JP2004086830A - Card type boarding ticket fare adjustment device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card type fare adjustment device capable of performing proper transfer decision without recording getting-off data in a card boarding ticket in the case of getting off a fare prepaid bus on a regular route. <P>SOLUTION: Whether or not the present location is a bus stop where transfer from the previous boarding route is possible is decided on the basis of the boarding route, a boarding location, and the present location recorded in the card boarding ticket when boarding, and when the transfer is possible, the previous getting-off time is calculated from boarding time and operation service data recorded in the card type boarding ticket. When the exit time and the present time are within prescribed time, the transfer is decided as valid, fare adjustment by a transfer fare is performed and when the transfer is invalid, the fare adjustment by a normal fare is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a card-type ticket settlement device which is provided in a vehicle such as a route bus and performs settlement of a fare using a card-type ticket.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A card-type ticket settlement apparatus using a conventional card-type ticket will be described. For the card-type ticket, for example, a magnetic card or an IC card is used.
[0003]
Regarding route buses that adopt a fixed fare irrespective of the boarding section, that is, a so-called uniform fare, there are many methods of paying the fare at the time of boarding. In this method, when performing fare adjustment using a card-type ticket, when a card-type ticket is inserted into the card-type ticket adjustment device at the time of boarding, the amount data recorded on the card-type ticket is read, and the amount is calculated. The fare is subtracted from the data, and the remaining amount is recorded on the card-type ticket together with the route system number, boarding place and boarding time of the boarding bus. At the time of disembarkation, the fare adjustment is not performed, so that the card-type ticket is not read or written.
[0004]
When transferring from one route bus to another route bus, fare adjustment may be made based on the connecting fare. The following is an example of a transfer payment for a route bus that uses a flat fare.
[0005]
At the time of boarding, when a card-type ticket is inserted into the card-type ticket settlement device, the amount data recorded on the card-type ticket, the system number of the route you boarded last, the last boarding place and the last boarding time are If the previous boarding time read from the card-type ticket and the current boarding time are within a predetermined time, it is determined that the transfer is valid, and the transfer fare is subtracted from the card-type ticket price data. The balance is recorded on the card-type ticket together with the route system number of the route bus, the boarding place and the boarding time. If the previous boarding time and the current boarding time read from the card-type ticket are outside the predetermined time, it is determined that the boarding is a normal boarding, and the normal fare is subtracted.
[0006]
If the transfer is determined based on whether the previous boarding time and the current boarding time are within a predetermined time, if the passenger is riding a long section, it will be outside the predetermined time even though it is an appropriate transfer Sometimes. If the predetermined time for the transit determination is lengthened, there is a problem that even a passenger who does not originally correspond to a transit is determined to be a transit. The above-mentioned problem can be solved if the previous getting-off time can be confirmed at the time of boarding, but for that purpose, it is necessary to record the getting-off time on the card-type ticket at the time of getting off. However, in a route bus in which a fare is paid at the time of boarding, the card-type ticket is not inserted into the card-type ticket adjusting device at the time of getting off, so that the getting-off time cannot be recorded on the card-type ticket.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a card-type ticket settlement apparatus which can perform an appropriate transit determination without recording disembarkation data on a card-type ticket when getting off in a route bus in which a fare is paid at the time of boarding (fare prepaid). To provide.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the invention of claim 1, when the card-type ticket is inserted at the time of boarding, based on the boarding system and boarding location recorded on the card-type ticket and the current location, the current location is changed from the previous boarding system. Judgment whether it is a stop that can be connected, if the transfer is possible, calculate the previous departure time from the boarding time recorded in the card type ticket and operation data, and if the departure time and the current time are within the predetermined time, If the transfer is determined to be valid, the fare will be settled using the connecting fare.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of a card-type ticket settlement apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. A card-type ticket (hereinafter, referred to as a ticket) 1 records various kinds of information and can read out the record. For example, a magnetic card or an IC card is used. Hereinafter, a magnetic ticket will be described as an example.
[0015]
A card-type ticket settlement device 2 is provided near a passenger passage at a bus entrance.
[0016]
A card ticket passage (not shown) is formed in the card-type ticket settlement device 2, and by passing the card-type ticket 1 from the entrance to the exit of the passage, a read head 4 and a write head 5 provided in the passage are provided. The recording information of the ticket 1 is read and written.
[0017]
When the ticket 1 is inserted into the entrance of the card-type ticket settlement device 2 and detected by a card detector (not shown) (step S1 in FIG. 2), the CPU 3 activates the motor 6 (step S2) and does not show it. The ticket 1 is transported by the transport belt. The read head 4 reads out the usable amount, the validity period, the previous boarding system number, the previous boarding place, and the previous boarding date and time (hereinafter, boarding time) of the ticket 1 (step 3), These are transmitted to the work memory 7.
[0018]
If the usable amount of the ticket 1 is not available or is out of the validity period, it is determined that the ticket 1 is not valid, a reverse command is issued to the motor 6 (step S5), and the ticket 1 is returned. Is done. At this time, the passenger is informed of the contents by the display 11 and the speaker 12 (step S6).
[0019]
If it is determined that the read data is valid (step S4), the operation memory 9 is referred to, and it is determined whether the current location is a stop which can be connected to the previous boarding system read from the ticket 1 (step S4). S7).
[0020]
In the case where the current location is a stop at which a transfer from the previous boarding system is possible, the stop corresponding to the current location in the previous boarding system based on the previous boarding system and the current location, that is, the last drop-off location is referred to by referring to the operation memory 9. It is calculated (step S8). Furthermore, the required time between the previous boarding place and the calculated previous drop-off place is calculated with reference to the operation memory 9, and the calculated boarding time and the calculated required time are added to the previous boarding time read from the ticket 1. The last getting-off time is calculated by adding the joining waiting time (step S9). If the calculated previous departure time and the present departure time are within the predetermined time, it is determined that the transit is valid (step S10), and the transit fare is subtracted from the ticket 1 with reference to the fare memory 10 (step S11). ). The transit waiting time is set according to the operation status of the route, and may be, for example, about 30 minutes.
[0021]
If the current location is a stop where transit from the previous boarding system is not permitted, or if the previous departure time and the current boarding time are outside the specified time, it is determined that the transit is invalid and the normal fare is boarded Subtraction processing is performed from ticket 1 (step S12).
[0022]
The usable amount after the subtraction processing is written into the ticket 1 by the writing head 5 (step S13), and after the amount is displayed on the display 11 (step S14), the ticket 1 is settled on a card-type ticket. It is sent to the exit of the device 2 and returned to the passenger. When the ticket 1 is sent to the exit of the card-type ticket settlement device 2, the motor 6 is stopped.
[0023]
The card-type ticket settlement device 2 functions when the CPU 3 executes a program in the program memory 8. When operating the bus, the driver sets the system number of the route to be run with the system switch 13. The CPU 3 reads the operation data of the system number and necessary data from the operation memory 9 and the fare memory 10 in accordance with the setting of the system switch 13, stores them in the work memory 7, and reads the various data as necessary. Create a state where you can do it.
[0024]
Next, the details of each part will be supplementarily described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows an example of an operation route, in which the system 110 and the system 120 intersect at the transit stop 1a, the system 120 and the system 130 intersect at the transit stop 1b, and the start and end point 101 of the system 130 is Transit stop 1c. The circle of each system indicates a stop, and the three-digit number indicates the code of the stop.
[0025]
FIG. 4 shows an example of data stored in the operation memory 9. The operation memory 9 stores the order of the stop code of each operation system and the time required between each stop, and also stores the system code of any transitable system at that stop.
[0026]
FIG. 5 shows an example of data stored in the fare memory 10. For an adult, the normal fare is $ 180, and the connecting fare is $ 120. For a child, the fare is half each.
[0027]
FIG. 6 shows an example of the data format of the ticket 1. As shown in FIG. 6A, the magnetic stripe of the ticket 1 includes “STX” indicating the beginning of the recorded information, “company code (transportation company code)”, “ticket unique number”, “valid period”, “ticket”. "Amount", "riding system", "riding place", "riding time", and "ETX" indicating the end of the record information are written in that order, and the ticket 1 in the card-type ticket adjusting device 2 is written. Due to the movement, the record is sequentially read from “STX”. FIG. 6A shows an example of an unused $ 3000 ticket, in which the company code: XXXQQ, the unique number: ABC123, and the validity period: 2002. 12.31. Amount: $ 3000 is written. Nothing is written in the boarding system, boarding place, and boarding time because the boarding ticket is an unused ticket.
[0028]
In the state where the ticket 1 has passed through the card-type ticket settlement device 2, as shown in FIG. 6B, the ticket 1 has, for example, the boarding system 120 in the boarding system column and the stop code 002 of the boarding place in the boarding space column. In addition, the boarding time 13:00 is recorded in the boarding time column, and the regular fare $ 180 is subtracted from the ticket amount $ 3000 at the time of boarding, and the amount $ 2820 settled is recorded in the ticket amount column.
[0029]
FIG. 6C shows a state where the passenger having the ticket 1 shown in FIG. 6B has boarded at 13:30 on the same day with the boarding system 130 and the stop code 104. Since this boarding place is a stop where transit is possible from the previous boarding system and the transit time (time required from the last drop off time to the present transit time) is within 30 minutes, it is assumed that it is a transit ride The amount $ 2700 calculated by subtracting the connecting fare $ 120 from the ticket amount $ 2820 at the time of boarding is recorded in the ticket amount column.
[0030]
In the above description, when the transfer is valid, the transfer fare is subtracted with reference to the fare memory 10. However, only the normal fare is stored in the fare memory 10, and a fixed amount is subtracted from the normal fare. May be subtracted as the connecting fare.
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the last boarding point and the boarding time read from the ticket can be calculated based on the previous boarding system and boarding point, and the current boarding point. There is no need to insert the ticket into the card-type ticket checkout device. In particular, on a uniform fare route in which a ticket is inserted into the card-type ticket settlement device only when boarding, transfer settlement can be performed with the conventional device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a card-type ticket settlement device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the card-type ticket settlement apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a route system and a stop code.
FIG. 4 shows a storage example of an operation memory.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a storage example of a fare memory.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of storage of a type ride;

Claims (1)

Fare storage means for storing fare information;
Operation information storage means for storing operation information;
Reading means for inserting a card-type ticket in which the amount data, the boarding system, the boarding place and the boarding time are recorded, and reading the record information of the card-type ticket,
A first transit determining means for determining whether or not transit from a previous transit system is possible from the boarding system and boarding location of the card-type ticket read by the reading means and the current location with reference to the operation information storing means; When,
Means for calculating the getting-off time from the boarding time read by the reading means, by referring to the operation information storage means when the first transfer determining means determines that transfer is possible;
A second transit determination unit that determines that transit is valid when the calculated departure time and the current time are within a predetermined time;
When the first or second transfer judging means judges that the transfer is invalid, the normal fare is subtracted from the money amount data with reference to the fare storage means, and the first and second transfer judging means are connected. Means for subtracting the connecting fare from the amount data by referring to the fare storing means when it is determined that the connecting is valid;
A writing unit for recording the remaining amount after the subtraction processing as new amount data on the card-type ticket, and recording a current location and a current time on the card-type ticket as a boarding location and a boarding time. Fare settlement device.

Images