JP2001319251A - Automatic ticket examination and processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make usable a non-contact ticket also as an ordinary train ticket by adopting a deposit therefor. SOLUTION: In the automatic ticket examination processing system for performing entering/leaving processing by exchanging data between the main body of a non-contact automatic ticket examination machine and the non-contact ticket, the main body of the non-contact ticket contains the deposit of a prescribed amount to be returned when the main body of that non-contact ticket is returned to the issuer of the non-contact ticket.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket processing system, and more particularly, to an automatic ticket processing system using only a non-contact ticket and not using a magnetic ticket at all.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to improve the convenience of users (passengers), a commuter pass is a non-contact ticket composed of an IC card having a wireless communication function, and the non-contact ticket is held over an antenna of an automatic ticket gate. Entry and exit (meaning entry or exit)
A non-contact automatic ticket gate capable of processing has been proposed.

[0003] When a commuter pass becomes such a contactless ticket, it has a feature that a user can enter and exit from a commuter pass without having to put in and take out the commuter pass, like a conventional commuter pass composed of magnetic tickets. Can be.

[0004]

However, even when the commuter pass changes from a magnetic ticket to a non-contact ticket, a one-time use ticket is a conventional magnetic ticket with low cost. Therefore, even if the commuter pass becomes a contactless ticket, an automatic ticket gate for processing magnetic tickets cannot be abolished, and there is a drawback that equipment costs increase.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate processing system capable of performing entrance / exit processing using only a non-contact ticket.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate processing system according to the present invention performs data entry / exit between a main body of a non-contact type automatic ticket gate and a non-contact ticket to enter and exit. In the automatic ticket processing system for processing, the body of the contactless ticket includes a deposit of a predetermined amount that is returned when the body of the contactless ticket is returned to the contactless ticket issuer. I have. In addition, the returned deposit and unused fare are returned when the main body of the non-contact ticket is inserted into the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate having a cash processing mechanism at the time of entry. It is characterized by being. Then, at the time of entry, when the deposit of the predetermined amount to be returned is insufficient even if it is applied to the adjustment of the fare, the money of the insufficient amount is transferred to the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate having a money handling mechanism. It is characterized by entering and participating.

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket processing system according to the present invention is arranged such that when a predetermined fixed amount of money is inserted into the body of the contactless ticket issuing machine, the body of the contactless ticket is contactless. A non-contact ticket that issues the main body of a non-contact ticket that includes a prescribed amount of deposit to be returned when returned to the ticket issuer and a prescribed amount of deducted amount of the deposit from the fixed amount It is characterized by having an issuing machine. Further, the present invention is characterized in that a change mechanism is not included inside the main body of the contactless ticket issuing machine.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate processing system according to an embodiment.

The route shown in FIG. 1 applies the automatic ticket gate processing system according to the present invention, and each station (FIG. 1 shows only the A and B stations in order to simplify the drawing. , Which will be described at Kobashi Station and Otsu Station), a so-called two-way type non-contact automatic ticket gate main body (hereinafter referred to as "main body") G that can be used for both entry and exit.
Are installed respectively. In addition, these main bodies G, G ...
At least one of the main bodies G '
Is provided. As will be described in detail later, the main body G 'provided with the money handling mechanism M is used for returning the deposit money and the balance of the fare when entering, or collecting a shortage fee. In addition, each body G
A in (including G ') is an antenna unit for communicating with the main body of the non-contact ticket (hereinafter, this main body will be described as a non-contact ticket).

Although the main bodies G and G 'are of the bidirectional type here, they may be dedicated machines for entry or exit. However, even if such a dedicated machine is used, at least one of the entry-specific machines incorporates the money processing mechanism M described above.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes each station (Kou station and Otsu station).
Is a non-contact ticket issuing machine for automatically issuing a non-contact ticket provided respectively. This will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main body G not incorporating the money handling mechanism M. An antenna unit a for communicating with the non-contact ticket a is provided on the upper surface of the housing H on the entrance side of the main body G.

At the entrance side of the ticket gate passage P of the casing H of the main body G, a display section (bold in FIG. 2) 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. (See arrow). In FIG. 2, B denotes a sensor mounting box, which has a built-in reflection type human detector for detecting a user entering or exiting or passing through the ticket gate passage P. It is attached along the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the main body G, that is, along the ticket gate passage P. Further, on the side of the main body G, a speaker 1 for announcing predetermined guidance to the user by voice is attached, and on the exit side of the upper surface of the main body G, a character is provided to the user by text. A display screen 2 for performing predetermined guidance is attached.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main body G 'in which the money handling mechanism M is incorporated. The main body G 'is provided with a slot 10 for a non-contact ticket a, and communicates with the antenna unit a while the non-contact ticket a inserted in the slot 10 is collected in a collection box (not shown). It is configured to be able to.
The money handling mechanism M is provided substantially at the center of the upper surface of the main body G ', and has an insertion slot 11a for inserting coins and an insertion slot 11b for inserting bills. The money handling mechanism M checks the money inserted from the insertion port 11a or the insertion port 11b, and discharges a change such as coins to the discharge port 12 provided on the side surface of the main body G 'as necessary. It is configured to be able to.

In FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, C is a controller that controls the operation of the main body G, and is mainly composed of a microcomputer. The controller C is connected to a reader / writer (transmitter) R for exchanging data with the contactless ticket A. This reader / writer R
Is the same as the well-known non-contact automatic ticket gate.
A predetermined data such as the station name and the date of the day is transmitted from the main body G to the contactless ticket a via the main body G, and a predetermined card such as the amount data (SF data) and the deposit data described later according to the present invention from the contactless ticket a It has a function to receive data.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the controller C and the contactless ticket a. When the controller C provided in the main body G is described, the control unit 2 of the controller C will be described.
Numeral 0 is configured to perform arithmetic processing using the system program and the working data stored in the memory 21 so that the main body G can be totally controlled. The control unit 20 includes a door drive unit 22 that drives and controls the door D via an I / O unit (not shown);
Guidance unit 23 for driving and controlling the display contents of display screen 2
And are connected. The control unit 20 includes an I / O
A voice drive unit for driving and controlling the voice of the speaker 1 via the O unit, a sensor amplifier for inputting a detection signal of a human detector in the sensor mounting box B, and the like are connected, but are omitted here. I have.

M in FIG. 4 represents a controller C of the main body G 'having the money handling mechanism M. Control unit 20 of main body G '
Is connected to a money processing mechanism M in addition to the door drive unit 22 described above.

An antenna unit a for communicating with the contactless ticket a is connected to the reader / writer R. The antenna unit a has an antenna a1 for exchanging data with the contactless ticket a and an antenna a2 for supplying power to the contactless ticket a.

The contactless ticket a, like a normal IC card having a wireless communication function, has an antenna 30 and a communication control unit 3.
1, a CPU 32, a memory 33, and a power generation circuit 35 that receives a power wave from the main body G (including G ′) via an antenna 34 and generates driving power for a contactless ticket a. I have. The memory 33 has a ticket data storage unit that stores data of the fare of the ticket, and a deposit data storage unit that stores the deposit data. In addition, the memory 33 has a data storage unit such as identification information (ID) of the contactless ticket and a system program in addition to the above data.

The data stored in the deposit data storage unit is data indicating a predetermined amount deposited from the user when the issuer of the contactless ticket a such as a railway company issues the contactless ticket a. The amount shown in this data is returned when the user returns the contactless ticket a.

FIG. 5 shows the main body of the contactless ticket issuing machine (hereinafter, referred to as the contactless ticket issuing machine).
It is called "Issuing machine body". FIG. 1 is a front view of a non-contact ticket issued from the issuing machine main body 100 on a guide unit 102 provided on an upper part of a front panel (customer service panel) 101 thereof. Here, 1
A contactless ticket of 000 yen will be issued, of which 90
0 yen is the fare and the remaining 100 yen is the deposit, that is,
It is displayed that the amount to be returned when the contactless ticket is returned to the issuer is 100 yen. Note that this amount is an example. For example, a non-contact ticket of 500 yen may be included, in which 400 yen is a boarding fee and 100 yen is a deposit.

In FIG. 5, 103a is a slot for inserting coins, and 103b is an insertion slot for inserting bills. The issuing machine main body 100 shown here has 1000
It is configured so that one yen bill or 1,000 yen in coins can be inserted. That is, the issuing machine main body 100 does not have a change mechanism, so that the occurrence of failure is small, and
It can be manufactured at low cost.

It should be noted that money can be paid by cards such as prepaid cards. In the case of cards and the like, since they can be constituted by a mechanism for reading and writing magnetic data, they can be added at low cost.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 104 denotes a ticket issuing port, from which a contactless ticket including the above-mentioned fare and deposit is issued. Reference numeral 105 denotes a controller which controls the issuing machine body 100 as a whole.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration.

The controller 105 has a control unit 110 mainly composed of a CPU. And this control unit 11
0, when a predetermined amount of money (1000 yen in the above example) is inserted into the issuing machine main body 100, a contactless ticket in which data of a predetermined fare and return money is recorded is issued to the ticket issuing port 1;
04, a ticket issuing unit 111 and a slot 103
The coins inserted from a are checked, the genuine coins are accepted, the counterfeit coins are returned to the return slot 103a ', and the bill (1000-yen bill) inserted from the insertion slot 103b is checked, and the genuine coins are checked. A money processing unit 112 for receiving and returning a fake coin from the insertion slot 103b is connected. In FIG. 6, the card processing unit 113 indicated by a chain line is
Shows a case where a mechanism for receiving cards such as a prepaid card is incorporated in the system. This card processing unit 11
3 is also connected to the control unit 110.

In the automatic ticket processing system having the above configuration, it is assumed that there is a user who gets on the route shown in FIG. The rider uses the issuing machine main body 100 installed at the instep station to charge a fare 90
A non-contact ticket a with 0 yen and a refund (deposit) of 100 yen is purchased.

When the user places the contactless ticket a over the antenna section a of the main body G (or the main body G 'when the main body G' is of a two-way type), the main body G
Data is exchanged between the contactless ticket a and the contactless ticket a. And
In the main body G, an entry processing is performed based on the card data obtained from the contactless ticket a. That is, the arithmetic unit 2 of the main body G
For 0, a new fare calculated by subtracting a predetermined initial fare from the fare (900 yen) of the non-contact ticket A is calculated. Then, the new fare data and predetermined entry data such as data on the station and date indicating that the vehicle has entered from Kobashi Station are written on the contactless ticket a via the reader / writer R. When predetermined entry data is written on the non-contact ticket a, the door D is opened (when the main body G is a normally open type), the user is allowed to pass through the ticket gate passage P. Therefore, the user can get on the train (train) from the former station and head toward the second station.

A user who gets off at Otsu Station enters the non-contact ticket a into the slot 10 of the main body G 'to enter. In this event, when a non-contact ticket a is inserted into the slot 10, the non-contact ticket a is communicated with the antenna unit a and is not in contact with the main body G 'while being collected in a collection box (not shown). Data is exchanged with ticket A.

In the main body G ', an entry calculation process is performed based on the card data obtained from the contactless ticket a by the above-mentioned data transfer. That is, the control unit 20 of the main body G 'calculates a settlement fee by subtracting the initial fare from the ride fee from the Kou station to the second station, and reduces the calculated settlement fee from the ride fee of the contactless ticket a. The amount to be returned to the user is calculated. Then, the calculated amount and the refund (100 yen) associated with the return of the non-contact ticket a are discharged to the outlet 12 and returned to the user, and the door D is opened and participation is permitted. Is done. The content of the amount to be returned is displayed on the display screen 2 to guide the user (see display screen 2 in FIG. 3).

In the above example, the fare from Kou Station to Otsu Station is less than the fare (900 yen) included in the non-contact ticket A, but the fare from Kou Station to Otsu Station is non-contact ticket A. If the fare exceeds the fare (900 yen) included in the non-contact ticket a, the surplus will be returned (1).
00 yen). Further, if the allocation is insufficient, participation is permitted on condition that money (including cards) satisfying the insufficient amount is inserted into the insertion slot 11a or the insertion slot 11b. Of course, when such a shortage occurs, the amount of the shortage is guided from the speaker 1 or the display screen 2 (see the display screen 2 in FIG. 3).

In the above-described example, the initial fare is reduced when entering from the Kou station. However, this deducting process is not performed, and the entire fare is reduced when entering. It may be.

The non-contact ticket a collected in the main body G 'is loaded into the issuing machine main body 100 of the second station or another station and reused.

[0033]

The automatic ticket gate processing system according to the present invention comprises:
In an automatic ticket gate processing system that performs data entry and exit processing by exchanging data between the main unit and the contactless ticket, the contactless ticket includes a predetermined amount that is returned when the contactless ticket is returned to the contactless ticket issuer , The contactless ticket can be efficiently collected and reused. In addition, the specified amount of the returned deposit and unused fare will be returned to the user if the non-contact ticket is returned when the non-contact ticket is inserted into the main unit with a cash processing mechanism at the time of entry. Can be efficiently processed. Then, at the time of participation, if the deposit of a predetermined amount to be returned is not enough even if it is applied to the adjustment of the fare, the money with the insufficient amount is put into the main body having a money handling mechanism so that the entry can be made. In that case, the automatic payment machine can be omitted.

[0034] The automatic ticket processing system according to the present invention, when a predetermined fixed amount of money is inserted into the issuing machine body,
Issuance of a non-contact ticket that includes a prescribed amount of deposit to be returned when the contactless ticket is returned to the contactless ticket issuer and a prescribed amount of boarding fare obtained by subtracting the prescribed amount of the deposit from that fixed amount Since it has a contactless ticket issuing machine, a contactless ticket can be issued efficiently. Further, when the change mechanism is not included in the inside of the issuing machine main body, the number of failures can be reduced and the manufacturing can be performed at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a route map to which an automatic ticket gate processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main body.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main body.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller of the main body and a contactless ticket.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the issuing machine main body.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller of the issuing machine main body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 G, G 'Main body of non-contact automatic ticket gate (main body) 100 Main body of non-contact ticket issuing machine (main body of issuing machine) i Main body of non-contact ticket (non-contact ticket)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Tatsumi Imai 11-2 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref. Inside the Utsunomiya Works of Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. (72) Keiichi Furukawa 11 Hirai Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture Address 2 Nihon Honsha Co., Ltd. Utsunomiya Office F-term (reference) 3E027 DA04 DA05 DA08

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket processing system for exchanging data between a main body of a non-contact type automatic ticket gate and a non-contact ticket to perform entrance / exit processing, wherein the main body of the non-contact ticket includes An automatic ticket processing system comprising a predetermined deposit that is returned when the main body is returned to the contactless ticket issuer. 2. The returned fixed deposit and unused fare are charged when the main body of the non-contact ticket is inserted into the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate having a money processing mechanism at the time of entry. The automatic ticket processing system according to claim 1, wherein the automatic ticket processing system is returned. 3. When a predetermined amount of money returned is applied to the settlement of the fare upon entry, if the deposit is insufficient, the amount of the shortfall in the body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate having a money handling mechanism. The automatic ticket gate processing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the player enters and enters the game. 4. A deposit of a predetermined amount which is returned when a predetermined fixed amount of money is put into the body of the contactless ticket issuing machine and the body of the contactless ticket is returned to the contactless ticket issuer. An automatic ticket processing system comprising: a contactless ticket issuing machine that issues a main body of a contactless ticket including a boarding fee of a predetermined amount obtained by subtracting a predetermined amount of the deposit from the fixed amount of money. 5. The automatic ticket processing system according to claim 4, wherein a change mechanism is not included inside the main body of the contactless ticket issuing machine.