JP2002109572A - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remarkably increase the range of selection by a purchaser so that the treatment on a ticket issuing side is not complicated even if the combination of a large number of commodities with incidental articles is produced by allowing the incidental articles attachable to the commodities to be easily selected if any and the selected incidental articles to correspond to the commodities for issue as commodity tickets. SOLUTION: This automatic ticket vending machine comprises a coin inlet 11 for inputting a coin therein, a commodity input part 30 for inputting a commodity to be purchased, an incidental article input part 40 allowing an incidental article detachable to the commodity inputted from the commodity input part 30 to be inputted therein, a ticket issuing part for issuing a commodity ticket replaceable with the commodity, and a control part for issuing, based on an amount of a coin inputted from the coin inlet 11 and the input from the commodity input part 30, a specified commodity ticket bearing the name of the commodity related to the input from the ticket issuing part. The control part further comprises an incidental article indicating means for allowing the ticket issuing part to indicate, based on the amount of the coin inputted from the coin inlet 11 and the input from the incidental article input part 40, that the inputted commodity has the incidental article.

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 apparatus for automatically issuing a gift certificate such as a table ticket issued at a cafeteria.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The present applicant has previously proposed the following automatic ticket issuing apparatus (see Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-71226). As shown in FIG. 9, this is an automatic ticket issuing device for issuing a table ticket issued in a cafeteria or the like, in which money is inserted from a cash slot 4 provided in the case body 1, or a prepaid card is inserted from a card slot 5. When the user inserts a code number and quantity corresponding to a product such as ramen from the input unit 2 having a numeric keypad provided on the case body 1, the display unit 3 displays the product and code number (“1” in the figure).
2), unit price and quantity are displayed, and in this state, when the confirmation key 7 is pressed, a required meal ticket is issued from the ticket issuing unit 6 based on the input from the input unit 2 and the inserted amount. It is.

[0003]

By the way, food and drink products sold in the cafeteria may be accompanied by ancillary products called so-called toppings. For example, when the product is a ramen, menma, char siu, butter, or the like may be added as an accessory. And, even for such ancillary goods, in the automatic ticket issuing device proposed earlier,
By specifying a code number for each accessory, the input unit 2
It can be issued as a meal ticket by input from. However, in this automatic ticket issuing device, the accompanying items become individual meal tickets, so when purchasing a plurality of types of products, it becomes difficult to know which product is to be accompanied by the accompanying items, and when cooking, There is a risk that the association becomes complicated and the process is confused. Also, to avoid this,
It is also possible to specify a code number for each item as ancillary items, but if multiple types of ancillary items can be attached to a single item, the combination becomes enormous. There is a problem that the search becomes complicated and inconvenient. The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and when there is an accessory that can be attached to a product, the accessory can be easily selected, and the selected accessory is associated with the product. An automatic ticket issuing device that can issue tickets as gift certificates and greatly improves the range of choices of purchasers so that the process on the issuer side does not become complicated even if a combination of many products and accessory items occurs. For the purpose of providing.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket issuance apparatus for solving the above-mentioned problems, comprising: a cash slot into which money is inserted; a product input unit for inputting a product to be purchased;
A ticket issuing unit for issuing a gift certificate that can be exchanged for the product, and a required gift certificate describing the product related to the input based on the input amount input from the cash input port and the input from the product input unit. An automatic ticket issuing device including a control unit for issuing a ticket from a ticket issuing unit, wherein an accessory input unit capable of inputting an accessory attached to a product input from the product input unit is provided, and the control unit is provided with the money input. The ticket issuing unit is configured to include an accessory notation means for notifying the ticket issuing unit that there is an accessory in the product input based on the input amount input from the mouth and the input from the accessory input unit. Thus, when the purchaser purchases a gift certificate, he or she inserts necessary money into the cash slot and inputs the product to be purchased from the product input unit. Then, if there is an accessory that can be attached to the input product, the accessory is arbitrarily input from the accessory input unit. As a result, a gift certificate stating that the input product has ancillary goods is issued. Therefore, if there is ancillary items that can be attached to the product, it can be easily selected, and since the selected ancillary item can be issued as a gift certificate in association with the product, a large number of products can be used. Even if a combination with ancillary goods occurs, the range of choices of the purchaser can be greatly improved without complicating the processing on the ticket issuer side.

[0005] If necessary, the accessory input section is constituted by a plurality of push button buttons respectively corresponding to the plurality of accessories. Since the accessory can be selected simply by pressing the corresponding push button button, the operation is simple and the operability is improved. And if necessary, the control unit further includes an accessory data storage unit that stores accessory items that can be attached to each of the plurality of products.
And a push button accepting means for allowing a push button of a push button related to an accessory corresponding to the inputted article stored when the article is input from the article input section. I have. Since the push button of the push button button related to the accessory that can be attached to each product is allowed, if the accessory is not one that can be attached to all products but can be attached to a plurality of specific products, it is sure to select the accessory that can not be attached. It can be excluded, and it is possible to issue a gift certificate that ensures correspondence.

[0006] Further, if necessary, there is provided a quantity input section for inputting the quantity of commodities inputted from the commodity input section, and the control section is operated when the supplementary article is not inputted from the supplementary article input section. It is provided with a quantity recognizing means for recognizing the quantity of only the commodities and recognizing the quantity of the commodities and the supplementary goods when the supplementary goods is inputted from the supplementary goods input section.
The quantity of commodities and accessories can be reliably set, and the range of choices of the purchaser can be greatly improved without complicating the processing. Further, if necessary, the control unit may include a purchase price calculation unit that calculates the purchase price of the commodity and the accessory based on the recognition of the quantity recognition unit, and a purchase price calculated by the purchase price calculation unit may be an input amount. The system includes an amount determining means for determining whether the value is within the range, and ticketing permitting means for permitting a ticket when the amount determining means determines that the value is within the range. Since the accessory can be selected within the input amount, the money can be reliably collected. In addition, a display unit for displaying the information of the input product, accessory, and the like is provided as needed.
Since the purchaser can purchase the gift certificate while observing the relationship between the product and the accessory, input mistakes can be prevented and the operability is extremely improved.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS.
It is formed in a size that is easily installed in a relatively small cafeteria, etc. In particular, by inputting the product code number and quantity corresponding to the product and inserting money or a card, the gift certificate as a gift certificate is automatically Issuing a ticket. Further, when a product is provided with ancillary items called so-called toppings or the like, the ancillary items are written together with the corresponding items and can be issued as a meal ticket. The table shown in FIG. 4 shows an example of a relationship between a product, a product code number assigned in advance to the product, and a product unit price of the product. The contents of this table are printed on paper or the like and pasted near the device so that the device can be visually recognized from the place where the device is installed. The table shown in FIG. 5 shows an example of the relationship between the accessory and its unit price. The accessory in this table cannot be attached to all products, but can be attached to a plurality of specific products.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to the embodiment includes a case body 10 to be installed. The case body 10 has a money input port 11 into which money is to be inserted, and has a money processing unit that performs required mechanical processing such as receiving the inserted money, returning money by operating the return lever 12, and dispensing money. 13, a card processing unit 15 having a card slot 14 into which a card such as a prepaid card which can be paid by money is inserted, and performing required processing such as reading, writing, and discharging of the inserted card, and a money processing unit 13 has a function of recognizing the amount of money inserted into the card 13 and recognizing the usable amount of the card inserted into the card processing unit 15 as the amount of money inserted.
6 are provided. At the cash slot 11, 11
a is a coin insertion slot for coins, and 11b is a money insertion slot for bills. The case body 10 is formed of a liquid crystal display (LC).
D) and the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 20 displays an input amount display field 21 for displaying the input amount of money, a product name display field 22 for displaying a product name and ancillary product names, and a product code number corresponding to the product. A product code number display column 23, a product unit price display column 24 for displaying the total unit price of the product unit price of the product or, if there is an accessory product, the unit price of the accessory product, and a quantity display column 25 for displaying the quantity.
And a message display field 26 for displaying a message.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a basic input unit provided on the case body 10 for inputting various information. In particular, the basic input unit 30 includes a product input unit 30a for inputting a product to be purchased,
It functions as a quantity input unit 30b for inputting the quantity of the product input from the product input unit. In the basic input unit 30,
Reference numeral 31 denotes a numeric keypad for inputting various information such as a product code number corresponding to a product and a purchase quantity; 32, a correction key for pressing a button when making a correction; and 33, a confirmation key for pressing when deciding a product or ancillary product. It is. Furthermore, the case body 1
No. 0 is provided with a ticket issuing section 35 for printing a meal ticket as a gift certificate that can be exchanged for a product, discharging the ticket through a ticket issuing port 34, and issuing a ticket. In particular, the ticket issuing section 35 has a function of printing a product related to input and printing an accessory when there is an accessory, and a function of printing the number of combinations of the product and the accessory. Further, the ticket issuing unit 35 has a receipt issuing function of printing and issuing a receipt. In addition, ticketing mouth 3
Reference numeral 4 also serves as an exit for change and return coins of the money processing unit 13. In addition, the case body 10 is provided with an audio output unit 36 including a speaker that outputs audio information.
Further, the case body 10 is provided with an external interface 37 connectable to the control unit 50 for transmitting and receiving data of the control unit 50 described later. Interface 3
7 is for connecting to an external device such as a display or a printer for a department that needs to confirm an order such as a kitchen, or
This is for connecting to another external device such as an office computer or a personal computer for general management.

Reference numeral 40 denotes an accessory input unit capable of inputting an accessory that can be attached to the commodity input from the basic input unit 30.
The accessory input unit 40 includes a plurality of push button buttons 41 respectively corresponding to a plurality of accessories. In the embodiment, five push button buttons 41 are provided, and each of the push button buttons 41 corresponds to the accessory shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a control unit provided in the case body 10, and issues a required meal ticket from the ticket issuing unit 35 based on the input amount, the input from the basic input unit 30, and the input from the accessory input unit 40. And so on. Next, the configuration of the control unit 50 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 2, reference numeral 51 denotes a product data storage unit that stores a product code number, a product name corresponding to the product code number, and a product unit price. Reference numeral 52 denotes an accessory data storage unit that stores accessory items that can be attached to a plurality of products. Since ancillary items cannot be attached to all products, they are stored in association with the attached items. Reference numeral 53 denotes a push button button 4 related to an accessory corresponding to the input article, which is stored in the accessory data storage means 52 when an article is input from the basic input unit 30.
This is a pushbutton accepting means that accepts one pushbutton. Specifically, when the product code number of the product to be purchased is input from the basic input unit 30 and the confirmation key 33 is determined,
Input from the accessory input unit 40 is permitted. Ancillary goods input section 40
The push button 41 is provided with a lamp 42, and the push button accepting means 53 turns on the lamp 42 that can be pressed.

Numeral 54 denotes a money display means for displaying the amount of money inserted into the money processing section 13 in the amount-of-money display column 21 of the display section 20. Reference numeral 55 denotes product data display means. The product data display means 55 is provided when the product code number of the product to be purchased is input from the numeric keypad 31 of the basic input unit 30.
The product name and the product unit price corresponding to the product code number stored in 1 are displayed together with the product code number in the product name display field 22, the product code number display field 23, and the product price display field 24 of the display unit 20. When an accessory is input from the accessory input unit 40, the product data display unit 55 displays the accessory in the product name display column 22 of the display unit 20, and also displays the unit price of the product and the accessory product. The total unit price including the unit price is displayed in the product unit price display field 24.

Reference numeral 56 denotes a case where there is an input of the quantity of the product to be purchased from the basic input section 30 and, if there is no input of the accessory from the accessory input section 40, it is recognized as the quantity of the article alone. Quantity recognition means for recognizing the quantity of the product and the accessory when there is an input of the accessory from 40;
57 is a quantity display means for displaying the input quantity in the quantity display field 25 of the display unit 20 when the quantity recognition means 56 recognizes it. 58 is the purchase price of the commodity and the accessory based on the recognition of the quantity recognition means 57. Is a purchase price calculation means for calculating the purchase price. 59 is an amount determining means for determining whether or not the purchase amount calculated by the purchase amount calculation means 58 is within the range of the input amount;
Is the ticket issuing unit 35 when the amount determination means 59 determines that the value is within the range.
This is a ticketing permitting means for permitting the ticketing.

Reference numeral 61 denotes that the ticket issuing unit 35 issues a meal ticket as a corresponding gift certificate when the ticket issuing permitting means 60 permits issuing a ticket when an execution command is issued by pressing the confirmation key 33 of the basic input unit 30. Issuing means. Reference numeral 62 denotes an accessory notation means for causing the ticket issuing unit 35 to indicate by printing that the input product has an accessory when the ticket issuing means 61 issues an accessory if the input product has an accessory. The meal ticket is, for example, a numbered ticket part used by the shop,
It is a card-shaped card that can be separated from the ticket part for customers by a perforation or the like, for example, date, dining room name,
A product code number, a product name, an ancillary product name, a total unit price of the product and the ancillary product, a quantity, a purchase price, and the like are printed. Reference numeral 63 denotes a receipt issuing means for issuing a required receipt from the ticket issuing unit 35 by, for example, pressing the confirmation key 33 before pressing the product code number based on the input of the basic input unit 30. The receipt may be integrated with the meal ticket or may be issued separately.

In the control unit 50, when the input amount recognition unit 16 recognizes the input amount, the reference input unit 3
A commodity code number input permitting means for permitting entry of a commodity code number of a commodity desired to be purchased from 0;
This is a merchandise quantity input permitting means for permitting input of the quantity of the merchandise to be purchased from the basic input unit 30 after inputting 0. Furthermore,
In the control unit 50, 66 is a message storage unit for storing various messages, and 67 is a message displayed at a predetermined timing from the various messages stored in the message storage unit 66 in the message display column 26 of the display unit 20. This is a message display means for causing the message to be displayed. In particular, the message display means 67 has a minus display function of displaying the situation on the display unit 20 when the money amount judging means 59 collates the input amount with the purchase amount and determines that the purchase amount exceeds the input amount. . The message is "Please press the menu number (product code number)", "Press the topping (accessory)", "Press the quantity and press the confirmation button", "Insufficient amount of money", " Tickets cannot be issued due to lack of change. "

Further, in the control unit 50, reference numeral 68 denotes a voice data storage means for storing various voice information, and 69 denotes a corresponding voice information from the various voice information stored in the voice data storage means 68 at a predetermined timing. To the audio output unit 3
6 is an audio output means for outputting the sound. Voice output means 6
9 is a cash slot 1 of the money processing unit 13 in the embodiment.
When money is inserted from No. 1 or when a card is inserted from the card slot 14 of the card processing unit 15, a voice saying "Hello!" Is output, and after a predetermined time elapses after the insertion, the "menu number ( Please press "Product code number)", and after the ticketing process, output the sound "Thank you". In addition, "Welcome", "Please press the topping (accessory)", "Please press the quantity and press the confirmation button", "Insufficient fee. Please insert money or correct the quantity", "Receipt Please press the confirmation button if necessary. "

The control unit 50 writes a product code number, a product name and a product price corresponding to the product code number in the product data storage means 51 based on the input from the basic input unit 30, A setting function is provided for writing an accessory in the data storage means 52 or changing write data. Further, the control unit 50 has a function of totalizing numerical data relating to a product, ancillary goods, a quantity, an amount, and the like related to the ticket issuance. And the control unit 5
0 has a mode switching function of switching between a ticketing processing mode for performing ticketing processing and a maintenance mode for performing processing other than the ticketing processing in the ticketing processing mode. In the maintenance mode, an operation based on the above-described setting function or totalizing function is enabled. Each unit of the control unit 50 is realized by various device functions such as functions of a computer CPU and a memory.

Therefore, when the automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is used, the following is performed. This will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The purchaser checks the product and the unit price of the product by looking at a table (menu) as shown in FIG. 4, for example, and inserts necessary money into the money input port 11 of the money processing unit 13. When a card is inserted into the card slot 14, (1-
1) The sound output means 69 functions, and outputs a sound saying “Hello!” From the sound output unit 36 (1-
2) In addition, the display unit (LCD) 20 is turned on, and the money display means 54 displays the inserted amount (1-3). In addition, the voice output means 69, from the voice output unit 36, "Please press the menu number (product code number)", "If you need a receipt, press the confirmation button, and then change the menu number (product code number). Please press "(1
-4). Further, the message display means 67 displays the message "Please press the menu number" in the message display column 26 of the display unit 20 (1-4).

In this state, the product code number input permitting means 64 permits input of the product code number of the product desired to be purchased from the basic input section 30. Therefore, since the operation is performed after the money or the card is inserted, the money is reliably collected. When the product code number is pressed by the ten keys 31 of the basic input unit 30 (1-5YES, 1-6YE
S), as shown in FIG.
The product name and the product unit price corresponding to the product code number stored in the product data storage unit 51 are displayed on the display unit 20 together with the product code number (1-7). There is no input operation for a predetermined time (1-5 NO, 1-8 YES), (1
-10NO, 1-11NO, 1-5NO, 1-8YE
S), when the return lever 12 is operated (1-9YE)
S), money or card return processing is performed (2-
20), the sound output means 69 outputs a sound saying "Thank you" (2-21), and the processing ends.

When the confirmation key 33 is depressed (1)
-10 YES), as shown in FIG.
Outputs a voice saying "Press topping and press confirmation key" (2-1). Further, the push button accepting means 53 allows the input of the accessory input section 40, and the corresponding push button 41 of the accessory input section 40 is lit (2-
2). In this case, since the push button of the push button button 41 relating to the accessory that can be attached to each product is allowed, if the accessory is not one that can be attached to all the products but can be attached to a plurality of specific products, the accessory that cannot be attached The selection can be removed without fail, and a gift certificate with a corresponding response can be issued. Next, when the corresponding push button button 41 of the accessory input unit 40 is pressed (2-3YES, 2-4YE).
S), as shown in FIG. 3, the accessory unit is displayed, and the total unit price obtained by adding the unit price of the accessory unit is displayed (2-5). In this case, it is only necessary to push the push button button 41, so that the operation is simple and the operability is improved. In addition, if there is an accessory that can be attached to a product by simply pressing the corresponding push button button 41, this can be easily selected, and a combination of a large number of products and the accessory occurs. Also, the range of choices of the purchaser can be greatly improved without complicating the processing on the ticket issuer side. In addition, since the purchaser can purchase a meal ticket while viewing the relationship between the product and the accessory on the display unit 20, input mistakes can be prevented, and operability is extremely improved. If there is no input operation for a predetermined time (2
-3NO, 2-6YES), when the return lever 12 is operated (2-7YES), money or card return processing is performed (2-20), and the voice output means 69 outputs a voice saying "Thank you". And (2-2
1), end.

Next, the commodity quantity input permitting means 65 permits the input of the quantity of the commodity to be purchased from the basic input section 30 (2-8 NO). If there is a correction, the correction key 32 is pressed to perform a correction process (2-9 YES). When there is no correction (NO in 2-9), when the quantity is pressed by the numeric keypad of the basic input unit 30 (2-10 YES), the quantity display means 57 displays the inputted quantity as shown in FIG.
(2-11), and the purchase price calculation means 58 calculates the purchase price corresponding to the input quantity. In this case, the quantity of commodities and accessory items can be reliably set, and the range of choices of the purchaser can be greatly improved without complicating the processing. Then, when the confirmation key 33 is pressed (YES in 2-8), the amount determining means 59 determines whether or not the purchase amount calculated by the purchase amount calculation means 58 is within the range of the input amount (2-12). And
When the money amount judging means 59 judges that it is within the range (2-12 possible), the ticket issuing permitting means 60 permits the ticket issuing section 35 to issue the ticket,
The corresponding gift certificate is issued from the ticket issuing unit 35 by the ticket issuing means 61 (2-13). When the ticket issuing means 61 issues a ticket,
If there is an accessory in the input product, the accessory notation means 62 causes the ticket issuing unit 35 to indicate by printing that the input product has an accessory. Finally, if there is a change, the change is issued (2-20), and in the case of a card, a return process is performed after a predetermined writing process (2-20), and the voice output means 69 outputs a voice "Thank you". (2-21), and the process ends. In this case, since the accessory can be selected within the input amount, the money can be surely collected.

On the other hand, if the money amount judging means 59 judges that it is not within the range (2-12 shortage), the message displaying means 67
Is displayed on the display unit 20 (2-1).
4). Thereafter, a new money input port 1 of the money processing unit 13 is newly added.
1 necessary money is input, or the card processing unit 1
If the card is reinserted into the card slot 14 of (5), (2-
15) Further, the purchase price calculating means 58 calculates the purchase price corresponding to the input quantity. Then, the money amount judging means 59 collates the input amount with the purchase amount, and when the purchase amount is within the input amount (2-16 possible), issues the corresponding gift certificate from the ticket issuing unit 35 (2-13). When the amount of money is insufficient (2-16 insufficiency) and the corrective key 32 is pressed (2-17 YES), the number of pushbuttons by the ten keys of the basic input unit 30 is again allowed, and the corrective key 32 is pressed. If the button is not pressed (2-17 NO), the operation of the return lever 12 (2-18) or the absence of an input operation for a predetermined time (2-19) is performed, and no money is issued or the card is issued without performing the ticketing process. (2-20), the sound output means 69 outputs a sound of "Thank you" (2-21), and the processing ends.

As described above, a meal ticket indicating that the input product has ancillary goods is issued. Therefore, if there is ancillary goods that can be attached to the product, it can be easily selected, and since the selected ancillary goods can be issued as a meal ticket in association with the product, a large number of products and ancillary goods can be issued. Even if a combination with a product occurs, it is possible to prevent the processing on the ticket issuer side from being complicated. That is, since the accessory is a meal ticket that is integrated with the product, it is possible to immediately know which product the accessory is to be attached to, which facilitates the association during cooking, and avoids the risk of confusion in the processing. You. Also, if an interface is connected via an interface to an external device such as a display or a printer for a department that requires confirmation of ordered items such as a kitchen, when a gift certificate is issued from the ticket issuing unit 35, the ticket issuance is performed. And the menu data having the quantity and the quantity thereof are transmitted. Therefore, in the kitchen, it is possible to immediately know the ordered product and the quantity, and it is possible to immediately respond to the cooking of the ordered product, which is extremely convenient. In particular, when there is an accompanying product, it is possible to know at a glance which product is to be attached to which accessory, and therefore, it is possible to easily associate the product at the time of cooking and perform the process smoothly.

FIG. 8 shows an automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. This is different from the above,
There is no display unit 20, and the product input unit 30a is composed of a plurality of push button buttons corresponding to predetermined products.
Reference numeral 30c denotes a button for designating the number of meal tickets. This type of automatic ticket issuing apparatus also has the same functions and effects as described above.
In the above embodiment, 5 or 10 push button buttons 41 of the accessory input section 40 are provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and 4 or less, 6 to 9 or 11
The above may be provided, and may be appropriately changed. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the accessory input section 40 is constituted by the push button button 41 and provided separately from the basic input section 30. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and the input from the basic input section 30 is not limited thereto. It may be made to be possible and may be changed appropriately. In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a meal ticket issuing device. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and it goes without saying that the present invention may be applied to a gift certificate issuing device for various products.

[0025]

As described above, according to the automatic ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to input from the accessory input section that there is an accessory that can be attached to the commodity input from the commodity input section, and to display the additional article. Since the ticketing section indicates that there is an ancillary item in the product by means, if there is an ancillary item that can be attached to the product, it can be easily selected. Since it can be issued as a gift certificate in association with the above, even if a combination of a large number of products and supplementary goods occurs, the range of choices of the purchaser can be greatly improved without complicating the processing on the ticket issuer side. become. In addition, when the accessory input unit is configured with a plurality of push button buttons respectively corresponding to a plurality of accessory items, the accessory items can be selected simply by pressing the corresponding push button button, so that the operation is simple and the operability is improved. improves.

Further, the control unit is provided with an accessory data storage unit for storing accessory items that can be attached to each of the plurality of products, and an accessory product data storage unit that stores and stores the accessory products when the product is input from the product input unit. And a push button button permitting means for permitting the push button of the push button button related to the accessory corresponding to the product, the push button of the push button related to the accessory that can be attached to each product is allowed. In the case where the product cannot be attached to all the products but can be attached to a plurality of specific products, it is possible to surely remove the selection of the accessory that cannot be attached, and to issue a gift certificate that ensures correspondence. Furthermore, a quantity input unit for inputting the quantity of the product input from the product input unit is provided, and when there is no input of the accessory from the accessory input unit, the control unit recognizes the quantity as the quantity of only the product, If there is a quantity recognition unit that recognizes the quantity of the product and the accessory when there is an input of the accessory from the product input unit, the quantity of the product and the accessory can be set reliably, and the processing becomes complicated. The range of choice of the purchaser can be greatly improved without having to do so.

[0027] The control unit may further include a purchase amount calculating unit for calculating the purchase amount of the commodity and the accessory based on the recognition of the quantity recognition unit, and determining whether the purchase amount calculated by the purchase amount calculation unit is within the range of the input amount. If it is configured to include an amount determining means for determining whether or not, and a ticket permitting means for permitting a ticket when the amount determining means determines that the value is within the range, it is possible to select ancillary items within the inserted amount. As a result, money can be collected reliably. Further, when a display unit is provided for displaying information on the input product and accessory, the purchaser can purchase a gift certificate while viewing the relationship between the product and the accessory, thereby preventing input errors. And the operability is extremely improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an automatic ticket issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic ticket issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit of the automatic ticket issuing device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of a relationship among a product code, a product name, and a unit price used in the automatic ticket issuing device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a table showing an example of a relation between accessory names and unit prices used in the automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing operation steps in a ticket issuing mode of the automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing operation steps in a ticket issuing mode of the automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing an automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an automatic ticket issuing device according to a prior example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 case body 11 cash slot 12 return lever 13 cash processing unit 14 card slot 15 card processing unit 16 input amount recognition unit 20 display unit 21 input amount display field 22 product name display field 23 product code number display field 24 product unit price display Field 25 Quantity display field 26 Message display field 30 Basic input section 30a Commodity input section 30b Quantity input section 31 Numeric keypad 32 Correction key 33 Confirmation key 34 Ticketing port 35 Ticketing section 36 Audio output section 40 Ancillary product input section 41 Push button 50 Control section 51 Commodity data storage means 52 Ancillary product data storage means 53 Push button accepting means 54 Money display means 55 Commodity data display means 56 Quantity recognition means 57 Quantity display means 58 Purchase price calculation means 59 Amount judgment means 60 Ticketing permission means 61 Ticketing means 62 Ancillary goods notation means 63 Receipt issued Stage 64 product code number input permitting means 65 Product Quantity allowable input means 66 message storage 67 message display unit 68 the audio data storage unit 69 the audio output means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A money input slot for inputting money, a product input section for inputting a product to be purchased, a ticket issuing section for issuing a gift certificate exchangeable for the product, and an input inserted from the money input port. A control unit for issuing, from the ticket issuing unit, a required gift certificate describing a product related to the input based on the amount and the input from the product input unit; An accessory input unit capable of inputting an accessory that can be attached to the product is provided, and the control unit is configured to control the input unit based on the input amount input from the cash slot and the input based on the input from the accessory input unit. An automatic ticket issuing device comprising an accessory notation means for notifying the ticket issuing section that an accessory is present. 2. The automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said accessory input section is constituted by a plurality of push button buttons respectively corresponding to a plurality of accessory. 3. An accessory data storage means for storing an accessory which can be attached to each of a plurality of products, and an accessory data storage means which stores the accessory when the product is input from the product input unit. 3. The automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a push button accepting means for accepting a push button of a push button associated with the input commodity. 4. A quantity input unit for inputting a quantity of a commodity inputted from the commodity input unit, wherein the control unit is provided with a quantity of only the commodity when there is no input of the supplementary goods from the supplementary goods input section. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a quantity recognizing means for recognizing the product as an accessory and inputting the accessory from the accessory input unit as a quantity of the product and the accessory. Automatic ticketing device. 5. The control unit according to claim 1, further comprising: a purchase price calculating unit for calculating a purchase price of the commodity and the accessory based on the recognition of the quantity recognition unit; and a purchase price range calculated by the purchase price calculation unit. An amount determining means for determining whether or not
5. The automatic ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising ticket issuing means for permitting a ticket to be issued when said amount judging means judges that said ticket is within said range. 6. A display unit for displaying information of the input product, accessory, and the like.
2. The automatic ticket issuing device according to 2, 3, 4 or 5.