JPH05274504A - Ticket examination system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently judge an invalidated ticket without excessively increasing the information volume of invalid tickets recorded in each ticket examination machine or processing for judgement in a system using a ticket as right capable of utilizing facilities or service of railroads or the like and judging the permission of use by a ticket examination. CONSTITUTION:The system is constituted of a totalization center 11, a computer 12 in the center 11, a terminal equipment 13 connected to the computer 12, a computer 14 in a banking organ or the like, and a ticket examination device 15. An invalid ticket list to be formed by information obtained from the equipment 13 and the computer 14 is stored in the computer 12 of the center 11, and at the time of detecting a record corresponding to an invalid ticket in a ticket using record obtained from the device 15, its identification(ID) information is distributed to the device 15 to check the use of the invalid ticket by the device 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention manages a ticket when providing facilities such as railways and various services, and provides identification information that distinguishes the user who owns the ticket or the ticket itself from others. Use the payment method by recording on a ticket and confirming that the identification information has already paid the consideration and that the use of the facility is permitted for a certain period, or by collecting the usage record based on the identification information The present invention relates to a ticket gate system of a method demanded by persons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the development of various high-performance cards that can be used as automatic ticket gates and tickets, for example, in the case of railways, passengers purchase tickets until reaching their destination as in the past. Then, instead of using it, hold a ticket in the form of contracting with the railway operator and identifying the individual, and when using it, put the ticket into the ticket gate device, or if it is a non-contact type ticket gate device Allow the passage through the ticket gates by performing actions such as bringing them closer or record identification information as usage records on the ticket gates, and the railway operator collects the records at the aggregation center for a certain period, for example, every month. A new ticket gate system of a method of charging a fee such as a fare to be paid by the user by using the tabulation has come to be used or studied. In addition, even if it is not such a post-payment system, the use of a certain facility is permitted for a certain period of time by paying the consideration in advance, and as a method of showing the permission, a ticket with a ticket that has information identifying the individual who paid It is common practice to check the equipment and authorize the use of the facility.

Such a ticket gate system is very convenient for a user, as long as he has one ticket for identifying an individual, he can freely pass through the ticket gate with only one ticket. However, there is also a problem that if someone other than the original owner uses it maliciously due to loss, theft, or forgery, the damage may be large. It is also expected that even if the owner himself / herself is legitimate, he / she wants to invalidate the ticket because the owner has come to lack the ability to pay. In order to prevent the use of such a specific ticket, it is necessary to determine that the ticket corresponds to the ticket at a place where the ticket is actually used, such as a ticket gate. In the case of a credit card, which is a similar service, a terminal device for inquiring about credit information etc. is installed at a store etc. where the card is used, and a center that manages related information via the terminal device is installed. By inquiring, fraud is prevented. When using a credit card in a store or the like, there is enough time to make a payment, and the user can be kept waiting until a response is returned from the center. However, in the case of railway ticket gates, legitimate users must pass through as quickly as possible, and it is considered impossible with the existing technology to inquire at the center each time each user passes. Be done.

As a method of solving these problems, it is possible to distribute all the identification information of the ticket to be invalidated to all the ticket gates in the system to perform the check. This method can process without problems if the number of identification information to be invalidated is relatively small, but as the system expands and the number of invalidation tickets increases, the storage capacity for holding the identification information in the ticket gate device. The processing time for distributing the identification information and the identification information to the ticket gate device increases, and the efficiency of the entire system decreases. Furthermore, comparing every time a user passes through the ticket gate to see if it matches an invalid ticket in the system will unnecessarily increase the processing time per person, and the original ticket gate There is a risk of impairing the function of promptly passing the user through the role.

[0005]

The problem to be solved is to make a comparison so as not to reduce the processing time by comparing the identification information of all the invalid tickets of the system every time the user passes in the ticket gate device. Despite the limitation of the identification information to be used, it is to effectively prevent the illegal use of the ticket as a whole system.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention transmits the identification information of the ticket that has passed through the ticket gate device to the counting center at regular intervals, for example, after the operation of one day has ended. However, by comparing with the list of invalid tickets managed by the center side and distributing a checklist consisting of the identification information of the tickets that prevent further use to each ticket gate device, it is possible to prevent the illegal use of tickets. The most important feature. When distributing the checklist to each ticket gate device, it is expected that it will be used from the past usage situation, as well as to the ticket gate device that the ticket that is likely to be used again is used. It is also possible to deliver it to the ticket gate device. Also, when it becomes clear that a ticket that has already been lost should be removed from the list, such as when it has already been collected, a deletion instruction is given to the ticket gate device at the time of the next distribution. It is also possible to use a management method in which the ticket gate device itself automatically erases the ticket itself under certain conditions, for example, when the ticket itself expires or a ticket in the list does not pass within a certain period of time.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is a problem that the passage cannot be blocked for the first time when an invalid ticket is used, and some damage may occur, but it is recorded in the center. After the checklist is transmitted from the center and the checklist is distributed from the center, it can be prevented by using the ticket of the corresponding identification number in the distributed ticket gate device. Since it is generally considered highly likely that the ticket will be used again by the ticket gate used for the first time, it is not only delivered to the ticket gate, but also another ticket gate highly likely to be estimated from the usage information. You can increase efficiency by delivering to. In addition, by increasing the number of times of communication with the central device, in the case of a railway, after being used at the ticket gate device at the entrance of a station,
There is a possibility that distribution will be done before reaching the ticket gate at the exit of another station, and it may be blocked. On the other hand, although the loss is reported, those that are not actually used are not subject to the check at the ticket gate device. In this way, since the check method according to the actual usage status can be adopted, the list of tickets to be checked by each ticket gate device is limited to a scale that does not reduce the processing speed of the ticket gate device. As a result, necessary processing can be performed without affecting the transit time of the user. Although the number is limited, the identification numbers on this list were determined based on actual usage conditions and can be expected to be checked with high probability.
Also, if the number of invalid tickets in the entire system is smaller than the upper limit determined by the processing capacity of the ticket gate apparatus, it is naturally possible to check all of them.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention in the case of a railway will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a main configuration of a system according to the present invention. The computer 12 of the counting center has a terminal device 13, a computer 14 of a financial institution, etc. and a ticket gate device 15 (a plurality exists. Actually, each station exists at each station, so a management system unit that is installed at a station and collects a plurality of ticket gates. But it is also possible.) Etc. The computer 12 of the counting center has a management database 16 for managing contractors, and the terminal device 13
The contents are updated and managed according to the contractor information 131 from. From the ticket gate device 15, the actual ticket usage information 151 is sent. This record is also aggregated for each user and accumulated in the management database 16. The payment information 141 is exchanged with the computer 14 such as a financial institution. The identification number of the ticket whose use is desired to be stopped in the operation of the system is determined from the terminal device 13's invalidation report information 132 such as contract cancellation, loss, or theft, and the payment information 141 from the computer 14 of a financial institution or the like. And the notification of the occurrence of insolvents obtained from The computer 12 of the counting center creates and manages the invalid ticket list 17 from these. The ticket gate device 15 of each station transmits the ticket usage information 151 at regular intervals. The computer 12 of the tallying center updates the management database 16 using the information, performs comparison processing with the invalid ticket list 17, and creates a check list 152 to be transmitted to each ticket gate. This checklist 152 may be created with different contents by each ticket gate device according to the actual usage situation and the characteristics of the railway line, or may be a list common to all. The checklist 152 is transmitted to each ticket gate device, and thereafter, each ticket gate device 15 processes according to it whether or not the ticket is a ticket to be blocked. At this time, the check list 152 may have a structure in which all identification numbers are described each time, or may have a form in which a new addition and a deletion from the list are designated.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the processing flow for each ticket of the ticket gate device 15. First, in step a, necessary information is read from the ticket. Next, in step b, the ticket type is determined from the read information. If the ticket is not of the type according to the invention, in step c it is processed as a general ticket. This is, for example, the determination of whether the route and the section of the commuter pass are correct. If it is a ticket of the type according to the invention, then in step d it is determined whether the ticket is included in the checklist 152. If included,
At step e, necessary processing such as blocking passage of the owner is performed. If not included, in step f, the information that the ticket has passed is recorded in a predetermined storage medium together with the time. This information is transmitted as usage information 151 to the computer 12 of the collection center at regular intervals.

[0010]

As described above, in the ticket gate system of the present invention, each ticket gate device updates the list of tickets that should be blocked from being passed due to illegal use, etc., according to the usage result, so that a legitimate user It is possible to efficiently determine the ticket that should be blocked due to illegal use without hindering the smooth passage of the ticket, and to use the ticket gate system of the method of receiving payment by the usage record using the user's identification number. It can solve existing problems and contribute to their realization.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of a ticket inspection system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a flowchart of processing performed by the ticket gate device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Collection Center 12 Computer of Collection Center 13 Terminal Device 131 Contractor Information 132 Invalid Declaration Information 14 Computers of Financial Institutions 141 Payment Information 15 Ticket Gate Device 151 Usage Information 152 Checklist 16 Management Database 17 Invalid Ticket List

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket which records information for identifying an individual, or a ticket which, as the ticket itself, has identification information distinguishable from other tickets of the same kind is used, and a ticket gate for transportation such as a railway station.
Or, the identification information is given to a device (hereinafter referred to as a ticket gate) installed at an entrance (hereinafter collectively referred to as a ticket gate) of a facility which can be entered by presenting a ticket,
Whether the business operator that operates the facility such as the railroad confirms that it has received the consideration in advance and gives permission to use the facility,
Alternatively, in the ticket gate system that collects the identification information and charges the user for the fare etc., theft,
As a means to prevent the use of tickets that should be invalidated due to loss, insolvency, etc., the passage record of each ticket at each ticket gate device is transmitted to the aggregation center as usage information, and the use sent from the ticket gate device at the center. When a ticket having identification information to be invalidated is found in the information, by delivering the identification information to the ticket gate device in which the ticket is used or is supposed to be used, A ticket gate system characterized by blocking passage in a ticket gate device when the invalid ticket is used after the delivery.