Easycard
The Easy Card (Chinese:悠游 卡, Pinyin: Yōuyóukǎ ) is the first non-contact rechargeable chip card in Taiwan, which is used for mass transit systems since 2000. The term " Easy Card " in German means something like " convenient map ", which has a strong concept similarity with the Singapore EZ -link card.
Survey
The Easy Card replaces the older magnetic card, which was by then in use. The card is anonymous, ie after purchasing no disclosure is required. An exception is the personalized card. However, all Easy Card cards have a unique serial number for identification, which allows tracking of the distance traveled, but also used as an access card.
Currently, the Easy Card can at all stops of the MRI, the connected parking lots, several thousand buses of 14 bus operators and 31 parking spaces, which are operated by the city council, are used. In addition, the card can now also increasingly used in the daily, which is open (24 /7) Convenience Stores 7-Eleven to pay.
Publisher
The Taipei Smart Card Corporation ( TSCC ) was founded in March 2000. It consists of the following members: Taipei City Government, Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, 13 private companies operating TAIPEIBANK, Mitac Inc., Taishin International Bank, United World Chinese Commercial Bank, Seaward Leasing Co., Chinatrust Commercial Bank, Mercuries Data System Ltd.. China Engineering Consultants, Inc. and Solomon Smartnet Corp.. Your goal is to further advance the contactless payment system, so that one day there is a scope which is not only limited to public traffic, but is used as a universal means of cashless payment. An example of this is the Octopus card in Hong Kong, with the already purchases can be paid and also as a secure access control applies.
Use
It is enough to come up with the map in the vicinity of a few centimeters of the reader. The charge works even by conventional materials, such as leather or cotton, so that most users roam their purses, handbags, backpacks or jackets over the card reader. The debiting of the credit takes 0.3 seconds. If multiple cards, for example, is in the wallet, the card reader will not work properly because disturbing the cards against each other. As a remedy, the card must be kept separately from the card reader.
The card can be recharged at the stations and in subway stations to specific machines and the recent debit be tracked. The sale is to the customer switches, being still retained a deposit for the card, which will be refunded upon return again. The deposit is NT $ 100 and the purchase can also be done in most stores such as 7 -Eleven, Hi-Life or other convenience stores except to the customer switches the MRT ( Taipei ).
Benefits
It is no longer necessary to have plenty of change on hand or constantly buying tickets. In addition, the through rate of the passenger accelerates through the turnstiles, and reduces the life of the buses at stops. A Easy Card can be used in various transport and in the future to pay in stores. Characterized in that the cards are used for several years, waste is avoided.
For the city planners, the introduction of Easy Card means to increase the attractiveness of public transport and by switching from car to public transport is a reduction of congestion on the roads reached. Through the use of data can be created with a transparent overview, which can convey a fare increase of the population better. In addition, concerns were playing for restriction of privacy as they come up regularly with the use of RFID technologies in Europe, no larger role.
The transport operators benefit from more reliable operating data, such as sales and transportation volume, which leads to cost savings. Has a greater flow rate of passengers due to the shorter duration of the access control more efficient utilization and a higher clock train result. The automated, cashless ticketing system saves money at the cash a check and the money transport.
Technology
The Easy Card has the dimensions of an ordinary credit card. Of the RFID chip and the antenna are located within the map. The data link is effected by means of radio waves at an interval of up to 10 cm. There is no battery in the card, the energy for the operation of the RFID chip is transmitted by electromagnetic waves from the card reader. The Mifare Classic system used is now broken cryptographically. In addition, with the Easy Card the amount of money is stored only on the card itself and can be changed at will. The German hacker Harald Welte showed this in his presentation at the 27th Chaos Communications Congress of the CCC.
The same technique is still used for the following cards: