JPH10208093A - Contactless card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent interference to perform communication by controlling a driving means so that a communication area farthest from a communication area in a mobile state of the main body of an adjacent contactless card processor may be driven. SOLUTION: With respect to antennas 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2b of automatic ticket examination machines G1 and G2, communication areas 1a' and 2b' of antennas 1a and 2b separated from each other and communication areas 1b' and 2a' of antennas 1b and 2a separated from each other don't overlap each other respectively. Consequently, respective switching circuits of main bodies G1 and G2 are so controlled that communication areas 1a', 1b', 2a', and 2b' of main bodies G1 and G2 don't overlap. That is, antennas are cyclically controlled in the order of antennas 1a and 2b, antennas 1b and 2a, antennas 2a and 2b, and antennas 1b and 2a.... When driving of antennas 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2b of automatic ticket examination machines G1 and G2 is controlled, overlap of communication areas is prevented to perform communication between a card C and main bodies G1 and G2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-contact card processing apparatus capable of performing data exchange with a non-contact card and performing predetermined processing such as automatic ticket gates and purchase of articles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in consideration of the convenience of a user who performs an automatic ticket gate, a non-contact type automatic ticket gate that can perform an automatic ticket gate processing without putting a commuter pass in and out of a commuter pass has been proposed. JP-A-7-37132, etc.).

A non-contact card used in this non-contact automatic ticket gate is composed of an IC card having a wireless communication function, and exchanges data with a transponder provided in the non-contact automatic ticket gate. Is configured to be transmitted and received.

A non-contact type card has a large storage capacity, unlike a conventional insertion type magnetic ticket, so that it can be used as a stored fair card or the like. It is conceived to be able to use it.

[0005]

The above-mentioned non-contact type card processing device has a communication area of a predetermined range for communicating with the non-contact type card. As described above, when another non-contact automatic ticket gate is installed in close proximity, interference occurs when a portion where the communication areas of both overlaps occurs, causing a problem that a normal automatic ticket gate cannot be performed. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and has as its object to provide a non-contact type card for preventing interference with an adjacent non-contact type card processing device. An object of the present invention is to provide a processing device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a non-contact card processing device according to the present invention exchanges data with a non-contact card to perform a predetermined operation such as an automatic ticket gate. A non-contact card processing apparatus for performing processing, wherein a plurality of communication areas for communicating with the non-contact card provided in the non-contact card processing apparatus main body, and the plurality of communication areas are selected. A drive unit for driving the communication device, and a communication device that is furthest away from a communication region in an operating state of an adjacent non-contact card processing device main body having a plurality of communication regions similar to the non-contact card processing device main body. And control means for controlling the driving means so as to drive the region.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration when the non-contact card processing device is a non-contact automatic ticket gate.

Non-contact type automatic ticket gates (hereinafter referred to as "automatic ticket gates") G1 and G2 are installed at ticket gates of stations. It is to be noted that two or more automatic ticket gates are usually provided, but for simplicity of description, only two are shown here.

From the entrance side (lower side in FIG. 1) of the ticket gate P on the upper surface of each of the automatic ticket gates G1, G2 to the central part,
Non-contact type card (not shown) (hereinafter referred to as "card")
There are provided communication units 1 and 2 respectively, which serve as a guide for holding the player.

In each of the communication units 1 and 2, antennas 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b connected to a transmitter, which will be described later, are provided at the entrance side and at the center of the ticket gate P, respectively.

Since each of the automatic ticket gates G1, G2 has the same configuration, the following description will focus on the automatic ticket gate G1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the automatic ticket gate G1 and the card C. The controller 10 of the automatic ticket gate G1 is connected to a door drive unit 12 for driving the door D in addition to the transmitter 11. The transmitter 11 has the antenna 1 described above.
A switching circuit 13 for selectively switching between a and 1b is connected. Although various amplifiers such as sensors are connected to the controller 10, they are omitted here.

The card C receives a signal from the automatic ticket gate G1 as well as an ordinary IC card having a wireless communication function, and reflects the received signal by phase-modulating the received signal with data to be sent to the automatic ticket gate G1. An antenna 20 for transmitting a signal, a receiving unit 21 for processing a signal received by the antenna 20, and a memory for storing data from the automatic ticket gate G1 and for storing commuter pass data such as commuter pass section data and stored fair data. A CPU 22 having a memory M for storing card data, a phase modulating unit 23 for modulating the phase of a reflected signal with the card data, and a battery E for driving the card C are provided.

Here, data exchange between the card C and the automatic ticket gate G1 will be described. Now, when the antenna 1a is in a driving state and the transmission signal transmitted from the antenna 1a is received by the antenna 20, the detection circuit Transmission data from the automatic ticket gate G1 is extracted by a receiving unit 21 provided with a demodulation circuit and the like, and stored in the memory M of the CPU 22. Then, the CPU 22 serializes commuter pass data (digital signal) to be sent to the automatic ticket gate G1 and outputs the serialized commuter pass data to the phase modulator 23.

When the antenna 1a of the automatic ticket gate G1 receives the reflected signal reflected by the antenna 20, the receiving circuit (not shown) detects, filters and amplifies and extracts data from the card C side. The extracted commuter pass data is sent to the controller 10 of the automatic ticket gate G1 to be used in the automatic ticket gate calculation processing.

In FIG. 1, 1a ', 1b', 2a ',
2b 'is an antenna 1a, 1 of each automatic ticket gate G1, G2.
b, 2a and 2b, that is, the card C (FIG. 1)
Not shown. See FIG. ) Indicates the range in which communication is possible. As is apparent from this figure, both automatic ticket gates G1,
Of the antennas 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b of G2, the antennas 1a, 2a and 1b,
2b communication areas 1a 'and 2a' and communication areas 1b 'and 2
b 'partially overlaps with each other.

However, among the antennas 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b of the automatic ticket gates G1 and G2, the communication areas 1a 'and 2b' and the communication area 1b of the antennas 1a and 2b and the antennas 1b and 2a which are apart from each other. ', 2a' indicate that interference can be prevented without overlapping.

Therefore, the switching circuit 13 of the main body G1 and the switching circuit of the main body G2 (not shown) are controlled so that the communication areas 1a ', 1b', 2a ', 2b' of the main bodies G1, G2 do not overlap. Specifically, the antennas 1a and 2b →
Antenna 1b, 2a → antenna 1a, 2b → antenna 1
are controlled cyclically as in b, 2a...

As described above, when the antennas 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b of the automatic ticket gates G1, G2 are driven and controlled,
The communication area is prevented from overlapping, and the card C and the main bodies G1, G2
Good communication can be performed with the device.

In the above example, a non-contact type automatic ticket gate is shown as an example of a non-contact type card processing device. However, a card processing device for processing stored fairs may be used.

[0022]

The non-contact card processing device according to the present invention comprises a plurality of communication areas for communicating with the non-contact card provided in the non-contact card processing device main body, and the plurality of communication areas. A driving unit for selectively driving the area, and a communication area which is furthest from an operating communication area of an adjacent non-contact type card processing apparatus main body having a plurality of communication areas similar to the non-contact type card processing apparatus main body. Since the control means controls the driving means so as to drive the remote communication area, communication can be performed while preventing interference.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration when a non-contact type card processing device is a non-contact type automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of an automatic ticket gate and cards.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 Communication section 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b Antenna 1a ', 1b', 2a ', 2b' Communication area G1, G2 Non-contact automatic ticket gate (non-contact card processing device (automatic ticket gate)) P Ticket gate

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A non-contact type card processing device for performing predetermined processing such as automatic ticket gates by exchanging data with a non-contact type card, provided in the non-contact type card processing device main body. A plurality of communication areas for communicating with the contactless card, a drive unit for selectively driving the plurality of communication areas, and a plurality of communication areas similar to the contactless card processing device main body. Control means for controlling the driving means so as to drive a communication area farthest from a communication area in an operating state of an adjacent non-contact type card processing device main body having: Processing device for expression cards.