JP2000353257A - Managing device for train ticket or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently extract a user who illegally rides by providing a decision means which decides that a user illegally uses a train ticket, etc., when the correspondence state of entry and exiting does not match the ride section of the train ticket, etc., that the user has. SOLUTION: The commutation ticket that a user X has is valid between stations A and B, so data gathered at the station A and data gathered at the station B are collated with each other (affirmatice at S200, S202). When no exiting data of X is included in the data gathered at the station B, the commutation ticket is possibly used in an illegal way, so the user X is listed up in this case and an illegal use counter counts up by one (inaffirmatice at S202, S208). When the illegal use counter reaches a certain numeral, data on the user X are stored in automatic ticket examining machines at each station and when the commutation ticket of the user X is thrown in, the door is closed for a staff processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket management system, and more particularly, to a system capable of effectively extracting users who are illegally boarding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, detection of illegal riding such as so-called "Kiseru" is performed based on whether entry and exit data is normally recorded in tickets such as commuter passes.

[0003] For example, when a ticket with no entry data recorded therein is inserted into an automatic ticket gate at the time of entry, it is highly likely that the ticket has been used illegally. Processing is performed.

[0004] However, in the case described above, entry is made through a manned ticket gate, or a person possesses a ticket in which entry data continuous to the ticket used for entry is recorded. In most cases, it is operated to allow participation if the participation conditions are met.

[0005]

As described above, the conventional automatic ticket gate permits entry regardless of the presence or absence of entry data if entry conditions are satisfied, and permits entry regardless of the previous use state. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to extract illegal rides.

In order to solve such a problem, if all entry and exit data for which entry data and entry data are not paired are refused entry or exit, the ticket gate becomes congested and the manned ticket gate happens to happen. This may cause inconvenience to normal users (passengers) who use the service.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket management system capable of efficiently extracting an unauthorized rider. It is in.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a ticket management apparatus according to the present invention includes a data collection means for identifying a holder of a ticket and collecting entry / exit data; Matching means for checking the corresponding state of entry and entry for each user based on the entered entry and exit data, and when the corresponding state of entry and entry corresponds to the boarding section of the ticket possessed by the user, If it is determined that the user is using the ticket normally and the corresponding state of entry and exit does not match the boarding section of the ticket possessed by the user, the user And judging means for judging that the device has been used improperly. Further, every time it is determined that a ticket is illegally used, a fraud counter of a user involved in the fraud is incremented.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic ticket gate G used in a ticket management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and a station device C for managing the automatic ticket gate G. FIG. It is a front view of the commuter pass possessed by the user A used in the ticket gate G.

[0010] This commuter pass has an effective section at station A and station B in the route map shown in FIG. In addition, the commuter pass, a commuter pass described later, and other commuter passes used in the route of FIG. 3 record data for identifying a holder of the commuter pass. As the data for specifying the holder, as shown in FIG. 2, the name of the holder of the commuter pass is recorded at a predetermined position in the memory m. As the data for specifying the holder, in addition to the name of the holder, a telephone number of the holder and other items that can specify the holder can be used.

[0011] The data for identifying the holder is described above.
When the commuter pass is a magnetic ticket, it is recorded in the form of magnetic data. When the commuter pass is a non-contact type commuter pass comprising an IC card having a wireless communication function, it is stored in its memory. When the commuter pass is a non-contact type commuter pass, the automatic ticket gate is of course a non-contact type.

The automatic ticket gate G reads data recorded on tickets, or reads new entry / exit data (meaning entry data or entry data), similarly to known automatic ticket gates. A read / write unit 1 for writing the tickets and a door drive unit 2 for controlling the opening and closing of the ticket gate
Are provided. Note that the automatic ticket gate G is provided with a human detector or the like for detecting a user in the ticket gate passage, but is omitted here.

The station device C includes a plurality of automatic ticket gates G, G... Provided at the station (FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 show only one automatic ticket gate at each station in order to simplify the drawings. ) And an unillustrated automatic ticket vending machine or automatic checkout machine, and is configured to be capable of performing predetermined processes such as the number of users of the automatic ticket gate G, the totaling process of the automatic ticket vending machine, and the like. ing.

Here, for simplicity of explanation, the station device C is described as being connected to only one automatic ticket gate G.

The station device C is mainly composed of a CPU 10, and various devices such as a display screen and a keyboard (not shown) are connected via an I / O unit 11. The memory 12 stores data specifying a user of the automatic ticket gate G, which will be described later, and is formed of a floppy disk or the like, and is configured to be able to be taken out from the station device C to the outside. A memory in which predetermined data such as a system program for driving the CPU 10 is recorded is omitted here.

Next, the extraction control operation of the unauthorized user will be described with reference to the route map of FIG. 3 and the flowchart of FIG.

First, in FIG. 3, both User A and User B are users who ride between Stations A and D. Of these, User A has a commuter pass between Station A and Station B. , And a commuter pass between Stations C and D, and is a fraudulent user who has a free ride between Stations B and C, so-called Kissel. The user B is a normal user who has a commuter pass between the station A and the station D.

Although there are many users between the stations A and D other than the above-mentioned A and B, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, the users are limited to the A and B, and between the stations. It is assumed that the boarding times are 10 minutes.

When the passengers A and B try to enter from the station A and the commuter pass is inserted into the automatic ticket gate G, the data recorded on the commuter pass is read (FIG. 4 (a)). Step 100 affirmation, Step 1
02. Hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”. ).

In the automatic ticket gate G, an entry processing operation is performed based on the read data, and if it is determined that the ticket is valid, the door is opened (when the automatic ticket gate is a normally open type, the door is kept open). , Admission is permitted,
Data specifying the user of the second party is stored in the memory 12 together with the entry time (Yes at S104, S10
6). Of course, when the commuter pass or the invalid ticket such as the expiration of the validity period (No at S104), the door is closed and entry is refused (S108).

The above-mentioned data collection of the user A and the party B is performed when the user A and the party B enter the station from D station together with the entry time.
It is stored in the memory 12 of the station.

The entrance / exit data (entrance data and entry data relating to the users A and B) collected at the stations A to D are regularly brought into a management center by a staff member and installed in the management center. The collation processing and determination processing are performed by a collation processor mainly including a personal computer (personal computer).

The flowchart in FIG. 4B focuses on the user A. Since the commuter pass held by the user A is from station A to station B, the data collected at station A and the data collected at station B are collated. That is, it is checked whether there is entry data at station B corresponding to the entrance data of the user A at station A (Yes at S200,
S202).

If entry data of the user A exists in the data collected at the station B, and the entry time is 10 minutes or more from the entrance of the station A and within a predetermined time,
For example, if it is between 10 minutes and 30 minutes from the entrance time of the station A, it is determined that the commuter pass has been used normally (S20).
4 is affirmative, S206).

By the way, if there is no entry data of the party A in the data collected at the station B, the commuter pass may be used illegally. In this case, the user A is listed up and the counter Is incremented by 1 (step S2).
02 negative, S208).

[0026] Even when entry data of the user A is recorded in the data collected at the station B, if the entry data is detected, for example, 5 minutes from the entry time of the station A. Since there is a high possibility that a copy of the commuter pass exists, the fraud counter is also incremented in this case. Also,
Even if it is more than 30 minutes from the entrance time of Station A, the commuter pass may not be used properly,
Also at this time, the fraud counter of the user A is incremented by one.

For the user A, the process is also performed when the user A enters from the station D using a commuter pass. That is, since the commuter pass is a commuter pass between the C station and the D station, when there is no entry data at the C station corresponding to the entry data at the D station in the data collected at the C station, the user A's The invalid counter is incremented by one.

As described above, if the commuter pass is used normally, the user A will not be listed as an unauthorized user, but if there is a possibility of unauthorized use, the number of times of unauthorized use The fraud counter is incremented according to.

Therefore, when the value of the fraudulent counter reaches a certain value, the data of the user A is stored in the automatic ticket gates G, G... Of each station, and when the commuter pass or the ticket of the user A is inserted. The door can be closed and the staff can be processed.

The flowchart of FIG. 4C shows the collation processing focusing on the user B. Since the commuter pass held by the user B is from station A to station D, the data collected at station A and the data collected between station B and station D are collated. That is, it is checked whether there is entry data from Station B to Station D corresponding to the entrance data of the user B at Station A (Yes at S300, S302).

In the data collected between the stations B and D,
If the entry data of the user B exists and the entry time is within a predetermined time from the entrance of the station A, it is determined that the commuter pass has been used normally (Yes in S304, S30
6).

However, if there is no participation data of the party B in the data collected between the stations B and D, the commuter pass may be illegally used. In this case, the user B is listed. And the user's fraud counter is +1
(No at S302, S308).

Even when the data collected from the station B to the station D includes the entry data of the user B, the entry data is transmitted from the entrance time of the station A to the station. If the (train) is detected before it arrives, there is a high possibility that a copy of the commuter pass exists, so the fraud counter is also incremented by +1 in this case. Also, when a predetermined time has passed since the entrance time of the station A, there is a possibility that the commuter pass is not normally used, so the fraud counter is also incremented by one.

In the above example, the data collected at each station is brought into the management center for collation and judgment processing. However, as shown in FIG. 5, the station devices C, C... May be connected to the host computer H provided in the management center to perform the collation and determination processing in real time.

In the above example, a commuter pass is shown as a ticket. However, if the ticket can identify the owner,
For example, the present invention can be applied to a card-type coupon ticket.

[0036]

According to the present invention, there is provided a ticket management apparatus which collects entry / exit data by identifying a holder of a ticket, and for each user based on the collected entry / exit data. Checking means for checking the correspondence state of entry and entry, and when the correspondence state of entry and entry matches the boarding section of the ticket possessed by the user, the user normally uses the ticket If the corresponding state of entry and exit does not correspond to the section of the ticket possessed by the user, it is determined that the user has illegally used the ticket. Therefore, it is possible to effectively extract the users who are illegally using the tickets. Also,
Whenever it is determined that the tickets are used improperly, if the counter of the user involved in the improper operation is incremented, the accuracy of using the tickets improperly can be increased. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic ticket gate and a station device used in a ticket management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of tickets (commuter pass).

FIG. 3 is an example of a route map to which the ticket management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 5 is an example of a route map to which a ticket management apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 G automatic ticket gate C station equipment-commuter pass (tickets)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A data collection means for identifying a holder of a ticket and collecting entry / exit data, and a collation means for collating entry / exit correspondence status for each user based on the collected entry / exit data. If the corresponding state of entry and exit matches the boarding section of the ticket possessed by the user, it is determined that the user is using the ticket normally, and the corresponding state of entry and exit A determination means for determining that the user has illegally used the ticket when the ticket does not match the boarding section of the ticket possessed by the user; and Class management device. 2. The ticket management system according to claim 1, wherein each time it is determined that the ticket is illegally used, a fraud counter of a user involved in the fraud is incremented. apparatus.