JP2005242553A - Ic card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an IC card processor for continuously performing processing which has been performed before the occurrence of abnormality such as power failure after recovery from the abnormality even when the processing ends in the middle due to the occurrence of the abnormality. <P>SOLUTION: A window processing unit for performing a fare adjustment work or a inquiry work by reading or writing data in a wireless IC card is configured to record the read or written data of the IC card before such abnormality as power failure occurs, and to compare the data with the data after recovery from the abnormality, and to determine whether or not the following processing should be continued, and to continuously perform the following processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is, for example, installed at a station counter of a transportation facility, and performs a checkout operation or an inquiry operation by reading or writing data to a wireless IC card used as a boarding ticket by the operation of a station staff. The present invention relates to an IC card processing apparatus suitable as a window processing machine.

  This type of window processing machine is composed of a personal computer (hereinafter simply referred to as a personal computer), a wireless IC card reader / writer unit, and a journal printer, and is installed at a station window. Checkout and inquiry services, etc. by reading and writing data on wireless IC cards (for example, Suica (registered trademark of East Japan Railway Company)) used as a ticket by the staff's operation Is supposed to do.

By the way, in such a window processing machine, if an abnormality such as a power failure occurs in the middle of the process, it is impossible to continue the process before the occurrence of the abnormality after the abnormality has been recovered. Starting from the start process.
In addition, there exist patent document 1 and patent document 2 as a technique relevant to a power failure recovery, for example.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-160376 JP 2001-216536 A

However, in the conventional window processing machine, as described above, when an abnormality such as a power failure occurs during the process, the process from before the occurrence of the abnormality can be continued after the abnormality is recovered. However, it is necessary to start again from the business start process.
In addition, if an operation stop due to an unexpected OS (operating system) failure occurs, the staff will check whether the failure due to the program stoppage is causing problems for the aggregated data or IC card. There is no choice but to restart the business by turning on the power again without knowing clearly. For this reason, the staff members feel uneasy about what to do after the abnormal recovery.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides an IC card processing apparatus capable of continuously performing the processing performed before the occurrence of an abnormality after the abnormality is recovered even if the processing is terminated in the middle due to an abnormality such as a power failure. The purpose is to provide.

  The IC card processing device of the present invention is an IC card processing device that performs predetermined processing by reading and writing data to the IC card, and the processing contents such as reading and writing of data to the IC card. A processing content recording means for recording the data, and when the processing ends abnormally when processing such as data reading or writing is performed on the IC card, and then when the abnormality is recovered, An extraction means for extracting reading or writing data of the previous IC card from the processing content recorded in the processing content recording means, and when the abnormality is recovered, reading or reading from the IC card when the abnormality occurs Reading means for reading data that has been subject to writing processing, data read by the reading means, and the extracting means And comprising comparison means for comparing the more extracted data, and control means for determining the subsequent processing to determine whether the subsequent processing based on the comparison result of the comparison means can be continued.

  According to the present invention, even if an abnormality such as a power failure occurs and the process ends in the middle, the IC card processing apparatus that can continuously perform the process performed before the abnormality occurs after the abnormality is recovered. Can provide.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration of a window processing machine installed at, for example, a station window of a transportation facility as an IC card processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This window processing machine is connected to a personal computer 11 that performs various processes, a wireless IC card (hereinafter simply referred to as an IC card) 12 connected to the personal computer 11 and used as a boarding ticket, A wireless IC card reader / writer unit (hereinafter simply referred to as a card unit) 13 that reads and writes data, and a journal printer 14 that is connected to a personal computer 11 and prints out various data on journal paper. It is configured.
The personal computer 11 is online connected to a host device (not shown) as a host device via a communication line. For example, the host device performs a daily deadline or processes one item.
In addition, the personal computer 11 has a card reading / writing log 21, an operation log 22, a cash log 23, a case log 24, and an operation log (general log) 25 that summarizes these as processing contents, These are stored in a storage device 26 such as a hard disk device as processing content recording means.

The personal computer 11 has a battery mounted as a backup power source, but the card unit 13 and the journal printer 14 do not have a backup function.
In addition, typical processing operations of the counter processing machine include reading of the work board ID that has been started, verification processing using the password, IC card 12 reading operation, checkout operation, reissue registration operation, inquiry operation, function setting There is business.

Next, the processing operation of the window processing machine configured as described above will be described.
First, the work start procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, an initialization process for the cart unit 13 and an initialization process for the host device (initial communication initialization for reconnecting the communication reconnection process from the beginning) are performed (step S1). Next, a wireless IC card (hereinafter referred to simply as a job boarding certificate) as a work boarding card is set in the card unit 13, and the execution data is clicked from the display screen of the personal computer 11. Is read (step S2).

  Next, the command / response information with the card unit 13 including the data read from the duty boarding certificate is logged and stored in the card reading / writing log 21 (step S3). Next, based on the data read from the job boarding certificate, it is determined whether or not the IC card is a job boarding card (step S4).

  As a result of the determination, if it is not a business occupant's card, an error is displayed on the display screen of the personal computer 11 (step S5), and if it is a business occupant card, a password is generated (step S6). Here, for example, the password is generated from the ID number of the work boarding certificate using a calculation formula.

  Next, a password request screen is displayed on the display of the personal computer 11 (step S7). Here, the attendant inputs a predetermined password using a keyboard (not shown). Then, it is checked whether or not the password generated in step S6 matches the password input in step S7 (step S8). If the two passwords do not match as a result of this check, the process returns to step S7 to input the password again. If this is missed three times, an error file is created and input is disabled, and operation is disabled.

  If the two passwords match as a result of the check in step S8, a normal processing screen (business menu screen) is displayed to enable normal business. Items (businesses) displayed on the business menu are, for example, “read”, “settlement process”, “entrance / exit cancellation process”, “reissue registration”, “function setting”, “inquiry business”, and the like.

Next, as an example of the business, the procedure of the settlement process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the IC card 12 to be settled is set in the card unit 13, “settlement process” is selected in the displayed business menu (step S 11), and the execution button is clicked (step S 12). Then, the recorded data of the IC card 12 is read (step S13).

  Next, the command / response information with the card unit 13 including the data read from the IC card 12 is logged and stored in the card reading / writing log 21 (step S14). Next, a settlement process is executed based on the data read from the IC card 12 (step S15).

  Here, it is checked whether or not there is a shortage amount (step S16). If there is no shortage amount, the process proceeds to a participation process, and if there is a shortage amount, the shortage amount is displayed on the display of the personal computer 11 (step S17). Next, it is checked whether or not the shortage amount is sufficient with the charge amount of the IC card 12 (step S18). If the charge amount is sufficient, the display amount is withdrawn from the IC card 12 (step S19). .

  Next, the card-type tabulation processing for outputting the receipt amount with the journal printer 14 is performed, and the detailed statement data is created as a record of the card transaction, and the generated detailed statement data is stored in the detailed statement log 24. Further, the operation log 25 is updated (step S20), and the operation menu screen is displayed.

  If the result of the check in step S18 is that the amount of charge is insufficient, cash allocation processing (inputting the cash settlement amount using the keyboard) is performed (step S21). Next, cash totaling processing for outputting the receipt amount with the journal printer 14 is performed, a cash transaction record is created and stored in the cash log 23, and the operation log 25 is updated (step S22). Proceed to display the menu screen.

Next, a procedure of reading processing will be briefly described as another example of business.
In this case, the IC card 12 to be read is set in the card unit 13, “read” is selected in the displayed work menu, and the execution button is clicked, whereby the recorded data of the IC card 12 is read and the personal computer 11 Appears on the display. Here, if there is any abnormality (negative hit error, deadline error, etc.), the abnormality message is displayed.
In this case as well, command / response information with the card unit 13 including data read from the IC card 12 is logged and stored in the card reading / writing log 21.

  Next, an operation start procedure when an abnormality such as a power failure occurs during the processing operation and the process ends abnormally and then the abnormality is recovered will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, initialization processing for the cart unit 13 and initialization processing for the host device (initial communication initialization for reconnecting communication reconnection processing from the beginning) are performed (step S31). Next, the operation log immediately before the occurrence of the abnormality is read from the operation log 25 (step S32). In this operation log, command / response processing with the card unit 13 is sequentially recorded. By referring to the record, communication with the card unit 13 is stopped halfway due to an abnormality (power failure). That is, the presence / absence of abnormality is determined (step S33).
At this time, what is the business, how far the IC card 12 has been processed, and the ID number of the work boarding card at the time of the processing are loaded as future business continuation information.

  If there is no abnormality in the operation log as a result of the determination in step S33, the record data of the duty boarding card set at this time is read, and the command / response information with the card unit 13 including the read data is logged. And stored in the card reading / writing log 21 (step S34).

  It should be noted that the work boarding certificate needs to be set in the card unit 13 at the latest at the timing of reading information logging in step S33. If there is no abnormality in the processing of the boarding pass, it is necessary to reset the IC card currently set in the card unit 13 to the boarding pass.

  Next, based on the data read from the job boarding certificate, it is determined whether or not the IC card is a job boarding card (step S35). As a result of the determination, if it is not a business occupant ID, an error is displayed on the display screen of the personal computer 11 (step S36), and if it is a business occupant ID, a password is generated (step S37). Here, for example, the password is generated from the ID number of the work boarding certificate using a calculation formula.

Next, a password request screen is displayed on the display of the personal computer 11 (step S38). Here, the attendant inputs a predetermined password using a keyboard (not shown). Then, it is checked whether or not the password generated in step S37 matches the password input in step S38 (step S39). If the two passwords do not match as a result of this check, the process returns to step S38 to input the password again. If this is missed three times, an error file is created and input is disabled, and operation is disabled.
If the two passwords match as a result of the check in step S39, a normal processing screen (business menu screen) is displayed to enable normal business.

If there is an abnormality in the operation log as a result of the determination in step S33, the work boarding pass password (personnel password at the time of abnormality) set at the time of activation is extracted from the operation data in the operation log (step S40).
Next, a password request screen is displayed on the display of the personal computer 11 (step S41). Here, the attendant inputs a predetermined password using a keyboard (not shown). Then, it is checked whether or not the password extracted in step S40 matches the password input in step S41 (step S42). If the two passwords do not match as a result of this check, the error log data in the operation log is cleared (step S43).

  If the two passwords match as a result of the check in step S42, it is checked whether the command / response with the card unit 13 is completed by referring to the operation log (step S44). This makes it possible to determine whether the processing for the IC card 12 has been terminated halfway.

  If the command / response with the card unit 13 is not completed as a result of this check (step S45), the card read command is sent to the card unit 13 to read the data of the IC card 12 set at this time. Compared with the data processed before the abnormality occurs, for example, immediately before the abnormality occurs (step S46). In other words, the data to be written to the IC card 12 in the process to be performed immediately before the abnormality is compared with the data written to the IC card 12 after the abnormality. It is possible to determine what kind of recovery processing should be performed for the above.

  As a result of this comparison, if the two data do not match (that is, if the processing for the IC card 12 is not completed, step S47), it is checked whether or not it is a fatal abnormality (step S48). That is, if the data of the IC card 12 is neither the data before the processing immediately before the abnormality nor the data to be processed, the assumed data has not been written to the IC card 12, so that the fatal abnormality to decide.

  If the result of the check in step S48 is a fatal abnormality, a message such as “The previous job is abnormal, please process again” is displayed on the display of the personal computer 11 (step S49). Thereafter, a normal processing screen (business menu screen) is displayed to enable normal business.

  If the result of the check in step S48 shows that there is no fatal abnormality, it is determined that the command processing to be written to the IC card 12 has not been completed, and the state before the processing has been performed, and again immediately before the abnormality. The command processing for the IC card 12 is performed (step S50).

  Next, by checking whether or not the response from the card unit 13 is normal, it is determined whether or not the rewriting process for the IC card 12 has been normally performed (step S51). Proceeding to S49, the same processing as described above is performed.

  If the command / response with the card unit 13 has been completed as a result of the check in step S45, or if the process for the IC card 12 has been completed in step S47, or the rewrite process is normal in step S51. If it has been carried out, it is checked whether the transmission of the detailed data has been completed by referring to the operation log (step S52). The case data is information transmitted to the host device as the transaction information of the IC card 12 every time processing is performed. If this is not transmitted normally, it becomes abnormal when the IC card 12 is used in some device next time.

  If the result of this check indicates that the transmission of the detailed data has not been completed (step S53), the command is sent to the card unit 13 by re-executing the detailed data creation program based on the data in the operation log. The detailed data for the extracted data is automatically recreated (step S54). Next, the created detailed data is transmitted to the host device (step S55).

  If the transmission of one detailed data is completed in step S53, or when the processing of step S55 is completed, is the transmission of the daily deadline (cash system) data completed by referring to the operation log? Is checked (step S56). That is, based on the data in the operation log, it is checked whether or not the daily cut-off process has become abnormal or not transmitted due to the occurrence of an abnormality in the card system.

As a result of this check, if the transmission of the daily deadline data has been completed (step S57), a normal processing screen (business menu screen) is displayed to enable normal business.
If transmission of the daily deadline data is not completed in step S57, the daily deadline data associated with the card processing is automatically obtained by re-executing the daily deadline data creation program based on the data in the operation log. It is recreated (step S58). Next, the created daily schedule deadline data is transmitted to the host device (step S59). Thereafter, a normal processing screen (business menu screen) is displayed to enable normal business.

  As described above, according to the above embodiment, the IC card read / write data immediately before the occurrence of an abnormality such as a power failure is recorded and compared with the data after the abnormality is restored. And the subsequent processing is continuously performed. As a result, even if an abnormality such as a power failure occurs and the process ends in the middle, the process that was performed immediately before the occurrence of the abnormality can be continued after the abnormality is recovered. It is not necessary to start from the business start process for reading the user ID, and the labor is reduced.

  In addition, after security recovery, before starting processing continuation, in consideration of security, it asks for the password of the clerk at the time of occurrence of the abnormality, and recognizes the clerk at the time of occurrence of the abnormality or immediately before the occurrence of the abnormality. Can be checked.

The block diagram which shows schematically the structure of the window processing machine installed, for example in the station window of a transportation system as an IC card processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart explaining the start procedure of work. The flowchart explaining the procedure of a payment process as an example of business. The flowchart explaining the start procedure of the work after abnormal recovery. The flowchart explaining the start procedure of the work after abnormal recovery. The flowchart explaining the start procedure of the work after abnormal recovery.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Personal computer, 12 ... Wireless IC card, 13 ... Wireless IC card reader / writer unit, 14 ... Journal printer, 21 ... Card reading / writing log, 22 ... Operation log, 23 ... Cash system log, 24 ... One Detail log, 25 ... operation log (general log), 26 ... storage device (processing content recording means).

Claims (3)

In an IC card processing apparatus that performs predetermined processing by reading or writing data to an IC card,
Processing content recording means for recording processing content such as reading and writing of data performed on the IC card;
When processing such as reading or writing of data is performed on the IC card, the processing ends abnormally, and then when the abnormality is recovered, reading of the IC card before the time when the abnormality occurred is read. Alternatively, extraction means for extracting write data from the processing content recorded in the processing content recording means;
A reading means for reading out data read or written at the time of occurrence of the abnormality from the IC card when the abnormality is restored;
Comparing means for comparing the data read by the reading means with the data extracted by the extracting means;
Control means for determining whether or not the subsequent processing can be continued based on the comparison result of the comparison means and determining the subsequent processing;
An IC card processing apparatus comprising: In an IC card processing apparatus that performs predetermined processing by reading or writing data to an IC card by the operation of an attendant,
Processing content recording means for recording processing content such as reading and writing of data performed on the IC card;
When processing such as reading or writing of data is performed on the IC card, the processing ends abnormally, and then when the abnormality is recovered, processing of the IC card before the time when the abnormality occurs is performed. First determination means for reading out the content from the processing content recorded in the processing content recording means and determining whether or not the read processing content is abnormal;
As a result of the determination by the first determination means, if there is an abnormality in the processing contents, password request means for requesting the staff to input a password;
Password confirmation means for confirming the validity of the password input by the staff based on the request of the password request means;
If the input password is valid as a result of confirmation by the password confirmation means, it is determined whether the processing for the IC card has been completed halfway based on the processing content read by the first determination means. Second determining means for
As a result of the determination by the second determination means, when the process is ended in the middle, a reading means for reading data that was read or written at the time of occurrence of the abnormality from the IC card;
As a result of the determination by the second determination means, if the process has been terminated halfway, the content of the process in which the read or write data of the IC card near the time when the abnormality has occurred is read by the first determination means Extraction means for extracting from,
Comparing means for comparing the data extracted by the extracting means with the data read by the reading means;
Control means for determining whether or not the subsequent processing can be continued based on the comparison result of the comparison means and determining the subsequent processing;
An IC card processing apparatus comprising:   3. The IC card processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the IC card is a wireless IC card used as a boarding ticket.

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