JPH0573740A - Automatic ticket examining machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically examine tickets regardless of presentation of plural cards in the case of an automatic ticket examining machine coping with cards without contacting by starting communication for ticket examination between a card where its own company line is discriminated and a main body at the time of discriminating its own company line by a discriminating and communicating means. CONSTITUTION:When a user having its own company line card C1 and an other private-company line card C2 about him approaches a communication area 3, a main body G inquires whether both cards C1 and C2 have its own company line code data or not before data transmission/reception required for automatic ticket examination processing. Its own company line card C1 transmits its own company line code data to the main body G in response to this inquiry because having its own company line code data in its memory, but the other private- company line card C2 cannot respond to the main body G because it does not have local private-company line code data. Then, the main body G performs the arithmetic processing for ticket examination processing based on data taken in from its own company line card C1 hereafter.

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, and more particularly to a contactless card type automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, an automatic ticket gate, which is widely used, is constructed such that a ticket or a commuter ticket is inserted into a main body (hereinafter referred to as a main body) of the automatic ticket gate to perform the automatic ticket gate. However, this insertion-type automatic ticket gate has a problem that the commuter ticket user has to insert and remove the commuter ticket from the commuter ticket compartment each time the commuter ticket user passes through the ticket gate.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, data is exchanged between the main body and the commuter pass (card) in a contactless manner, and the automatic ticket gate is inserted without inserting the commuter pass into the main body. There has been proposed a non-contact card type automatic ticket gate capable of carrying out the above (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-246687).

[0004]

Even if a non-contact card type automatic ticket gate is adopted, the user can carry a plurality of cards as in the case of the current insertion type. Conceivable. For example, in the case where a user transits his / her own line and another company's line to reach a destination, it is conceivable to carry two cards of the own line and another company's line. In such a case, in the case of the insertion type, only one of the cards is inserted into the main body and data is exchanged between the main body and the card, so there is no problem. It is expected that one card will be sent to the communication area of the main unit at the same time, causing interference, and automatic ticket gates will not be possible.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can be automatically ticketed even if a plurality of cards are inserted and compete in the case where the automatic ticket gate is of a contactless card type.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is an automatic ticket gate that performs contactless data transfer between a main body and a card to perform an automatic ticket gate. , An identification communication means for identifying the own line and another company's line, a ticket gate communication means for automatic ticket gates, and a card related to the identification and the main body when the identification communication means identifies the own line. And a communication control means for starting the operation of the ticket gate communication means.

[0007]

In the above structure, when the identification communication means identifies the own line, the communication control means starts communication for a ticket examination between the card and the main body related to the identification.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the main body G, and a display unit 2 for displaying a passable direction to a user is provided on the front surface and the rear surface of the housing H.

A communication area 3 for exchanging data by wireless communication with a non-contact type card carried by a user is provided on the upper part of the front part and the rear part of the housing H. An antenna 4 connected to a communication control unit, which will be described later, faces the communication area 3.

Reference numeral s is a human detector for detecting a user's entry into or exit from the ticket gate, or passage through a ticket gate formed between an adjacent main body (not shown). It is attached to the side surface of the body H and the arm 5. Further, a speaker 6 for broadcasting a predetermined guide to the user is attached to the side surface of the housing H.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the main body G, which is constructed by using a microcomputer, and its electric configuration is shown in FIG. That is, the central processing unit (CPU) 11 of the controller 7 performs arithmetic control processing using the programs and data stored in the ROM 12 and the data stored in the RAM 13. This CP
U11 is connected to each door 1a, 1 via the I / O unit 14.
a door driver 15 for driving b, an amplifier 16 for amplifying and incorporating a detection signal of the human detector s, an audio driver 17 for driving the speaker 6, and a card for own line (hereinafter,
It is connected to a communication control unit 18 that transmits and receives data to and from C _{1 (} which is called a private line card).

The communication control unit 18 is composed of a microcomputer other than the controller 7, and like the well-known non-contact type automatic ticket gate, the main body G is connected to the card C ₁ via the antenna 4 on the station name and the day. It has a function of transmitting data such as the date and receiving the radio waves transmitted from the card C ₁ . Note that the communication method between the main body G and the card C ₁ is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, and an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like can be adopted.

Next, the electrical construction of the card C ₁ will be described. This card C ₁ is similar to an ordinary IC card having a communication function, and the annate 20 and the communication control unit 1 of the main body G.
The communication control unit 21 has the same function as that of the I / O unit 8, the I / O unit 22, the CPU 23, the memory 24 including the ROM and the RAM, and the power supply 25. In addition, power supply 2
Instead of having the card 5 inside the card C _1, the power wave may be received from the main body G and used as a power source. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the memory 24 stores code data for identifying the own line, and ticket gate processing data such as a validity period similar to a known contactless card.

The control operation of the automatic ticket gate according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the transmission control procedure table of FIG. Now, the main body G is
As shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the user is set to the bidirectional type and has the own line card C ₁ and the other company line card C ₂ and is about to enter. When both cards C ₁ and C ₂ are brought close to the communication area 3, the main body G
Asks both cards C ₁ and C ₂ whether or not they have their own line code data, prior to the transfer of data necessary for the automatic ticket gate processing.

Since the own line card C ₁ has its own line code data in the memory 24, the own line code data can be transmitted to the main body G in response to this inquiry, but the other company line card C ₂ Cannot respond to the main body G because it does not have such own line code data. Therefore, in the main body G, the CPU 11 thereafter performs the arithmetic processing for the ticket gate processing based on the data fetched from the own line card C ₁ .

As described above, the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment transfers data to and from the card having the own line code data, so that the other company's line card C ₂ is placed in the communication area 3. Automatic ticket gates can be performed without causing interference even when approaching.

In the above embodiment, two cards are shown, but three or more cards may be used. Of course, if the private line card C ₁ is not included in these cards, entry and participation will be refused.

[0018]

The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, when the identification communication means for identifying the own line and the line of another company, the ticket communication means for the automatic ticket gate, and the identification communication means identify the own line. In addition, since it has a communication control means for starting the operation of the ticket gate communication means between the card related to the identification and the main body, it is possible to avoid the interference of the own line card with the line cards of other companies and the main body. Can exchange data. Therefore, even if a plurality of cards approach the communication area of the main body, the automatic ticket gate can be efficiently performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a data map of a memory.

FIG. 4 is a transmission control procedure table.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 Communication area 7 Controller (identification communication means, ticket gate communication means, communication control means) G Main body (main body of automatic ticket gate) C ₁ Own line card C ₂ Other line card

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hitoshi Kojima 1-13-8 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. Yono Works

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate that automatically transfers data by contactlessly transferring and receiving data between the main body of the automatic ticket gate and a card, and an identification communication means for distinguishing between a company's own line and another company's line. A ticket gate communication means for an automatic ticket gate, and a communication control for starting the operation of the ticket gate communication means between the card related to the identification and the main body of the automatic ticket gate when the identification communication means identifies the own line. An automatic ticket gate, comprising: