JPH07121605A - Portable ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the device so that even an official in charge who is unaccustomed to a ticket issue can issue a violation ticket of traffic regulations of a vehicle, etc., without making a mistake, and also, quickly. CONSTITUTION:On a display part 3, a procedure of a ticket issue, of a format of a ticket, etc., are displayed, based on a program from a storage part 7. By a reading part 1, a driver's license is read, recorded in a memory part 6, and simultaneously, generated to a format of a ticket and displayed on the display part. As for an indistinct character, etc., when they are corrected by writing them with a pen on a screen, this signal is inputted to a character converting part 5 from an input part 4 and converted to a character, and replaced with an image of the part concerned in the memory part. In a GPS receiving part 9, a radio wave from a geodetic satellite is received, a geographical point is measured, collated with map data of a ROM card, etc., by a position discriminating part 10, and the geographical point is discriminated, and recorded in the memory part together with the data and hour from a clock part 11. Subsequently, the data in the memory part is read out, generated to an image for issuing a ticket by a ticket image generating part 8, and printed to necessary ticket paper by a printing part 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable ticket issuing device,
This relates to a vehicle that a police officer or the like carries and issues a ticket to a vehicle that violates the Road Traffic Law.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The duties of police officers such as traffic officers include the task of finding a vehicle or the like that violates the Road Traffic Act and issuing a ticket. When a violating vehicle is found, a police officer asks the driver to show his or her driver's license, copy the matters to be described on the driver's license on the required ticket form, and write the location of violation and the date and time.
Although a ticket is issued, it may be necessary to perform such work in a place with heavy traffic and noise, for example, in the case of an inexperienced police officer, it takes time to issue a ticket. Alternatively, there is a problem in that a mistake is made in copying the items to be described from the driver's license.

[0003]

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention sequentially displays the procedure for issuing a ticket, and automatically reads the driver's license information necessary for issuing the ticket. , Record at the required location on the ticket image, use a pen to input the characters to be written by hand, check the location of the violation with a GPS (global positioning system) receiving device, and check the date and time of occurrence with a clock. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ticket which can be easily checked by a staff member who is unfamiliar with ticket issuance and which is less likely to cause human error by making a confirmation by a signal from the department.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a storage unit for storing ticket formats and the like, a reading unit for reading a driver's license and the like, and a format screen read from the storage unit. Alternatively, a display unit for displaying an image of a driver's license read by the reading unit, an input unit for inputting characters and the like, a character conversion unit for converting a signal from the input unit into characters, and a reading unit for reading the characters. A memory unit for recording data or data from the character conversion unit, a ticket image generation unit for generating a ticket image based on the data read from the memory unit, and a predetermined paper based on a signal from the ticket image generation unit Provided is a portable ticket issuing device including a printing unit for printing on a paper, a storage unit, a reading unit, a display unit, an input unit, a character conversion unit, a memory unit, a ticket image generation unit, and a control unit for controlling the printing unit. Is shall.

[0005]

With the above construction, in the portable ticket issuing apparatus according to the present invention, the issuance of a ticket for a vehicle that violates the Road Traffic Act follows the guide displayed on the screen based on the program from the storage unit. If the driver's license is inserted in a required place, the driver's license number, address, name, etc. are read, recorded in the memory, and simultaneously displayed on the screen. The format of the ticket read from the storage unit is displayed on the screen.If the displayed image contains ambiguous characters, etc., correct the corresponding part with a pen and the signal input with the pen will be converted to a character. , And is recorded by being replaced with the image of the corresponding portion of the memory. The GPS receiving unit receives radio waves from a plurality of geodetic satellites to measure the position, the position discriminating unit collates with the map data of the ROM card, discriminates the point on the map, records it in the memory, and the clock unit. Record the date and time by the signal from. Then, these data recorded in the memory are read out, an image for ticket printing is generated, and the printing unit prints it on the required ticket paper.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a portable ticket issuing device will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a portable ticket issuing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 1
Is a reading unit for reading the characters and the like of the driver's license 2 inserted in a required place. A display unit 3 constitutes a display screen such as a liquid crystal panel or the like, and displays an image or the like from the reading unit 1 on the screen. An input unit 4 is, for example, a pen input type panel and is provided on the screen of the display unit 3. A character conversion unit 5 converts the character into a character based on a signal input by the pen writing from the input unit 3. A memory unit 6 records the signal from the reading unit 1 or the signal from the character converting unit 5. A storage unit 7 stores a ticket format, a ticket issuing program, and the like. A ticket image generation unit 8 generates a ticket printing image based on the data read from the memory unit 6 by a program from the storage unit 7. 9 is G
The PS receiver receives radio waves from a plurality of satellites installed for measuring the position of the earth, and measures the position of its own device from the transmission time and orbit data of each satellite. Reference numeral 10 is a position discriminating unit, which is a ROM in which the signal from the GPS receiving unit 9 is inserted into the device.
The position of the device itself is determined by collating with map data such as a card (read-only memory card). Reference numeral 11 is a clock section, which engraves the date and time. A printing unit 12 prints on required violation ticket paper based on the image data from the ticket image generation unit 8 or the like. A control unit 13 controls each unit of the device.

Next, the operation of the portable ticket issuing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. 2A and 2B are outline conceptual views of an example of the portable ticket issuing apparatus, in which (A) is a front side and (B) is a back side. This device is carried by police officers when detecting a vehicle or the like that violates the Road Traffic Act. The screen 21 on the surface of the device is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal panel having a pen input layer provided on the surface thereof, and corresponds to the display screen of the display unit 3 and the input unit 4 formed of a touch panel. On this screen 21, a guide for a ticket issuing procedure is displayed step by step by a program from the storage unit 7. When a violating vehicle is found, the driver is required to show his / her driver's license, and the driver's license 2 is inserted into the license insert part 25 on the back of the device according to the guide on the screen 21.
Read the address, name and license number, etc., which are stated in the required range of the driver's license. The read data is input to the memory unit 6 via the control unit 13 and recorded in the required license data recording area of the ticket format read from the storage unit 7. At the same time, the data recorded in the memory unit 6 is read out, input to the display unit 3 via the control unit 13, and displayed on the screen 21. When the displayed characters and the like are unclear, correction is added on the screen 21 by the character input pen 22 attached to the device. Input section 4 with pen 22
Is input to the character conversion unit 5 via the control unit 13, the character corresponding to the pen writing input is identified, converted into a character signal, input to the memory unit 6 via the control unit 13, and input by the pen writing. The character (image) at the selected position is replaced with the character from the character conversion unit 5. The reading unit 1 is for reading the address, name and driver's license number etc. written in the required position of the driver's license, but the driver's license is a magnetic recording type,
Alternatively, in the case of a memory card type or the like, the data may be read by a method corresponding to each method.

The location of the violation is determined by the position determination unit 10 based on the signal from the GPS reception unit 9. That is,
The GPS receiving unit 9 receives radio waves from a plurality of satellites for position measurement that are moving around the earth by the receiving antenna 23, and measures the position of the receiving point based on the transmission time and orbit data of each satellite. Then, this data is input to the position discriminating unit 10 via the control unit 13 and collated with the map data of the ROM card inserted in the card inserting unit 26 to discriminate the position on the map. This data is input to the memory unit 6 via the control unit 13 to be recorded in the occurrence point recording area, read out, input to the display unit 3 and displayed on the screen so that it can be visually confirmed.

Further, the date and time of occurrence of the violation is recorded based on the signal from the clock unit 11. Depending on the required operation, the control unit 13
The signal from the clock unit 11 is input to the memory unit 6 via the and is recorded in the date and time recording area. When inputting the above-mentioned violation occurrence point or violation occurrence date by handwriting, the device is switched to the pen writing input operation by a required operation, and the entry screens are sequentially displayed on the display screen 21 by the program from the storage unit 7. The information is displayed later, and the pen 22 may be used to fill in according to the display. The signal written by the pen is converted into characters by the character conversion unit 5 and recorded in a required area of the memory unit 6, as in the case of the above-described processing of the pen input signal.

After inputting the matters to be written on the ticket,
Perform the required ticket issuing operation. By this operation, the control unit 13
The data in the memory unit 6 is read out via the, and transferred to the ticket image generation unit 8 to generate an image for ticket printing. This image data is input to the printing unit 12 via the control unit 13,
Print on the required ticket paper built-in. The printed ticket is output from the output port 24.

[0011]

As described above, according to the portable ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention, when a vehicle violating the Road Traffic Law is found, the matters to be written in the ticket are automatically read from the driver's license. , The occurrence point is confirmed by GPS,
Since the date and time of occurrence is recorded by a signal from the clock unit, human error is unlikely to occur, and since the ticket issuing procedure is displayed sequentially on the screen of the device, police who are unfamiliar with the business Even government officials can issue tickets quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a portable ticket issuing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual outline view of an example of a portable ticket issuing device according to the present invention, in which (a) is a front side and (b) is a back side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 reading unit 3 display unit 4 input unit 5 character conversion unit 6 memory unit 7 storage unit 8 ticket image generation unit 9 GPS reception unit 10 position determination unit 11 clock unit 12 printing unit 13 control unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing a ticket format and the like, a reading unit for reading a driver's license, a screen of the format read from the storage unit, or an image of the driver's license read by the reading unit, etc. A display unit for displaying, an input unit for inputting characters and the like, a character conversion unit for converting a signal from the input unit to characters, and a memory unit for recording data from the reading unit or data from the character conversion unit. A ticket image generation unit that generates a ticket image based on the data read from the memory unit; a printing unit that prints on a predetermined sheet based on a signal from the ticket image generation unit; the storage unit, the reading unit, and the display A portable ticket issuing device including a control unit that controls a printing unit, an input unit, a character conversion unit, a memory unit, a ticket image generation unit, and a printing unit. 2. The portable ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the input unit is configured by a pen input type panel, is provided on a display screen of the display unit, and characters and the like are input by writing with a pen. 3. A global position measuring system receiving section and a position discriminating section are provided, and the position discriminating section collates with the map data based on a signal from the global position measuring system receiving section to detect a violation or the like. The portable ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the generation point is determined and recorded in the memory section. 4. The portable ticket issuing device according to claim 1, further comprising a clock unit for engraving the date and time, and recording the date and time of occurrence of a violation or the like in the memory unit based on a signal from the clock unit.