JPH02208163A - Seat terminal for ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the occurrence of erroneous seating by a method wherein information written on an IC card is collated and compared with seat information to decide propriety of seating, and a propriety state is displayed according to a deciding result, and the motion of a card mounting part is controlled. CONSTITUTION:An IC card 10 having a memory part in which information, e.g. a kind of a ticket, departure date, a train name, a seat number, written on a ticket is stored in a memory part 28 is attached to a seat terminal 100. The seat terminal 100 reads information, written on the ticket, from the IC card 10. It is decided by a seat propriety deciding part 105 whether the information coincides with that of the seat, and when it coincides, occupation permission is displayed by a display part 12. But when it does not coincide therewith, occupation non-permission is displayed by the display part 12, and the IC card 10 is discharged through a card attaching part 102 to return it. This constitution prevents the occurrence of erroneous seating of a card owner, and enables facilitation of management of seating passengers by a seat managing worker.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention is installed in seats of trains, airplanes, theaters, etc. This invention relates to a seat terminal for an IC card (integrated circuit card) that reads recorded information and displays whether or not a seat is available.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a technology related to this type of IC card seat terminal, there has been a technology described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 171071/1983.

The above document describes an IC card for reservation transactions and a terminal for processing the IC card. The IC card described in the above document is used when purchasing airline tickets, theater admission tickets, reserved train tickets, etc., and has a CPU, memory, etc. built into the card base material. There is.

With this IC card for reservation transactions, insert it into the terminal,
A user operates the terminal to perform a reservation transaction. Then,
The terminal communicates with the computer to store reservation transaction information regarding the reservation transaction in 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 and enter the specified amount. Perform key operations.

Then, the terminal displays the reservation transaction information stored in the memory within the IC card, and when a predetermined key operation is performed, the terminal performs ticket issuing processing and then ejects the IC card.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, when the IC card terminal having the above configuration is applied as a terminal for a seat on a train or the like, the following inconvenience occurs.

Conventional IC cards only have the function of holding reservation information and do not have the function of tickets such as reserved boarding tickets. It will be issued separately. Separately issued tickets are paper ticket pieces, so a seat terminal is installed at the seat to display whether or not a seat is available and to manage the seat, allowing users to check whether or not the seat they are seated is the seat they reserved. In order to make such judgments, the seat terminal needs a function to read and process the contents of the ticket inserted into it. Therefore, such a seat terminal has a complicated configuration and is difficult to put into practical use.

In this way, even if you try to apply a conventional IC card terminal to a seat terminal to display whether or not to take a seat, manage seats, etc., the ticket itself is made of paper, so the terminal uses electronic circuits. It was not suitable for Therefore, passengers had to confirm with their own eyes whether the seat they were sitting on was the seat they had reserved. Further, it is also disadvantageous and inconvenient for seat managers such as station staff, as they are forced to put in a lot of effort in managing the seated passengers.

The present invention solves the problem of the prior art, which is that there is no suitable IC card seat terminal, which is disadvantageous and inconvenient in determining whether or not to sit and managing seated persons. It provides seat terminals.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, a first invention provides a seat terminal for an IC card installed in a seat, in which a ticket type, boarding date, train name, boarding section, seat number, etc. a card loading section that holds and ejects an IC card that stores in its memory the information written on the ticket such as a seat number; a seat information storage section that stores seat information such as a seat number; A seating availability determination unit that compares and compares the seating information with the seating availability determination unit, and displays the seating availability status according to the determination result of the seating availability determination unit (for example, a blue lamp lights up when it is possible; and a display section that lights up a red lamp when the result is negative, and controls the operation of the card loading section according to the determination result (for example, ejecting or returning the IC card when the result is negative).
It was designed to do this.

A second invention is the first invention, further comprising a transfer data creation section that creates transfer data including seating information and sends it to a center terminal for centralized seat status management based on the determination result of the seating availability determination section. , operation control of the card loading section and display section based on control commands from the center terminal (for example,
The IC card is ejected and the display is erased).

A third invention is an IC used in the first or second invention.
The card includes at least a CPU that controls the entire card, a rewritable memory that stores information including the information written on the card under the control of the CPU, and a key input unit that inputs information to the CPU. It is composed of a display section that displays information under the control of the CPU, and a power supply section that supplies power.

(Function) According to the first and third inventions, since the IC card seat terminal is configured as described above, the ticket type, boarding date, train name, boarding section, seat number, etc. should be written on the ticket surface. When an IC card with stored information is attached to a seat terminal, the seat terminal reads the information that should be written on the face of the ticket from the attached IC card and determines whether or not the information is suitable for the seat in question. Judgment is made by the judgment section. When it is determined that the IC card is compatible, the display section displays that occupancy is permitted, and when it is determined that it is non-conforming, the display section displays that occupancy is not permitted, and the IC card is ejected from the card loading section and returned.

In the second and third aspects of the invention, when the seating permission determination unit determines that the seat is suitable, the display unit displays occupancy permission, and the transfer data creation unit transmits seating information to the center terminal. If it is determined that the IC card is non-compliant, the display unit will display a message indicating that occupancy is not permitted, and the IC card will be ejected from the card slot and returned. The center terminal receives the seating information etc. from each seat terminal, issues a control command such as a card ejection command to the seat terminal to be controlled, and causes the IC card to be ejected from the card loading section of the seat terminal.
The display unit notifies the card holder.

Therefore, the above problem can be solved.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an IC card seat terminal and an IC card used therein, showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
Figures (a) and (b) are schematic external views of the IC card shown in Figure 1, where (a) is a front view of one side, and Figure (b) is a front view of the opposite side.

First, the configuration of the IC card will be explained. As shown in FIG. 2, this IC card 10 has a card base material, and one surface of the card base material is provided with a key input section 11, a display section 12, and a power supply section 13, and the other surface is provided with a key input section 11, a display section 12, and a power supply section 13. is provided with an external connection terminal 14, and further has an IC 20 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, it consists of a numeric keypad with numerical values "0", "1", . . . "9", and function keys such as "transaction", "inquiry", "start", "#", etc. The display unit 12 is used to display a display to confirm the entered key, a guidance display to teach the key operation procedure, a display of information stored in the card, etc., and is, for example, a 12-digit liquid crystal display. (hereinafter referred to as LCD), etc. When the IC card 10 is separated from an external terminal such as the seat terminal 100 having a card reader/writer function and operated alone (hereinafter referred to as offline operation), the power supply unit 13 is configured to supply power to each IC card IO. This is for supplying power to the circuit section, and is made up of, for example, a solar battery. The external connection terminals 14 are a group of terminals used when the IC card 10 is connected to an external terminal and information is exchanged with the terminal (hereinafter referred to as online operation).

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 ROM (hereinafter referred to as EEPROM) that stores highly confidential information.
They are built into one chip. Here, ICl
3 rICJ means integrated circuit, large scale integrated circuit (
The term is used to include LSI), very large scale integrated circuit (VLSI), etc.

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.
A match determination unit 23 is connected to the output side of the output terminal 2. The match determination unit 23 determines whether the input password and the registered password match/
It has a function to determine inconsistency. Further, a mode determination section 24 is connected to the key input section 11, and the output signal 524a of the mode determination section 24 and the output of the coincidence determination section 23 are connected to a password-number storage circuit section 25, which stores the password and number. A circuit section 25 is connected to an input/output control section 26. The password number storage circuit section 25 has a gate opened by the output signal 524a and stores the output of the match determination section 23, and 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. It is something to do.

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 the display control section 29. There is.

The balance storage unit 27 stores credit balances and deposit balances, and the ticket information storage unit 28 stores ticket information such as ticket type, boarding date, train name, seat number, boarding section, fare, etc. . 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 524 of the mode determination unit 24.
Based on b, the output from the information storage section 28 is displayed on the display section 2.
It has functions such as displaying on 9.

Here, for example, the input password storage section is composed of RAIVI, the registered password storage section 22, the password number storage circuit section 2
5. The balance storage unit 27 and the information storage unit 28 are EE
The match determination section 23 and mode determination section 24 are constructed from programs stored in the ROM. 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.

As a terminal into which such an IC card 10 is inserted, for example, a seat terminal 100 shown in FIG. 1 is installed in a seat of a train or the like. This seat terminal 100 is entirely C
It is controlled by a PU, etc., and includes an operation unit 101 for data input consisting of a keyboard etc., a card holding function,
and a card mounting section 102 which has a card ejection function such as a solenoid by operating the operation section 101, and an in-terminal input/output control section 1 which has an interface function and is composed of a CPU, etc.
03. A seat information storage unit 104 is connected to the operation unit 101 , and the seat information storage unit 104 and the terminal input/output control unit 103 are connected to a seating availability determination unit 105 , and the seating availability determination unit 105 is connected to a display unit 106 . It is connected to the.

The seat information storage unit 104 stores the date of boarding, train name, boarding section, etc. stored in the information storage unit 28 of the IC card 10
It stores information corresponding to the information written on the ticket, such as the seat number, and is composed of a RAM or the like. Seating availability determination unit 10
5 is the information in the seat information storage section 104 and the IC card 1.
0 and the information in the information storage unit 28,
It has a function of determining whether the boarding date, train name, boarding section, seat number, etc. are compatible, that is, whether a seat is available or not, and is composed of a program stored in a ROM, for example. The display unit 106 has a function of displaying the status of whether or not to be seated according to the determination result of the seating availability determination unit 105, and is composed of a lamp such as a light emitting diode, an LCD, etc. For example, in FIG. It consists of a blue lamp 106a for permission and a red lamp 106b for not allowing seating.

The seat terminal 100 is provided with an alarm buzzer, a clock circuit for counting the date, etc. as necessary, and furthermore, the seat terminal is connected to a center terminal installed in a seat management center such as a conductor's room. ing.

FIG. 3 is a schematic external view showing an example of the configuration of the seat terminal 100 shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

This seat terminal 100 includes a card insertion slot 102 that is provided in an armrest 110 of a seat and that constitutes a card mounting section 102.
When the IC card 10 is inserted from a, the key input section 11 and display section 12 of the IC card 10 are exposed through the window 111 formed in the seat terminal 100, and the key input section 11 can be used to manually operate the keys. It has a structure.

In the above configuration, in order to clarify the functions of the IC card 10, we will first explain its (1) offline operation and (2)
) Online operation, (3) operation of referring to the information written on the ticket, and (4) operation of using the ticket as a ticket will be described 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 unit 23 determines that there is a “match,” the ticketing transaction mode is instructed as described above, and the mode determination unit 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,
"1'° is set in 5. -" from match determination unit 23
The match °° determination output is also led to the display control section 29,
If the passwords match, the display control unit 29 operates to permit the display unit 12 to display the balance stored in the balance storage unit 27 in advance. Although not shown in the drawings, when the match determination unit 23 determines that there is a "mismatch", the number of times of incorrect input is stored in an EEPROM for counting the number of times of incorrect input of the password.

(2) Online operation When the IC card 10 is inserted into the ticketing terminal (not shown), the
Signal input/output between the C card 10 and the ticket issuing terminal is performed via the external connection terminal 14, and ticket issuing processing is executed. That is, after confirming that the PIN number storage circuit section 25 is set to "1", the ticket issuing terminal selects the ticket type and boarding time according to the desired transaction conditions input into the operating section of the ticket issuing terminal. Information written on the ticket such as date, train name, seat number, boarding section, fare, etc. is created and transferred to and stored in the ticket information storage section 28 in the IC card 10. At the same time, the ticket issuing terminal updates the remaining amount stored in the balance storage section 27, and further clears the PIN number storage circuit section 25 to "0%" before issuing an IC card.
The card 10 is ejected and returned. As a result, the IC card 10 is now equipped with the function of a ticket.

(3) Operation of referring to the information written on the ticket face The IC card 10, which has been added with the function of a ticket due to the operation (2) above, can refer to the information written on the ticket face by offline operation. That is, when an input to the effect of displaying the information written on the ticket is made from the key input section 11, for example, when the "r inquiry" key is pressed, the mode determination section 24 outputs the output signal 524b, and the display control section 29
functions to cause the display section 12 to display the information written on the ticket surface, which is the output of the information storage section 28 . This allows the cardholder to check the reservation information for the ticket at any time without the intervention of a terminal.

(4) Operation as a ticket IC with the added function of a ticket
A case where the card 10 is used as a ticket will be explained.

The cardholder holds an IC card 10 at a ticket gate terminal (not shown).
When the ticket gate terminal is inserted, the ticket gate terminal reads the information stored in the ticket information storage section 28 via the external connection terminal 14 and the input/output control section 26 and determines whether entry is permitted or not. Open the entrance gate and insert your IC card.
Eject and return. If permission is not granted, the IC card 10 is ejected and returned without opening the entrance gate.

Next, the operation of (5) seat terminal in FIGS. 1 and 3 will be explained.

(5) Operation of the seat terminal For example, the IC card 10 is inserted into the card slot 102 of FIG. 1 through the card insertion slot 102a of the seat terminal 100 of FIG. 3, which is installed in a reserved seat on a train. wear it. Then, the seat terminal 100 uses the boarding date, train name, boarding section, and seat number stored in the ticket information storage section 28 via the terminal input/output control section 103, external connection terminal 14, and input/output control section 26. The information written on the ticket is read out and compared with the corresponding information stored in advance in the seat information storage unit 104 in the seat terminal 100, and it is determined whether the boarding date, train name, boarding section, seat section, seat number, etc. are compatible. The seating availability determination unit 105 determines whether or not the person is present.

Here, in order to store the seat information in the seat information storage unit 104, for example, the boarding group and seat number are uniquely determined for each seat, so they are semi-fixed by a switch or the like for each seat terminal 100. Alternatively, the conductor can
The seat information may be stored in the seat information storage unit 104 manually. Further, regarding the date of boarding, a clock circuit section (not shown) may be provided in the seat terminal 100 to measure the time. However, since the train is moving, the suitability judgment for the boarding section needs to be rewritten as appropriate. Therefore, it is preferable to memorize the station name information that is sent from a center terminal (not shown) each time the train passes a stop on the way. be.

If the seat availability determining unit 102 determines that the inserted IC card 10 is suitable for the seat, it lights up a blue lamp 106a, for example, to inform the card holder that the seat is correct, and confirms that the card holder is in the correct seat. The blue lamp 10 remains on until the passenger removes the IC card 10 from the seat terminal 100 in order to get off the train.
6a continues to be lit. IC card 10 to seat terminal 10
To remove the IC card 10 from the card slot 102a, for example, press the "eject" key from the operation unit 101 or enter a request for ejection. be done. If the inserted IC card 100 is incompatible with the seat in question, that is, if the seat position is wrong or the train name is wrong, the red lamp 106b is turned on and the card holder is informed that the seat is the wrong seat. The IC card 100 is ejected from the card insertion slot 102a and returned. At this time, it is more effective to call attention by sounding an alarm buzzer (not shown).

As described above, this first embodiment has the following advantages.

The IC card 10 is provided with an information storage unit 28 inside the IC card 10, and stores the information to be written on the ticket, such as the boarding date and seat number, thereby providing an IC with the function of a ticket.
When the C card 10 is installed in the card installation section 102, the seat terminal 100 receives the IC card via the terminal input/output control section 103.
The information written on the face of the card 10 is read out. The information written on the ticket that has been read out is checked and compared with the seat information stored in the seat information storage section 104 by the seating availability determination section 105 . If the verification comparison result is correct, the blue lamp 106a lights up indicating that the verification is good. If the comparison result is incorrect, the red lamp 106b indicates that the comparison is defective.
lights up, an alarm buzzer sounds if necessary, and the inserted IC card 10 is ejected.

This prevents mistakes such as accidentally getting on the train by confusing the up and down seats, or sitting in different seats. Therefore, the IC card holder has a high sense of security, and it is clearly known that a person sitting in a seat where the blue lamp 106a is not lit is a person who does not have a designated reserved ticket. It is also useful for conductors and others to manage tickets.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a seat management system using an IC card seat terminal showing a second embodiment of the present invention. Note that elements common to those in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

The seat terminal 100A in FIG. 4 is the seat terminal 100A in FIG.
The difference is that a transfer data creation unit 107 and the like are added. The transfer data creation unit 107 is connected to the output side of the terminal input/output control unit 103 and the seating availability determination unit 105, and creates transfer data such as boarding section information and seat number information, and sends it to a seat management center such as a conductor's room. It has a function of transmitting data to the center terminal 200 installed at the center terminal 200, and is composed of a RAM and the like. Further, the card mounting section 102 and the seat information storage section 104 are connected to the center terminal 200.

Seat terminal 100A and center terminal 200 connected to it
The seat management system consists of: In other words, an I that stores information written on the ticket such as reserved seat information.
When the C card 1o is inserted into the seat terminal 100A, the seat terminal 100A reads out the information written on the ticket face and determines whether the seat numbers match or do not match. If they match, the seat terminal 200 transmits the seating information to the center terminal 200. This is a system that collectively manages seat occupancy status on the terminal 200 side.

A center terminal 200 used in this system has an input/output interface section 201 connected to a card mounting section 102, a seat information storage section 104, and a transfer data creation section 107.
It is equipped with The input/output interface section 201 is a CPU
It is composed of a passenger boarding status storage section 202 composed of a RAM etc. that stores data transferred from the seat terminal 100A, etc., and a processing section 203 composed of a CPU etc. that creates display pattern data etc. It is connected. The processing unit 203 includes an operation unit 204 consisting of a keyboard, etc.
and a display section 205 made up of a CRT or the like are connected.

Next, the operation will be explained.

Insert the IC card 10 containing the information written on the ticket into the seat terminal 1.
When attached to the card attachment section 102 of 00A, the seat terminal 1
00A reads the information written on the IC card 10 such as boarding date, train name, boarding section, seat number, etc. via the terminal input/output control unit 103, and stores the information in advance in the seat information storage unit 10.
The boarding date, compared with the corresponding information stored in 4.
The seating availability determining unit 105 determines whether the train name, boarding section, seat number, etc. are compatible. Here, among the seat information stored in the seat information storage unit 104, the information for determining the suitability of the boarding section needs to be rewritten as appropriate since the information is for moving on a train.
It is preferable to store station name information that is sent every time the train passes a station on the way from 00. If the seating availability determining unit 105 determines that the inserted IC card 10 is suitable for the seat concerned, it lights up the blue lamp 106a to inform the card holder that the seat is correct, and transfers the seat. The data creation unit 107 contains information that the seat is occupied and the IC
After the ride section information read from the card 10 is arranged, it is transmitted to the center terminal 200. If the installed IC card 10 is not compatible with the seat concerned, that is, if the seat position is wrong or the train name is wrong, the red lamp 106b is turned on or an alarm (not shown) is sounded. Then, the IC card 10 is ejected and returned.

The center terminal 200 receives transfer data sent from all the seat terminals 100A, that is, seat number information and boarding section information, via the input/output interface section 201, and transfers the seat number information and boarding section information. They are stored in the passenger boarding status storage unit 202 in a form that is associated with each other. Operation unit 2
When there is an input from 04 indicating that a seat occupancy status display is requested, the processing unit 203 generates display button data and displays it on the display unit 205. Therefore, station staff such as conductors,
You can recognize the current seat occupancy status at a glance, and you can also obtain information such as which station the currently occupied seat is expected to become vacant after, so you can issue additional seat reservation tickets on the train. etc. can be performed accurately and efficiently.

By the way, since the seat occupancy status changes depending on the train operation, the processing unit 203 outputs station name information every time the train passes a stop on the way, and all seat terminals 100A... and all seat terminals 1
The seat number information and boarding section information are received from 00A... and the information is updated.

Here, the station name information may be created by a method such as having the conductor input the station name into the operation unit 204 in the center terminal 200 each time the train passes a station on the way, or by a method widely used in the railway industry. It is also possible to utilize communication between the ground transducer and the onboard transducer, which are installed on the ground at intervals of approximately IKm.

In this way, the center terminal 200 connects each seat terminal 100A.
Since it has control over the boarding section information on the IC card 10 installed in ..., as soon as the stop station approaches,
IC card 10 for getting off at the next stop
A card ejection command is transmitted to the attached seat terminal 100A. As a result, the card mounting section 1 of the seat terminal 100A
02, the IC card 10 is ejected. In other words, when the train's stop station approaches, the conductor presses the operation panel 200 of the center terminal 200.
4, input an instruction to create a card discharge command and input the name of the next stop station. Then, the processing unit 203 reads the storage contents of the passenger boarding status storage unit 202, sequentially picks out the sections whose boarding section is up to the next stop station, reads out the corresponding seat number, and selects the seat terminal having the seat number. 10
The IC
The card 10 is ejected and the blue lamp 106a is turned off.

Note that it is desirable that an alarm also sound when the card is ejected. Furthermore, instead of the conductor inputting an instruction to create a card ejection command, it is also possible to use the communication between the above-mentioned ground element and the upper element.

In this way, passengers, i.e., IC card holders, can receive alerts and IC card holders to notify them that their getting off station is approaching.
0 is automatically ejected, so if you miss the ride,
There is no risk of forgetting to take out the IC card 10. Additionally, the blue lamp 106a indicating that your seat is occupied is lit from the time you take your seat until you exit the vehicle, so you don't have to worry about finding a seat when you go to the washroom or the dining car. Moreover, since it is obvious to others that the seat is not vacant because the blue lamp 106a is lit, unnecessary confusion can be avoided.

By the way, if the passenger gets off at the planned station, there is no problem as the IC card 10 will be automatically removed, but if the plan is changed and the passenger gets off before the reserved station, the IC card will be removed at the passenger's will. Since it is a problem if the IC card 10 cannot be ejected, it is desirable that the IC card 10 can be ejected by inputting a predetermined input into the operation unit 101. However, if ejection is possible for an unspecified number of people, the problem of card theft will occur.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, a password is input into the key input section 11 of the inserted IC card 10 through the window 111, and the seat terminal 100A is informed that a match judgment output has been generated from the IC card 10. is detected and the IC card 10 is ejected from the card insertion slot 102a.

Another method for returning the IC card is to display the reception number on the seat terminal 100A immediately after inserting the IC card 10,
There is a method of ejecting the IC card 10 by memorizing it and inputting the reception number into the operation unit 101 when desired to eject the IC card. Alternatively, the password input from the operation unit 101 is stored in the input password storage section 21 in the IC card 10 via the terminal input/output control section 103, and the registered password stored in advance in the registered password storage section 22 is stored. The seat terminal 100A detects the output of the PIN-number storage circuit section 25 that is generated when the code matches the code and outputs the IC.
Various methods can be adopted, such as a method for ejecting the card 10.

The advantages of this second embodiment can be summarized as follows.

When the IC card 10 with the function of a ticket is attached to the seat terminal 100A provided for each seat, each seat terminal 100A reads the information written on the ticket from the IC card 10, and the IC card 10 is attached to the seat terminal 100A provided for each seat. The seating availability determining unit 105 determines whether or not the seating conditions are met. If it is determined that the transfer data is compatible, the transfer data creation unit 107 creates transfer data including at least boarding section information and seat number information and transmits it to the center terminal 200. Center terminal 200
is stored in the passenger boarding status storage unit 20 in a form in which boarding section information and seat number information extracted from the transmission data are associated with each other.
Store in 2. Based on the information in the storage unit 202, the processing unit 203 creates and displays a seat occupancy status display pattern that allows you to check at a glance the current seat occupancy status and the seat occupancy status after passing through the next stop station. 205.

Therefore, station staff such as conductors can accurately and efficiently issue additional seat reservation tickets onboard the train.

The center terminal 200 also determines when the seat occupancy status is expected to change (for example, the arrival time at the next stop station).
Shortly before this, a card ejection command is issued to the seat terminal 100A whose occupancy status changes at that time, and the inserted IC card 10 is ejected from the seat terminal 100A, and the seat is occupied by the blue lamp 106a. The display to that effect will be erased. In other words, since the center terminal 200 knows the seat number at which the train should get off at the next stop, when the stop station approaches, the center terminal 200 transfers the IC card 10 to the seat terminal 100A.
It can be commanded to be discharged from Therefore, passengers do not have to worry about missing the train without noticing the station they are getting off at. I never forget to take out C card 10. Furthermore, while the seat is occupied, that is, while the IC card 10 is attached to the seat terminal 100A, the fact that the seat is occupied is displayed on the seat terminal 100A, thereby preventing unnecessary troubles related to securing a seat. You can also.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the seat occupancy status display on the display unit 205 of the center terminal 200 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a display example when an instruction is given from the operation unit 204 in the center terminal 200 to display the seat occupancy status of car number "3°" between Nagoya and Kyoto. , 212 indicates that the seat is currently occupied and has been reserved for seats after Kyoto Station.For example, as shown by 210, the seat number 2C is displayed in a white background. The seat where is displayed indicates that the seat number "2C" is vacant. Code 2
For example, as shown in 11, seat number 4 is located in Ha Soching.
The seat marked A indicates that seat number 4A is currently occupied, but will become vacant from Kyoto Station.

To display such a display, information such as the name of the stop station is input from the operation unit 204 in the center terminal 200. Then,
For example, the processing unit 203 may create a pattern in which the current seat occupancy status and the seat occupancy status after arriving at the stop station are displayed simultaneously.
In other words, a seat occupancy status display pattern is created and displayed on the display unit 20.
Display on 5.

By entering the car number and section in this way,
Since the current seat occupancy status and the seat occupancy status after passing through the designated section can be recognized at a glance, additional seat reservation tickets can be issued accurately and efficiently in the train. In addition,
In FIG. 5, the currently occupied seat, the vacant seat after passing the next stop station, and the currently vacant seat are distinguished using fill-in buttons, but a method of distinguishing the seats by changing colors on the color display section may also be used.

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

(2) In FIG. 4, a case has been described in which the stored contents of the passenger boarding status storage section 202 in the center terminal 200 are received from the seat terminal 100A, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, by installing a memory pack that stores seat reservation information regarding the train in advance into the center terminal 200 when the train starts operating, and using the seat reservation information together with the boarding section information, it is possible to check whether seats are currently vacant. However, it is also possible to display information that the train should be occupied from stops along the way.

Here, the seat reservation information may be stored in the memory pack by a method such as attaching a memory pack such as a memory card to the center CPU of the seat reservation center and storing the necessary seat reservation information.

(2) In FIGS. 1 and 4, a case has been described in which communication with the IC card 10 is performed via the external connection terminal 14, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a transmitter/receiver circuit may be provided inside the IC card 10 and the seat terminal 100.100A to communicate wirelessly, or a photocoupler may be provided between the surface of the IC card 10 and the card mounting portion 102 of the seat terminal 100.100A. The present invention can also be implemented using a so-called non-contact type IC card, which communicates using light.

(2) The IC card 10 shown in FIG. 1 can be modified in various ways to have other circuit configurations.

- In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is used as a train seat terminal has been described, but it can also be applied to an aircraft seat terminal, a theater seat terminal, etc.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained in detail above, according to the first and third inventions, the information written on the face of the card stored in the inserted IC card is read out and compared, and the correct seat is selected. Since it is determined whether there is a seat or not and the result of the determination is notified, the card holder is prevented from choosing the wrong seat, and the seat manager can easily manage the seated persons.

According to the second and third inventions, since the transfer data creation section is provided to transmit seating information etc. to the center terminal, the center terminal side can grasp the occupancy status of each seat and send control commands to the seat terminal. You can easily and accurately manage all seats at once.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an IC card seat terminal and an IC card used therein, showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
Figures (a) and (b) are schematic external views of the IC card in Figure 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic external view of the seat terminal shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a seat management system using an IC card seat terminal showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the seat occupancy state display of FIG. 4; 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 control unit, 100
．． 100A...Seat terminal, 101...
Operation section, 102...Card mounting section, 103...
...Terminal input/output control section, 104... Seat information storage section, 105... Seat availability determination section, 10
6...Display unit, 107...Transfer data creation unit, 200...Center terminal. Applicant Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (and 1 other person) Representative patent attorney Yasunari Kakimoto (b) Figure 3

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card loading section that holds and ejects an IC card that stores information written on the ticket surface in a memory; a seat information storage section that stores seat information; and a seat information storage section that collates and compares the information written on the ticket surface and the seat information. and a display section that displays a seating availability status according to the determination result of the seating availability determination section, and controls the operation of the card mounting section according to the determination result. An IC card seat terminal characterized by performing the following functions. 2. The IC card seat terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a transfer data creation unit that creates transfer data including seating information based on the determination result of the seating availability determination unit and transmits the data to a center terminal for centrally managing seat status. . An IC card seat terminal, wherein the operation of the card mounting section and the display section is controlled by a control command from the center terminal. 3. 3. The IC card seat terminal according to claim 1, wherein the IC card includes a central processing unit that controls the entire card, and a rewritable memory that stores information including the information written on the card under the control of the central processing unit. an IC card comprising: a key input unit for inputting information to the central processing unit; a display unit for displaying information under the control of the central processing unit; and a power supply unit for supplying power. seat terminal.