JPH0721428A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To solve a trouble that a user passes over this automatic ticket examination machine in the incomplete processing state of a card due to its contactless type by starting prescribed processing operation such as the opening/ closing of a door for a machine when a receiving means receives a card processing end number. CONSTITUTION:When a card C is inserted into a communication area, a response signal corresponding to a poling command signal is sent from the card C to an antenna (a) and a communication state between the machine and the card C is started. A CPU 11 in the machine executes arithmetic processing for entrance/exit based upon data obtained through a control part 19 and sends the computed result to the card C. When the computed result permits entrance/ exit, i.e., jugement OK, processing for writing entrance/exit data in a memory 24 of the card C is executed. At the end of the processing, a signal indicating the end of a series of processing for the card C is sent from the card C to the machine. At the time of receiving the end signal, the machine opends its door 1a to permit the user to pass over.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly to a non-contact type automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, an automatic ticket gate, which is widely used, is constructed such that a ticket or a commuter ticket is inserted into an automatic ticket gate body (hereinafter referred to as a main body) to perform an automatic ticket gate.
However, this insertion-type automatic ticket gate has a problem that the commuter ticket user has to insert and remove the commuter ticket from the commuter ticket compartment each time the commuter ticket user passes through the ticket gate.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, data is exchanged between the main body and the commuter pass (card) in a non-contact manner, and the automatic ticket gate is inserted without inserting the commuter pass into the main body. A non-contact type automatic ticket gate capable of carrying out the above has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-246687).

In the non-contact type automatic ticket gate, when the card and the main body come close to each other, the card receives an interrogation signal from the main body or the main body receives a signal from the card side. The transfer of necessary data between the card and the card starts.

[0005] Then, the main body side performs an arithmetic processing of passability on the basis of the data such as a boarding section and a boarding period obtained from the card, or receives a calculation result from the card when the card side makes a pass / fail judgment. To do. The opening / closing of the door is controlled according to the calculation result, and data for recording the processing result is sent to the card side as necessary.

On the card side, the recording data sent from the main body side is recorded in the memory in the card. In addition, when the card is a stored fair type (hereinafter referred to as SF card), the first fare at the time of entry is deducted,
Fare-related data is updated at the time of participation, such as subtracting the settlement fee.

[0007]

However, in the non-contact type automatic ticket gate according to the above-mentioned proposal, when the arithmetic processing for the automatic ticket gate on the main body side is completed, the door is irrelevant regardless of the arithmetic processing on the card side. Since a predetermined processing operation such as opening and closing control is performed, there is an inconvenience that the user is allowed to pass through while the processing on the card side is incomplete.

For example, when the card leaves the communication area of the main body after the main body receives data necessary for arithmetic processing from the card and before the card receives incoming / outgoing data from the main body and writes it in the memory of the card. , There is a case that the entry / exit data is not written in the card and the operation ends, and later, when the automatic settlement is performed with the incomplete card, the automatic settlement cannot be performed. Further, if the defective card is an SF card, a predetermined fee may not be deducted.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can completely perform processing on the card side.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is an automatic ticket gate that performs contactless data transfer between a main body and a card to perform an automatic ticket gate. Receiving means for receiving a processing end signal of the card sent from the card, and a predetermined processing operation such as opening and closing the door of the main body when the receiving means receives the processing end signal of the card. It has a start control means for starting.

[0011]

In the above structure, the main body first performs a predetermined processing operation such as door opening / closing control when the receiving means receives the processing end signal from the card.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the main body G as seen from the ticket gate passage side, and has doors 1a and 1b for opening and closing the ticket gate passage on the front and rear side surfaces of the housing H, and the upper surface of the housing H. Is provided with a display unit 2 for displaying a predetermined guide to the user. Further, a communication area 3 for transmitting and receiving data by wireless communication with a non-contact type card C carried by a user is provided at the upper part of the front part and the rear part of the housing H. An antenna a connected to a communication control unit, which will be described later, faces these communication areas.

Reference numeral s denotes a human detector for detecting a user's entry into the ticket gate passage, exit from the ticket gate passage, or passage, and is attached to the side surface of the housing H and the arm 4. A speaker 5 for broadcasting a predetermined guide to the user is attached to the side surface of the housing H.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the main body G, the structure of which is shown in FIG. The central processing unit (CPU) 11 of the controller 6 performs arithmetic control processing using the program data stored in the ROM 12 and the working data stored in the RAM 13. This CPU
The door driver 15 that drives the doors 1a and 1b via the I / O unit 14, the display driver 16 that controls the display contents of the display unit 2, and the detection signal of the human detector s are amplified and incorporated. An amplifier 17, an audio driver 18 that drives the speaker 5, and a controller 19 that transmits and receives data to and from the card C are connected.

The control unit 19 has a built-in CPU other than the controller 6 and, like the well-known non-contact type automatic ticket gate, a predetermined call signal from the main body G to the card C via the antenna a. For example, a function of transmitting a polling command signal that is transmitted at fixed time intervals and transmitting entry / exit data, that is, data such as a station name and today's date, when communication with the card C is started. have. Note that the communication method between the main body G and the card C is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, and an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like can be adopted.

Next, the structure of the card C will be described. This card C is similar to a normal IC card having a communication function, and includes an antenna 20, a communication control section 21 having the same function as the control section 19 of the main body G, and an I / O unit 22.
And a memory 2 including a CPU 23 and a ROM and a RAM
4 and a power supply 25. It should be noted that the power supply 25 may not be provided inside the card C and may be configured to receive radio waves for power supply from the main body G to be used as the power supply.
3 and the memory 24 may be configured as a dedicated IC as needed.

The control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the processing sequence of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the main body G is operating and the signal of the polling command is transmitted from the antenna a (see FIG. 3 (1)). At this time, when the card C is inserted into the communication area 3, a response signal corresponding to the polling command signal is sent to the card C.
From the antenna to the antenna a (see FIG. 3 (2)),
As a result, the main body G and the card C are brought into a communicable state.

Therefore, the main body G requests card data (such as the boarding section data stored in the memory 24 of the card C) to the card C, and the card C sends the card data to the main body G in response to the request. Send out (Fig. 3 (3),
(See (4)).

The CPU 11 of the main body G performs arithmetic processing for entry and exit based on the card data obtained via the control unit 19, and sends the arithmetic result to the card C side (FIG. 3).
(See (5) and (6)).

Of course, when the above-mentioned calculation result does not permit entry and exit, the door 1a is closed and
The display unit 2 displays a message indicating that the player cannot enter or exit due to expiration or transit, and the fact is broadcast via the speaker 5.

If the result of the operation allows entry and exit, that is, if the determination is OK, processing for writing the entry and exit data in the memory 24 of the card C is performed (FIG. 3).
(See (7) and (8)). Then, when the processing is completed, a signal indicating that the series of processing of the card C is completed is sent from the card C to the main body G ((1) in FIG.
0)).

When the main body G receives the end signal indicating the end, the main body G opens the door 1a and permits the passage of the user (see FIG. 3 (11)).

When the above-mentioned processing in the card C is not completed, for example, when a writing error occurs, the above-mentioned end signal is not transmitted to the main body G side, so the door 1a is not opened, and the user's Passage is blocked. In this case, the user is instructed via the display unit 2 and the speaker 5 to bring the card C closer to the communication area again.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, the processing operation of the door 1a and the like is not performed until the series of processing of the card C is completed, so that the processing of the card C remains incomplete. The inconvenience of the user passing through can be eliminated.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the data writing of the card C is the writing of entry / exit data, but when the card C is an SF card, a predetermined fee deduction process is performed.

[0026]

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, since the processing operation of the door and the like is not performed until the series of processing of the card is completed, the user passes through the card processing incompletely. Inconvenience can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body as seen from a ticket gate passage side.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main body and a card.

FIG. 3 is a processing sequence showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 G main body (automatic ticket gate main body) a antenna 6 controller (start control means) 19 control unit (reception means) C card

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Takanori Takeshita 1-13-8 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. Yono Works (72) Hideyuki Aoyagi 1-13-1 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama No. 8 Japan Signal Co., Ltd. Yono Office

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate, which performs contactless data transfer between a main body of an automatic ticket gate and a card to perform an automatic ticket gate, receives a processing end signal of the card transmitted from the card. An automatic control system comprising: a receiving means; and a start control means for starting a predetermined processing operation such as opening and closing a door of the automatic ticket gate main body when the receiving means receives a processing end signal of the card. Ticket machine.