JP2001155195A - Noncontact type automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make writable accurate data on a noncontact ticket. SOLUTION: This automatic ticket examination machine transfers data to a noncontact ticket that is held up over the communication range of an antenna provided on the main body of the ticket examination machine and carries out the arithmetic processing for entering/leaving a station. Then the ticket examination machine is provided with a reading means which reads the data recorded on the noncontact ticket when this ticket is held up over the communication range of the antenna after the communication is interrupted while the prescribed data are written on the noncontact ticket via the main body of the ticket examination machine, a collation means which collates the read data with the preceding written data, an extraction means which extracts the unwritten data among those collated written data and a writing means which writes the extracted data on the noncontact ticket.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-contact automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a non-contact automatic ticket gate capable of accurately writing a non-contact ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of non-contact automatic ticket gate has been
A polling signal is transmitted from an antenna provided on the upper surface of the entrance of the non-contact type automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as "main unit") at a fixed period to a predetermined communication range centered on the antenna at regular intervals. I have. When a contactless ticket made of an IC card having a wireless communication function is held over the communication range, predetermined card data such as commuter pass data and SF card data recorded on the contactless ticket are transmitted from the main body. Is read out.

[0003] The contactless ticket which receives the read signal modulates the read signal with predetermined card data recorded on the contactless ticket and transmits the modulated signal to the main unit. (The entry or exit) is calculated.

As a result of the arithmetic processing, when entry / exit cannot be permitted due to reasons outside the validity period or the like, the door is closed to prevent passage through the ticket gate passage. In addition, the passage of the ticket gate is permitted, and new entry / exit data (data such as entry / exit station, entry / exit time, new balance of SF card, etc.) is transmitted from the main body to the contactless ticket by the arithmetic processing. Data is written on the contactless ticket. Then, a signal indicating the end of the writing is transmitted from the non-contact ticket to the main body, and when the main body receives the signal, a series of entrance / exit processing is terminated.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional non-contact automatic ticket gate, the communication is interrupted during the writing of data from the main body to the non-contact ticket, and then the non-contact automatic ticket gate is again operated. If the ticket is held up, inconveniences such as double deduction processing from the SF card, that is, so-called twice-drawing, occur.

For example, if the communication is interrupted without the main body receiving a data write end signal from the non-contact ticket side, the non-contact ticket is transmitted via a display screen or a speaker provided in the main body. Is displayed, and if the SF card reduction process is completed in the first holding, the SF card reduction process is performed again in the re-sharing process, and a double draw occurs.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact automatic ticket gate capable of accurately performing a writing process on a non-contact ticket. It is in.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a contactless automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is provided between a contactless ticket held over a communication range of an antenna provided on a main body. In a non-contact automatic ticket gate that performs data entry / exit arithmetic processing by transmitting and receiving data, during the writing of predetermined data from the main body to the non-contact ticket, the communication is interrupted after the communication is interrupted. When the ticket is held over the communication range of the antenna, a reading unit that reads data recorded on the contactless ticket, a matching unit that compares the read data with previously written data, It is characterized by comprising extraction means for extracting data that has not been written in the previous write data, and writing means for writing the extracted data to the contactless ticket.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a non-contact automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment. An antenna a for communicating with the contactless ticket C is provided on the upper surface of the housing H on the entrance side of the main body G.
Is provided.

At the entrance side of the ticket gate passage P of the housing H of the main body G, there is provided a display section 1 for displaying to the user the use state of the main body G, that is, whether or not the user can pass through the ticket gate P. I have. In the figure, S, S... Are photoelectric type human detectors for detecting the entry of a user into the ticket gate P, the exit from the ticket gate P, or the passage thereof, It is mounted on the sensor mounting arm 2. A speaker 3 for announcing predetermined guidance to the user by voice is attached to the side surface of the housing H, and an exit side of the upper surface of the housing H is provided to the user. A display screen 4 for providing predetermined guidance by characters is attached.

In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the main body G, which is constituted mainly by a microcomputer. The controller 5 is connected to a transmitter T for exchanging data with the contactless ticket C.

The transmitter T transmits a transmission signal of data such as the station name and the date on the same day from the main body G to the contactless ticket C via the antenna a, and transmits the signal to the contactless ticket C, similarly to a known contactless automatic ticket gate. It has a function that can receive card data from.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration. The controller 5 provided in the main body G will be described. The controller 6 of the controller 5 is stored in the memory 7. The arithmetic processing is performed using the system program and the working data, so that the main body G can be totally controlled. The control unit 6 is connected to a door drive unit 8 for driving and controlling the doors D1 and D2 via an I / O unit (not shown) and a display screen drive unit 9 for driving and controlling the display contents of the display screen 4. Have been.
The control unit 6 is connected to an audio drive unit for driving and controlling the audio of the speaker 3 via an I / O unit, a sensor amplifier for inputting a detection signal of the human detector S, and the like. Are omitted here.

In FIG. 2, T is a transmitter to which an antenna a for communicating with a contactless ticket C is connected. The antenna a has an antenna a1 for exchanging data with the contactless ticket C and an antenna a2 for supplying power to the contactless ticket C.

The contactless ticket C includes an antenna 10 and a communication control unit 1 like an ordinary IC card having a wireless communication function.
1, a CPU 12, a memory 13, and a power generation circuit 15 that receives a power wave from the main body G via an antenna 14 and generates driving power for the contactless ticket C. The memory 13 stores predetermined data such as an ID (identification information) of the contactless ticket C, SF card data, and credit card data, in addition to the system program for the arithmetic processing of the CPU 12.

The control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, suppose that the contactless ticket C is held over the communication range of the antenna a (Yes at Step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”).

When the contactless ticket C enters the communication range, the card data recorded on the contactless ticket C is read by the main body G and stored in the memory 7, and the control unit 6 is controlled based on the read data. The entry and exit calculation process is performed in (S
102, S104). Although omitted in the flowchart of FIG. 3, when the contactless ticket C is out of the communication range of the antenna a and the communication is interrupted during the reading of the card data, the display screen 4 and the speaker 3 are switched off. The re-holding is guided via this, and reading is performed again.

As a result of the above entry / exit calculation processing, when entry / exit is not permitted due to outside the valid section, etc., the door D1 is closed to prevent passage through the ticket gate passage P, and the display screen 4 and the speaker 3 are displayed. The reason for the refusal of passage is notified through the information (omitted in the flowchart of FIG. 3).

As a result of the above entry / exit calculation processing, if entry / exit can be permitted, the passage of the ticket gate P is permitted, and the data of the calculation processing result (entry station data , Entry time data, entry station data, entry time data, various data such as SF card new balance data) are written (S106). When a signal indicating that the writing process has been completed is transmitted from the non-contact ticket C, and the signal is received on the main body G side, a series of entrance and exit processing is terminated (S108 negative, S109 positive).

However, if the communication is interrupted during the above-mentioned data writing, for example, when the contactless ticket C goes out of the communication range, the writing process is also interrupted. In this case, the writing process is interrupted via the display screen 4 and the speaker 3. Thus, the user is informed that the contactless ticket C is to be held again (Yes at S108, S110).

When the contactless ticket C is re-upholstered, the card data is read (S114). Since the data read by this reading is the interrupted data performed by the previous writing process, the control unit 6 compares the previously written data with the currently read data and writes the data. Extract the rare data (insufficiently written data)
A writing process for writing the extracted insufficient data to the contactless ticket C is performed (S116, S118). Then, when the insufficient data is written, writing of all data to the non-contact ticket C is completed, and a series of entrance / exit processing is ended (S120: Yes).

[0022]

In the non-contact automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, while the predetermined data is being written from the main body to the non-contact ticket, the communication is interrupted and then the non-contact ticket is transmitted by the antenna. Reading means for reading data recorded on the contactless ticket when held over the range; collating means for collating the read data with the previous write data; Since it is composed of extraction means for extracting the data that has not been written, and writing means for writing the extracted data to the contactless ticket, accurate data is written to the contactless ticket. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a non-contact automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 G Non-contact automatic ticket gate main body (main body) 3 Speaker 4 Display screen 5 Controller T Transmitter S Human detector a Antenna C Non-contact ticket

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A non-contact automatic ticket gate which exchanges data with a non-contact ticket held over a communication range of an antenna provided on a main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate to perform an entry / exit calculation process. In the machine, while the predetermined data is being written from the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate to the non-contact ticket, after the communication is interrupted, the non-contact ticket is held over the communication range of the antenna. Reading means for reading the data recorded on the contactless ticket, collating means for collating the read data with the previous write data, and A contactless automatic ticket gate, comprising: extracting means for extracting missing data; and writing means for writing the extracted data to the contactless ticket.