JPH1145353A - Automatic ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit a person using a wheelchair to purchase a ticket by providing an account key for wheelchair user for the lower part of the service face of a main body. SOLUTION: The account key for wheelchair user S of a depression system is provided at the lower part of the service face 2 and below a coin feeding port 6 so that the wheelchair user can easily operate it. The account key for wheelchair user S is provided in parallel to a first account key in an account key group 4' displayed on a display screen 4, namely, an account key selected at the time of purchasing the ticket by which the user can get on from the installation station of the main body 1 by a minimum fare. When the account key for wheelchair user S is depressed and the prescribed ticket is issued, effect that the ticket by the wheelchair user is purchased is informed to a station attendant room. Thus, a station attendant can effectively guide the wheelchair user to a platform and information can previously given to the getting-off station of the wheelchair user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine,
In particular, the present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine suitable for wheelchair users.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic ticket vending machine is made for healthy persons. In other words, the service side of the main body of the automatic ticket vending machine (hereinafter referred to as the “main body”) is such that the normal height of a healthy person stands in a natural form, and the account button of the target ticket is reasonably natural. An account button group is provided so that it can be pressed in the form.

The money slot and the card slot are provided with an account button so that the bills and coins for the purchase price of the ticket, the insertion of the prepaid card, and the change can be easily and naturally taken out. It is provided at a position lower than the position of the group. Further, the ticket issuing port is provided at a position lower than the position of the account button group for the same reason.

[0004]

As described above, the service area of a conventional vending machine is designed for a healthy person having an average height, so that the height of eyes is lower than that of a healthy person. For a wheelchair user, there is a disadvantage that the account button group is difficult to see and is difficult to operate.

[0005] In particular, as in recent years, when the account button group is a touch panel type display screen, there is a disadvantage that the display contents cannot be recognized depending on the line of sight.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine in which a wheelchair user can easily operate an account button. .

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention is characterized in that an account button for a wheelchair user is provided below a service surface of a main body. Further, the wheelchair user account button is for a ticket with the lowest fare that can be boarded from the station where the main body is installed.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a reduced right side view thereof.
The customer service surface 2 of the main body 1 has a slant shape in which the center is inclined.

A guide portion 3 for indicating the operating state of the main body 1 is provided above the customer service surface 2, and a slant portion at the center of the guide portion 3 is a state in which a healthy person with an average height stands and is naturally. A well-known touch panel-type display screen 4 having a substantially square shape is provided at a position where the operation can be easily performed in a simple manner. Also,
Below the display screen 4, there is provided a selection button section 5 composed of a selection button group such as a number setting button or a child ticket designation. And
In the lower part of the customer service surface 2, an amount display unit 9 for displaying the amount of money inserted from the coin insertion slot 6 and the bill insertion slot 7 or the remaining amount of the card inserted from the card insertion slot 8, a ticket exit 10 A change outlet 11 and a speaker 13 for providing voice guidance to the user or for responding to a staff member via the microphone 12.

In the figure, S is a push button type wheelchair user account button, which is easily operated by a wheelchair user.
It is provided below the service surface 2 and below the coin slot 6. The wheelchair user account button S is displayed on the display screen 4
Is provided in parallel with the first account button of the account button group 4 ′, that is, the account button selected when purchasing a ticket that can be boarded at the lowest fare from the station where the main body 1 is installed. In addition, when the wheelchair user account button S is pressed and a predetermined ticket is issued, a station staff room (not shown) can be notified that the ticket has been purchased by the wheelchair user A. Have been.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the main body 1 and mainly includes a central processing unit (CPU) 20 formed by a microcomputer.

The CPU 20 performs arithmetic processing using data such as station-specific data such as station names and fares stored in the first memory 21 and station-specific data installed in the main body 1 and a control program stored in the second memory 22. And this CP
U20 includes a variable display unit 23 that drives and controls the display of the display screen 4, a touch panel input unit 24 that drives and controls the input of the display screen 4, and a coin processing unit that performs a check processing of a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 5. 25, a bill processing unit 26 for performing a check processing of a bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 6, a ticket issuing unit 27 for performing a ticket issuing process, and provided on the back side of the main body 1,
A staff operation unit 28 having an input unit such as a numeric keypad operated by a staff member during maintenance and inspection of the main body 1 and a display screen, or setting the main body 1 to various modes such as a ticketing mode.
A change processing unit 29 for discharging change to the change discharge port 9;
Selection button processing unit 30 for processing an input signal from selection button unit 5
And a voice guidance processing unit 31 for synthesizing the content to be guided and generating from the speaker 13, and an account button signal input unit 32 for inputting a signal of the wheelchair user account button S.

In the automatic ticket vending machine having the above structure, a healthy person selects and presses a predetermined account button corresponding to a station at a predetermined destination from the group of account buttons 4 'displayed on the display screen 4, and When money of an amount that satisfies the fare of the ticket to the station is inserted from the coin insertion slot 6 or the like, a ticket is issued from the ticket exit 10 in the same manner as a known automatic ticket vending machine.

When the wheelchair user A presses the wheelchair user account button S and a predetermined amount of money corresponding to the first account button is inserted from the coin insertion slot 6 or the like, A ticket corresponding to the one account button is issued from the ticket outlet 10, and the station attendant room is notified that the wheelchair user A has purchased the ticket.

Therefore, the station staff can effectively guide the wheelchair user A to the platform or the like, and can contact the wheelchair user A in advance for the getting off station.

[0016]

According to the automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention, the wheelchair user's account button is provided below the service surface of the main body, so that the wheelchair user can easily purchase a ticket. When the wheelchair user account button is used for a ticket with the lowest fare that can be boarded from the station where the main body is installed, the number of buttons can be minimized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a reduced right side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic ticket vending machine main body (main body) 2 Customer service surface 4 Display screen 5 Selection button section 6 Coin insertion slot 7 Bill insertion slot 8 Card insertion slot 9 Amount display section 10 Ticket exit 11 Change exit 12 Microphone 13 Speaker S Wheelchair User account button

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising a wheelchair user account button provided below a service surface of a main body of the automatic ticket vending machine. 2. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the wheelchair user account button is used for a ticket with the lowest fare that can be boarded from the station where the main body of the automatic ticket vending machine is installed.