JPH02304692A - Automatic examination system using ic card passenger ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it unnecessary to purchase a passenger ticket in each entrance to a station by providing an IC card passenger ticket with a charge balance storing means, an entrance/exit station information storing means, etc., and exactly calculating the charge in the IC card passenger ticket itself. CONSTITUTION:When a passenger inserts an IC card passenger ticket 13 into an IC card passenger ticket purchasing device 16 and loads its amount, a charge balance is stored in the charge balance storing buffer 29. When the ticket 13 is inserted into an IC card I/O device 14 at the time of entering a station, a CPU 22 inputs the entrance station information from the device 14 and stores the inputted contents in an entrance station information storing buffer 27. When the ticket 13 is inserted into the device 14 at the time of exiting from the station 11, the CPU 11 inputs exit station information from the device 14 and stores the inputted contents in an exit station storing buffer 28. Then, the CPU 22 calculates the charge from the entrance station up to the exit station by a charge exact calculation program while referring the buffers 27, 28 and a charge information table 26 and subtracts the charge from the charge balance stored in the buffer 29.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a station ticket gate system using an automatic ticket gate, and in particular to an automatic ticket gate system using an IC card ticket [Prior Art] Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate The ticket gate system at stations using machines is
Magnetic card tickets, magnetic card commuter passes.

These tickets use magnetic cards such as magnetic card commuter passes, and magnetic card tickets other than magnetic card commuter passes and magnetic card commuter passes do not have a prepaid function. I had to pay the fare and purchase a magnetic card ticket.

In addition, in the conventional automatic ticket gate system using magnetic card tickets, the fare is checked at the automatic ticket gate when exiting, and as shown in FIG. Information (A) and purchase fee information! 11(B) into the magnetic card input/output device 42 to confirm the fare.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional ticket gate system using automatic ticket gates mentioned above, magnetic card tickets other than magnetic card commuter passes and magnetic card coupon tickets can only be used once, and a magnetic card ticket is purchased each time you enter the station. This has the drawbacks of: ■ It takes time and effort to purchase a ticket, and ■ Since you have to specify the section to the departure station at the time of entry, you may end up purchasing the wrong ticket.

Additionally, since the fare was checked at the automatic ticket gate when exiting the train, there was the drawback that two pieces of information had to be entered from the magnetic card ticket into the automatic ticket gate: entry station information and purchased fare information. be.

In view of the above-mentioned points, it is an object of the present invention to automatically calculate fares within an IC card ticket having a prepaid function, thereby reducing the time and effort of purchasing a ticket, and to reduce the time and effort required to purchase a ticket at an automatic ticket gate upon departure. To provide an automatic ticket gate system using an IC card ticket that reduces the exchange of information.

[Means to solve the problem]

The automatic ticket gate system using an IC card ticket according to the present invention is a station ticket gate system using an automatic ticket gate, in which the IC card ticket has a fare balance storage means for storing information on the balance of the fare purchased in advance, and Entry station information storage means for storing entry station information written from an automatic ticket gate at a station, exit station information storage means for storing exit station information written from an automatic ticket gate at an exit station, and storing fare information between stations. and a fare information storage means for storing the entry station information, the exit station information storage means, and the fare information storage means when the departure station information is stored in the departure station information storage means from the automatic ticket gate of the departure station. and fare adjustment means for calculating the fare from the entry station to the exit station by referring to the fare balance and subtracting it from the fare balance stored in the fare balance storage means.

[Effect]

In the automatic ticket gate system using an IC card ticket of the present invention, the fare balance storage means stores the remaining amount of the fare purchased in advance, and the entry station information storage means stores the entry station information written from the automatic ticket gate at the entry station. The departure station information storage means stores departure station information written from the automatic ticket gate at the departure station, the fare information storage means stores fare information between stations, and the fare adjustment means stores the departure station information written from the automatic ticket gate at the departure station. When the departure station information is stored in the departure station information storage means, the entrance station information storage means 1 refers to the departure station information storage means and the fare information storage means to calculate the fare from the entrance station to the departure station, and the fare balance storage means Subtracted from the remaining fare amount stored in .

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a station 11 to which an automatic ticket gate system using an IC card ticket according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The station 11 is equipped with an automatic ticket gate 12 and an IC card ticket purchase device 16. The automatic ticket gate 12 includes an IC card input/output device 14 and a control unit 4n.
"A W I 5" is provided.

Referring to FIG. 2, the IC card ticket 13 is connected to an external person output control mechanism 21 and a CPU (Cen L rat).
Processing Unit) 22 and power supply 2
3 and a memory 24. memory 2
4, there are provided a fare settlement program 25, a fare information table 26 for storing fare information between stations, an entry station information storage buffer 27, an exit station information storage buffer 28, and a fare balance storage buffer 29. ing.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket gate system using an IC card ticket according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

Passengers pay the fare in advance by inserting their own IC card ticket 13 (once purchased, it can be reused semi-permanently) into the IC card ticket purchasing device 16 and inserting the amount. I do. Then, in the IC card ticket 13, the CPU 22 is on the external input/output side? 11, input the fare paid in advance from the IC card ticket purchase device 16 via the mechanism 21, and send this fare to i! ! ! It is added to the remaining fare amount stored in the remaining fare storage buffer 29 and stored.

When entering the station 11, the passenger inserts the IC card ticket 13 into the IC card input/output device 14 of the automatic ticket gate 12. Then, for IC card ticket 13, CPLI
22 inputs entry station information from the IC card input/output device 14 via the external input/output control mechanism 21, and stores this entry station information in the entry station information storage buffer 27.

When exiting from station 11, passengers must use automatic ticket gate 12.
The IC card ticket 13 is inserted into the IC card input/output device 14. Then, in the IC card ticket 13, the CPU
22 inputs departure station information from the IC card input/output device 14 via the external input/output control mechanism 21, and stores this departure station information in the departure station information storage buffer 28.
22 calculates the fare from the entry station to the exit ticket by referring to the entry station information storage buffer 2, the exit station information storage buffer 28, and the fare information table 26 by the fare adjustment program 25, and stores this fare in the fare balance storage buffer. 29 is subtracted from the remaining fare amount stored in 29.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, in the automatic ticket gate 12 for tickets, it is only necessary to input only the departure station information (C) from the IC card input/output device 14 to the IC card ticket 13 manually.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides means for storing fare balance and entry station information within an IC card boarding ticket.

By providing a means for storing departure station information, a means for storing fare information, and a means for paying fares so that fares can be paid within the IC card ticket, there is no need to purchase a ticket every time you enter a station. ■ There is no need to specify the section to the ticket when entering the station, so there is no need to make mistakes when purchasing tickets.
This has the advantage that only one piece of information is required to be input to the C card.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a station to which an automatic ticket gate system using a 10-card ticket according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and Figure m2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the IC card ticket in Figure 1. , Fig. 3 is a diagram for explaining the input information to the 10-card ticket when exiting using the automatic ticket gate system using the 10-card ticket of this embodiment, and Figure 4 shows the automatic ticket gate using the conventional magnetic card ticket. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining information on how to take out a magnetic card ticket when participating in the system. In the figure, 11...station, 12...automatic ticket gate, 13...IC power, -do ticket, 14...IC card input/output device, ]5...control device, ]6. ...10 Card ticket purchasing device, 21... External input/output control mechanism, 22... CPU. 23...Power supply, 24...Memory, 25...Fare settlement program, 26...Fare information table, 27...Enter station information storage buffer, 28...Exit station information storage buffer, 29. ...Freight balance storage buffer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a station ticket gate system using an automatic ticket gate, an IC card ticket includes: a fare balance storage means for storing information on the balance of a fare purchased in advance; an entry station information storage means for storing entry station information written from an automatic ticket gate at an exit station; an exit station information storage means for storing exit station information written from an automatic ticket gate at an exit station; a fare information storage means for storing fare information between stations; When the departure station information is stored in the departure station information storage means from the automatic ticket gate of the departure station, exiting from the entrance station is performed by referring to the entrance station information storage means, the departure station information storage means, and the fare information storage means. An automatic ticket gate system using an IC card ticket, comprising a fare adjustment means for calculating the fare to the station and subtracting it from the fare balance stored in the fare balance storage means.