JP6498944B2 - Ticketing machine - Google Patents

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relates to a ticketing machine.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a use ticket for using a transportation system such as a railroad or a bus, an event venue, etc., in addition to a magnetic ticket or an IC ticket, a paper ticket on which a usage content is printed on a paper medium is known. Paper vouchers printed on paper media have one aspect that is vulnerable to unauthorized use by copying. However, in the conventional technology, there are cases where the effect of suppressing unauthorized use in a use ticket is not sufficient.

JP-A-2005-338908

An object of the present invention is to solve is to provide a ticketing machine that can be used to prevent the unauthorized use.

The ticket issuing machine according to the embodiment includes a printing unit, a reading unit, a writing unit, and a control unit. A printing part prints on the base material of a use ticket. A reading part reads the information which can be collated from the memory | storage part of the said use ticket. The writing unit writes information in the storage unit of the use ticket. The control unit generates a display object in which the validity information indicating the validity of the use ticket and the identification information of the use ticket are encoded, and prints the generated display object on the base material of the use ticket. To control. In addition, when the information that can be collated is stored in the storage unit of the use ticket , the control unit uses the collable information as the identification information of the use ticket, and the effectiveness information and the identification information of the use ticket generates a display object bets is encoded, if the verifiable information in a storage unit of the voucher is not stored, determines the information to be written into the storage unit of the voucher, the determined information The writing unit is controlled to write to the storage unit of the use ticket, and the display information in which the efficacy information and the identification information of the use ticket are encoded with the determined information as the identification information of the use ticket Generate.

The block diagram of the boarding ticket 100 of embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the information written in the memory | storage part 123. FIG. The block diagram of the reader / writer 200 which can respond to the boarding ticket 100. FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate 1 provided with a reader / writer 200 of the embodiment and a reader / writer 20 for a traffic IC card. FIG. The function block diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 of embodiment. The block diagram of reader / writer 200A which can respond to both a traffic type | system | group IC card and the boarding ticket 100. FIG. The block diagram of the reader / writer 200B which can respond | correspond to both the IC card of a traffic system, and the boarding ticket 100. FIG. The block diagram of the ticket issuing machine 300 which issues the boarding ticket 100. FIG. The flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process performed by the ticket issuing machine 300 of embodiment. The flowchart which shows the other example of the flow of the process performed by the ticket issuing machine 300 of embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a use ticket and a ticket issuing machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the use ticket is described as a boarding ticket used on a railroad, but the use ticket may be an admission ticket used at an event venue or the like, or other tickets.

[ticket]
Drawing 1 is a lineblock diagram of boarding ticket 100 of an embodiment. The boarding ticket 100 includes, for example, a paper base 110 having a display surface 110A on which a two-dimensional code 115 is printed, and a chip 120 and an antenna 130 inserted into the paper base 110.

The two-dimensional code 115 is an example of a “display object”. The two-dimensional code 115 is encoded with validity information indicating the validity of the ticket 100 and identification information of the ticket 100 (hereinafter, code-side ticket ID). Encoding refers to converting information into a state in which a person cannot directly recognize the content by encoding, symbolizing, or other methods. In addition, the efficacy information is, for example, the following information, and is information that defines a usable range of the boarding right 100. Instead of the two-dimensional code, a bar code or any other type of display object encoded with information may be printed.
(1) Available section and date Example: A section from A station to B station can be used from 12/1 to 12/31 (2) Fares upper limit and available dates Example: A section up to 500 yen fare Available from 12/1 to 12/31

  In addition, this ticket 100 may be a regular ticket that is only valid for a single ride, or it can be used many times on the day of use or with a meal ticket that can be used at stores along the line. It may be a plan ticket such as a ticket. Information regarding the number of times of use may also be included in the efficacy information.

  The chip 120 is, for example, a passive type IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, and transmits / receives information to / from a reader / writer 200 described later by RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier) technology. The chip 120 includes an RF circuit 121, a control circuit 122, a storage unit 123, and the like. The processing by the chip 120 is performed by a command response method that responds to a command received from the reader / writer 200 via the antenna 130.

  The RF circuit 121 includes a rectifier circuit that extracts driving power from radio waves transmitted from the reader / writer 200, a decoder that extracts signals (commands) from radio waves transmitted from the reader / writer 200, and the like. The control circuit 122 is configured by a logic circuit, for example. The control circuit 122 writes data instructed from the reader / writer 200 to the storage unit 123 according to the content of the command taken out by the RF circuit 121, and reads the data read from the storage unit 123 via the antenna 130. A process of transmitting to the reader / writer 200 is performed.

  The storage unit 123 includes a readable / writable nonvolatile storage medium such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). In the storage unit 123, for example, information that can be collated with a code-side ticket ID encoded in the two-dimensional code 115 (hereinafter referred to as a chip-side ticket ID) is stored from the ticketing stage. Further, the use record of the ticket 100 is written in the storage unit 123 by the reader / writer 200. The usage record of the ticket 100 is, for example, information such as an entry station and an entry date and time. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of information written in the storage unit 123. The chip-side ticket ID may be written in a non-rewritable nonvolatile storage medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory).

  Here, in order for the chip-side ticket ID to be information that can be collated with the code-side ticket ID, for example, (1) the two match completely, (2) the two partially match, (3) When one or both of them are operated or decrypted with a predetermined algorithm, the other is completely matched or partially matched. (4) When one or both is cryptographically processed as a key, the other is completely matched or partially matched. It is only necessary to satisfy various conditions for enabling verification of the other legitimacy based on the above.

  Communication with the reader / writer 200 using the antenna 130 is performed using, for example, a UHF (Ultra High Frequency) band such as a 900 [MHz] band or a 2.45 [GHz] band. Since the UHF band is different from 13.56 [MHz] used by the traffic IC card for communication, the communication between the reader / writer 200 and the ticket 100 built in the automatic ticket gate 1 is the traffic system. It is possible to prevent interference between the IC card and the communication of the automatic ticket checker 1. A communication band other than the UHF band may be used as long as the traffic IC card is different from the communication band used for communication. Traffic-related IC cards may include both those literally formed in a card shape and those built in an electronic device such as a mobile phone. The communication with the reader / writer 200 using the antenna 130 may be performed using 13.56 [MHz] used by the traffic IC card for communication.

[Reader / writer, automatic ticket gate]
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the reader / writer 200 that can handle the boarding ticket 100. The reader / writer 200 includes an antenna 210, a communication control unit 220, a camera 230, a light 240, and a timing control unit 250. The reader / writer 200 supplies power to the ticket 100 and performs wireless communication with the ticket 100. As described above, this wireless communication is performed using, for example, a UHF band such as a 900 [MHz] band or a 2.45 [GHz] band. Note that other communication bands may be used as long as they are different from the communication band used for communication by the traffic IC card, not the UHF band. In addition, this wireless communication may be performed using 13.56 [MHz] used by the traffic IC card for communication with the reader / writer 200 using the antenna 130.

  The communication control unit 220 of the reader / writer 200 transmits a read command to the ticket 100 using the antenna 210, thereby acquiring information such as a chip-side ticket ID and a usage record from the ticket 100, and the acquired information. Output to the automatic ticket gate 1. In addition, the reader / writer 200 writes information to the storage unit 123 of the boarding ticket 100 by transmitting a writing command including information instructed from the host device to the boarding ticket 100 using the antenna 210. This information includes, for example, a usage record of the ticket 100.

  In the reader / writer 200, the output of the antenna 210 is set so that the communicable range is about 10 [cm]. Thereby, communication between the reader / writer 200 and an RFID tag other than the ticket 100 can be suppressed. In normal communication using the UHF band, communication of several [m] is possible. However, in the reader / writer 200 of the present embodiment, the usage mode in the automatic ticket gate 1 (the user uses the ticket 100 as the reader / writer 200). The range is communicable according to whether the user is touching or touching. Thereby, it is possible to prevent information other than the information used for the ticket gate process of the automatic ticket gate 1 that is the original application from being mixed into the reader / writer 200, thereby realizing a smooth ticket gate process.

  Further, the camera 230 of the reader / writer 200 images the boarding ticket 100 (in particular, the two-dimensional code 115) that has been deceived by the user. The light 240 irradiates the boarding ticket 100 with light when the camera 230 performs an imaging operation. The antenna 210 of the reader / writer 200 is wound around, for example, the optical axis 230A of the camera 230. Note that the winding of the antenna 210 of the reader / writer 200 so as to surround the optical axis 230A of the camera 230 is merely an example, and is not limited thereto. Data of an image captured by the camera 230 is output to the automatic ticket checker 1, for example. In addition, an image captured by the camera 230 may be decoded in the reader / writer 200 so that information extracted by the decoding process is output to the automatic ticket gate 1. The camera 230 may be a camera that captures visible light or a camera that captures infrared light.

  The reader / writer 200 performs communication using the antenna 210 and imaging using the camera 230 at substantially the same timing. This timing synchronization is controlled by the timing control unit 250. For example, the timing control unit 250 operates the camera 230 when the communication control unit 220 transmits a radio wave for polling to the antenna 210 and receives a response thereto. The function of the timing control unit 250 may be built in the communication control unit 220 or the camera 230, or may be a function on the automatic ticket gate 1 side.

  The reader / writer 200 is provided as a separate body from the reader / writer for the traffic IC card, for example, in the automatic ticket gate 1. FIG. 4 is an external configuration diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 provided with the reader / writer 200 of the embodiment and the reader / writer 20 for the traffic IC card. The automatic ticket gate 1 controls the passage of the user in the direction A in the figure. The automatic ticket gate 1 includes a display unit 30 that displays various types of information, a door unit 40, and the like. Although FIG. 4 shows that the reader / writer 200 is provided on the front side of the reader / writer 20, the present invention is not limited to this. Although not shown in FIG. 4, the automatic ticket gate 1 may be capable of processing a magnetic ticket in addition to the boarding ticket 100 and the traffic IC card.

  FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram of the automatic ticket gate 1 according to the embodiment. The automatic ticket gate 1 includes a control unit 50. The control unit 50 includes, for example, a decoding unit 51, an encoding unit 52, an SF (Stored Fare) processing unit 53, a decoding unit 54, an encoding unit 55, an image processing unit 56, a matching unit 57, and a ticket processing. Part 58. These functional units are software functional units that function when a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executes a program stored in a program memory. Some or all of these functional units may be hardware functional units such as LSI (Large Scale Integration) and ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The decoding unit 51 and the encoding unit 52 may be functions realized by a built-in computer of the reader / writer 20, and one or both of the decoding unit 54, the encoding unit 55, and the image processing unit 56 may be a reader. The function may be realized by a built-in computer of the writer 200.

  The decoding unit 51 decodes information read from the IC card of the traffic system by the reader / writer 20 and outputs the decoded information to the SF processing unit 53. The encoding unit 52 encodes information instructed by the SF processing unit 53 and outputs the encoded information to the reader / writer 20. The reader / writer 20 writes the information input from the encoding unit 52 on a traffic IC card.

  The SF processing unit 53 performs fare collection based on a charge balance of electronic money held by a transportation IC card. The SF processing unit 53 controls the door 40 to be in an open state when the traffic IC card satisfies the entry condition or the entry condition, and allows the user to pass therethrough, and if the entrance condition or the entry condition is not satisfied, The part 40 is controlled to be in a closed state to prohibit the passage of the user. In addition, the SF processing unit 53 causes the display unit 30 to display an image corresponding to whether or not the user can pass.

  The decoding unit 54 decodes information read from the ticket 100 by the reader / writer 200 and outputs the decoded information to the verification unit 57. The encoding unit 55 encodes the information instructed by the ticket processing unit 58 and outputs the encoded information to the reader / writer 200. The reader / writer 200 writes the information input from the encoding unit 55 in the boarding ticket 100. The image processing unit 56 analyzes the image captured by the camera of the reader / writer 200, decodes the information encoded in the two-dimensional code 115, and outputs the information to the verification unit 57. The collation unit 57 compares the chip-side ticket ID acquired from the ticket 100 and the code-side ticket ID to determine whether or not the ticket 100 is valid. When the verification unit 57 determines that the ticket 100 is valid, the ticket processing unit 58 refers to the validity information and the usage record acquired from the ticket 100, and the Judgment is made whether or not the participation condition is satisfied. When the ticket 100 satisfies the admission condition or the entry condition, the ticket processing unit 58 controls the door 40 to be opened to allow the user to pass therethrough, and when the ticket 100 does not satisfy the admission condition or the entry condition, 40 is controlled to be closed to prohibit the passage of the user.

  The reader / writer 200 may be an integrated reader / writer that can communicate with both the traffic IC card and the boarding ticket 100. FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a reader / writer 200 </ b> A that can handle both a traffic IC card and a ticket 100. The reader / writer 200A includes, for example, an antenna 210-1 and a first communication control unit 220-1 for communicating with the ticket 100, and an antenna 210-2 and a second communication for communicating with a traffic IC card. And a control unit 220-2. The first communication control unit 220-1 and the second communication control unit 220-2 may be separate hardware, or part or all of the hardware is shared, and each has its own software configuration It may have. Further, the reader / writer 200A may incorporate functional units corresponding to the decoding unit 51, the encoding unit 52, the decoding unit 54, and the encoding unit 55 in FIG.

  The antenna 210-1 and the first communication control unit 220-1 communicate with the boarding ticket 100 in a communication band different from 13.56 [MHz] used by the traffic IC card for communication, such as the UHF band. The antenna 210-2 and the second communication control unit 220-2 communicate with a traffic IC card at 13.56 [MHz]. The reader / writer 200 outputs the information acquired from the traffic IC card and the information acquired from the ticket 100 to the control unit 50 in a distinguishable manner. Note that in the configuration illustrated in FIG. 6, the antenna 210-1 and the antenna 210-2 are provided concentrically as an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. The antenna 210-1 and the first communication control unit 220-1 may communicate with the ticket 100 using 13.56 [MHz] used by the traffic IC card for communication.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 6, the first communication control unit 220-1 and the second communication control unit 220-2 may use a common antenna. FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a reader / writer 200B that can handle both a traffic IC card and a ticket 100. In this case, the time zone when the antenna 210 is controlled so that the first communication control unit 220-1 communicates in the communication band corresponding to the ticket 100, and the second communication control unit 220-2 is a traffic IC card. Control is performed so that the time zone for controlling the antenna 210 is alternately switched so that communication is performed in the communication band corresponding to.

  In any of the modes shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, it is not preferable that the communication with the traffic IC card interferes with the communication with the ticket 100. In this respect, the reader / writer 200, 200A, 200B of this embodiment communicates with the boarding ticket 100 in a communication band different from 13.56 [MHz] used by the traffic IC card for communication, so communication interference occurs. Can be suppressed.

  The ticket 100 of the embodiment stores the chip-side ticket ID that can be compared with the code-side ticket ID encoded in the two-dimensional code 115 in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. The collation processing between the side ticket ID and the code side ticket ID becomes possible. As a result, unauthorized use by copying the two-dimensional code 115 can be suppressed.

  In addition, the ticket 100 of the embodiment encodes the efficacy information in the two-dimensional code 115 and stores the chip-side ticket ID and the usage record in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. Compared with the case where information is stored in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120, the storage area required for the storage unit 123 can be reduced. As a result, the chip 120 can be manufactured at a lower cost.

  The reader / writers 200, 200A, and 200B of the embodiment communicate with the ticket 100 in a communication band different from 13.56 [MHz] used by the traffic IC card for communication. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of communication interference in an environment where the two are used in parallel.

[Ticketing machine]
Hereinafter, the ticket-issuing machine which issues the boarding ticket 100 is demonstrated. FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of the ticket issuing machine 300 that issues the boarding ticket 100. The ticket issuing machine 300 includes, for example, an operation / display unit 310, a money collection unit 320, a reader / writer 330, a control unit 340, a supply unit 350, a transport unit 360, an internal reader / writer 370, and two-dimensional code printing. A unit 380 and a ticket unloading unit 390.

  The operation / display unit 310 is a touch panel type display device in which a contact detection mechanism is superimposed on a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display device. A purchaser of the ticket 100 can purchase the ticket 100 having desired efficacy information by operating the operation / display unit 310. Instead of the touch panel type operation / display unit, an operation / display unit including a mechanical switch may be provided.

  The money receiving unit 320 and the reader / writer 330 are provided to collect a fee for the ticket 100 from the user. The money receiving unit 320 counts banknotes and coins inserted by the user, and returns them to the user as change when the price of the ticket 100 is exceeded. The reader / writer 330 performs a process of subtracting the price of the ticket 100 from the electronic money held by the transportation IC card presented by the user.

  The control unit 340 includes a processor such as a CPU, and controls each unit of the ticket issuing machine 300. The supply unit 350 supplies the paper base 110 (the chip 120 and the antenna 130 are inserted and the two-dimensional code is not printed yet) of the ticket 100 to the transport unit 360. As the transport unit 360 transports the paper substrate 110, the internal reader / writer 370 communicates with the chip 120 in the paper base 110, and the two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional code 115. The boarding ticket 100 created in this way is carried out of the housing of the apparatus by the boarding ticket carrying-out unit 390 and delivered to the user.

  The chip 120 of the paper base 110 before the two-dimensional code 115 is printed has the case where the chip-side ticket ID is already stored, and the chip-side ticket ID is not stored. It may be necessary to write it. Hereinafter, the contents of the processing for both of these will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed by the ticket issuing machine 300 according to the embodiment. This flowchart shows the flow of processing when the chip-side ticket ID is stored in the chip 120 of the paper base 110.

  First, the ticket issuing machine 300 waits until the contents of the ticket 100 purchased by the user are confirmed (step S100). When the content of the boarding ticket 100 is confirmed, the supply unit 350 sends one paper base material 110 to the transport unit 360 and starts transport (step S102).

  Next, the internal reader / writer 370 reads the chip-side boarding ticket ID from the chip 120 of the paper base 110 (step S104). Next, the control unit 340 generates a two-dimensional code 115 in which the code-side ticket ID that can be collated with the read chip-side ticket ID and the efficacy information corresponding to the content of the confirmed ticket 100 are encoded. (Step S106). Then, the two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional code 115 generated in step S106 on the paper base 110 (step S108), and the boarding ticket 100 is created. The created ticket 100 is unloaded by the ticket unloading unit 390 (step S110). When the flowchart of FIG. 9 is executed, a reader device that can only read information from the chip 120 may be used instead of the internal reader / writer 370.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the flow of processing executed by the ticket issuing machine 300 according to the embodiment. This flowchart shows the flow of processing when the chip-side ticket ID is not stored in the chip 120 of the paper substrate 110.

  First, the ticket issuing machine 300 waits until the content of the ticket 100 purchased by the user is confirmed (step S200). When the content of the boarding ticket 100 is confirmed, the supply unit 350 sends one paper base material 110 to the transport unit 360 and starts transport (step S202).

  Next, the control part 340 determines chip side boarding ticket ID (step S204). Although there is no particular limitation on the contents of the determination process, the control unit 340 may assign a serial number within a range of numbers assigned to each ticket issuing machine 300, for example.

  Next, the internal reader / writer 370 writes the chip-side boarding ticket ID into the storage unit 123 of the chip 120 of the paper base 110 (step S206). Next, the control unit 340 encodes the two-dimensional code 115 in which the code side ticket ID that can be collated with the chip side ticket ID determined in step S204 and the efficacy information corresponding to the contents of the confirmed ticket 100 are encoded. Generate (step S208). Then, the two-dimensional code printing unit 380 prints the two-dimensional code 115 generated in step S208 on the paper base 110 (step S210), and the boarding ticket 100 is created. The created ticket 100 is unloaded by the ticket unloading unit 390 (step S212). When the flowchart of FIG. 10 is executed, a writer device that can only write information to the chip 120 may be used instead of the internal reader / writer 370.

  According to the ticket 100 of the embodiment described above, since the chip-side ticket ID that can be compared with the code-side ticket ID encoded in the two-dimensional code 115 is stored in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120, automatic The ticket checker 1 can perform a collation process between the chip side ticket ID and the code side ticket ID. As a result, unauthorized use by copying the two-dimensional code 115 can be suppressed.

  In addition, according to the ticket 100 of the embodiment, the validity information is included in order to encode the validity information in the two-dimensional code 115 and store the chip side ticket ID and the usage record in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120. Compared to the case where all information is stored in the storage unit 123 of the chip 120, the storage area required for the storage unit 123 can be reduced. As a result, the chip 120 can be manufactured at a lower cost.

  Further, according to the reader / writers 200, 200A, and 200B of the embodiment, the communication IC card communicates with the boarding ticket 100 in a communication band different from 13.56 [MHz] used for communication. It can be suppressed from occurring.

  Moreover, according to the ticket issuing machine 300 of the embodiment, it is possible to create and issue a ticket 100 that exhibits the above effects.

  In the above embodiment, the ticket 100 is formed of the paper base 110, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed of other materials such as a plastic base.

  According to at least one embodiment described above, a display surface that displays a display object encoded with validity information indicating the validity of a use ticket and identification information of the use ticket, and an antenna for wireless communication with an external device; By having a storage unit that stores information that can be collated with the identification information of the voucher encoded in the display object, and having a chip that transmits the information stored in the storage unit to an external device using an antenna , Unauthorized use can be suppressed.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket gate, 100 ... Ticket, 110 ... Paper base material, 110A ... Display surface, 120 ... Chip, 121 ... RF circuit, 122 ... Control circuit, 123 ... Memory | storage part, 130 ... Antenna, 200, 200A, 200B ... Reader / writer, 210, 210-1, 210-2 ... Antenna, 220 ... Communication control unit, 220-1 ... First communication control unit, 220-2 ... Second communication control unit, 230 ... Camera, 240 ... Light, 300 ... ticketing machine, 310 ... operation / display unit, 320 ... money collection unit, 330 ... reader / writer, 340 ... control unit, 350 ... supply unit, 360 ... transport unit, 370 ... internal reader / writer, 380 ... two-dimensional Code printing section, 390 ... Passenger ticket unloading section

Claims (3)

A printing section for printing on the base of the voucher;
A reading unit that reads information that can be collated from the storage unit of the use ticket;
A writing unit for writing information to the storage unit of the use ticket;
Control that generates a display object in which the validity information indicating the validity of the use ticket and the identification information of the use ticket are encoded, and controls the printing unit to print the generated display object on the base material of the use ticket And comprising
The controller is
In the case where the collable information is stored in the use ticket storage unit, the validity information and the use ticket identification information are encoded with the collable information as the use ticket identification information. Create an object,
When the verifiable information in a storage unit of the voucher is not stored, the determining the information to be written into the storage unit of the voucher, the information which the determined to write in the storage section of said utilization ticket Controlling the writing unit, and using the determined information as identification information of the use ticket, to generate a display object in which the efficacy information and the identification information of the use ticket are encoded,
Ticketing machine. The efficacy information is information on the section and date that can be used by the use ticket, or information on the fare upper limit and the use date,
The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1. The display object is a two-dimensional code.
The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1 or 2.

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