JPH02100786A - Automatic ticket examination system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the application of various traffic facilities with no use of tickets by writing the fare adjustment data onto a wicket pass card after the collation carried out between the fingerprint registered into the card and the fingerprint of the card owner. CONSTITUTION:A fingerprint reading part 14 of an automatic ticket examinating machine 1 reads the fingerprints of passengers passing through a wicket. While a fingerprint data reading part 15 reads the fingerprint data on a wicket passing medium. Then a fingerprint collating part 16 collates the read fingerprint with the fingerprint data. When the coincidence is obtained. from this collation, an open/close mechanism part 17 opens the wicket and at the same time a write input part 18 writes the fare adjustment data into the wicket passing medium. Thus no ticket is required for a passenger to pass through the wicket owing to the use of the wicket passing medium. Then the time required for acquistion of tickets via a ticket vending machine can be omitted and the passengers are not required to carry the cash with them to purchase the tickets. Furthermore many expansive ticket vending machines can be omitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate system that is used without using a ticket.

(Prior art and its problems) At present, automatic ticket gate systems of various transportation facilities use tickets with magnetic information as a medium for passenger identification.

However, in the case of an automatic ticket gate system that uses such tickets, it is time-consuming to purchase a ticket from a ticket vending machine, and the ticket cannot be purchased unless you carry the purchase price with you. There was a problem in that a large number of expensive ticket vending machines had to be installed.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate system that allows use of various transportation facilities without using a ticket.

(Structure and Effect of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic ticket gate system that includes a fingerprint reading section, a fingerprint data reading section, and the fingerprint reading section and the fingerprint data reading section, respectively. a fingerprint comparison unit that compares the read fingerprint with fingerprint data; a verification determination unit that determines the verification result in the fingerprint verification unit; and a passage permission command that issues a passage permission command when the verification determination unit determines that there is a match. a ticket gate, an opening/closing mechanism section that opens the ticket gate in response to the passage permission command, and a writing input section that writes and inputs fare settlement data in response to the passage permission command; and the fingerprint reading section. A medium for passing through a ticket gate is provided with a data storage section for fare settlement in which fingerprint data to be read is stored and data for fare settlement inputted by the writing input section is stored.

According to this configuration, the fingerprint reading section of the ticket inspection machine reads the fingerprint of the person passing through the ticket gate, the fingerprint data reading section reads the fingerprint data of the medium for passing through the ticket gate, and the fingerprint comparison section compares the read fingerprint and the fingerprint data. If they match, the opening/closing mechanism section opens the ticket gate, and the writing input section writes fare settlement data onto the ticket gate passage medium.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by using the ticket gate passage medium, a ticket is not required when passing through the ticket gate, so the trouble of purchasing a ticket from a ticket vending machine can be saved, and
There will be no need to carry payment for purchases, and it will also be possible to avoid installing a large number of expensive ticket vending machines.

(Description of Embodiments) Hereinafter, automatic ticket gate systems according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the overall configuration of the automatic ticket gate system.

In the figure, the symbol l is an automatic ticket gate, and the automatic ticket gate l
A pair of ticket gate units 2 are arranged so as to face each other with a ticket gate passageway 3 interposed therebetween. Gates 4 that rotate and project toward the passage 3 to open and close the passage 3 are provided at both ends of the ticket gate unit 2 on the passage 3 side. Further, at the upper part of each ticket gate unit 2 at opposite end positions, there are provided a fingerprint verification slot 5 into which the finger of a person passing through is inserted and an insertion lower for a ticket gate passage card 6, and the upper part on the opposite side. A slot 8 is provided for receiving a card 6 for passing through the ticket gate.

The above-mentioned ticket gate passage card 6 is used as a ticket gate passage medium, and is issued by a bank to a person who has an account at that bank by completing a registration procedure, and at the time of issuance, the owner's name, account number, and fingerprint information are collected. is input and memorized. In addition, the automatic ticket gate l
There is provided a storage unit constituted by a non-volatile RAM in which fare settlement data written and inputted by the controller is stored.

The overall circuit configuration of the automatic ticket gate I will be further explained with reference to the simplified block circuit diagram shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a control unit, CPt as a verification determination unit and a passage permission command unit constituted by a microcomputer.
Jll, ROM that stores operating programs for automatic ticket gates
12. It is constituted by a RAM 13 that stores data for fare settlement, data for fare calculation, etc. The control unit IO includes a fingerprint reading unit 14 and a fingerprint data reading unit 1.
5, a fingerprint collation section 16, an opening/closing mechanism section 17, a reader/writer 18 serving as a writing input section and a reading section for fare settlement data, and a data transmission section 19 are connected to each other.

The fingerprint reading unit 14 includes the above-mentioned fingerprint verification port 5 as a part thereof, and is provided to read a fingerprint on the surface of a finger inserted into the fingerprint verification port 5.

The fingerprint data reading unit 15 is provided such that the insertion lower and the receiver of the ticket gate passing card 6 are opposed to the card conveyance path formed between the slot 8, and the fingerprint data reading unit 15 is configured such that the input lower and the receiver of the ticket gate passing card 6 face the card conveyance path formed between the slots 8. The device is designed to read fingerprint data.

The fingerprint matching section 16 converts the read fingerprint and the fingerprint data into digital signals, performs a matching operation at the digital signal level, and when a match occurs, transmits the matching signal to the control section I.
It is configured to give to O.

The opening/closing mechanism section 17 is constituted by the above-described gate 4 and a drive mechanism such as a motor that opens and closes the gate 4, and normally opens the gate 4 when the drive mechanism is not driven.

The reader/writer 18 is composed of electrical contacts for writing and reading, and is connected to the ticket gate passage card 6 described above.
The input lower and receiver are provided so as to face the card conveyance path formed between the slots 8, and are provided so as to write and read data for fare settlement on the card 6 for passing through the ticket gate during conveyance.

The data transmission section 19 is provided to transmit received data from an external device to the control section 10 and transmit data sent from the control section 10 to the external device.

Automatic ticket gates 1 configured in this manner are placed at each station along the line, and these automatic ticket gates 1 are connected to a central computer 20 installed at the bank where the ticket gate passage card 6 was issued. .

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket gate I will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The user inserts the card 6 for passing through the ticket gate into the input lower (step S1), inserts the finger into the fingerprint verification slot 5 (step S2), reads the fingerprint data and the fingerprint, and then compares them with the fingerprint. Part 16 (Step S
3) If the fingerprints match, the fingerprint matching unit 16 outputs a matching signal;
Based on the matching signal, the control unit 10 determines that there is a match (step S4), in which case it does not output an activation signal to the opening/closing mechanism 17, and therefore the opening/closing mechanism 17 maintains the open state of the gate 4 (step S5). ). For example, if the ticket gate passage card 6 is a found item or the like and is used by a person other than the registrant, it will not be determined that there is a match in step 4, and in this case, an activation signal will be output from the control unit 10 to the opening/closing mechanism unit 17. The gate 4 is closed (step S6), the ticket gate passage card 6 is ejected from the receiving slot 8 (step S7), and the operation is completed, whereby passage through the automatic ticket gate 1 is no longer possible.

If the process moves to step 5, the reading unit 19 reads the station-specific code number as data for fare settlement (step s8). If the code number cannot be read (step S9), the writing input unit 18 reads the station-specific code number for the automatic ticket gate. Write the code number unique to the station where the machine is installed (step SIO), move to step 7,
This allows the user to use the ticket gate card 6 at the boarding station.
The receiver can take the ticket, pass through automatic ticket gate 1, and enter the platform side.

The code number that serves as the fare settlement data is entered into the ticket gate passage card 6 by writing the step IO at the boarding station, and is erased at the boarding station as explained later. The ticket inspection machine 1 cannot read the ticket in step S9 above.

If the code can be read in step S9 at the exiting station, the boarding station is determined by the read code number, so the boarding fare is determined (step S l 1), and the boarding fare data is transmitted to the central computer 20 (step S I 2). ), the code number is deleted (step 513), and the process proceeds to step S7, where the user can take the ticket gate passage card 6 and exit from the platform side.

At the bank, the amount based on the fee data given in step 12 above is withdrawn from the user's account.

In the above embodiment, an automatic ticket gate system is shown that determines the fare based on the code number.
It is also possible to configure a structure in which only the food numbers of the boarding station and the alighting station are simply written on the card for passing through the ticket gate, and the fare settlement is done separately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 3 relate to the present invention; Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the automatic ticket gate system, Figure 2 is a simplified block circuit diagram thereof, and Figure 3 is for explaining the operation of the automatic ticket gate system. It is a flowchart. l... Automatic ticket gate, 6... Card for passing through the ticket gate (medium for passing through the ticket gate), 11.
・CPU (verification determination unit, passage permission command unit), 14...
Fingerprint reading section, 15...Fingerprint data reading section, 6.Fingerprint verification section, 7.Opening/closing mechanism section, 8.Reader/writer (writing input section).

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A fingerprint reading unit, a fingerprint data reading unit, a fingerprint matching unit that compares the fingerprints read by the fingerprint reading unit and the fingerprint data reading unit, respectively, with the fingerprint data, and determining the matching results in the fingerprint matching unit. a passage permission command unit that issues a passage permission command when the comparison determination unit determines that there is a match; an opening/closing mechanism unit that opens a ticket gate in response to the passage permission command; a ticket gate comprising a writing input section for writing and inputting data for fare settlement in response; and data for fare settlement storing fingerprint data read by the fingerprint reading section and writing and inputting data for fare settlement by the writing input section. An automatic ticket gate system comprising: a ticket gate passage medium having a fare settlement data storage section for storing fare settlement data;