JPH117556A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ticket examination machine capable of processing the fare-adjusted non-contact type commutation ticket by permitting exit and erasing fare adjustment data when the fare adjustment data are extracted from the non-contact type commutation ticket. SOLUTION: This automatic ticket examination machine is provided with a communication means for communicating with the non-contact type commutation ticket, a fare adjustment data extraction means for extracting the fare adjustment data from data obtained through he communication means and a ticket examination control means for permitting the exit and erasing the fare adjustment data recorded in the non-contact type commutation ticket when the fare adjustment data are extracted. When a user places the non-contact type commutation ticket on a mounting base, by the communication of a main body and the non-contact type commutation ticket, the contents of the memory of the non-contact type commutation ticket are read and a deficit fare equivalent to an excess ride section is displayed at a guidance display part. When the adjustment of the deficit fare is completed, the data of adjustment completion is written to the memory, the fact that adjustment is completed is displayed, the card is carried away from the placing base, the communication is performed with the automatic ticket examination machine in non-contact state to enable to exit. Also, the adjustment completion data of the card are cleared at the automatic ticket examination machine and the card can be used at the next time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate,
In particular, the present invention relates to a method suitable for processing a non-contact type commuter pass that has been processed by an automatic payment machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket gate inserts a ticket such as a ticket or a commuter pass into an insertion slot of a main body of the automatic ticket gate, and reads data recorded on the ticket. Read through the head. The read data is subjected to entry / exit calculation processing by a controller mainly configured by a CPU. As a result of the calculation processing, when entry / exit can be permitted, a door is opened (automatic ticket gate). When the main body is normally open, the door is closed when entry and exit are not permitted as a result of the arithmetic processing.

In recent years, automatic ticket gates have been frequently used. In this automatic ticket gate machine, a user of a commuter pass inserts a commuter pass from a commuter pass every time passing through a ticket gate. Due to the inconvenience that must be made, the commuter pass is an IC card type and is a contactless commuter pass with communication function (hereinafter referred to as a contactless card) so that the ticket can be turned on without being inserted into the automatic ticket gate body. (For example, JP-A-1-246687, JP-A-2-136990, etc.).

[0004] The non-contact automatic ticket gate according to this proposal is:
In addition to having a door drive device and the like similar to an automatic ticket gate that performs ticket gate processing (entrance / exit processing) by inserting conventional tickets, a communication circuit for communicating with a non-contact card is provided, Data is exchanged between the automatic ticket gate body and the contactless card.

[0005]

If the automatic ticket gate becomes a non-contact type and the commuter pass becomes a non-contact card, it is conceivable that the non-contact card may be used for boarding. Therefore, the present applicant has separately proposed an automatic payment machine using a non-contact card as a payment base ticket. When a non-contact card is subjected to a settlement process by the automatic settlement machine according to this proposal, settlement-completed data is recorded on the non-contact card. Therefore, unless the automatic ticket gate is provided with a function capable of processing the contactless card that has been subjected to the settlement process, there is a disadvantage that the player cannot participate.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can process a contactless card that has been settled.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention provides communication means for communicating with a non-contact card and payment data from data obtained through the communication means. When the settlement data is extracted by the settlement data extraction means,
Ticket gate control means for permitting entry and erasing the adjustment data recorded on the contactless card.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, since the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is characterized by processing a contactless card that has been settled, an automatic teller machine that uses the contactless card as a settlement base ticket will be described.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic payment machine main unit a, and a customer service panel 1 has a guide display unit 2 for guiding shortage fees due to crossing over, and a ticket for inserting a boarding pass or a commuter pass. Insertion slot 3, coin insertion slot 4 for inserting coins for settlement,
A bill insertion slot 5 for inserting a bill for settlement, a prepaid card insertion slot 6 for inserting the prepaid card when performing settlement with a prepaid card, a mounting table 7 for a non-contact card C,
A discharge port 8 which also serves as a change discharge port when there is a settlement ticket and a change, and a controller 10 which controls the main unit a in an integrated manner are provided.

FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the controller 10 and the contactless card C, and includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11.
Performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 12 and working data stored in the RAM 13. This CPU has an I / O unit 1
The settlement unit 15 and the communication control unit 16 are connected to each other via the control unit 4.

The settlement unit 15 is a unit for adjusting ordinary tickets and commuter passes on which magnetic data is recorded, and has the same structure as that of a main unit a, which is incorporated in a well-known automatic settlement machine.
It is composed of a cash machine for processing money inserted into a car, a ticket issuing machine for issuing a settlement ticket, a magnetic reader / writer for processing magnetic data such as an inserted ticket, and the like.

The communication control unit 16 is a characteristic component of the present invention, and includes an antenna 7 ′ built in the mounting table 7.
And has a function of transmitting a radio wave transmitted from the non-contact card C via the main body a to the card C. The data transfer method between the main body a and the non-contact card C is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, but may be an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like.

The electrical configuration of the non-contact card C includes an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same functions as the communication control unit 16 of the main unit a, an I / O unit 22,
3, a memory 24 composed of a ROM and a RAM, and a power supply 25.
And Note that the power supply 25 may be configured to receive a power wave supplied from the main body a and serve as a power supply without having the power supply 25 inside the card C.

The CPU 23 controls the data in the memory 24 to be transmitted to the main unit a via the communication control unit 21 and controls the adjusted data from the main unit a to be recorded in the memory 24.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Now, it is assumed that the user carrying the non-contact card C crosses over and performs automatic payment in the main body a.

When the user places the non-contact card C on the mounting table 7, communication is started between the non-contact card C and the main unit a (Yes at Step 100, Yes at Step 102; hereinafter, the following).
Let S be the step. ). By the communication between the main body a and the non-contact card C, first, the contents of the memory 24 of the non-contact card C are read, and the shortage corresponding to the crossing section is calculated by the CPU 13, and the calculated shortage is displayed in the guidance display unit 2.
Is displayed (S104, S106). Therefore, the user can insert the money corresponding to the displayed shortage fee into the hardening slot 4 or the bill insertion slot 5 to make a payment,
Alternatively, when the shortage is paid by a prepaid card, the prepaid card can be inserted into the prepaid card insertion slot 6 for payment.

When the payment of the shortage fee is completed (Yes at S108), the adjusted data from the main unit a is written into the memory 24, and then a display to the effect that the adjustment has been completed is displayed on the guide display unit 2 (S108). S110, S112). As a result, the user can know that the settlement process has been completed, take out the non-contact card C from the mounting table 7, and contactlessly communicate with the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention as described later. Can participate.

The basic structure of the main body of the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
687, and JP-A-2-136990, etc., and the description thereof is omitted.

In a controller (not shown) mainly formed by the CPU of the automatic ticket gate main body, the same entry as the automatic ticket gate according to the above proposal using the non-contact card C which does not require the settlement process is performed. In addition to performing the calculation processing of the processing, it is configured to be able to perform the calculation processing of the entry processing by the non-contact card C that has been subjected to the payment processing using the automatic payment machine main body a.

FIG. 3 (b) shows a control operation when entering the vehicle through an automatic ticket gate using the contactless card C on which the adjusted data is written. That is, the contactless card C
Approaches the communication area of the automatic ticket gate main body, communication is performed between the non-contact card C and the automatic ticket gate main body (S
200 affirmation, S202 affirmation). Memory 2
4 is read by the main body of the automatic ticket gate, an arithmetic process for the ticket gate (entrance) is performed, and the automatic ticket gate is controlled so as to allow the user to pass therethrough.
4 is cleared (S204).

The automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 3B has a non-contact card C as shown by the negative of S200.
In addition, it is configured to be able to process magnetic tickets in the same manner as a conventional well-known automatic ticket gate.

As described above, the automatic checkout machine according to the present embodiment writes the settlement-completed data on the contactless card C, so that the user does not need to insert the checkout ticket into the automatic ticket checker. It is possible to enter using the non-contact card C, and the non-contact card can be cleared for use at the automatic ticket gate, and the next use is possible.

[0023]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention comprises a communication means for communicating with a contactless card, a settlement data extracting means for extracting settlement data from data obtained through the communication means, and a settlement data When the settling data is extracted by the extracting means, the ticket checking control means for permitting entry and erasing the settling data recorded on the non-contact card when the settling data is extracted. Can be processed well.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body of an automatic checkout machine that performs a checkout process on a non-contact card used in an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an automatic payment machine main body and a contactless card.

FIG. 3A is a flowchart showing a control operation of an automatic checkout machine, and FIG. 3B is a flowchart showing a control operation of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Automatic payment machine C Non-contact card (non-contact commuter pass) 10 Controller

Claims (1)

[Claims] Communication means for communicating with a non-contact type commuter pass; adjustment data extraction means for extracting adjustment data from data obtained via said communication means; and adjustment data extraction by said adjustment data extraction means. And a ticket gate control means for permitting participation when deleting the ticket, and for erasing payment data recorded on the non-contact type commuter pass.