JPS63137391A - Fare processing system for traffic system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a usage fee processing system when commuter passes and cash coupons are used together when using transportation such as buses, trains, toll passages, etc. Regarding.

(Prior Art) In recent years, fare processing systems in railway transportation systems, for example, are moving toward cashless processing in order to improve convenience for users and to cope with the future cashless society. At present, while some cashless processing has already been implemented through conventional commuter pass systems, there are also cashless transactions, such as those seen in cashless cards for purchasing tickets, which are currently being put into practical use by railway companies, etc. Cashless processing is being enhanced by allowing ticket purchases to be made using a type of cash voucher.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, cashless processing of freight charges has only just begun, and it will take a long time for system components and processing media to be fully realized. It is necessary to carry out modifications, improvements, software changes, firmware changes, etc. in sequence from where possible.

Specifically, at present, commuter passes and cash vouchers each contribute to the enhancement of cashless processing from different directions, as described above6, but the first step is to improve cashless processing by combining the two, which have already been put into practical use. It is important to further improve response processing in order to achieve further improvements in the future.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and its purpose is to enable the combined use of commuter passes and cash coupons to provide cash
An object of the present invention is to provide a transportation fee processing system that can contribute to the enhancement of response processing.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a commuter pass that stores at least a valid use section for using paid transportation, and a commuter pass that stores at least a valid use section for using paid transportation. Traffic 1 including outside the valid usage area of the commuter pass by using it together with a coupon with a memorized amount of money
! A system that processes the payment of usage fees when using a seki, is installed at the starting point of use, and accepts at least the above-mentioned coupon, records admission permission information indicating admission at the starting point of use on the coupon, and permits entry. an admission processing means installed at the usage end point, which accepts the commuter pass and the coupon, calculates the payment fee from the usage start point to the usage end point indicated in the admission permission information recorded on the coupon, and validates the coupon. a payment means for deducting the amount from the available fee and recording hot water access permission information on at least one of the commuter pass or the cash voucher to permit access to the hot water at the usage end point; The gist of the present invention is to have hot water tap processing means for confirming the recorded hot water tap permission information, erasing the hot water tap permission information recorded by the payment means, and permitting hot water tap.

(Function) In the transportation usage fee processing system according to the present invention, when using transportation including outside the valid usage area of the commuter pass, the admission processing means at the usage start point accepts the coupon and transmits admission permission information. The system records the commuter passes and cash vouchers at the payment means at the end of use, processes the cash vouchers, and permits access to the hot springs.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment in which a transportation fee processing system according to the present invention is applied to a railway transportation facility. In addition, in this example, the second
As shown in the figure, it is assumed that a user uses railway transportation from Station A, which is outside the valid usage area of the commuter pass he/she owns (Station B to Station D), to Station C, which is within the valid usage area. An explanation shall be provided.

In FIG. 1, numerals 3 and 5 are an entrance ticket gate and a hot spring ticket gate installed at each station, respectively, and 4 is a smart device 4 installed at, for example, a ticket office at each station.

The entrance ticket gate 3 accepts the user's coupon 9 at the starting point, records entry permission information including boarding station information on the coupon 9, and permits the user to enter.

In other words, the user has a commuter pass 7, but when boarding a train from station A outside the valid usage area of the commuter pass 7 (stations B to D), the user does not take out the commuter pass 7 and pays a fee. 9 only needs to be entered into the entrance ticket gate 3. In this case, the entrance ticket gate 3 checks the valid usage amount stored in the coupon 9 to confirm that it is at least a predetermined amount or more, and only in this case, enters the admission permission information to the coupon 9. In addition to recording information, it also allows users to enter. Therefore, the entrance ticket gate 3 has a configuration similar to that of the automatic ticket gate currently in use, but in its ticket gate processing function, it confirms the amount of money that can be used effectively for the accepted coupon 9 and allows entry. It has an added function to write information. In detail, the entrance ticket gate 3 includes an insertion slot for accepting the coupon 9, a means for reading information such as the effective amount of money stored in the coupon 9, and a means for writing admission permission information, etc., and the overall operation. It has processing means, such as a microcomputer, for controlling and performing necessary processing.

The payment device 4 accepts the commuter pass 7 and the cash voucher 9 at the usage end point, and checks the boarding station information shown in the admission permission information stored in the cash voucher 9 and the effective usage section (station) stored in the commuter pass 7. After reading the information regarding the station B to station D) and confirming the validity of both, the payment fee from the effective usage section (station B to station D) to the station A is calculated based on the image information, and this It The processing fee is subtracted from the effective usage amount of the voucher 9, the effective usage amount of the voucher 9 is updated to the new reduced amount, and the progress of usage etc. of the voucher 9 is recorded in the required column. , records on the commuter pass 7 hot water access permission information that permits access to the hot water at the usage end point. In this case, if the settlement fee is larger than the fee that can be effectively used for the coupon 9, the user is notified of this fact. On the other hand, if the user inserts cash or the like into the settlement device 4, the same processing will take place. For this reason, the payment device 4 has an insertion slot for receiving the commuter pass 7 and the coupon 9 on its operation surface, a key input section for allowing the user to input information required for payment processing, a display section for displaying the required information, etc. It has a means for reading the information of the accepted commuter passes 7 and cash coupons 9, and records the deducted and updated amount on the cash coupons 9, as well as overall operation control and necessary processing. For example, it has processing means such as a microcomputer.

In addition, the hot water ticket gate 5 accepts the commuter pass 7 on which the hot water tap permission information has been recorded by the payment device 4 at the use end point, and permits the user to use the hot water bath based on the hot water tap permission information. The hot spring access permission information is deleted. That is, in this case, it is not necessary to insert only the commuter pass 7 into the hot water dispenser ticket gate 5 and the cash coupon 9 into the hot water dispenser ticket gate 5. Therefore, the hot water dispenser ticket gate 5 has approximately the same configuration as the automatic ticket gate currently in use, but in its ticket gate processing mode, the hot water dispenser permission information is recorded for the accepted commuter pass 7. This feature has been added with a function to detect this and permit hot water access, as well as to delete this hot water access permission information. More specifically, the hot spring ticket gate 5 has a commuter pass 7.
It has an insertion slot for receiving the water, means for reading hot water access permission information etc. recorded on the commuter pass 7, and processing means such as a microcomputer for controlling the overall operation and performing necessary processing.

Here, it is conceivable that the commuter pass 7 and the money'iR9 are composed of, for example, a magnetic card, an IC card, etc.; and route name), the expiration date, the above-mentioned hot spring permission information, and other information such as the name and age of the holder. Each of them is equipped with at least an information storage section that stores information such as the above-mentioned admission permission information and the name and age of the holder. In addition, the admission permission information storage section of the coupon 9 needs to be written and erased at the start and end of use, and the storage section for the effective usage amount is used to store the amount sequentially as the ticket is used. The commuter pass 7 needs to be rewritable because it is necessary to perform subtraction, and because it is necessary to write and erase hot water access permission information. The coupon 9 also contains usage progress information such as date of use, station used, usage fee 1, etc., so that even if the information in the storage section is lost during use due to some kind of accident, it can continue to be used effectively. It has a recording section where printing is recorded.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When a user who owns a commuter pass 7 whose effective use section is between station B and the end of the station uses the railway from station A, which is outside the effective use section, the following process is performed.

That is, the user inserts the cash voucher 9 into the entrance ticket gate 3 installed at station A.

The entrance ticket gate 3 reads the valid amount of money recorded on the ticket 9, confirms that this amount is a predetermined amount or more and is valid, and records admission permission information including boarding station information. . Then, the entrance ticket gate 3 opens the gate, allows the user to enter, and returns the cash voucher 9 to the user.

Next, the user takes this coupon 9 and the commuter pass 7 and gets on the train, and when he/she arrives at the desired end-of-use station C,
The customer inputs the key to the payment device 14 indicating that he or she wishes to perform payment processing, and inserts his or her own commuter pass 7 and coupon 9.

The payment device 4 first determines whether or not payment processing can be effectively executed for the inserted commuter pass 7 and coupon 9 based on the information stored in their respective information storage units. That is, for example, it is checked whether the commuter pass 7 has expired and whether the coupon 9 has admission permission information. As a result, if any inappropriate condition is detected for the payment process for the commuter pass 7 or the coupon 9, the payment device 4 notifies the user of the condition through display or the like. However, if no inappropriate conditions are detected for either the commuter pass 7 or the coupon 9, the payment device 4 proceeds to the next process.

In other words, the payment device 4 uses the entry permission information recorded on the ticket 9 to send a ticket from station A to station B based on the boarding station information (station A) and the effective usage zone fiJ (stations B to station D) of the commuter pass 7. Calculate the settlement fee for the section.

Then, in order to settle the calculated settlement fee using the coupon 9, this settlement amount is subtracted from the validly usable amount of the coupon 9, and the remaining amount is updated and stored in the coupon 9 as a new validly usable amount, Further, the admission permission information stored in the coupon 9 is erased, and the hot spring access permission information is recorded on the commuter pass 7, so that the commuter pass 7 can be used to access the hot water from station C. Note that when the calculated payment fee exceeds the amount that can be effectively used on the coupon 9, the payment device 4
The user is notified of this value and asked to pay the shortfall in cash.

Next, when the commuter pass 7 with the hot water access permission information stored in this way is inserted into the hot water dispenser ticket gate 5, the hot water dispenser ticket gate 5 reads the hot water dispenser permission information of the commuter pass 7, and the hot water dispenser permission information stored in the commuter pass 7 is read. After erasing the hot spring permission information, the gate is opened and the commuter pass 7 is returned to the user.

In addition, in the payment processing by such payment device 4, the user only needs to perform simple key operations and insert the commuter pass 7 and cash coupon 9, so the processing time is approximately the same as the current ticket purchase operation. This will save you time and effort, and there will be no additional burden.
Rather, by being able to use the commuter pass 7 in combination with the cash coupon 9, customers can benefit from the convenience of becoming cashless.

In this embodiment, the commuter pass 7 and the coupon 9 are used in combination.
Although we have explained the case of railway use from outside the effective use area to within the effective use area, there are other usage methods, such as using from outside the effective use area to pass through the effective use area to go outside another effective use area. Needless to say, it can also be applied to

Further, in this embodiment, the transportation system is a railway transportation system, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other transportation systems such as a bus transportation system, a toll road system, etc.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, when using transportation including outside the valid usage area of the commuter pass, the admission processing means at the starting point of use accepts the coupon and records the admission permission information. , the payment method at the end of use accepts commuter passes and cash vouchers, processes the cash vouchers, and allows access to the hot springs, making it possible to use commuter passes and cash vouchers in combination, thereby enhancing cashless processing. can contribute. In addition, since the entrance processing means at the starting point only accepts cash coupons, congestion in the entrance process is alleviated, and the hot spring processing means at the end point only processes either commuter passes or cash coupons, so Congestion at the side ticket gates can be alleviated, and unauthorized boarding such as so-called kiseru can also be suppressed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the embodiment. 3... Entrance ticket gate 4... Settlement device 5...
Ticket gate for hot springs 7... commuter pass 9... cash coupon

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] By using a commuter pass in which at least a valid usage section for using paid transportation is stored together with a cash voucher in which at least an amount of money that can be used effectively is stored, a commuter pass outside the valid usage area of the commuter pass is used. A system for processing the payment of usage fees when using transportation facilities including: installed at the starting point of use, accepting at least the cash voucher and recording admission permission information indicating admission at the usage starting point on the voucher; an admission processing means for permitting entry, and an admission processing means installed at the end point of use, which accepts the commuter pass and the coupon and calculates the payment fee from the start point of use to the end point of use indicated in the admission permission information recorded on the coupon. a payment means for deducting the amount from the fee that can be effectively used on the coupon and recording hot water access permission information on at least one of the commuter pass or the coupon to permit hot water access at the usage end point; Alternatively, a hot water tap processing means that confirms the hot water tap permission information recorded on the cash voucher, erases the hot water tap permission information recorded by the payment means, and permits hot water tap.