System for issuing and utilizing ticket

• US 5,969,332 A
• Filed: 07/21/1997
• Issued: 10/19/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ueda, Masaaki, Aoki, Shigeo, Oka, Takuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien Minh
• Application Number:
  US08/836,548
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 235/381, 235/382, 235/380, 235/392, 235/494, 235/492, 235/38, 235/441, 364/479.01, 364/479.05, 364/479.07
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/342 Cards defining paid or billed services or quantities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/10 Movable barriers with registering means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/42 for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/025 by means, e.g. cards, providing billing information at the time of purchase, e.g. identification of seller or purchaser, quantity of goods delivered or to be delivered
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence

Abstract

An object is to provide a system for issuing and utilizing a ticket with which a passenger, using an IC card, can purchase a ticket and pass through a ticket gate, the structure being a non-contact terminal memories the non-contact signal transmitted from a ticket-selling machine and involving the permitted-section information corresponding to the section the passenger is aboard the train, and exchanges the permitted section information between the non-contact terminal and the ticket gate.

Claims

1. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium, comprising:

reading means for reading data from said machine readable medium and generating a first information signal;

a terminal having

an antenna to receive the first information signal from the reading means,

processing means to process the first information signal, and generate a control signal,

means responsive to the control signal for generating a second information signal based on the first information signal and for transmitting the second information signal,

a passenger gate for receiving the second information signal, and determining whether entry of a passenger is permitted based on data contained in the second information signal, and

a transmitting-control, wherein when the transmitting-control is activated, the terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate,

wherein

when a passenger passes through the passenger gate, said terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate indicating whether entry of the passenger is permitted, and

wherein said terminal

i) transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate and transmits a third information signal which causes the passenger gate to allow the passenger to pass through the passenger gate when the passenger exits, and

ii) receives a fourth information signal transmitted from the passenger gate indicating that the passenger has passed through the passenger gate.

4. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium of claim 1, said terminal further comprises a character display panel, wherein the terminal the permitted-section- information-transmitting button, converts the first information signal to a character format and displays the character format on the character display panel when the transmitting-button is activated.

2. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium comprising:

reading means for reading data from said machine readable medium and generating a first information signal;

a terminal having

an antenna to receive the first information signal from the reading means,

processing means to process the first information signal, and generate a control signal,

means responsive to the control signal for generating a second information signal based on the first information signal and for transmitting the second information signal,

a passenger gate for receiving the second information signal, and determining whether entry of a passenger is permitted based on data contained in the second information signal,

a transmitting-control, wherein when the transmitting-control is activated, the terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate, and

a character display means, wherein the terminal converts the first information signal to a character format and displays the character format on the character display means when the transmitting-control is activated,

wherein

when a passenger passes through the passenger gate, said terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate indicating whether entry of the passenger is permitted.

3. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium comprising:

reading means for reading data from said machine readable medium and generating a first information signal;

a terminal having

an antenna to receive the first information signal from the reading means,

processing means to process the first information signal, and generate a control signal,

means responsive to the control signal for generating a second information signal based on the first information signal and for transmitting the second information signal,

a passenger gate for receiving the second information signal, and determining whether entry of a passenger is permitted based on data contained in the second signal,

a confirming switching means, and

a character display means,

wherein

when said confirming switching means is activated the processing means reads the information stored in the processing means and displays the information on the character display means,

when the medium is issued, information stored in the processing means of the terminal is transmitted to the reading means, and, thereafter, the reading means transmits the first information signal and the information stored in the processing means is updated, and

when a passenger passes through the passenger gate said terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate indicating whether entry of the passenger is permitted.

5. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium comprising:

reading means for reading data from said machine readable medium and generating a first information signal;

a terminal having

an antenna to receive the first information signal from the reading means,

processing means to process the first information signal, and generate a control signal,

means responsive to the control signal for generating a second information signal based on the first information signal and for transmitting the second information signal, and

a passenger gate for receiving the second information signal, and determining whether entry of a passenger is permitted based on data contained in the second information signal,

memory means coupled to said processing means, said memory means storing the first information signal and the second information signal responsive to said processing means, and

a display to display at least one of the first information signal and second information signal responsive to said processing means,

wherein

when a passenger passes through the passenger gate, said terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate indicating whether entry of the passenger is permitted.

6. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium according to claim 5, further compromising:

an IC-card reader to read information from an IC-card,

wherein the machine readable medium is the IC-card, and the information from the IC-card is displayed on the display.

7. A system for issuing and utilizing an IC-card comprising:

reading means having an IC-card reader for reading data from said IC-card and generating a first information signal;

a terminal having

an antenna to receive the first information signal from the reading means,

processing means to process the first information signal, and generate a control signal,

means responsive to the control signal for generating a second information signal based on the first information signal and for transmitting the second information signal, and

a passenger gate for receiving the second information signal, and determining whether entry of a passenger is permitted based on data contained in the second information signal, and

a second antenna to send the first information signal to the terminal,

wherein

when a passenger passes through the passenger gate, said terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate indicating whether entry of the passenger is permitted.

8. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium comprising:

a ticket-selling machine having

a reader to read information from the machine readable medium and generate a first information signal

first communication means for transmitting the first information signal,

a terminal having

second communication means for receiving the first information signal from the first communication means,

a processor to process the first information signal, and generate a control signal,

a non-volatile memory to store the first information signal responsive to the control signal,

means responsive to the control signal for generating a second information signal based on the first information signal and for transmitting the second information signal from the second communication means,

a reader to read the information from the machine readable medium, and

a passenger gate for receiving the second information signal, and determining a permitted section for a passenger based on data contained in the second information signal,

wherein when a passenger passes through the passenger gate, said terminal transmits the second information signal to the passenger gate indicating whether entry of the passenger is permitted.

9. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium according to claim 8, wherein the machine readable medium is an IC-card.

10. A system for issuing and utilizing a machine readable medium according to claim 8, further comprising a display to display the information read by the reader.