JPH02206596A - Ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To impart functions serving as tickets for taking a train or reserving seats to an IC card itself, by providing an issuer identifying code storage part, a use history flag part, and a ticket contents memory part. CONSTITUTION:A ticket contents memory part 28 makes a display part 12 display stored ticket contents to be written on such a ticket for taking a train or reserving seats, as required from a key input part 11. A use history flag part 30 stores the history of every type of processing from a ticket barrier entrance to a ticket barrier exit at every processing. According to the state of a flag part 30, the display part 12 is made to display the information to be written on the ticket in a different display form. In this manner, the present state of the ticket can be visually discriminated. When an issuer PIN inputted from the external is coincident with the information of an issuer PIN memory part 31, the information in the use history flag part 30 is changed ; in this manner, such a use for stealing a ride can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is used for train tickets, admission tickets, etc. This relates to IC cards (integrated circuit cards).

(Prior art) Conventionally, as this type of IC card, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62
There were some that were described in Publication No.-171071 and the like.

The IC card described in the above document is an IC card for reservation transactions used when purchasing airline tickets, theater admission tickets, reserved train tickets, etc., and has a CP card in the card base material.
U, memory, etc. are built-in.

This reservation transaction IC card is inserted into a terminal device, and the user operates the terminal device to perform a reservation transaction.

Then, the terminal device communicates with the computer, stores reservation transaction information regarding the reservation transaction in the memory within the IC card, and then ejects the IC card.

Next, when you settle the reservation transaction and perform a normal transaction, that is, when you perform the issuance process to receive the product reserved in the reservation transaction, such as a ticket such as an airline ticket, insert the IC card into the terminal device and use the designated Perform key operations. Then, the terminal device becomes IC
When the reservation transaction information stored in the memory of the card is displayed and a predetermined key operation is performed, the terminal device performs ticket issuing processing and then ejects the IC card.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the IC card having the above configuration has the following problems.

■ When a purchaser or an employee wishes to refer to reservation transaction information, the IC card must be inserted into a terminal device and the terminal device must be operated. In other words, confirmation of reservation transaction information requires the intervention of a terminal device, which is disadvantageous and inconvenient.

■ An IC card only has the function of holding reservation information and does not have the function of a ticket. In other words, reserved boarding tickets, etc. must be issued separately using a terminal device, and all processing after the ticket is issued, such as entry and exit, relies on the traditional ticket and acquisition process. , the excellent information processing ability of IC cards has not been fully utilized. Therefore, the value of using the IC card alone was low, and the fields of use were limited.

The present invention solves the problems that the prior art had, such as the inability to refer to reservation transaction information using an IC card alone, and the problem that the conventional technology has.
To provide an IC card that solves the problem that the C card itself does not have the function of a ticket such as a train ticket or a reserved ticket.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a CPU that controls the entire card, a memory that stores information under the control of the CPU, and a key that inputs information to the CPU. an input unit, a display unit that displays information under the control of the CPU;
and an IC card having a power supply unit for supplying electric power, which includes an issuer identification code storage unit, a usage history flag unit, and a card face information storage unit. Here, issuer identification code storage unit (hereinafter referred to as issuer PIN storage unit)
is the erase PIN (Personal Identity).
It has a function of storing registered issuer PINs such as ficationNumber (m), usage PIN, and ticket inspection PIN.

The usage history flag section has a function of indicating the usage history status of the IC card, and the content of the usage history status is changed on the condition that the issuer PIN input from the outside matches the registered issuer PIN. It has a valid flag, a usage flag, a ticket inspection flag, etc. The ticket face description information storage unit stores information to be written on the ticket face transferred from an external terminal device, and causes the display unit to display the stored information in different forms depending on the contents of the usage history flag unit. It is something.

(Function) According to the present invention, since the IC card is configured as described above, the information written on the face of the card is stored on the face of the stored ticket, designated ticket, etc. in response to a request from the key input unit. The information to be written on the ticket is displayed on the display section, and the IC card itself functions as a ticket such as a train ticket or a reserved ticket. Further, the usage history flag unit stores various processing histories from entering the ticket gate to leaving the ticket gate each time. By displaying the information that should be written on the ticket in different display formats on the display section depending on the state of the usage history flag section, it is possible to visually determine the current status of the ticket. be. It is also possible to read out the contents of the usage history flag section in the form of an electrical signal. When the issuer PIN is input from the outside and matches the contents of the issuer PIN storage section, the contents of the usage history flag section can be changed, thereby preventing unauthorized use. Therefore, the above problem can be solved.

(Embodiment) Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of an IC card and ticket issuing terminal showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 (a) and (b) are I of Fig. 1.
FIG. 2 is a schematic external view of a C card, in which (a) is a front view of one side, and (b) is a front view of the opposite side.

As shown in FIG. 2, the IC card 10 includes a card base material, and a key input section IL display section 12 and a power supply section 13 are disposed on one surface of the card base material, and an external A connection terminal 14 is provided, and an IC 20 is further embedded within the card base material.

The key input unit 11 is used to input a password, input to instruct the IC card to operate, etc.
For example, a numeric keypad with numbers "0", "1", ... "9", "transaction", "inquiry", "start", "#", "flag"
It consists of function keys such as. Display section 12
The display is used to confirm the entered key, provide guidance to teach key operation procedures, display information stored on the card, etc. For example, a 12-digit liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as (referred to as an LCD). When the IC card 10 is disconnected from an external terminal device such as the ticketing terminal 100 equipped with a card reader/writer and operated alone (hereinafter referred to as offline operation), the power supply unit 13 powers the IC card 10 . This is for supplying power to each circuit section of the circuit, and is made up of, for example, a solar cell. The external connection terminal 14 connects the IC card 10 to an external terminal device and exchanges information with the terminal device (hereinafter referred to as online operation).
This is a group of terminals used in this case.

The IC 20 includes a CPU for performing various controls, a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) for storing programs, a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) for storing working data, etc., and a password code. It has an electrically rewritable programmable ROIVI (hereinafter referred to as EEPROM) that stores highly confidential information, and is built into one chip.Here,
"IC" in ICl3 means an integrated circuit, and is used to include large-scale integrated circuits (LSI), very large scale integrated circuits (VLSI), and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the IC 20 includes an input code storage unit 21 that is connected to the key input unit 11 and stores the input code from the key input unit 11, and a registered code storage unit that stores the registered code. 22, and its storage section 21.2.
2 and the output signal 524c of the mode determining section 24 are connected to the coincidence determining section 23. The match determination unit 23 determines whether the input password and the registered password match or do not match, and whether the input password
It has a function to determine whether the IN and the registered PIN match/mismatch. Further, the output signal 524a of the mode determination section 24 connected to the key input section 11 and the output of the match determination section 23 are connected to the password number storage circuit section 25,
A number storage circuit section 25 is connected to an input/output control section 26. The password number storage circuit section 25 stores the output of the match determination section 23 when the gate is opened by the output signal 524a.
The input/output control section 26 controls the transmission and reception of signals between the inside of the IC 20 and the external connection terminal 14.

A balance storage section 27 and a bill information storage section 28 are connected to the input/output control section 26, and the output of the storage section 27.28 and the output signal 524b of the mode determination section 24 are connected to two display control sections. ing.

The balance storage section 27 stores credit balances and deposit balances, and the ticket information storage section 28 stores ticket information such as ticket type, boarding date, train name, seat number, boarding section, fare, etc. be. The display control unit 29 displays the output of the balance storage unit 27 on the display unit 12 based on the output of the match determination unit 23, or displays the output signal 52 of the mode determination unit 24.
4b, it has functions such as displaying the output of the information written on the card on two display sections.

Further, the output signal 524c of the mode determination section 24 and the output of the coincidence determination section 23 are connected to the usage history flag section 30,
The usage history flag section 30 is connected to the input/output control section 26 and the display control section 29. The usage history flag section 30 includes a validity flag 30a that is set when ticket issuing processing is executed and reset when the ticket usage ends, and a usage history flag 30a that is set when the admission permission condition is met when the ticket usage starts and is reset when the ticket usage ends. Further, a ticket inspection flag 30c is provided as necessary, which is set if the ticket inspection conditions are satisfied during ticket inspection in the train and reset when the ticket use is finished. The match determination unit 23 is further connected to an issuer PIN storage unit 31 . This issuer PI
The N storage unit 31 stores the deletion PIN 31a in advance, and also stores the use PIN 31b and the ticket inspection PIN 31c in advance, if necessary.

Here, for example, the input password storage section is composed of a RAM, including a registered password storage section 22, a password number storage circuit section 25,
The balance storage section 27, the information storage section 28, the validity flag 30a, the usage flag 30b, the ticket inspection flag 30c, and the issuer PIN storage section 31 are composed of an EEPROM, and the match determination section 23 and the mode determination section 24 are stored in a ROM. It consists of the following programs. Further, the input/output control section 26 is composed of a CPU, and the display control section 29 is composed of a CPU and a RAM "C".

Ticketing terminal 100 into which such an IC card 10 is inserted
The transaction propriety determination section 101 is composed of a program stored in a ROM, a terminal white display section 102 is composed of a CRT, etc., the operation section 103 is composed of a keyboard, etc., the transfer data creation section 104 is composed of a RAM, etc. and an in-terminal input/output control section 105 having an interface function, etc., and the in-terminal input/output control section 105 is connected to a center computer or the like as necessary.

In the above configuration, (1) offline operation, (
2) Online operation, (3) Reference operation of the information written on the ticket,
(4) The operation of using the ticket as a ticket will be explained below.

(1) Offline operation After the card holder inputs a request for a ticketing transaction from the key input section 11 on the IC card 10 and then inputs a PIN code from the key input section 11, the input PIN code storage section 21 The input password is stored in the . The match determining unit 23 determines whether the input code matches/mismatches the registered code stored in the registered code storage unit 22 in advance.

- If the match determination section 23 determines that there is a "match," the ticketing transaction mode is instructed as described above, and the mode determination section 24
Since the gate of the PIN number storage circuit section 25 is opened by the output signal 524a of the PIN number storage circuit section 2,
5 is set to rr 1 rr. - The match judgment output from the match judgment unit 23 is also led to the display control unit 29, and if the passwords match, the display control unit 29 displays the balance stored in advance in the balance storage unit 27. Although not shown in the figure, if the match determining unit 23 determines that the password is a non-matching password, an EEPROM for counting the number of incorrect inputs of the PIN code is provided.
The number of incorrect inputs is memorized.

(2) Online operation When the IC card 10 is inserted into the ticket issuing terminal 100, signal input/output between the IC card 10 and the ticket issuing terminal 100 is performed via the external connection terminal 14. Transaction possibility determination unit 101
When confirming that the password-number storage circuit section 25 is set to II II II through the terminal input/output control section 105, external connection terminal 14, and input/output control section 26,
A message requesting input of transaction information is displayed on the terminal white display section 102, and the operator is prompted to input transaction information such as ticket type, boarding date, train name, boarding section, etc. into the operation section 103. solicit. The ticket issuing terminal 100 communicates with a center computer (not shown) via the terminal input/output control section 105 as necessary, depending on the content of the transaction information input to the operation section 103, that is, when confirmation of seat reservation information is required. After communicating, the transfer data creation unit 104 creates ticket information such as ticket type, boarding date, train name, seat number, boarding section, and fare. Furthermore, the ticket issuing terminal 100 reads out the balance stored in the balance storage section 27 via the terminal input/output control section 105, the external connection terminal 14, and the input/output control section 26, and determines whether the balance is required for the transaction. After the transaction acceptability determining unit 101 determines that the transaction amount is greater than the amount, the terminal white display unit 102 displays the information written on the bill.

After confirming the information written on the ticket, the operator inputs a key to the operation unit 103 instructing the transaction to be executed, and the ticket issuance process is executed. In other words, the ticket issuing terminal 100 transfers the information written on the ticket in the transfer data creation section 104 to the terminal input/output control section 1.
05, the information is transferred to and stored in the information storage section 28 via the external connection terminal 14 and the input/output control section 26. At the same time, the ticket issuing terminal 100 updates the memory contents of the balance storage section 27 to a value obtained by subtracting the fee required for the transaction from the balance, clears the PIN number storage circuit section 25 to 0'°, and further After setting the valid flag 30a to 1111+, the IC card 10 is ejected. As a result, the IC card 10 is now equipped with the function of a ticket.

Note that if the read balance is less than the amount required for the transaction, the ticket issuing terminal 100 displays an insufficient balance on the terminal white display section 102 and then ejects the IC card 10.

(3) Operation of referring to the information written on the ticket The IC card 10, which has been added with the function of a ticket due to the operation (2) above, displays the information written on the ticket on the display unit 12 by offline operation. Therefore, the card holder or station staff can check the reservation information for the ticket at any time using the IC card alone.

(4) Usage as a ticket FIG. 3 is a diagram showing examples of display modes in various processing steps shown in FIG. 1, and the usage operation will be explained with reference to this diagram.

When you start boarding, that is, when you enter through the ticket gate, you can input from the key input section 11 that the information written on the ticket will not be displayed, for example, "
When the "Inquiry" key is pressed, the mode determination section 24 outputs an output signal 524b and provides it to the display control section 29. Then, the display control unit 29 displays the ticket information output from the ticket information storage unit 28 in the scroll display area A2 of the display unit 12.
, and a symbol corresponding to the state of the usage history flag section 30 is displayed in the usage history display area A1 of the display section 12.

Here, the symbol corresponding to the state of the usage history flag section 30 is, for example, E( when the valid flag 30a is 111 Tl).
However, in Figure 3, it is displayed as a circle E), and when it is "0", it is not displayed, and when the use flag 30b is ゛1pa, it is U (however, in Figure 3, it is displayed as a circle U). ), it is not displayed when it is “0”, and it is not displayed when the ticket inspection flag 30c is “1°°” (however,
In Fig. 3, it is displayed as circle C), and is not displayed when it is II OII. Therefore, when entering through the ticket gate, since only the valid flag 30a is "1'°, displays such as a1 to a3 in FIG. 3 are displayed on the display unit 12. In other words, first is displayed, and if there is subsequent data D that overflows the display digit, it is sequentially scrolled and displayed within the scroll display area A2.

Next, for example, if you press the "#" key, Figure 3 a2 will be displayed, and if there is subsequent data D, it will be scrolled and displayed in the same way as in the case of Figure 3 a1, and if you further press the "#" key, Figure 3 a3 is displayed,
During this time, the most significant digit is always displayed as E.

Upon receiving this IC card 10, the station staff member checks that the E mark indicating that it is valid is displayed on the most significant digit and that the date is displayed as necessary, and then checks the key input section. After inputting from 11 that you wish to operate the use flag, for example, pressing the "Flag" key and the numerical value II I I+ key at the same time, and then inputting the use PIN from the key input section 11, the use PIN will be used as the input password. Matching/mismatching with the usage PIN 3 l b stored in the storage unit 21 and stored in advance in the issuer PIN storage unit 31 is determined by the matching determination unit 2
Determined by 3. If the match determining unit 23 determines that the match is a match, the output signal 5 of the mode determining unit 24 is
Since the gate of the usage history flag section 30 is opened by 24c, 1'° is set in the usage flag 30b. Thereafter, the IC card 10 is returned to the card holder and entry through the ticket gate is permitted.

Next, if in-train ticket inspection is required, the station staff, that is, the conductor, who has received the IC card 10 from the card holder, inputs from the key input section 11 that he/she wishes to display the information written on the ticket, for example, "Inquiry". ” key is pressed. Then, since the valid flag 30a and the use flag 30b are 1'°,
Figure 3 b.1 should be displayed where the top two digits of the display section 12 are EU. Scroll display area A2 of display section 12
Display content b2. Since b3 is the same as those in FIG. 3 a1 to a3 showing examples of display at the start of boarding, the explanation will be omitted.

The conductor then confirms that the first two digits are marked with an E mark indicating that the train is valid and a C mark that indicates that use has started, as well as other necessary information such as the train name, seat number, and boarding section. After confirming the display contents displayed in the scroll display area A2, the user inputs a request to operate the ticket inspection flag from the key input section 11, for example, presses the "flag" key and the numerical value "2'' key at the same time. Afterwards, the ticket inspection PIN is input from the key input section 11.As a result, in the same way as explained at the time of starting the ride, the input ticket inspection PIN and the pre-registered ticket inspection PIN 31c match/disagree. It is judged by the judgment unit 23. - Pass'.

If it is determined that 7111+ is set in the ticket inspection flag 30c.
is set. After that, the IC card 10 is returned to the card owner. If the displayed content does not meet the necessary conditions, take appropriate measures according to the situation, such as paying the missing amount, and then set the ticket inspection flag 30c to "1'°" before inserting the IC card 10 into the card. Return to owner.

At the end of the ride, that is, when exiting from the ticket gate, the cardholder inputs from the key input section 11 that he wishes to display the information written on the ticket, for example, presses the "inquiry" key. In the case of the IC card 10 undergoing ticket inspection, all of the validity flag 30a, use flag 30b, and ticket inspection flag 30c are ++.
1 ++, the top three digits on the display section 12 are EUC.
FIG. 3 01 is displayed. The display contents of the scroll display area A2 and the subsequent display examples in FIGS. 3c2 to 3c are the same as those in FIGS. 3a1 to a3, which show the display examples at the start of boarding, so the description thereof will be omitted. Note that in the case of an IC card 10 that has not been inspected, the inspection flag 30c is 0".
', the display becomes as shown in FIG. 3 b1 to b3.

When this IC card 10 is presented to the station staff, the station staff will display the E mark indicating that it is valid, the C mark indicating that it has started to be used, and if necessary, the C mark, boarding date, etc.
After confirming the riding section, etc., enter the message that you wish to erase the flag from the key input section 11, for example, press the "Flag" key and the numeric II OI+ key at the same time, and then press the key input section 11 to erase the flag. Enter. Then, in the same way as explained in the section at the beginning of the ride, the input erase P
Matching of IN and pre-registered deletion PIN31a/
The match determination unit 23 determines whether there is a mismatch. - When it is determined that the
When all of the ticket inspection flags 30c and 30c are reset to II O11, the contents of the information storage section 28 are erased. Thereafter, the IC card 10 is returned to the card holder and permission is given to exit through the ticket gate. If the displayed content does not meet the necessary conditions, take appropriate measures according to the situation, such as paying the missing amount, and then
From step 1, input that you wish to delete the flag, and set the valid flag 30a, used flag 30b, and ticket inspection flag 30c to "
After resetting to 0 and erasing the information written on the ticket, I
Return the C card 10.

In addition, in the above-mentioned card operation, if the use PIN, ticket inspection PIN, and deletion PIN inputted by the station staff do not match the pre-stored PIN, the display unit 12 will prompt the user to re-enter the PIN. The PIN will be displayed on the screen and the user will be asked to re-enter the PIN.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications are possible. Examples of such modifications include the following.

(i) In the above embodiment, the station staff manually inputs the
C card 10 is being checked, but ticket issuing terminal 10
Connect the IC card 10 to a ticket gate terminal similar to 0 or a handy terminal for the conductor that can be carried by the conductor via the external connection terminal 14, read out the usage history flag and information written on the ticket, check the necessary conditions, and check the necessary conditions. Use PIN from terminal, ticket inspection PI
It is also possible to erase the flag by sending a necessary PIN out of the N. Erase PIN.

(ii) In the above embodiment, the setting of the first official flag,
Set the ticket inspection flag, correct PIN used, and ticket inspection PIN
Although a case has been described in which the input of PIN is required, it is also possible to perform both or one of these without inputting the PIN.

(iii) In the above embodiment, the display of the usage history display mark and the information written on the ticket face is changed by pressing the "#" key, but it is also possible to change the display automatically after a predetermined period of time has elapsed. .

(1v) In the above embodiment, the display section 12
The E, U, and C marks corresponding to the valid flag 30a, usage flag 30b, and ticket inspection flag 30c are displayed in the top three digits of , so that various processing processes can be distinguished. is removed and all display digits are made into scroll display area A2, and when the state corresponds to C1 to C3 in Fig. 3,
All digits are normally displayed; when the conditions correspond to C1 to C3 in Figure 3, all digits are displayed in reverse black and white; when the conditions correspond to C1 to C3 in Figure 3, half of all digits are displayed normally, and half are black and white. It is sufficient that the display mode differs depending on the state of the usage history flag, such as reverse display.

(v) The IC 20 may be composed of multiple chips (■1) Registered password storage section 22, password number storage circuit section 25, balance storage section 27, bill information storage section 28,
Although the usage history flag section 30 and the issuer PIN storage section 31 are configured as EEPROM''c, they may be configured as other non-volatile memory or memory such as RAM backed up by a battery.

(Vii) Communication with various terminal devices is performed via the contact type external connection terminal 14, but the IC card 10
A transmitter/receiver circuit is installed inside the device for wireless communication,
A so-called non-contact type structure may be used in which a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode is provided on the surface of the C card 10 to communicate with light.

(Viii) In the above embodiment, the case where the ticket is used as a train ticket has been described, but it can also be used as an admission ticket to a theater or the like, or various tickets such as an airline ticket.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the information written on the ticket to be written on the surface of a single ticket, reserved ticket, etc., is stored in the information storage section of the ticket when executing the ticket issuing process. In addition, the information written on the face of the IC card can be displayed on the display section of the IC card by operating the card alone if necessary, so that the IC card itself can have the functions of a train ticket, a reserved ticket, etc.

Furthermore, a usage history flag section such as a valid flag and a usage flag is provided, and various processing histories from issuing a ticket to exiting the ticket gate through entry through the ticket gate are stored in the usage history flag section each time. In response to a request from the key input section, the information written on the ticket can be displayed in different formats depending on the status of the usage history flag section, making it easy to see the current status of the ticket. This allows for accurate and efficient ticket management. Furthermore, since an issuer PIN storage section is provided, unauthorized use can be prevented. Therefore,
It can be applied to various ticketing systems, ticket gate systems, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an IC card and ticket issuing terminal showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) and (b) are I of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic external view of the C card, and is a diagram showing examples of display modes in various processing steps shown in FIG. 1. 10...IC card, 11...key input section, 12...display section, 13...power supply section, 14...external connection Terminal, 20...
IC121... Input code storage section, 22...
...Registered password storage section, 23... Match determination section, 24... Mode judgment section, 25...
・Password number storage circuit unit, 26... Input/output control unit, 27... Balance storage unit, 28... Information storage unit written on bill, 29...・Display side control part, 30・
...Usage history flag, 30a... Valid flag, 30b... Convenience flag, 30c...
...Ticket inspection flag, 31...Issuer PIN storage section, 31a...Erase PIN, 31b...
Used PIN', 31c...Ticket inspection PIN, 100
...Ticketing terminal. Applicant Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (and 1 other person) Representative patent attorney Kakimoto Kyo Ebisu

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A central processing unit that controls the entire card, a memory that stores information under the control of the central processing unit, a key input unit that inputs information to the central processing unit, An IC card that has a display section that displays information under control, and a power supply section that supplies power, has an issuer identification code storage section that stores a registered issuer identification code, and a function that shows the usage history status of the IC card. a usage history flag section in which the content of the usage history state is changed on the condition that the issuer identification code inputted from the outside matches the registered issuer identification code; an IC card comprising: an information storage section for storing information to be written on the card, and displaying the stored information on the display section in different ways depending on the contents of the usage history flag section. .