JPH04306788A - Automatic fare collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dispense with the need of fare adjustment of the difference on tickets and to prevent overpayment when getting off a transit system. CONSTITUTION:In an entraining station, a card reader 2 for reading remainder reads the remainder from a prepaid card 1 inputted by a user. A card holder writer 4 for the boarding station finds the remainder from a boarding point to each section based on the remainder and writes it in a card holder 3. In an alighting station, the card holder 3 receives the alighting station information transmitted from a alighting station transmission part 5, takes out the remainder from the remainder table based on it, outputs a remainder message to a message display part, and notifies the remainder to a user. When the user inputs the prepaid card 1 and the card holder 3 to a card reader/writer 7 for collecting fare and a card holder reader 6 respectively at a wicket, the card holder reader 6 reads the remainder data from the card holder 3. The read remainder data is transmitted to the card reader/writer 7 for fare collection and the net fare is paid from the prepaid card 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic toll collection system, and more particularly to an automatic toll collection system using prepaid cards in transportation facilities.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventional automatic fare collection systems using prepaid cards in transportation facilities use automatic ticket vending machines for prepaid cards to deduct the fare from the prepaid card to the destination specified by the user at the boarding point. They were selling tickets equivalent to .

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional automatic fare collection system described above, tickets are purchased first;
If you make a mistake when purchasing or change your destination after boarding, you may have to pay for the missing fare, or you may end up paying too much and incurring a loss.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] A first invention is an automatic fare collection system using a prepaid card in a transportation facility, which includes: a prepaid card; a card holder that stores balance data at the time of departure and outputs the balance data at the time of alighting corresponding to the alighting station information at the boarding station, and a card reader for reading the balance at the boarding station that reads the balance data of the prepaid card; a boarding station card holder writer that calculates the balance at the time of getting off from the boarding station to each boarding section based on the balance data read by a card reader and stores it in the card holder;
The alighting station includes: an alighting station transmitter that transmits the alighting station information to the card holder at a specific frequency; a cardholder reader that reads the remaining balance data at the time of alighting corresponding to the alighting station information output from the card holder; and a card reader/writer for toll collection that collects tolls based on the remaining amount data at the time of getting off the vehicle read from the prepaid card.

[0005] Also, in a second aspect of the present invention, the card holder has a reception unit that receives the alighting station information transmitted from the alighting station transmission unit, and stores the remaining balance data at the time of alighting from the boarding point to each section. It is characterized in that it is comprised of a memory, a microcomputer that extracts the remaining money data at the time of getting off the train corresponding to the information on the getting off station and displays the remaining money on a message display section provided in advance, and a power supply section that supplies power.

[0006]

Embodiments Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention.

[0008] This system uses a prepaid card 1 and a card holder 3 that stores the balance of each section at the boarding station of the prepaid card 1, and a card reader 2 for reading the balance of the prepaid card 1 at the boarding station. , and a boarding station cardholder writer 4 that calculates the balance from the boarding station to each section based on the balance read by the balance reading card reader 2 and stores it in the card holder 3. An alighting station transmitter 5 that transmits alighting station information on a specific frequency, a cardholder reader 6 that reads balance data from the cardholder 3, and a toll collection card reader/writer 7 that collects tolls from the prepaid card 1 are provided. There is.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the card holder 3.
A receiving unit 8 receives the alighting station information transmitted from the alighting station transmitting unit 5, a memory 9 that stores the remaining amount from the boarding point to each section, and a microprocessor that extracts the remaining amount from the alighting station information and outputs message data. It is composed of a computer 10, a message display section 11 that displays messages, and a power supply section 12 that supplies power.

Next, the operation will be explained using the drawings.

At the boarding station, the balance reading card reader 2 reads the balance from the prepaid card 1 input by the user. The boarding station card holder writer 4 calculates the balance from the boarding point to each section based on the balance, and writes the card holder 3 to the boarding station.
write to memory 9 of.

At the alighting station, the card holder 3 receives the alighting station information transmitted from the alighting station transmitter 5, and based on this, the microcomputer 10 extracts the remaining amount from the corresponding balance table in the memory 9 and sends a message. Display section 11
Outputs a balance message to notify the user of the remaining balance.

When the user inputs the prepaid card 1 and the card holder 3 into the fee collection card reader/writer 7 and the card holder reader 6 at the ticket gate, the card holder reader 6 reads the balance data from the card holder 3. The read remaining balance data is sent to a card reader/writer for fee collection 7, where the actual fee is deducted from the prepaid card 1 to realize fee collection.

[0014]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the balance for each section from the boarding station is stored in the card holder at the boarding point, and the balance corresponding to the boarding section is automatically transferred from the card holder when getting off the train. By updating the readout prepaid card and collecting fees, there is no need to pay for insufficient fees or lose money due to overpayments.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic toll collection system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the card holder 3 of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Prepaid card 2 Card reader for balance reading 3 Card holder 4 Boarding station card holder writer 5 Getting off station transmitter 6 Card holder reader 7 Toll collection card reader/writer 8 Receiving section 9 Memory 10 Microcomputer 11 Message display section 12 Power supply section

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: In an automatic fare collection system using a prepaid card in a transportation facility, the prepaid card and the remaining balance data of the prepaid card from the boarding station to each boarding section are stored at the boarding station, and the data is stored at the boarding station to get off the board at the boarding station. and a card holder that outputs the remaining amount data at the time of getting off that corresponds to the station information, and the boarding station is equipped with a card reader for reading the remaining amount that reads the remaining amount data of the prepaid card, and a card holder for reading the remaining amount data read by the card reader for reading the remaining amount. and a boarding station card holder writer that calculates the balance at the time of getting off from the boarding station to each boarding section and storing it in the card holder. an alighting station transmitter that transmits the
A card holder reader that reads the remaining amount data at the time of alighting corresponding to the information on the alighting station outputted from the card holder, and a card reader/writer for toll collection that collects a fee based on the remaining amount data at the time of alighting read from the prepaid card. An automatic toll collection system comprising: 2. The card holder includes a receiving unit that receives the alighting station information transmitted from the alighting station transmitting unit, a memory that stores the alighting balance data from the boarding point to each section, and the alighting station information. 2. The automatic toll collection system according to claim 1, comprising: a microcomputer for extracting the remaining amount data at the time of getting off the vehicle and displaying the remaining amount on a message display section provided in advance; and a power source section for supplying power. .