JP7106309B2 - Automatic ticket gate system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a station entrance/exit management system, such as an automatic ticket gate system or an automatic fare adjustment system, which manages entry/exit by using information on boarding media (IC cards, etc.) or information on the characteristics of the human body. The present invention relates to a technology effective for use in an automatic ticket gate system that involves execution of calculation/decision processing such as.

In an IC card compatible automatic ticket gate, processes such as IC card authentication, use route determination, settlement amount calculation, settlement, and the like are performed. A conventional automatic ticket gate is configured such that these processes are performed by a determination board built into the ticket gate.
This decision board is equipped with a memory that stores a decision program and fare data. If the memory fails or an electrical abnormality such as a short circuit occurs on the circuit board, it will be impossible to make an accurate decision. becomes impossible, and an erroneous judgment occurs.

Therefore, an invention has been proposed that prevents ticket examination processing from being performed based on an erroneous determination due to a defect that has occurred in a part of the hardware (Patent Document 1). In the invention of Patent Document 1, the main CPU board and the determination CPU board perform determination processing based on the same determination logic for the ticket information read from the boarding medium, and if the determination results do not match. Then, it determines that the determination result is abnormal, and interrupts the ticket examination process. However, although this invention can deal with hardware failures, it has the problem that it cannot deal with failures in the determination logics themselves because the same determination logic is used for the determination processing on the two boards.

Therefore, based on the information of the boarding medium read by the reader/writer provided in the ticket gate, the above-mentioned A judgment board is provided to judge each judgment item, and the judgment results of the two judgment boards are compared for each judgment item, and when all the judgment results for each judgment item match, the judgment result of whether or not the passage is permitted is the same. (Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-185210 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-4019

The invention described in Patent Document 2 can avoid erroneous collection of fares due to erroneous judgments caused by defects in judgment logic, but multiple judgment boards with different judgment logics are built into each automatic ticket gate. Therefore, there is a problem that the cost of the automatic ticket gate increases. In addition, when there is a revision of the fare, it is necessary to correct the fare data stored in all judgment boards built into all the automatic ticket gates, and updating the data is extremely time-consuming. There is a problem that it takes time.

Moreover, when a railway user travels across the lines of multiple railway operators, it is necessary to calculate fares for the lines of other operators as well. When there is a change in the calculation method or when a new station is established, it is necessary to correct the data and calculation formulas stored in the decision board inside the automatic ticket gate, which raises the issue of increasing the frequency of updates. .
Further, in the inventions related to prior patent applications related to fare matching, the number of matchings that can be processed on the automatic ticket gate side is limited to two types, and the determination process is fixed (uniform). In other words, in the conventional invention, matching with two or more N types was not assumed. Furthermore, regarding the final judgment based on the matching result, there is no flexible mechanism that can handle various cases such as the processing flow and "handling settings" shown in Fig. 5, and only uniform judgment is used. One of the problems was the lack of flexible handling.

The present invention has been made with a focus on the above-mentioned problems, and even if there is a revision of the fare, a change in the calculation method, or an increase in the number of stations, the data and calculation formulas stored on the board inside the ticket gate can be changed. To provide an automatic ticket gate system capable of coping with changes in a short period of time without requiring correction of a ticket.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate system with a low risk of erroneous receipt of fares due to erroneous calculations. Another object of the present invention is to enable flexible handling (handling setting) of judgment processing according to the results of a plurality of processing units. Another object of the present invention is to enable step-by-step and flexible system expansion while maintaining a high level of judgment reliability for concurrent processing across multiple automatic ticket gate systems that employ the same mechanism.
Still another object of the present invention is to reduce the repair cost of ticket gates.

The invention according to the present application includes a communication means, a plurality of processing units that receive information read by an information reading means and determine whether entry/exit is possible, and a determination that transmits the determination result to a ticket gate via a communication network. a server comprising means;
Information reading means capable of reading information stored in a boarding medium held by a user or characteristics of a human body as information; a plurality of ticket gates configured to transmit information and information to the server by the communication means of the ticket gates, receive the determination result of the determination means, and enter a passage permitted state or a passage prohibited state, and a communication network. It is an automatic ticket gate system that is communicatively connected via.

Here, "boarding medium" refers to a dedicated boarding medium such as an IC card used for authentication when using public transportation such as trains and buses, as well as mobile terminals or devices with built-in IC cards. It includes a general-purpose mobile terminal that has a function as a boarding medium in cooperation with the communication function and software possessed by. Further, the “operation” of the “processing unit” includes processing such as logical operation processing such as AND and determination processing.
According to the automatic ticket gate system configured as described above, since the processing unit for calculating fares and charges is provided on the server side, there is no need to calculate fares and charges on the ticket gate side. Therefore, even if there are revisions in fares and charges, changes in calculation methods, or expansion of stations, there is no need to modify the data and calculation formulas stored on the board inside the automatic ticket gate, and changes can be made in a short period of time. It can be expected to reduce the cost that occurs due to the change.

Here, desirably, the server has a mechanism capable of collating operation results of two or more processing units, making judgments according to the collation results, and corresponding to those results. It shall be possible to flexibly define handling settings.

According to this configuration, the risk of erroneous collection of fares due to erroneous calculations is low, and handling settings corresponding to the calculation results can be flexibly defined by adopting a determination method based on the result of matching the calculation results of a plurality of processing units. By doing so, it is possible to realize an automatic ticket gate system with high robustness. Also, since the response from the processing unit is limited to a predetermined time, the ticket examination process can be executed within the required processing time.
The preset handling is, for example, that all of the operation results of a plurality of processing units excluding a processing unit that does not respond match.

In addition, desirably, the server includes a distribution means for distributing the determination of entry/exit permission based on the information transmitted from the ticket gate to the plurality of processing units,
The judging means is configured to make a judgment based on the result of calculation by a plurality of processing units that have executed arithmetic processing in accordance with the distribution by the distributing means.

Further, desirably, the server:
Equipped with sorting means for sorting multiple automatic ticket gate systems,
Each automatic ticket gate system is provided with a plurality of processing units for determining entry/exit permission/inhibition according to a predetermined logic, and determination means for comprehensively determining the result thereof is provided, and the determination result is transmitted to the ticket gate.
Then, the server sums up the fares calculated for each automatic ticket gate system and transmits the sum to the corresponding ticket gates, and the ticket gates that have received the summed fares permit the boarding medium to pass through.

With the above configuration, when there is a revision of the fare, a change of the calculation method, or an addition of stations in any of the automatic ticket gate systems, it is only necessary to modify the data and programs of the processing unit of the automatic ticket gate system. Since there is no need to modify the data or programs of the processing units of other automatic ticket gate systems, there is no mutual influence.

According to the automatic ticket gate system of the present invention, there is no need to modify the data and calculation formulas stored on the board inside the ticket gate even if there is a revision of the fare, a change in the calculation method, or an increase in the number of stations. Changes can be made in a short period of time compared to changes made to individual ticket gates. In addition, it is possible to realize an automatic ticket gate system with a low risk of erroneous receipt of fares due to erroneous calculation. Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is an effect that it can be expected to reduce the repair cost of the ticket gate.

In addition, in the invention of the automatic ticket gate related to the prior patent application regarding fare matching, the number of matches that can be processed on the automatic ticket gate side is up to two types of matching, and the processing result is fixed (uniform). However, according to the present invention, the number of matches to be determined is also flexible, and combinations of two or more types are possible. In addition, by adopting each "handling setting" for matching results, it is possible to make judgments that are not fixed (uniform), and adopt a mechanism similar to these to other automatic ticket gate systems. By adopting a mechanism for performing combination and comprehensive judgment, parallel calculation becomes possible.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the system configuration|structure of one Embodiment of an automatic ticket gate system. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of each processing server which comprises the automatic ticket gate system in embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the process implemented in the automatic ticket gate system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline|summary of an example of the process performed in the comprehensive determination server which comprises the automatic ticket gate system of embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of a specific procedure of comprehensive determination processing performed in step S16 of the flow chart of FIG. 3; FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the 1st modification of the automatic ticket gate system of embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the 2nd modification of the automatic ticket gate system of embodiment.

A preferred embodiment of an automatic ticket gate system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an outline of the system configuration of an embodiment of an automatic ticket gate system according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic ticket gate system of this embodiment includes a plurality of automatic ticket gates 10A, 10B, . An integrated ticket gate management system 20 for integrated management is connected via a communication network 30 so as to be capable of data communication.

The automatic ticket gates 10A, 10B, . I have it. Here, the boarding medium includes an IC card containing an IC chip, a ticket printed with a two-dimensional bar code, communication means capable of transmitting boarding information to a ticket gate, or display means capable of displaying a two-dimensional bar code. It may be a mobile terminal or the like. Also, instead of a reader/writer for reading card information, a device for reading the characteristics of the human body as biometric information may be used.

The integrated ticket gate management system 20 includes an authentication server 21 consisting of a processing unit that authenticates whether or not the boarding medium is legitimate based on the ID (identification code) read from the boarding medium by the automatic ticket gates 10A, 10B, . . . , a distribution server 22 for distributing arithmetic processing of fares and charges (hereinafter referred to as fares, etc.) according to predetermined rules, and a processing server equipped with a plurality of processing units UA to UN for executing arithmetic processing of fares, etc. 23, and a comprehensive judgment server 24 that compares the calculation results from the processing units UA to UN of the processing server 23 and makes a comprehensive judgment.

Basically, the sorting server 22, for example, when a user rides over a section of the automatic ticket gate system X, a section of the automatic ticket gate system Y, and a section of the automatic ticket gate system Z, determines the section of the automatic ticket gate system X to be used. The processing unit UA executes the calculation of the fare, etc., and the processing unit UB executes the calculation of the fare, etc. of the use section of the automatic ticket gate system Y, and the calculation of the fare, etc. Let a plurality of units of the processing units UC execute. Then, the calculation results in the processing units UA to UC are transmitted to the general judgment server 24, and the general judgment server 24 judges whether or not passage is possible according to a predetermined judgment logic, and adds up the calculation results.

The authentication server 21 has a database 25 that stores the IDs of the issued boarding media, and compares the IDs received from the automatic ticket gates 10A, 10B, . . . The entry/exit is determined by collation, and the result is transmitted to the corresponding automatic ticket gate.
The processing server 23 is a server that performs calculation processing of fares and the like for each automatic ticket gate system. It may be built on a remote private cloud platform. In the latter case, the distribution server 22 and the processing server 23 and the overall determination server 24 and the processing server 23 are connected via the communication network 30 .

The processing units UA to UN are configured to perform arithmetic processing of fares and the like for each automatic ticket gate system by different arithmetic programs A, B, . . . It should be noted that it is not necessary for all the processing units to be configured to perform processing according to mutually different arithmetic programs. may be configured so as to perform the processing with the calculation program of

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the processing server 23. As shown in FIG. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, sorting servers 22A, 22B, 22C, processing servers 23A, 23B, 23C, and comprehensive determination servers 24A, 24B, 24C are provided for each automatic ticket gate system.
As shown in FIG. 2, the processing servers 23A, 23B, 23C have a plurality of processing units U1-A, U1-B, . -A,U2-B,……U2-M;U3-A,U3-B,……U3-L.

The sorting servers 22A, 22B, and 22C are basically configured so that, for example, when a user rides over a section of the automatic ticket gate system X, a section of the automatic ticket gate system Y, and a section of the automatic ticket gate system Z, the automatic ticket gate system A plurality of units of the processing server 23A are caused to calculate the fares and the like for the sections used by the automatic ticket gate system Y. A plurality of units of the processing server 23C are caused to calculate the fare for the section to be used. The calculation results in the processing servers 23A, 23B, and 23C are transmitted to the comprehensive judgment servers 24A, 24B, and 24C, and further integrated into the comprehensive judgment server 24A. I do.

Note that the distribution server 22A, when distributing calculation processing of fares and the like, may distribute the same calculation of fares so that all the processing units in the processing servers 23A, 23B, and 23C execute the same calculation, or one processing may be performed. The tasks may be distributed to be executed by a predetermined number (for example, three) of processing units in the server. Also, FIG. 2 shows a case where the number of automatic ticket examination systems is "3", but the number of automatic ticket examination systems is not limited to this.
In the system shown in FIG. 2, one of the distribution servers (for example, the distribution server 22A) plays a central role in distributing the processing to the other distribution servers (22B, 22C), and the results are sent to the comprehensive judgment server ( 24A), but there are cases where the distribution server 22B or 22C other than the distribution server 22A plays a central role in distributing the processing to other distribution servers, and the results are received by the comprehensive judgment server 24B or 24C. .

Next, the procedure of processing in the automatic ticket gate system of this embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. In the following embodiments, an IC card is used as a boarding medium.
First, when an IC card as a boarding medium is held over any of the automatic ticket gates 10, information (card ID, etc.) stored in the IC card is read by a reader/writer (step S1). Next, the communication means of the automatic ticket gate 10 transmits the information read from the IC card to the authentication server 21 together with the identification code as unique information of the automatic ticket gate 10 and the status data of the IC card (step S2).

When the authentication server 21 receives the information from the automatic ticket gate 10 (step S3), it refers to the database and authenticates whether or not the IC card can be used (step S4). In this "authentication", it may be determined whether or not conditions necessary for entry are satisfied, such as having a minimum balance required for entry. Also, it is determined whether to enter or leave the station based on whether or not there is a record of entering the station on the IC card. Then, the authentication server 21 returns the authentication result (including the determination result of entry/exit) to the automatic ticket gate 10, and the automatic ticket gate 10 receives the authentication result (steps S5 and S6).
Then, the automatic ticket gate 10 decodes the authentication result (step S7), and if the authentication result is "impossible" (No), the automatic ticket gate 10 does not allow the user to pass through (step S8). Specifically, for example, the ticket gate or the gate installed in front of it is closed, or the passage is prohibited by lighting a red lamp or outputting a voice. The authentication server 21 may check the balance of the card among the information read from the IC card, and may return the determination result of "not authenticated" to the automatic ticket gate 10 even if the amount is less than the predetermined amount. .

On the other hand, in step S7, it is determined that the authentication result is "allowed" (Yes), that is, the ID of the IC card to be authenticated is not an unusable ID (negative ID), and the minimum balance required for entry When the conditions necessary for entry are satisfied, the automatic ticket gate 10 proceeds to step S9a in the case of entry (step S9: Yes), records the entry information on the IC card, and displays "entrance permitted". do. Moreover, in the case of participating (step S9: No), the process proceeds to step S18.
On the other hand, after transmitting the authentication result to the automatic ticket gate 10 in step S5, the authentication server 21 proceeds to step S10, transmits status data regarding the IC card to the sorting server 22, and the sorting server 22 receives the status data. (step S11). Here, the status data is data such as the ID of the IC card, the station name or station code of the entering station, the station name or station code of the departing station, the card balance, and the like. Also, the status data may include entry time and exit time.

Subsequently, the sorting server 22 performs calculation processing of fares, etc., according to predetermined sorting rules, to the processing units U1-A, U1-B, . . . U1-N; -A, U2-B, ... U2-N; U3-A, U3-B, ... U3-N (step S12). At this time, the distribution server 22 adds the ID of the IC card and the information of the start station and the end station of the section to be calculated for each automatic ticket gate system, and instructs the calculation of the fare and the like. Then, the processing unit to which the calculation is assigned calculates the fare etc. using the received information (step S13).
After that, the calculation result by the processing unit is transmitted to the comprehensive determination server 24 (step S14), and the calculation result is received by the comprehensive determination server 24 (step S15). Then, the comprehensive judgment server 24 makes a comprehensive judgment according to a predetermined judgment logic (step S16), and transmits the judgment result and data such as the fixed fare to the corresponding automatic ticket gate 10 (step S17).

Next, the automatic ticket gate 10 receives the determination result (step S18), and if the determination is "impossible" (step S19; No), the automatic ticket gate 10 prohibits passage (step S20). On the other hand, when it is determined that the determination result is "possible" (Yes) in step S19, the automatic ticket gate 10 writes the amount obtained by subtracting the received fare etc. from the card balance to the IC card as new balance data ( Step S21), permitting the passage of the user (step S22). The ticket examination process is completed by the above procedure.

When writing the balance data to the IC card, the station name of the entering station, the station name of the leaving station, the entering time, and the leaving time may be written as history information. Further, instead of transmitting the fare data, the comprehensive determination server 24 may calculate the amount obtained by subtracting the fare from the balance and transmit the amount data to the corresponding automatic ticket gate 10 .
As described above, by installing a server that calculates fares, etc., it is possible to reduce the processing burden on automatic ticket gates and reduce costs. Even if there is a change, there is no need to modify the data and arithmetic expressions stored on the board inside the automatic ticket gate, and there is an advantage that the change can be handled in a short period of time.

Next, an example of comprehensive determination processing performed in step S16 will be described.
FIG. 4 shows the concept of an example of determination logic in the automatic ticket gate system of this embodiment. FIG. 4 shows, as an example, the determination logic of fares and the like when a user travels using the routes of two automatic ticket gate systems X and Y. The concept is the same when moving using the routes of , Z. Also, the determination logic may be set to other than those shown in FIG. 4 by "handling setting" described later.

FIG. 4 shows three processing units A, B, and C (for example, processing units U1-A, U1-B, and U1-C) in the processing server 23A of the automatic ticket gate system X, and three processing units in the processing server 23B of the automatic ticket gate system Y. A case is shown in which the calculation of the fare is distributed to three processing units A, B, and C (for example, processing units U2-A, U2-B, and U2-C). In the following explanation, fares and charges are described as "fares".
According to the determination logic of this embodiment, if the results of the three processing units A, B, and C of the automatic ticket gate system X all match in the above case, the matching fare, etc. , and if the results of the three processing units A, B, and C of the automatic ticket gate system Y all match, the matching fare is decided as the fare Fy of the section used by the automatic ticket gate system Y, and both fares are added up. (Fx+Fy) is determined as the adjusted fare.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, the results of two processing units (for example, A and B) out of the three processing units A, B, and C of the automatic ticket gate system X match, and the remaining processing units within a predetermined time. Even if there is no response from the processing unit (for example, C), the matching fare of the two processing units excluding the no response is determined as the fare for the section in which the automatic ticket gate system X is used. The same applies to the three processing units A, B, and C of the automatic ticket gate system Y.
On the other hand, if the results of the three processing units A, B, and C do not match, for example, as shown in FIG. If the results of the processing units (for example, A and B) are inconsistent and there is no response from the processing unit C, it is determined as NG (cannot be calculated). How to judge other response results will be described later.

By adopting the determination logic as described above, when a user travels using a plurality of routes of the automatic ticket gate system, it is possible to quickly calculate the total fare and perform the ticket examination process. In addition, since the ticket examination process is performed without relying on a perfect match, it is possible to reduce the number of occurrences of refusal to pass through the ticket examination machine (blockage of the ticket examination gate) and improve convenience for the user.
Here, the cause of no response from the processing unit is that the operation time in one of the processing units is long due to differences in the algorithm of the operation program, and that the operation cannot be responded within the predetermined time, or the operation cannot be performed due to a bug in the program. When interrupted, it is conceivable that there is an error response (NACK or the like) that the response cannot be made normally.

Next, an example of a specific procedure of comprehensive determination processing performed in step S16 will be described with reference to FIG.
When the comprehensive determination process is started, it is first determined whether or not there is a response from all determination means (processing units) for the processing servers 23A to 23C (step S61). If it is determined that all the responses have been received (Yes), the process proceeds to step S62, and it is determined whether or not the preset handling (handling setting) is met. Here, in the "handling setting", for example, there are cases where all judgment results are clearly wrong, such as a high price (for example, 100,000 yen). Then, if it is determined in step S62 that the "handling setting" is not met (No), the process proceeds to step S63 and is processed as "impossible to determine".

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S62 that the "handling settings" match (Yes), the process proceeds to step S64 to determine whether or not all determination results (computation results) match. Here, if it is determined that all the determination results match (Yes), the process proceeds to step S65, and the matching determination result is adopted. If it is determined in step S64 that the determination result does not match (No), the process proceeds to step S66 to determine whether or not the preset handling (handling setting) matches.
Here, the "handling setting" means that, for example, if there are two travel routes from station A to station B, calculation is performed assuming that the route with the shorter kilometer (distance) is used (setting 1). Alternatively, when the fares for the same route are different, if the difference is within a predetermined amount (for example, 30 yen), the cheaper one is used for calculation (setting 2).

In step S66, when it is determined that the "handling setting" is matched, the determination result α based on the matching setting 1 or the determination result β based on the matching setting 2 is adopted (steps S67, S68), and which "handling setting" If it is determined that both do not match (No), it is processed as "determination impossible" (step S69).
If it is determined that there is no response from at least one determining means (processing unit) in step S61, the process proceeds to step S70, and if there is no response from all determining means (processing units) determine whether Then, if "No", that is, if it is determined that there is no response from any of the determination means (processing units), the process proceeds to step S71 to determine whether or not it corresponds to the preset "setting for handling when there is no response". to decide.

Here, "handling" means, for example, validating the judgment result (setting 3) when the judgment result (for example, α) of the judging means (processing unit) that responded matches the "handling setting". It is conceivable to return a request for re-determination to the determination means (processing unit) that did not respond (setting 4), or to invalidate the calculation result including the one that responded (setting 5). In step S71, if it corresponds to any of the preset "handling", the determination result α is adopted (step S72) or a re-determination request (step S73) is issued in response to the applicable "handling setting". If it corresponds to "invalidate" (setting 5) or does not correspond to any of the "handling settings" (No), a process of making determination impossible (step S74) is executed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S70 that there has been no response from all of the determination means (processing units) (Yes), the process proceeds to step S75, and corresponds to the preset "setting for handling when there is no response". decide whether or not to
Here, the "handling setting" may be, for example, returning a request for re-determination to all determination means (processing units) (setting 6). In step S75, if it corresponds to the preset "handling setting (setting 6)", a re-determination request (step S76) is executed, and if it does not correspond to the "handling setting" (No), determination is impossible. (step S77). In addition, the setting content of the re-determination request corresponding to the above "setting 4" and "setting 6" that sets the handling of the re-determination request includes the upper limit number of retries, and when the number of retries reaches the upper limit, it is determined that the determination is impossible. You can make it work.

In the above embodiment, for example, when the calculation results of a plurality of processing units, excluding those with no response, among the plurality of processing units to which the distribution server 22 distributes the fare calculation, match, the calculation result is determined as the fare for the section to be used. (FIG. 4(A), step S70 in FIG. 5), but instead, a decision logic is adopted in which the fares with the most matches are determined as the fares for the section to be used by majority voting. can be Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the calculation results of a plurality of processing units, excluding no response, of the plurality of processing units to which the fare calculation is distributed by the distribution server 22 do not match, it is determined to be unacceptable (NG) (FIG. 4). (B), step S70 in FIG. 5) may be replaced by majority processing, and if there is no match, it may be determined as unacceptable (NG).

Also, when adopting such a majority logic, the reliability of each processing unit is learned by machine learning, and priority is given to each processing unit based on the obtained reliability, and processing units with low priority are given priority. Even if the operation results of the two match, if the operation results of the processing units with higher priority do not match, the operation result is not allowed (NG), and if the operation results of the processing units with higher priority match may be determined as the fare for the section to be used. As a result, it is possible to realize an automatic ticket gate system with a low risk of erroneous receipt of fares due to erroneous calculations.

Next, a modification of the automatic ticket gate system of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 and 7, FIG. 6 shows the first modification, and FIG. 7 shows the second modification.
In the automatic ticket gate system of the first modification shown in FIG. 6, automatic ticket gates 10A, 10B, . The authentication server 21 in the automatic ticket gate system of FIG. 1 is omitted by providing a function of authenticating whether or not it is a medium. Authentication at an automatic ticket gate can be performed, for example, by storing a common code in valid boarding media and reading the code. According to this modification, the number of times of communication between the automatic ticket gate and the server can be expected to be reduced compared to the automatic ticket gate system of the above embodiment, so the time required for the ticket gate processing can be shortened.

The automatic ticket gate system of the second modification shown in FIG. 7 includes automatic ticket gates 10A, 10B, . , so that the above-described processing performed between the automatic ticket gate and the server can also be performed between the fare adjustment machine 40 and the server. According to this modification, it is possible to reduce the processing burden of the fare adjustment machine and reduce the cost compared to the conventional fare adjustment machine. There is no need to modify the data or formulas stored on the board in the fare adjustment machine, and there is the advantage that changes can be made in a short period of time.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the calculation results of a plurality of processing units, excluding no response, of the plurality of processing units to which the fare calculation is distributed by the distribution process match, the calculation result is determined as the fare for the section to be used. is performed by the comprehensive determination server 24, but such determination may be performed by the processing server 23 side.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when there are multiple routes between the boarding station and the alighting station, the distribution server 22 distributes the processing servers so that the fare is calculated using the shortest route. Station equipment, such as platform doors, is equipped with a reader that can read information on boarding media owned by users and communication means that can communicate with boarding media to understand the movement route of users (boarding media), and the route section that was actually used. The distribution may be performed so as to calculate the fare according to the .
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case where a plurality of (for example, three) processing units in one server is mainly configured to calculate fares with different calculation logics (fare calculation programs) has been described. Even if the arithmetic logic of the processing units is the same, there may be cases where the arithmetic results do not all match due to communication delays (no response from some). It is also effective when applied to

Further, in the automatic ticket examination system of the above-described embodiment, ticket examination processing is divided among four types of servers (21, 22, 23, 24). Any server configuration can be used.
Furthermore, in the automatic ticket gate system of the above-described embodiment, the automatic ticket gate has been described as having a reader/writer that reads information on the boarding medium such as an IC card in a non-contact manner. A writer may be provided.

10A, 10B automatic ticket gate 20 integrated ticket gate management system 21 authentication server 22 sorting server (sorting means)
23 Processing Server 24 Comprehensive Judgment Server (Comprehensive Judgment Means)
25 storage device (database)
30 communication network 40 fare adjustment machine U-A to U-N processing unit

Claims (4)

a plurality of ticket gates equipped with information reading means capable of reading information stored in a boarding medium held by a user or the characteristics of a human body as information, and network communication means;
a server having three or more processing units which are provided with network communication means, receive information read by the information reading means , and perform calculation processing of fares or usage charges with different calculation programs based on the received information ;
is an automatic ticket gate system communicatively connected via a communication network,
The server includes determination means for comparing the respective calculation results by the three or more processing units and determining whether or not the user holding the vehicle can pass through the ticket gate according to a predetermined determination logic by program processing. , the determination result by the determination means and the calculation result are transmitted to the ticket gate through the communication network by the network communication means provided in the server,
The ticket gate transmits the information read by the information reading means and the unique information of the ticket gate to the server via the communication network by the network communication means provided in the ticket gate. receiving the judgment result and the calculation result by the determining means, and controlling the gate door or the notification means in accordance with the received judgment result and the calculation result to put the ticket gate into a passage permitted state or a passage prohibited state. is ,
The predetermined determination logic determines whether the operation results of the three or more processing units match or when the operation results of a plurality of other processing units excluding a processing unit that did not respond among the three or more processing units match. An automatic ticket gate system characterized in that it determines a fare as a result of calculation . The server has a handling setting means capable of setting the handling of the calculation result or the judgment result, and performs processing according to the handling set by the handling setting means in the judgment by the arithmetic processing or the judgment means. run,
The determination result includes invalid, valid, undeterminable, re-determination request,
If the determination result is valid according to the set handling, the server determines the fare of the calculation result and transmits it to the ticket gate together with the determination result, and if the determination result is invalid or cannot be determined. transmits the determination result to the ticket gate, and if the determination result is a request for re-determination, performs a process of returning a request for re-determination to the determination means that did not respond,
A ticket gate that receives a valid determination result puts the ticket gate in a state allowing passage, and a ticket gate that receives a determination result that is invalid or incapable of making a pass disables the ticket gate. The automatic ticket gate system according to claim 1. The server comprises a distribution means for distributing the arithmetic processing based on the information transmitted from the ticket gate to the three or more processing units,
The judging means determines whether or not the user who owns the vehicle can pass through the ticket gate based on the respective calculation results of the three or more processing units that have executed the arithmetic processing in accordance with the distribution by the distribution means. 3. The automatic ticket gate system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the automatic ticket gate system is configured to perform determination. A plurality of the servers are provided corresponding to each of the plurality of route sections, and the plurality of servers are connected to each other via a communication network so as to be able to communicate with each other,
the allocating means of the plurality of servers has a function of allocating calculation processing of fares or usage charges corresponding to the route section to other servers;
The determination means of the server that performed the sorting compares the computation results of the plurality of servers, performs computation and determination, and transmits the computation results and determination results to the corresponding ticket gates via the communication network. ,
The ticket gate, which has received the calculation result and the determination result , controls the gate door or the notification means according to the received calculation result and the determination result to put the ticket gate into a passage permitted state or a passage prohibited state. 4. The automatic ticket gate system according to claim 3 , wherein the automatic ticket gate system is configured as follows.

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