KR100475553B1 - Automatic ticket checking apparatus, wireless communication type ticket issuing apparatus and ticket checking system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic ticketing device, a wireless recording medium issuing device, and a ticketing system. The communication unit 16a communicates with respect to the wireless card C presented by a passenger, thereby determining whether or not the passenger passes. In the case of permission, the wireless card C determines whether or not it is a coupon, based on the communication result of the communication unit 16a. If it is a coupon, the wireless card C is opened by opening the shutter 14a of the storage port 14. At this time, the stored wireless card (C) is confirmed to be the same as the presented wireless card (C), and in the same case, rewrites the recording information of the wireless card (C) into an invalid right, and then The wireless card C is arranged on the detachable stacker 5 and recovered. If the wireless card C is not identical, the wireless card C is returned to the return port 51 so that the used wireless recording medium can be recovered. And recovered radios It is characterized by providing an automatic ticketing device, a wireless recording medium issuing device, and a ticketing system that can effectively prevent the illegal use of the recording medium and replace the wireless recording medium.

Description

AUTOMATIC TICKET CHECKING APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TYPE TICKET ISSUING APPARATUS AND TICKET CHECKING SYSTEM}

According to the present invention, wireless communication is performed between wireless recording media installed at a station of a transportation institution such as a railroad and presented by a passenger, and thus the traffic of a passenger is based on information recorded on the wireless recording media. It relates to an automatic ticketing device that determines whether or not.

In recent years, for example, in the automatic ticketing device installed at a station of a transportation institution such as a railway, a wireless IC as a wireless recording medium in place of a ticket consisting of a magnetic recording medium in order to speed up the ticketing process and improve service. It has been developed to process a ticket consisting of a card (hereinafter referred to as a wireless card).

The automatic ticketing device for processing such a wireless card performs a wireless communication between the wireless card presented by the rider and the rider's passage (entrance into the station premises) based on the information recorded on the wireless card. Or exiting out of the station ward).

In addition, since a wireless card has a higher cost per piece than a magnetic ticket, recycling is a principle. For this reason, there has been a demand for an automatic ticket gate that can collect used wireless cards as much as possible.

However, in the conventional automatic ticket gates, it is difficult to collect the used wireless card when the result of the pass / fail decision is permitted, and even when the collection is possible, the wireless card collected in the stacker is used again. There is a problem that there is a hassle of resetting to the card unit of the card issuing apparatus.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to enable the recovery of the used wireless recording medium, to prevent the illegal use of the recovered wireless recording medium, to replace the wireless recording medium, and the like. The present invention provides an automatic ticketing device, a wireless recording medium issuing device, and a ticketing system that can efficiently operate the system.

The automatic ticketing device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a wireless communication apparatus by performing wireless communication between a receiving port in which a wireless recording medium fed by a passenger is accommodated and a wireless recording medium presented by a passenger. Reading means for reading information recorded on an expression recording medium, first determining means for determining whether or not the passage of the passenger is based on information read from the wireless recording medium by the reading means, and the first Second judging means for judging whether or not the wireless recording medium is a wireless recording medium to be recovered on the basis of the information read out from the wireless recording medium by the reading means when it is determined by the judging means; And if it is determined by the second judging means that the wireless recording medium is a wireless recording medium to be recovered, Receiving means for accommodating the wireless recording medium from the receiving port by a guide, and a retrieving means for detachably arranging the wireless recording medium housed by the accommodating means and detachably mounted to the main body of the automatic ticketing device. Equipped.

The automatic ticketing device according to the second aspect of the present invention is provided by performing wireless communication between a storage port for storing a wireless recording medium fed by a passenger and a wireless recording medium presented by the passenger. Reading means for reading information recorded on the wireless recording medium, first determining means for determining whether or not the passage of the passenger is based on the information read out from the wireless recording medium by the reading means, and the first determining means. A second judging means for judging whether or not said wireless recording medium is a wireless recording medium to be recovered on the basis of information read out from said wireless recording medium by said reading means when it is judged as permission to pass by the judging means; And if it is determined by the second judging means that the wireless recording medium is a wireless recording medium to be recovered, Wirelessly communicates with the receiving means for storing the wireless recording medium from the storage port and guides the wireless recording medium when the wireless recording medium is stored by the storing means. And third determining means for determining whether the stored wireless recording medium is the same as the presented wireless recording medium, and detachably attached to the main body of the automatic ticketing device, and the storing by the third determining means. Retrieving means for aligning and retrieving the wireless recording medium accommodated by the storing means when it is determined that the wireless recording medium is identical to the presented wireless recording medium, and the wireless type stored by the third determining means. If it is determined that the recording medium is not the same as the above-mentioned wireless recording medium, A spiral recording medium is provided with a return means for returning to the passage characters.

An automatic ticketing device according to a third aspect of the present invention is a ticketing process based on communication means for performing wireless communication between a wireless recording medium and information read from the wireless recording medium by the communication means. Discrimination means for discriminating whether the wireless recording medium received by the ticketing means, the receiving means for receiving the wireless recording medium subjected to the ticketing process by the opening means, and the wireless recording medium received by the receiving means are reusable. And retrieving means for dividing and reclaiming the rewritable wireless recording medium and the nonreusable wireless recording medium based on the result of the discrimination by the discriminating means.

A ticketing system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention performs a wireless communication between a wireless recording medium issuing apparatus for issuing a wireless recording medium recording predetermined information required for a ticketing process and the wireless recording medium. And an automatic ticketing system that performs an automatic ticketing process based on information read from the wireless recording medium, the automatic ticketing device comprising: receiving means for receiving the wireless recording medium subjected to the ticketing process; Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the wireless recording medium received by the receiving means is reusable, and the rewritable wireless recording medium and the non-reusable wireless recording medium based on the discrimination result by the determining means. It is provided with a recovery means for separating and recovering.

A wireless recording medium issuing apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention comprises: a communication means for performing wireless communication between a stacker stacking a wireless recording medium, and the wireless recording medium stacked on the stacker; Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the wireless recording medium is available on the basis of information read out from the wireless recording medium by the communication means, and the wireless recording available based on the discrimination result by the discriminating means. Issuance means is provided for recording and issuing predetermined information necessary for the ticketing process on the medium.

A ticketing system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention performs a wireless communication between a wireless recording medium issuing apparatus for issuing a wireless recording medium recording predetermined information necessary for the ticketing process, and the wireless recording medium. The automatic ticketing system comprising an automatic ticketing device for performing a ticketing process based on information read from the wireless recording medium, wherein the wireless recording medium issuing apparatus comprises: a stacker for stacking the wireless recording medium; Whether or not the wireless recording medium is available based on information read from the wireless recording medium by the communication means for performing wireless communication with the wireless recording medium stacked on the wireless communication medium. Discriminating means for discriminating the difference between the apparatus and the wireless recording medium available based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means. Issuance means for recording and issuing predetermined information necessary for the ticketing process.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the automatic ticketing device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings. In addition, the automatic ticketing device according to the above-described embodiment performs a ticketing process at the time of entry into a facility such as a station and a collection process at the time of leaving the facility.

First, the ticket which is the object of a ticketing process will be described.

The ticket to be processed in the automatic ticket gate is a wireless card as a wireless recording medium. The wireless card subject to the processing is, for example, a general ticket which allows only one lift to be lifted at a distance corresponding to the amount of money; Stored pair cards (hereinafter, abbreviated as SF cards) and the like.

The ordinary ticket is usually a ticket that is valid only once and gets off. In this way, the wireless card that is finished using at the time of getting off is a ticket (collection ticket) to be collected at the time of getting off.

In addition, commuter passes or SF cards are tickets that can be repeatedly lifted. That is, the commuter pass can be used until the validity period recorded, and the SF card can be used until the remaining amount of the recorded amount information disappears. In this way, the wireless card which can not be used at the time of getting off and can be repeatedly used is a ticket (non-collection right) which is not collected at the time of getting off.

(1st embodiment)

FIG. 1 schematically shows the appearance of an automatic ticketing device according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 schematically shows the internal structure of a part of the automatic ticketing device shown in FIG. 1 and 2, the automatic ticket gate main body 0 includes a main control part 1, a power supply part 2, a door 3 as a traffic control means, a speaker 4, and a stacker 5 as a detachable recovery means. The collection | recovery part 60 provided, the wiping process part 10a, the wicket process part 10b, etc. are provided, respectively.

The main control section 1 refers to the control of the entire apparatus. The power supply unit 2 supplies power to each part of the apparatus. The door 3 closes the passage of a pedestrian by closing. The speaker 4 outputs various guides | voices to a passenger by sound.

The aisle processing section 10a includes a passage display section 12a, an insertion opening 14 as a storage opening (receiving means) capable of storing a wireless card C, a communication section 16a as a reading means (communication means), and a guide display section 18a. And a table detector 22, a return port 51 as a return means, a receiving means and a branch mechanism 52 as a return means, a recovery part 60 as a recovery means and the like.

The passage display section 12a displays various guides for the pedestrians approaching the apparatus from the station yard side. The inlet 14 is provided inside the loop-shaped antenna constituting the communication unit 16a, and receives the wireless card C which is input by the passenger. The inlet 14 is provided with a shutter 14a that can be opened and closed. Normally, the shutter 14a closes the inlet 14 and opens the inlet 14 when the wireless card C needs to be received.

The communication unit 16a is composed of a loop-shaped antenna or the like for performing wireless communication with the wireless card C, and wirelessly communicates with the wireless card C, which is brought closer by a passenger. As a result, the communication unit 16a receives data transmitted from the wireless card C (that is, reads data from the wireless card C) or transmits data to the wireless card C. FIG.

The main control section 1 functions as a ticket opening means for performing an open ticketing process based on the recorded contents read by the communication section 16a. The main control unit 1 also functions as determination means for determining whether to recover the wireless card C subjected to the open billing process on the basis of the recorded contents read by the communication unit 16a.

The guide display unit 18a displays various guides for a pedestrian passing through the ticket gate from the inside of the station yard, that is, the passenger who gets off. The table detector 22 is installed near the inlet 14 and detects the wireless card C fed from the inlet 14. The table detector 22 is composed of, for example, an optical sensor and optically detects the wireless card C.

The branching mechanism 52 is comprised by the endless conveyance belt 52a etc. provided in the horizontal state under the inlet 14. As shown in FIG. The wireless card C inserted from the feeding port 14 is placed on the conveyance belt 52a, and the recorded contents are read out from the communication unit 16a in this state.

The main controller 1 is a wireless card C disposed on the conveyance belt 52a based on the recording contents read by the communication unit 16a, and a wireless card presented before opening the shutter 14a of the inlet 14. It functions as a judging means for judging whether or not (C) is the same. In addition, the main control unit 1 functions as an invalidation means for invalidating the recorded contents recorded in the wireless card C received from the inlet 14 and identified as the same with the communication unit 16a.

In the case of the same wireless card C as a result of the determination, the branch mechanism 52 conveys the wireless card C in the direction of the arrow a. As a result, the wireless card C is delivered to the recovery unit 60. In addition, when it is not the same wireless card C, the branch mechanism 52 conveys the wireless card C in the arrow b direction. This leads the wireless card C to the return port 51. That is, by determining the identity of the inserted wireless card C, the wireless card C can be recovered to the collection unit 60 or returned from the return port 51 to the passenger.

The recovery unit 60 includes a stacker 5 and a shutter 20 connected to the stacker 5.

The stacker 5 aligns and recovers the wireless card to be collected from the inlet 14, and is freely attached to and detached from the automatic ticketing machine main body 0. FIG. The stacker 5 is, for example, as shown in Fig. 3, and is formed of a vertically long cylindrical body, and an opening 6 for storing a wireless card is provided on the upper portion thereof. The opening 6 is connected to the shutter 20 when the stacker 5 is mounted on the automatic ticket gate main body 0.

Moreover, inside the stacker 5, the mounting board 7 which is moved up and down by the mounting board moving mechanism which is not shown in accordance with the storage number of a wireless card is provided, On the said mounting board 7, The wireless cards stored from the upper opening 6 are stacked on top of each other. In addition, a handle 8 for carrying the stacker 5 is attached to the front of the stacker 5.

The stacker 5 removed from the automatic ticket gate main body 0 can be mounted on the card issuing device in the same state so as to reuse the recovered wireless card.

The shooter 20 guides the stacker 5 to the wireless card C received by the branch mechanism 52. The wireless card C guided to the shooter 20 is thrown in from the opening 6 of the stacker 5 and stacked on top of the mounting plate 7 in turn.

The ticket gate processing unit 10b is provided with a passage display unit 12b, a communication unit 16b as a reading unit (communication unit), and a guide display unit 18b. The passage display section 12b displays various guides for the pedestrians who have come close to the apparatus from the outside of the station.

The communication unit 16b is constituted of a loop antenna and the like in the same manner as the communication unit 16a of the survey processing unit 10a, and performs wireless communication with the wireless card C faced by a passenger. As a result, the communication unit 16b receives data transmitted from the wireless card C (that is, reads data from the wireless card C) or transmits data to the wireless card C. The guide display unit 18b displays various guides for a pedestrian who passes through the ticket gate from the outside of the station ward, that is, a pedestrian who rides.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the collection processing part 10a is covered by the top cover 26a, and the said top cover 26a is provided freely opening and closing with respect to the automatic ticket gate main body 0. As shown in FIG. Then, the inlet port 14, the communication unit 16a, and the guide display unit 18a are provided in the top cover 26a, respectively. In the same manner, the ticket gate processing section 10b is covered by a top cover 26b, and the top cover 26b is provided freely to open and close with respect to the automatic ticket gate main body 0. And the communication part 16b and the guide display part 18b are provided in the top cover 26b, respectively.

In addition, the top cover 26a is configured to open toward the side of one ticketing passage which is partitioned by the automatic ticketing device main body 0, and the top cover 26b is formed by another automatic partitioning device main body 0. It is configured to open toward the side of the ticket gate. As a result, even if one top cover is opened and one of the ticket gates becomes unavailable, the other one cannot be used up to the other ticket gate.

Figure 4 schematically shows a control system of the automatic ticket gate device configured as described above. In FIG. 4, the main controller 1 includes a ROM (read only memory) 30, a RAM (random access memory) 32, a fare memory 34, a shutter control unit 35, a table detector monitoring unit 36, Person detector monitoring unit 37, door opening and closing control unit 38, display control unit 39, top cover opening and closing monitoring unit 41, power supply control unit 42, wireless communication control unit 43, network communication control unit 44, The monitoring panel interface (I / F) 45, the branch control part 53, and the collection | recovery control part 54 are connected, respectively.

The main controller 1 refers to the control of the entire apparatus as described above. The main controller 1 has a timer 1a and performs time monitoring in various processes. The ROM 30 stores a control program of the main controller 1 and the like. The RAM 32 temporarily stores data generated when the main control unit 1 controls the apparatus. The fare memory 34 stores fare data.

The shutter control unit 35 controls the opening and closing driving of the shutter 14a provided in the inlet 14. The table detector monitoring unit 36 monitors a table detection signal from the table detector 22 provided near the inlet 14. The person detector monitoring unit 37 checks detection signals from a plurality of person detectors 37a provided on the wicket path side of the automatic ticketing machine main body 0, and passes a person who passes along the automatic ticketing device main body 0. Watch.

The door opening and closing control unit 38 controls the opening and closing operation of the door 3 by the door opening and closing driving unit 3a. The display control part 39 controls the display of various display parts, such as the passage display part 12a, the guide display part 18a, the passage display part 12b, and the guide display part 18b.

The top cover open / close monitoring unit 41 detects each detection signal from the top cover sensor 41a for detecting the open / closed state of the top cover 26a and the top cover sensor 41b for detecting the open / closed state of the top cover 26b. By checking, the open / close state of the top covers 26a and 26b is monitored. The power control unit 42 controls the power supply by the power supply unit 2 and the like.

The wireless communication control unit 43 controls the transmission and reception power of the communication units 16a and 16b, demodulates the data received by the communication units 16a and 16b, and modulates the data transmitted from the communication units 16a and 16b. The network communication control unit 44 controls communication with an external network.

The monitoring panel interface 45 functions as an interface between the monitoring panel 46 provided externally and the present apparatus. The branch control section 53 controls the driving of the branch mechanism 52. The recovery control unit 54 controls the drive of the placement plate moving mechanism of the stacker 2 in the recovery unit 60.

Next, the recovery operation of the wireless card C inserted into the inlet 14 will be described. The shutter 14a is opened and the wireless card C inserted into the inlet 14 is once placed on the conveyance belt 52a of the branching mechanism 52. After the inserted wireless card C is detected by the table detector 22, the recorded contents are read by wireless communication by the communication unit 16a. That is, when the wireless card C is detected by the table detector 22, the main control unit 1 instructs the reading of the recording contents of the wireless card C to the communication unit 16a. In accordance with the above instruction, the communication unit 16a starts communication with the wireless card C, and determines whether or not it is the same as the wireless card C presented before opening the shutter 14a.

By this operation, the wireless card C inserted from the inlet 14 is read so that the correct wireless card C is inserted by reading the recorded contents.

The correct wireless card C is guided from the branch mechanism 52 to the shooter 20 by the branch control section 53 and recovered by the recovery control section 54 to the stacker 5. In the stacker 5, it piles up and collect | recovers one by one from the upper side, and the mounting board 7 is lowered for every sheet.

Next, the operation at the time of getting off by the automatic ticketing device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the main controller 1 controls the shutter control unit 35 to control the shutter control unit 35 when the rider detects the proximity of the apparatus from the station yard side based on the detection result by the proximity sensor (not shown). Close 14a. At this time, the main control part 1 controls the display control part 39, and displays the guidance of "Please apply a ticket" to the guide display part 18a.

In this state, when the wireless card C carried by the passenger is placed near the communication unit 16a, the main control unit 1 controls the wireless communication control unit 43 to communicate with the wireless card C by the communication unit 16a. Communication is started between them, and the recorded contents (recording information) of the wireless card C are read by the communication (step S1). The main control unit 1 determines whether or not the passerby passes based on the read contents (step S2).

When the main control unit 1 determines that the passage is permitted as a result of the determination (step S3, YES), the presented wireless card C is given a right of recovery based on the recorded contents read from the wireless card C. For example, it is determined whether or not the ticket has been used (step S4). That is, the main control part 1 determines that the presented wireless card C is a one-time ticket, such as a general ticket, and a ticket, and, in the case of a commuter ticket or an SF card, determines that it is not a ticket (non-recovery ticket).

When the main control unit 1 determines that the ticket is not a right to be redeemed by the above determination (step S4, NO), that is, when it is determined that it is a wireless card C which does not collect a commuter pass or an SF card or the like, With the shutter 14a closed, the display control unit 39 is controlled to display a guide indicating "Please pass" on the guide display unit 18a (step S5). Then, the main control part 1 controls the door closing control part 38 to open the door 3 by the door opening / closing drive part 3a, and allows passage of a pedestrian (step S6). This permits the passage of the rider without recovering the non-collection right.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S4 that the main controller 1 is a ticket (step S4, yes), i.e., it is determined that the wireless card C is to be collected, such as a normal ticket, the shutter controller 35 is turned off. By controlling, the shutter 14a of the inlet 14 is opened (step S7).

Then, the main control unit 1 controls the display control unit 39 to display a guide on the guide display unit 18a, "Please insert a ticket into the injection opening." (Step S8). Then, the main controller 1 starts time monitoring by the timer 1a and determines whether or not the wireless card C has been inserted within a predetermined time based on the detection result of the table detector 22 (step ( S9)).

Then, when it is determined that the wireless card C has been inserted within a predetermined time based on the detection result of the table detector 22 (step S9, YES), the main controller 1 controls the shutter control unit 35. To close the shutter 14a of the inlet 14 (step S10). The wireless card C inserted from the inlet 14 is once placed on the conveyance belt 52a of the branch mechanism 52.

Then, the main control unit 1 determines whether or not the wireless card C inserted from the inlet 14 and the wireless card C presented before the insertion are the same (step S11). That is, the main control unit 1 controls the wireless communication control unit 43 to communicate with the wireless card C, which is input from the inlet 14 by the communication unit 16a, to record the contents of the wireless card C. Read it. At this time, for example, the identity with the presented wireless card C is determined before the input by reading the unique identification information assigned to the wireless card C, respectively.

When the main controller 1 determines that the inserted wireless card C is the same as the presented wireless card C (step S11, YES), the main controller 1 controls the display control unit 39 to guide. A guide indicating "Please pass" is displayed on the display unit 18a (step S12).

Then, the main control unit 1 invalidates the inserted wireless card C (step S13). That is, the main controller 1 controls the wireless communication control unit 43 so as not to communicate with the wireless card C mounted on the conveyance belt 52a of the branch mechanism 52 by the communication unit 16a. The wireless card C is invalidated by rewriting the contents of the wireless card C into an invalid right.

Then, the main controller 1 controls the branch control section 53 to rotate the conveyance belt 52a in the direction of the arrow a by the branch mechanism 52 to recover the invalidated wireless card C on the conveyance belt 52a. Guide to department 60.

Then, the main control unit 1 controls the retrieval control unit 54 to collect the wireless card C to the stacker 5 (step S14). At this time, in the stacker 5, the wireless card C guided through the shooter 20 is sequentially stacked and recovered from the upper side. And based on the control of the collection | recovery control part 54, the mounting board 7 falls by stacking one wireless card C. FIG.

Then, the main control part 1 controls the door opening and closing control part 38 to open the door 3 by the door opening / closing drive part 3a, and permits passage of a pedestrian (step S6). As a result, the pass of the passer can be permitted while the payback is reliably aligned with the stacker 5 by the branch mechanism 52.

In the step S9 described above, when the main controller 1 determines that the wireless card C is not inserted from the inlet 14 within a predetermined time based on the detection result of the table detector 22 (step S9). ), No), the shutter control unit 35 is controlled to close the shutter 14a of the inlet 14 (step S15). Then, the main control unit 1 controls the display control unit 39 to display a guide of "Please try again" on the guide display unit 18a (step S16), and then open and close the door opening and closing control unit 38. By controlling, the door 3 is closed by the door opening / closing drive unit 3a to allow passage of a passenger (step S17).

In the above-described step S11, when the main controller 1 determines that the inserted wireless card C is not the same as the presented wireless card C (step S11, NO), the display control unit 39 The control is displayed on the guide display unit 18a with the message "Please go down and insert the same table" (step S18).

Then, the main controller 1 controls the branch control section 53 to rotate the conveyance belt 52a in the direction of the arrow b by the branching mechanism 52, thereby displacing the wireless card C placed on the conveyance belt 52a. Return to the return port 51 (step S19). Then, the main control unit 1 controls the door opening and closing control unit 38 to close the door 3 by the door opening and closing driving unit 3a, thereby disallowing passage of use (step S17).

As a result, the wireless card C presented by the rider can be recovered without error, and it is possible to prevent the rider from accidentally injecting another wireless card or other medium into the inlet 14, and control the passage of the determination result. Can be performed accurately.

In addition, in the above-described step S3, when the main control unit 1 determines that the passage is not allowed as a result of the traffic determination (step S3, NO), the factor that the passage is not allowed is caused by the wireless card C. It is determined whether the charge is insufficient (step S20).

When the main control unit 1 determines that the charge is insufficient due to the above determination (step S20, YES), the main control unit 1 controls the display control unit 39 to settle the information in the guide display unit 18a. (Step S21), the door opening / closing control section 38 is controlled to close the door 3 by the door opening / closing driving section 3a to prevent the passage of a passenger. S17)).

In the above-described step S20, when the main control unit 1 determines that traffic is not allowed due to factors other than the lack of charges (step S20), the main control unit 1 controls the display control unit 39 to guide the display unit 18a. Is displayed, "Step (S22)", the door opening / closing control part 38 is controlled, and the door 3 is closed by the door opening / closing drive part 3a, and it passes. Block the passage of the child (step S17).

As described above, according to the automatic ticketing device according to the first embodiment, when the wireless card C to be collected, such as a general ticket, is presented at the time of getting off, the shutter 14a of the inlet 14 is opened to open the wireless card ( When the C card is collected and a wireless card C which does not collect commuter passes or SF cards is presented, the wireless card C is not collected with the shutter 14a of the inlet 14 closed. It is.

As a result, it is possible to reliably recover the wireless card C to be recovered, and to prevent the wrong collection of the wireless card C that should not be collected, and to appropriately carry out the processing for each passenger. In addition, the automatic ticketing system can be operated efficiently.

When the wireless card C is collected at the time of inspection, the wireless card C is recovered by rewriting the recorded information of the wireless card C into an invalid right, and then sorting and retrieving the stacker 5 detachably. When issuing again, the stacker 5 can be detached and mounted on the card issuing apparatus. Thereby, the illegal use of the collected wireless card C can be prevented, and the replacement of the wireless card C can be efficiently operated.

(2nd embodiment)

Fig. 6 schematically shows the internal structure of a part of the automatic ticketing device according to the second embodiment. In addition, in the said 2nd Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the structure same as 1st Embodiment mentioned above, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

In the second embodiment, the agitation processing unit 10a includes a passage display unit 12a, an inlet port 14, a communication unit 16a, a guide display unit 18a, a table detector 22, a return port 51, and a branch mechanism 52. ), A collecting unit 60 as a collecting unit, a determining unit 70 as a determining unit, and a conveying unit 90 are provided.

The judging section 70 provided in the gripping processing section 10a determines whether or not the wireless card C, which is fed from the entry port 14 and placed on the conveying belt 52a of the branching mechanism 52, can be reused. In addition, the determination unit 70 does not necessarily need to be separately installed, and the communication unit 16a may also function as its function.

The determination unit 70 determines, for example, whether or not a communication failure occurred during wireless communication with the wireless card C. When the communication failure is generated, the wireless card C cannot be reused. Determine that.

In addition, the determination unit 70 compares, for example, the date of manufacture of the wireless card C with the date of the ticketing process performed by the automatic ticket gate body 0 based on the information read from the wireless card C, for example. Then, it is determined whether the processing date has passed a predetermined number of days, for example, five years from the date of manufacture, and when it is determined that the processing date has passed, it is determined that the wireless card C cannot be reused.

The recovery unit 60 is configured to separately collect the reusable wireless card C and the non-reusable wireless card C. That is, the recovery part 60 is connected to the first stacker 5A, the first shooter 20A connected to the first stacker 5A, the second stacker 5B, and the second stacker 5B. 2nd shooter 20B is provided.

These 1st stackers 5A and 2nd stackers 5B are the same as the stacker 5 shown in FIG. 3, and are attached to and detachable with respect to the automatic ticket gate main body 0, and at least one card It can be mounted on the issuing device. In such a retrieval unit 60, one stacker, for example, the first stacker 5A, is reusable (stacked), and the other stacker, for example, the second stacker 5B. ), The wireless card C which cannot be reused is collected (stacked).

The conveyance unit 90 delivers the wireless card C, which is determined to be reused, for example, by the determination unit 70 to the first shooter 20A of the recovery unit 60 without receiving it. In addition, the conveyance unit 90 receives and conveys the wireless card C which is determined to be unusable by the discrimination unit 70 and delivers it to the second shooter 20B of the recovery unit 60. The said conveyance part 90 is comprised by the endless conveyance belt 91 etc., for example.

As shown in FIG. 7, the main control part 1 is connected to the discrimination control part 55 in addition to the structure demonstrated using FIG. The determination control unit 55 controls the driving of the determination unit 70, and outputs information (reusable / not reusable) corresponding to the determination result to the main control unit 1.

In the automatic ticketing device according to the second embodiment, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, the main controller 1 reaches the steps S1 to S13 in the same manner as the flowchart shown in FIG. 4. Run the process. Then, in step S13, the main control unit 1 invalidates the wireless card C on the conveyance belt 52a, and then controls the discrimination control unit 55 to carry it on the basis of the output signal from the discrimination unit 70. It is judged whether or not the invalidated wireless card C on the belt 52a cannot be reused (step S31).

When the main controller 1 determines that the wireless card C is reusable (step S31), the main controller 1 controls the branch control unit 53 to arrow the conveyance belt 52a by the branch mechanism 52. By rotating in the direction of a, the invalidated wireless card C on the conveyance belt 52a is delivered to the first shooter 20A of the recovery unit 60. Thereby, the wireless card that can be reused in the first stacker 5A. Only (C) is recovered (step S32).

On the other hand, when the main controller 1 determines that the wireless card C cannot be reused (No at step S31), the main controller 1 controls the branch control unit 53 to arrow the conveyance belt 52a by the branch mechanism 52. It rotates in the direction of a, and conveys the invalidated wireless card C on the conveyance belt 52a to the conveyance part 90. The main control part 1 controls the conveyance part 90, and conveyance belt 91 is carried out. Drive the unusable wireless card C on the conveyance belt 91 to the second shooter 20B of the recovery section 60. The wireless card C cannot be reused by the second stacker 5B. Only is recovered (step S33).

After that, the main controller 1 then executes the processing from step S15 to step S22 in the same manner as the flowchart shown in FIG.

In this way, after the wireless card C that has been determined to be collected in the bidding processing unit 10a is input from the inlet 14, it is determined whether or not it can be reused by the determination unit 70. The reusable wireless card C is recovered to the first stacker 5A through the first shooter 20A of the recovery unit 60 without being delivered to the transfer unit 90. In addition, the wireless card C which cannot be reused is returned to the second stacker 5B through the second shooter 20B of the recovery unit 60 after being delivered to the transfer unit 90. Thereby, it becomes possible to collect | recover in the state which distinguished the wireless card C which can be reused and the wireless card C which cannot be reused.

As described above, the automatic ticketing device according to the second embodiment includes a discriminating unit for determining whether the wireless card determined to be collected is reusable, and a conveying unit for guiding the wireless card further downstream as needed. . The recovery section further includes two stackers for individually stacking and retrieving a reusable wireless card and a non-reusable wireless card.

Then, the wireless card judged to be reused is recovered to one stacker, and the wireless card judged to be unusable is recovered to the other stacker. When the wireless card is reused, the non-reusable wireless card is not confused and set in the card issuing device by setting the stacker which collects only the reusable wireless card in the card unit of the card issuing device.

For this reason, according to the second embodiment, in addition to the effects described in the first embodiment described above, when the card issuing device records and issues information necessary for the ticketing process on the wireless card, the wireless card that cannot be reused is issued and processed. Generation can be prevented and reliability can be improved. In addition, since the correspondent no longer responds to release the abnormality, troublesome work can be omitted and the burden on the attendant can be reduced.

Therefore, the automatic ticketing system provided with such an automatic ticketing device and a card issuing device (a wireless recording medium issuing device) enables efficient operation.

(Third embodiment)

In the third embodiment, a ticket gate is provided with an automatic ticket gate device as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and a card issuing device (wireless recording medium issuing device) as shown in Figs. The system will be described. In addition, in the said 3rd Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same structure as 1st Embodiment mentioned above, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the automatic ticket gate main body 0 is provided with the collection | recovery part 60 which collect | recovers the wireless card C to collect | recover. The recovery unit 60 is provided with one stacker 5 for stacking the recovered wireless card C. FIG.

The stacker 5 stacks the wireless cards C in a state where reusable and non-reusable things are mixed as the wireless card C to be recovered. The stacker 5 is configured to be mounted on the card issuing apparatus 200 shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

9 and 10, the card issuing apparatus 200 is provided with a main controller 1. The main controller 1 is responsible for the control of the entire apparatus. The main controller 1 is connected to a memory unit 262. The memory unit 262 includes a ROM, a RAM, and a fare memory, and stores various information such as a control program of the main controller 260, information corresponding to a release route, information corresponding to a section fare in the release route, and the like. have.

The main controller 260 is connected to a card processing unit 264, a banknote processing unit 266, a coin processing unit 268, and a change processing unit 270.

The card processing unit 264 performs predetermined processing on cards such as prepaid cards inserted from the card slot 212 provided on the reception surface. The banknote processing unit 266 performs processing such as authenticity determination, classification determination, and the like of the banknotes inserted from the banknote inlet 216 provided on the reception surface. The coin processing unit 268 performs authenticity determination and classification determination of coins introduced from the coin inlet 214 installed on the reception surface. The change processing unit 270 discharges the change change from the discharge port 218 based on the total amount of change change calculated by the main control unit 260.

In addition, the main control unit 260 includes a display control circuit 272, an input circuit 274, a wireless communication control unit 276, a stacker control unit 278, a discrimination control unit 280, an issuing unit 282 as an issuing means, The communication control unit 284 and the like are connected.

The display control circuit 272 controls the driving of the display unit 202. The input circuit 274 generates a signal based on an input through the input unit 201 such as a touch panel, a ten keyboard, and various input buttons.

The wireless communication controller 276 controls the transmission / reception power of the communication unit 230 as the communication means, demodulates the data received from the communication unit 230, or modulates the data transmitted from the communication unit 230. The main controller 1 functions as an invalidation means for invalidating the recorded contents recorded on the wireless card C stacked on the stacker 240 with the communication unit 230.

The stacker control unit 278 controls the driving of the placement plate moving mechanism of the stacker 240. The stacker 240 is configured to be detachably attached to the card issuing device 200 and to be mounted on the automatic ticket gate main body 0, and has the same structure as the stacker 5 shown in FIG. to be. In addition, the stacker 240 is provided with a mounting plate 257 which is operated up and down by a mounting plate moving mechanism (not shown) according to the number of storing of the wireless card, and the wireless card is placed on the mounting plate 257. Stacked one after another.

The discrimination control unit 280 controls the driving of the discriminating unit 250 as the discriminating means, and outputs information (reusable / not reusable) corresponding to the discrimination result to the main control unit 260. The determination unit 250 performs wireless communication with the wireless card C stacked on the stacker 240 by the communication unit 230, and based on the information read from the wireless card C, To determine whether or not is reusable. In addition, the determination unit 250 does not necessarily need to be separately installed, and the communication unit 230 may also function as the function.

The determination unit 250 determines, for example, whether or not a communication failure has occurred during wireless communication with the wireless card C. If the communication failure has occurred, the determination unit 250 determines that the wireless card C cannot be reused. do.

Further, the determination unit 250 compares, for example, the date of manufacture of the wireless card C with the date of processing performed by the card issuing apparatus 200 based on the information read from the wireless card C. It is determined whether the processing date has passed a predetermined number of days, for example, five years from the date of manufacture, and if it is determined that the processing date has passed, it is determined that the wireless card C cannot be reused.

The wireless card C determined as not usable by the determination unit 250 is collected in a collection box (not shown).

The issuing unit 282 issues a wireless card based on the information input through the input unit 201, and discharges the wireless card C issued from the issuing port 220 provided on the reception surface. The communication control unit 284 communicates information with a host computer.

In the third embodiment, in the card issuing apparatus 200, the main controller 260 extracts one wireless card stacked on the stacker 240, and controls the wireless communication control unit 276 to communicate with the communication unit 230. The wireless card C is invalidated. Then, the main controller 260 controls the determination controller 280 to determine whether the invalidated wireless card C stacked on the stacker 240 is reused based on the output signal from the determination unit 250. .

When the main control unit 1 determines that the wireless card C is reusable, the main control unit 1 controls the issuing unit 282 to record predetermined information on the wireless card C, and the wireless card C is stored from the issuing port 220. C) discharge. On the other hand, when the main controller 1 determines that the wireless card C cannot be reused, the main control unit 1 collects the wireless card C in a collection box (not shown).

In this manner, in the card issuing apparatus according to the third embodiment, the wireless card recovered from the automatic ticket gate is extracted and stacked on the stacker, and it is determined whether or not it can be reused by the discriminating unit. Then, the reusable wireless card is issued with the predetermined information recorded by the issuing unit. In addition, a wireless card that cannot be reused is collected in a collection box and never enters the market. As a result, it is possible to efficiently issue and process only the reusable wireless card.

For this reason, according to the third embodiment, in addition to the effects described in the above embodiments, when the card issuing device records and issues information necessary for the ticketing process on the wireless card, the wireless card that cannot be reused is issued and processed. Occurrence can be prevented and reliability can be improved. In addition, since the correspondents do not correspond to release the abnormality, troublesome work can be omitted and the burden on the attendants can be reduced.

Therefore, according to the ticketing system provided with such an automatic ticketing device and a card issuing device, efficient operation becomes possible.

In addition, the said invention is not limited to each said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and a change are possible in the said implementation step in the range which does not deviate from the summary. In addition, each embodiment may be implemented combining them suitably as much as possible, and the effect by a combination is acquired in that case.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to recover the used wireless recording medium, and to prevent the illegal use of the recovered wireless recording medium and to efficiently replace the wireless recording medium. An automatic ticketing device, a wireless recording medium issuing device, and a ticketing system can be provided.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing the internal structure of a part of the automatic ticketing device according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1; FIG.

3 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a collection box mounted on the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 1;

4 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when getting off by the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing the internal structure of a part of the automatic ticketing device according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 1; FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when getting off by the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 6;

9 is a side view schematically showing the appearance and internal structure of a card issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a control system of the card issuing device shown in FIG. 9.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

C: Wireless card (wireless record carrier) 0: Automatic ticket gate

1: Main control part (wicket means, judgment means, identification means, invalidation means)

3: door (passage control means) 5: stacker (recovery means)

10a: wiping processing unit 10b: wicket processing unit

12a, 12b: passage display portion 14: inlet (storage)

14a: shutter

16a, 16b: communication unit (reading means, communication means, invalidation means)

18a and 18b: guide display section 20: shooter (recovery means)

35: shutter control unit 43: wireless communication control unit (reading means)

51: return port (return means) 52: branch mechanism (recovery means, return means)

53: branch control unit (recovery means, return means) 54: recovery control unit (recovery means)

60: recovery unit (recovery means) 70: discrimination unit (discovery means)

200: card issuing device (wireless recording medium issuing device)

Claims (20)

Reading means for reading information recorded on the wireless recording medium by performing wireless communication with the wireless recording medium presented by a passenger; An automatic ticketing device comprising: first determining means for determining whether or not a pass of a pedestrian is passed based on information read from the wireless recording medium by the reading means, If it is determined by the first judging means as permission to pass, it is determined whether or not the wireless recording medium is a wireless recording medium to be recovered based on the information read from the wireless recording medium by the reading means. Second judging means, If the storage apparatus has a storage opening capable of storing a wireless recording medium fed by a passenger, and it is determined by the second judging means that the presented wireless recording medium is a wireless recording medium to be recovered, the purpose of the collection A storage means for accommodating the wireless recording medium fed from the storage port by a passenger presenting the wireless recording medium to be recovered and guided to a passenger presenting the wireless recording medium to be recovered; and And a retrieving means which is detachably attached to the main body of the automatic ticketing device, and has a collection means for aligning and recovering the wireless recording medium accommodated by the storing means. The method of claim 1, And invalidating means for invalidating information recorded on the wireless recording medium with respect to the wireless recording medium stored by the storing means. And said recovery means recovers a wireless recording medium in which recording information is invalidated by said invalidation means. The method of claim 1, When storing the wireless recording medium by the storage means, by wireless communication with the stored wireless recording medium, the stored wireless recording medium has to be reclaimed. Third judging means for judging whether or not it is the same as the wireless recording medium judged to be, and If it is determined by the third determining means that the stored wireless recording medium is not the same as the wireless recording medium determined as the presented wireless recording medium to be recovered, the wireless recording medium accommodated by the storing means It further comprises a return means for returning to the passenger, And the retrieving means is wirelessly received by the accommodating means when it is determined by the third judging means that the stored wireless recording medium is the same as the wireless recording medium determined as the presented wireless recording medium to be recovered. Automatic wicket device, characterized in that for recovering the alignment of the recording medium. The method of claim 3, wherein And when the third determining means determines that the stored wireless recording medium is the same as the presented wireless recording medium to be recovered, the wireless recording medium accommodated by the storing means. And invalidation means for invalidating information recorded on the wireless recording medium, And said recovery means recovers a wireless recording medium in which recording information is invalidated by said invalidation means. The method according to claim 1 or 3, The recovery means comprises a stacker for stacking and storing the wireless recording medium accommodated by the storing means in order from the top, and the stacker is configured to be mounted on the wireless recording medium issuing apparatus as it is. Automatic ticket gate. Communication means for performing wireless communication with a wireless recording medium, Wiring means for performing a ticketing process on the basis of the information read out from the wireless recording medium by the communication means, and In the automatic ticketing device comprising the receiving means for receiving the wireless recording medium subjected to the ticketing process by the ticketing means, Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the wireless recording medium received by the receiving means is reused; and And automatic retrieval means for retrieving the recyclable wireless recording medium and the reusable wireless recording medium based on the determination result by the discriminating means. The method of claim 6, And said discriminating means determines that said wireless recording medium cannot be reused when a communication failure occurs during wireless communication with said wireless recording medium by said communication means. The method of claim 6, The judging means compares the date of manufacture of the wireless recording medium with the date of processing of the wicket by the ticketing means based on the information read out from the wireless recording medium by the communication means, so that the date of manufacture is the manufacturing date. And determining that the wireless recording medium cannot be reused when it is determined that the predetermined day has elapsed. The method of claim 6, And said retrieving means comprises a first stacker for retrieving said reusable wireless recording medium and a second stacker for retrieving said nonreusable wireless recording medium. The method of claim 6, And an invalidation means for invalidating information recorded on the wireless recording medium received by the receiving means. The method of claim 9, And an invalidation means for invalidating information recorded on the wireless recording medium stacked on the second stacker. A stacker for stacking wireless recording media, A wireless recording medium issuing apparatus comprising communication means for performing wireless communication between the wireless recording medium stacked on the stacker, Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the wireless recording medium is available on the basis of the information read from the wireless recording medium by the communication means; And issuing means for recording and issuing predetermined information necessary for a ticketing process on said wireless recording medium available on the basis of the discrimination result by said discriminating means. The method of claim 12, Wherein the discriminating means determines that the wireless recording medium is unavailable when a communication failure occurs during wireless communication with the wireless recording medium by the communication means. Device. The method of claim 12, The discriminating means compares the manufacturing date of the wireless recording medium with the processing date on which the issuing process is performed by the issuing means based on the information read out from the wireless recording medium by the communication means, and the processing date is the manufacturing date. And determining that the wireless recording medium is unavailable when it is determined that the predetermined number of days has passed from the wireless recording medium issuing device. The method of claim 12, And said stacker is configured to be mounted on an automatic ticketing device. The method of claim 12, And retrieving means for retrieving said wireless recording medium which is determined to be unavailable by said determining means. A wireless recording medium issuing apparatus for issuing a wireless recording medium which records predetermined information necessary for a ticketing process, and wirelessly communicating between the wireless recording medium and the information read from the wireless recording medium. In a ticket gate system provided with an automatic ticket gate that performs a ticket gate on the basis of The automatic ticket gate device Receiving means for receiving the wireless recording medium subjected to a wicket; Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the wireless recording medium received by the receiving means is reused; and And a retrieving means for dividing and reclaiming the rewritable wireless recording medium and the reusable wireless recording medium on the basis of the determination result by the discriminating means. The method of claim 17, The recovery means includes a first stacker capable of recovering the rewritable wireless recording medium and a second stacker for retrieving the non-reusable wireless recording medium. Wicket system. The method of claim 17, The wireless recording medium issuing apparatus includes a ticketing system for issuing a wireless recording medium by recording predetermined information necessary for a ticketing process with respect to the wireless recording medium collected in the first stacker. . The method of claim 18, A wicket system comprising invalidation means for invalidating information recorded on the wireless recording medium stacked on the second stacker.