KR100554394B1 - Time-assigned fee collection terminal and method for transport card - Google Patents

Abstract

At the end of the means of collection of transportation cards that collect and settle the fare after authenticating the use of the transportation card with the IC card,

A timer 12 for outputting a current time value, a fare table 10 in which a premium rate for each travel time period is recorded,

Further, a charge collection unit 14 for collecting time-based charges by multiplying the premium rate obtained by searching the premium rate for the current time obtained by the timer 12 in the hourly premium rate table in the fare table 10 by the basic fare of the passenger is further included. It is characterized by including.

Hourly rate, transportation card, RF card

Description

End of hourly fare collection and transportation fee for transportation card {TIME-ASSIGNED FEE COLLECTION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORT CARD}

1 shows a traffic card collection system in which the present invention is used.

Figure 2 shows the end of the time-specific charge means for a traffic card of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a time-based fare collection method of the present invention in a traffic card collection system using only the terminal means for riding.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a time-based fare collection method of the present invention in a traffic card collection system using a terminal for getting on and getting off.

Figure 5 shows an example of the configuration of the rate table used in the present invention.

Figure 6 shows another example of the rate table configuration used in the present invention.

Figure 7 shows another example of the rate table configuration used in the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system for collecting fare using a transportation card.

A traffic card is a type of IC card that communicates with a terminal by RF method and is used in the field of collecting a certain fee. The proposed method for collecting a differential fee is "person", "postmark", and "student". "There has been a method and device for the collection and the differential collection for each mileage distance, and has not been implemented or proposed a differential fare collection method and system for each passenger's boarding time using a traffic card.

However, the field of transportation card collection is not limited to buses and subways, but may be expanded to taxis or trains, and even buses and subways may be differentially collected according to operating hours. The current fare card system has a problem that can not be applied to the above charge rate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problem, and an object thereof is to provide a system and a method for collecting a differentiated fare for each time zone in which a passenger uses a driving service.

In other words, increased rates are applied to late-night passengers, regular rates are applied to the middle hours used by most voluntary passengers, or discounted fares are applied to commute / commute time according to national policy for the common people. We will implement a differential fare application using a transportation card.

In the terminal means for collecting the transportation means of collecting and paying the fee after authenticating the use of the IC card transportation card to achieve the above object,

A timer 12 for outputting a current time value (both internal and external types for the terminal device), a fare table 10 for recording a premium rate for each travel time (boarding time), and

A fare collection that collects time-based charges by multiplying the premium rate obtained by searching the premium rate for the current time (which becomes the reference time) obtained in the timer 12 in the hourly premium rate table in the fare table 10 by the basic fare of the passenger. It characterized in that it further comprises a portion (14).

The terminal device of the present invention is a general traffic card terminal device in addition to the above-mentioned features, the RF interface unit 22 for performing wireless communication with the RF traffic card approaching the terminal terminal, and the authentication that the RF traffic card is allowed to collect charges Security module 24 for checking whether the card is a credit card, BL check unit 26 for checking the BL (black list) in the case of postpaid card, and transaction history recorder for recording fee collection transaction and related data 28, the BL storage medium 16 and the transaction history storage medium (18). The apparatus may further include a storage medium moving means or a wired / wireless communication means as a memory pack for input and output of the BL and transaction details.

Specifically, the RF interface unit 22 converts data to be transmitted to an RF card, including an RF antenna, an RF module, a D / A and an A / D converter, and converts the data into an RF signal, and receives the RF signal received from the RF card. Is converted to a digital signal.

The security module 24 has a security key having the same value as the security key (more precisely, the security key of the area where the traffic card is recorded) stored in the RF card, and performs mutual authentication to confirm the security key value of the RF card and each other. To access the transportation card data recording area.

The BL check unit 26 is a configuration used in the case of a postpaid transportation card. The BL check unit 26 reads a card number from an RF card in use and checks whether the card number exists in the BL recorded in the BL storage medium 16. Thus, the postpaid card present in the BL refuses to collect the cost.

The transaction history recorder 28 records data such as an identification number, a collection amount, and the like of the collected RF card on the transaction history storage medium 18.

In order to interoperate with each of the partial operations, the terminal device is provided with a control unit (not shown since it is obvious) for the overall operation. The control unit records the transaction history recorder 28 and the cost according to the classification point of view. It may be classified to include both the collection unit 14 and the BL check unit 26.

The terminal has a transaction history storage medium 18 for storing the transaction history, and further includes a BL storage medium 16 for storing the BL when using a postpaid card. It is common to configure both media as EEPROM, and according to the implementation, the two storage areas may be implemented as one independent storage medium.

The storage medium vehicle or wired / wireless communication unit must be provided to exchange BL or transaction details. The storage medium moving means is implemented integrally with the storage medium by using a memory pack. The BL input by the storage medium moving means is performed by replacing a memory pack containing new BL data, and the transaction history transmission by the storage medium moving means moves the memory pack containing the transaction details to the transaction history collecting device installed in a bus garage. Is done by BL or transaction history input / output using the wireless communication unit 29 is the most convenient, which consists of a transaction history collecting device installed in a garage, an intermediate dispatch base or a return point, and a major check stop, and a bus passing through the place and a wireless communication interface. The details are transmitted and receive the updated BL data.

The fare collection unit 14, which is a feature of the present invention, is distinguished from the conventional fare collection unit 14 in that fare is collected using a transportation card. The toll collection unit 14 may also be integrated into the control unit.

The fare table 10, which is a feature of the present invention, includes an hourly rate table (or hourly rate table) that records a rate of surcharge (or hourly rate) for each time of travel, and each section if an interval fee is applied. It further includes a section fee table (or a section fee rate table) in which the fares (or the surcharge rate for the basic fares) are recorded, and the passenger fares table divided into 'adult', 'postmark', and 'student' is further included. It may include. The tariff table 10 may be stored in a separate memory or on a single memory together with the BL storage medium 16 and / or transaction history storage medium 18. The rate table 10 may be updated using the storage medium moving means or the wired / wireless communication means.

When all three criteria (passenger division, section division, and time division) of the fare calculation are applied, there are three methods of calculating the fare.

The first method is to determine the fare for all cases of each combination of passenger, segment, hourly, and each combination, and record it in the fare table, and the toll collection part is based on the passenger segment, boarding segment, and use time data of the passenger. It determines whether it is a combination and collects the fee. This method has the advantage that a single rate table is used and applicable to all methods of pricing, but there is a problem in that the rate table becomes large because separate rates are recorded for every combination. Increasing the price table size not only increases memory requirements and slows down the operation, but also makes updating the price table due to changes in the pricing policy. For example, if there are three passenger segments, 20 segments, and 10 segments, you need a table with 3 * 20 * 10 = 600 fare fields.

In the second method, the fare table includes a passenger fare table that records only the basic fare for each passenger, and a section-specific premium rate table that records the premium rate for each segment for each segment. The time-based premium rate table which records the time-specific premium rate is provided. The fare calculation is calculated by multiplying the basic fare for each passenger by the applicable travel rate and multiplying this value by the travel time by boarding time. For example, if an adult man used transportation (bus, subway, taxi) at a 10% discount on a 20% increase from the basic section (assuming the basic fare is 1000 won), 1000 * 1.20 * 0.9 = 1080 won is applied. (Amounts below a certain amount may be rounded up, rounded down, or rounded up.) In the above, the premium rate by section is applied first, but depending on the implementation, the premium rate by time may be applied first (in this case, the rate is the same). This method has a problem that its application is difficult to apply according to the pricing policy, but has the advantage that it is easy to modify according to the implementation and the price change.

The third method is a compromise between the above two methods, and includes a passenger-segment fare table in which individual fares divided by passenger and section combinations and a time-specific surcharge rate in which time rates are recorded. In this method, first, a combination of passenger classification and passenger segment classification is determined, and this combination is found in the passenger-section fare table to obtain a corresponding fare (basic time fare), and again to the fare by boarding time. Multiply the premium rate to determine the fee to be collected. This method has the advantage of being the simplest to implement in the future when adding a time fare according to the current bus fare rate policy. Contrary to the above, a separate fare can be set for each passenger and time, and a premium rate can be implemented for each driving section.

The rate table may be recorded on the recording medium, and may be updated by the wired / wireless communication unit or the storage medium moving means.

Passenger type information, travel section information and boarding time information are required when calculating the fare by the above methods. Passenger type information is generally recorded on the card (ie, 'personal' and 'student' cards). In the case of plural fare collection, a plurality of ride fare is collected through a keypad (connected with the terminal terminal and preferably inputted by the bus driver, not shown). Boarding time information is obtained from the timer 12 provided in the terminal device.

The method for obtaining the moving section information is different from the case where the conventional terminal is implemented as a boarding / unloading terminal as in a conventional subway and the case where the terminal is implemented as a single terminal as in a conventional bus.

In the case of the system embodied as a boarding / unloading terminal, the travel section information obtains a boarding section from the boarding station location information and the boarding location information recorded on the card by the terminal for getting off. Therefore, at the time of boarding, the boarding terminal records the boarding position information on the card. In the case of the subway, there is a terminal for each station, so the boarding position information and the getting off position information can be found from the station position information recorded in the terminal. In the case of a bus, the current stop position value is found from a beacon or GPS receiver installed at the stop, and the bus is applied to the boarding position information and the getting off position information.

In the case of a system implemented as a boarding terminal, moving section information requires input of information of a driver (or passenger) using a keypad or the like. In the case of a general terminal, the driver hears the destination from the passenger, and the driver directly inputs the section length (or section fee) from the current position to the destination, and this information becomes the moving section information of the terminal. If the terminal can automatically determine the current stop (station) location using the GPS, the driver calculates the moving section information from the current location to the target location in the terminal when the driver enters the destination stop. The section fee collection plan implemented by one boarding terminal is described in detail in the applicant's 10-2002-0017681 application.

The procedure for collecting the differential fee by time using the transportation card terminal means of the present invention is different in the case of fare collection at the time of boarding (traditional bus terminal) and the case of fare collection at the time of getting off (traditional subway terminal). The following is the description.

In the case of fare collection at the time of boarding, the collection process is carried out when the passenger gets on the card and approaches the RF reader of the terminal device. Receiving information (S220), calculating the collection fee by querying the passenger type information, reference time information, and moving section information in the fare table stored in the terminal means (S230); Reducing the calculated collection fee from the traffic card (S240) is made.

The step S220 may be subdivided as shown in FIG. 3, and the step S230 includes three types of subdivision procedures according to the three fare calculation methods.

In the case of using the first fare calculation method, since the collection fee itself is recorded in the passenger-segment-time fare table consisting of a three-dimensional array, the corresponding field is searched and recorded by the passenger type information, moving section information, and reference time information. Just read the value.

In the case of using the second fare calculation method, since the fare table includes a passenger fare table, a section rate rate table and a time rate rate table, the step S230 may include a basic fare corresponding to the passenger type information. Searching in a table (S232), finding a premium rate corresponding to the moving section information in the section-specific premium rate table, calculating a basic time rate by multiplying the base rate by the premium rate (S234), and the reference time In step 236, a premium rate corresponding to the information is found in the hourly premium rate table, and the collection rate is calculated by multiplying the basic time rate by the premium rate.

In the case of using the third fare calculation method, since the fare table includes a passenger-segment fare table and a time-specific surcharge rate table, the step S230 may include the basic time fare corresponding to the passenger type information and the moving section information. Searching for in the passenger-section fee table (S233), and finding a premium rate corresponding to the reference time information in the hourly premium rate table, and calculating the collection fee by multiplying the basic time fee by the premium rate (236). Is made of.

In the case of fare collection at the time of getting off, the time used as the basis for calculating the differential fare for each time may be determined as the time of boarding, the time of getting off, and the middle time of getting on and off, and the time selected is referred to as the standard time below. When the passenger approaches the end of the ride means for riding the RF card at the time of riding, the end of the ride means for recording the 'ride state', the boarding station (stop) location, the ride time and the like on the RF card (S310). When a passenger approaches the end of the means for getting off the RF card at the time of getting off, check whether the RF card is 'on boarding', find out the passenger type from the card record value (S322), and get off at the end of the means for getting off the getting off means. The station location is obtained to obtain moving section information together with the boarding station location recorded on the RF card (S324). The reference time is a boarding time recorded on the card or a boarding time received by the terminal from the timer according to the implementation. The terminal means for calculating the collection fee from the passenger type information, moving section information, reference time information (S330). Step S330, which is a collection fee calculation procedure, uses one of the three fee calculation methods described above, and may be described as three types of subdivision procedures having the same structure as step S220, but is omitted because it is the same as that of step S220. do. The getting-off terminal subtracts the collection fee calculated in the step from the passenger's traffic card, and changes the 'ride status' value to 'get status' in the traffic card (S340). In this method, the 'ride status' and the 'ride status' values recorded on the traffic card are toggled as a kind of flag. This value is for the case that the card is not contacted at the time of getting on / off, and the card operation is stopped when the state of the card at the time of boarding is 'Riding state' or the state of the card at 'Getting Off' state.

During the flow of the operations, an authentication procedure for checking whether the traffic card and the terminal have the same security key value and a BL check procedure for checking whether the card number exists in the BL in the terminal in case of a postpaid card should be included. However, since these processes are obvious in the field of the present invention and are less relevant to the features of the present invention, they are described as a process performed before another procedure when the card of the above process approaches the terminal and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Apart from all the above methods, in order to collect the fare of a plurality of passengers in one card, the type and / or number of passengers are input from the passenger or driver using the keypad (all are assumed to ride the same section), The fare for each passenger can be calculated according to the above procedure, and the sum of all of them can be calculated to calculate the collective collection fee and can be reduced to one transportation card. Of course, in this case, when there are a plurality of passengers of the same type (for example, four 'students'), the fare is calculated by multiplying the calculated value by the number of passengers and / or the corresponding fare.

Since the present transportation card is an RF card, the present invention is likely to be used in a RF card collection system, but the collection system of a contact card also differs only in the interface between the terminal and the card. It is self-evident.

When the terminal charge terminal terminal of the present invention as described above is carried out, using a traffic card currently widely used, by applying the fare divided into commuting time, general time, late night time, etc., more reasonable and various fare can be set There is a useful advantage to this. In addition, it is possible to collect the transportation card fare by applying the classification by passenger time along with the classification of passengers and sections, which are the existing fare-setting categories. In the case of establishing a plan, it contributes to the profit increase of the transportation company, while providing convenience for the citizens who use it. The present invention helps to enable the above charges using a traffic card.

Claims (4)

In the end of the means of collecting the transportation card that collects and pays the fee after verifying the use of the IC card. A timer for outputting a current time value; A fare table in which a premium rate for each boarding time is recorded; And a toll collection unit for collecting time-based toll charges by multiplying a premium rate by searching the fee table based on the current time obtained from the timer. At the end of the means of collection of transportation cards that collect and settle the fare after authenticating the use of the transportation card with the IC card, A timer for outputting a current time value; A fare table that records the applicable fare for each boarding time; And a toll collection unit for collecting a charge for each time slot obtained by searching the charge table for the current time obtained from the timer in the toll table. Claims [1] A fare collection method comprising a terminal for getting on and a terminal for getting off and used in a transportation card collection system that collects a fare from a passenger's transportation card upon getting off, When the passenger approaches the transportation card at the end of the riding means at the time of boarding, the terminal for recording the boarding state 'on board', the boarding station (stop) location, time of boarding (S310); When the passenger approaches the RF card at the time of getting off, check whether the RF card is in the 'ride state', find out the passenger type from the card record value, and obtain the location of the station where the terminal for getting off is located. Obtaining moving section information together with the boarding station position recorded on the card (S320); Calculating, by the terminal for getting off, the reference time information including the passenger type information, the moving section information, the boarding time or the getting off time obtained by the terminal for getting off on the fare table stored in the getting-out terminal (S330). Wow; Wherein the terminal for getting off the collection fee calculated in the step of deducting from the passenger's traffic card, and the step of changing the 'ride state' value to the 'get state' on the traffic card (S340), characterized in that How to collect fare cards. In the fare collection method having a terminal means for riding, used in a traffic card collection system that collects a fare from a passenger's traffic card at the time of boarding, When the passenger approaches the transportation card at the end of the ride, the terminal collects the passenger type information from the transportation card, obtains travel section information from the keypad input connected to the terminal, and finds the ride time from the timer. Step S220; Calculating the collection fee by inquiring the passenger type information, moving section information, and ride time information in the fee table stored in the terminal; And a step (S340) of deducting the collection fee calculated in the step from the passenger's transportation card at the end of the collection means (S340).

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