JPH1145360A - Automatic ticket examination device using ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatize the switch of guide display and to securely execute radio communication between an IC card and an automatic ticket examination machine by switching guide display with AND of a signal showing the termination of automatic ticket examination and the detection signal of a center detection sensor. SOLUTION: An entrance sensor 91 , the center detection sensor 92 and an exit detection sensor 93 are provided for the automatic ticket examination machine 1 as man detection sensors. When OR of the detection signal of the exit detection sensor 93 and magnetic ticket take-out signal is taken, a signal showing that a head passenger terminates automatic ticket examination is obtained by the output. When AND of OR output and the signal detected in the center detection sensor 92 is taken, the head passenger comes to terminate automatic ticket examination and the next passenger comes to pass the center detection sensor. Then, a guide display switch indication is given by AND output. Thus, guide display switching is realized at appropriate timing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for enabling wireless communication between an IC card having a function such as a commuter pass or a stored fair (SF) card and an automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automatic ticket gates using magnetic tickets have been installed at ticket gates at stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area, contributing to smooth ticket gate and ticket collection operations. At the current automatic ticket gate, a ticket is inserted, the ticket is transported mechanically, the data is read and written during the transport period, and guidance is displayed on the automatic ticket gate, but it is determined that traffic is permitted. It takes a certain amount of time, and when the number of passengers is extremely large, quick response may not be possible. Further, since the ticket is mechanically conveyed, troubles in the conveying system are likely to occur. As a countermeasure against this, the present applicant
We have already proposed a non-contact type automatic ticket gate system that enables communication between the C card and an automatic ticket gate (Japanese Patent Application No. 9-1).
00172).

[0003]

By the way, the non-contact type entrance using the IC card proposed above can be completed in a shorter time than in the case of using a conventional magnetic ticket, so that a plurality of passengers can automatically enter the ticket gate. Stagnation in the aircraft can occur. The current automatic ticket gate turns off the guidance display when a magnetic ticket is taken out or when a ticket is collected. In the case of an IC card, the guidance display is displayed when the automatic ticket gate exits (detected by an exit sensor described later). Is turned off, and when a next person passes a predetermined position of the automatic ticket gate (detected by a central sensor described later), a guidance display for that person is displayed. However, if multiple passengers stay in the automatic ticket gate, it may be possible to switch to the next person's guidance before the conditions for disappearing the previous passenger's guidance are not set, and the previous person may be puzzled. is expected.
In addition, it is necessary to reliably perform wireless communication between the IC card and the automatic ticket gate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem. In an apparatus which enables wireless communication between an IC card having a function such as a commuter pass and an SF card, and an automatic ticket gate, switching of a guide display is appropriately performed. In addition to
An object is to enable reliable wireless communication between an IC card and an automatic ticket gate.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket gate apparatus provided with an automatic ticket gate machine for conveying an inserted magnetic ticket, reading data of the magnetic ticket, and performing a ticket collection process. The automatic ticket gate comprises a holding portion for indicating the holding position of the IC card, and an I-shaft held over the holding portion.
A communication unit for wirelessly communicating with the C card; a reader / writer for reading / writing data on the IC card via the communication unit; and transmitting / receiving data to / from the reader / writer via an interface; Control means for processing data read from the card, and controlling opening and closing of the door according to the processing result of the data of the magnetic ticket and the data read from the IC card, wherein the control means indicates the end of the automatic ticket gate. The guidance display is switched by a logical product of a signal and a detection signal of the central detection sensor. Further, according to the present invention, the automatic ticket gate includes a holding portion for indicating a position of the IC card, a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with the IC card held over the holding unit, and an IC card via the communication unit. A reader / writer that reads / writes data, transmits / receives data to / from the reader / writer via an interface, processes data read from an IC card, and processes data read from an IC card and data read from an IC card. And control means for controlling the opening and closing of the door according to the processing result of the above, wherein an index indicating a position to be held over the center of the holding portion is displayed.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. First, the already proposed system will be schematically described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a proposed automatic ticket gate system, FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a control system of the automatic ticket gate, 1 is an automatic ticket gate body, 2 is a magnetic ticket slot, and 3 is a magnetic ticket. Transport unit, 4 is a magnetic ticket exit,
5 is a guidance display, 6 is a door, 7 is an indicator light, 8 is a traveling direction guidance display, 9 ₁ , 9 ₂ , 9 ₃ are human detection sensors, 1
0 is a control device, 11 is a power supply, 12 is a collection box, and 20 is an IC.
It is a card holder. In FIG. 1, a control device 10 and a power supply 11 are provided in a lower portion of the automatic ticket gate main body 1 to supply power to each unit and control each unit. A magnetic ticket transfer unit 3 is provided at an upper position of the automatic ticket gate main body 1, and automatically transfers a magnetic ticket inserted from a ticket slot 2 to a magnetic ticket exit 4.

In the present invention, in addition to a magnetic ticket, an IC
An IC card holding section 20 is provided on the upper surface of the magnetic ticket transport section 3 so that a collection ticket can be contacted by a card without contact. Although not shown, I
An antenna and a reader / writer capable of communicating with the C card are provided, and a coil is also provided on the IC card.
When the card is held over the holding section 20, the antenna of the automatic ticket gate and the coil of the IC card are wirelessly connected, so that the data of the IC card can be read in a non-contact manner.
Data is written to the card.

When a magnetic ticket is inserted or an IC card is held, a message prompting the user to take a magnetic ticket, guidance for remaining balance, or the like, or holding the IC card again as described later, is displayed on the guidance display unit 5. Is displayed.

Doors 6 are provided at the front and rear portions of the automatic ticket gate main body 1 to regulate entry and exit of passengers, and the doors are marked with entry prohibition marks and the like. That is, in the case of a magnetic ticket, a magnetic ticket inserted from the ticket slot 2 is read by a sensor (not shown), and in the case of an IC card, data of the IC card held over the holding unit 20 is read. As a result, when the control device 10 determines that the condition for permitting the passage is not satisfied, the control device 10 closes the door 6 so as to close the passage, and otherwise controls the door 6 to open so that the passage is possible. I do.

When an abnormality or the like occurs, the indicator lamp 7 is turned on or an abnormal sound is generated by a speaker (not shown) to notify the station staff. When the automatic ticket gate is for ticket collection, the inserted magnetic ticket is stored in a ticket box 12 provided at the lower portion of the automatic ticket gate main body 1. Note that the traveling direction guidance display section 8 is for displaying arrows indicating entry prohibition and entry directions.

Next, the configuration of the control system will be described with reference to FIG. 2. As described above, data read from the IC card 30 by the antenna 31 installed on the lower surface of the holding unit 20 is transmitted to the reader / writer 32 and the interface 33. Via the CPU 34 The CPU 34 has an IC card (wireless card) processing routine 35 stored in the ROM and provided therewith. The CPU 34 is configured to perform the conventional processing as in the case of a magnetic ticket, and to transfer the processing to the wireless card processing routine 35 for the IC card and receive the result. Of course, CP
All the processes may be performed in U34. The charge calculation unit 36 is a unit that calculates a charge when the IC card is also used as a commuter pass, an SF card, or the like. The CPU 34 determines whether or not it is possible to pass, controls the opening and closing of the door 6 according to the result, blinks the indicator light 21 indicating the area of the holding section, and sets the guidance display section 5.
A predetermined message is displayed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an IC card used in the above system. As shown in FIG. 3A, the IC card is used for various purposes, and has a function of a fixed term / SF composite ticket as a part of the function. FIG.
As shown in (b), an SF area and a commuter pass area are provided in the railway area of the memory of the IC card.
In the SF area, a value corresponding to the purchase fee is set as an initial value, and a counter that is decremented according to the usage amount is configured. In the commuter pass area, data such as a use section and an expiration date are set. I have. As will be described later, it is possible to settle the ticket by using the commuter ticket and the SF ticket together.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method of using an IC card in an automatic ticket gate of the above system. The effective communication range S of the antenna 31 (not shown) embedded in the holding portion 20 provided on the upper surface of the magnetic ticket transporting portion 3 is:
It is a hemispherical region having a radius of about 10 cm. The customer is I
Hold the C card 30 over the holding unit 20 and set the effective communication range S
When the presence is detected, the data of the IC card is read and the data is written to the IC card.
In this case, the IC card 30 may be in non-contact with the holding portion 20, or may be in contact with the holding portion 20. Communication is performed with the automatic ticket gate while the IC card is within the communication effective range S. During this time, if the normal processing is performed, the door opens (go), and if the processing is abnormal, the door is opened. Does not open (N
G).

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a communication process between the automatic ticket gate and the IC card. When the IC card 30 enters the effective communication range S, its existence is confirmed, and then the check code of the IC card is read to perform authentication. As a result of authentication, if it is determined that the IC card is correct,
The data from the card is read. IC card 30
Is also used as a commuter pass, SF card, etc., and from the read data, if it is a commuter pass, the use section, validity of the term,
If it is an SF card, the sufficiency of the balance of the usage fare is determined. If the determination result is OK, the station name, date, time, and the like are written. In the SF card, the balance after the usage fee is subtracted is written. . Next, after confirming that these data have been normally written, the door is opened to permit passage. Note that if any of these processes is always terminated improperly due to the IC card falling out of the effective communication range S during the communication process, the door is closed.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the retrospective processing in the above system. As described with reference to FIG.
In the communication between the card and the automatic ticket gate, it is necessary to complete the existence check, authentication, reading, judgment, writing, and writing check while the IC card is within the communication effective range S. If the time for holding the IC card is too short, all the processes may not be completed, and in this case, the door is closed and the vehicle cannot pass. If the conventional magnetic ticket becomes abnormal for some reason, the person returns to the entrance side, detects once that he / she has left the automatic ticket gate by a human body sensor, and then starts over again.

In the above system, as shown in FIG. 6, when the IC card is held over for the first time, for example, during the processing, in order to perform a quick ticket collection in a wireless manner and improve the convenience of the user, Even if the card goes out of the communication effective range and becomes abnormal, it is possible to continue processing by re-holding the card again without leaving the automatic ticket gate. FIG.
As shown in (a), the holding unit 20 is provided with a display lamp 21 for indicating the area, and this lighting indicates that preparation for the holding process is completed. In this state, IC
When the card is held up and the communication process is completed normally, the door is opened and a message such as “Please pass” is displayed on the guidance display unit 5. On the other hand, the card is held in the communication effective range S
7, the indicator light 21 blinks (flickers) as shown in FIG. 7 (b), and at the same time, a message such as “Please hold it again” is displayed on the guidance display unit 5, and Prompt. At this time, if the player turns the phone over again, the automatic ticket gate stores the ID number of the first time,
A check is made against this, and after confirming that they match, continuation processing is performed. Even if the subsequent user holds the IC card while the display lamp 21 is flickering, the data is not read because the ID number is different.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a logical circuit configuration for switching the guidance display of the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention. The automatic ticket gate can accept data of up to three people, and non-contact entry by IC card is
Because it can be done in a shorter time than the conventional magnetic ticket entry, 3
It is possible for a passenger to stay in an automatic ticket gate.
In this case, it is necessary to prevent the display of the guidance display unit 5 from being switched before the leading passenger has finished the automatic ticket gate.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic ticket gate 1 is provided with 9 ₁ (entrance sensor), 9 ₂ (center detection sensor), and 9 ₃ (exit detection sensor) as human detection sensors. I have. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the detection signal or the outlet sensor 9 _3, taking the logical sum of the magnetic ticket take-out signal, obtained signal the beginning of the passenger has finished the automatic ticket gate by which there is the output Can be Therefore, taking the logical product of the signals detected by the logical sum output and the central detection sensor 9 _2, the head of the passenger end of the automatic ticket gate, and so that the next passenger through the center sensor. Therefore, if the guidance display switching instruction is given by the logical product output, the leading passenger finishes the automatic ticket gate and the next passenger passes through the center of the automatic ticket gate, so the guidance display switching at the appropriate timing is possible Becomes Note that these processes are performed by the control device 10 of FIG. 1 and are configured by hardware logic in FIG. 8, but may be performed by software.

As described with reference to FIG. 5, the system needs to end a series of processes while the IC card is within the effective communication range S, so that the IC card may stay in the effective communication range S for a long time. desirable. Next, an example in which the IC card stays as long as possible in the communication effective range S will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9A shows the holding section 20.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the first embodiment, and O is the center of the shade portion. In the shade portion, a card-shaped image 22 is drawn as an index of a position to be held from the center O to the front side of the passenger, and the center is O '. In FIG. 9B, the trajectory of the card when the IC card is held over the center O of the holding portion is represented by a broken line A, and the IC card is held over a position O 'shifted toward the near side from the center O of the holding portion. Is indicated by a solid line B. After conducting various experiments, it was found that the operation of touching the card with the holding portion was faster than the operation of removing the card from the holding portion. Therefore,
As compared with the trajectory (dashed line A) when the distance the card touches the shaded portion in the effective communication range S and the distance the card separates from the shaded portion (broken line A), A locus (solid line B) in which the distance of the card away from the holding portion is longer when the IC card stays in the communication effective range S is longer. Therefore, when the IC card is held, it is desirable that a card trajectory like a broken line B is provided. For this purpose, the card-shaped image 22 which is an index of the held position is shifted toward the near side from the center O of the held portion. By extending the communication time with the automatic ticket gate, reliable communication can be made possible.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, even when a plurality of passengers stay in the automatic ticket gate, it is possible to appropriately switch the guidance display.
By setting the position of the C card over the center of the holding portion, the communication time with the automatic ticket gate can be lengthened and reliable communication can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an IC card used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of using an IC card in the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a communication process between an automatic ticket gate and an IC card.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a reflection process according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a holding portion indicator light and a guidance display portion.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a logic circuit for switching a guidance display.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a shade portion of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate main body, 2 ... Magnetic ticket entrance, 3 ... Magnetic ticket transportation part, 4 ... Magnetic ticket exit, 5 ... Guide display part, 6 ... Door, 7 ... Indicator light, 8 ... Traveling direction Information display,
9 ₁ , 9 ₂ , 9 ₃ ... human detection sensor, 10 ... control device, 11 ... power supply, 12 ... collection box, 20 ... holding part, 21
… Holding indicator light, 22… Card-shaped image, 30… IC
Card, 31 antenna, 32 reader / writer, 33
... Interface, 34 ... CPU, 35 ... Processing routine for wireless card, 36 ... Charge calculation unit.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Takai 1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo East Japan Railway Company (72) Inventor Akio Fukai 1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Tokyo) Japan Railway Company (72) Inventor Teruo Masaki 1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Tokyo) Japan Railway Company (72) Inventor Shin Tsujimaki 1-chome, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 6-5 East Japan Railway Company (72) Inventor Yatsuo Maruyama 4-1-18 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo JR East Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tetsuro Urumajima Minato-ku, Tokyo 4-1-18 Shibaura JR East Japan Mechatronics Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate device comprising an automatic ticket gate that carries an inserted magnetic ticket, reads data of the magnetic ticket, and performs a ticket inspection / collection process. A holding unit for indicating a holding position, a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with the IC card held over the holding unit, and reading / writing data of the IC card via the communication unit.
A reader / writer for writing, exchanging data with the reader / writer via an interface, processing data read from the IC card, and processing data of the magnetic ticket and data read from the IC card; Control means for controlling opening and closing of the door in response to the control signal, wherein the control means switches the guidance display by a logical product of a signal indicating the end of the automatic ticket gate and a detection signal of the central detection sensor. Automatic ticket gate using the. 2. An automatic ticket gate equipped with an automatic ticket gate that carries an inserted magnetic ticket, reads data of the magnetic ticket, and performs a ticket inspection / collection process. A holding unit for indicating a position to be held, a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with the IC card held over the holding unit, and reading / reading of data of the IC card via the communication unit.
A reader / writer for writing, exchanging data with the reader / writer via an interface, processing data read from the IC card, and processing data of the magnetic ticket and data read from the IC card; Control means for controlling the opening and closing of the door in response thereto, wherein the holding portion displays an index indicating a position to be held over the center of the holding portion, the automatic ticket gate using an IC card.