JP2002183779A - Entrance management system and entrance management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a convenient and safe system using a cellular phone for the distribution of entrance tickets and the verification of propriety in the ticket examination. SOLUTION: This entrance management system comprises a portable terminal having a voice composing function for voice data of a prescribed form and a nonvolatile memory for storing the voice data formed by modulating the information as an entrance ticket in a fixed rule; and an entrance examining device equipped with a microphone for collecting the sounds regenerated by the voice composing function of the portable terminal, an entrance voice signal processing part for decoding the original data from the collected voice signal, and a determination processing part for determining whether a visitor is passable or not on the basis of the decoded data. This system is characterized by performing the entrance check by voice-regenerating the entrance data by the portable terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for purchasing an electronic ticket constituted as voice data using a cellular phone Internet service, bringing the cellular phone to a concert hall or the like, and reproducing the voice at an entrance gate. The present invention relates to a ticket entry management system that can authenticate a valid ticket and enter the ticket. Here, the audio data is assumed to be data that generates acoustic vibrations in a frequency range that can be heard by humans, including mechanical sound data that does not make sense to humans, by audio reproducing means incorporated in the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-145952 entitled "Electronic Ticket and its Authentication Method" has filed an application in which an electronic ticket (image) is recorded on a floppy disk (hereinafter, FD) and authenticated at a concert hall or the like. Many applications using an IC card as an electronic ticket medium have been filed. Recently, electronic tickets using mobile phones have been developed. A movie preview invitation ticket and a J-League game admission ticket are sent by e-mail, and the ticket data displayed on the display of the mobile phone at the entrance of the preview venue or the entrance gate of the match venue is viewed by the human eye. It has been reported that an experiment was conducted to confirm this.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As an electronic ticket,
Using an FD or IC card requires you to carry it with you. In addition, IC cards are not yet widely used, and users are limited. Also, when using FD, it is necessary to read it with a personal computer at the entrance gate, and there is a risk of congestion at the time of entry. Even in the case of using a mobile phone, it is difficult to confirm the legitimacy of e-mail texts and images because they are human confirmation. It is also necessary to take measures against illegal copying.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a convenient and safe system for distributing admission tickets using a mobile phone and for verifying the validity of entrance tickets. I do.

[0005]

Accordingly, a first aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is to reproduce the admission ticket data, which is audio data passed in advance, or the audio data created on a mobile phone at the time of arrival. The first aspect of the present invention is an entrance management system characterized by performing an entrance check, wherein the first form is created by modulating a speech synthesis function of speech data of a predetermined format and information as an entrance ticket according to a certain rule. A portable terminal having a non-volatile memory for storing audio data, a microphone for collecting sound reproduced by a voice synthesis function of the portable terminal, and an entrance audio signal for decoding original data from the collected audio signal Using a processing unit and an entrance wicket device provided with a determination processing unit for determining whether or not a visitor can enter based on the decrypted data; Is an admission management system which is characterized in that the Ekku.

[0006] The information as an admission ticket is, for example, an admission ticket number, a date and time of an exhibition, a numerical data or a character data of an exhibition title. Entrance ticket data is the machine sound synthesized by encoding and modulating this according to a certain rule, and at the time of admission, the entrance ticket gate processes the reproduced sound and decodes the original data to check the entrance. Can be performed by a machine.

A second aspect of the first invention has a voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format, and obtains voice data for entrance by modulating an identification number unique to a portable terminal according to a predetermined rule. A portable terminal having an audio data synthesizing means for entry and a non-volatile memory, a microphone for collecting sound reproduced by the sound synthesizing function of the portable terminal, and decoding of original data from the collected sound signal An audio signal processing unit for entrance,
Using an entrance wicket device equipped with a determination processing unit that determines whether a visitor can enter based on the decrypted data, and using the entrance terminal voice data synthesized on a mobile terminal to reproduce sound. This is an entrance management system characterized by performing an entrance check.

In the first aspect, it is impossible to cope with the case where the admission ticket data is copied improperly. However, in the second aspect, since the portable terminal itself can be authenticated, it is owned by the visitor. By equating a mobile terminal with a visitor, it is possible to determine an unjust visitor. In the second aspect, since only the authentication of the person (portable terminal) is performed, it is necessary to separately show an entry ticket. As an actual operation, the first mode and the second mode can be used in combination. In this case, it is possible to check the ticket and authenticate the user at the same time using a machine.

In a third aspect of the first invention, there is provided a voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format, a nonvolatile memory for storing voice data created by information from an information as an admission ticket, The voice data recorded in the mobile terminal as a ticket, digital voice watermark processing of the identification number of the mobile terminal and embedding the voice data for entrance by creating the voice data for entrance, the mobile terminal comprising: A microphone that collects sound reproduced by the voice synthesis function of the mobile terminal, an entrance audio signal processing unit that decodes data embedded by digital watermarking from the collected audio signal,
Using an entrance wicket device equipped with a determination processing unit that determines whether a visitor can enter based on the decrypted data, and using the entrance terminal voice data synthesized on a mobile terminal to reproduce sound. This is an entrance management system characterized by performing an entrance check.

[0010] In the third embodiment, for example, data obtained by pulse code modulation of a speech signal obtained by reading out the admission ticket information with a human voice as admission ticket data is used as admission ticket data, and the identification number of the portable terminal is electronically entered into the data. It is possible to reproduce the voice data embedded by the watermarking process, and at the time of a ticket gate, confirm the ticket contents by human ears and perform personal authentication by machine at the same time.

In a fourth aspect of the first invention, the determination processing section searches a ticket sales management database which records a correspondence between identification information of the target entertainment and an identification number of a portable terminal of a purchaser. The entrance management system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the entrance management system determines whether entry is possible.

[0012] In a fifth aspect of the first invention, the present invention relates to a voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format, and to a portable terminal equipped with a nonvolatile memory, via a network, admission ticket data or admission ticket data. An electronic ticket distribution and admission system in which a center server for supplying a program functioning as a speech data synthesizing processing means for admission constituting the first aspect or the fourth aspect is added to the entrance management system of the first invention. It is a management system.

By using a next-generation portable terminal that can execute a program using the Java language or the like, such an electronic ticket distribution and entrance management system can be realized.

A second invention for solving the problem is characterized in that, upon arrival, audio data passed in advance or audio data created on the mobile terminal is reproduced as audio from the mobile terminal, and an entrance check is performed. An admission control method,
In the first mode, audio data corresponding to an admission ticket is passed in advance to a portable terminal having an audio synthesis function of audio data of a predetermined format and stored, and the audio data is reproduced upon entry. By transmitting the reproduced sound to the ticket gate device, the ticket gate device decodes the data embedded in the admission ticket data from the collected reproduced sound and confirms the validity by the entrance management method that performs the entrance ticket gate. is there.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal having a voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format,
Passing in advance a program that converts the data equivalent to the admission ticket and the identification number of the mobile terminal into audio data according to a certain rule,
It is stored, and by reproducing the audio data created by the program at the time of entry, the reproduced sound is transmitted to the ticket gate device,
The ticket gate device is an entrance management method for decoding the identification number of the portable terminal from the collected reproduced sound and confirming the validity to perform an entrance ticket gate.

According to a third aspect of the second invention, there is provided a portable terminal having a voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format,
The audio data corresponding to the admission ticket and a program for embedding the identification number of the portable terminal as an electronic watermark in the admission ticket audio data are passed in advance and stored, and upon entry, the audio data synthesized by the program is reproduced. This is an entrance management method in which the reproduced sound is transmitted to the ticket gate, and the ticket gate extracts the identification number of the embedded portable terminal from the collected reproduced sound and confirms the validity to perform an entrance ticket gate. .

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a ticket distribution and entrance management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 7 denotes a mobile phone as a mobile terminal. The mobile phone 7 has an Internet service connection function, a nonvolatile memory for recording an electronic ticket, an entry audio data synthesizing unit 73 for embedding a terminal ID as an electronic watermark, and an audio synthesis and reproduction unit 75 for demodulating audio data and generating audio from a speaker. Is provided.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a mobile phone network owned by a mobile phone company. 9 is the Internet. Reference numeral 6 denotes a protocol converter (gateway) between the mobile phone network in the mobile phone company and the Internet. Reference numeral 10 denotes a ticket sales system in a ticket sales company. 11 is a ticket sales server. WW with a function to communicate with the mobile phone 7, select a ticket that the user wants to obtain, and settle the price
It is a W (World Wide Web) server. Reference numeral 12 denotes a ticket download server. When the purchase is confirmed by the ticket sales server 11, the file server provides the ticket data (voice data) stored here to the user. 13 is a ticket sales management database server. Manage a database that manages sold ticket information. This database includes a table in which the identification information of the target event is associated with the identification information of the portable terminal of the selling destination which means to whom the event was sold. 14 is a terminal adapter. It is connected to the entrance ticket gate 20 by a dedicated line or a digital public line.
The ticket sales system 10 includes the ticket sales server 11, the ticket download server 12, the ticket sales management database server 13, and the terminal adapter 14.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an entrance ticket gate installed at a concert hall or the like. Reference numeral 21 denotes a microphone that captures audio reproduced by the mobile phone. Reference numeral 22 denotes an A / D converter that converts an audio signal captured as an analog signal into digital data. An authentication server 23 separates a digital watermark from digitized data, connects to a ticket sales management server, and determines authenticity. Reference numeral 24 denotes a monitor for displaying the authenticity of the ticket. 25 is a terminal adapter. Reference numeral 5 denotes a line (dedicated line or digital public line) that connects the ticket determination system 20 and the ticket purchase system 10 and exchanges data. Entrance ticket gate 2
0 is the microphone 21, the authentication server 23, the monitor device 2
4. It includes the terminal adapter 25.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a ticket purchase flow using the ticket sales system 1. The flow of ticket purchase will be described with reference to FIG. First, the user connects to the ticket sales server 11 from the mobile phone 7 (S10). Next, the user selects a desired event (entertainment) while viewing the screen displayed on the mobile phone 7, and issues a request to the ticket sales server 11 to proceed with the purchase procedure (S20). The ticket sales server 11 uses the terminal ID
Request. Therefore, the portable terminal side is the terminal I of the portable telephone 7.
D is transmitted (S30). Ticket sales server 11
Records the terminal ID and sends out a purchase content confirmation page. After confirming the purchase, the user presses the final confirmation button on the confirmation screen. Then, a purchase completion signal is sent to the ticket sales server 11 together with the ID number of the purchased ticket (S40). If there is another ticket to be ordered, the user returns to step S20. Otherwise, the user downloads the electronic ticket data (S5).
0). At this time, the connection destination of the user is automatically changed to the ticket download server 12, and the ticket data is downloaded from the ticket download server 12.

The above is the ticket purchase flow. The ticket data uses pulse code modulated data of an audio signal obtained by reading out the admission ticket information with a human voice, or an audio signal of a song or the like used in the performance. Next, based on FIG. 3, the flow of the entrance processing of the user having the electronic ticket at the entrance of the performance place will be described based on the block diagram of FIG.

In the portable telephone 7, downloaded electronic ticket data 710 is recorded in a nonvolatile memory. The terminal ID 720 is recorded in a ROM (Read Only Memory) of the mobile phone. When receiving an instruction from the user to output the purchased electronic ticket 710, the entrance voice data synthesizing means 73 embeds the terminal ID in the electronic ticket data 710 as a digital watermark of the voice data. As a result, electronic ticket data 740 in which an electronic watermark is embedded is created. By passing this through the speech synthesis and playback unit 75, it is emitted as a sound from the mobile phone.

The entrance judgment system 20 hears this sound and verifies the validity of the data. First, the audio signal picked up from the microphone 21 becomes audio data digitized by the audio data A / D converter 22, and then processed by the entrance audio signal processing unit 231 in the authentication server 23.

The entrance audio signal processing unit 231 separates a watermark from the audio data digitized by the audio data A / D converter 22 to obtain terminal ID data 721.
The validity inquiry processing unit 232 of the determination server 23 transmits the preset event identification data 711 and the extracted terminal ID data 721 to the ticket sales management database 13. It is assumed that the event identification data 711 includes only information common to visitors to the venue on that day, such as the identification number of the event and the date and time of the event. The ticket sales management database 13 verifies from the ticket sales record whether there is a record of selling the electronic ticket of the event to the terminal ID, and returns a collation result to the determination server 23. The result is displayed in the judgment result display 24.
Will be displayed.

In the digital watermarking process used in the present system, a relatively small amount of watermark data of about 10 bytes to several tens of bytes is embedded in pulse code modulated voice data, and the voice-reproduced voice data is collected by a microphone. Anything can be used as long as it can be A / D converted and the watermark can be detected again. For example, an apparatus and method for embedding a watermark in audio data and detecting watermark information from the audio data and disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-296200 can be used.

As a variation of the entrance management system 1, the ticket download server 12 is provided with a means for inserting a watermark into an audio signal, and identification information that differs for each ticket purchaser is initially included in a part of the electronic ticket data 710. Then, the entry voice data synthesizing unit 73 of the mobile phone 7 performs a process of embedding the terminal ID in a portion of the electronic ticket data that has not been subjected to the watermark process. The audio signal processing unit 231 for the terminal, together with the terminal ID 721,
A system is conceivable in which the identification information of the ticket is also obtained, and the validity of both is verified. This method can more strictly check illegal visitors.

The entrance management system 1 has been described above. Next, an entrance management system 2 according to another embodiment will be described.

Although the overall structure of the entrance management system 2 and the ticket purchase flow are the same as those of the entrance management system 1, the contents of the electronic ticket and the way of the entrance judgment processing are different.
Therefore, differences from the entrance management system 1 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining an entry determination flow of the entry management system 2. Reference numeral 710 denotes a downloaded electronic ticket. This is mechanical sound data created by expressing the information data for identifying the ticket in a binary data sequence and modulating it according to a certain rule, unlike the case of the entrance management system 1 described above. Terminal ID 7
20 is the RO of the mobile phone 7 as in the case of the system 1.
M. Entry voice data synthesizing means 74
Creates mechanical sound data 741 synthesized from the terminal ID by modulating the number of the terminal ID by a certain method. Then, at the time of a ticket gate, the voice data synthesized from the electronic ticket data 710 and the terminal ID is continuously sent to the voice synthesis reproduction unit 75,
Play audio.

The entrance ticket gate 20 hears this sound,
Verify the validity of the data. First, the reproduced sound picked up from the microphone 21 is digitized by the sound data A / D converter 22 and demodulated by the entrance sound signal processing unit 233 to become the original digital data, and the decoded electronic ticket data 712, The decrypted terminal ID 721 is obtained.
The validity inquiry processing unit 232 of the determination server 23 inquires these data to the ticket sales management server 13 and
The validity is checked, and the result is displayed on the monitor 24.

The terminal ID, the encoding method of the electronic ticket data, and the modulation / demodulation method are not particularly limited. Any system suitable for communication by sound in a space of about one meter may be used. For example, if the binary data sequence to be coded is “1”, a 10 KHz high tone with a length of 1 ms, and “0” will be 1 ms.
5KHz low-pitched sound (these sounds can be heard by the microphone 21), calculate a waveform modulated to these two frequencies, and convert this into pulse code-modulated voice data at a sampling frequency of 20KHz or more, and convert it into electronic ticket data. 710,
Alternatively, audio data 741 synthesized from the terminal ID may be used. In this case, a maximum of about 100 bytes (50 characters) of audio data of one second can be sent to the entrance ticket gate 20. In practice, the data to be transmitted should be redundant.

As a variation of the entrance management system 2, the electronic ticket data is not audio data, but a simple image or text data, and only the terminal ID data is transmitted to the entrance ticket gate by an audio signal. Two systems are also possible, such as a system that does not have the data synthesizing means 74 and transmits only electronic ticket data to the entrance ticket gate by voice signals.

In both the entrance management systems 1 and 2, the validity inquiry processing unit 232 of the authentication server 23 communicates with the ticket sales management database server 13 to verify the validity of the ticket data and / or the visitor. Although the configuration is such that the content of the sales management database is duplicated and the authentication server 23 has a duplicate database. In this case, there is no need to communicate with the ticket sales management database server 13 for validity determination processing.

[0034]

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described using the two entrance management systems 1 and 2. In these entrance management systems, the identification number of the portable terminal, or the ticket information and the identification information of the portable terminal, or the ticket information, are sent from the portable terminal to the entrance ticket gate by voice (sound), and the entrance ticket gate is processed by a machine. Thus, a remarkable effect that the admission can be checked without error can be achieved. Alternatively, the remarkable effect that the entrance check can be performed by using both the inspection by the human ear or eyes and the accurate and error-free inspection by the machine can be achieved. Since the entry voice data synthesizing units 73 and 74 mounted on the mobile terminal incorporate the identification number of the mobile terminal into the entry voice data, it is possible to cope with a case where the electronic ticket data is illegally copied.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an entrance management system 1.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a ticket purchase flow of the entrance management system 1.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining an entrance determination process of the entrance management system 1.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining an entrance determination process of the entrance management system 2.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5 network 6 gateway 7 mobile phone, mobile terminal 8 mobile phone network 9 internet 10 ticket sales system 11 ticket sales server 12 ticket download server 13 ticket sales management database server 14 terminal adapter 20 entrance judgment system 21 microphone 22 voice data AD converter 23 Judgment server 231 Entrance voice signal processing unit 232 Validity inquiry processing unit 232 Validity inquiry processing unit 24 Monitor 25 Terminal adapter 73 Entrance audio data synthesizing unit 74 Entrance audio data synthesizing unit 75 Audio synthesizing and reproducing unit 710 Electronic ticket data 711 Event identification data 712 Decrypted electronic ticket data 721 Decrypted terminal ID data 720 Terminal ID 740 Electronic ticket with digital watermark embedded Data 741 Voice data synthesized from terminal ID

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal having a speech synthesizing function of speech data of a predetermined format, a nonvolatile memory for storing speech data created by modulating information as an admission ticket according to a certain rule, A microphone that collects the sound reproduced by the speech synthesis function, an audio signal processing unit for entrance that decodes the original data from the collected audio signal, and whether visitors can enter based on the decoded data An entrance management system comprising: performing an entrance check by playing back entrance ticket data by using the portable terminal by using an entrance wicket device provided with a determination processing unit that determines whether the entrance ticket is checked. 2. An admission audio data synthesizing means for providing admission audio data by modulating an identification number unique to a portable terminal according to a predetermined rule, comprising: a voice synthesizing function of audio data of a predetermined format; And a microphone that collects the sound reproduced by the voice synthesis function of the portable terminal,
An entrance audio signal processing unit for decoding the original data from the collected audio signal, and an entrance ticket gate device including a determination processing unit that determines whether a visitor can enter based on the decoded data, An entrance management system, wherein an entrance check is performed by using the entrance audio data synthesized on a mobile terminal to reproduce sound. 3. A voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format, a non-volatile memory for storing voice data created by information in some way from information as an admission ticket, and the voice data recorded on the portable terminal as an admission ticket. A portable terminal having an entry voice data synthesizing means for creating entry voice data by embedding and embedding the identification number of the mobile terminal by digital watermarking, and collecting sounds reproduced by the voice synthesis function of the portable terminal. A sounding microphone, an entrance audio signal processing unit for decoding data embedded by digital watermarking from the collected audio signal, and a determination as to whether or not a visitor can enter based on the decoded data Using an entrance ticket gate provided with a processing unit, and performing an audio check of the entrance audio data synthesized on the mobile terminal to perform an entrance check. Management system. 4. The judgment processing unit judges whether entry is possible by searching a ticket sales management database which records the correspondence between the identification information of the target box office and the identification number of the portable terminal of the purchaser. The entrance management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. A method for synthesizing admission ticket data or admission ticket data via a network to a portable terminal having a speech synthesis function of speech data of a predetermined format and a nonvolatile memory.
Alternatively, a center server that supplies a program functioning as an entry voice data synthesizing means according to claim 4 is added to the entrance management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and an electronic ticket distribution and electronic ticket distribution system is configured. Admission management system. 6. A portable terminal having a voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format, in which voice data corresponding to an admission ticket is passed in advance and stored, and the voice data is reproduced at the time of entrance. An entrance management method for transmitting a reproduced sound to a ticket gate, and decoding the data embedded in the entrance ticket data from the collected reproduced sound, and confirming the validity to perform an entrance gate. 7. A program for converting data corresponding to an admission ticket and an identification number of the mobile terminal into voice data according to a predetermined rule to a mobile terminal having a voice synthesis function of voice data of a predetermined format, By storing the stored data and reproducing the sound data created by the program at the time of entry, the reproduced sound is transmitted to the ticket gate, and the ticket gate decodes the identification number of the portable terminal from the collected reproduced sound, and checks the validity. An admission control method that performs an entrance wicket by confirming. 8. A portable terminal having a voice synthesizing function of voice data of a predetermined format is provided with voice data corresponding to an admission ticket,
A program for embedding the identification number of the mobile terminal as an electronic watermark in the admission ticket voice data is passed in advance and stored, and upon entry, the voice data synthesized by the program is reproduced, so that the reproduced sound is transmitted to the ticket gate device. According to the admission control method, the ticket gate device extracts the identification number of the embedded mobile terminal from the collected sound and confirms the validity of the ticket, thereby performing an entrance ticket.