Ticket examining apparatus and ticket examining method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for examining a ticket, the apparatus comprising:
- a transmitting and receiving direction switching unit that switches a transmitting and receiving direction of a signal to be transmitted and received by an antenna, provided within a gate, either toward an entrance direction or an exit direction where a user arrives; and
a pass permission determining unit that determines whether to permit the user to pass through the gate, by wirelessly communicating with a portable apparatus of the user using a signal transmitted and received by the antenna and switchably directed by the transmitting and receiving direction switching unit toward one of the entrance direction and the exit direction.
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Abstract
A ticket examining apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving direction switching unit that switches a transmitting and receiving direction of a signal to be transmitted and received by an antenna, provided within a gate, either toward an entrance direction or an exit direction where a user arrives, and a pass permission determining unit that determines whether to permit the user to pass through the gate, by wirelessly communicating with a portable apparatus of the user using a signal transmitted and received by the antenna and switchably directed by the transmitting and receiving direction switching unit toward one of the entrance direction and the exit direction.
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8 Claims
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1. An apparatus for examining a ticket, the apparatus comprising:
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a transmitting and receiving direction switching unit that switches a transmitting and receiving direction of a signal to be transmitted and received by an antenna, provided within a gate, either toward an entrance direction or an exit direction where a user arrives; and a pass permission determining unit that determines whether to permit the user to pass through the gate, by wirelessly communicating with a portable apparatus of the user using a signal transmitted and received by the antenna and switchably directed by the transmitting and receiving direction switching unit toward one of the entrance direction and the exit direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for examining a ticket, the method comprising:
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switching a transmitting and receiving direction of a signal to be transmitted and received by an antenna, provided within a gate, toward one of an entrance direction and an exit direction where a user arrives; and determining whether to permit the user to pass through the gate, by wirelessly communicating with a portable apparatus of the user using a signal transmitted and received by the antenna and switchably directed toward one of the entrance direction and the exit direction in the switching.
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