JP2009116793A - Fare adjustment apparatus by route recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fare adjustment apparatus by route recording method which can calculate a correct fare according to a course route, by recording an intermediate route, without requiring large-scale equipment. <P>SOLUTION: The fare adjustment apparatus by route recording method has a receiving unit for positional information 2 acquiring the positional information from GPS information. A position-route conversion unit 3 outputs route information by determining the route, based on the acquired position information. A course storing unit 4 stores the route information in time series. A control unit 5 outputs position information which is inputted from the position information receiving unit 2 to a position-route conversion unit 3l, inputs course information from the course storing unit 4 in time series, generates course specific information based on the course information, and outputs the course specific information to a non-contact IC module 1. The non-contact IC module 1 carries out radio transmission of the information of an entrance station and the route specific information to be stored to a ticket gate apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a settlement apparatus for electronically paying a train fare, and more particularly, to a route record type settlement apparatus that enables payment on a correct route when a plurality of routes are transferred.

  It has become possible to use a non-contact IC (Integrated Circuit) card or a mobile phone incorporating a non-contact IC module for payment of train fares for JR lines and private railway lines.

As a related technique for paying a fare by using a mobile phone, there is JP-A-2002-288696 (Patent Document 1).
In Patent Document 1, route information is transmitted wirelessly from a device installed in a specific station, train, etc., and the mobile phone receives the route information to identify the route and calculate the fare. A computing system is shown.

JP 2002-288696 A

  However, with the conventional payment method using contactless IC cards, etc., there is no function to determine the route when connecting between JR line and private railway line. There is a problem that there is a difference between the fare paid and the actual fare depending on the actual connection method.

  In addition, in the said patent document 1, although the information of a way route can be acquired, it is necessary to install the transmission apparatus which transmits route information to all the stations and all the trains (for every vehicle) for that purpose, and it is enormous. It is costly. In addition, there is a possibility that the mobile phone receives wrong route information from an adjacent train, and there is a problem that route information cannot be received accurately.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a route record type settlement apparatus that does not require a large-scale facility and can record an intermediate route and calculate an appropriate fare according to the route. With the goal.

  The present invention for solving the problems of the above-mentioned conventional example is a route record type checkout device, in which the information on the entrance station is wirelessly received and stored from the ticket gate device when entering the ticket gate, and the entrance station when entering the station A non-contact IC module that wirelessly transmits the information to the ticket gate device, a position information receiving device that acquires position information from GPS information by a reception start signal, and determines route based on the acquired position information and outputs route information A position / route conversion device, a route storage device that stores route information in time series, and a wireless reception of input station information, a reception start signal is output to the location information receiving device, and the location input from the location information receiving device A control device that outputs information to the position / route conversion device, inputs route information from the route storage device in time series, generates route specifying information based on the route information, and outputs it to the non-contact IC module. , The non-contact IC module, at the time of participation, characterized by wireless transmission to the automatic ticket gate information and route identification information entry station for storing.

  According to the present invention, the non-contact IC module wirelessly receives and stores information on the entrance station from the ticket gate device when entering the ticket gate, and wirelessly transmits the information on the entrance station to the ticket gate device when entering, The information receiving device acquires position information from the GPS information by the reception start signal, the position / route conversion device determines the route based on the acquired position information, outputs the route information, and the route storage device receives the route information. Are stored in time series, and when the control station wirelessly receives the information of the input station, it outputs a reception start signal to the position information receiving apparatus, and outputs the position information input from the position information receiving apparatus to the position / route conversion apparatus. The route information is input from the route storage device in time series, the route specifying information is generated based on the route information and output to the non-contact IC module, and the non-contact IC module stores the entry at the time of participation. Station information and route Since the through line recording type settlement device that wirelessly transmits a constant information to ticket gate apparatus, without requiring a large-scale equipment, there is an effect that can calculate the proper fare in accordance with the through line and record the intermediate path.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Outline of the embodiment]
The route record type settlement device according to the embodiment of the present invention converts the position information acquired from the GPS information received by the position information receiving device into route information by the position / route conversion device and stores it in the route storage device. Based on the stored route information, the control device generates route specifying information and outputs it to the non-contact IC module, and the non-contact IC module transmits the route specifying information to the ticket gate device, so that the fare based on the route information. The calculation can be made possible.

[Configuration of the apparatus: Fig. 1]
A route route record type settlement apparatus (this apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a route route recording type settlement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, this apparatus assumes the mobile telephone provided with the following structures, for example.
As shown in FIG. 1, this apparatus basically includes a non-contact IC module 1, a position information receiving apparatus 2, a position / path converting apparatus 3, a path storage apparatus 4, and a control apparatus 5. Yes.
The control device 5 is connected to each device and transmits and receives signals to and from each device.

[Each part]
Each part of the apparatus will be specifically described.
[Non-contact IC module]
The non-contact IC module 1 transmits / receives a radio signal x to / from the ticket gate device provided at the ticket gate when entering and exiting the ticket gate. Further, the non-contact IC module 1 includes a memory for temporarily storing information.

  When entering the ticket gate, the information on the entrance station is transmitted from the ticket gate device to the non-contact IC module 1 as a radio signal x, the information on the entrance station is stored in the internal memory, and the control signal a is output to the control device 5.

When entering the ticket gate, the information stored in the internal memory of the non-contact IC module 1 is read by the ticket gate device, and the non-contact IC module 1 outputs a control signal a to the control device 5.
Further, the non-contact IC module 1 writes the path specifying information in the internal memory by the control signal i from the control device 5.

When the ticket-free IC module 1 enters the ticket gate, it transmits the station name, route name, and station name information at the time of entry stored in the internal memory to the ticket gate device by a radio signal x.
Then, the ticket processing apparatus is configured so that the processing server to which it is connected performs a process of adjusting the fare fee based on the above information (station name at the time of entry, route name, and station name on the way).
Here, the route name and the station name of the station on the way are the route specifying information.

[Position information receiver]
The position information receiving device 2 is realized by GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like, and periodically receives position information (for example, GPS information) c. The position information receiving device 2 receives the position information reception start / end signal b from the control device 5.

The position information reception device 2 starts reception by a position information reception start signal b from the control device 5 and outputs the received position information c to the control device 5 as a position information signal d.
Further, the position information receiving device 2 ends the reception by the position information reception end signal b from the control device 5.

[Position / route conversion device]
The position / route conversion device 3 receives the longitude / latitude position information from the control device 5, converts it into route information f using the conversion dictionary, and outputs it to the route storage device 4.
A specific configuration and operation of the position / route converting device 3 will be described later.

[Route storage device]
The route storage device 4 stores the route information f input from the position / route conversion device 3 in time series, and collects the route information f accumulated by the read signal h from the control device 5 to the control device 5. Output as g.
[Control device]
When the control signal a at the time of entry or the control signal a at the time of entry from the non-contact IC module 1 is input from the non-contact IC module 1, the control device 5 outputs a position information reception start signal b or a position information reception end signal b to the position information reception device 2. To do.
The control device 5 receives the position information signal d from the position information receiving device 2, and outputs the position information e to the position / route conversion device 3 as latitude / longitude information.

  When the control device 5 outputs the read signal h to the route storage device 4 by the control signal a at the time of participation from the non-contact IC module 1, the control device 5 inputs the route information g from the route storage device 4, and the route name from the route information g. If there is a corresponding station name, the station name is output to the non-contact IC module 1 by the control signal i as route specifying information.

  The route specifying process in the control device 5 reads time-series route information (route name, location sample data, and station name if there is a corresponding station name) from the route storage device 4 and removes noise (most location sample data is specified). When the position sample data indicates another route name as an exception even though it indicates a route name, a process of removing the position sample data as noise) is performed.

  Note that the read signal h is periodically output before the control signal a at the time of entry from the non-contact IC module 1 is input, the path specifying process is performed, the memory of the path storage device 4 is cleared, and the memory capacity May be saved.

[Configuration of position / route converter: Fig. 2]
Next, the configuration of the position / route conversion device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of the position / route conversion device of the present apparatus.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the position / route conversion device 3 includes an input unit 31, a control unit 32, an output unit 33, and a dictionary unit 34.

The input unit 31 inputs the position information e from the control device 5 and outputs it to the control unit 32.
The control unit 32 searches the dictionary unit 34 based on the position information e from the input unit 31, acquires position sample data to be approximated, route name, and station name information if there is a corresponding station name, and outputs it as route information f. To the unit 33.
The output unit 33 outputs the route information f from the control unit 32 to the route storage device 4.

  The dictionary unit 34 stores position sample data for each route (route name) and station name information if a station name corresponding to the position sample data is registered, and the position sample data determined to be approximate by the control unit 32. The data, route name, and station name information are output to the control unit 32.

[Operation of position / route converter: Fig. 3]
Next, the operation of the position / route conversion device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a process flowchart of the control unit in the position / route conversion device of the present apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the position information e from the input unit 31 is input, the control unit 32 of the position / route conversion device 3 starts processing, searches the dictionary unit 34, and approximates the position information e. The position sample data to be extracted is extracted (S1).

The control unit 32 specifies a route name from the extracted position sample data (S2), and further refers to the dictionary unit 34 to determine whether there is a station name corresponding to the position sample data (S3).
In the determination process S3, when there is a station name (in the case of Yes), the position sample data, the route name, and the station name are output to the route storage device 4 (S4).
In the determination process S3, when there is no station name (in the case of No), the position sample data and the route name are output to the route storage device 4 (S5), and the process is terminated.

[Effect of the embodiment]
According to the present apparatus, it is possible to realize an appropriate fare calculation according to the route by recording the route on the way.
Further, according to the present apparatus, there is an effect that it is possible to realize a fare calculation according to the route without making a huge capital investment.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is suitable for a transit route recording type settlement apparatus that does not require a large-scale facility and that can record an intermediate route and calculate an appropriate fare according to the transit route.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a route / route recording settlement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the position / route conversion device of this device. It is a process flowchart of the control part in the position and route conversion apparatus of this apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Non-contact IC module, 2 ... Position information receiving device, 3 ... Position / route conversion device, 4 ... Route storage device, 5 ... Control device, 31 ... Input part, 32 ... Control part, 33 ... Output part, 34 ... Dictionary part

Claims (1)

A non-contact IC module that wirelessly receives and stores information on the entrance station from the ticket gate device when entering the ticket gate, and wirelessly transmits the information on the entrance station to the ticket gate device when entering the ticket gate,
A position information receiving device that acquires position information from GPS information by a reception start signal;
A position / route conversion device for determining a route based on the acquired position information and outputting the route information;
A route storage device for storing the route information in time series;
When the information of the input station is wirelessly received, a reception start signal is output to the location information receiving device, the location information input from the location information receiving device is output to the location / route conversion device, and the route is stored from the route storage device. A control device that inputs information in time series, generates route specifying information based on the route information, and outputs the information to the non-contact IC module;
The route record type checkout device, wherein the non-contact IC module wirelessly transmits the information of the station to be stored and the route specifying information to the ticket gate device at the time of participation.

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