JP2015176201A - Ticket inspection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To readily install a ticket inspection system, which assists in inspecting tickets at a facility which can be utilized by subscription, without the necessity of large-scale construction work.SOLUTION: A ticket inspection system 1 includes a beacon originator 2 that is disposed in a facility, which can be utilized by subscription, and originates a unique ID 21, a handheld terminal 3 that receives the unique ID 21 and preserves an electronic ticket which is employed in the facility, and a server 5 that is connected to the handheld terminal 3 over a network. According to the configuration, the unique ID 21 originated from the beacon originator 2 is wirelessly received by the handheld terminal 3, and the unique ID 21 and information on the electronic ticket preserved in the handheld terminal 3 are wirelessly transmitted to the server 5. Thus, ticket inspection is performed. Therefore, the ticket inspection system 1 can be readily installed without the necessity of large-scale construction work.

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket checking system that supports ticket checking in a reservation facility.

  In order to use reserved facilities, for example, reserved seats on limited express trains such as the Shinkansen, it is necessary to obtain permission to use the seats by receiving a ticket check on the limited express ticket with the reserved seat number. This check is generally made by the conductor speaking to each passenger and confirming the passenger's express ticket. However, with such a ticket checking method, it is necessary for the conductor to visit all passengers, so the burden on the conductor is heavy and, for example, the ticket cannot be checked when the passenger is out of seat or sleeping. Sometimes. In addition, since passengers do not know the ticket checking time, free actions are restricted, and there are troubles such as giving an express ticket to the conductor at the time of ticket checking.

  Therefore, as a system for performing the ticket check by the passenger himself without receiving the ticket check by the conductor, there is known a system in which a ticket reader for reading an electronic ticket is provided on the armrest or the headrest of the seat and the ticket check is performed by the passenger himself (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-293072 A

  However, in the system as described above, since it is necessary to provide a ticket reader for all seats, a large-scale construction is required for introducing the system. In addition, the Shinkansen seats, which are common express trains in Japan, are rotatable so that their orientation can be changed depending on the direction of travel of the Shinkansen, so the electrical wiring to the ticket reader is disconnected even if the seats are rotated. Installation is difficult because it is necessary to avoid it.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a ticket checking system that can be easily provided without requiring a large-scale construction.

  The ticket inspection system of the present invention includes a beacon transmitter that is provided in a reservation facility and transmits a unique ID, a portable terminal that receives the unique ID and holds an electronic ticket used in the facility, the portable terminal, and a network A server connected to the portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal has a communication unit that transmits information about the unique ID and the electronic ticket received from the beacon transmitter to the server. If the combination information of the unique ID and the electronic ticket received from the portable terminal is the same as that stored in the ticket database The ticket database indicates a check-in flag indicating that a check-in has been made. And if the combination information does not match that stored in the ticket database, an erroneous check-in flag indicating that an erroneous check-in has been made is recorded in the ticket database, and the combination information is stored in the ticket database. An unchecked-in flag indicating that the check-in has not been completed is recorded in the ticket database when it has not been collated with that stored in the database.

  The server preferably notifies the mobile terminal that the check-in flag and the erroneous check-in flag are recorded in the ticket database.

  The portable terminal includes a ticket-checking terminal that manages the ticket-checking state, and when the server determines a seat for each electronic ticket in the facility, the check-in flag is displayed on a map indicating the seat for each electronic ticket. And it is preferable to transmit to the ticket checking terminal a display in which the presence or absence of the erroneous check-in flag is superimposed.

  The beacon transmitter is composed of a wide-area beacon transmitter that transmits a unique ID in a relatively wide range and a narrow-area beacon transmitter that transmits a unique ID in a relatively narrow range, and the wide-area beacon transmitter And a unique ID transmitted from each of the narrow-area beacon transmitters, respectively, is combined with the electronic ticket, and for each combination of the unique ID and the electronic ticket, the check-in flag, the erroneous check-in flag, and the Preferably, an unchecked flag is recorded.

  The wide-area beacon transmitter is configured by a radio beacon transmitter that transmits a radio signal as a communication medium, and the narrow-area beacon transmitter is configured by a visible light beacon transmitter that transmits a visible light signal as a communication medium. It is preferable.

  It is preferable that a digit changing in the unique ID transmitted from the wide-area beacon transmitter and a digit changing in the unique ID transmitted from the narrow-area beacon transmitter are different from each other.

  According to the present invention, the unique ID transmitted from the beacon transmitter is wirelessly received by the portable terminal, and the unique ID and the information of the electronic ticket held in the portable terminal are wirelessly transmitted to the server to perform the ticket check. . Therefore, a billing system can be easily provided without requiring extensive construction.

The figure which shows the structure of the ticket inspection system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the visible light beacon transmitter which comprises the said ticket inspection system. The figure which shows the hierarchical structure of the unique ID transmitted from the beacon transmitter which comprises the said ticket check system. The figure which shows the structure of the said unique ID. The block diagram of the smart phone which comprises the said ticket check system. The figure which shows the structure of the electronic ticket hold | maintained at the said smart phone. The block diagram of the ticket-checking terminal which comprises the said ticket-checking system. The block diagram of the server which comprises the said ticket inspection system. The figure which shows the content of the ticket database which comprises the said server. The figure which shows an example of the ticket inspection screen displayed on the said ticket inspection terminal. The figure which shows an example of the input screen at the time of the manual mode displayed on the said ticket-checking terminal. The sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the said beacon transmitter, a smart phone, and a server. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the said smart phone. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the server in communication with the said smart phone. The sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the said beacon transmitter, a ticket checking terminal, and a server. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the said ticket checking terminal. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the server in communication with the said ticket-checking terminal.

  A ticket inspection system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket checking system 1 is connected via a beacon transmitter 2 that transmits a unique ID 21 (indicated by a broken line arrow), a mobile terminal 3 that receives the unique ID 21, and a mobile terminal 3 via a network 4. Server 5. The unique ID 21 is a unique number that is different for each beacon transmitter 2 and includes, for example, a MAC address or a ubiquitous ID determined by a ubiquitous ID center. The beacon transmitter 2 is provided in a reservation facility. In this embodiment, the beacon transmitter 2 is provided in the vehicle C of the Shinkansen BT and the station ST of the Shinkansen BT. The vehicle C is provided with a seat S, and in the illustrated example, two seats S1 and S2 provided on the vehicle C1 and two seats S3 and S4 provided on the vehicle C2 are shown. The mobile terminal 3 includes a smartphone 6 held by a passenger using the Shinkansen BT, and a ticket checking terminal 7 held by the conductor of the Shinkansen BT for managing the ticket checking state. The portable terminal 3 held by the passenger is not limited to the smartphone 6 and may be a tablet terminal, a PDA, or the like.

  The beacon transmitter 2 includes a beacon transmitter 22 provided in the automatic ticket gate G of the station ST, a beacon transmitter 23 provided on the ceiling of the platform H of the station ST, and a beacon transmitter provided for each vehicle C. 24 and a beacon transmitter 25 provided for each seat S. In the illustrated example, the beacon transmitter 24 includes a beacon transmitter 24a provided at the center of the ceiling surface inside the vehicle C1, and a beacon transmitter 24b provided at the center of the ceiling surface inside the vehicle C2. Further, the beacon transmitter 25 is a beacon transmitter provided on the ceiling surface directly above the seats S1 and S2 of the vehicle C1 and a beacon transmitter provided on the ceiling surface directly above the seats S3 and S4 of the vehicle C2. Machine 25c, 25d.

  The beacon transmitters 22 to 24 are configured by a wide-area beacon transmitter that transmits a unique ID 21 in a relatively wide range. In the present embodiment, the beacon transmitters 22 to 24 are configured by a radio beacon transmitter that transmits a radio signal as a communication medium. . On the other hand, the beacon transmitter 25 is configured by a narrow-area beacon transmitter that transmits a unique ID 21 in a relatively narrow range. In the present embodiment, the beacon transmitter 25 is configured by a visible light beacon transmitter that transmits a visible light signal as a communication medium. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the beacon transmitter 25 (visible light beacon transmitter) is configured by a lighting fixture having a light source 26 and a lighting circuit 27 that controls lighting of the light source 26. Moreover, this lighting fixture (beacon transmitter 25) includes an ID storage unit 28 that stores the unique ID 21, a superimposing unit 29 that controls the operation of the lighting circuit 27 and superimposes the unique ID 21 on the light emitted from the light source 26, Have

  The light source 26 is configured by an illumination light source capable of visible light communication, and is configured by, for example, an LED, an organic EL, or a fluorescent lamp. The lighting circuit 27 modulates the light output of the light source 26 by a method such as pulse modulation or frequency modulation so that the passenger does not feel the light modulation. The ID storage unit 28 includes a writable memory such as a flash memory. The superimposing unit 29 is configured by a microcomputer or the like, and repeatedly outputs the unique ID 21 as visible light. Such a lighting fixture can also be configured by additionally installing an ID storage unit 28 and a superposition unit 29 in an existing lighting fixture.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the beacon transmitters 22 to 25 are layered according to their installation locations. In the illustrated example, the beacon transmitter 22 is level 0, the beacon transmitter 23 is level 1, the beacon transmitters 24a and 24b are level 2, and the beacon transmitters 25a to 25d are level 3. The beacon transmitters 22 and 23 transmit unique ID-0 and unique ID-1 as the unique ID 21, respectively. The beacon transmitters 24a and 24b transmit unique ID-2 and unique ID-3 as the unique ID 21, respectively. The beacon transmitters 25a to 25d transmit unique ID-4 to unique ID-7 as the unique ID 21, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the unique ID 21 includes a level 0 unique ID portion, a level 1 unique ID portion, a level 2 unique ID portion, and a level 3 unique ID portion. The unique ID of each level is 32 bits, and the unique ID 21 as a whole is 128 bits.

  The unique ID-0 has a specific level 0 unique ID, and the unique IDs of levels 1 to 3 are “0”. The unique ID-1 has the same level 0 unique ID as the unique ID-0 and a specific level 1 unique ID, and the unique IDs of the levels 2 and 3 are “0”. The unique IDs 2 and 3 have the same level 0 unique ID as the unique ID-0, the same level 1 unique ID as the unique ID-1, and the specific level 2 unique ID. It is “0”. The unique IDs 4 and 5 are the same level 0 unique ID as the unique ID-0, the same level 1 unique ID as the unique ID-1, the same level 2 unique ID as the unique ID-2, and the specific level 3 unique ID. And having. Unique IDs 6 and 7 are the same level 0 unique ID as the unique ID-0, the same level 1 unique ID as the unique ID-1, the same level 2 unique ID as the unique ID-3, and the specific level 3 unique ID. And having. As described above, the unique ID 21 has a hierarchical structure, and the digit in which the unique ID 21 varies according to the levels 0 to 3, so that the management and processing of the unique ID 21 can be facilitated.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the smartphone 6 includes an ID receiving unit 61 that receives the unique ID 21 from the beacon transmitter 2, a storage unit 63 that stores information on an electronic ticket 62 for boarding the Shinkansen BT, and a server 5. And a communication unit 64 for performing data communication with. In addition, the smartphone 6 includes a control unit 65 that controls operations of the units 61 to 64 of the smartphone 6 described above. When the ID receiving unit 61 receives the unique ID 21, the control unit 65 combines the unique ID 21 and information on the electronic ticket 62 and transmits the combined information to the server 5 from the communication unit 64. Here, for example, in the vehicle C of the Shinkansen BT, the smartphone 6 receives both the unique ID 21 from the beacon transmitter 24 that is level 2 and the unique ID 21 from the beacon transmitter 25 that is level 3. . In such a case, the smartphone 6 is configured to preferentially adopt the unique ID 21 transmitted from the lower level beacon transmitter 2 and transmit the unique ID 21 to the server 5.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the electronic ticket 62 includes information on a ticket ID indicating a ticket attribute, a user ID indicating a user attribute, a validity period of the electronic ticket 62, and seat information indicating a seat position on the Shinkansen BT. Including. The ticket ID is information for specifying the Shinkansen BT to be boarded, and the user ID is information for specifying the purchaser of the electronic ticket 62. The validity period and the seat information are also stored in the ticket database 52 of the server 5 described later, and therefore do not necessarily need to be included in the electronic ticket 62.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the ticket checking terminal 7 includes an ID receiving unit 71 that receives a unique ID 21 from the beacon transmitter 2, a storage unit 73 that stores a conductor ID 72 for identifying a conductor, and a server 5. And a communication unit 74 for performing data communication. The ticket checking terminal 7 includes an input unit 75 that receives input of the conductor ID 72 and the like, a display 76 that displays data input to the input unit 75 and data received from the server 5, and each unit 71 to 71 of the ticket checking terminal 7. And a control unit 77 for controlling the operation of 76.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the server 5 manages a communication unit 51 for performing data communication with the mobile terminal 3, a ticket database 52 that stores combination information of the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket 62, and the ticket database 52. And a management unit 53. The management unit 53 determines whether check-in is possible by comparing the combination information of the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket 62 stored in the ticket database 52 with the same combination information received from the smartphone 6. The server 5 also includes a control unit 54 that controls the operations of the communication unit 51 and the management unit 53. The server 5 may be a local server or a cloud server.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the ticket database 52 stores information for each electronic ticket 62 (indicated by entries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...). Here, the ticket ID, the user ID, the validity period, and the seat information are the same as those of the electronic ticket 62 described above. The unique ID indicates a unique ID 21 transmitted from the level 3 beacon transmitter 25 provided corresponding to the seat S specified by the seat information. The update date / time indicates the latest date / time when the information stored in the ticket database 52 and the information received from the smartphone 6 are collated.

  The flag indicates the check-in state of each entry. When the combination information of the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket 62 stored in the ticket database 52 matches the same combination information received from the smartphone 6, a check-in flag indicating that a correct check-in has been made is displayed in the ticket database. 52. The check-in flag is described as “1” in the figure. Further, as will be described later, when the check-in is further authenticated by the check by the conductor, a check completed flag indicating that the check has been completed is recorded in the ticket database 52. The ticket-checked flag is described as “2” in the figure. Further, when the combination information of the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket 62 received from the beacon transmitter 2 of level 0, 1 or 2 higher than level 3 is collated with the combination information of the ticket database 52, the higher level An upper check-in flag indicating that the check-in has been performed is recorded in the ticket database 52. The upper check-in flag is described as “3” in the figure. If the combination information in the ticket database 52 does not match the combination information received from the smartphone 6, an erroneous check-in flag indicating that an erroneous check-in has been made is recorded in the ticket database 52. The erroneous check-in flag is indicated as “9” in the illustrated example. Furthermore, when the combination information in the ticket database 52 has not been collated with the combination information from the smartphone 6, an unchecked-in flag indicating that check-in has not been completed is recorded in the ticket database 52. The unchecked-in flag is described as “0” in the figure.

  When the check-in flag and the erroneous check-in flag are recorded in the ticket database 52, the server 5 notifies the smartphone 6 to that effect. As a result, the passenger can confirm whether the check-in has been performed correctly.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the presence or absence of a check-in flag, a ticket-checked flag, a higher-level check-in flag, an erroneous check-in flag, and an unchecked-in flag is superimposed on a map (seat chart) showing the seat S of the Shinkansen BT This is transmitted from the server 5 to the ticket checking terminal 7. The ticket checking terminal 7 displays the received seating chart on the display 76. In the example, the check-in flag is a double circle, the checked flag is a circle with a cross, the upper check-in flag is a hatched circle, the erroneous check-in flag is a black circle, and the unchecked flag is a single circle It is shown. By doing in this way, the conductor can confirm the check-in state of the seat S at a glance.

  As will be described later, the seating chart as described above is configured to be automatically transmitted from the server 5 when the ticket checking terminal 7 moves to the vehicle C that performs the ticket checking. Then, it is called “automatic mode”. In response to this “automatic mode”, as shown in FIG. 11, the ticket checking terminal 7 manually inputs a specific seat S via the input unit 75 to display a seating chart around the seat “manual” Mode ".

  The operation of the ticket checking system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 12, when the electronic ticket 62 is purchased by performing registration and payment with the smartphone 6 (S1), the server 5 performs entry registration in the ticket database 52 based on the registered information (S2). Next, the server 5 transmits information on the electronic ticket 62 to the smartphone 6, and the smartphone 6 acquires the electronic ticket 62 (S3). When the passenger passes the automatic ticket gate G of the station ST (S4), the smartphone 6 receives the unique ID 21 from the level 0 beacon transmitter 22 provided in the automatic ticket gate G (S5). Information on the electronic ticket 62 is transmitted to the server 5. The server 5 updates the entry in the ticket database 52 based on the information received from the smartphone 6 (S6). Next, when the passenger arrives at the home H of the station ST (S7), the smartphone 6 receives the unique ID 21 from the level 1 beacon transmitter 23 provided in the home H (S8), and the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket are received. 62 information is transmitted to the server 5. The server 5 updates the entry in the ticket database 52 based on the information received from the smartphone 6 (S9). Next, when the passenger gets on the vehicle C on the bullet train BT (S10), the smartphone 6 receives the unique ID 21 from the level 2 beacon transmitter 24 provided on the vehicle C (S11), and the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket are received. 62 information is transmitted to the server 5. The server 5 updates the entry in the ticket database 52 based on the information received from the smartphone 6 (S12). Then, when the passenger sits on the seat S of the vehicle C (S13), the smartphone 6 receives the unique ID 21 from the level 3 beacon transmitter 25 provided corresponding to the seat S (S14), and the unique ID 21 And the information of the electronic ticket 62 are transmitted to the server 5. The server 5 updates the entry in the ticket database 52 based on the information received from the smartphone 6 (S15). As described above, the server 5 updates the entry data in the ticket database 52 every time the smartphone 6 receives the unique ID 21 from the beacon transmitter 2 at each level.

  As illustrated in FIG. 13, when the smartphone 6 receives the unique ID 21 (S16), and receives the unique ID 21 continuously for a certain period of time (Yes in S17), the smartphone 6 displays the information of the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket 62. It transmits to the server 5 (S18). At this time, the information transmission to the server 5 is preferably repeated every predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes).

  As shown in FIG. 14, when the server 5 receives the unique ID 21 and the electronic ticket 62 information from the smartphone 6 (S19), the server 5 searches for an entry corresponding to the ticket database 52 based on the information (S20). If there is a corresponding entry (Yes in S21), the server 5 updates the entry information (S22), and the received unique ID 21 is a beacon transmitter 22 whose end level is (level 3 in this embodiment). It is confirmed whether or not the message is transmitted from (S23). When the unique ID 21 is at the terminal level (Yes in S23), the server 5 checks whether the information received from the smartphone 6 matches the information stored in the ticket database 52 (S24). Then, if both pieces of information match each other (Yes in S24), the server 5 updates the entry with the flag set to “check-in” (S25). On the other hand, if the two pieces of information do not match (No in S24), the server 5 updates the entry with the flag “false check-in” (S26). In addition, when the unique ID 21 received from the smartphone 6 is not at the terminal level (No in S23), the server 5 updates the entry with the flag set as “upper check-in” (S27). Further, when there is no corresponding entry (No in S21), the server 5 processes the entry as “illegal check-in” (S28).

  Next, operations among the beacon transmitter 2, the ticket checking terminal 7, and the server 5 will be described with reference to FIG. When the conductor holding the ticket checking terminal 7 moves to the vehicle C performing the ticket checking (S29), the ticket checking terminal 7 receives the unique ID 21 from the beacon transmitter 24 of level 2 (S30), and the unique ID 21 and the conductor ID 72 Is transmitted to the server 5. Then, the server 5 displays the flag superimposed on the seating chart of the vehicle C (S31), and transmits the seating chart to the ticket checking terminal 7 (S32). Upon receipt of the seating chart, the ticket checking terminal 7 displays the seating chart on the display 76 (S33), and the conductor performs the ticket checking based on the displayed seating chart (S34). At this time, for example, if the passenger is sitting in the seat where the check-in flag is recorded, the conductor transmits an instruction to the server 5 so that the seat is checked (S35). Then, the server 5 receiving the instruction updates the entry of the corresponding ticket database 52 (S36). In this way, if the check-in by the passenger is performed correctly, the conductor can complete the ticket check without calling the passenger. As a result, the passenger can act freely such as taking a meal or taking a nap without worrying about the ticket check, and the conductor can promptly check the ticket.

  In addition, when a passenger is sitting in a seat where no check-in flag is recorded, there is a possibility that the smartphone 6 of the passenger has not received the unique ID 21, or that the passenger is not an electronic ticket 62 but a conventional paper ticket. The possibility of getting on the bus is considered. Therefore, the conductor speaks to such passengers and performs the conventional ticket checking. Furthermore, if a passenger is sitting in a seat where an erroneous check-in flag is recorded, there is a possibility that the passenger has made a mistake in the seat, so the conductor speaks to the passenger and confirms the electronic ticket 62. I do.

  FIG. 16 shows the operation of the ticket checking terminal 7 at the time of ticket checking. The ticket checking terminal 7 first determines whether or not to operate in the automatic mode (S37). When operating in the automatic mode (Yes in S37), the ticket checking terminal 7 receives the unique ID 21 from the level 2 beacon transmitter 24 provided in the vehicle C (S38), and receives the unique ID 21 and the conductor ID 72. It transmits to the server 5 (S39). Next, the ticket-checking terminal 7 requests the entry data and the seating chart of the ticket database 52 of the corresponding vehicle C from the server 5 (S40), receives from the server 5 that the flag is superimposed on the seating chart, and receives it. The ticket is output by the display 76 and checked (S41). If there is a new seat to check the ticket, without pressing the prosecution end button (No in S42), the ticket is entered (Yes in S43), and the ticket check result is transmitted to the server 5 (S44). On the other hand, when operating in the manual mode (Yes in S45), the ticket checking terminal 7 inputs the seat S of the vehicle C to be displayed by the input unit 75 (S46, see FIG. 11), and transmits the conductor ID 72 to the server 5. After obtaining authentication (S47), request entry data and seating chart of the ticket database 52 (S40). The subsequent operation is the same as in the automatic mode.

  FIG. 17 shows the operation of the server 5 at the time of ticket checking. Upon receiving the level 2 unique ID 21 and the conductor ID 72 from the ticket checking terminal 7 (S48), the server 5 authenticates the conductor ID 72 (S49). When the authentication is permitted (Yes in S49), the server 5 identifies the vehicle C to be checked based on the received unique ID 21 of level 2 (S50), and superimposes a flag on the seating chart of the vehicle C. The displayed one is transmitted to the ticket checking terminal 7 (S51). When the ticket checking by the ticket checking terminal 7 is completed, the server 5 receives the ticket checking result and the conductor ID 72 from the ticket checking terminal 7 (S52). When the conductor ID 72 is authenticated (Yes in S53), the server 5 updates the entry data in the ticket database 52 (S54).

  As described above, according to the ticket checking system 1 of the present embodiment, the unique ID 21 transmitted from the beacon transmitter 2 is wirelessly received by the mobile terminal 3, and the unique ID 21 and the information of the electronic ticket 62 are wirelessly transmitted to the server 5. The ticket is checked by sending. Further, the beacon transmitter 25 (visible light beacon transmitter) can be configured by incorporating the ID storage unit 28 and the superimposing unit 29 into an existing lighting fixture. Therefore, it is possible to easily provide the ticket checking system 1 without requiring a large-scale construction. Further, since the beacon transmitter 2 and the portable terminal 3 are wirelessly connected, even if the seat S is rotated on the Shinkansen BT, the ticket checking system 1 is not affected at all.

  Also, a radio wave beacon transmitter that performs a ticket check in a relatively wide area (for example, the entrance of the station ST or the platform H), a visible light beacon transmitter that performs a ticket check in a relatively small area (for example, the seat S), By combining, it is possible to efficiently perform step-by-step ticket inspection. Furthermore, since the passenger's whereabouts can be known from the reception position of the unique ID 21, in addition to the ticket check, for example, the ticket check system 1 can be used for searching for a meeting partner and analyzing the congestion situation.

  The ticket checking system according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the present ticket checking system can be used not only for Shinkansen but also for ticket checking for designated seats in concert venues, theaters, movie theaters, theme parks, and the like. The hierarchical structure of the unique ID is not limited to three levels, and may be one or two levels, or four or more levels.

1 Checking system 2, 22, 23, 24, 24a, 24b, 25, 25a to 25d Beacon transmitter 21 Unique ID
3 Mobile terminal 5 Server 52 Ticket database 62 Electronic ticket 7 Ticket checking terminal

Claims (6)

A beacon transmitter that is provided in a reservation-based facility and transmits a unique ID; a portable terminal that receives the unique ID and holds an electronic ticket used in the facility; and a server that is network-connected to the portable terminal. Prepared,
The portable terminal transmits information about the unique ID and the electronic ticket received from the beacon transmitter to the server,
The server has a ticket database storing combination information of the unique ID and the electronic ticket, and the combination information of the unique ID and the electronic ticket received from the portable terminal is stored in the ticket database. Is recorded in the ticket database, and if the combination information does not match that stored in the ticket database, an erroneous check-in is recorded. An incorrect check-in flag indicating that the check has been made is recorded in the ticket database, and if the combination information has not yet been collated with that stored in the ticket database, it indicates that check-in has not been completed. Check-in flag with the ticket Ticket inspector system and recording the database.   The ticket checking system according to claim 1, wherein the server notifies the portable terminal that the check-in flag and the erroneous check-in flag are recorded in the ticket database. The portable terminal includes a ticket checking terminal that manages a ticket checking state,
When the seat is determined for each electronic ticket in the facility, the server superimposes and displays the presence or absence of the check-in flag and the erroneous check-in flag on the map indicating the seat for each electronic ticket. The ticket checking system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ticket checking system transmits the information to a ticket checking terminal. The beacon transmitter is composed of a wide-area beacon transmitter that transmits a unique ID in a relatively wide range and a narrow-area beacon transmitter that transmits a unique ID in a relatively narrow range,
A unique ID transmitted from each of the wide-area beacon transmitter and the narrow-area beacon transmitter is combined with the electronic ticket, and the check-in flag and the error are combined for each combination of the unique ID and the electronic ticket. The ticket check system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a check-in flag and the unchecked-in flag are recorded. The wide-area beacon transmitter is composed of a radio beacon transmitter that transmits a radio signal as a communication medium,
5. The ticket inspection system according to claim 4, wherein the narrow-area beacon transmitter includes a visible light beacon transmitter that transmits a visible light signal as a communication medium.   5. The digit changing in the unique ID transmitted from the wide-area beacon transmitter and the digit changing in the unique ID transmitted from the narrow-area beacon transmitter are different from each other. Item 6. The ticket inspection system according to item 5.

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