JP3040875B2 - Ticket gate system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for managing facilities using a ticket when providing facilities such as railways and various services, and identifying identification information that can distinguish a user who owns the ticket or the ticket itself from others. Use the method of recording on a ticket and confirming that the payment has already been made with the identification information and that the use of the facility is permitted for a certain period of time, or using the payment of the payment by totaling the usage record based on the identification information This is related to a ticket gate system of a type required by a person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent development of automatic ticket gates and various high-performance cards that can be used as tickets, for example, in the case of a railway, a ticket until reaching a destination is purchased each time as in the conventional case. Instead of using it, hold a ticket in a form that identifies the individual by signing a contract with the railway operator and put the ticket into the ticket gate when using it, or if it is a contactless ticket gate Permission to pass through a ticket gate by performing an operation such as approaching, or recording identification information as a use record in a ticket gate, the railway operator collects the record at a counting center, and for a certain period of time, for example, every one month By summing up, a new ticket gate system that demands consideration of the fare and the like to be paid by the user is being used or studied. In addition, even if it is not such a post-payment system, the use of a certain facility is permitted for a certain period of time by paying in advance, and as a method of indicating the permission, a ticket with information identifying the individual who made the payment, etc. It is common practice to confirm with a device and permit use of the facility.

[0003] Such a ticket gate system is very convenient for users, as long as they have one ticket for identifying an individual, they can freely pass through the ticket gate. However, if a person other than the original owner uses it maliciously due to loss, theft, or forgery, there is a problem that the damage may be large. It is also anticipated that even if the owner himself is legitimate, he may want to revoke the ticket because he has become insolvent. In order to prevent the use of such a specific ticket, it must be possible to determine that the ticket corresponds to a place where a ticket is actually used, such as a ticket gate. In the case of a credit card, which is a similar service, a terminal device for inquiring credit information and the like is installed at a store or the like where the card is used, and a center managing related information via the terminal device is connected to a center. Inquiries prevent fraud. In the use of a credit card at a store or the like, there is ample time for payment to be made, and the user can be made to wait until a response is returned from the center. However, in the case of ticket gates such as railways, legitimate users must pass through as quickly as possible, and with existing technology, it is not possible in time to contact the center every time each user passes. Can be

[0004] As a method of solving these problems, there is a method of distributing all identification information of a ticket to be invalidated to all ticket gates in the system and performing a check. This method can be used without any problem when the number of tickets to be invalidated is relatively small, but as the system expands and the number of invalidated tickets increases, the storage capacity for retaining the identification information in the ticket gate system increases. And the processing time for distributing the identification information to the ticket gate device increases, and the efficiency of the entire system decreases. Further, comparing every user passing through the ticket gate to see if it matches an invalid ticket in the system would unnecessarily increase the processing time per person, and the original There is a possibility that the function of quickly passing the user, which is the role, is impaired.

[0005]

The problem to be solved is to prevent the processing time from being reduced by comparing the identification information of all the invalid tickets of the system each time a user passes through the ticket gate. An object of the present invention is to efficiently prevent illegal use of a ticket as a whole system, despite limiting identification information to be used.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the ticket gate device transmits identification information of a ticket passing through the ticket gate device to the counting center at regular time intervals, for example, after one day of operation. Then, by comparing with the list of invalid tickets managed by the center side, and distributing a checklist consisting of the identification information of the ticket to be prevented from being used afterwards to each ticket gate, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use of the ticket. The most important feature. When distributing the checklist to each ticket gate device, it is expected that the ticket will be distributed to the ticket gate device where the ticket was used, which is likely to be used again, as well as from the past usage situation It is also possible to distribute to the ticket gate device. When it becomes clear that the lost ticket should be removed from the list, for example, because it has already been collected, a command to delete the ticket is issued to the ticket gate at the next distribution. It is also possible to use a management method in which the ticket gate device itself automatically deletes it under certain conditions, for example, when the validity of the ticket itself expires, or when the ticket in the list does not pass within a certain period.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is a problem that the passage cannot be prevented for the first time an invalid ticket is used, and there is a possibility that some damage may occur. Is transmitted and the checklist is distributed from the center, it can be surely blocked if the distributed ticket gate uses the ticket of the corresponding identification number. Generally, it is considered that there is a high possibility that the ticket gate will be used again in the ticket gate used for the first time. Therefore, it is not only distributed to the ticket gate, but also other ticket gates which are likely to be estimated from the use information. Can increase efficiency. Also, by increasing the number of communications with the central device, after being used in the ticket gate at the entrance of a certain station in the case of railway,
There is a possibility that distribution will take place before reaching the ticket gate at the exit of another station, which can be blocked. Conversely, reports of loss have been issued, but those that are not actually used are not subject to checks in the ticket gate. As described above, since the check method according to the actual use situation can be adopted, the list of tickets to be checked when each ticket gate is checked is limited to a size that does not reduce the processing speed of the ticket gate. As a result, necessary processing can be performed without affecting the transit time of the user. Although the number is limited, the identification numbers on this list are determined based on the actual usage status, and can be expected to be checked with high probability.
If the number of invalid tickets in the entire system is smaller than the upper limit defined by the processing capacity of the ticket gate, it is of course possible to check all of them.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention in the case of a railway will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a main configuration of a system according to the present invention. The computer 12 of the counting center is a terminal device 13, a computer 14 of a financial institution or the like, and a ticket gate device 15 (a plurality of ticket gate devices exist. Actually, each of the stations is provided. May be connected.) The computer 12 of the aggregation center has a management database 16 for managing contractors, and a terminal device 13
The content is updated and managed in accordance with the contractor information 131 from. The actual ticket use information 151 is sent from the ticket gate device 15. This record is also totaled for each user and stored in the management database 16. Payment information 141 is exchanged with a computer 14 such as a financial institution. The identification number of the ticket whose use is to be stopped in the operation of the system is determined from the invalidation report information 132 such as cancellation, loss, or theft of the contract from the terminal device 13 and the payment information 141 from the computer 14 such as a financial institution. May be determined by notification of the occurrence of insolvency obtained from The computer 12 of the counting center creates and manages the invalid ticket list 17 from these. The ticket gate 15 of each station transmits the ticket use information 151 at regular intervals. The computer 12 of the counting center updates the management database 16 using the information, performs a comparison process with the invalid ticket list 17, and creates a checklist 152 to be transmitted to each ticket gate device. The checklist 152 may be created separately according to the actual use situation and the characteristics of the railway line, or may be a list common to all the ticket gates. The checklist 152 is transmitted to each ticket gate device, and thereafter, each ticket gate device 15 performs a process as to whether or not the ticket should be blocked. At this time, the configuration of the check list 152 may be a configuration in which all identification numbers are described each time, or a configuration in which a configuration to be newly added and a configuration to be deleted from the list may be designated.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the flow of processing for each ticket of the ticket gate device 15. First, in step a, necessary information is read from a ticket. Next, in step b, the type of the ticket is determined from the read information. If the ticket is not of the type according to the present invention, the process is performed in step c as a general ticket. This is, for example, a determination as to whether the route and the section of the commuter pass are correct. If it is a ticket of the type according to the invention, it is determined in step d whether the ticket is included in the checklist 152. If included,
In step e, necessary processing such as prevention of the passage of the holder is performed. If not included, in step f, information that the ticket has passed is recorded in a predetermined storage medium along with the time. This information is transmitted as the usage information 151 to the computer 12 of the counting center at regular time intervals.

[0010]

As described above, the ticket gate system of the present invention updates the list of tickets that should be blocked from passing for unauthorized use in each ticket gate device according to the result of use, thereby ensuring legitimate users. A ticket gate system that can efficiently determine tickets that should be blocked due to unauthorized use, etc. without hindering smooth passage of tickets, and receive payment based on the use record using the user's identification number Solve existing problems and contribute to their realization.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of a ticket gate system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a flowchart of a process performed by the ticket gate device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Computing Center 12 Computing Center Computer 13 Terminal Device 131 Contractor Information 132 Invalidation Information 14 Computers of Financial Institutions 141 Payment Information 15 Ticket Gate 151 Usage Information 152 Checklist 16 Management Database 17 Invalid Ticket List

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-52-26300 (JP, A) JP-A-1-250187 (JP, A) JP-A-5-182039 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int .Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 11/00-17/04 G06F 19/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket recording information for identifying an individual, or a ticket recording identification information that can be distinguished from other tickets of the same type as a ticket itself, using a ticket gate of a railway station or transportation, or a ticket The identification information is given to the ticket gate installed at the entrance of the facility that can be entered by presenting
Confirm that the operator of the railway or transportation facility that has obtained the fee has given permission to use the facility in advance, or collects its identification information and provides the user with fares and charges . in the ticket gate system of method of claim consideration, theft, loss, as a means to prevent the ticket to be invalid payment non ability is used, as the utilization means pass recording in each automatic ticket gate tickets, each ticket The pass record at the ticket gate is transmitted to the tabulation center as usage information, and when a ticket having identification information to be invalidated is found in the usage information transmitted from the ticket gate at the center, the identification information is used. By delivering the ticket to the ticket gate where the ticket was used or the ticket is assumed to be used,
A ticket gate system, wherein when the invalid ticket is used after the delivery, the ticket gate device blocks traffic.