JPH06176225A - Non-contact train utilizing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smooth ticket examination by automatically examining all the train media with no contact at the time of ticket examination. CONSTITUTION:A passenger having a ticket 11 issued by an automatic ticket machine 12 performs data communication with no contact while taking the ticket close to an antenna 13c for ticket examination of an automatic ticket examination machine 13 at the time of ticket examination and when the ticket is proper, passage is permitted but when the ticket is not proper, the passage is regulated. Next, at the time of leaving from a gate after the same passenger utilizes a train, this ticket 11 is inserted to a ticket collect port 15d of an automatic ticket examination machine 15, train data on the ticket 11 are react with no contact, when the ticket is proper, invalid data are recorded in the ticket 11 with no contact, the ticket is collected into a collection box, open/close doors 15b and 15b are opened, leaving is permitted. On the other hand, when it is judged that the ticket is not proper, the ticket 11 is returned to a ticket return port 15e, the open/close doors 15b and 15b are closed, and leaving is regulated. When the settlement of account is required at such a time, the passenger inserts an additive fare to an automatic fare adjustment machine 16 and pushes a prescribed fare adjustment button. Then, fare adjustment data are recorded in the ticket 11 with no contact and this ticket is inserted to the ticket collect port 15d so that leaving is permitted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-contact boarding device for handling all boarding media such as ordinary tickets, commuter tickets, boarding cards, etc. used for boarding in station service in a non-contact manner, and more particularly to a normal boarding The present invention relates to a non-contact boarding device for recycling tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, this type of non-contact boarding medium, when the ticket gate is operated by an automatic ticket gate of station service, makes the information of the non-contact boarding medium and the non-contact information processing section of the automatic ticket gate correspond to each other. Then, it is read contactlessly and automatically ticket gates. This non-contact use improves the serviceability for passengers, and for the automatic ticket gates, the ticket transfer processing system is omitted and stable ticket gate performance with no jamming obstacles is provided. .

However, under the present circumstances, there are a non-contact boarding medium in which a medium is held and read in a non-contact manner to automatically perform a ticket examination, and a riding medium in which a ticket is put in and out to operate to directly read magnetic data. Since it is an automatic ticket gate that automatically uses both sides, it is necessary for passengers to select an appropriate ticket operation according to the ticket type at the time of automatic ticket inspection, and it may be confusing or erroneous at the time of ticket inspection There was a chance Also, 1
In the case of ordinary tickets that are limited to one-time use, it was uneconomical because they were treated as expendable tickets and could not be reused.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a non-contact boarding use device which is capable of automatically wiping all the boarding media at the ticket gates in a non-contact manner so as to facilitate the ticketing.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a non-contact boarding medium in which non-contact readable boarding data is recorded, and a non-contact settlement for reading the boarding data of the non-contact boarding medium in a non-contact manner for settlement. And a non-contact ticket gate machine for contactlessly reading the boarding data of the non-contact boarding medium and restricting / permitting a ticket gate, which is a non-contact boarding use device.

Further, the present invention is characterized by comprising a non-contact ordinary ticket issuing machine for permitting issuance of a non-contact ordinary ticket having one-time use data that can be used by the non-contact payment machine and the non-contact ticket gate. To do.

Furthermore, a contactless ticket issuing machine is provided which allows contactlessly boarding mediums having continuous boarding use data to contactlessly issue bills, and collects contactless ordinary ticket having one-time boarding use data and permits to issue cards. It is characterized by that.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when a passenger turns a ticket, the passenger is allowed to hold / hold the non-contact boarding medium and read the boarding data to the non-contact ticket machine in a non-contact manner so that the ticket is regulated / permitted and the boarding fee If there is a shortage, a non-contact payment machine will be used to read the data in a non-contact manner.

Further, a non-contact ordinary ticket is issued by the non-contact ordinary ticket issuing machine having non-contact one-time use data that can be used in a non-contact manner by the non-contact payment machine and the non-contact ticket gate.

Further, when a passenger issues a contactless boarding medium having continuous boarding usage data, the continuous boarding usage data of the medium is contactlessly read by a contactless ticket issuing machine to issue a bill. When a non-contact ordinary ticket having one-time use data is issued, the one-time use data of the ticket is contactlessly read and confirmed by the non-contact ticket dispenser, and then collected and issued.

[0011]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, since all the ticket gates and checkout machines installed in station service can be handled in a non-contact manner to handle the boarding medium, passengers can hold the boarding medium regardless of the ticket type. It can be read by the contact and smoothly pass through the ticket gates and the settlement process, and there is no confusion or erroneous operation at the ticket gates, and there is no obstruction to the ticket gates of other passengers. As a result, the serviceability to passengers is improved, and the ticket transfer processing system of the ticket gate or the checkout machine can be omitted, so that the ticket jamming problem is eliminated and stable and reliable ticket check and checkout processing can be performed.

Further, since the non-contact ordinary ticket having the one-time use data available for the non-contact payment machine and the non-contact ticket gate can be automatically issued by the ticket issuing machine, the ordinary boarding ticket is treated as an expendable ticket. Like tickets, you can easily purchase and use them.

Further, by rewriting the boarding data of the non-contact ordinary boarding ticket collected at the time of issue of the card in a non-contact manner, it can be recycled and the cost of the ticket can be reduced.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a contactless boarding device applied to station service, and in FIG. 1, this contactless boarding device makes contactless ticket data with an automatic ticket vending machine 12 that issues a contactless ordinary ticket 11. Automatic bidding machine 13 that allows you to read and bid
From the automatic ticket dispenser 15 that reads the ticket data in a contactless manner after the use of the train 14 and allows the bids to be issued, and the automatic settlement machine 16 that reads the ticket data in the contactless ordinary ticket 11 in a contactless manner and settle the payment. Composed.

The above-described automatic ticket vending machine 12 has a coin slot, a bill slot, a selection button for selecting a boarding section, a display guide surface for guiding purchase operation, and a customer service section 17 such as a ticket slot.
2 is provided on the front surface of the device, and as shown in FIG. 2, a ticket issuing mechanism 18 for issuing the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 is built in the device.

The ticket selling mechanism 18 is a non-contact ordinary ticket 1
The stacker unit 19 that allows 1 sheet to be drawn out one by one, the feeding conveying path 21 that connects the inner stacker unit 19 and the outer ticket discharge port 20 are arranged on the feeding conveying path 21. And a ticket-issuing antenna 22 that records contactlessly valid ticket data input and designated on the ticket 11 that is delivered.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a control circuit of the automatic ticket vending machine 12. The CPU 31 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and the control information is RA.
It is stored so that it can be read by M33.

The CPU 31 issues a ticket for a normal ticket in the boarding section designated and input based on the input operation of the customer service operating section 17, and similarly changes the setting of the ticket data based on the input operation of the staff operating section 34. To do.

The banknote processing unit 35 takes in the inserted banknotes inside and accepts them, and returns the banknotes at the time of canceling the purchase or rejecting the acceptance. Further, the coin processing unit 36 similarly takes in the inserted coins and accepts them, and returns the coins when the purchase is canceled or the acceptance is rejected.

By the way, when the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 is issued, when the ticket 11 is dealt with in the course of being conveyed from the stacker unit 19 when the ticket is released,
One-time boarding use data such as the expiration date and boarding section is recorded in the storage unit of the ticket 11 in a non-contact manner and issued. Therefore, the passenger can easily purchase the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 at the automatic ticket vending machine 12, and the ticket 11 having the non-contact ticket data can be purchased.
You can use it smoothly.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a control circuit of the non-contact ordinary ticket 11. The CPU 41 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 42, and the control information is stored in the non-volatile RAM 43 in a readable manner. To do.

The nonvolatile RAM 43 is used in the automatic ticket vending machine 1
At the time of ticket issuance issued from 2, the date and time of sale, the expiration date, and the boarding section are initially recorded, and the bidding data such as the boarding date and time and the boarding station are recorded when the contact with the automatic bidding machine 13 is not performed. In case of non-contact, the settlement data is recorded, and in case of non-contact with the automatic ticket dispenser 15, invalid data of boarded is recorded.

The boarding ticket record at this time is recorded in a non-contact manner in the non-volatile RAM 43 via the transmission / reception interface 44 and the ordinary ticket antenna 45. In addition to recording effective boarding data on the non-contact ordinary ticket 11, the effective boarding data at that time is clearly displayed on the liquid crystal display 47 via the liquid crystal display interface 46 to facilitate handling. .

The automatic bidding machine 13 has opening / closing doors 13b, 13b for controlling passage through the bidding machine bodies 13a, 13a which are parallel to each other across the bidding passage, and the bidding machine bodies 13a, 13a are provided with the opening / closing doors 13b, 13b. Bid antenna 13 on top of one side
It is configured by arranging c. At the time of bidding, the passengers contact the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 with the antenna 13c for bidding to contactlessly communicate data, and if appropriate, record the bid data on the ticket 11 in a non-contact manner, and open / close the opening / closing doors 13b and 13b. Open to allow bids, if not suitable, open / close doors 13b, 13b
Close and regulate bids.

In this case, in addition to the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 for the bidding antenna 13c, a non-contact commuter ticket such as a non-contact commuter ticket or a non-contact card used by passengers for continuous boarding can be used in a non-contact manner. Data communication is used to allow / restrict ticket gates.

The automatic biding machine 15 is provided with opening / closing doors 15b, 15b for passage control at the front and rear positions of the billing machine main bodies 15a, 15a which are also parallel to each other with the bill-dispatching passage interposed therebetween, and the billing machine bodies 15a, 15a A bill-discharging antenna 15c is disposed on the upper surface of one side, and a ticket collection port 15d and a ticket return port 15e are opened at one side start end of the bill-dispensing machine main bodies 15a, 15a.

When the passenger issues a bill using the non-contact ordinary ticket 11, as shown in FIG.
The ticket 11 is inserted into the ticket collecting port 15d opened at the one end of the side a to collect the ticket 11 to allow the bills to be issued. A temporary stopper 52, a collecting antenna 53, and a flapper 5 are provided at an intermediate position of the collecting passage 51 communicating with the ticket collecting port 15d.
4 and the return passage 55 are provided, the ticket 11 inserted from the ticket collection port 15d is temporarily held at the position of the temporary stopper 52, and the ticket 11 is provided at a position corresponding to the temporarily held ticket 11. Data communication is performed by the antenna 53.

At this time, if the data at the time of issuing the bill is proper, the invalid data is recorded on the ticket 11 in a non-contact manner because it has already been boarded, and after the invalid data is recorded, the temporary stopper 52 is opened to recover the inside. The open / close doors 15b and 15b are opened to allow the bids to be placed, while allowing them to be naturally dropped into the box 56 for collection. On the other hand, when it is determined that the inserted ticket 11 is unsuitable,
The ticket 11 is returned to the ticket return port 15e through the return passage 55 by switching the flapper 54 arranged at the branch position between the collection passage 51 and the return passage 55, and the opening / closing doors 15b and 15b are closed to control the issuing of bills. . The non-contact ordinary ticket 11 for which the issuing of bills has been restricted is then subjected to a settlement process by the automatic settlement machine 16, and then the issuance of bills is permitted.

The above-mentioned automatic settlement machine 16 has a coin slot and a bill slot on the front of the apparatus, a selection button for selecting the settlement amount, and a customer service operation section 16a such as a display guide surface for performing operation guidance at the time of settlement. It has a settlement antenna 16b, and a settlement mechanism (not shown) such as a money handling device for settlement of the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 is built in the inside of the device, and the passenger puts in an additional fee required for settlement here. As a result, the settlement data for reading the boarding data of the ticket in a non-contact manner, communicating the data, and permitting to issue the bill is recorded.

By the way, the tickets 11 collected in the collection box 56 for each issue are collected and set again in the automatic ticket vending machine 12 for recycling, and in particular, the boarding data can be recycled by contactlessly rewriting. It is possible to reduce the cost of the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 having the one-time use data.

When a passenger issues a ticket using the continuous boarding ticket at the time of issuing a ticket, the continuous boarding ticket is brought close to the antenna 15c for bidding to communicate data. 11 and record the door 15b,
15b is opened, and if it is not suitable, the open / close doors 15b, 15b are closed to restrict bids.

Next, a case where the non-contact boarding use device thus constructed is used with the non-contact normal ticket 11 will be described. Now, when the passenger puts the boarding fee into the automatic ticket vending machine 12 and selects a boarding section, the one-time boarding usage data such as the release date, expiration date, boarding section, etc. is recorded on the ticket 11 without contact. Further, the effective boarding data is displayed on the liquid crystal display 47 and the non-contact ordinary boarding ticket 11 is issued.

When the passenger holds the issued ticket 11, he / she approaches the bid antenna 13c of the automatic bidding machine 13 for contactless data communication at the time of bidding. To be done.

Next, when a passenger issues a ticket after boarding, the ticket 11 is inserted into the ticket collection slot 15d of the automatic ticket issuing machine 15, and the boarding data of the inserted ticket 11 is read without contact. If it is proper, invalid data is recorded on the ticket 11 in a non-contact manner and is collected in the collection box 56, and the opening / closing doors 15b, 1b.
5b is opened to allow bids. On the other hand, when it is determined that the ticket is unsuitable, the ticket 11 is returned to the ticket return port 15e, and the opening / closing doors 15b and 15b are closed to restrict the issuing of bills.

Further, if it is necessary to make a payment at the time of issuing the bill, the passenger may insert an additional charge into the automatic payment machine 16 and press a predetermined payment button, so that the contactless ordinary ticket 11 is not contacted with the predetermined payment data. The bills that have been recorded are inserted into the ticket collection port 15d to allow the bills to be issued.

The above-mentioned automatic ticket vending machine 12 and automatic bidding machine 1
3. The automatic ticket issuing machine 15 and the automatic checkout machine 16 mainly explained the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 having the one-time use data, but other than this, a continuous ticket such as a commuter ticket and a non-contact card can also be used. Similarly, it is possible to use the vehicle in a non-contact manner.

As described above, the automatic ticket vending machine, the automatic bidding machine, the automatic ticket dispenser and the automatic checkout machine installed in the station affairs can be handled in a non-contact manner to handle a non-contact ordinary ticket or a continuous ticket. Therefore, regardless of the ticket type, passengers can read the ticket in a contactless manner and smoothly pass through the ticket gate and settle the payment, avoiding confusion or erroneous operation at the ticket gate.
It will not interfere with the ticket gates of other passengers. As a result, the serviceability to passengers is improved, and the ticket transfer processing system of the ticket gate or the checkout machine can be omitted, so that the ticket jamming problem is eliminated and stable and reliable ticket check and checkout processing can be performed.

Also, since a non-contact ordinary ticket having non-contact ticket gates and non-contact ticket settlement data that can be used only once can be issued by an automatic ticket vending machine, it can be easily purchased and used. By simply rewriting the contact data of the contactless ordinary ticket collected at the time of issue of the contact to contactless, it can be recycled and the cost of the contactless ordinary ticket can be reduced.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configurations of the above-described embodiments, the non-contact boarding medium of the present invention corresponds to the non-contact ordinary ticket 11 of the embodiment, and so on. The machine corresponds to the automatic ticket vending machine 12, the non-contact ticket gate corresponds to the automatic bid machine 13 and the automatic ticket dispenser 15, the non-contact ticket dispenser corresponds to the automatic ticket dispenser 15, and the non-contact payment machine is , The non-contact boarding medium corresponds to the continuous boarding ticket, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a non-contact boarding use device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part showing a ticket issuing mechanism of the automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit for a non-contact ordinary ticket according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of an essential part showing a non-contact ordinary ticket collecting structure of the automatic ticket dispenser of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Non-contact ordinary ticket 12 ... Automatic ticket vending machine 13 ... Automatic bidding machine 13c, 15c, 16b, 22, 45, 53 ... Antenna 15 ... Automatic ticket issuing machine 15d ... Ticket collection slot 16 ... Automatic checkout machine 43 ... Nonvolatile RAM

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A non-contact boarding medium in which non-contact readable boarding data is recorded, a non-contact payment machine that reads the boarding data of the non-contact boarding medium in a non-contact manner and allows settlement, and the non-contact boarding medium. A non-contact boarding device equipped with a non-contact ticket gate that reads the boarding data of the vehicle in a non-contact manner and restricts / permits the ticket gate. 2. A non-contact ordinary ticket issuing machine for permitting issuance of a non-contact ordinary ticket having one-time use data available at the non-contact payment machine and the non-contact ticket gate. Non-contact ride utilization device of. 3. A non-contact ticket dispenser for contactlessly accepting a contactless boarding medium having continuous boarding use data, and collecting a contactless ordinary ticket having one-time boarding use data and allowing the card to be issued. The non-contact boarding use device according to claim 1.