JP2001109915A - Automatic ticket issuing machine and tickets issuing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ticket issuing machine by which a previously issued ticket such as an invitation ticket is issued by the operation of an event organizer discriminated from a general user and which can issue a regular ticket by the operation of the general user at the time of regular sales. SOLUTION: The automatic ticket issuing machine 101 issues first tickets to users and issues second tickets to a clerk discriminated from the users. Account selection keys 1 to 8 selected by the user for specifying the ticket type of the first ticket and a virtual account selection key 11 selected by the clerk for specifying the ticket type of the second ticket are arranged. The virtual account selection key is arranged so that it is separated from the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket issuing machine for issuing admission tickets and the like, and to a ticket issuing method, and more particularly to an automatic ticket issuing machine and a ticket for issuing an invitation ticket and the like to be distributed to invited guests and the like. Issuing method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatic ticket issuing machines that automatically sell tickets such as entrance and exit tickets to various venues have become widespread. In these automatic ticket issuing machines, a plurality of frequently purchased tickets are issued in advance to alleviate congestion, and the tickets are sold manually. The function of the automatic ticket issuing machine that issues tickets in advance in this way is widely recognized as a pre-issue function.

[0003] Such a pre-issue function is for avoiding congestion in advance, and therefore, corresponds to a ticket that needs to be issued. It does not mean that there is a difference between the ticket and the ticket issued by.

[0004]

According to the above-described conventional automatic ticket issuing machine, when an invitation ticket is to be issued, for example, at various event venues, a normal ticket is issued in advance by a pre-issue function, and Even if an ordinary ticket is hand-distributed as an invitation ticket, correspondence between the invitee and the ordinary user cannot be distinguished from each other because the invitee and the ordinary customer have the same ticket. It is also conceivable that the automatic ticket issuing machine is provided with an invitation ticket issuing button that can be used by the user, but in this case, the general user may accidentally issue an invitation ticket, so The need to ensure that occasional issuance of invitation tickets to general users by mistake must also be ensured.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a pre-issued ticket such as an invitation ticket is issued in advance by an operation of an event organizer or the like which is distinguished from a general user, and a normal ticket is issued by a general user during normal sales. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket issuing machine that can avoid issuing an invitation ticket to general users.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket issuing machine according to the first aspect of the present invention discharges a first ticket to a customer as shown in FIG. 3, for example. An automatic ticket issuing machine 101 for issuing a second ticket to a clerk who is issued by the customer and distinguished from the customer; Selected account selection buttons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
A virtual account selection button 11 that is selected by the attendant to specify the type of the second ticket; the virtual account selection button 11 is disposed separately from the customer. And

[0007] With this configuration, since the account selection button and the virtual account selection button are provided, the first ticket corresponding to the account selected by the user is released and issued, and the virtual account selected by the attendant is issued. Can be released. Also, since the virtual account selection button is isolated from the user, only the attendant can select and release the second ticket.

[0008] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket issuing machine according to the first aspect, wherein the automatic ticket issuing machine processes money inserted by the customer to purchase a first ticket. A processing device is provided.

[0009] Since the money handling apparatus is provided, the user can purchase the first bills with money.

[0010] In order to achieve the above object, a ticket issuing method according to the invention according to claim 3 includes a step of receiving a selection of an account from a user and specifying a ticket type of a first ticket; Releasing and issuing a seeded first ticket; a clerk distinct from said customer selects a virtual account and selects a second ticket in an area isolated from said customer; And a step of releasing a second ticket in which the ticket type is specified.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1A is a front view of a viewing ticket vending machine as an automatic ticket issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a side view of the same. The viewing ticket is the first ticket of the present invention. Admission tickets, tickets,
It may be a vehicle ticket or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, an automatic ticket vending machine 101 has a vertical customer service surface 41 and an inclined customer service surface 42 operated by a general customer who purchases a viewing ticket on the front side. A staff operation unit 90 operated by a staff distinguished from the user,
A money processing device 4 configured to include a main control unit 60 that performs various controls, a storage unit 70 that stores information about an account, a bill processing device 20 and a coin processing device 30, and that processes money.
0 and a ticket issuing device 50 for issuing a viewing ticket are housed inside. The clerk operation unit 90 is configured so that the clerk standing on the rear back 102 of the automatic ticket vending machine 101 faces the rear back 102 and
The user opens the locked door (not shown) provided at 02 and stands against the clerk operation unit 90 to operate the clerk operation unit 90. Therefore, the general user cannot operate the attendant operation unit 60.

As shown in FIG. 2, an account selection button 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 for selecting an account corresponding to the type of a viewing ticket purchased by a general user is provided on the vertical customer service surface 41. ,
7 and 8 (1 to 8) are provided, and a bill insertion slot 21 for inserting bills, a coin insertion slot 31 for inserting coins, and a bill for sending out fishing bills are provided on the inclined customer service surface 42. The tray 43 for temporarily receiving the bills sent from the bill outlet 22 and the change discharged from the change discharge port 32 for discharging change, and the ticket discharge port 51 for discharging issued viewing tickets. It is arranged. The general user can get the purchased ticket from the ticket discharge port 51 and the change from the tray 43.

The account selection buttons 1 to 8 are used to select the type of viewing ticket to be purchased by general users, and are classified into general, elementary and junior high school students, high school students, and special approvals. They are arranged in upper and lower two rows. The special approval is, for example, an account that can be used by a disabled person.

At the upper part of the bill insertion slot 21 in the drawing, a receiving bill display part 23 for displaying acceptable bill types (for example, a 1,000-yen bill, a 5,000-yen bill, etc.) is provided. Is provided with a received coin display section 33 that displays the types of coins that can be accepted (for example, ten-yen coins, hundred-yen coins, etc.). Further, a number designation button 44 for designating the number of viewing tickets to be purchased, and a total inserted amount display section 45 for displaying the total amount of inserted / inserted money are provided.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the automatic ticket vending machine 101. As shown in FIG. 3, the bill insertion slot 21 and the bill outlet 22 are connected to the bill processing device 20,
Is inserted into the banknote handling machine 20, and when it is necessary to return the fishing bill, the fishing bill is sent out from the bill outlet 22 and returned to the user. The coin slot 31 and the change discharge port 32 are connected to a coin processing device 30, and coins inserted from the coin slot 31 are accommodated in the coin processing device 30. When the change needs to be returned, the change is released. It is discharged from the outlet 32 and returned to the user.

The account selection buttons 1 to 8 (the reference numerals 3 to 7 are omitted in the figure), the bill processing device 20, the coin processing device 30, the ticket issuing device 50, and the number designation button 44 are connected to the main control portion 60, and the main control portion. 60 is controlled. Account selection button 1
8 to 8, the ticket type information of the viewing ticket that the general user wants to purchase is sent to the main control unit 60, and the type (1,000 yen bill, etc.) and the number of bills inserted / inserted from the bill processing device 20, coins Information about the type (number of coins, etc.) and the number of inserted / inserted coins and the number of coins inserted / input from the processing device 30 and the number of viewing tickets that the general user wants to purchase are transmitted from the number designation button 44 to the main controller 60. An instruction signal for returning a change tag and change is sent from the main control unit 60 to the banknote processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30, and an instruction signal for issuing a selected viewing ticket is sent to the ticket issuing device 50. .

The main controller 60 calculates the total amount of the inserted bills and the inserted coins, sends the information of the total amount to the total inserted amount display unit 45, and displays it. The ticket issuing device 50
Issue a viewing ticket based on the instruction signal from the main control unit 60,
The viewing ticket is released from the ticket discharging port 51 to general users.

As shown in FIG. 4, the attendant operation section 90 includes an operation panel switch section 91 and a liquid crystal display section 92 as an account information display section. Is selected and pressed, or the virtual account button 11 is pressed to issue an invitation as a second ticket. FIG. 4 is a front view of the clerk operation unit 90 when the clerk operation unit 90 is viewed from the rear rear surface 102.

When the clerk operates the operation panel switch section 91 and looks at the liquid crystal display section 92, the clerk operates the clerk operation section 90 by standing at the rear rear face 102 of the automatic ticket vending machine 101 and opening a locked door (not shown). Standing at the front 96 of the
0 cannot be operated by general users and is isolated from users. The front 96 of the attendant operation unit 90 is an area isolated from the user because the user cannot access the front 96. Therefore, an invitation ticket that can only be issued from the attendant operation unit 90 described below is not issued by a general user.

As shown in FIG. 5, the operation panel switch unit 91 has account selection buttons 10A, 10B, 10C, 10
D, 10E, 10F, 10G, 10H (10A to H)
And a virtual account selection button 11 pressed by a clerk to select an invitation ticket. The account selection buttons 10A to 10H correspond to the account selection buttons 1 to 8 on the vertical customer service surface 41, respectively.

The operation panel switch section 91 further includes an issue button 93 to be pressed to start a procedure for issuing the selected viewing ticket or invitation ticket, and a number designation button 94 for designating the number of viewing tickets or invitation tickets to be issued. And a number input button 95 for inputting a number for designating the number of sheets, and a confirm button 97 for inputting information that the input has been confirmed. Here, since the account corresponding to the account selection button 11 is virtual, the button is named “virtual”.
The reason that the account is “virtual” is that the “invitation ticket” corresponding to the account selection button cannot be selected from the customer side, is issued only by the attendant, and there is no transfer of money via the automatic ticket vending machine 101. Because.

As shown in FIG. 3, the clerk operation unit 90 is connected to the main control unit 60, and the issue button 9 of the clerk operation unit 90
3, information on the start of the ticket issuing procedure is sent to the main control unit 60, and from the account selection buttons 10A to H (10C to 10G are omitted in the figure), the ticket type of the ordinary ticket to be issued selected by the attendant The information is sent to the main control unit 60. Further, from the virtual account selection button 11, information indicating that the attendant has selected the invitation ticket,
Further, a signal indicating the number of viewing tickets or invitation tickets to be issued is sent to the main control unit 60 from the numeric input button 95. When the number press button 94 is pressed by the attendant, the number input button 95 is pressed, and then the enter button 97 is pressed, the main controller 60 issues the selected number of the selected viewing ticket or invitation ticket. Issuance instruction signal to the effect that the ticket issuing device 5
Sent to 0. The ticket issuing device 50 issues a viewing ticket or an invitation ticket based on an instruction signal from the main control unit 60.

The issued viewing ticket or invitation ticket is released from the ticket issuing device 50 through the chute 52 shown in the drawing to the direction of the ticket discharge port 51. Since the ticket issuing device 50 is detachably attached to a housing (not shown) of the automatic ticket vending machine, if the ticket issuing device 50 is pulled out from the housing, the clerk can directly receive the issued ticket. The clerk distributes the invitation ticket to the guest if he or she obtains the invitation ticket, or sells the ticket to the customer in exchange for the fee if he or she obtains the viewing ticket.

The storage unit 70 has account selection buttons 1 to 8
Account information 71, 72, 7 for the ticket
3, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 (71-78) (73-77 are omitted in the figure) are stored, and account information 80 of the invitation ticket is stored in correspondence with the virtual account selection button 11. As described above, the account selection buttons 1 to 8 correspond to the account selection buttons 10A to 10H, respectively. Therefore, for example, the account information 71 includes the account selection button 1 and the account selection button 10.
A account information is stored. Further, virtual account information 80 of the invitation ticket is stored in association with the virtual account selection button 11. The account information generally refers to information for preparing a ticket. The liquid crystal display unit 92 can display, for example, all information of a certain account, the number of sheets issued for each account, and the like.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine 101 according to the present invention will be described. First, an operation for purchasing a viewing ticket by a general user will be described. A bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 21 or, alternatively, a coin insertion slot 31
Put coins into The inserted bill is stored in the bill processing device 20.
Then, the inserted coin is guided to the coin processing device 30.

The information (denomination and number) of inserted bills and inserted coins is sent to the main controller 60, and the main controller 6
0 turns on the account selection buttons 1 to 8 that can be purchased, and the user selects and presses the account selection buttons 1 to 8 corresponding to the ticket type of the viewing ticket to be purchased. Account selection button 1 pressed
Are transmitted to the main control unit 60, and the main control unit 60
The value A1 of the viewing ticket corresponding to the selected account selection buttons 1 to 8 is compared with the total amount A2 of the inserted / inserted money,
If the total amount A2 is equal to or more than the amount A1, a ticket issuing signal is issued to the ticket issuing device 50 so as to issue the selected viewing ticket, and the bill processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30 use the change if necessary. A signal to return to the person.

The issued viewing ticket is sent from the ticket outlet 51 to the user. The change bill is returned to the user from the bill outlet 22 and the change is returned to the user from the change outlet 32.

Next, an operation for issuing an invitation ticket and a viewing ticket by a clerk in advance will be described. The attendant presses the issue button 93 on the attendant operation unit 90 to send information to the main control unit 60 that the ticket issuing procedure is to be started. To issue a viewing ticket, the user presses the account selection buttons 10A to 10H corresponding to the viewing ticket, and to issue an invitation ticket, presses the virtual account selection button 11. In addition, the button 9 for specifying the number of sheets
4 is pressed and the number input button 95 is pressed to specify the number of sheets to be issued. After confirming the selected account and the designated number and pressing the confirm button 97, a ticket issuing signal is sent from the main control unit 60 to the ticket issuing device 50, and the designated number of invitation tickets or viewing tickets are issued. The issued invitation ticket and viewing ticket are released from the ticket issuing device 50 through the unillustrated chute in the direction of the ticket discharge port 51. Since the ticket issuing device 50 is detachably attached to a housing (not shown) of the automatic ticket vending machine, if the ticket issuing device 50 is pulled out from the housing, the clerk can directly receive the issued ticket.

Therefore, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, a viewing ticket can be sold at normal times by an operation of a general user, and an invitation ticket can be issued in advance by an operation of a clerk.
In addition, it is possible to reliably avoid selling an invitation ticket to a general user at normal times. Therefore, the inviter can get an invitation ticket,
Since the general user has the ordinary ticket, it is possible to distinguish between the response to the inviter and the response to the general user.

The attendant not only issues invitation tickets, but also checks the status of change payments, the status of issuance of viewing tickets, and performs maintenance for checking the sales status of daily viewing tickets. The operator operation unit 90 is used for grasping a trouble situation when a trouble occurs.

[0033]

As described above, according to the automatic ticket issuing machine of the present invention, since the account selection button and the virtual account selection button are provided, the general user can correspond to the account selection button selected by the general user. The first ticket is released, and the attendant can issue a second ticket corresponding to the virtual account selection button. Also, since the virtual account selection button is isolated from the user, only the attendant can select and release the second ticket.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a front view, (B) is a side view.

FIG. 2 is a drawing of a service side of the automatic ticket vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the automatic ticket vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a drawing of a staff operation unit of the automatic ticket vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a drawing of an operation panel switch unit of the attendant operation unit of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-8 Account selection button 10A-H Account selection button 11 Virtual account selection button 20 Banknote processor 21 Banknote insertion slot 22 Banknote exit 23 Accepted banknote display unit 30 Coin processor 31 Coin slot 32 Change outlet 33 Received coin display Unit 40 money handling device 41 vertical customer service surface 42 inclined customer service surface 44 number designation button 45 total insertion amount display unit 50 ticket issuing device 51 ticket outlet 60 main control unit 70 storage units 71 to 78 account information 80 virtual account information 90 staff operation unit 91 Operation panel switch section 92 Liquid crystal display section 93 Issue button 94 Number selection button 95 Number input button 101 Automatic ticket vending machine

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shosuke Miyazaki 2-48-5 Chuo, Nakano-ku, Tokyo Nakanohira Kazu Building Takamizawa Cybernetics Inc. F-term (reference) 3E026 CA01

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket issuing machine for issuing and issuing a first ticket to a customer and releasing a second ticket to an attendant distinguished from the customer; An account selection button selected by the user to specify a ticket type of a first ticket; and a virtual account selection button selected by the attendant to specify a ticket type of the second ticket. The automatic ticket issuing machine is characterized in that the virtual account selection button is provided separately from the customer. 2. The automatic ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a money processing device for processing money inserted by the customer to purchase a first ticket. 3. A step of receiving a selection of an account from a user and specifying a ticket type of a first ticket type;
Releasing and issuing a ticket of the type described above; a clerk distinguished from the customer selects a virtual account and specifies the type of the second ticket in an area isolated from the customer And a step of releasing a second ticket in which the ticket type is specified; a ticket issuing method.