KR100622763B1 - Ic card, ic card processing apparatus and method, and automatic ticket examining apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an IC card processing apparatus and an automatic ticketing device, comprising: an IC card processing apparatus (1) for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas controlled by a plurality of companies. Read and write means 112 for reading out data from and writing data to the IC card, and when a predetermined amount of money information is imposed on the IC card by the read / write means, a predetermined amount for each business area. An IC card processing apparatus having chargeable means 112a for imposing the amount of money information by allocation, which can reduce the burden of mutual settlement processing for each company by using an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas under jurisdiction of a plurality of companies. Characterized in that.

Description

IC card, IC card processing apparatus and method, automatic ticketing device {IC CARD, IC CARD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC TICKET EXAMINING APPARATUS}

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for collecting wicket data of a plurality of companies;

2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an automatic ticket gate;

3 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic ticket gate;

4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the IC card processing apparatus;

5 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an IC card processing apparatus;

6 shows a first example of the charge amount by the card-charging unit;

7 shows a second example of the charge amount by the card-charging unit;

8 is a view showing a third example of the amount charged by the card charging unit;

9 is a view showing a fourth example of the amount charged by the card charging unit;

10 is a view showing a fifth example of the charge amount by the card charging unit;

11 is a view showing a sixth example of the amount of charge by the card charging unit;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the change of data (charge amount, usage history information) in the IC card from the time of charge to settlement process; and

Fig. 13 is a view for explaining the operation of the coupon right of the IC card.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: IC card processing device 2: Automatic ticket gate

3: automatic ticket gate control panel 4: each company data collection server

5: whole company data collection server 10: IC card

112: card processing unit 112a: card charging unit

232: wicket determination unit 244: settlement processing unit

246: Wireless Reader / Writer

The present invention relates to an IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas controlled by a plurality of companies. The present invention also relates to an automatic ticketing device that can use a plurality of business areas jurisdiction of a plurality of companies, and performs a ticketing process based on the IC card to which the amount of money information is applied.

For example, in the railroad relationship, an automatic ticket gate is provided at the entrance to the station yard or the exit from the station yard for the purpose of reducing the labor force of the ticket gate. A user using a transportation system receives an automatic ticketing process by an automatic ticket gate when entering or traveling on a station, or when transferring from one business line to another. In other words, the user inserts the ticket he carries into the automatic ticket gate. The automatic ticket gate receives the entered ticket, reads the ticket information (entry station information, valid fare information) recorded in the ticket, determines whether the ticket is open for entry or business trip, and returns or retrieves the ticket. If the automatic ticketing system determines that ticket opening is impossible due to lack of fare or overtime, etc. based on the reading result of the ticket information, the automatic ticketing device is controlled to open or close the door so that the user is not allowed to enter the station yard, travels in the station premises, or permits a transfer. Do not do it.

In recent years, with the spread of wireless automatic ticket gates compatible with wireless IC cards, their convenience has been rapidly improved (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-93003). In particular, it is necessary to charge a fee in advance for a wireless IC card having a commuter pass and a stored fare (SF) function, and when the wireless IC card is used, automatic settlement of the automatic ticketing device for a wireless counter is required as needed. It becomes possible. In other words, you can pass through the ticket gate without passing the checkout line even if you pass the regular section.

In addition, the wireless IC card can be commonly used in a plurality of companies. In other words, it is possible to transfer to another railway company's route with one wireless IC card and to receive settlement processing as necessary. However, at present, only a few companies are capable of common operation of wireless IC cards. In this respect, the user's convenience does not necessarily improve.

In the future, the commonization of wireless IC cards will be further progressed, and the construction of a system that can use routes of multiple railway companies with one wireless IC card is expected to proceed. According to the construction of such a system, the mutual settlement process of each company that deals with the use of the wireless IC card is inevitable. In each company's mutual settlement process, vast data aggregation and deposit and withdrawal processing (including offsetting) occur, which is a great burden for each company. In the worst case, there may be a possibility that the mutual settlement process cannot be possible in case of accidents such as loss of data.

Originally, according to the construction of the above system, it is possible to collect a predetermined amount regardless of actual use by the user as a benefit of the railway company. On the other hand, when there is a mutual route establishment / connection transfer between different railroad companies, the mutual settlement process of each company that is burdened is necessary. In order to avoid the mutual settlement process of each company, limiting the use range of the card to the line of a single company damages the user's convenience. In addition, the construction of a magnetic ticket due to the IC conversion of a ticket has resulted in the loss of the self-recovery ticket.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides an IC card processing apparatus capable of reducing the burden of mutual settlement processing for each company resulting from the use of an IC card capable of using a plurality of business areas under jurisdiction of a plurality of companies. It is. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticketing device capable of a settlement process for reducing the burden of mutual settlement processing based on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas controlled by a plurality of companies.

In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the IC card processing apparatus and automatic ticket gate of the present invention are configured as follows.

(1) The present invention is an IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas controlled by a plurality of companies, which reads data from the IC card and Read / write means for recording data, and charging means for imposing a predetermined amount of money information for each business area when the predetermined amount of money information is imposed on the IC card by the read / write means.

(2) The present invention is an automatic ticketing device that can use a plurality of business areas jurisdiction of a plurality of companies, and performs a ticketing process on the basis of an IC card on which the amount of money information has been imposed for each business area. Reading and writing means for reading out and writing data to the IC card, and an amount required for each business area in accordance with the use of each business area to be determined based on the data read from the IC card by the read / write means; And settlement means for performing settlement based on the amount of information imposed on each business area read from the IC card by the read / write means, and ticketing means for executing a predetermined ticketing process based on the settlement result by the settlement means. Doing.

Embodiment of the Invention

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described with reference to drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the system which collects the wicket processing data of a some company. Here, as an example, the system which collects the wicket processing data of A company, B company, and C company is demonstrated. The ticketing systems of A, B and C are basically the same. As shown in Fig. 1, the A ticketing system of Company A is composed of an IC card processing device 1, an automatic ticketing device 2, an automatic ticketing device control panel 3, and a company data collection server 4, respectively. In other words, the automatic ticketing device 2 provided at each station is connected to the automatic ticketing device control panel 3. The automatic ticketing control panel 3 controls each automatic ticketing device 2. This automatic ticketing device control panel 3 is connected to each company data collection server 4. In addition, the IC card processing apparatus 1 provided at each station is also connected to each company data collection server 4. Each company data collection server 4 is connected to the entire company data collection server 5.

The IC card processing apparatus 1 issues an IC card 10 having a function as a commuter pass according to a payment (cash payment, bank transfer) from a user, or an IC card having an SF function imposed with predetermined amount of money information ( 10) or issue an IC card 10 having a commuter pass and an SF function, or impose predetermined amount of money information on the IC card 10. In this embodiment, the IC card 10 is described as a wireless card, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the IC card 10 may be a card other than the wireless card. The charge of the amount of money information on the IC card 10 by the IC card processing apparatus 1 will be described in detail later.

The automatic ticketing device 2 performs the ticketing process corresponding to the magnetic field IC card 10. When the automatic ticketing device 2 receives the magnetic ticket, the automatic ticketing device 2 performs the ticketing process based on the information recorded in the magnetic ticket. When the automatic ticketing device 2 performs wireless communication with the IC card 10, it performs a billing process by performing a settlement process as necessary based on the information recorded on the IC card. The settlement processing for the IC card and the wicket processing by the automatic ticketing device 2 will be described later in detail.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the automatic ticket gate shown in FIG.

This automatic ticketing device 2 is usually provided as a set of two to one, and a passage through which a rider passes is formed between them. And this automatic ticketing device 2 can process both a magnetic ticket and an IC card.

As shown in Fig. 2, at one end of the upper surface of the automatic ticketing device 2, a ticket (a commuter pass, a normal ticket, a ticket, etc.) in which ticket information, such as an expiration date or a usable section, is self-encoded and recorded. And an inlet 203 for receiving a magnetosphere such as an SF card, and an outlet 204 for returning the magnetosphere from the inlet 203 is provided at the other end. Moreover, the shutter opening and closing is provided in the inlet 203 as needed. In front of the discharge port 204, a guide display unit 206 for providing various guides to a pedestrian, a station attendant, or the like is provided.

An antenna 216 is provided in front of the inlet 203. The antenna 216 is formed of, for example, a loop antenna and performs wireless communication with the IC card 10 inserted by a passenger. As a result, the antenna 216 receives data transmitted from the IC card 10 or transmits data to the IC card 10.

At both ends of the side of the automatic ticketing device 2, doors 207 capable of opening and closing are provided for controlling the passage of passengers, and the doors 207 are controlled to open and close based on the result of the determination of the passage.

Moreover, the sensor mounting body 208 is installed in the automatic ticketing device 2 upright. The sensor mounting body 208 is provided with a plurality of optical sensors for detecting a passenger, that is, exit detectors 209 and 210 and a central passage detector 213. In addition, the main body of the automatic ticketing device 2 is also provided with a plurality of optical sensors that detect a passenger, that is, entry detectors 211 and 212 and a central passage detector 213.

The exit detector 209 detects a passenger passing through the inlet 203, the exit detector 210 detects a passenger passing through the guide display unit 206, and the entrance detector 212 includes a discharge port 204. Detects a passer through the passage, the entry detector 211 detects a passer through the antenna 216 portion. The central passage detector 213 consists of a pair of main body of the automatic ticketing device 202, a pair of sensor mounting bodies 208, and a pair of four pairs (four) in total, and detects a passer passing through the center part of the passage.

The sensor mounting body 208 is provided with an indicator light 214 for displaying the operation state of the automatic ticket gate device (insertion of a postal ticket, input of an invalid ticket, abnormality of an apparatus, etc.).

As shown in FIG. 3, the automatic ticket gate 2 includes a CPU 220, a memory 222, a ticket receiving mechanism 223, a ticket returning mechanism 224, a ticket returning mechanism 225, and a ticket recovery mechanism ( 226, ticket holding mechanism 227, information reading unit 228, information recording unit 230, wicket decision unit 232, traffic detection unit 234, opening and closing control unit 236, display control unit 240, indicator light A drive controller 242, a settlement processor 244, a wireless reader / writer 246, a transmission controller 250, and the like are provided.

The CPU 220 controls each unit to control a series of operations related to the wicket processing. The memory 222 stores the operation control program of the CPU 220, fare information, train operation information, and the like, or temporarily stores riding information and the like read from the IC card 10 or the magnetic field. The memory 222 also stores information for specifying the station where the automatic ticket gate is installed. The ticket receiving mechanism 223 is constituted by the inlet 203 and the like, and receives a piece of magnetic ticket inputted by one passenger. Alternatively, the ticket receiving mechanism 223 collectively receives a plurality of magnetic tickets put in by one passenger. The ticket return mechanism 224 returns the received magnetic ticket to each part. The ticket return mechanism 225 is composed of an outlet 204 and the like, and returns the received magnetic ticket. The ticket recovery mechanism 226 recovers the magnetic ticket returned by the ticket return mechanism 225 as necessary. The ticket holding mechanism 227 holds the collected magnetic ticket. The information reading unit 228 reads the ride information from the magnetic field. The information recording unit 230 magnetically records or prints various kinds of information on the magnetic field. The ticket gate determination unit 232 determines whether or not to pass based on the magnetic ticket or the information read from the IC card 10.

The passage detecting unit 234 receives the detection output from the detecting units 209 to 213 and detects the passage of the user. The door opening / closing control unit 236 controls the opening and closing of the door 207 on the basis of the ticketing decision result. The display control part 240 controls the display content of the display part 206 based, for example on the result of a wicket determination result. The indicator driving control unit 242 controls the driving of the indicator 214 based on the magnetic field or information read from the IC card 10. For example, the driving of the indicator light 214 is controlled in accordance with an operation state such as the addition of a small right, the insertion of an invalid right, an abnormality of the device, and the like. The radio reader / writer 246 communicates with the IC card 10 by the antenna 216 to read the information recorded on the IC card 10 or to record the information to the IC card 10. The settlement processing unit 244 performs settlement processing based on the amount of money information read from the IC card 10 as necessary. This settlement process will be described later in detail. The transmission control part 250 communicates with the automatic ticketing device monitoring board 3 shown in FIG. 1, and exchanges various information.

4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the IC card processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the IC card processing apparatus shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the IC card processing apparatus 1 equipped with the function of the ticket machine will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, the IC card processing apparatus 1 includes a display section 102, a bill handling slot 103, a ticket handling slot 104, a coin inlet 105, a ticket issuing slot 106, and a coin outlet. 107 and the receiving plate 108 are provided.

The display unit 102 includes the LCD display unit 121 shown in Fig. 5, and displays a screen according to the IC card process and the ticket issue process. In addition, the LCD display 121 includes a touch panel 122 shown in FIG. The bill handling tool 103 receives bills inserted by the customer or returns bills as small change to the customer. The ticket handling slot 104 receives the IC card 10, the commuter pass or the cash card inserted by the customer, or returns the IC card 10, the commuter pass or the cash card, etc. received for the customer. The coin inlet 105 accepts coins input by the customer. The ticket issuing port 106 discharges the ticket issued in accordance with the input operation by the customer. The coin outlet 107 returns a coin as change for the customer. The receiving plate 108 accepts coins as small change returned from the coin outlet 107.

Subsequently, the IC card processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in Fig. 5, the IC card processing apparatus 1 includes a main controller 100, and the IC card processing and the ticket issuing processing are controlled by the main controller 100. The main control unit 100 is connected to a unit transmission unit 110, a reception unit 120, a cashier panel unit 130, a recording unit 140, an upper transmission unit 150, and the like.

The ticketing unit 111, the card processing unit 112, the card charging unit 112a, the banknote processing unit 113, the coin processing unit 114, and the like are connected to the unit transfer unit 110. The LCD portion 121, the touch panel portion 122, the other display / switch portion 124 and the like are connected to the hospitality portion 120. The LCD panel 131, the touch panel 132, the other display switch unit 133, and the like are connected to the relay panel 130. The upper transmission unit 150 communicates with each company data collection server 4 shown in FIG. 1 and transmits data such as sales to each company data collection server 4.

The card processing unit 112 communicates with the IC card 10 inserted through the ticket handling slot 104 to read the information recorded on the IC card 10 or to record the information on the IC card 10. In addition, the card processing unit 112 issues an IC card 10 having a function as a commuter pass according to the payment (cash payment, cash card payment) from the user, or an IC having an SF function imposed with predetermined amount of money information. The card 10 is issued, or the IC card 10 having the commuter pass and the SF function is issued.

The card charging unit 112a charges the amount of money information in a predetermined allocation for each business area governed by a plurality of companies in accordance with the payment (cash payment, cash card payment) from the user. The upper transmission unit 150 of the IC card processing apparatus 1 transmits data (data such as sales) on the charge to the IC card 10 to each company data collection server 4. Data on accounting is data about how much money was charged for a company's business area. That is, sales data of each company. Data relating to the charges sent to the higher level transmitter 150 is also sent to the entire company data collection server 5. That is, the entire company data collection server can collectively manage how much money was charged for the business area of a company. That is, the sales data of each company can be collectively managed.

Hereinafter, the charge amount by the card charging unit 112a will be described in detail.

6 is a diagram illustrating a first example of the charge amount by the card charge unit. When a predetermined amount of information is imposed on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas (company A business area, company B business area, company C business area…) governed by a plurality of companies, as shown in FIG. Amount information is imposed by the equally divided allocation for each area. For example, the IC card 10 has a charge area (A company charge area, B company charge area, C company charge area…) for each business area, and the amount of money information is assigned by the distribution divided equally into each charge area. do. For example, when a charge of 900 yen is instructed by the user through the touch panel unit 122 of the display unit 102, the card charging unit 112a is placed in the A company charge area of the IC card 10. We charge 300 yen for company 300 yen, company B area and 300 yen for company C area.

7 is a diagram illustrating a second example of the charge amount by the card charge unit. When a predetermined amount of information is imposed on an IC card that can use multiple business areas (company A business area, company B business area, company C business area…) governed by multiple companies, as shown in FIG. Amount information is imposed by preferential allocation to the area area including the installation place of the IC card processing apparatus 1. For example, the IC card 10 has a charge area (A company charge area, B company charge area, C company charge area…) for each business area, and the IC card processing apparatus 1 provided at the station A company. If the amount is to be charged by the company, the amount information is charged by preferential allocation to the A company's chargeable area. For example, when a charge of 900 yen is instructed to the IC card by the user through the touch panel unit 122 of the display unit 102, the card charging unit 112a is placed in the A company charged area of the IC card 10. We charge 200 yen for 500 yen, company B charge area and 200 yen for company C charge area.

8 is a diagram showing a third example of the charge amount by the card charging unit. When imposing predetermined amount of money information on IC card which can use plural business areas (A company business area, B company business area, C company business area…) which jurisdiction of plural companies has, regular ride from IC card 10 The information on the section is read out, and as shown in Fig. 8, the amount of money information is charged by preferential allocation to the business area including this regular boarding section. For example, the IC card 10 has a charge area (company A charge area, company B charge area, company C charge area…) for each business area, and company B operates in the regular riding section of the IC card 10. If the territory is included, the amount information will be charged by preferential allocation to the B-exempt territory. For example, when a charge of 900 yen is instructed to the IC card by the user through the touch panel unit 122 of the display unit 102, the card charging unit 112a is placed in the A company charged area of the IC card 10. We charge 500 yen for company 200 yen, company B area and 200 yen for company C area.

9 is a diagram illustrating a fourth example of the amount of charge by the card charging unit. 10 is a diagram illustrating a fifth example of the amount of money charged by the card charging unit. 11 is a diagram illustrating a sixth example of the amount of money charged by the card charging unit. The use history from the IC card 10 when a predetermined amount of information is imposed on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas (company A business area, company B business area, company C business area…) that are governed by multiple companies. 9, 10, and 11, as shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11, the distribution of the amount of money information to be charged for each sales area is determined based on the usage history information, and the amount of the distribution determined for each sales area. Impose information. For example, the IC card 10 has a charge area (A company charge area, B company charge area, C company charge area…) for each business area, and each card is based on the usage history information of the IC card 10. The allocation of the amount of information charged for the company-charged area is determined, and the amount of the information of the amount of the determined distribution is imposed for each company-charged area.

Here, the fourth example, the fifth example and the sixth example of the charge amount will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 9, the fourth example of the amount of charge determination determines the distribution of the amount of money information to be charged for each sales area based on the usage history information of the past n months, and determines the amount of the distribution information determined for each sales area. To impose. For example, a charge of 1000 yen is instructed by the user through the touch panel unit 122 of the display unit 102, and the usage history information of the past n months is used by company A: company B: company C: In the case of using = 2: 3: 5, the card charging unit 112a charges 200 yen for the A company imposed area of the IC card 10, 300 yen for the B company imposed area, and 500 yen for the C company imposed area. .

As shown in FIG. 10, the fifth example of the amount of charge determination determines the distribution of the amount of money information to be charged for each sales area based on the past total usage history information, and determines the amount of the distribution information determined for each sales area. To impose. For example, a charge of 600 yen is instructed by the user through the touch panel unit 122 of the display unit 102, and the entire past usage history information is used by the company A: company B: company C When = 1: 2: 3 is shown, the card charging unit 112a charges 100 yen for the A company-imposed area of the IC card 10, 200 yen for the B company-imposed area, and 300 yen for the C company-imposed area.

As shown in Fig. 11, the sixth example of the charge amount is past (n + 1) months to past (n + 1 + m), which is X to be used for past n months of usage history information among all past usage history information. Weighting of the usage history information of the month (XY) to the usage history information of the past (n + 1 + m + 1) months (XYZ) is performed, and based on the weighted usage history information, The allocation of the amount information to be charged is determined, and the amount information of the determined allocation is imposed for each business area. For example, a charge of 600 yen is specified for the IC card by the user via the touch panel unit 122 of the display unit 102, and the past (n + 1) months are available for the past n months of usage history information. Use of company A: As a result of weighting of 10% to use history information before 30% of past (n + 1 + m + 1) months to use history information of ... past (n + 1 + m) months: Use of company B In the case of using: C company = 1: 3: 2, the card charging unit 112a is 100 yen in the A company-imposed area of the IC card 10, 300 yen in the B company-imposed area, and 200 yen in the C company-imposed area. To impose.

In addition, as a seventh example of the charge amount, when the predetermined amount of money information is imposed on the IC card 10, the frequency of use within a predetermined period determined from the use history information read from the IC card 10 is substantially equal to or more than a predetermined number of times. The amount of money information may be imposed by a predetermined allocation for each business area to be used. At this time, if there is information on the amount of money already charged for the business area of which the frequency of use is less than the predetermined number of times within the predetermined period, the sales area which uses the amount of money information that has been imposed on the business area of which the frequency of use is less than the predetermined number of times. It may be imposed at a predetermined distribution every time. For example, when the usage history information indicates that the frequency of use within three months of the company A business area and the company B business area is one or more times, the business area where the company A business area and the company B business area are actually used. Assume that On the other hand, when it is found that the frequency of use of the company C's business area within 3 months is less than once, that is, 0 times, it is assumed that the company C business area is an unused business area. In this state, if a charge of 1000 yen is instructed by the user through the touch panel unit 122 of the display unit 102, the card charging unit 112a is 500 yen in the company A imposed area of the IC card 10. We charge 500 yen to company B imposition area and do not charge company C imposition area. At this time, if there is an imposed balance of 400 yen in the company C imposed area, 400 yen of this company C imposed area is charged to the company A imposed area and the company B imposed area by 200 yen. It is also possible to delete the charge area with a low use frequency.

As described above, when the amount of money information is imposed on the IC card 10 by the IC card processing apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 12, the IC card processing apparatus 1 is assigned to each company data collection server 4. Sends data regarding the imposition of the amount information. In addition, each company data collection server 4 transmits data concerning the imposition of the amount of money information to the entire company data collection server 5.

Further, the fourth to seventh examples of the charge amount are not applicable when the IC card is used for the first time since usage history information is required. That is, the first to third examples of the amount of money are applied to the first charge. The fourth to seventh examples apply to the subsequent charges.

Subsequently, the settlement processing and the wicket processing of the automatic ticketing device 2 using the IC card 10 subjected to the above-mentioned amount of money will be described. The automatic ticketing device 2 reads the information recorded on the IC card 10 by the antenna 17 and the wireless reader / writer 246, and records predetermined information on the IC card 10. As shown in FIG. The settlement processing unit 244 calculates the necessary amount of money in each business area according to the use of each business area as necessary based on information such as an entry and exit record read from the IC card. The automatic ticketing device 2 transmits the settlement data to each company data collection server 4. In addition, each company data collection server 4 transmits the settlement data to all the company data collection servers 5.

For example, a case in which the IC card 10 is used to enter the station A of the company A and travels in the station C of the company C via the business area of the A company and the business area of the B company will be described. Assume that the fare for the ride in the A company's business area is 200 yen, the fare for the ride in the B company's business area is 100 yen, and the fare for the ride in the Company C's business area is 300 yen. The section from station a of company A to station c of company C is said to be outside the regular section of IC card 10. That is, it is said that payment of the fare of the section from the station a of company A to the station c of company C is necessary.

When entering the station A of the company A, the entrance date and time of the IC card 10 and the entrance information indicating that the company entered the station A of the company A are recorded. At this time, the first ride fare may be deducted in advance in the area A of the IC card 10 imposed.

When traveling at station c of company C, entrance information is read from IC card 10, and it turns out that entrance was entered at station a of company A. At this time, the fare from the station a of company A to the station c of company C is calculated. That is, it turns out that the fare of the ride of the company A's business area is 200 yen, the fare of the ride of the B company's business area is 100 yen, and the fare of the ride of the company C's business area is 300 yen. If 300 yen is charged to the A company charge area of the IC card 10, the fare 200 yen for the ride of the A company business area is deducted from this 300 yen. Similarly, if 300 yen is imposed on the B company imposed area of the IC card 10, the fare for the ride of the B company's business area is deducted from 100 yen. Similarly, if 300 yen is imposed on the C company imposed area of the IC card 10, the fare for the ride of the C company's business area is deducted from 300 yen. In addition, when entering the station a of the company A, if the first ride fare is deducted from the company A's imposed area of the IC card 10, the settlement process is performed in consideration of the already deducted first ride fare.

As a result of the settlement process, as shown in FIG. 12, the balance of each company-imposed area of the IC card 10 is recorded, the balance of the company A-charged area is 100 yen, the balance of the company B-charged area is 200 yen, and company C. The balance of the levy area is 0 yen. In addition, the usage amount is recorded as the usage history in each company usage history area of the IC card 10, the usage amount of the company A history area is 200 yen, the usage amount of the company B history young leaves is 100 yen, and the usage amount of the company C history area is 300. It is yen.

In addition, at the time of the business trip at the station c of the company C, the business trip information is recorded for the IC card 10 and the business trip indicating that the business trip was performed at the station b of the company B. That is, the entrance information and the business trip information can be combined into the usage history information.

As described above, the amount imposed on the IC card for the fare of the ride in the company A's business area, the fare for the ride in the company B's business area, and the fare for the ride in the company C's business area at the time of the business trip at the station c of company C If it is possible to deduct from, the ticketing decision unit 212 is permitted to travel.

Subsequently, the settlement processing in the case where the fare for the ride of the A company's business area in the case is 400 yen will be described. That is, the settlement processing when the fare for the ride in the A business area exceeds the balance in the A company's levy area will be described. At this time, if the total balance of the IC card exceeds the total amount of the fare, the automatic ticketing device 2 cannot settle the business trip unless an additional amount is imposed on the IC card. In the above case, the total balance of the IC card 10 is 900 yen in total, which is 300 yen for A company, 300 yen for B company, and 300 yen for company C. On the other hand, the fare total amount is 800 yen in total of the fare 400 yen for the ride in the A business area, the fare 100 yen for the ride in the B business area and the fare 300 yen for the ride in the C business area. In other words, the total balance of the IC card exceeds the total fare.

At this time, 300 yen of the fare 400 yen for the ride of the company A's business area is deducted from the balance of 300 yen of the original company A's levy area, and the remaining 100 yen is temporarily deducted from the balance of the company B's levy area.

The provisional settlement process is offset by the mutual settlement process of each company at the end of the month / end or at the time of the imposition process on the next IC card 10.

Subsequently, with reference to Fig. 13, the operation of the coupon right by the IC card 10 will be described. The wicket determination unit 232 of the automatic ticketing device 2 uses the predetermined section when it is determined that the number of times of use of the predetermined section has reached the predetermined number of times by the use of this time based on the usage history information read out from the IC card 10. Judge the necessary amount as free, and permit the wicket. Accordingly, the settlement processing unit 244 does not deduct from the IC card 10 the amount of money necessary for the use of the predetermined section at this time. In addition, the wireless reader / writer 246 records information indicating that the number of times of use of the predetermined section has reached the predetermined number of times in the use of the IC card 10 at this time. For example, the wireless reader / writer 246 records the number of times of use of a predetermined section with respect to the IC card 10.

In addition, the operation equivalent to the coupon right by the IC card 10 will be described in more detail. As shown in Fig. 13, for example, the IC card 10 has information on the riding section a-b and the number of times of use (n times) as the usage history information. The information of the boarding section may be automatically set in accordance with the use of the IC card 10 or may be set manually by the user by the IC card processing apparatus 1. Each time the predetermined section is used, the number of times of using the predetermined section is counted up. For example, when the number of times of use of a predetermined section reaches 11 times, the use of the 11th time becomes free, and the number of times of use of the predetermined section is reset to zero.

As described above, according to the IC card processing apparatus and automatic ticket gate of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) When the user imposes the predetermined amount of money information on the IC card, the user is not aware of the amount, and the amount of money information is imposed on the IC card in a predetermined allocation for each business area in advance. Thereby, the burden of subsequent mutual settlement processing of each company can be reduced.

(2) When the user imposes predetermined amount of money information on the IC card, the user is not aware of the amount, and the amount of money information is imposed at predetermined allocation for each business area in anticipation of the use of the IC card. Thereby, the sales of each company can be predicted at the time of imposition. As a result, the gap between the sales amount at the time of imposition and the actual sales amount is reduced, and the soundness of business management can be attained.

(3) Based on the usage history information of the IC card, it is possible to operate a coupon ticket equivalent (discount). When the operation is automatically set according to the use of the IC card, the user can receive a benefit equivalent to a coupon without being aware of it.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible at the implementation stage within the range which does not deviate from the summary. Moreover, each embodiment may be combined suitably as much as possible, and the combined effect can be acquired in that case. In addition, the above embodiment includes inventions of various steps, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriate combination of a plurality of constituent requirements disclosed. For example, the problem described in the problem column to be solved by the invention can be solved even if some of the configuration requirements are deleted from all the component requirements shown in the embodiment, and the effect described in the effect column of the invention can be obtained. A configuration in which the configuration requirement is omitted can be extracted as the invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an IC card processing apparatus capable of reducing the burden of mutual settlement processing for each company due to the use of an IC card capable of using a plurality of business areas controlled by a plurality of companies. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automatic ticketing device capable of a settlement process for reducing the burden of mutual settlement processing based on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas jurisdiction of a plurality of companies.

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An IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, Read-write means for reading out data from the IC card and writing data to the IC card; and And an imposing means for imposing a predetermined amount of money information on a charge area corresponding to each business area by a predetermined allocation when the read / write means imposes predetermined amount information on the IC card. Processing unit. An IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, Read-write means for reading out data from the IC card and writing data to the IC card; and And an imposing means for imposing the amount of money information by the distribution divided equally into the area of charge corresponding to each business area when imposing predetermined amount of money information on the IC card by the read-write means. Card processing unit. An IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, Read-write means for reading out data from the IC card and writing data to the IC card; and When the predetermined amount information is imposed on the IC card by the read / write means, the amount information is imposed by preferential allocation to the charging region corresponding to each business area including the installation place of the IC card processing apparatus. An IC card processing apparatus comprising a charging means. An IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, Read-write means for reading out data from the IC card and writing data to the IC card; and When the predetermined amount of money information is imposed on the IC card by the read / write means, information on the regular riding section is read from the IC card by the read / write means, and each business includes the regular riding section. And an imposing means for imposing the amount of money information by preferential allocation to the imposing area corresponding to the area. An IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, Read-write means for reading out data from the IC card and writing data to the IC card; and When the predetermined amount of money information is imposed on the IC card by the read / write means, the usage history information is read from the IC card by the read / write means, and corresponding to each business area based on the usage history information. And an imposing means for determining a distribution of the amount of money information to be charged to the chargeable area, and for imposing the amount of money information determined to the chargeed area corresponding to each business area. An IC card processing apparatus for imposing predetermined amount of money information on an IC card that can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, Read-write means for reading out data from the IC card and writing data to the IC card; and When the predetermined amount of money information is imposed on the IC card by the read / write means, each business whose use frequency is not less than a predetermined number of times within a predetermined period determined from the usage history information read from the IC card by the read / write means. The amount information is charged to the charging area corresponding to the area by a predetermined allocation, and the amount of money information already charged for each business area whose usage frequency is less than the predetermined number of times within a predetermined period is substantially applied to each of the business areas that are being used. And an imposing means for imposing a predetermined distribution on the corresponding imposing region. In the automatic ticketing device which can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, and performs a ticketing process on the basis of an IC card to which the amount of money information is charged for each business area, Read-write means for reading data from the IC card and recording data to the IC card; The amount imposed for each business area read from the IC card by the read / write means on the amount required in each business area according to the use of each business area that is determined based on the data read from the IC card by the read / write means. Settlement means for calculating based on the information, and And an automatic ticketing means for executing a predetermined ticketing process on the basis of the settlement result by said payment means. In the automatic ticketing system, which is capable of using multiple business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, and conducting a ticketing process based on an IC card to which the amount of money information is charged for each business area, Read-write means for reading data from the IC card and recording data to the IC card; The amount imposed for each business area read from the IC card by the read / write means on the amount required in each business area according to the use of each business area that is determined based on the data read from the IC card by the read / write means. Settlement means for calculating based on the information, and And an automatic ticketing means for recording a history of use of the IC card by the reading means and for performing a predetermined ticketing process. In the automatic ticketing device which can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, and performs a ticketing process on the basis of an IC card to which the amount of money information is charged for each business area, Read-write means for reading data from the IC card and recording data to the IC card; The amount imposed for each business area read from the IC card by the read / write means on the amount required in each business area according to the use of each business area that is determined based on the data read from the IC card by the read / write means. First payment means for making a payment based on the information, In the settlement processing by the first settlement means, when the amount of money required in a certain business area cannot be settled only by the amount information charged for the predetermined business area, the amount of money charged for the other business area is provisionally used. Second settlement means for settlement, and And an automatic ticketing means for executing a predetermined ticketing process on the basis of the settlement result by said first and second payment means. In the automatic ticketing device which can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, and performs a ticketing process on the basis of an IC card to which the amount of money information is charged for each business area, Read-write means for reading data from the IC card and recording data to the IC card; The amount imposed for each business area read from the IC card by the read / write means on the amount required in each business area according to the use of each business area that is determined based on the data read from the IC card by the read / write means. Settlement means for calculating based on information, When it is determined that the number of times of use of the predetermined section has reached a predetermined number of times by the use of this time based on the usage history information read from the IC card by the read / write means, Settlement processing control means for performing settlement processing by the settlement means at a cost free of charge necessary for use of the predetermined section; and And by the read / write means, a wicket means for recording the usage history including information indicating that the number of times of use of a predetermined section has reached a predetermined number of times by the use of the IC card at this time, and performing a predetermined ticketing process. Automatic ticket gates characterized in that. A charging area for using a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, and recording the amount of information charged for each business area, respectively; A communication function unit with an IC card processing apparatus that imposes predetermined amount of money information, An IC card for an automatic ticket gate device, characterized in that the amount charged by the IC card processing apparatus is distributed to the charging area at a predetermined distribution rate. The method of claim 11, An IC card for an automatic ticket gate device, characterized in that the distribution ratio to the charge region is equal. The method of claim 11, An IC card for an automatic ticket gate device, wherein the distribution ratio to the charging area is preferentially distributed to the business area including the place where the IC card processing device is communicated. The method of claim 11, The IC card for the automatic ticket gate device, wherein the allocation ratio to the charged area is preferentially distributed to the business area including the regular riding section of the IC card (10). The method of claim 11, An IC card for an automatic ticket gate device, characterized in that the distribution ratio to the charge area is determined based on the usage history information of each business area. Automatic wicket which can use a plurality of business areas each having jurisdiction over a plurality of companies, has a charge area for recording the amount of money information charged for each business area, and a communication function unit with an IC card processing device for imposing predetermined amount of money information. About the chip card for the device, Communicating with the IC card through the communication function unit; And recording the amount of money information in a predetermined allocation in each charge area of the IC card.

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