JPH1079009A - Non-contact ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit second basic data instead of first basic data by storing the first basic data constituted of the valid period and kind or the like of a card and the second basic data constituted of the same contents of the first basic data in different areas in a memory. SOLUTION: A memory 11 is provided with a first basic data storage area P1 in which the lift ticket information (sky area name, date, ticket classification, sum or the like) of a sky area being first basic data, and a second basic data area P3 in which second basic data similar the first basic data are stored in the same format. This ticket classification is constituted of data groups such as a night ticket, one day ticket, and time ticket. Also, a use result area P2 in which the use result of a user is stored provided between the both basic data areas P1 and P3. Then, when a re-transmitting request is made from a ticket examining gate system after the first basic data are transmitted, the second basic data are transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a format configuration of a storage area of a contactless IC card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, ski lifts are very crowded. To reduce this congestion, smooth the flow of skiers to the lift, and to prevent unauthorized entry to the lift, a ticket gate is located near the ticket gate at the lift landing. .

[0003] In this ticket gate, a skier is guided to a lift after punching a number of a lift ticket carried by a holder on a skier's arm or the like passing through a ticket gate, using a punch or the like.

[0004] However, since such a ticket gate operation is performed in an outdoor environment in winter, it is very difficult for a ticket gate operator.

[0005] For these reasons, in recent years, non-contact IC cards with a transmission function (hereinafter referred to as lift ticket cards) have been proposed.
In addition, a basic data storage area and a user's usage record storage area are provided, and the lift ticket information (ski resort name, date, ticket type, amount, etc.) of the ski resort is stored in the basic data storage area. Then, this lift ticket card is carried on the skier's arm or the like, and the information on the lift ticket card is automatically read out at the ticket gate without contact, and the use result is written in the use result storage area of the lift ticket card, Some ski resorts have an automatic lift ticket gate system for ticket gates.

In a ski resort where an automatic lift ticket gate system is arranged, a lift ticket issuing machine for issuing a lift ticket is provided at a sales place, and a collecting machine for collecting a skier's lift ticket card is arranged on a slope or the like.

[0007]

However, in the conventional lift ticket card as described above, there is only one area for storing the ski resort lift ticket information which is the basic data.

[0008] Therefore, if the basic data storage area of the lift ticket card becomes abnormal for some reason while the skier is carrying it, there arises a problem that the internal information of the lift ticket card cannot be read.

[0009] However, the skier does not know whether the internal data is damaged.

[0010] Therefore, skiers try to use a ticket gate or a collecting machine as a usable lift ticket card, but the collecting machine or the ticket gate cannot accept such a card, so that the skier is troubled. Such a problem occurs.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to obtain a non-contact IC card which can be used as a normal lift ticket card even if basic data in a basic data storage area is damaged. And

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control system having an induction coil, wherein when the reception data of the induction coil indicates a transmission request, the induction coil is driven to transmit all the basic data in the memory. A non-contact IC card having at least a first basic data storage area in which at least a valid period of the card and a card type are stored as first basic data; A second basic data storage area in which data having the same contents is stored as second basic data is provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first basic data including the validity period and the type of the card and the second basic data having the same content as the basic data are stored in different areas in the memory. When there is a retransmission request after transmitting the first basic data, the second basic data for backup is transmitted instead of the first basic data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the induction coil receives a radio wave, the induction coil drives the induction coil to transmit all the basic data in the memory, and the reception data of the induction coil indicates permission of passage. Is a non-contact IC card having a control unit for writing the usage record in an area different from the area where the basic data of the memory is stored, wherein the memory has at least the valid period of the card and the type of the card. A first basic data storage area stored as first basic data, a second basic data storage area storing data of the same content as the first basic data as second basic data, The gist is that a use result storage area is provided between the basic data storage area and the second basic data storage area and in which the use result is written.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first basic data including the validity period and the type of the card and the second basic data having the same contents as the basic data are stored in different areas in the memory, and By providing the usage record storage area between these basic data storage areas, when the induction coil of the card receives a transmission request, the first basic data or the second basic data is transmitted from the induction coil. You.

Further, when the induction coil receives the passage permission, the date of use is stored in the use record area in the immediately adjacent area.
Write the usage record such as the number of times of use.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a third basic data storage area for storing third basic data different from the first basic data is provided after the usage record storage area. The gist is that a second basic data storage area is provided later.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a third basic data storage area for storing third basic data different from the first basic data in addition to the first basic data storage area. If the third basic data different from the first basic data needs to be stored when the first basic data storage area is full, it may be stored in the third basic data storage area. Will be possible.

According to a fourth aspect, the first, second and third basic data storage areas are each formed by the same number of divided areas,
The gist is that basic data is stored in these divided areas in the same format.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the first, second and third basic data storage areas are formed of the same number of divided areas, respectively, and the basic data is stored in these divided areas in the same format. I have. For this reason, when writing the same second basic data as the first basic data, it can be stored in exactly the same format.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is that the first, second, and third basic data storage areas are set as non-writable areas after the basic data is written.

In the present invention, the first, second, and third basic data storage areas are made non-writable areas after the basic data is written.

[0023]

FIG. 1 is an electric block diagram of a lift ticket card according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the lift ticket card.

The lift ticket card 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a square shape with a square shape, and a white line 3 having a predetermined width is printed along the periphery of the surface. Inside the white line 3, a ticket type, date, The name of the ski resort is printed.

The inside of the lift ticket card 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a lower housing 16 having a fitting rib 15 formed therearound, a loop coil type antenna 5 provided on the lower housing 16, and a control provided in the center of the antenna 5. A base 17 and a welding rib 18 for joining the antenna 5 and the lower housing 16 are provided.

The thickness of the lift ticket card 1 is 4.
0 is the (mm), and receives a radio signal by the antenna 5, and generates response information necessary to decode the received signal, which is for radio transmission at a frequency of 134K _HZ using the antenna 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lift ticket card 1 includes a control unit 7 composed of a CPU and the like, a transmission / reception driver 9 for driving the antenna 5, and basic data (first basic data) to be described later. Data, including the second basic data)
And a memory 11 in which the usage history of the user is formatted, and when the first basic data is abnormal for some reason, the second basic data provided for backup is transmitted.

When the radio signal received by the antenna 5 is input, the control section 7 controls the transmission / reception driver 9 to amplify the reception signal. Then, the received signal is decoded, and when the received data indicates a transmission request, the first basic data in the memory 11 is transmitted. When indicating a retransmission request, the second basic data is transmitted.

When the data received from the antenna 5 indicates that the passage is permitted, the control unit 7 writes the use time, the frequency of use, and the like (collectively, use result data) in the use result storage area of the memory 11. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the memory 11 stores the first basic data, ie, the first basic data, the ski lift ticket information (ski resort name, date, ticket type, amount, etc.). A data storage area P1 and a second basic data storage area P3 in which data similar to the first basic data (second basic data) are stored in the same format are provided. This ticket type includes a data group indicating a night ticket, a one-day ticket, a time ticket, an adult ticket, a child ticket, and the like.

A use result storage area P2 for storing the use results of the user is provided between both basic data areas.

Each area of the memory 11 is divided into eight sections as shown in FIG. 3, and each data is stored over these divided areas.

For example, a first basic data storage area P1 and a second basic data storage area P
After the following data is stored in the third divided areas 20a to 20h, the divided areas are set as non-writable areas.

The divided area 20a stores a ski resort code (1) and a company code (2). The division area 20b stores a company code (2) and a ticket type code (3).

The divided area 20c stores a ticket type code (3), a possible collection (4), and an effective start date (5).
The divided area 20d stores an effective start date (5), a reissue date (6), and an issue date (8) via a free area (7).

The divided area 20e stores the date of issue (8). In the divided area 20f, the issue date (8) and the last use time (9) are stored.

The issuer NO
(10) is stored. The issuer NO (10) and issue time (11) are stored in the divided area 20h.

Further, the following data is stored in the divided areas 20a to 20h of the usage record storage area P2.

The divided area 22a has a serial number (1
2) is stored. The serial number (12) and the frequency of use (13) are stored in the divided area 22b.

The division area 22c stores the number of uses (13) and the number of days of use (14). Division area 22d
Stores the frequency of use (14) and the date of first use (15).

In the divided area 22e, the date of first use (1
5) is stored. In the divided area 22f, a first use date (15) and a first use time (16) are stored.

The divided area 22g stores a first use time (16) and a last use date (17). The first use date (17) is stored in the divided area 22h.

<Explanation of Use Example> An example in which the lift ticket card 1 is used in the ski resort integrated system shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

The integrated ski resort system of FIG. 4 automatically arranges and separates the discrete cards and writes the above-mentioned basic data. The ticket issuing machine 25 collects the lift ticket card 1 to erase the internal data and deposits. Collection machine 26 that returns
And a ticket gate system 30 including an antenna 28 and a gate device 29.

First, the lift ticket card 1 is mailed to the card issuing machine 25 to format the areas P1, P2, and P3 in the memory 11, and the first basic data is stored in the area P1 and the second basic data is stored in the area P3. The basic data is written and a ticket is issued.

Then, the skier carries the lift ticket card 1 on his / her arm or the like, and the antenna 2 of the ticket gate system 30.
8, the lift ticket card 1 receives a transmission request signal from the antenna 28.

Upon receiving the transmission request signal, the control unit 7 of the lift ticket card 1 reads out the first basic data from the area P1 of the memory 11, converts the first basic data into an analog signal, and converts the first basic data into an analog signal. To send from.

After the transmission of the first basic data, when there is a retransmission request from the antenna 28 of the ticket gate system 30, the second basic data storage area P2 is replaced with the first basic data storage area P1. Then, the second basic data in this area is transmitted.

That is, when the first basic data cannot be read for some reason, the ticket gate system 30 can read the second basic data to determine the presence or absence of a ticket gate.

Then, the passage permission signal from the antenna 28 of the ticket gate system 30 and the current use record area P3 provided between the first basic data storage area P1 and the second basic data storage area P3 are stored. When the date, current time, and the like are received by the antenna 5, the number of uses and the number of days of use are calculated and written in the area P2, and the first use date, first use time, and last date are written.

If data has already been written in the usage record storage area P3, it is overwritten.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the memory configuration of the lift ticket card according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The lift ticket card 32 in FIG. 5 is provided with third basic data storage areas P3 and P4 in which third basic data described later is stored after the use result storage area P2, and this third basic data storage area P3, After P4, a second basic data storage area P5 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, this lift ticket card 3
2 is an area in which data is stored over five pages. Basic data similar to that of the embodiment is stored in advance in P1, and P2 is a use result storage area in which the use results of the skier when passing through the ticket gate are stored.

In P5, second basic data similar to one page is stored in advance for backup.

Further, at P3, landing permission information is stored in advance, and at P4, company permission information is stored in advance.

The reason for storing the platform permission information and the company permission information (collectively referred to as third basic data) in P3 and P4 without storing them in the first basic data storage area is as follows. In recent years, the variety has become diversified, and the basic data must be increased accordingly, but page 1 is already full. Therefore, they are stored in P3 and P4.

The third basic data is transmitted together with the basic data of page 1. Therefore, the third basic data is stored in the start address area from the second basic data of P5 for backup so that the third basic data can be read at high speed.

In the above embodiment, a non-contact IC card used for a ski resort has been described. However, the configuration of the memory format of the present invention may be applied to a non-contact IC card of a ticket gate system in a skating rink, an amusement park, or the like. Good.

The lift ticket card 1 shown in FIG. 1 is generally used for adults. It is difficult to tell whether the card is a child card or an adult card simply by printing a child ticket on such an adult card.

For example, when a plurality of lift ticket cards are issued using the ticket issuing machine 25, there is a case where an adult and a child are handed over by mistake.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the lift ticket card for the child is reversely printed with the card for the adult.

[0062]

As described above, according to the first aspect, the memory stores the first basic data including the valid period and the type of the card and the second basic data having the same content as the basic data. When the resend request is made after transmitting the first basic data by storing in the different area,
The effect is obtained that the second basic data for backup can be transmitted instead of the first basic data.

When the passage permission is not obtained even after transmitting the first basic data, the second basic data can be transmitted immediately. Obtainable.

According to the present invention, the first basic data including the validity period and the type of the card and the second basic data having the same content as the basic data are stored in different areas in the memory. And, by providing the usage record storage area between these basic data storage areas, when the induction coil of the card receives a transmission request, the first basic data or the second basic data can be transmitted, When the passage permission is received, the use result such as the date of use and the number of times of use can be written in the use result region in the immediately adjacent region.

According to the third aspect, when the first basic data storage area is full, if the third basic data different from the first basic data needs to be stored, the third basic data is stored. In the basic data storage area.

According to the fourth aspect, each basic data storage area is formed of the same number of divided areas, and the basic data is stored in these divided areas in the same format. The advantage is that the basic data can be stored at high speed.

According to the fifth aspect, each basic data storage area is set as a non-writable area after the basic data is written, so that when passing through the ticket gate, radio waves from other ticket gates are used. The effect is obtained that the contents are not rewritten.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electric block diagram of a lift ticket card according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the lift ticket card 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a format of a memory of the lift ticket card 1.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of use of the lift ticket card of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a memory configuration of a lift ticket card according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a lift ticket card for a child.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lift ticket card 5 Antenna 7 Control part 9 Transmission driver 11 Memory P1 First basic data storage area P2 Usage record storage area P3 Second basic data storage area

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Yutaka Tomimoto 66-2 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Toshiba Engineering Corporation

Claims (5)

[Claims] A non-contact IC card having an induction coil and having a control unit for driving the induction coil and transmitting all basic data in a memory when reception data of the induction coil indicates a transmission request. The memory includes: a first basic data storage area in which at least a valid period of the card and a card type are stored as first basic data; And a second basic data storage area stored as the second basic data. 2. An induction coil, wherein when the induction coil receives a radio wave, the induction coil is driven to transmit all basic data in a memory, and the reception data of the induction coil indicates that passage is permitted. A non-contact IC card having a control unit for writing usage results in an area different from the area where the basic data of the memory is stored, wherein the memory has at least a valid period of the card, a type of the card, A first basic data storage area in which is stored as first basic data; a second basic data storage area in which data having the same content as the first basic data is stored as second basic data; A non-contact I which is provided between a first basic data storage area and a second basic data storage area and has a use result storage area in which the use result is written. Card. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second usage result storage areas are followed by the first
And a third basic data storage area storing third basic data different from the basic data of the above. The third basic data storage area is provided with the second basic data storage area after the third basic data storage area. The non-contact IC card according to claim 2. 4. The first, second and third basic data storage areas are each formed of the same number of divided areas, and the basic data is stored in these divided areas in the same format. 4. A non-contact IC according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
card. 5. The data storage area according to claim 1, wherein the first, second, and third basic data storage areas are write-disabled areas after the basic data is written.
3. The non-contact IC card according to 3 or 4.