JP2005056035A - System for user management in specific area - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for user management in a specific area that enables automatic payment of a use fee to a specific area. <P>SOLUTION: The system for user management in a specific area uses a GPS receiver and an IC card to settle a use fee on a user who enters a specific area. The IC card has a storage means storing position information about the specific area and electronic money information, a matching means for matching position information input from the GPS receiver with the position information in the storage means, and a fee settlement means for subtracting a use fee from the electronic money information in the storage means if the matching by the matching means is agreed. The GPS receiver is equipped with a receiving means for receiving a GPS signal, a GPS computing means for detecting position information about the user according to the received GPS signal, and a means for inputting the position information detected by the GPS computing means into the IC card. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention uses a GPS receiver that can be carried by a user and an IC card that is mounted on the GPS receiver to settle a usage fee for a customer who enters a specific area where entrance is charged. The present invention relates to a user management system for a specific area.

  For example, there are certain paid areas such as amusement parks, zoos, stadiums, baseball stadiums, concert outdoor event venues, etc. where customers pay for the entrance.

  Normally, when a user enters these specific areas, entrance management is performed by purchasing a ticket and checking the entrance at the entrance of the specific area.

  In particular, outdoor events such as concerts held outdoors are held by renting a place outside the venue for a certain period of time, and a special venue is established. It is being removed.

  In these cases, there is a high risk of entering a specific area without purchasing a ticket and entering the area without paying a fee. There is a problem that costs for facilities and personnel costs are required for countermeasures against unauthorized intruders, such as providing fences and guarding many security guards.

  In recent years, in order to increase the efficiency of ticket processing, ticket information is transmitted from a host computer to a communication terminal via a communication line, and an IC card held by the communication terminal is attached to an IC card possessed by the user by an IC card reader. An electronic ticket that is written and stored in ticket information, issued to the user, and stored in the IC card at the entrance gate of the specific area when the user visits the specific area where the concert is held A technique for performing admission management by reading information (see, for example, Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2) is known.

However, even if the electronic ticket information is stored in the IC card so that the conventional paper ticket issuance can be omitted, the IC card reader stores the electronic ticket information when the user enters the specific area. Electronic ticket information must be read, and if there are many visitors, it is difficult to check the tickets of many visitors in a short time, so there is a risk that the entrance process will take a long time and cause confusion. There is a problem that there is.
JP-A-8-110923 JP 2000-113238 A

  The present invention allows a user who enters or exits a specific area where entrance is charged to purchase a ticket in advance or receives electronic ticket information via a communication line or the like and does not store it in an IC card or the like. When you enter or use a specific area, you can automatically pay for the use of a specific area, improve the efficiency of admission management for users, and facilities related to entrance management Provided is a user management system for a specific area which can reduce the cost of human and human resources.

  The user management system for a specific area of the present invention uses a GPS receiver that can be carried by a user and an IC card attached to the GPS receiver to enter a specific area for which admission is charged. A user management system for a specific area that settles a usage fee for a user, wherein the IC card includes storage means in which position information and electronic money information of the specific area are stored in advance, and a GPS receiver. The collation means for collating the input position information with the position information stored in the storage means, and the electronic money information stored in the storage means when the collation results as a result of collation by the collation means Charge settlement means for subtracting the amount of charge associated with admission to the specific area from, the GPS receiver is a receiving means for receiving a GPS signal, and the receiving means GPS calculation means for detecting the position information of the user carrying the GPS receiver based on the received GPS signal, and means for inputting the position information detected by the GPS calculation means to the IC card. It is characterized by that.

  The user management system for specific areas according to the present invention allows the user to enter or specify these paid specific areas without purchasing a ticket in advance when entering or leaving the specific areas where the entrance is charged. When an area is used, it is possible to automatically pay for the use of a specific area, so that it is possible to improve the efficiency of entrance management for users, and to improve the facilities and personnel required for entrance management. Effective cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external view for explaining an apparatus and a medium used in a user management system for a specific area according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram of the user management system for a specific area according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a system block diagram of a specific area user management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a specific area user management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the user management system in a specific area according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the user management system for a specific area according to the embodiment of the present invention receives GPS signals transmitted from a GPS communication satellite 1, and based on the received GPS signals. A GPS receiver 2 having a function of calculating and detecting position information based on latitude and longitude and detecting time information when the GPS signal is received is used.

  The GPS receiver 2 has a portable size when the user 5 enters the specific area.

  The GPS receiver 2 is provided with an IC card mounting unit 4 for detachably mounting the IC card 3. By replacing the IC card 3 owned by each user, a plurality of users can It can be used in common.

  In the present invention, the user 5 carries the GPS receiving device 2 with the IC card 3 attached, and automatically enters the specific area and walks or rides on the vehicle, so that the fee is automatically settled. It is systematized so that it can do.

  FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the user 5 and the specific area 6.

  Here, the specific area 6 refers to a specific area managed for taking a fee when entering, such as an amusement park, a zoo, a stadium, a baseball field, and a concert outdoor event venue.

  Therefore, if it is a specific area arbitrarily defined by the organizer or the administrator, the area does not necessarily have to be surrounded by a fence, and there are no special buildings or other facilities. Also good.

  For example, it is assumed that the specific area 6 shown in FIG. 2 is a specific area that is a special outdoor venue for a concert held for a certain period.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the area used in the special outdoor venue, which is the specific area 6, is a rectangular area surrounded by four points: a point, b point, c point, and d point. The position information at these four points is specified by detecting the latitude and longitude by the GPS receiver 2 based on the GPS signal transmitted from the communication satellite 1 in advance, and is connected at these four points. This area is set as a toll area where users take a charge when entering.

  Accordingly, for example, the concert organizer can arbitrarily determine which area and which area is set as the pay specific area.

  The user 5 who visits the special outdoor venue in the specific area 6 in order to watch this concert carries the GPS receiver 2 with the IC card 3 attached to the special outdoor venue in the specific area 6. enter.

  In this case, an entrance / exit gate may or may not be provided in the outdoor special venue, and since the user carries the GPS receiver 2, the location information of the user is used for GPS. Since it is grasped based on the GPS signal transmitted from the communication satellite 1 of the present, whether or not the user is in the outdoor special venue that is the specific area 6 or has already exited Etc. are understood mechanically.

  Next, the system configuration of the GPS receiver 2 and the IC card 3 used in the user management system for a specific area of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The GPS receiver 2 includes a receiving means 7 for receiving a GPS signal transmitted from the GPS communication satellite 1, a display means 8, a GPS calculation means 9, a GPS time management means 10, a storage means 11, and an input / output control means. (I / O) 12, control means 13, and the like are provided.

  The GPS calculation means 9 has a function of calculating and detecting position information based on latitude and longitude based on the GPS signal received by the reception means 7.

  The GPS time management unit 10 has a function of managing the reception time based on the GPS signal received by the reception unit 7. The GPS calculation unit 9 receives GPS signals from the GPS signal received by the GPS receiver 2. It is possible to know the position information where the device 2 exists and when the position information is received, and store the information in the storage means 11 in association with each other.

  Further, the position information and the reception time information are sent to the IC card 3 via the input / output control means (I / O) 12 of the GPS receiver 2.

  The IC card 3 includes an input / output control means (I / O) 14, a ROM 15, a RAM 16, an EEPROM 17, a CPU 18, and the like.

  In the EEPROM 17, the location and area of the specific area 6 that is a pay area set in advance so that a fee is charged when the user enters, and the position specified from the latitude and longitude of a plurality of points on the outer periphery of the area Information 19 is stored.

  That is, the specific area 6 is specified as a specific area 6 based on the latitude and longitude of a plurality of points on the outer periphery of the area, and the area and the area are set as the specific area 6.

  Further, electronic money information 20 is stored in the EEPROM 17.

  The electronic money information 20 stores the amount of money that can be used by the user as numerical data, and subtracts the numerical data for the amount of payment as the entrance fee for the specific area from the numerical data stored in the EEPROM 17 in advance. The fee payment is settled.

  Therefore, the fee for the user entering the specific area where the admission is paid can be settled by being automatically subtracted using the electronic money information 20 stored in the EEPROM 17.

  These processes are performed based on a processing program stored in the ROM 15 or the EEPROM 17.

  Further, the CPU 18 includes a collation unit 21, a charge settlement unit 22, a control unit 23, and the like.

  The collation means 21 is input from the GPS receiver 2 via the input / output control means (I / O) 14 of the IC card 3 and the location information where the GPS receiver 2 exists and is stored in the EEPROM 17 in advance. It has a function of collating with the position information of the specific area 6 and determining whether or not the GPS receiver 2 is in the specific area 6.

  In this case, since the GPS receiver 2 is carried by the user 5, it is possible to know whether the user 5 is in the specific area 6 or outside the specific area 6. When the user 5 is in the specific area 6, it is necessary to pay a fee by entering.

  Further, the fee settlement means 22 determines that the user 5 is in the specific area 6 based on the determination by the verification means 21, and if the user needs to pay the fee by admission, Has a function of automatically subtracting the payment due to entering the pay specific area from the electronic money information 20 stored in the EEPROM 17 for payment settlement.

  The entrance fee is preferably stored in advance as an amount determined in the storage means of the IC card 3 so that it can be immediately subtracted from the electronic money information 20.

  A processing procedure of the user management system in the specific area according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, the user 5 carries the GPS receiving device 2 with the IC card 3 attached, and sets the GPS receiving device 2 in a state in which the GPS signal transmitted from the GPS communication satellite 1 can be received. (Step S1)
The GPS signal transmitted from the communication satellite 1 is input from the GPS receiver 2 to the IC card 3 via the input / output control means (I / O) 12 and 14 as necessary, and the verification in the IC card 3 is performed. The position information calculated and detected based on the GPS signal transmitted from the communication satellite 1 is collated with the position information of the specific area 6 stored in the EEPROM 17 of the IC card 3 by the means 21 to receive the GPS signal. It is determined whether or not the device 2 is in the specific area 6. (Step S2)
Here, as a result of the collation by the collation means 21, if it is determined that the GPS receiver 2 is present in the specific area 6, the charge settlement means 22 of the IC card 3 allows the user to enter the specific area where the admission is charged. The charge due to entering is subtracted from the electronic money information 20 stored in the EEPROM 17. (Step S3)
Furthermore, the time information determined that the GPS receiver 2 exists in the specific area 6 is stored in the EEPROM 17 of the IC card 3. (Step S4)
Further, the position information calculated and detected based on the GPS signal transmitted from the communication satellite 1 is collated with the position information of the specific area 6 stored in the EEPROM 17 of the IC card 3, and the GPS receiver 2. Is in the specific area 6. (Step S5)
As a result of the determination, when it is determined that the specific area 6 has been moved outside, the time information is stored in the EEPROM 17 of the IC card 3. (Step S6)
As a result of the above processing, when the user enters the specific area, payment processing of the usage fee is automatically performed, and the time information when the user enters and exits the specific area is stored in the EEPROM 17 of the IC card 3. It can be stored, and user management can be performed.

It is an external view explaining the apparatus and medium which are used for the user management system of the specific area which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of the user management system of the specific area which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a system block diagram of the user management system of the specific area which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of CPU of IC card used for the user management system of the specific area which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the user management system of the specific area which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Communication satellite
2 GPS receiver
3 IC card
4 IC card mounting part
5 users
6 specific area
7 Receiving means
8 Display means
9 GPS calculation means
10 GPS time management means
11 Storage means
12, 14 Input / output control means (I / O)
13, 23 Control means
15 ROM
16 RAM
17 EEPROM
18 CPU
19 Location information
20 Electronic money information
21 Verification means
22 Fee settlement means

Claims (1)

Using a GPS receiver that can be carried by the user and an IC card attached to the GPS receiver, a specific area for paying the usage fee for the user who enters the specific area where entrance is charged A user management system,
The IC card collates storage means in which position information of the specific area and electronic money information are stored in advance, position information input from the GPS receiver, and position information stored in the storage means. And a fee settlement unit for subtracting a fee for admission to the specific area from the electronic money information stored in the storage unit when there is a match as a result of the collation by the collating unit. And
The GPS receiving device includes a receiving unit that receives a GPS signal, a GPS calculation unit that detects position information of a user carrying the GPS receiving device based on the GPS signal received by the receiving unit, and the GPS Means for inputting position information detected by the calculation means to the IC card;
A user management system for a specific area characterized by comprising: