JP2000113234A - Season ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the time and labor required for retrieval by reading names and addresses written on a season ticket application sheet as image data, and storing inputted data and the read image data by making them correspond to each other, and retrieving the stored image data. SOLUTION: Image data read by an application sheet reading part 6 and image processed by an image processing part are stored in a magnetic disk device 12 so as to be made correspond to input data from an operator. An issued season ticket is allowed to jump from an issue port 9a. At that time, the season ticket fee is displayed on a display 8 for a passenger. At the time of retrieving the owner of the season ticket, arbitrary data are selected from among the data printed on the season ticket, and inputted from a retrieval input means such as a display input part 2 or a getting-on block setting part 4 as a key for retrieval, When the data are present in the magnetic disk device 12, both the season ticket issue recording data and the image data connected with the data are read, and displayed on the screen of a CRT display part 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commuter pass issuing machine for issuing a commuter pass used for transportation, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When purchasing a commuter pass, a user fills in an application form provided at a station and submits it to a counter where a staff is present. The clerk operates the operation unit while looking at the contents of the application form, inputs data such as the boarding section, use period, commuting / school, adult / child, and sets the application form in the name transfer unit.

When data input is completed, a commuter pass is issued in accordance with the input data, and the name portion of the application sheet set in the name transfer unit is read as image data, which is transferred to the issued commuter pass. You.

[0004] Commuter tickets issued in this way often arrive at the station as finds. At the station's sales office, application forms used for purchase are stored collectively for each issue date, and the corresponding application form is searched for based on, for example, the issue date or issue number of the found commuter pass. When the corresponding application form is found, the contact information described there will be notified that the application has been found.

[0005]

The number of issued commuter passes per day is large, and a large number of used application forms are present. Finding a single application form from this requires a great deal of time and effort, and is a heavy burden on staff.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
The purpose is to be able to find the contact information of the commuter pass user easily, quickly, and without fail, to greatly reduce the time and effort required for the search and to issue the commuter pass. It is an object of the present invention to provide a commuter pass issuing machine that can accurately inform the purchaser of the fee at the time of the purchase.

[0007]

A commuter pass issuing machine according to the present invention includes an input means for inputting input data including a boarding section described on a commuter pass application form, and a commuter pass application form described on the commuter pass application form. Reading means for reading the name and address as image data, input means input by the input means, issuing means for printing the image data read by the reading means and issuing a commuter pass, Customer display means for displaying the fee of a commuter pass issued based on the input data input by the input means, and correspondence between the input data input by the input means and the image data read by the reading means. Storage means for attaching and storing, and search input means for inputting input data including a boarding section to search for image data stored in the storage means. Search means for searching image data stored corresponding to the input data input by the input means based on the input data input by the search input means, and displaying the image data searched by the search means Display means.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a commuter pass issuing machine, which is installed in a counter of a commuter pass counter at a station. The commuter pass issuing machine 1 includes, as an operation unit (input means, search input means),
Display input unit 2, condition setting unit 3, and boarding section setting unit 4
Is provided. The display input unit 2 has a touch panel (input means) for inputting a part of purchase information. The condition setting unit 3 is for setting various conditions related to the operation of the issuing machine. In the boarding section setting section 4, a plurality of station buttons are arranged vertically and horizontally.

An application name transfer unit (reading means) 5 is provided adjacent to the condition setting unit 3. This name transfer unit 5
The image data (image pattern data) in the name entry field of the application sheet set in the sheet insertion slot 5a is read by a CD or the like. Further, an application sheet reading unit (reading means) 6 is provided inside the name transfer unit 5. The application form reading unit 6 reads the entire image data (image pattern data) of the application form set in the paper insertion slot 5a.

A CRT display (display means) 7 is provided next to the boarding section setting section 4, and a customer display (customer displaying means) 8 is provided above the boarding section setting section 4. The CRT display unit 7 displays data input by an operator (station attendant) and displays image data read by the application form reading unit 6. The customer display 8 displays a commuter pass fee and change.

A commuter pass issuing unit (issuing means) 9 is provided next to the condition setting unit 3 and the CRT display unit 7. The commuter pass issuance unit 9 issues a new commuter pass from the issuing port 9a where the commuter pass is actually issued.

The card reading unit 1 is placed on the commuter pass issuing unit 9.
0 is provided. The card reading unit 10 reads magnetic data (an ID number or a password) of a credit card or a bank card inserted into the insertion slot 10a.

A journal printer 11 and a magnetic disk device 12 as storage means are provided beside the application form reading section 5. The journal printer 11 prints a transaction result on commuter pass release in a journal. The magnetic disk device 12 stores various data related to commuter pass issuance, for example, the above-described transaction result, fare data, release record data, application sheet image data, and the like on the magnetic disk.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the control circuit.

The CPU 2 as a main control unit has a memory 2
1, communication control unit 22, image processing unit 23, display input unit 2,
Condition setting section 3, boarding section setting section 4, name transfer section 5, application form reading section 6, CRT display section 7, customer display 8, commuter pass issuing section 9, card reading section 10, journal printer 1.
1 and the magnetic disk drive 12 are connected.

The memory 21 stores a control program and a character pattern for a commuter ticket issuing process. The communication control unit 22 performs data transmission with an external device using a communication line such as a LAN. The image processing section 23 displays the image data read by the application form reading section 6 on the CRT display section 7.
Image processing of reduction or enlargement is performed in order to match the resolution of.

The CPU 20 has the following [1] to [5] as the following main functions.

[1] A commuter pass is issued according to the input data from the operator (clerk), and the image data in the name entry field of the application form (shown in FIG. 4) read by the name transfer unit 5 is used as the issued commuter pass. Ticketing processing means for transferring (issuing means).

[2] Means for displaying the fee of the issued commuter pass on the customer display 8 at the time of issuing a ticket.

[3] Means for storing image data read by the application form reading section 6 in the magnetic disk device (storage means) 12 in association with input data from the operator in issuing a ticket.

[4] Search means for searching for image data in the same magnetic disk drive 12 using the input data in the magnetic disk drive 12 as a search key.

[5] Display means for displaying the image data retrieved by the retrieval means together with the corresponding input data on the CRT display unit 7.

On the other hand, an application form 30 shown in FIG. 4, for example, is prepared at the commuter pass sales office at the station. That is, the application form 30 includes a name entry field, an address entry field, a workplace entry field, a boarding section entry field, a transit station / route entry field, a commuting / commuting condition designation field, an adult / child It has a condition specification column and a validity period entry column.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

The purchaser of the commuter pass fills in the necessary information on the application form 30 and sends it to the counter at the counter. The attendant operates the touch panel of the display input unit 2 and the station button of the boarding section setting unit 4 while inputting the contents of the application form 30, and inputs predetermined data. Then, the attendant inserts the application form 30 into the insertion slot 5 a of the name transfer unit 5.

When the application form 30 is set in the insertion slot 5a, the image data in the name entry column of the application form 30 is read. At the same time, the entire image data of the application form 30 is read, and the image data is processed by the image processing unit 23.

When the attendant performs a ticketing start operation in the condition setting unit 3 (turns on the start key), a series of ticketing processes such as a route process, a fare calculation process, a ticket surface process, and an encoding edit process are executed according to the input data. A new commuter pass is printed and issued. At this time, the image data (name) read by the name transfer unit 5 is transferred to the issued commuter pass.

At the time of this ticketing process, the image data already read by the application form reading unit 6 and subjected to image processing by the image processing unit 23 is stored in the magnetic disk device 12 in association with the input data from the operator. . In this case, FIG.
As shown in the figure, release record data is created by adding the issue number and fare (fare information of the commuter pass determined based on the input data) to the input data, and the release record data and image data are linked. As a result, data for one case (ticketing data) is created. This is sequentially stored for each ticketing process (stored for a plurality of tickets).

The issued commuter pass jumps out of the issuing port 9a. At this time, the commuter pass price is displayed on the customer display 8, and is accurately notified to the purchaser. At the same time, the transaction result is printed on the journal by the journal printer 11, and the transaction result is stored in the porcelain disk device 12.

The attendant receives the commuter pass fee displayed on the customer display 8 from the purchaser, and passes the commuter pass protruding from the issuing port 9a to the purchaser. In this case, since the commuter pass fee is displayed on the customer display 8 and accurately notified to the purchaser, it is possible to smoothly collect the fee between the purchaser and the attendant. It should be noted that the payment of the purchase fee is not limited to cash, but can be made using a credit card or a bank card inserted into the insertion slot 10a. In this case, the receipt on which the transaction result is printed is issued by the commuter pass issuing unit 9 together with the commuter pass.

By the way, a commuter pass may be lost and delivered to the station as a found item. In this case, the station staff tries to find out the owner's contact information from the delivered commuter pass in order to contact the owner.

To search for a contact, a search mode is set in the condition setting section 3, and arbitrary data is selected from the data printed on the commuter pass, and the selected data is used as a search key in the display input section 2. And input from search input means such as the boarding section setting section 4. The data to be entered includes the boarding section, validity period (start date or end date), issue number, etc.
Either may be used.

When the data is input, it is searched whether or not the same data exists in the sales record data in the magnetic disk device 12. The same data is stored in the magnetic disk drive 12
If it exists in the release record data, both the release record data and the image data linked thereto are read. The read release record data and image data are displayed on the same screen of the CRT display unit 7 as shown in FIG. That is, the left area 71 of the screen of the CRT display unit 7
And the right side area 72 displays image data.

The displayed image data is the content of the application form 30 itself, and includes an address and a telephone number, which are the contact information of the owner. The attendant can see the display and contact the owner to inform them that the commuter pass has arrived.

As described above, by simply inputting the input data at the time of issuing a ticket as a search key, the application form 3
0 can be easily, quickly, and arbitrarily searched for, and the time and labor required for the search can be greatly reduced as compared with the conventional manual search for used application forms. In addition, since there is no need to store a large amount of used application forms, there is an advantage that storage space is not required.

In the above embodiment, the form and the contents of the application form 30 are not limited, and can be set appropriately according to the type of commuter pass. Further, although the magnetic disk device is used as the storage means, for example, an optical disk device may be used, or an external storage device may be used through the communication control unit 22. If an external storage device is used, the same search can be performed for commuter tickets sold at other stations, and serviceability is further improved. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to find out the contact information of the user of a commuter pass easily, quickly and without fail, and the time and labor required for the search are greatly reduced. And a commuter pass issuance machine that can accurately inform the purchaser of the fee at the time of issuance of the commuter pass and facilitate the collection of the fee between the purchaser and the attendant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing formats of release record data and image data created in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary perspective view showing the overall configuration of the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing an example of an application form according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the ticketing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary flowchart for explaining search processing according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing a display example of a CRT display unit in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Commuter ticket issuing machine 2 ... Display input section 3 ... Condition setting section 4 ... Ride section setting section 5 ... Name transfer section 6 ... Application form reading section 7 ... CRT display section 8 ... Customer display 9 ... Commuter pass issuing section .

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting input data including a boarding section described on a commuter pass application form; a reading means for reading a name and an address described on a commuter pass application form as image data; Issuing means for printing input data input by the input means and image data read by the reading means and issuing a commuter pass; issuing to a customer based on the input data input by the input means Display means for displaying the fee of the commuter pass to be performed, storage means for storing input data input by the input means and image data read by the reading means in association with each other, and storage by the storage means Search input means for inputting input data including a boarding section in order to search for image data being input, and input data input by the search input means. Search means for searching for image data stored in correspondence with the input data input by the input means based on the input means; and display means for displaying the image data searched by the search means. Commuter ticket vending machine.