JP3044925B2 - Card type entrance processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus which uses a magnetic card or the like to perform entrance processing at, for example, an exposition, a theme park, a game facility, or the like. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as is well known, this kind of admission processing includes, for example, an admission ticket that enables only one admission by hand processing, and an effective ticket such as two or three days after the first admission date. A two-day ticket, a three-day ticket, a ticket with an expiration date such as a session, a coupon ticket that allows a predetermined number of entrances, and the like are used.

Recently, entry processing using a magnetic card has begun to be performed. However, in the conventional entry processing using a magnetic card, when entering the system once, the card entry is memorized and the second and subsequent times are invalidated. I was

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional entry processing using a magnetic card, only the processing of invalidating the card after entering once is performed, and the power saving effect is not sufficient. For this reason, processing of cards equivalent to 2-day tickets, 3-day tickets, etc., processing of cards with an expiration date, processing of cards equivalent to coupon tickets, etc. by the same processing equipment is desired.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a card-type entrance processing apparatus capable of performing such various kinds of entrance processing.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a card-type entrance processing apparatus according to claim 1 writes a date (111 or the like) on a card (a magnetic card 1 or the like) brought by a visitor. A first area for entering, a second area for writing entry data indicating whether or not entry has been made (such as an entry flag 112), and a third area for writing the number of valid days after the first entry date (such as 113). An area and a fourth area for writing the number of times of entry (114 and the like) are provided, and a card reader / writer (22 and the like) for reading and writing the card and a clock (24 and the like) are provided.
And the like, and a judgment result output means (judgment lamp 26 etc.) for outputting the admission judgment result, and based on the insertion of the card into the card reader / writer, the data content of each area in the card 1st entry process that allows only one entry, 2nd entry process that allows entry within the number of valid days after the first entry date, 1
Either third admission processing that allows only one admission or fourth admission processing that allows admission for the permitted number of times
One or a plurality of combinations of entry processing are performed, and the admission of the card is output to the determination result output means.

In the card-type entrance processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the card-type entrance processing apparatus according to the first aspect is configured such that:
In the admission process, based on the first insertion of the card into which the number of times of possible entry is once written in the fourth area in advance into the card reader / writer, at least the number of times of possible entry in the fourth area is determined. 1 is subtracted and the admission permission is output to the judgment result output means, and the card reader
Based on the insertion into the writer after the second time, the absence of the number of times of entry is determined, and the entry result is output to the determination result output means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card type entrance processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein in the second entrance processing, an effective number of days is previously stored in the third area. Based on the first insertion of the written card into the card reader / writer, at least the date of the entry in the first area is written, and entry permission is output to the determination result output means, Based on the second and subsequent insertions into the card reader / writer, the number of effective days in which the current date indicated by the clock is written in the third area from the date of entry written in the first area If it is within the range, entry is permitted, otherwise entry / non-entry is output to the determination result output means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the card-type entrance processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the card-type entrance processing apparatus may be arranged in advance in the third area in the first area. Based on the first insertion of the card into which the expiration date is written and the number of times of entry permitted once in the fourth area is inserted into the card reader / writer,
If the current date indicated by the clock is within the date of the expiration date written in the first area, at least 1 is subtracted from the number of times that the fourth area can enter, and the entry to the determination result output means is made. OK is output, based on the insertion of the card into the card reader / writer for the second time or later, the absence of the possible number of entries is determined, and the entry result is output to the determination result output means. I do.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the card-type entrance processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the card-type entrance processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects is configured such that the fourth entrance processing is performed in advance in the fourth area. Each time a card in which a predetermined number of times of entry is written is inserted into the card reader / writer, 1 is subtracted from at least the number of times of entry in the fourth area, and the number of times of entry becomes zero. Up to this point, the admission permission is output to the judgment result output means.

[0011]

[Function] An area for storing the date of entry or expiration date on the data format of the card brought by the visitor for entry, an area for storing whether or not the entry has been made once,
An area for storing the number of valid days, such as a two-day ticket, and an area for storing the number of valid times of entry are provided. In addition to the processing equivalent to a normal admission ticket that allows entry only once by the same admission processing device, Processing equivalent to a day ticket, three-day ticket, etc., processing of a card with an expiration date, processing equivalent to a coupon, and the like are performed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram as one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a magnetic card which is purchased and brought in by a visitor in advance, and 2 denotes an entrance processing device provided at the entrance of the entrance facility. In addition, in the entrance processing apparatus 2, reference numeral 21 denotes an arithmetic unit which is a main control unit;
Is a card reader / writer which supplies the read contents of the inserted magnetic card 1 to the arithmetic unit 21 and writes data provided from the arithmetic unit 21 into the magnetic card 1, 23 is a memory belonging to the arithmetic unit 21, and 24 is a year. A clock for notifying the arithmetic unit 21 of the present time including the date is indicated by a judgment lamp 26 for displaying a result of judging whether the admission is possible by reading the card of the arithmetic unit 21.

FIG. 1 shows a data format of a magnetic card according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a magnetic area in the magnetic card 1 where data of the following 111 to 114 are written. That is, 111 is the date of entry or the date of expiration (in the case of a card with an expiration date) written in this area, 112 is an entry completed flag indicating whether or not entry has been performed once, and 113 is the same. Number of valid days indicating how many days are valid from the day of first entry (however, in this example, if the value of the valid days is n, it is assumed that a value of n-1 is written. Therefore, 1 is used for a card equivalent to a two-day ticket. , 2 is written on a card equivalent to a 3-day ticket),
Also, 114 indicates the number of times that entry is possible, indicating the number of times of entry (therefore, in this example, in the case of a card equivalent to a coupon, the number is written, and "1" is written in a card other than the card equivalent to a coupon. Is rare).

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure (of the arithmetic unit 21) of the entrance processing apparatus 2 as an embodiment of the present invention, and S0 to S17 show steps in the same figure. The procedure shown in FIG. 2 includes a card that can be entered only once, a card that can be entered once during the expiration date, a card that is valid for several days from the date of entry, and a card that can be entered a predetermined number of times. All processes are shown.

Next, FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. (1) In the case of a card that can be entered only once (normal card): In the normal card, no data is written in the magnetic area 11 except that “1” is written in the number of times of entry 114 in the magnetic area 11 initially. Since it is not rare, based on the first insertion of the magnetic card 1 into the card reader / writer 22, (S0 → S1,
First, the entry completed flag 112 is written (S).
2) Then, referring to the clock 24, the admission date (current date)
111 is written (S7, no branch → S3), and “1” is further subtracted from the count data 114 to obtain OK (OK1).
The judgment lamp 26 indicating this is turned on (S4, branch existence → S5 → S6).

In the case of the second or subsequent card insertion (S0),
The entry completed flag 112 and the entry date 111 have already been written (S1, branch → S11, branch → S12, no branch), and since there is no count data 114, it is determined as NG (NG4) (S13, branch N). The entry lamp 26 is turned on. (2) In the case of a card that can be entered once during the expiration date: If the event can be entered only for a certain period, the date 111 of the last day of the event is written in the card in advance. Therefore, at the time of the first entry, after writing the entry completed flag 112 (S0 to S2), the date data 111 and the clock 24
Are compared (S7 → S8). If the date data is later than the current date (S8, branch N), the count data 1
14 is subtracted from "1" (S9), and is set as OK (OK2) (S10). If it has passed (S8, branch Y), NG
(NG2).

From the second time onward, since the entry completed flag 112 and the date data 111 are present and the other data 113 and 114 are not present (S0 → S11-S13, branch N), NG (NG)
4). (3) Card valid for several days from the day of admission (2-day ticket,
In the case of a three-day ticket or the like: For a two-day ticket or the like, data indicating the number of valid days (for example, “1” for a two-day ticket and “2” for a three-day ticket) is written in advance in an area of valid days 113. Shall be.
In this case, upon the first entry, the same processing as for a normal card is performed. After the second time, the entry flag 112 and the date data 111 are present, and then it is checked whether or not the valid days data 113 is present (S0 → S1 → S11 → S12).
In this case, since it exists (S12, with branch), the date obtained by adding the number of effective days to the date data is compared with the current date (S12).
16) If the former is later than the current date (branch Y), OK (OK4) is determined (S17), and if it has passed (S16, branch N), NG (NG3) is determined.

(4) In the case of a card that can be entered a predetermined number of times (card equivalent to a coupon): For a card equivalent to a coupon,
The count data is written in advance in the number-of-entries count area 114, and the same processing as a normal card is performed for the first entry. In this case, the count data 114 is subtracted (-1). After the second time, it is determined that the number of times is present (S0
→ S1 → S11 to S13), while the number of times remains (S
13, branch Y), and subtracts the count data 114 (S1
4) OK (OK3), and if the number of times 114 is “0” (S13, branch N), NG (NG4).

[0019]

According to the present invention, an area for storing the date of entry or expiration date is stored in the data format of the card which the visitor brings for entry, and an area for storing whether or not the user has entered once. An area for storing the number of valid days, such as a two-day ticket, and an area for storing the number of valid times of entry are provided. In addition to the processing equivalent to a normal admission ticket that allows entry only once by the same admission processing device, Processing equivalent to a day ticket, 3-day ticket, etc., processing of a card with an expiration date, processing equivalent to a coupon, etc. are performed, so that various cards can be issued and operated in the entrance processing of amusement facilities and the like. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a data format of a magnetic card as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the entrance processing device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the entrance processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Magnetic card 2 Entrance processing device 11 Magnetic area 21 Computing device 22 Card reader / writer 23 Memory 24 Clock 26 Judgment lamp 111 Entrance or expiration date 112 Entrance completed flag 113 Valid days 114 Number of possible entries

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first area for writing a date, a second area for writing entered data indicating whether or not entry has been made, a third area for writing the number of valid days since the first entry date, A card provided with a fourth area for writing a possible number of times, a card reader / writer for reading and writing the card, a clock, and a determination result output unit for outputting an entry availability determination result; First entry processing that enables only one entry according to the data content of each area in the card based on the insertion of the card into the writer, entry within the number of valid days after the first entry date Either one of a second entry process that allows, a third entry process that allows entry only once within the expiration date, and a fourth entry process that allows entry by the permitted number of times or Perform entry processing for multiple combinations and Card-type entry processing unit and outputting the admission whether related to the determination result output unit. 2. The card reader / writer according to claim 1, wherein in the first admission process, the card reader / writer of the card in which one possible admission is written in the fourth area in advance. Based on the first insertion into the fourth area, at least 1 is subtracted from the number of times the fourth area can enter, and the entry is output to the determination result output means, and the card is inserted into the card reader / writer for the second time and thereafter. A card-type entrance processing device, which determines whether or not the number of times of entry is possible based on the insertion of the entry and outputs whether or not to enter the decision result output means. 3. The card-type entrance processing device according to claim 1, wherein in the second entrance processing, the card reader / card of a card in which the number of valid days is written in the third area in advance. Based on the first insertion into the writer, at least the date of the entry in the first area is written and the entry result is output to the determination result output means, and the card is inserted into the card reader / writer for the second time or later. When the current date indicated by the clock is within the range of the number of valid days written in the third area from the date of entry written in the first area based on the insertion of Otherwise, the card type entrance processing device outputs the admission information to the judgment result output means. 4. The card-type entrance processing device according to claim 1, wherein an expiration date is written in advance in said first area in said third entrance processing, and The present date indicated by the clock is written in the first area based on the first insertion of the card in which the number of times of entry is allowed once in the fourth area into the card reader / writer. If it is within the expiration date, at least 1 is subtracted from the number of times of entry in the fourth area, and the entry result is output to the determination result output means, and the card is read into the card reader / writer for the second time. A card-type entrance processing apparatus, which determines whether or not the number of times of admission is possible based on subsequent insertion and outputs whether or not to enter the judgment result output means. 5. The card-type entrance processing device according to claim 1, wherein in the fourth entrance processing, a predetermined plurality of possible times of entry is previously written in the fourth area. Each time the inserted card is inserted into the card reader / writer, at least 1
, And outputs the admission permission to the determination result output means until the number of times of admission becomes zero.