JP2006268144A - Automatic ticket checking and collecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ticket checking and collecting machine capable of performing personal identification accurately whether or not a user is identical to a previously registered person while the user passes through this device and in particular, preventing the illegal use of a season ticket. <P>SOLUTION: This automatic ticket checking and collecting device is installed in a station of transportation, such as a railway and determines appropriateness of passing of the user based on the ticket information registered on a radio ticket medium by radio communication with the ticket medium presented by the user. The user is identified by acquiring a face image of the user and collating the image with a face image previously registered in the ticket medium at the timing when the ticket information is normally read from the ticket medium. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention, for example, is installed in a railway station or other transportation station, and is recorded on the ticket medium by performing wireless communication with a wireless ticket medium presented by a user (passerby). The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate device that determines whether or not a user can pass based on stored information.

  Recently, for example, in an automatic ticket gate installed at a railway station or other transportation station, in order to speed up the ticket gate processing and improve the service, instead of using a magnetic ticket medium, One that processes a boarding ticket (hereinafter referred to as an IC card boarding ticket) composed of a wireless IC card as a ticketing medium has been developed.

  The automatic ticket gate that processes such an IC card ticket performs wireless communication with the IC card ticket presented by the user, so that the ticket information recorded in the IC card ticket is recorded. Based on the above, it is determined whether or not the user is allowed to pass (entry into the station or enter the station).

Also, in this type of automatic ticket gate, a plurality of optical sensors are installed along the ticket gate passage to detect the passage of a user (passenger) and the adult / unpaid child.
Furthermore, recently, an automatic ticket gate apparatus that employs a technique for identifying a person by collating biometric information such as a face has been considered (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
JP 2002-279455 A JP 2004-38469 A

However, conventional automatic ticket gates detect user traffic and adult / unpaid children as described above, but they are used especially for tickets that specify the user's name such as commuter passes. The identity of the person cannot be verified.
In addition, the identity verification by collating biometric information such as a face generally needs to acquire a front image of the face, but the techniques of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 do not take that point into consideration, and therefore accuracy is high. There is a problem that high identity verification is impossible. This is a big problem especially in an automatic ticket gate where a user passes in a substantially non-stop state.

  Therefore, the present invention can perform high-accuracy identification of whether the user is the same person as the person registered in advance while the user is passing through the apparatus. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus that can prevent the above-described problem.

  The automatic ticket gate of the present invention has a reading means for reading the ticket information recorded on the ticket medium presented by the user, and the boarding information at the timing when the information on the ticket medium is normally read by the reading means. The biometric information acquisition means for acquiring the biometric information of the user who presents the ticket medium, the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and the biometric information registered in advance are collated, A first determination means for determining whether or not a relationship is established, and a boarding ticket read by the reading means when the first determination means determines that a predetermined relationship is established between the biological information. Second determining means for determining whether or not the user is allowed to pass based on the information, and passage control means for controlling the user's passage based on the determination result of the second determining means.

  In addition, the automatic ticket gate of the present invention provides the ticket information recorded in advance on the ticket medium by wireless communication with the wireless ticket medium presented by the user at a specific position, and the user's A reading unit that reads a face image; and a position at which the user can capture a face image from the front of the user with reference to a specific position where the user presents the ticket medium. At the timing when the information is normally read, the image pickup means for picking up the face image of the user, the face image picked up by the image pickup means and the face image read by the read means are collated, A first determination unit that determines whether or not a predetermined relationship is established between the two face images, and reading by the reading unit when the first determination unit determines that the predetermined relationship is established between both face images. Ticket A second determination means for determining the passage propriety of the user based on the distribution, and a passage control means for controlling the passage of the user based on the determination result of the second judging means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to check the identity of the user with the same person as the person registered in advance while passing through the apparatus with high accuracy. Can be provided.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, a case where a face image is used as the biological information of a person will be described as an example. In addition to the face image, other information such as a fingerprint image, an iris information, a palm-shaped image, a finger image, vein information, and voice information may be used. The same can be done using the biometric information.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration of an automatic ticket gate apparatus installed at a railway-related station according to the present embodiment. The automatic ticket gate 1 is usually installed as a set of two at a ticket gate of a station, and a ticket gate passage 3 through which a user (passerby) 2 passes is formed between the two.

  At one end (entrance side) of the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate main body 4, for example, a magnetic ticket (commuter pass, ordinary ticket, coupon ticket) in which ticket information such as valid period and usable section is magnetically encoded is recorded. ) And a magnetic ticket medium C1 such as an SF card is provided, and an outlet for discharging the ticket medium C1 received from the inlet 5 is provided at the other end (exit side). 6 is provided. The insertion port 5 is provided with a shutter (not shown) that opens and closes it as necessary.

  In the automatic ticket gate main body 4, a conveyance path 7 for conveying the ticket medium C <b> 1 inserted from the insertion slot 5 to the outlet 6 is provided. A magnetic reading / writing unit 8 that reads and writes magnetic information from / to the transported ticket medium C1 is provided in the middle of the transport path 7.

A wireless IC reading / writing unit 9 as a reading means is provided in front of the entrance 5 on the automatic ticket gate main body 4 (on the entrance side). The wireless IC read / write unit 9 is, for example, a wireless ticket medium (for example, a commuter pass made of a wireless IC card) in which ticket information such as a valid period and an available section is recorded as electronic data. The antenna unit 10 for performing wireless communication with the ticket medium C2 deceived by the user 2 and various guidance displays for the user 2 A first guidance display unit 11 is provided. The antenna unit 10 has a built-in lamp (not shown) that lights up when communication is possible.
In front of the IC reading / writing unit 9 on the automatic ticket gate main body 4, a camera unit 12 is provided as a biological information acquisition unit that acquires a face image of the user 2 holding the ticket medium C <b> 2 with respect to the antenna unit 10. It has been.
The camera unit 12 is, for example, a television camera using a CCD type image pickup device or the like. When the user 2 holds the ticket medium C2 over the antenna unit 10 in the IC reading / writing unit 9, the user 2 It is installed in the position and angle which can image the face image of.

In front of the exit 6 on the automatic ticket gate main body 4, a second guidance display unit 13 for displaying various guidances for the user 2 is provided.
Doors 14 and 14 that can be opened and closed as traffic control means for controlling the passage of the user 2 are provided at both ends of the side face of the automatic ticket gate main body 4 on the side of the passage 3, respectively. Based on this, the doors 14 and 14 are controlled to open and close.

  A detector mounting body 15 is erected on the opposite side of the automatic ticket gate main body 4 from the passage side. A plurality of human detectors 16 and 17 for detecting the user 2 are provided on the side surfaces of the detector attachment body 15 and the automatic ticket gate main body 4 on the side of each passage. As the human detectors 16 and 17, for example, optical sensors such as infrared sensors are used.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a control system of the automatic ticket gate 1 configured as described above.
In FIG. 2, a main control unit 21 as a control unit and a determination unit includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, a fare memory 24, a read / write control unit 25, As a determination means, a collation control unit 26, a conveyance control unit 27, a reading / writing control unit 28, a detector monitoring unit 29, a display control unit 30, a door control unit 31, a monitoring panel interface (I / F) 32, The upper transmission unit 33 and the like are connected to each other.

  The main control unit 21 controls the entire apparatus, and is mainly composed of a CPU and the like. The ROM 22 stores a control program for the main control unit 21 and the like. The RAM 23 temporarily stores data generated when the main control unit 21 controls the apparatus. The fare memory 24 stores fare data for calculating charges.

  The read / write control unit 25 controls the IC read / write unit 9. The collation control unit 26 collates the face image of the user 2 obtained from the camera 12 and the face image read from the boarding ticket medium C2 to determine whether a predetermined relationship is established between the two face images. In this example, it is determined whether or not both face images match.

  The transport control unit 27 controls the transport path 7. The read / write control unit 28 controls the magnetic read / write unit 8. The detector monitoring unit 29 checks each detection signal from the plurality of human detectors 16 and 17 and monitors the user 2 passing through the ticket gate 3. The display control unit 30 controls the second guidance display unit 13.

  The door control unit 31 controls the opening / closing drive of the door 14. The monitoring board interface 32 functions as an interface between the monitoring board 34 installed outside and the present apparatus 1. The upper transmission unit 33 transmits fare information, passing personnel information, and the like to and from the upper server 35 as the upper device.

  FIG. 3 schematically shows the configuration of the ticket medium C2. The boarding ticket medium C2 is, for example, a commuter pass made of a wireless (non-contact) IC card, and a CPU unit 41 that controls the entire control, a memory unit 42 that stores a control program of the CPU unit 41 and various information, And it is comprised by the antenna part 43 for performing radio | wireless communication with external apparatuses (automatic ticket gate apparatus 1 grade | etc.,), And these are comprised by one (or several) IC chip, and in the main body of the ticket medium C2 It is buried in.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of information recorded in the memory unit 42 of the ticket medium C2. For example, ticket type information (adult / child), valid period information (valid start date, valid end date), commuter pass information (commuter pass section (departure station, destination station, transit station)) SF information (SF remaining amount) is recorded. In addition, personal information (name, sex, date of birth) as user information, biometric information (face image for verification) as dictionary information, and the like are recorded. In this example, the user's face image is used as the biological information.

  Next, the operation in such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this example, a case will be described in which a user 2 who has a wireless ticket medium C2 on which a person's face image is recorded uses the automatic ticket gate apparatus 1.

  Normally, the antenna section 10 of the IC reading / writing section 9 is lit, indicating that the wireless ticket medium C2 can be handled (step S1). In this state, the user 2 is guided by the lighting of the antenna unit 10 to aim at the antenna unit 10 and holds the boarding ticket medium C2 (step S2).

  When the ticket medium C2 is picked up by the antenna unit 10, the IC reading / writing unit 9 reads various information from the ticket medium C2 by performing wireless communication with the ticket medium C2 via the antenna unit 10. (Step S3). At this time, it is checked whether or not the reading process of the information on the ticket medium C2 can be normally performed (step S4). If the reading process of the information on the ticket medium C2 cannot be performed normally, the first guidance is provided. For example, an error message “Please hold the ticket over the lit part again” is displayed on the display unit 11 to prompt the user 2 to try again (step S5).

  As a result of the check in step S4, when the information on the ticket medium C2 can be normally read, the camera unit 12 is driven to capture the face image of the user 2 (step S6). As described above, the camera 12 determines the visual field position assuming that the user 2 turns his face toward the antenna unit 10 in an attempt to pick up the ticket medium C2, and information on the ticket medium C2 is obtained. If the face image is acquired (captured) by normal reading, the possibility of acquiring the face image from the front of the user 2 becomes very high.

  At this time, it is checked whether or not the face image has been successfully captured (whether or not the face image from the front of the user 2 has been acquired) (step S7), and when the face image from the front cannot be acquired. Displays, for example, an error message “Please hold the ticket over the lit part again” on the first guidance display unit 11, and prompts the user 2 to try again (step S8).

If the face image from the front can be acquired as a result of the check in step S7, the face image read from the ticket medium C2 and the face image acquired by the camera 12 are collated to match the both face images. It is determined whether or not the user is identified (step S9).
As a result of this determination, when the two face images do not match (that is, when the face image from the front of the user 2 can be acquired but the identity verification is NG), the second guidance display unit 13 displays “ An error message saying “Please go to the counter where the staff is present” is displayed, and the door 14 is closed to prevent the user 2 from passing (step S10).

As a result of determination in step S9, when both face images match (that is, in the case of identity verification OK), normal ticket validity determination processing (period and section) based on the ticket information read from the ticket medium C2 (Step S11).
As a result of this determination, if the determination is NG (period abnormality, section abnormality, etc.), an error message such as “Expired this ticket cannot be used” is displayed on the second guidance display unit 13 and the door 14 is closed. Therefore, the user 2 is not allowed to pass (step S12).

  If the result of determination in step S11 is OK (period normal, interval normal, etc.), for example, a message “Thank you.” Is displayed on the second guidance display unit 13 and the door 14 is left open. In this state, the user 2 is allowed to pass (step S13).

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the user's face image is acquired, and the face image registered in advance in the ticket medium is verified to confirm the identity, and as a result An automatic ticket gate device that allows passage based on the above can be provided. Therefore, during the passage of the automatic ticket gate device, it is possible to accurately confirm the identity of the person registered in the ticket medium and the user who has brought the ticket medium. Further, it is possible to select the person registered in the ticket medium while passing through the automatic ticket gate, pass only the person, and make it impossible for anyone other than the person to pass.

  In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a face image (dictionary information) to be compared with the user's face image acquired by the camera 12 is registered (recorded) in the ticket medium C2 in advance. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the ID number (unique identification information) of the ticket medium C2 registered in advance in the host server 35, which is the host device of the automatic ticket gate device 1, is used when the identity is confirmed. It may be acquired from the upper server 35 based on the above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The structure of the automatic ticket gate apparatus installed in the railway-related station which concerns on this Embodiment of this invention is shown typically, (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view. The block diagram which shows roughly the control system of the automatic ticket gate comprised as shown in FIG. The block diagram which shows roughly the structure of a radio | wireless ticket medium. The figure which shows an example of the information recorded on the memory part of a boarding ticket medium. The flowchart explaining operation | movement.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate apparatus, 2 ... User (passerby), 3 ... Passage for ticket gates, 4 ... Automatic ticket gate apparatus main body, C1 ... Magnetic ticket medium, 5 ... Entrance, 6 ... Exit, 7 ... Carriage path, 8 ... Magnetic read / write unit, 9 ... IC read / write unit (reading means), C2 ... Wireless ticket medium, 10 ... Antenna unit, 11 ... First guide display unit, 12 ... Camera unit (Biological information acquisition means), 13 ... second guidance display section, 14 ... door (traffic control means), 16, 17 ... human detector, 21 ... main control section, 35 ... host server (host apparatus).

Claims (5)

Reading means for reading the ticket information recorded on the ticket medium presented by the user;
Biometric information acquisition means for acquiring biometric information of a user who presents the ticket medium at a timing at which the information on the ticket medium is normally read by the reading means;
First determination means for comparing the biological information acquired by the biological information acquisition means with biological information registered in advance and determining whether or not a predetermined relationship is established between the biological information;
When the first determination unit determines that a predetermined relationship is established between the two pieces of biological information, the second determination unit determines whether the user can pass based on the ticket information read by the reading unit. When,
A traffic control means for controlling the traffic of the user based on the determination result of the second determination means;
An automatic ticket gate device comprising:   2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the pre-registered biometric information is recorded in advance on the ticket medium and is read together with the ticket information by the reading means.   The pre-registered biometric information is pre-registered in a host device of the automatic ticket gate and is acquired from the host device based on unique identification information of the ticket medium. The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to 1. Reading means for reading the ticket information recorded in advance on the ticket medium and the face image of the user by wireless communication with the wireless ticket medium presented by the user at a specific position;
It is installed at a position where a face image from the front of the user can be taken with reference to a specific position where the user presents the ticket medium, and the information on the ticket medium is normally read by the reading means. Imaging means for imaging the user's face image;
A first determination unit that compares the face image captured by the imaging unit with the face image read by the reading unit and determines whether or not a predetermined relationship is established between the two face images;
When the first determination unit determines that a predetermined relationship is established between both face images, the second determination unit determines whether the user is allowed to pass based on the ticket information read by the reading unit. When,
A traffic control means for controlling the traffic of the user based on the determination result of the second determination means;
An automatic ticket gate device comprising:   The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the ticket medium is a commuter pass used in transportation.

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