JP2002208037A - Ticket machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket machine capable of easily purchasing the boarding ticket of a transport facility and the admission ticket of a facility. SOLUTION: When a facility is designated, a ticket machine 1 issues the admission ticket of the facility and a boarding ticket to a station closest to the facility. Therefore, it is possible for a user to purchase the admission ticket of the designated facility and the boarding ticket to go to the facility only by designating the facility. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to check a fare to the closest station. Also, it is possible to sharply reduce the labor of the user required for the purchase of a ticket 30 or an admission ticket 31.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for issuing tickets for public transportation such as railways, so-called tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ticket vending devices for issuing (selling) tickets, so-called tickets, are installed at stations of public transportation such as railways. A user can insert cash or a prepaid card into a ticket vending machine and purchase a ticket to a target station. In public transportation, tickets are sold to users using the ticket vending apparatus, thereby reducing the time and effort required to sell tickets.

[0003] Recently, even in facilities such as amusement parks and zoos, an entrance ticket is issued near the entrance of the facility in order to reduce the labor required to sell admission tickets to users who want to enter the facility ( There is a tendency to install ticket selling equipment to sell).

[0004]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, the user of the facility needs to check the nearest station of the facility to be visited at the departure station, the route of the railway to the nearest station and the railway fare, and install it at the departure station. Purchase the ticket to the nearest station that you checked earlier with the ticket vending equipment that was checked, move to the nearest station by rail, purchase the admission ticket with the ticket vending equipment installed near the entrance of the target facility, and Enter the facility.

As described above, the user has to operate the ticket vending machine twice in order to check the fare to the nearest station or to purchase a ticket and an entrance ticket. Many users find these things bothersome, and there is a problem that the service for users using facilities is not good.

[0006] If the facility is adjacent to the station, if the facility and the railway are affiliated, or if the facility is managed by the same group, such service improvement is expected to be even more so.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket issuing device that can easily purchase a ticket for transportation and an entrance ticket for a facility.

[0008]

The ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention has the following arrangement to solve the above-mentioned problems.

(1) In a ticket issuing device for issuing a ticket for transportation, a storage means for storing a plurality of facilities in association with a nearest station for each facility, a selecting means for selecting the facility, and a selecting means for selecting the facility And a ticket issuing means for issuing a ticket to the nearest station corresponding to the facility selected by the means and a facility admission ticket permitting entry to the facility.

(2) The ticket issuing means is for issuing the above-mentioned ticket and the facility admission ticket as separate tickets.

(3) At least one of the above-mentioned ticket or facility admission ticket is an IC ticket having a semiconductor circuit.

(4) The ticket issuing means is a means for issuing the above-mentioned ticket and the facility admission ticket with a single combined use ticket.

(5) The combined ticket is an IC ticket having a semiconductor circuit.

(6) There is provided a display unit for displaying the value of the ticket to the nearest station corresponding to the facility selected by the selection means and the value of the facility admission ticket permitting entry to the facility. .

(7) The ticket issuing means has a function of issuing a round-trip ticket as the boarding ticket.

(8) The ticket issuing means has a function of printing a route to the nearest station on the issued ticket.

In the above configuration, a ticket to the nearest station of the facility selected by the selecting means and a facility admission ticket of the selected facility are issued.

Thus, the user can purchase a ticket for a transportation facility such as a railway without checking the nearest station of the target facility, the route to the nearest station, and the fare. In addition, since the user can purchase the facility admission ticket together with the ticket, the operation of the ticket vending machine is required only once.

Therefore, the user's labor involved in purchasing a ticket and a facility admission ticket is greatly reduced, and the service for the user can be improved.

The issued ticket and facility admission ticket may be a single ticket or individual tickets. The ticket and the facility admission ticket may be an IC ticket in which data is stored in a semiconductor circuit or a magnetic ticket in which data is stored as magnetic information. When a ticket and a facility admission ticket are issued separately, one may be a magnetic ticket and the other may be an IC ticket. Further, the IC ticket may be a known contactless IC ticket having a wireless communication function.

Further, the IC ticket may be in the form of a portable terminal or the like. For example, the ticket information may be stored in a mobile phone.

The ticket issuance method includes not only a method of issuing a new ticket (medium) but also information of a ticket and a facility admission ticket to an existing ticket (medium) possessed by a customer. It may be stored. In particular, ICs that can be reused repeatedly
In the case of a ticket, such an update operation is expected.

Further, displaying the value of the ticket and the facility admission ticket allows the user to recognize the value of each ticket.

For the ticket, a round-trip ticket that the user can use also as a return ticket may be issued. In this way, the user can purchase the ticket for returning from the target facility in a lump. Therefore, the service for the user can be further improved.

Further, since the route to the nearest station is printed on the issued ticket, the user can move to the target facility without hesitation. Therefore, the service for the user can be further improved.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a front view of a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The ticket vending machine 1 of this embodiment has a control unit 2 for controlling the operation of the main unit, an operation unit 3 for performing an input operation, a display unit 4 for displaying an appropriate screen according to the operation state of the main unit,
A cash processing unit 5 for processing cash (banknotes or coins) inserted into the main body, a card processing unit 6 for processing a card having a value inserted into the main body (hereinafter, referred to as a prepaid card); Ticket issuance department 7 that issues facility admission tickets
And, have.

The control unit 2 associates, for each facility such as an amusement park or a zoo, the nearest station of the facility, the fare to the nearest station, and the entrance fee of the facility, as shown in FIG. 10 are stored. The facility fee table 10 may be stored in a host device (not shown) installed at the station, and the ticket vending machine 1 may be configured to acquire the fee from the host device as needed. A well-known touch panel 3a is arranged on a display screen of the display unit 4, and an input operation can be performed on the screen. On the surface of the main body, a bill insertion slot 5a for inserting bills, a coin insertion slot 5b for inserting coins, a card insertion slot 6a for inserting a prepaid card, and a ticket discharge opening 7a for discharging a boarding ticket or an entrance ticket for a facility. Is provided.

Hereinafter, the operation of the ticket vending machine 1 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ticket vending machine of this embodiment. FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing examples of the display screen on the display unit.

The ticket vending machine 1 has an infrared sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of a user. When a user is detected by the infrared sensor, a guidance screen shown in FIG. (S1, s2). As shown, a destination button 21 is displayed on this guidance screen. The infrared sensor is a sensor that detects the presence of a person in front of the ticket vending machine 1. When the ticket vending machine 1 displays the above guide screen,
Whether cash or prepaid card is inserted (s3),
It waits until the destination button 21 displayed on the display unit 4 is pressed (s4). As described above, since the touch panel 3a is disposed on the display unit 4, the pressed position on the display screen can be detected.

Here, when the user inserts cash or a prepaid card into the ticket vending machine 1, the ticket vending machine 1 receives the value inserted into the main body (the sum of the amount of cash inserted into the main body and the remaining value of the prepaid card). ) To display a kip selection screen that displays a kip selection button 22 for accepting the selection of a kind of kip that can be purchased (see FIG. 5B). As shown in the kip selection screen, the destination button 21
Is displayed. The ticket vending machine 1 waits until the destination button 21 or any of the ticket selection buttons 22 is pressed (s6, s7).

When the user presses any of the kip selection buttons 22 displayed on the display unit 4, the ticket vending machine 1 issues a ticket (ticket) with a value corresponding to the pressed kip selection button. In addition to performing the processing, the payment processing for returning the difference between the input amount and the issued ticket to the user is performed, and the processing ends (s8, s9). In s9, the settlement screen shown in FIG.

In the settlement process according to s9, for example, if the cash inserted into the main body by the user is 300 yen and the value of the issued ticket is 250 yen, 50 yen is returned to the user as change. If a prepaid card has been inserted into the main unit, the ticket vending machine 1 updates the residual value of the prepaid card to a value obtained by subtracting the value of the issued ticket from the residual value at the time of insertion, and uses the prepaid card as a user. Return to.

When detecting that the user has pressed the destination button 21 in s4 or s6, the ticket vending machine 1 sets
The facility type selection screen shown in (A) is displayed on the display unit 4 (s11). On this facility type selection screen, a facility type selection button 23 is displayed for each type of facility such as a zoo, a botanical garden, an amusement park, or the like, as shown in the figure. When the user presses any one of the facility type selection buttons 23 displayed on the display unit 4 (s12), the user presses the facility registered in the facility fee table 10 shown in FIG. A facility selection screen (see FIG. 6B) for accepting selection of a facility of the type corresponding to the performed facility type button 23 is displayed on the display unit 4 (s13). On this facility selection screen, a facility selection button 24 for selecting a facility is displayed as shown.

The user selects a target facility (a facility he / she wants to visit) on this facility selection screen. When the user selects a facility (when the facility selection button is pressed) (s14), the ticket vending machine 1 acquires the nearest station, the boarding fee, and the entrance fee of the facility selected from the facility fee table 10,
A purchase screen (see FIG. 6C) showing these pieces of information is displayed on the display unit 4 (s15). This purchase screen shows the selected facility (destination), the nearest station, the fare to the nearest station (Kip fee), the entrance fee of the facility selected by the user (admission ticket fee), and the Kip fee and entrance The sum (total) with the ticket price is displayed.

By this display, the user can recognize the fare to the nearest station and the entrance fee of the target facility.

It is to be noted that one or both of the ticket fee and the facility admission ticket fee may be discounted. You may discount from the total amount of payment. In this way, it is possible to provide not only the convenience of being able to purchase at the same time, but also a discount service to the user, and to promote the use of the railway and facilities.

When the purchase screen is displayed on the display unit 4, the ticket vending machine 1 accepts the insertion of cash or a prepaid card by the user (s16), and the value inserted into the main unit is determined by the ticket price and the admission ticket price. If the sum is equal to or greater than the sum (s17), a ticketing process for issuing a ticket to the nearest station and an entrance ticket for the facility selected in s14 is performed (s17).
18). Further, the ticket vending machine 1 performs the same settlement processing as in s9, and ends this processing (s19). In s19, the settlement screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows a ticket (a ticket) and a facility admission ticket issued in s18. The ticket 30 issued by the ticket vending machine 1 stores information such as the issuing station, the issuing date and time, and the boarding section, and the entrance ticket 31 stores information such as the issuing station and the issuing date and time. Kip 30 and admission ticket 31
May be a magnetic card storing the above information as magnetic data, or an IC card provided with an IC storing the above information. Alternatively, the ticket 30 may be a magnetic card and the admission ticket 31 may be an IC card. Conversely, the ticket 30 may be an IC card and the entrance ticket 31 may be a magnetic card. Such a case may be considered, for example, when there is a difference in the operation of tickets that can be processed between the train ticket gate system on the ticket side and the entrance / exit system of the facility on the entrance ticket side. For example, there is a case where a train ticket gate system is a system capable of processing ticket information stored in an IC card or the like, and a facility entrance / exit system is a system corresponding only to a magnetic ticket.

In addition, the ticket 30 or the admission ticket 31 is
In the case of a card, a well-known non-contact card having a function of transmitting stored information by a wireless signal may be used.

Further, the IC card may be in the form of a portable terminal or the like. For example, ticket information may be stored in a portable telephone.

As a ticket issuing method, not only a new ticket (medium) issuance method but also information of a ticket and a facility admission ticket to an existing ticket (medium) possessed by a user. It may be stored. In particular, ICs that can be reused repeatedly
In the case of a ticket, such an update operation is expected.

Further, on the surface of the kip 30, the kip 3
A message 30a indicating a route from the station where the ticket vending machine 1 that has issued the number 0 is installed to the nearest station is printed. Therefore, the user can easily obtain the route (transfer, etc.) from the issued ticket 30 to the nearest station of the selected facility.
You can know.

As described above, in the ticket vending machine 1 of this embodiment, the ticket 30 to the nearest station of the facility and the entrance ticket 31 of the selected facility can be purchased only by selecting the target facility. The user does not have to check the fare to the nearest station. Also, since the admission ticket 31 is issued in a lump at the ticket vending machine 1, the admission ticket 3 is issued at the entrance of the target facility.
You do not have to buy 1. Therefore, the labor for the user to purchase the ticket 30 and the entrance ticket 31 is greatly reduced.

The size of the ticket 30 to be issued and the entrance ticket 31 of the facility may be the same size or different sizes. For example, the ticket 30 may be issued in different sizes, such as a small ticket size called an Edmonson ticket often used for ordinary tickets, and the entrance ticket 31 of the facility may be used as a large ticket size used for limited express tickets. If the facility entrance ticket 31 is a large ticket size, there is a merit that more information such as guidance can be printed in a legible manner in a legible manner.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the ticket 30 and the ticket 31 are issued separately, but the ticket 30 and the ticket 31 may be issued with a single card.

Also, the ticket 30 issued in the above s18
May be a round-trip ticket that can be used even when the user returns from the target facility. In this case, the user does not have to purchase the ticket 30 when returning from the target facility. Therefore, the labor of the user is further reduced.

It should be noted that the ticket 30 to be issued in s18 may be configured as a one-way ticket or a round-trip ticket so that the user can select it.

The card 40 storing the commuter pass information 41, railway wallet information 42, and sales wallet information 43 shown in FIG. 8 may be used as a prepaid card in the ticket vending machine 1. The commuter pass information 41 is information such as a valid section and an expiration date, the rail wallet information 42 is information indicating a value that can be used for purchasing a ticket, and the wallet information for sale is used for purposes other than railroad, such as purchasing goods. , Information indicating the value that can be used for

When the card 40 is used, the ticket vending machine 1 uses the commuter pass information 40 to calculate the price of the kip to be issued to the user (kip fee), and in the settlement process of s9 or s19, The value of the railway wallet information 42 is updated to a value obtained by reducing the price of the issued ticket from the value at the time of input. In addition, when an entrance ticket for a facility is issued together with the ticket, in the settlement process according to s19,
The value of the wallet information for sale 43 is updated from the value at the time of input to the value obtained by reducing the price of the issued admission ticket.

The card usable in the ticket vending machine 1 may be a card having only the value information without the commuter pass information.

Also, railroad wallet information 4 which is value information.
2. The merchandise wallet information 43 and the like may be stored and operated as the same value information without distinction. In this case, the price of the ticket (ticket) and the price of the entrance ticket of the facility are reduced from the same value information.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention, by simply designating a target facility, it is possible to collectively purchase a ticket to the nearest station of the facility and an entrance ticket for the facility. it can. Therefore, the user does not need to check the fare to the nearest station. In addition, since the ticket to the nearest station and the entrance ticket for the target facility can be purchased at the same time, the labor of the user can be greatly reduced. Therefore, the service for the user can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the appearance of a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a facility fee table used in a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ticket vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen on a display unit of the ticket vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen on a display unit of the ticket vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a ticket and an admission ticket issued by a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing information stored in a card used in the ticket vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-ticket vending machine 2-control section 3-operation section 4-display section 10-facility table 21-destination button 22-kip selection button 23-facility type selection button 24-facility selection button 30-kip 31-admission ticket

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A ticket issuing device for issuing a ticket for a transportation facility, wherein for a plurality of facilities, storage means for storing the nearest station in association with each facility, selecting means for selecting the facility, and selecting means for the And a ticket issuing means for issuing a ticket to the nearest station corresponding to the facility selected in (1) and a facility admission ticket permitting entry into the facility. 2. The ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the ticket issuing means is a means for issuing the boarding ticket and the facility admission ticket as separate tickets. 3. The ticket issuing device according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the boarding ticket or the facility admission ticket is an IC ticket having a semiconductor circuit. 4. The ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the ticket issuing means is a means for issuing the boarding ticket and the facility admission ticket as a single combined ticket. 5. The combined ticket is an IC having a semiconductor circuit.
The ticket issuing device according to claim 4, which is a ticket. 6. A display unit for displaying a value of a ticket to the nearest station corresponding to the facility selected by the selection means, and a value of a facility admission ticket permitting entry to the facility. The ticket issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. The ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein said ticket issuing means is a means for issuing a round-trip ticket as said boarding ticket. 8. The ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ticket issuing means has a function of printing a route to the nearest station on the ticket to be issued.