Also, for a card C that has not been pre-processed at the time of boarding, a deduction process and the like are similarly performed. That is, in the determination in step S13, if the deduction processing has not been performed, the control unit 47 determines the numbered ticket number in the magnetic information read from the card C and, for example, the drop-off stop information that the driver inputs from the operation panel 15. Print processing for calculating the usage fee (fare) from the above, subtracting the calculated usage fee from the balance of the card C, and printing information such as the usage date and the balance after the reduction process on the card C. Is performed, and a punch hole corresponding to the remaining amount is formed (S16).

At this time, other magnetic information processing,
For example, use history information such as the current use date, use section, and use fee is also magnetically recorded. When these processes are completed, the card C is discharged to the slot 11 and returned to the user (S15).

As described above, only when the reduction processing is performed at the time of boarding and the magnetic information is read at the time of getting off and it is determined that the correct reduction processing (appropriate reduction of the usage fee) has already been performed, Does not perform the getting-off process.

In the above-described embodiment, the use date reduction processing, the printing processing of the use date and the remaining amount, and the punch hole forming processing are performed simultaneously with the use charge reduction processing as the preliminary processing at the time of boarding. Alternatively, only the process of reducing the usage fee may be performed, and the process of printing the usage date and balance and the process of forming a punch hole may be performed when the user gets off the vehicle. That is, only reduction processing is performed as advance processing at the time of boarding, and visible processing such as printing processing and punch hole forming processing is performed at the time of getting off. Even in this case, the same operation and effect as those of the above embodiment can be expected.

Further, the pre-processed mark is printed in the pre-process at the time of boarding, but if the pre-processed mark is also recorded magnetically on the card, the pre-processed mark is By reading, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the pre-processing has been performed.

[0070]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in a shared bus on a distance route, the card processing time at the time of getting off is shortened, and the waiting time due to the card processing at the time of getting off for the user is reduced. It is possible to provide a card processing method and a card processing device capable of reducing congestion in a bus and smoothing the flow of users.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a bus fare collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of devices connected to the device.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the configuration of a bus toll collection device, wherein FIG. 2 (a) is a perspective view as viewed from one side, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view seen from the other side.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of an exit reader / writer;

FIG. 4 is a plan view schematically showing a configuration of a display monitor.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a bus fare collection device.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a control unit of the bus fare collection device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining card processing at the time of boarding;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining card processing when getting off the vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

C: Card (magnetic prepaid card), 1: Toll box, 2: Reader / writer, exit port, 11: Slot, 1
4 ... outlet, 21 ... housing, 22 ... transport path, 41 ...
… Bus (vehicle), 42 …… Bus toll collection device, 44,
45 ... Reader / writer, 46 ... Numbered ticket issuing machine,
47: control unit, 61: CPU.

Claims (8)

[Claims] A step of receiving a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when reading the vehicle, and reading the usage history information from the received card; Determining whether or not the usage section has a characteristic based on the usage history information obtained; and determining, by this determination, that the usage section has a characteristic, a fee equal to the previous usage fee obtained from the usage history information. Performing a deduction process of deducting from the amount information of the accepted card, returning the card after the deduction process to the user; and when the user gets off the vehicle, the reduced-value processed card presented by the user. Receiving the amount information from the accepted card; and performing the reduction processing correctly based on the read amount information. We and whether the determining whether the card processing method comprising the reduction treatment by the determination is determined to have been performed correctly, the steps of returning the accepted card to the user, in that it consists of. 2. A first reading means for receiving a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when riding the vehicle, and reading the usage history information from the received card. A first determining means for determining whether or not the use section has a characteristic based on the use history information read by the first reading means; and a characteristic of the use section by the first determination means. Is determined, a charge reduction process of subtracting the same amount of charge as the previous use charge obtained from the use history information from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and the card on which the reduction process is performed is returned to the user. A first card processing means, a second reader for receiving the reduced-value card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and reading the price information from the received card; Receiving means; second determining means for determining whether or not the amount reduction processing by the card processing means has been correctly performed based on the amount information read by the second reading means; and And a second card processing means for returning the accepted card to the user when it is determined that the reduction processing is correctly performed. 3. A first reading means for receiving a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when riding the vehicle, and reading the usage history information from the received card. A first determining means for determining whether or not the use section has a characteristic based on the use history information read by the first reading means; and a characteristic of the use section by the first determination means. Is determined, a charge reduction process of subtracting the same amount of charge as the previous use charge obtained from the use history information from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and the card on which the reduction process is performed is returned to the user. A first card processing means, a second reader for receiving the reduced-value card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and reading the price information from the received card; Receiving means; second determining means for determining whether or not the first card processing means has correctly performed the reduction processing based on the amount information read by the second reading means; If it is determined by the determining means that the reduction processing is correctly performed, information such as a use date and a balance after the reduction processing is printed on the accepted card, and a punch hole corresponding to the balance is formed. And a second card processing means for returning the card on which the printing process and the punch hole forming process have been performed to the user. 4. A first reading means for receiving a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded when riding the vehicle, and reading the usage history information from the received card. A first determining means for determining whether or not the use section has a characteristic based on the use history information read by the first reading means; and a characteristic of the use section by the first determination means. Is determined, a charge reduction process of subtracting the same amount of charge as the previous use charge obtained from the use history information from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and the card on which the reduction process is performed is returned to the user. A first card processing unit, and if the first determination unit determines that there is no feature in the use section, the acceptance is performed without performing a deduction process by the first card processing unit. Second card processing means for returning the received card to the user, second reading means for receiving the card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and reading the price information from the received card. A second determining means for determining whether or not the first card processing means has performed a reduction processing based on the amount information read by the second reading means; and When it is determined that the reduction processing has been performed, a third determination unit that determines whether the reduction processing has been correctly performed, and a determination that the reduction processing has been correctly performed by the third determination unit. Then, information such as a use date and a balance after the reduction processing is printed on the accepted card, a punch hole is formed in accordance with the balance, and the printing processing and the punch hole forming processing are performed. Third card processing means for returning the processed card to the user, and if the second determination means determines that the reduction processing has not been performed, or the third determination means reduces the amount. If it is determined that the processing has not been correctly performed, a reduction processing of subtracting a usage fee from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and information such as a use date and a balance after the reduction processing is performed on the accepted card. And a fourth card processing means for forming a punched hole corresponding to the remaining amount, returning the card after the reduction processing, the printing processing and the punched hole forming processing to the user. A card processing device characterized by the above-mentioned. 5. The first card processing means, after performing the deduction processing, further prints a pre-processed mark indicating that the deduction processing has been performed on the card. 5. The card processing device according to claim 2, wherein the card is returned to the user. 6. A first reading means for receiving a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded and reading the usage history information from the received card when getting on the vehicle. A first determining means for determining whether or not the use section has a characteristic based on the use history information read by the first reading means; and a characteristic of the use section by the first determination means. When it is determined that the card is deducted by the calculating means, a calculating means for deducting the same fee as the previous usage fee obtained from the usage history information from the price information of the accepted card. On the other hand, information such as the use date and the balance after the reduction processing is printed, punch holes are formed in accordance with the balance, and the printing and punch hole forming processing are performed. A first card processing means for returning the card to the user, a second card processing means for receiving the reduced-value card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and reading the amount information from the received card. Reading means; second determining means for determining whether or not the amount reduction processing by the arithmetic means has been correctly performed based on the amount information read by the second reading means; and reducing by the second determining means And a second card processing means for returning the accepted card to the user when it is determined that the processing is correctly performed. 7. A first reading means for receiving a card on which a predetermined amount of money information and usage history information presented by a user of the vehicle are recorded and reading the usage history information from the received card when the user rides on the vehicle. A first determining means for determining whether or not the use section has a characteristic based on the use history information read by the first reading means; and a characteristic of the use section by the first determination means. When it is determined that the card is deducted by the calculating means, a calculating means for deducting the same fee as the previous usage fee obtained from the usage history information from the price information of the accepted card. On the other hand, information such as the use date and the balance after the reduction processing is printed, punch holes are formed in accordance with the balance, and the printing and punch hole forming processing are performed. First card processing means for returning the card to the user; and when the first determination means determines that the use section has no feature, the card received without performing the deduction processing by the calculation means. A second card processing means for returning to the user, a second reading means for receiving the card presented by the user when getting off the vehicle, and reading the amount information from the received card; A second determining means for determining whether or not a reduction processing is performed by the calculating means based on the amount information read by the second reading means; and a reduction processing is performed by the second determination means. When it is determined that the reduction processing has been performed, a third determination unit that determines whether the reduction processing has been correctly performed, and when it is determined that the reduction processing has been correctly performed by the third determination unit. A third card processing unit for returning the accepted card to the user; and a case where the second determination unit determines that the reduction process has not been performed, or a reduction process by the third determination unit. If it is determined that has not been correctly performed, a reduction process of subtracting a usage fee from the amount information of the accepted card is performed, and information such as a usage date and a balance after the reduction process is performed on the accepted card. And a fourth card processing means for forming a punched hole according to the remaining amount while printing, and returning the card after the reduction processing, the printing processing and the punched hole forming processing to the user. Characterized card processing device. 8. The print processing in the first card processing means, after performing the deduction processing, further prints a pre-processed mark indicating that the deduction processing has been performed in advance on the card. 8. The card processing device according to claim 6, wherein the card is returned to the user after the end. A card processing device comprising: