JP5172251B2 - Transfer boarding system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a transfer board system for executing a transfer board between a plurality of routes.

  Conventionally, when a transportation system such as a train is disconnected due to an accident or a vehicle failure, the transportation company that has been disconnected (hereinafter referred to as the originating company) For passengers who have commuter passes, issue a “transfer ticket” to enable transfer to another railway. A general transfer ticket is printed on a piece of paper with characters such as “transfer ticket” and “issuing station” and cannot be processed by an automatic ticket gate installed at a ticket gate. Passengers can use the transfer ticket to board other railways that cannot be boarded with the commuter pass they have.

  However, when a transfer to another railroad becomes necessary, passengers who transfer to the transfer station rush to the transfer station, and the passenger rushes to the station staff in order to obtain a transfer ticket. At this time, the station clerk will hand over the transfer ticket while confirming the passenger's ticket (commuter pass), but because a large number of passengers rush to just one or two station clerk in a short time, it will be crowded In such a situation, there is a possibility that the transfer ticket may be handed over to a passenger who should originally not receive the transfer ticket. In this case, a passenger who has illegally obtained a transfer boarding ticket can board another railroad at no charge.

In addition, when a passenger to ride in the other railway, can pass through only show the transfer ride ticket to the station attendant of the wicket (at the end of the station, and passes to the station attendant) for a plurality of railway in the middle of a transfer ride When a business operator is used, data other than the railway business operator who is the last user cannot acquire data that can grasp that the passenger has used the company. As a result, accurate inter-company liquidation is not possible between the originating company and the operator who performed the transfer ride. In addition, since the railway operator of the final use can collect the transfer boarding slip, it can grasp the usage situation to some extent, but it cannot accurately determine from which station of the company it was used to its own station.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when a non-communication section occurs in the business operator A and a transfer ride occurs in the business operator X / Y / Z, the transfer board ticket is collected at the Z business operator's Z1 station. Business operators X and Y cannot grasp the usage status of transfers. In addition, the operator Z cannot accurately know from which station the company Z boarded and reached the Z1 station. Therefore, in this case, the operators X, Y, and Z cannot accurately settle the transfer boarding fee.

  Furthermore, as a matter of course, the transfer ticket described above cannot be predicted for the necessary date and time, and is required for “sudden” and “in large quantities”. Has been considered difficult. In addition, transfer tickets prepared in large quantities based on sudden accidents are discarded wastefully after the disconnected section is restored.

  On the other hand, a transfer board system has been proposed that uses an IC commuter pass having an SF function and does not require a transfer board ticket using a piece of paper (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this system, when a disconnected section occurs, first, the host computer extracts the ID numbers of all IC commuter passes having the periodic information of the disconnected section. Then, when the ID number is read from the IC commuter pass at the automatic ticket gate at the station where the transfer is carried out, the ID number is notified from the automatic ticket gate to the host computer. Further, the host computer determines whether or not the IC commuter pass with the ID number transmitted from the automatic ticket checker includes a non-communication section, and based on the result of this determination, issues a gate open / close command to the automatic ticket checker. Send.

In other words, according to the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, every time the automatic ticket checker reads the ID number of the IC commuter pass, the host computer is inquired about whether the gate can be opened or closed. The ticket gate processing may take time. In order to operate this system, it is necessary to always communicate with the host computer in consideration of the possibility of transfer boarding even in an automatic ticket gate installed at a station where there is almost no possibility of transfer boarding processing. , Information processing takes a lot of time.
JP 2006-215733 A (paragraphs [0019] to [0021] FIGS. 5 and 6)

  An object of the present invention is to provide a transfer boarding system that requires less information processing and does not require a transfer boarding ticket.

In order to achieve the above object, a transfer boarding system of the present invention is for carrying out a transfer boarding between a plurality of routes, and has a unique identification information and regularly uses a transportation system that operates each route. interrupted by at least one line of the a database section information of the commuter ticket to transport issued for each line and stored in association with the identification information, upper Symbol plurality of lines; and commutation ticket that stores section information for When a section occurs, the identification information of the commuter pass having section information including at least a part of the disconnected section is extracted from the database to create a list of commuter passes that may be transferred, and this list is is installed in the station of the transportation; aggregation center and having a data processing unit for transmitting the routes impassable section occurs in transportation alternative routes of potential transfers ride, the And a public transportation device control section; installed in the station of each transport, whether to permit storing unit for storing the list transmitted to said station Affairs device control unit from said data processing unit, and a transfer ride The ticket is processed by reading the identification information and section information of the commuter pass carried by the passenger, and the station information is converted into the section information based on the section information read from the commuter pass. determines that it is not included and transfers ride, and when the changeover switch is switched to a state that permits the transfer ride, the identification information of the commuter ticket to the list stored in the storage unit having; query, the ticket gate to implement selectively ticket gate processing for commutation ticket having the identification information in the list.

  According to the above invention, when a non-communication section occurs on a certain route, a list of commuter passes including the non-conduction section is created and transmitted to a ticket gate with the possibility of transfer boarding. Boarding is possible and no transfer boarding ticket is required. In particular, according to the above invention, since a list of commuter passes that can be transferred is sent to the ticket checker, it is only necessary to refer to the list of commuter passes at the time of ticket check, and the burden on information processing can be greatly reduced.

  Since the transfer boarding system of the present invention has the above-described configuration and operation, the burden required for information processing is small, and processing that does not require a transfer boarding ticket is possible.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a transfer boarding system 100 (hereinafter simply referred to as system 100) according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system 100 can be used in all transportation systems that issue regular tickets such as railroads and buses and enable regular boarding of a specific section, but here, a non-communication section has occurred on a railway line. A representative transfer board system will be described as a representative.

  The system 100 includes a plurality of automatic ticket gates 10 installed at all stations A, B, C,... Of a plurality of lines of a plurality of railway companies that use this system, and station service equipment that controls station service equipment at each station. An IC card that functions as a commuter pass for regularly using railway routes, and a totaling center 20 that aggregates data related to transfer boarding by transmitting and receiving data to and from a plurality of automatic ticket gates 10 via the control unit 11 30 is included.

  The IC card 30 used in the system 100 is a wireless card that incorporates an antenna (not shown) for wireless communication with a reader / writer described later of the automatic ticket gate 10. A card number as identification information unique to each card and information on a regular section (hereinafter referred to as section information) are stored. That is, the IC card 30 is used as a commuter pass, and each railway company records the section information on the IC card 30 having a unique card number and issues it to the user.

  The aggregation center 20 that centrally manages all stations has a database 21 in which section information recorded in the memory 31 of all IC cards 30 issued by each railway company is registered in association with the card number. In other words, issuance history such as section information of the IC card 30 issued by each railway company of the system 100 is registered in the database 21 in association with the card number.

  Further, the aggregation center 20 has an input unit 22 for inputting the occurrence of the event (transfer boarding) to the system when a non-communication section occurs on at least one route of all railway companies to be managed. The input unit 22 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and an event occurrence is input by a staff member of the aggregation center 20.

  Further, when the information regarding the non-communication section is input via the input unit 22, the aggregation center 20 extracts the card number of the issued IC card 30 having the section information including at least a part of the non-conduction section from the database 21. And a data processing unit 25 that creates the list and transmits via the communication control unit 23 to all stations on another route where there is a possibility of transfer transfer from the route where the non-communication section has occurred. The station with the possibility of transfer boarding here is, for example, input by a staff member of the totaling center 20 via the input unit 22 and selected by the staff member.

  At each station A, B, C... To which a list of transfer rides is transmitted from the counting center 20, a station equipment control unit that centrally manages and controls a plurality of automatic ticket gates 10 installed at the ticket gate of the own station. 11 is installed. In addition to the automatic ticket gate 10, the station service device control unit 11 centrally manages station service devices such as ticket machines and automatic payment machines (not shown).

  The station service device control unit 11 includes a changeover switch 12 for switching whether or not to allow transfer boarding based on the list transmitted from the aggregation center 20 at this station. That is, by turning on the changeover switch 12, it is permitted to transfer and process the IC card having the card number in the transmitted list by the automatic ticket gate 10 of the station. In other words, in this embodiment, it is assumed that a determination as to whether or not to accept a transfer ride is made at each station. The changeover switch 12 may be provided in each automatic ticket gate 10.

  Each ticket gate 10 at each station has a control unit 15. The control unit 15 is connected to a communication control unit 13 for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the station service device control unit 11, and the list of transfer rides transmitted from the aggregation center 20 is stored in the station service device control unit. 11 is obtained through 11. The acquired list is stored in the memory 14 (storage unit) of the control unit 15. That is, in the present embodiment, when the changeover switch 12 of the station service equipment control unit 11 is turned on and the transfer board is permitted at this station, the memory 14 of all the automatic ticket gates 10 is used. A list of transfer rides is stored.

  The control unit 15 of the automatic ticket gate 10 transmits and receives various data by wireless communication with the IC card 30 owned by a railroad customer, and is written in the memory 31 of the IC card 30. A reader / writer 16 for reading and writing data is connected. The reader / writer 16 also has an antenna (not shown) for wireless communication.

  Further, the control unit 15 includes a display unit 17 for displaying various types of information to a user passing through the automatic ticket gate 10 and a gate 18 for selectively permitting the automatic ticket gate 10 to pass. It is connected. Based on the information of the IC card 30 read through the reader / writer 16, the automatic ticket gate 10 determines whether or not the passenger who has the IC card 30 can pass, and selectively opens the gate 18 to pass. Execute the ticket gate processing to be permitted.

  Next, the transfer boarding method by the said system 100 is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for explaining the data processing operation by the totaling center 20, and FIG. 3 shows a flowchart for explaining the ticket handling operation by the automatic ticket gate 10.

  First, when a non-communication section occurs on at least one of a plurality of routes of a plurality of railway companies using this system 100, a staff member of the aggregation center 20 sends the event (transfer ride) via the input unit 22. Input to the system 100 (FIG. 2, step 1). At this time, the staff of the totaling center 20 inputs information on stations included in the disconnected section and inputs a time limit for validating the transfer boarding process. For example, when it is predicted that it will take about 1 hour to restore the disconnected section, 3 to 4 hours after the occurrence of the event is set as the expiry date for the transfer board.

  Thereafter, the data processing unit 25 of the aggregation center 20 extracts the card numbers of all the IC cards 30 having section information including at least one station in the non-communication section input via the input unit 22 from the database 21 ( Step 2), a list of card numbers of the IC cards 30 with the possibility of transfer boarding is automatically created (step 3). Then, the data processing unit 25 transmits the created list to the station service equipment control unit 11 of each station A, B, C... Via the communication control unit 23. At this time, the data processing unit 25 urgently distributes the list to which the above-described expiration date information is added only to the station designated by the staff via the input unit 22 (Date / Time) on which the list is valid. To do. That is, the list is not distributed to stations that are not designated by the staff.

  The staff of the station service equipment control unit 11 of the station that has received the list determines whether or not transfer boarding via the station is permitted for the event, and turns the changeover switch 12 ON / OFF. That is, when the clerk determines that the transfer boarding via this station is permitted, the change-over switch 12 is turned on, and when not permitted, the change-over switch 12 is turned off.

  In other words, in system 100 of the present embodiment, transfer boarding is not possible at all stations to which the list is transmitted, and whether transfer boarding is possible depends on the staff of each station through which the user who wants to transfer passes. It is entrusted to. When the change-over switch 12 is turned ON, the station service equipment control unit 11 transmits the received list to each automatic ticket checker 10 at its own station, and a list of cards for transfer boarding is stored in the memory of the automatic ticket checker 10. 14 is stored. In addition, when the changeover switch 12 is turned OFF, the station service equipment control unit 11 does not permit the transfer boarding of the event without storing the transmitted list in the memory 14 of the automatic ticket gate 10 of the own station. To the aggregation center 20.

  As described above, a user who possesses an IC card 30 having section information including at least a non-communication section in a state where the list transmitted with the changeover switch 12 turned ON is recorded in the memory 14 of the automatic ticket gate 10. In other words, when a passenger who is a subject of a transfer ride tries to pass the automatic ticket checker 10 at a station outside the regular section for transfer transfer, the automatic ticket checker 10 reads the IC read via the reader / writer 16. The card number of the card is referred to the list stored in the memory 14, and on the condition that the IC card 30 is the IC card 30 registered in the list, a specific period (date and time when the list is valid; usually several hours) Only the IC card 30 can be used as a transfer boarding ticket.

  In the system 100 of the present embodiment, when a transfer ride event occurs and the list is distributed as described above, the automatic ticket gate 10 installed at each station on the route using the system 100 uses the passengers. By reading the card information such as the section information from the IC card 30 placed on the reader / writer 16 by the control unit 15, the control unit 15 determines the validity of the IC card 30 (FIG. 3, step 1). And if it judges that the said IC card 30 is effective, the control part 15 will judge whether this station is included in the regular section based on the section information read from the said IC card 30 (step). 2).

  When it is determined in step 2 that the IC card 30 does not include the station in the regular section, the control unit 15 is provided on the condition that the changeover switch 12 of the station service equipment control unit 11 of the station is ON. (Step 3) The card number read from the IC card 30 is referred to the list stored in the memory 14 (Step 4), and the IC card 30 on the condition that the card number of the IC card 30 is in the list. It is determined that is a card for a transfer boarding ticket, and a ticket gate process is performed.

  At this time, the control unit 15 of the automatic ticket gate 10 opens the gate 18 without removing the boarding fee from the IC card, and permits the passenger carrying the IC card to pass through the station. At this time, the control unit 15 writes the boarding / alighting information (passing time, entry / exit record, etc.) when passing through the station to the IC card via the reader / writer 16 (step 5). A card number is acquired as information indicating that the transfer board has been transferred to the IC card 30 (step 5). Further, at this time, the control unit 15 displays and notifies the user that the transfer boarding process for the IC card 30 has been performed via the display unit 17 (step 6).

  Note that the transfer board card number acquired by the control unit 15 in step 5 is notified and recorded to the station service device control unit 11 and transmitted from the station service device control unit 11 to the aggregation center 20 at an appropriate timing. In the counting center 20, after the expiry date of the transfer boarding process ends and the event ends, based on the transfer board history data transmitted from the automatic ticket gate 10 of each route via the station service equipment control unit 11. The fare related to the transfer ride will be settled between the railway companies.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram for explaining the settlement process by the aggregation center 20 after the transfer boarding process described above is completed.
That is, the aggregation center 20 collects the ticket gate processing data of all the stations of each railway company (operator) within the effective period of the transfer boarding process, and uses the card number and the processing type (transfer boarding process or normal process) as a key. Then, only the data of the IC card 30 that has been subjected to the transfer boarding process is extracted and sorted for each card number, the transfer boarding route of each IC card 30 is calculated, and the transfer boarding fare is calculated.

  Then, the aggregation center 20 divides the calculated transfer boarding fare for each railway company, and makes it possible to charge the transfer cost to the originating company that caused the disconnected section.

  As described above, by using the system 100 according to the present embodiment, even if a train accident or the like occurs and a transfer to another railway is necessary, the station staff can use conventional paper. It is no longer necessary to distribute a transfer boarding ticket according to, and it is possible to carry out the original work, for example, a detailed guidance work of the disconnection situation. For example, “If you have a commuter pass valid for this station, please use XX Railway △ Station”.

  Further, in the system 100 of the present embodiment, since the IC card (commuter pass) originally owned by the passenger is only treated as a transfer boarding ticket, it is not necessary to prepare a transfer boarding ticket, and a transfer boarding ticket cannot be obtained. The expected passenger will no longer have a transfer ticket. That is, by adopting the present system 100, it is possible to avoid boarding other railways without charge when a transfer boarding event occurs.

  In addition, other railway operators who transfer from the origin company's route can accurately grasp the passenger's usage status (sections used by the company), so the origination company can be charged accurately for the transfer. It becomes possible.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, you may delete some components from all the components shown by embodiment mentioned above.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, when a transfer boarding event has occurred, a case has been described in which a station on another route that has a possibility of transfer boarding is specified by an attendant via the input unit 22 of the aggregation center 20. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data processing unit 25 may automatically specify the transfer boarding station after the clerk inputs information about the non-communication section via the input unit 22. In this case, if the data processing unit 25 prepares in advance the data of the station that performs the transfer boarding process for the disconnected section, the station to which the list is to be distributed is automatically selected simply by inputting the station of the disconnected section. good.

In the above-described embodiment, the transfer ride when the non-transmission section occurs on the railroad line has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can also be applied when a non-transmission section occurs on the bus line. Applicable. In other words, when a disconnected section occurs on a bus route, it is possible to transfer a bus that operates a route that bypasses the disconnected section, and a list of IC cards that can be transferred is used. It may be distributed wirelessly to the machine.
Hereinafter, the invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of the application of the present application will be added.
[1]
A transfer boarding system for carrying out a transfer boarding between a plurality of routes,
A commuter pass that has unique identification information and stores section information for regular use of transportation that operates each route,
A database in which section information of the commuter pass issued by the transportation system of each route is stored in association with the identification information;
When a disconnected section occurs on at least one of the plurality of routes, there is a possibility of transfer transfer by extracting identification information of a commuter pass having section information including at least a part of the disconnected section from the database. A data processing unit that creates a list of commuter passes and transmits the list from the route where the non-communication section has occurred to another transportation system with a possibility of transfer transfer,
It is installed at each transportation facility, and the ticket information is processed by reading the identification information and section information of the commuter pass carried by the passenger, and it is determined that the transfer is based on the section information read from the commuter pass. A ticket checker that inquires for the identification information of the commuter pass in the list notified from the data processing unit, and selectively performs a ticket check process on the commuter pass having the identification information in the list,
A transfer board system characterized by comprising:
[2]
The transfer boarding system according to [1], further comprising an input unit that inputs to the system that a non-interrupted section has occurred on at least one of the plurality of routes.
[3]
The data processing unit identifies a transportation system on a route with a possibility of transfer boarding based on the non-communication section input via the input unit, and selectively selects a list created for the identified transportation system. The transfer boarding system according to [2], wherein the list is not transmitted to other transportation facilities.
[4]
The transfer ticket system according to [1], wherein the ticket gate has a storage unit that stores the list transmitted from the data processing unit.
[5]
[1] The ticket gate includes a changeover switch for switching whether to permit the transfer boarding when it is determined that the boarding is based on the section information read from the commuter pass. Transfer board system.
[6]
A transfer boarding system for carrying out a transfer boarding between a plurality of railway companies,
An IC card having a unique card number and storing section information for regularly using at least one railway company;
A database that stores all IC card section information issued by each railway company in association with the card number;
When a disconnected section occurs in at least one railway company among the plurality of railway companies, card numbers of all IC cards having section information including at least a part of the disconnected section are extracted from the database and a list thereof is obtained. A data processing unit that creates and sends this list to each station of another railway company that may be a transfer destination;
Installed at each station of the above-mentioned multiple railway companies, reads the card number and section information from the IC card carried by the passenger, performs ticket gate processing, and is subject to transfer boarding based on the section information read from the IC card If it is determined that the card number of the IC card is inquired of the list transmitted from the data processing unit, the ticket gate is selectively executed for the IC card having the card number in the list. Machine,
A transfer board system characterized by comprising:
[7]
[6] The transfer boarding system according to [6], further comprising an input unit for inputting into the system that a non-communication section has occurred in at least one of the plurality of railway companies.
[8]
The data processing unit identifies a railway company station with a possibility of transfer boarding based on the disconnected section input via the input unit, and for the ticket gate installed at the identified station The transfer boarding system according to [7], wherein the created list is selectively transmitted and the list is not transmitted to other stations.
[9]
The transfer ticket system according to [6], wherein the ticket gate has a storage unit that stores the list transmitted from the data processing unit.
[10]
[6] The ticket gate includes a changeover switch for switching whether to permit the transfer boarding when it is determined that the boarding is based on the section information read from the IC card. Transfer board system.

The block diagram which shows the transfer boarding system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart for demonstrating the processing method in the aggregation center of the system of FIG. The flowchart for demonstrating the processing method in the automatic ticket gate of the system of FIG. Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the method of paying a transfer boarding fee in the total center of the system of FIG. The figure for demonstrating the conventional transfer boarding process.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Automatic ticket gate, 11 ... Station service equipment control part, 12 ... Changeover switch, 14 ... Memory, 15 ... Control part, 16 ... Reader / writer, 17 ... Display part, 18 ... Gate, 20 ... Aggregation center, 21 ... Database , 22 ... input unit, 25 ... data processing unit, 30 ... IC card, 31 ... memory.

Claims (6)

A transfer boarding system for carrying out a transfer boarding between a plurality of routes,
A commuter pass that has unique identification information and stores section information for regularly using the transportation system that operates each route ;
A database storing section information of the commuter ticket to transport each line issued in association with the identification information, when the non-delivery period occurs at least one line of the upper Symbol plurality of lines, the interrupted interval of at least A list of commuter passes with the possibility of transfer boarding is created by extracting the identification information of commuter passes having partial section information from the database, and this list can be used for transfer boarding from the route where the non-communication section occurred. A data processing unit for transmitting to a different transportation system having a property ;
A station service equipment control unit installed at each transportation station ;
A storage unit that is installed at each transportation station and stores the list transmitted from the data processing unit to the station service device control unit, and a changeover switch that switches whether to allow transfer boarding, The ticket information is processed by reading the identification information and section information of the commuter pass held by the passenger, and the station information is not included in the section information based on the section information read from the commuter pass and the transfer is determines that, and when the changeover switch is switched to a state that permits the transfer ride, the list stored in the storage unit to display the identification information of the commuter ticket, the identification information in the list a ticket gate to implement selectively ticket gate processing for commutation ticket having;
A transfer board system characterized by comprising:   The transfer boarding system according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit configured to input to the system that a non-communication section has occurred on at least one of the plurality of routes.   The data processing unit identifies a transportation system on a route with a possibility of transfer boarding based on the non-communication section input via the input unit, and selectively selects a list created for the identified transportation system. The transfer boarding system according to claim 2, wherein the list is not transmitted to other transportation facilities.   A ticket gate used in the transfer boarding system according to claim 1.   A tally center used in the transfer boarding system according to claim 1.   The station service equipment control part used for the transfer boarding system of Claim 1.

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