JP3067280B2 - Gate system and gate device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is applied to a gate system such as an automatic ticket gate system including an automatic ticket gate installed at a station ticket gate and a commuter pass, and to this gate system.
Related to a gate device .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pass gate system such as an automatic ticket gate system at a station ticket gate or an entrance processing system at an amusement park, data is transmitted and received between a storage medium such as a commuter pass or an entrance ticket and a gate such as an automatic ticket gate. Done. In this case, the commuter pass or the like is inserted into the insertion slot of the automatic ticket gate, the inserted commuter pass is transported to the head provided in the automatic ticket gate, and the input / output section of the commuter ticket is brought into contact with the head. Data is sent and received. In addition, in order to simplify the handling of the storage medium in both cases, a non-contact area in which a communication area is formed near the gate so that data can be wirelessly transmitted and received to and from the storage medium presented in the communication area. Gate systems have also been proposed. In some cases, a voucher such as a commuter pass or a prepaid card is used as a storage medium applied to such a gate system. There is a case where a fixed amount such as a fee is deducted.

[0003]

However, some users who pass through the gate leave the gate without using the facilities in the hall after entering the gate and noticing the forgotten thing. In the gate system of the above, fees such as entrance fees collected at the time of entry to such users were not refunded. For this reason, the user must pay a fixed fee even if he or she does not use any facilities in the hall, forcing the user to pay irrational money and lowering the service. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to determine whether or not a user has used an internal facility or the like based on a time difference between the end of entrance processing at a gate and the start of exiting the gate. the so when exit without using can return the amounts levied at the time of admission, is applied to a service gate system and the gate system can be improved to match the various behavior patterns of the user
To provide a gate device .

[0005]

As shown in FIG. 1, in a gate system for transmitting and receiving data between a gate and a storage medium, the gate system according to the present invention stores the end time of the entrance processing in the storage medium. End time writing means for writing, end time reading means for reading the end time stored in the storage medium at the start of the exit processing, comparing means for comparing the end time read by the end time reading means with the current time, and comparing means And a storage content restoring means for restoring the storage content of the storage medium to the state before the entrance processing in accordance with the comparison result in. Further, according to claim 2
The invention applied to the gate system shown in FIG.
It is a gate device (gate).

[0006]

In the present invention, the end time is written to the storage medium when the entrance processing to the storage medium is completed at the gate, and the end time stored in the storage medium is read at the start of the exit processing. The gate compares the read end time with the current time, and when the end time substantially coincides with the current time, such as when the player immediately leaves after entering, the stored content of the storage medium is restored to the state before the entry processing. You. Therefore, if you exit immediately without using internal facilities after entering, the entrance fee collected from the storage medium will be returned at the time of exit processing, and the balance of the usable amount of the storage medium will be reduced to the amount before entry. Will be restored.

[0007]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control section of an automatic ticket gate constituting a gate system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This automatic ticket gate corresponds to the gate in claim 1,
Further, it corresponds to the gate device of the invention described in claim 2.
You. The automatic ticket gate 1 constitutes a non-contact gate system by wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from an IC card constituting a storage medium described later. The display driver 9, the transmission / reception circuit 10, and the sensor 11 are connected to the CPU 2 of the automatic ticket gate 1 via the interface circuits 5 to 7. The display driver 9 drives a display 13 that displays a message for the user on the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate 1. The transmission / reception circuit 10 is an IC serving as a storage medium via an antenna 14.
Data is transmitted to and received from the card 21. The antenna 14 is provided on the upper surface of the automatic ticket gate 1, and forms a communicable area near and above the automatic ticket gate 1. The sensor 11 is provided on the side surface of the automatic ticket gate 1 on the side of the passage, and detects a user passing through the passage.

The CPU 2 controls the input / output devices according to the program written in the ROM 3, and data input / output during this time is stored in a predetermined memory area of the RAM 4. A timer 8 is connected to the CPU 2, and the CPU 2 reads the current time from the timer 8.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the gate system of FIG.
It is a block diagram of a control part of a C card. IC card 21
A transmission / reception circuit 27 is connected to the CPU 22 via an interface circuit 25. The transmission / reception circuit 27 is connected to the transmission / reception circuit 1 of the aforementioned automatic ticket gate 1 via an antenna 29.
Wireless transmission and reception of data is performed with respect to 0. IC card 21
Are supplied with power by a power carrier transmitted from the automatic ticket gate 1. Therefore, the transmission / reception circuit 27 is connected to the power supply circuit 28 and supplies the power component of the power carrier received by the antenna 29 to the power supply circuit 28.

The CPU 22 executes a communication process according to a program written in the ROM 23 in advance. Data input and output during this time is stored in the RAM 24 and a part of the data is written in the EEPROM 26.
The data written to the EEPROM 26 includes:
As shown in the memory map of FIG. 4, the identification data unique to the card, the data for determining whether or not the passage is possible and the expiration date and the like, the entry bit indicating whether the entry process has been completed, and the entry process are performed. Admission station name indicating the gate you went to,
There are a balance of the usable amount of the card, an end time of data communication in the entrance processing, and the like.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are flow charts showing the processing procedure of the control unit of the automatic ticket gate and the IC card. FIG. 5 shows the procedure at the time of entry processing, and FIG. 6 shows the procedure at the time of exit processing. Is shown.

In the entrance processing in the automatic ticket gate 1,
When the C card 21 is presented in the communicable area of the automatic ticket gate 1, the IC card 21 receives power from the automatic ticket gate 1 and starts operating. IC card 21 is first EEPR
The recognition data stored in the OM 26, the data for judging whether or not traffic is allowed, the state of the entrance bit, the entrance station name, and the balance of the usable amount are transmitted to the automatic ticket gate 1 (n1). After turning on the power, the automatic ticket gate 1 waits for data to be transmitted from the IC card 21. When receiving the data transmitted from the IC card 21 (n11), the automatic ticket gate 1 determines the state of the entry bit (n12). If the entry bit of the IC card 21 is turned off and it is normally used, the balance which reduced the entrance fee from the balance data is transmitted to the IC card 21 (n13).

Next, a code specifying the name of the station performing the entrance process and ON data of the entrance bit are transmitted (n14, n15). The IC card 21 stores the balance and the entrance station name transmitted from the automatic ticket gate 1, and
The entry bit stored in the memory area MA4 of the EEPROM 26 is turned on in accordance with the entry bit ON data (n2 to n4). When the above entry processing is completed, the automatic ticket gate 1 reads the current time from the timer 8, and transmits this to the IC card 21 as the communication end time (n16).
The IC card 21 stores the transmitted communication end time in the memory area MA7 (n5). After that, the IC card 21
Is out of the communicable area of the automatic ticket gate 1, the power supply to the IC card 21 is cut off and the operation stops. on the other hand,
The automatic ticket gate 1 determines the presence or absence of an end instruction from a center (not shown) that controls the automatic ticket gate (n17), and returns to n11 when the end instruction is not issued. If the entry bit is not turned off in n12, it is determined that the IC card is related to unauthorized use and abnormal processing is performed.

In the exit processing, all data stored in the memory areas MA1 to MA7 shown in FIG. 4 are transmitted to the automatic ticket gate 1 from the IC card 21 which has entered the communicable area of the automatic ticket gate 1. (N21). Upon receipt of this data, the automatic ticket gate 1 determines whether the entry bit is on or not (n31, n32). If the entry bit is on and the IC card is normally used, the entry station name is used. It is determined whether or not this station is (n3
3) If the entrance station name is this station, the current time is read from the timer 8 (n34), and it is determined whether or not the difference between the end time transmitted from the IC card 21 and the current time is within a predetermined range. Is performed (n35). If the difference between the end time and the current time is within a predetermined range, and the time at which the entry processing is completed substantially coincides with the current time, the sum of the entrance fee and the balance is transmitted (n36), and the entry bit The off data is transmitted (n37).

The IC card 21 newly stores the transmitted balance in the memory area MA6 (n22, n23), and turns off the contents of the entry bits assigned to MA4 by receiving the entry bit off data (n24, n24). n2
5). Thereafter, when the IC card 21 comes out of the communicable area of the automatic ticket gate 1, the power supply is cut off and the CPU 22 stops operating. On the other hand, the automatic ticket gate 1 determines the presence or absence of an end command from the center (n38), and if no end command has been issued, returns to n31. If the entry bit is turned off at n32, it is determined that the entry has been illegally used and abnormal processing is performed. In addition, if the entrance station is not this station at n33, and if the end time does not substantially coincide with the current time at n35, proceed directly to n37,
A normal exit process of transmitting the entry bit off data is performed.

In the above processing, n16 corresponds to the end time writing means of the present invention, n31 also corresponds to the end time reading means, n35 also corresponds to the comparison means, and n3
Reference numeral 6 also corresponds to storage content restoring means. If the user exits immediately without entering the vehicle, such as noticing a forgotten object after entering once due to the above processing, since the end time of the entrance processing substantially coincides with the start of the exit processing,
Steps n33 to n36 are executed, and the entrance fee collected during the entrance processing is returned to the balance of the IC card 21.

In this embodiment, a non-contact gate system for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data between an automatic ticket gate as a gate and an IC card as a storage medium has been described as an example. The present invention can be similarly applied to a contact type gate system to be inserted.
In addition, the present invention can be implemented without being limited to the automatic ticket gate system as long as the gate system collects an entrance fee upon entry.

[0018]

According to the present invention, it is determined whether or not the user has used a facility or the like in the hall based on the end time of the entrance process and the start time of the exit process, and the end time of the entrance process and the exit time are determined. When the start time of the processing is substantially the same, it is determined that the facility or the like has not been used, and the fee collected at the time of the entrance processing can be returned. Thus, there is an advantage that the service for the user can be improved without forcing the user to pay an irrational fee.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control unit of the automatic ticket gate constituting the gate system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control unit of the IC card included in the gate system.

FIG. 4 shows an EEPROM constituting a control unit of the IC card.
3 is a memory map of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit of the automatic ticket gate and the IC card in the entrance processing of the gate system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit of the automatic ticket gate and the IC card in the exit processing of the gate system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-Automatic ticket gate (gate), 8-timer, 21-IC card (storage medium), 26-EEPROM

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-54391 (JP, A) JP-A-1-246687 (JP, A) JP-A-61-202862 (JP, A) JP-A-52-1982 108889 (JP, A) JP-A-62-221794 (JP, A) JP-A-52-108900 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 1 / 00-9 / 02 G07B 11/00-17/04 G06F 17/00 G06F 19/00 G06F 17/60 G06K 17/00-17/00 560 G07F 5/00-9/10 102

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A gate system for transmitting and receiving data between a gate and a storage medium, comprising: an end time writing means for writing an end time to a storage medium at the end of an entrance process; End time reading means for reading the end time, comparing means for comparing the end time read from the storage medium with the current time, and when the two times substantially match in the comparing means, the storage contents of the storage medium are returned to the state before the entrance processing. gate system characterized by comprising a storage content restoration means, a to. 2. The storage medium received at the end of the entrance processing is stored in the storage medium.
End time writing means to write the end time and at the start of exit processing
Reading the end time from the storage medium received at the end
Time reading means and an end time read from the storage medium
Means for comparing the current time with the current time, and
When the times substantially coincide with each other, the stored contents of the storage medium are processed for entry.
Means for restoring stored contents to a state before
A gate device characterized by the following.