JP3227819B2 - Gate system using contactless card - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-contact type card used as a substitute for a coupon at a ski resort, for example.
That is, the present invention relates to a gate system using a non-contact card which writes and issues data to a card provided with an antenna or the like which communicates with an IC or an external device in a non-contact manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of non-contact type card used in a gate system is provided with a contact for directly connecting to an external device, and is connected to an external register or encoder via this contact, and these devices are used. Was used to encode non-contact cards.

[0003]

However, the conventional card encoding method described above has a problem that a contact point is required for the card and a special device such as an encoder is required outside. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a gate system using a non-contact type card which can solve this problem.

[0004]

To solve the above-mentioned problems, a non-contact type card comprising a non-contact type card and an external device for communicating with the non-contact type card in a non-contact manner to control a gate. In a gate system using a card, the external device includes a means for selecting data for issuing the contactless card, and an encoded data transmitting means for transmitting data for issuing the card to the contactless card The contactless card includes a reception encoding writing unit for setting and storing data received from the external device in itself.

[0005]

A means is provided for writing encoded data including the type of non-contact type card to be issued to a personal computer which normally performs data communication with the issued card via an antenna in a non-contact manner and performs gate control, etc. Write the encoded data for the issuance to the card via the. As a result, encoded data can be simultaneously written to many cards without using a special external device.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram as one embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a non-contact type card used as a coupon in this example, 1A
Denotes a CPU, ROM, and RAM provided in the card 1.
ICs 1B and 1B are antennas provided in the card 1. This non-contact card 1 uses this IC
A battery (not shown) that operates the antenna 1A and the antenna 1B is provided, and can communicate with an external antenna 2 described below via its own antenna 1A. Here, reference numeral 2 denotes an antenna provided at the gate, and 3 denotes a personal computer connected to the antenna 2 via a cable 4. Normally, the personal computer 3 has the issued (encoded) contactless card 1 and antenna 2
To check the contents of the card, and to determine the authenticity of the card, control a gate (not shown), and the like.

The personal computer 3 writes (encodes) data for encoding on the unissued card 1.
Data transmission means 3 as a partial function part for
A, and the IC 1A of the card 1 has a received encoded data writing means 1C as a partial function unit for writing the received encoded data into its own RAM, and these two means 3A, 1C are used in the present invention. It is the main means involved.

Next, FIGS. 2 to 4 show various embodiments of the procedure for encoding to the non-contact type card 1 by the personal computer 3, and reference numerals S11 to S18, S21 to S23, S
Reference numerals 31 to S34 denote steps in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, respectively. First, FIG. 2 will be described. First, a keyboard (not shown) of the personal computer 3 is operated to set the operation mode of the system to the encode mode, and to set one of the types of cards to be issued.
One is designated (S11). The types of this card are:
In this case, an example of a card equivalent to a coupon at a ski resort is shown below.
There are 10 tickets, 20 tickets, half-day tickets, 1-day tickets, and free tickets. According to the respective selections (S12 to S16), the personal computer 3 (the encoded data transmitting means 3A thereof) has a cable 4, an antenna 2 The corresponding encoded data is transmitted to the non-contact type card 1 via (S17). Thereby, the received encoded data writing means 1 in the IC 1A of the card 1 (
C) writes and stores the received encoded data in its own RAM (S18). Thus, the card 1 on which the encoded data is written can be issued.

Next, FIG. 3 will be described. This is a procedure for checking card write data. That is, when the encoded data is written from the personal computer 3 to the non-contact type card 1 as shown in FIG. 2 (S21), the non-contact type card 1 reads out the received and set encoded data to make sure the antenna 1B, Then, the data is transmitted to the personal computer 3 via the PC 2 (S22). Thereby, the personal computer 3 checks the data received from the card 1 to confirm whether or not the encoding has been performed correctly, and if it is correct, displays the completion of writing on a CRT (not shown) (S23).

Next, FIG. 4 will be described. This is a procedure for encoding the same data on many non-contact cards 1 at a time. That is, the card 1 to be issued is set in the detection range of the antenna 2, that is, in the range where the radio wave can reach effectively in this case (S
31), the type of card is designated by key operation of the personal computer 3 (S32). Then, the corresponding encoded data is transmitted from the personal computer 3 to the card 1 via the antenna 2 (S33). As a result, each of the cards 1 installed in step S31 sets and stores the received encoded data therein (S34).

[0011]

According to the present invention, since a card is encoded from an external device which performs non-contact communication with a non-contact type card, it is not necessary to provide a contact point on the card, and a personal computer for gate control can be provided. Since it is possible to encode using the same data, no special encoding device is required, and by installing a large number of cards in the detection range of the antenna, the same data can be simultaneously encoded on the large number of cards.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an encoding procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an encoding procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an encoding procedure according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Non-contact type card 1A IC 1B Antenna 1C Receive encoding data writing means 2 Antenna 3 Personal computer 3A Encoding data transmitting means 4 Cable

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A gate system using a non-contact type card comprising a non-contact type card and an external device which communicates with the non-contact type card in a non-contact manner to control a gate, wherein the external device comprises: Means for selecting data for issuance of the non-contact card, and encoding data transmitting means for transmitting data for issuance of the card to the non-contact card, wherein the non-contact card is an external device A gate system using a non-contact type card, comprising: a reception encoding writing means for setting and storing data received from the self.