JP6652600B2 - Ticket processing equipment, automatic ticket gates, and processing machines - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a use ticket processing device, an automatic ticket gate, a window processing machine, and a use ticket.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a voucher processing apparatus for performing a voucher process by performing both wireless communication and code reading by a reader / writer. However, the conventional voucher processing device may not be able to perform processing corresponding to the function of the voucher in a situation where vouchers having different functions are mixed.

JP 2007-47960 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a use ticket processing device, an automatic ticket gate, a window processing machine, and a use ticket that can perform processing corresponding to the function of a use ticket.

The use ticket processing device according to the embodiment has a communication unit, an optical reading unit, and a control unit. The communication unit performs wireless communication with the wireless communication unit of the ticket. The optical reading unit optically reads information from the display object of the ticket. Control unit performs a medium discrimination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit, the processing based on the reading state of the information by the reading state or the communication unit of the information by the optical reading unit. The medium determination information is that the ticket is a medium having a wireless communication unit and a display object is displayed, or that the ticket is a medium having no wireless communication unit and a display object is displayed. Is information indicating any of the following.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a ticket 100A according to an embodiment. The block diagram of the ticket 100B of embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information written to a storage unit 123 according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a reader / writer 200 that can support the tickets 100A and 100B of the embodiment. FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate 1 provided with a reader / writer 200 of the embodiment and a reader / writer 20 for a traffic-related IC card. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 according to the embodiment. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of a process performed by the automatic ticket gate 1 according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a medium identification code, a reading state of a chip 120, and a result of handling a medium in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a processing procedure of code medium processing in the automatic ticket gate 1 according to the embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of code / tag medium processing in the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment. The block diagram of the ticket issuing machine 300 which issues a ticket. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of a process executed by the ticket issuing machine 300 according to the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a use ticket processing device, an automatic ticket gate, a counter processing machine, and a use ticket of the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the use ticket processing device will be described as an automatic ticket gate installed at a railway station, but the use ticket processes admission tickets and other tickets used at event venues and the like. It may be a device.

[ticket]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a ticket 100A of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the ticket 100B of the embodiment. The ticket 100A includes, for example, a paper base 110 having a display surface 110A on which a two-dimensional code 115A is printed. The ticket 100B includes, for example, a paper base 110 having a display surface 110A on which a two-dimensional code 115B is printed, a chip 120 embedded in the paper base 110, and an antenna 130.
In the following description, the paper base material 110 in the ticket 100A and the ticket 100B has the same configuration, and thus the same reference numerals will be used. In the following description, the ticket 100A is also referred to as a “code medium”, and the ticket 100B is also referred to as a “code / tag medium”.

  The two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B are examples of a “display object”. The two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B encode validity information indicating the validity of the tickets 100A and 100B and a medium discrimination code (medium discrimination information). The identification information of the tickets 100A and 100B (hereinafter, code-side ticket ID) may be encoded in the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B.

Encoding refers to converting information into a state in which a person cannot directly recognize the content by encoding, symbolizing, or other methods. The validity information is, for example, information as described below, and is information that defines a usable range of the tickets 100A and 100B. Instead of the two-dimensional code, a barcode or any other type of display object in which information is encoded may be printed.
(1) Available section and date Example: Section from A station to B station can be used from 12/1 to 12/31 (2) Upper limit of fare and available date Example: Section up to 500 yen fare Available from 12/1 to 12/31

  The medium discrimination code is information for discriminating between a code medium and a code / tag medium. Information that enables the automatic ticket gate 1 to distinguish whether the ticket is a code medium or a code / tag medium is set in the medium identification code. The two-dimensional code 115A encodes a medium discrimination code in which information indicating that the medium is a code medium is set, and effect information. The two-dimensional code 115B encodes a medium discrimination code in which information indicating that the medium is a code / tag medium is set, and effect information.

  The tickets 100A and 100B may be ordinary tickets having only the effect of one ride, a one-day ticket that can be used many times on the day of use, or a meal that can be used at a store along the line. It may be a plan ticket such as a ticket with a ticket. Such information on the number of times of use may be included in the effect information.

  The chip 120 is, for example, a passive type IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, and transmits and receives information to and from a reader / writer 200 described later by using an RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier) technology. The chip 120 includes an RF circuit 121, a control circuit 122, a storage unit 123, and the like. The processing by the chip 120 is performed by a command response method that responds to a command received from the reader / writer 200 via the antenna 130.

  The RF circuit 121 includes a rectifier circuit that extracts driving power from radio waves transmitted by the reader / writer 200, a decoder that extracts a signal (command) from radio waves transmitted by the reader / writer 200, and the like. The control circuit 122 is constituted by, for example, a logic circuit. The control circuit 122 writes data instructed from the reader / writer 200 to the storage unit 123 or reads data read from the storage unit 123 via the antenna 130 according to the content of the command extracted by the RF circuit 121. A process of transmitting data to the reader / writer 200 is performed.

  The storage unit 123 includes, for example, a readable and writable nonvolatile storage medium such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). For example, information that can be compared with the code-side ticket ID encoded in the two-dimensional code 115B (hereinafter, chip-side ticket ID) is stored in the storage unit 123 from the ticketing stage. Further, the usage record of the ticket 100 </ b> B is written in the storage unit 123 by the reader / writer 200. The usage record of the ticket 100B is, for example, information such as an entry station and an entry date and time. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information written to the storage unit 123 according to the embodiment. The chip-side ticket ID may be written in a non-rewritable nonvolatile storage medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory).

  Here, in order for the chip-side ticket ID to be information that can be collated with the code-side ticket ID, for example, (1) both must completely match, (2) both partially match, and (3) If one or both are calculated or decrypted by a predetermined algorithm, they match completely or partially with the other, and (4) if one or both are encrypted with a key, they match completely or partially with the other. It is sufficient to satisfy various conditions for enabling the validity of the other to be verified based on. In the present embodiment, the collation between the chip-side ticket ID and the code-side ticket ID may be omitted.

  Communication with the reader / writer 200 using the antenna 130 is performed using a UHF (Ultra High Frequency) band such as a 900 [MHz] band or a 2.45 [GHz] band. Since the UHF band is different from the ISM band such as 13.56 [MHz] used by communication IC cards for traffic, the communication between the reader / writer 200 incorporated in the automatic ticket gate 1 and the ticket is not performed. In addition, it is possible to prevent interference between the traffic IC card and the communication of the automatic ticket gate 1. Note that a communication band other than the UHF band may be used as long as the communication band of the traffic IC card is different from the communication band used for communication. The transportation IC card may include both a card formed literally in a card shape and a card built in an electronic device such as a mobile phone.

[Reader / writer, automatic ticket gate]
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a reader / writer 200 that can support the tickets 100A and 100B of the embodiment. The reader / writer 200 includes an antenna 210, a communication control unit 220, a camera 230, and a light 240. The reader / writer 200 supplies power to the ticket 100B and performs wireless communication with the ticket 100B. As described above, this wireless communication is performed using the UHF band such as the 900 [MHz] band and the 2.45 [GHz] band. It should be noted that, other than the UHF band, another communication band may be used as long as it is different from the communication band used by the traffic IC card for communication.

The communication control unit 220 of the reader / writer 200 transmits a read command using the antenna 210. When the used ticket is the ticket 100B, the communication control unit 220 acquires information such as a chip-side ticket ID and a use record from the ticket 100B, and outputs the acquired information to the automatic ticket gate 1. When the used ticket is the ticket 100A, the communication control unit 220 does not transmit the signal even if the read command is transmitted, and does not perform the process of receiving the signal.
Further, the reader / writer 200 transmits information to the storage unit 123 of the ticket 100B by transmitting, using the antenna 210, a write command including information instructed by the host device. This information includes, for example, a usage record of the ticket 100B.

  In the reader / writer 200, the output of the antenna 210 is set so that the communicable range is about 10 [cm] or less. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the establishment of communication between the reader / writer 200 and the RFID tag or the like other than the ticket 100B. In the normal communication using the UHF band, communication of about several [m] is possible. However, in the reader / writer 200 of the present embodiment, the usage mode in the automatic ticket gate 1 (the user writes the ticket 100B into the reader / writer 200). Over or touch). As a result, it is possible to prevent information other than the information used for the ticket gate processing of the automatic ticket gate 1, which is the original use, from being mixed into the reader / writer 200, and to realize a smooth ticket gate processing.

  The camera 230 of the reader / writer 200 captures the tickets 100A and 100B (especially the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B) held by the user. The light 240 irradiates the tickets 100A and 100B with light when the camera 230 performs an imaging operation. The antenna 210 of the reader / writer 200 is wound, for example, so as to surround the optical axis 230A of the camera 230. Note that the case where the antenna 210 of the reader / writer 200 is wound so as to surround the optical axis 230A of the camera 230 is merely an example, and is not limited to this. Data of the image captured by the camera 230 is output to, for example, the automatic ticket gate 1. The image captured by the camera 230 may be decoded in the reader / writer 200, and the information obtained by the decoding may be output to the automatic ticket gate 1. The camera 230 may be a camera that captures visible light or a camera that captures infrared light.

  The reader / writer 200 is provided separately from the reader / writer for the traffic IC card in the automatic ticket gate 1, for example. FIG. 5 is an external configuration diagram of the reader / writer 200 of the embodiment and the automatic ticket gate 1 provided with the reader / writer 20 for a traffic-related IC card. The automatic ticket gate 1 controls the passage of the user in the direction A in the figure. The automatic ticket gate 1 includes a display unit 30 for displaying various information, a door unit 40, and the like. FIG. 5 shows that the reader / writer 200 is provided on the front side of the reader / writer 20, but the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, the automatic ticket gate 1 may process only the tickets 100A and 100B without processing the traffic IC card. In this case, the reader / writer 20 in FIG. 5 is omitted. Although not shown in FIG. 5, the automatic ticket gate 1 may be capable of processing magnetic tickets in addition to the tickets 100A and 100B and a traffic IC card.

  FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment. The automatic ticket gate 1 includes a control unit 50. The external communication unit 60 is connected to the control unit 50. The external communication unit 60 communicates with a center device (upper device) 400 outside the automatic ticket gate 1 via a station server 350 installed at each station and a network NW such as the Internet.

  The control unit 50 includes, for example, a decoding unit 51, an encoding unit 52, an SF (Stored Fare) processing unit 53, a decoding unit 54, an encoding unit 55, an image processing unit 56, a reading state determination unit 57, And a ticket processing unit 58. These functional units are software functional units that function when a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executes a program stored in a program memory. Some or all of these functional units may be hardware functional units such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration) and an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The decoding unit 51 and the encoding unit 52 may be functions realized by a computer built in the reader / writer 20, and one or both of the decoding unit 54, the encoding unit 55, and the image processing unit 56 may be a reader / writer. The functions may be realized by a computer built in the writer 200.

  The decoding unit 51 decodes information read from the traffic IC card by the reader / writer 20, and outputs the information to the SF processing unit 53. The encoding unit 52 encodes information specified by the SF processing unit 53 and outputs the information to the reader / writer 20. The reader / writer 20 writes the information input from the encoding unit 52 to a traffic IC card.

  The SF processing unit 53 performs fare collection based on the charge balance of electronic money held by the transportation IC card. The SF processing unit 53 controls the door unit 40 to be in an open state to allow a user to pass when the traffic-related IC card satisfies the entry condition or the entry condition. The section 40 is controlled to a closed state to prohibit user traffic. In addition, the SF processing unit 53 causes the display unit 30 to display an image according to whether or not the user has passed.

  The decoding unit 54 decodes information read by the reader / writer 200 from the chip 120 of the ticket 100 </ b> B, and outputs the information to the reading state determination unit 57. The encoding unit 55 encodes information specified by the ticket processing unit 58 and outputs the information to the reader / writer 200. The reader / writer 200 writes the information input from the encoding unit 55 to the chip 120 of the ticket 100B. The image processing unit 56 analyzes an image captured by the camera 230 of the reader / writer 200, decodes information encoded in the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B, and outputs the information to the reading state determination unit 57.

  When the reader / writer 200 detects the tickets 100A and 100B, the reading state determination unit 57 communicates with the medium determination code based on output information of the decoding unit 54 and the image processing unit 56 or a response from these. The reading state of the information by the control unit 220 and the reading state of the information by the camera 230 are determined. The reading state determination unit 57 determines whether at least the information set in the medium determination code, the information reading state by the communication control unit 220 is normal, and the information reading state by the camera 230 is normal. Is determined. The reading state determination unit 57 outputs the determination result to the ticket processing unit 58.

  The ticket processing unit 58 performs a code medium process corresponding to the code medium, or a code / tag based on a combination of the medium determination code, the information reading state by the communication control unit 220, and the information reading state by the camera 230. Performs code / tag medium processing corresponding to the medium. The code medium processing is effective by determining whether or not the ticket 100A is a valid ticket that satisfies the entry condition or the entry condition based on the efficacy information read from the two-dimensional code 115A and the usage record acquired from the outside. This is a process for allowing the user to pass when it is determined. The process of referring to the usage record acquired from the outside may be omitted. The code / tag medium processing determines whether or not the ticket 100A or 100B is a valid ticket that satisfies the entry condition or the entry condition based on the efficacy information read from the two-dimensional code 115 and the usage record read from the chip 120. This is a process for letting the user pass when it is determined to be valid.

  When determining that the tickets are valid tickets 100A and 100B, the ticket processing unit 58 controls the door unit 40 to be in an open state to pass the user. When determining that the ticket is not a valid ticket 100A or 100B, the ticket processing unit 58 controls the door unit 40 to be in the closed state to prohibit the user from passing.

Drawing 7 is a flow chart which shows an example of the flow of processing performed by automatic ticket gate 1 of an embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a medium identification code, a reading state of the chip 120, and a result of handling the medium in the embodiment.
First, the automatic ticket gate 1 waits until the ticket held by the user is detected by the reader / writer 200 (step S100). When the ticket is detected, the automatic ticket gate 1 starts the following processing.

  Next, the automatic ticket gate 1 reads information from the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B by the camera 230 and reads information from the chip 120 by the communication control unit 220 (step S102). The reading state determination unit 57 of the control unit 50 determines whether there is a reading error of the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B as a result of operating the camera 230 and the communication control unit 220 in step S102 (step S104). If there is an abnormality in reading the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B, the ticket processing unit 58 causes the display unit 30 to present an image indicating that the ticket cannot be handled, and ends the process (step S120). For example, when the processing result of the image processing unit 56 is not in a predetermined format, the ticket processing unit 58 determines that the reading of the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B is abnormal.

  When there is no abnormal reading of the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B, the reading state determining unit 57 reads the medium determining code included in the information read from the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B (Step S106). If the medium determination code indicates a code medium, the reading state determination unit 57 proceeds to step S108 and subsequent steps. If the medium determination code indicates a code / tag medium, the reading state determination unit 57 proceeds to step S114 and subsequent steps.

In step S108, the reading state determination unit 57 determines whether the reading state of the information of the chip 120 in step S102 is a state where there is no signal received from the ticket. Here, when the ticket held by the user is the ticket 100A, the information read state of the chip 120 is a state where there is no signal received from the ticket.
When the reading state determination unit 57 determines that there is no signal received from the ticket, the ticket processing unit 58 recognizes that the ticket is a valid ticket and performs code medium processing. (Step S110). On the other hand, if the reading state determining unit 57 determines that the signal received from the ticket is not in a state where there is no signal, the ticket processing unit 58 presents an image indicating that the handling of the ticket is impossible on the display unit 30. Then, the process ends (step S112).

  The state where there is no signal received from the ticket is a state where there is a signal received from the chip 120 and information is normally read from the chip 120 or information (signal) received from the chip 120 is abnormal. It is. The case where the medium determination code is “code medium” and the information is normally read from the chip 120 is, for example, the case where the two-dimensional code is illegally attached to the paper base material having the chip 120. Therefore, unauthorized use of the ticket can be prevented by not treating the ticket as a valid ticket according to the determination that the information has been normally read from the code medium in the above process. Further, the case where the medium identification code is “code medium” and the information (signal) received from the chip 120 is abnormal includes, for example, a case where the information (signal) does not conform to a predetermined format, This is the case where the reuse of the chip 120 is prohibited by a kill command or the like at the end of use of the tag medium, or the case where information is read from a chip different from the ticket. Therefore, the information (signal) received from the code medium in the above process is not treated as a valid ticket according to the determination that the information is abnormal, thereby preventing unauthorized use of the ticket.

  In step S114, the reading state determination unit 57 determines whether the information reading state of the chip 120 is normal. When the reading state determining unit 57 determines that the reading state of the information of the chip 120 is normal, the ticket processing unit 58 recognizes that the ticket is a valid ticket and performs the code / tag medium processing. Perform (Step S116). On the other hand, when the reading state determining unit 57 determines that the reading state of the information of the chip 120 is not normal, the ticket processing unit 58 displays on the display unit 30 an image indicating that the handling of the ticket is impossible. Then, the process is terminated (step S118).

  The state where the information read state of the chip 120 is abnormal is a state where there is no signal received from the chip 120 or the information (signal) received from the chip 120 is abnormal. The case where the medium discrimination code is “code / tag medium” and there is no signal received from the chip 120 is, for example, the case where the two-dimensional code is illegally attached to a paper base material without the chip 120. Accordingly, by not treating the ticket as a valid ticket in response to the determination that there is no signal received from the code / tag medium in the above processing, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use of the ticket. The case where the medium identification code is “code / tag medium” and the information (signal) received from the chip 120 is abnormal includes, for example, a case where the information (signal) does not conform to a predetermined format, This is the case where the reuse of the chip 120 is prohibited by a kill command or the like at the end of use of the code / tag medium, or the case where information is read from a chip different from the ticket. Therefore, the information (signal) received from the code / tag medium in the above process is not treated as a valid ticket according to the determination that the information is abnormal, thereby preventing unauthorized use of the ticket.

  Hereinafter, the code medium processing corresponding to the code medium will be described. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating a processing procedure of code medium processing in the automatic ticket gate 1 according to the embodiment. This code medium processing will be described for a case where a ticket 100A on which a two-dimensional code 115A in which a section from Station A to Station B is encoded as validity information is used.

  The ticket processing unit 58 of the automatic ticket gate 1 at the station A, when the user enters the station A using the ticket 100A, the validity information (from the station A to the station A) read from the two-dimensional code 115A of the ticket 100A. The entrance is permitted with reference to the section to the B station (step S200). The ticket processing unit 58 controls the external communication unit 60 in response to permitting the entrance, and causes the center device 400 to transmit the entrance information. The entrance information includes the code-side ticket ID and validity information read from the two-dimensional code 115A, and a usage record indicating that the entrance station is “A station”.

  In response to the entrance information being transmitted from the automatic ticket gate 1 at Station A, the center device 400 records the entrance information in a storage unit (not shown) (step S202). As a result, the code side ticket ID, the validity information, and the usage record are recorded in the storage unit of the center device 400 in association with each other.

  The ticket processing unit 58 of the automatic ticket gate 1 at the station B uses the two-dimensional code 115A of the ticket 100A to output the validity information (from station A to station B) when the user enters from the station B using the ticket 100A. ), And controls the external communication unit 60 to transmit the entry information to the center device 400. The entry information includes the code-side ticket ID read from the two-dimensional code 115A and a usage record indicating that the entry station is “Station B”.

  The center device 400 determines the validity of the effect information in response to the entry information being transmitted from the automatic ticket gate 1 at the station B. The center device 400 searches the storage unit for a code-side ticket ID that matches the code-side ticket ID included in the entry information. The center device 400 compares the validity information corresponding to the retrieved code-side ticket ID with the usage record included in the entry information and the usage record included in the entry information, and determines that the validity information is valid. (Step S204). The center device 400 transmits the determination result that the validity information of the ticket 100A is valid to the automatic ticket gate 1 at the B station.

The ticket processing unit 58 of the automatic ticket gate 1 at the station B receives the determination result from the external communication unit 60 and permits participation based on the determination result (step S206).
The above is the description of the code medium processing. When the ticket 100A is a ticket that can be boarded in a fixed section, the determination processing via communication with the center device 400 may be omitted. In this case, at both the entry station and the entry station, it is determined whether or not the own station is in a fixed section, and when it is in the fixed section, it is determined that the efficacy information is valid.

Hereinafter, the code / tag medium processing corresponding to the code / tag medium will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of code / tag medium processing in the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment.
First, the ticket processing unit 58 determines whether or not the ticket 100B is a valid ticket 100B that satisfies the entry condition or the entry condition based on the effect information read from the two-dimensional code 115B and the usage record read from the chip 120. (Step S300). If the ticket is a valid ticket 100B, the ticket processing unit 58 proceeds to step S302. If the ticket is not a valid ticket 100B, the ticket processing unit 58 proceeds to step S308.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the ticket processing unit 58 sets the entrance station “A station” recorded as the usage record and the entrance time “13:15 on December 31, 2014” recorded as the usage record. By comparing the validity information with “the section from A station to B station can be used from 12/1 to 12/31”, it is determined that the valid ticket 100B satisfies the entry conditions.

In step S302, the ticket processing unit 58 causes the communication control unit 220 to cause the chip 120 to write the usage record, and determines whether the writing of the usage record to the chip 120 has been successful (step S304). If the writing of the usage record is successful, the ticket processing unit 58 controls the door unit 40 to be in the open state to permit entry and exit of the user, and ends the processing of the ticket 100B (step S306). If the writing of the usage record to the chip 120 has failed, the door unit 40 is controlled to be in the closed state to prohibit entry and exit of the user, and the processing of the ticket 100B ends (step S308).
The above is the description of the code / tag medium processing.

  As described above, according to the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment, the medium identification code included in the information read from the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B, the reading state of the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B, and the reading of the chip 120 Since the processing based on the combination of the states is performed, if the ticket is a valid ticket, the function of the use ticket represented by the medium identification code matches the reading state of the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B and the reading state of the chip 120. By utilizing the fact that it is, processing corresponding to the function of the use ticket can be performed. As a result, according to the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment, even when the code medium and the code / tag medium are mixed, the ticket is a valid ticket after discriminating between the code medium and the code / tag medium. Recognizing that there is, it is possible to execute processing corresponding to the function of the voucher.

  Further, according to the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment, when the medium identification code included in the information read from the two-dimensional code 115B indicates that the medium is a code / tag medium, the reading state of the two-dimensional code 115B is changed. By determining that the ticket is normal and the reading state of the chip 120 is normal, it is possible to recognize that the ticket is a valid ticket, and to perform processing corresponding to the code / tag medium. As a result, according to the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment, when the medium discrimination code indicates a code / tag medium, if the ticket is a valid ticket, the reading state of the two-dimensional code 115B and the chip 120 By utilizing the fact that the read state matches the function of the code / tag medium, processing corresponding to the code / tag medium can be performed.

  Further, according to the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment, when the medium identification code included in the information read from the two-dimensional code 115A indicates that the medium is a code medium, the reading state of the two-dimensional code 115A is normal. By determining that the reading state of the presence chip 120 is not normal, it is possible to recognize that the ticket is a valid ticket, and to perform processing corresponding to the code medium. As a result, according to the automatic ticket gate 1 of the embodiment, when the medium discrimination code indicates a code medium, if the ticket is a valid ticket, the reading state of the two-dimensional code 115A and the reading state of the chip 120 By using the fact that is compatible with the function of the code medium, processing corresponding to the code medium can be performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the ticket in which the medium discrimination code is encoded in the two-dimensional code has been described. However, the ticket processing unit 58 does not read the medium discrimination code but reads the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B and Code medium processing or code / tag medium processing may be performed based on the read state of the chip 120.
When the reading state of the two-dimensional code 115B is normal and the reading state of the chip 120 is normal, the ticket processing unit 58 determines that the code / tag medium is valid, and determines that the code / tag medium is valid. Treat as a ticket. When the reading state of the two-dimensional code 115B is normal and the reading state of the chip 120 is not normal, the ticket processing unit 58 determines that the code medium is a code medium, and treats the code medium as a valid ticket. .
According to the automatic ticket gate 1 of this embodiment, similarly to the above-described embodiment, a code medium is used by taking advantage of the fact that the reading state of the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B and the reading state of the chip 120 differ depending on the function of the voucher. The processing can be performed by determining the code / tag medium.

[Ticketing machine]
Hereinafter, a ticket issuing machine that issues a ticket will be described. FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a ticket issuing machine 300 that issues a ticket. The ticket issuing machine 300 includes, for example, an operation / display unit 310, a money collection unit 320, a reader / writer 330, a control unit 340, a supply unit 350, a transport unit 360, an internal reader / writer 370, and two-dimensional code printing. 380 and a ticket-exporting unit 390.

  The operation / display unit 310 is, for example, a touch-panel display device in which a contact detection mechanism is provided so as to overlap a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display device. The purchaser of the ticket can operate the operation / display unit 310 to purchase a ticket having desired effect information. Note that, instead of the touch panel type operation / display unit, an operation / display unit including a mechanical switch may be provided.

  The money collecting unit 320 and the reader / writer 330 are provided to collect a ticket fee from a user. The money collection unit 320 counts bills and coins inserted by the user, and returns the change to the user as change if the price of the ticket is exceeded. The reader / writer 330 performs processing for deducting the price of the ticket 100 from the electronic money held by the transportation IC card presented by the user.

  The control unit 340 includes a processor such as a CPU, and controls each unit of the ticket issuing machine 300. The supply unit 350 supplies the paper base 110 of the ticket (the two-dimensional code has not been printed yet) to the transport unit 360. The two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B in response to the conveyance unit 360 conveying the paper substrate 110. When the ticket includes the chip 120, the control unit 340 causes the internal reader / writer 370 to communicate with the chip 120 in the paper base 110, and causes the two-dimensional code 115B to be printed. The ticket thus created is carried out of the housing of the device by the ticket carrying-out section 390 and delivered to the user.

  Drawing 12 is a flow chart which shows an example of the flow of processing performed by ticket issuing machine 300 of an embodiment.

  First, the ticket issuing machine 300 waits until the content of the ticket purchased by the user is determined (step S400). When the content of the ticket is determined, the supply unit 350 sends out one paper substrate 110 to the transport unit 360 to start transport (step S402).

  Next, the control unit 340 determines whether the medium for issuing a ticket is a code / tag medium (step S404). For example, the control unit 340 attempts communication with the chip 120 by the internal reader / writer 370, determines that the medium to be issued is a code / tag medium if there is a response, and issues a medium to issue the ticket if there is no response. Is not a code / tag medium. If the medium to be issued is a code / tag medium, the control unit 340 determines the chip-side ticket ID, and causes the internal reader / writer 370 to write the chip-side ticket ID in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120 ( Step S406). If the medium is not a code / tag medium, control unit 340 proceeds to step S408.

  Next, the control unit 340 generates two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B that encode the code-side ticket ID, the validity information corresponding to the determined content of the ticket, and the medium identification code (step S408). At this time, the control unit 340 may determine whether the ticket to be issued is a code medium or a code / tag medium based on the determination result of step S404, and determine the medium determination code. Then, the two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B generated in step S408 on the paper base 110 (step S410), and a ticket is created. The created ticket is carried out by the ticket taking-out section 390 (step S412). When the flowchart of FIG. 12 is executed, a writer device that can only write information to the chip 120 may be used instead of the internal reader / writer 370.

  According to the ticket issuing machine 300 of the embodiment described above, the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B that encode the medium discrimination code are generated, so that the automatic ticket gate 1 performs processing corresponding to the code medium or the code / tag medium. Can be. Further, according to the ticket issuing machine 300 of the embodiment, it is sufficient to simply generate the medium discrimination code, and the automatic ticket gate 1 can perform the processing corresponding to the medium with a light processing load.

  According to at least one embodiment described above, when information is not normally read from the chip 120, the validity of the efficacy information is determined based on the information read from the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B. The use of the ticket 100 can be permitted even when an abnormality occurs in the reading of the ticket 120, and the convenience of the ticket 100 can be improved.

  According to at least one embodiment described above, processing based on a combination of the medium determination code included in the information read by the camera 230 and the information reading state of the camera 230 and the information reading state of the communication control unit 220 , A process corresponding to the function of the use ticket can be performed.

The above embodiment can be expressed as follows.
A communication unit having an antenna and performing wireless communication with a wireless communication unit included in the ticket,
An optical reading unit that optically reads information from a display object of the use ticket;
The medium determination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit, and a combination of the information reading state by the optical reading unit and the information reading state by the communication unit are determined, and based on the determined result, A control unit for recognizing that the voucher is a valid voucher;
A use ticket processing device comprising:

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are provided by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

  In the above-described embodiment, the automatic ticket gate 1 has been described, but the above-described embodiment can also be applied to a window processing machine operated by a station attendant to process a ticket. The window processor performs a process corresponding to the code medium and a process corresponding to the code / tag medium based on the information reading state of the camera 230 and the information reading state of the communication control unit 220. When the handling of the ticket is impossible as described above, the window processing machine presents the contents of the medium identification code, the read results of the two-dimensional codes 115A and 115B, and the read results of the chip 120 on the display unit. Is also good.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the code medium and the code / tag medium are a ticket is described. However, the code medium and the code / tag medium may be various kinds of use tickets. In a use ticket, a use ticket for recording the use history is a code / tag medium, and a use ticket for which no use history is recorded is a code medium. For example, in an event venue having a plurality of booths, a use ticket that can be used only by a specific booth may be used as a code medium, and a use ticket that can use any booth and records a use history may be used as a code / tag medium. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate, 20 ... Reader / writer, 30 ... Display part, 40 ... Door part, 50 ... Control part, 54 ... Decoding part, 55 ... Encoding part, 56 ... Image processing part, 57 ... Reading state determination part, 58 ... Ticket processing unit, 60 External communication unit, 100, 100A, 100B ... Ticket, 110: Paper substrate, 110A: Display surface, 115A, 115B: Two-dimensional code, 120: Chip, 121: RF circuit, 122 ... Control circuit, 123 ... Storage unit, 130 ... Antenna, 200 ... Reader / writer, 220 ... Communication control unit, 230 ... Camera, 240 ... Light, 300 ... Ticketing machine, 330 ... Reader / writer, 340 ... Control unit, 370 ... Inside Reader / writer, 380: two-dimensional code printing unit, 400: center device

Claims (12)

A communication unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless communication unit of the voucher;
An optical reading unit that optically reads information from a display object of the use ticket;
And the medium discrimination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit, and a control unit that performs processing based on the reading state of the information by the reading state or the communication unit of the information by the optical reading unit,
With
The medium determination information is that the use ticket is a medium that has the wireless communication unit and the display object is displayed, or that the use ticket does not have the wireless communication unit and the display object is Information indicating that the medium is displayed,
Use ticket processing device. The control unit may be configured such that the medium determination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit indicates that the use ticket is a medium having the wireless communication unit and displaying the display object. When the reading state of the information by the optical reading unit is normal, and when the reading state of the information by the communication unit is normal, processing is performed with the use ticket as a valid use ticket.
The use ticket processing device according to claim 1 . The control unit may be configured such that the medium determination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit indicates that the use ticket is a medium having the wireless communication unit and displaying the display object. , When the reading state of the information by the optical reading unit is normal, and when the reading state of the information by the communication unit is abnormal, the processing is performed as the handling ticket is unhandled,
The use ticket processing device according to claim 1 . The control unit may be configured such that the medium determination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit indicates that the use ticket is a medium having the wireless communication unit and displaying the display object. When the reading state of the information by the optical reading unit is normal and the information is not read by the communication unit, the processing is performed with the use ticket being unhandled.
The use ticket processing device according to claim 1 . The control unit may be configured such that the medium identification information included in the information read by the optical reading unit indicates that the use ticket is a medium on which the display object is displayed without the wireless communication unit. In, when the reading state of the information by the optical reading unit is normal, and when there is no reading of the information by the communication unit, perform the processing as a valid use ticket the use ticket,
The use ticket processing device according to claim 1 . The control unit indicates that the medium identification information included in the information read by the optical reading unit is a medium in which the use ticket does not have the wireless communication unit and the display object is displayed. In the case where the information reading state by the optical reading unit is normal and the information reading state by the communication unit is normal, the processing is performed with the use ticket being unhandled.
The use ticket processing device according to claim 1 . The control unit indicates that the medium identification information included in the information read by the optical reading unit is a medium in which the use ticket does not have the wireless communication unit and the display object is displayed. In the case where the information reading state by the optical reading unit is normal, and when the information reading state by the communication unit is abnormal, the processing is performed by disabling the use ticket.
The use ticket processing device according to claim 1 . The communication unit includes an antenna, and the optical reading unit includes a camera.
The antenna is wound around the optical axis of the camera,
The optical reading unit further includes a light that irradiates the use ticket with light when the camera performs an imaging operation,
The use ticket processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7. A communication unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless communication unit of the voucher;
An optical reading unit that optically reads information from a display object of the use ticket;
A process is performed based on the medium determination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit and the information reading state of the optical reading unit or the information reading state of the communication unit , and based on the processing result, the door is opened. and a control unit part controls the open state, or to control the door section in the closed state,
With
The medium determination information is that the use ticket is a medium that has the wireless communication unit and the display object is displayed, or that the use ticket does not have the wireless communication unit and the display object is Information indicating that the medium is displayed,
Automatic ticket gate. A second communication unit that performs wireless communication with the traffic IC card;
A first target position at which the communication unit can wirelessly communicate with the ticket, and the optical reading unit can optically read from the ticket, and a second communication unit with wireless communication with the traffic IC card; Is provided at a position different from the second target position,
The automatic ticket gate according to claim 9. A display unit,
A communication unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless communication unit of the voucher;
An optical reading unit that optically reads information from a display object of the use ticket;
Wherein the medium discrimination information included in the information read by the optical reading unit performs a process based on the read status information by the reading status or the communication unit of the information by the optical reading section, the information based on the processing result A control unit to be displayed on the display unit,
With
The medium determination information is that the use ticket is a medium that has the wireless communication unit and the display object is displayed, or that the use ticket does not have the wireless communication unit and the display object is Information indicating that the medium is displayed,
Processing machine .   9. The use ticket processing device according to claim 1, wherein a display object is printed on the use ticket.

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