JP2002304642A - Ticket vending machine condition setting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly purchase a desired train ticket without congesting a ticket vending machine in the closest station of public traffic facilities in the case of event end. SOLUTION: Visitors to an event site 10 purchase train tickets in stations closest to their houses (Y station 32y, Z station 32z, B station 30b and C station 30c), get on trains and get off the trains on an AX station 16 closest to the event site 10. When a train ticket is inserted to a ticket checking machine 18 in the case of getting off the train, the ticket checking machine 18 counts the number of persons getting off the train and reads leaving data such as starting station data and these data are sent to a data counter 20 and a server 22, and are totalized and managed. After event end, visitors 12 leave the event site 10 and most of persons directly go to the closest AX station 16 and go back to home by utilizing the railroad or the like. At such a time, based on the leaving data in the server 22, a host computer 24 changes the setting of issuing conditions of ticket vending machines 14a-14c. Corresponding to this setting change, indications on display parts 26a-26d are changed as well and the ticket vending machines can be efficiently utilized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine condition setting system, and more particularly to a ticket vending machine condition for a ticket purchased by a visitor who has come to an event site using public transportation. The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine condition setting system to be set.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of private cars, the number of vehicles traveling on roads has increased, causing various problems such as air pollution, depletion of energy resources, global warming, traffic accidents and traffic congestion. Had become. Therefore, recently, the promotion of the use of public transportation, which can efficiently and safely carry many people and things like trains and buses and reduces the degree of air pollution, has been reviewed. In particular, event venues (baseball stadium,
(Concert halls, trade fairs, department stores, etc.), visitors and exits are concentrated at the same time as the event is held. Visitors using their own cars can cause air pollution and traffic congestion, and there is no need to secure a large parking lot. The event organizers are calling for public transport as much as possible.

[0003]

However, when many visitors come to the event venue using public transportation, passengers concentrate on the time before the event is held at the nearest station or after the event is over. For example, when purchasing a ticket in line with the ticket machine of the transportation system used, if the transportation used by the visitors is uneven, the ticket vending machine that can queue and the ticket vending machine that cannot be queued There is a problem that it takes more time than necessary to get on. In particular, visitors to the event venue often feel stressed because many people are gathering for a long time, and it is difficult to be lined up for a long time in front of a public transportation ticket vending machine used when returning home It was very painful and could lead to a loss of public transport. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and without ticket crowding at the nearest public transportation station at the end of the event,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket vending machine condition setting system that enables a desired ticket to be purchased smoothly.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ticket vending machine condition for setting a ticket vending machine condition of a ticket purchased by a visitor who has come to an event site using public transportation on the way back. A setting system, which is provided at a ticket gate of a public transportation station nearest to the event venue, and counts the number of people getting off and reads the departure station data of the ticket;
Data management means for totalizing and managing the departure station data and the number of disembarkers read by the ticket gate means, and setting the release conditions of the ticket vending machine based on the departure station data and the number of disembarkers managed by the data management means Condition setting means for changing the ticket vending machine release condition setting by the condition setting means in accordance with the end time of the event at the event venue based on the management data in the data management means. And According to this, the number of people getting off and the data of the departure station of the ticket are read by the ticket gate means provided at the ticket gate of the public transportation station nearest the event venue, and the data is collected and managed by the data management means. Then, based on the departure station data and the number of people getting off, the condition setting means changes the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition according to the event end time, so that the event is over and the visitors of the event venue all at once Even if you concentrate on the nearest station of public transport, the ticket vending machine settings will be changed based on the use of public transport by visitors on the day of the event. It is possible to reduce congestion and smoothly purchase a desired ticket.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ticket vending machine condition setting system according to the first aspect, the ticket gate means comprises:
It reads the number of people getting off before the holding time on the day of the event and the departure station data of the ticket, and the data management means collects and manages the departure station data and the number of departures. According to this, the number of people getting off before the holding time on the day of the event and the departure station data of the ticket are read by the ticket gate means, and the departure station data and the number of people getting off are counted and managed by the data management means. As a result, ticket vending machines will be able to more accurately grasp the use of public transportation by visitors to the event venue, and respond appropriately to the use of the nearest station at the event venue, which will be concentrated at the end of the event Release conditions can be set.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ticket vending machine condition setting system according to the first or second aspect, when the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition is changed by the condition setting means, the changed content is displayed. It is characterized by further comprising a display means. According to this, when the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition is changed by the condition setting means, the changed content is displayed on the display means, so that many people are in front of the ticket vending machine at the nearest station after the event. Even if you gather, you can see at a glance which ticket vending machine you should arrange in front of you just by looking at the display means, you can efficiently use the ticket vending machine at the station without being confused, and you can smoothly get the desired ticket Can be purchased.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment,
An example will be given in which a visitor uses the nearest station of public transportation (here, AX station) to visit the event site and then returns. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a ticket vending machine condition setting system according to the present embodiment. The ticket vending machine condition setting system shown in FIG. 1 is based on the nearest station (AX station 1) of public transportation such as a railway (here, JR line and private railway line).
6) The visitor 12 visits the event venue 10 in time for the holding time of the event, and when the event ends, the visitors 12 return to the AX station 16 and the ticket vending machines 14a to 14
At 14c, the user purchases a ticket to his / her station and gets on the railway. The feature of this embodiment is that the departure station data of the ticket that the visitor took to the nearest station of the event venue is tabulated, and the type of the ticket that the visitor would purchase after the event is finished using the data The point is that the setting of the sale conditions of the ticket vending machine is changed according to the number and the number of tickets. For this reason, in the present embodiment, a ticket gate 18 is provided as a ticket gate at the ticket gate of the AX station 16 of the public transportation nearest to the event venue 10, and the number of people who get off the AX station 16 is counted. Station departure data indicating from which station the visitor has boarded is read from the ticket. The departure station data and the number of passengers read by the ticket gate 18 are sent as entry data to the data tallying machine 20 of the AX station 16, and the entry data is sent from the data tallying machine 20 to the higher-order server 22 for management. You. The data tallying machine 20 and the server 22 constitute data management means for counting and managing entry data.

[0007] Ticket vending machines 14a to 14c that release return tickets to visitors 12 such as the event venue 10 can change the setting of the release conditions. The setting change of the release condition is, for example, a case where there are a plurality of railway lines and ticket vending machines that are approaching the nearest station (in FIG. 1, the JR line is AX
Station 16, Y station 32y, Z station 32z, ..., private railway line is A
X station 16, B station 30b, C station 30c,...), The number of ticket vending machines assigned to each line can be changed, or a specific ticket vending machine can be purchased. For example, it is possible to use a limited exclusive ticket vending machine, or to be able to purchase a plurality of ticket vending machines at a time where only one ticket can be purchased at a time, It is not limited to this. Here, the host computer 24 as the condition setting means changes the setting of the sale conditions of the ticket vending machines 14a to 14c by using
Based on departure station data and the number of people getting off
It is performed automatically by online control. In addition, the setting change of the release conditions of the ticket vending machines 14a to 14c may be performed by the station staff manually based on the participation data (departure station data, disembarkation number data) managed by the data tallying machine 20 of each station. 14a to 14c may be operated. Furthermore, when the setting of the ticket vending machines 14a to 14c is changed, when the event ends, a large number of visitors come out of the event venue at once and the number of people heading to the nearest station increases rapidly. 14:00).

When the entry data is tabulated by the data tabulation machine 20 or the server 22, changing the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition requires data of the visitors who come to the event site. Aggregation and management are performed using only the entry data aggregated before the holding time of the day (for example, 10:00). The entry data may be collected at the ticket gate 18 at any time, but only the limited data in the above-mentioned time zone is used as entry data actually used for changing the setting of the ticket vending machine. In the ticket vending machine condition setting system according to the present embodiment, the host computer 24 uses the ticket vending machines 14a to 14a.
When the setting of the release condition of c is changed, display units 26a to 26c are provided as display means capable of displaying the changed content so that it can be easily recognized even from a position away from the ticket vending machine. This means that even if many visitors are going to return at once after the event, and there is a queue in front of the ticket vending machines 14a to 14c at the nearest station, which row should you buy the tickets in line? This is to make it clear at a glance.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing the relationship between a plurality of ticket vending machines installed at the nearest station and the display unit. FIG. 2A is a diagram before the setting of the sales condition is changed, and FIG. It is a figure after a change. As shown in FIG. 2, here, out of the three ticket vending machines, two ticket vending machines 14a and 14b are set in advance as the ticket vending machine for releasing a JR line ticket, and the display immediately above is displayed. By displaying "JR line" on the sections 26a and 26b, the two ticket vending machines can be operated from a distance.
It can be seen that a ticket for the R line will be released. The remaining ticket vending machine 14c is set as a ticket vending machine for selling tickets on a private railway line, and the "private railway line" is displayed on the display section 26c immediately above.
Indicates that this ticket vending machine will sell a private line ticket from afar. However, AX
When the data of the visitors on the day of the event are tabulated at the ticket gates 18 at the station 16 and it is found that more than 60% of the visitors arrive using the private railway line, FIG. The setting of the indicated release condition is changed as shown in FIG.
That is, according to the ratio of the number of people who purchase a ticket, two ticket vending machines 14b and 14c among the three ticket vending machines are used as ticket vending machines for selling private railway tickets, and the setting of release conditions is changed. The parts 26b and 26d are displayed as "private railway line". The remaining ticket vending machine 14a is left as a ticket vending machine for selling a ticket on the JR line, and "JR line" is displayed on the display section 26a immediately above. This makes it easy to recognize that the two right ticket vending machines are ticket vending machines for private railways, even from afar.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, an event venue 1 in which the AX station 16 where the JR line and the private railway line enter is the nearest station.
0, and a music concert is to be held today from 10:00 to 14:00. Many visitors coming to this concert will find the nearest station (eg,
If it is a JR line, purchase a ticket at Y station 32y, Z station 32z, and if it is a private railway line, buy a ticket at B station 30b, C station 30c, etc.) and get on the train. AX station, the nearest station to the event venue 10 Get off at 16. When the visitor 12 passes the ticket through the ticket gate 18 and exits the ticket gate, the number of people getting off the ticket is counted by the ticket gate 18 and entry data such as departure station data read from the ticket is also sent to the data counting device 20. The entry data is sent to the server 22 at a higher rank, and the entry data is collected and managed. Many visitors 12 who got off the AX station 16 go to the event venue 10 in time for the 10:00 holding time. When the concert ends at 14:00, the visitors 12 leave the event venue 10 all at once, walk around, go to other nearby facilities, and most people go straight to the nearest station, AX station 16. And return using a JR line or private railway line. At this time, it is necessary to purchase a return ticket at the three ticket machines 14a to 14c at the AX station 16, but since a large number of people use the ticket machines at a time, a line is formed in front of the ticket machines. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), display units 26a to 26c for displaying the types of tickets that can be purchased are provided immediately above the ticket vending machines 14a to 14c. By looking at the display and lining up in a line,
The desired ticket can be purchased without hesitation.

FIG. 2 shows a sales condition in a normal ticket vending machine.
In the case where the setting is made as shown in (a), the visitor 12 gets off through the ticket gate 18 of the AX station 16 before the event holding time on the day of the event holding, and the number of people getting off from the ticket held, The departure station data is read, and the entry data is sent from the ticket gate 18 to the data tallying machine 20 and the server 22 of the host computer 24 to be tallyed and managed. In the case where the entry data thus aggregated and the assignment of the ticket vending machines match, there is no need to change the setting of the release conditions of the ticket vending machines 14a to 14c, and the ticket is kept as it is in FIG. The most efficient is to release. However, comparing the initial ticket vending machine release conditions with the trends of customers on the day of the event, which is managed by the server 22, etc., if the usage ratio between the JR line and the private line is different, It is necessary to change the setting of the release condition of. For example, if the usage ratio between JR lines and private railway lines has changed from 2: 1 to 1: 2,
It is necessary to increase the number of ticket machines on private railway lines at least for a certain period after the event ends. Specifically, AX station 16
In the ticket gate 18 of the event, look at the total result of the entry data up to the holding time of the day of the event, and if the number of visitors coming by private line exceeds 60% of the total, set the release conditions of the ticket vending machine It is changed as shown in FIG.

That is, two ticket vending machines 14b, 14b, 1 out of the three ticket vending machines, according to the ratio of the number of people purchasing a ticket.
4c changes the setting of the release conditions as a ticket vending machine that sells a private railway ticket, displays “private railway” on the display units 26b and 26d, and uses the remaining ticket vending machine 14a to release a JR line ticket. And displays “JR line” on the display unit 26a. By doing this, even if a line is formed in front of the ticket vending machine, it is easy to know which ticket vending machine can be used to buy the desired ticket, and according to the actual purchaser's usage rate Is assigned, the ticket can be purchased most efficiently and quickly by making full use of all the existing ticket vending machines, and the visitor does not have to wait unnecessarily. In the present embodiment, the setting change of the ticket vending machine release conditions is automatically performed based on the participation data managed by the host computer 24 by the server 22. The setting of the ticket vending machine release conditions may be manually changed based on the data.
The setting change of the ticket vending machine sale condition is performed only for a fixed time (time until the visitor of the event venue finishes using the event venue) from the event end time (here, 14:00), and then automatically returns to the original setting. .

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a visitor to an event venue arrives at the nearest station of public transportation such as a railroad, the number of people getting off and the departure station data are obtained. Since the read entry data is compiled and managed on a server, etc., and based on the entry data, the setting of the ticket vending machine sales conditions at the nearest station is changed at the end of the event,
Use public transportation without stress, as it will be possible to maximize the efficiency of using existing ticket vending machines, reduce congestion in front of the ticket vending machines, and smoothly purchase the desired ticket. Can be. In this way, many people want to use public transport, which in turn promotes public transport,
The direction to solve problems such as air pollution, depletion of energy resources, global warming, traffic accidents and traffic congestion will be obtained. In the above-described embodiment, JR and private railways are used as examples of public transportation.
The invention is not necessarily limited to this, and can be similarly applied to various public transportation such as a subway and a municipal bus. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the entry data such as the number of passengers getting off and the departure station data are read from the ticket (ticket) and are counted and managed. Tickets such as IC cards and prepaid cards that are being expanded may be used, and the participation data can be read therefrom to obtain the same advantageous effects as described above.

[0014]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of people getting off and the number of tickets are calculated by the ticket gate provided at the ticket gate of the public transportation station nearest to the event venue. The departure station data is read, the data is collected and managed by data management means, and the condition setting means changes the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition in accordance with the event end time based on the departure station data and the number of people getting off. Even if the event ends and visitors at the event venue concentrate at the nearest station of public transportation at the same time, the ticket vending machine release conditions based on the use of public transportation by visitors on the day of the event Is changed, it is possible to use the ticket machine at the station efficiently, congestion is reduced,
A desired ticket can be purchased smoothly. According to the invention as set forth in claim 2, the number of people getting off and the departure station data of the ticket are read by the ticket gate means before the holding time on the day of the event, and the departure station data and the number of getting off data are read by the data management means. The use of public transportation by visitors to the event venue can be more accurately grasped, and the use of the nearest station at the event venue, which is concentrated at the end of the event, can be accurately performed. The sales conditions of the ticket vending machine can be set so as to be compatible with the vending machine. According to the invention as set forth in claim 3, when the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition is changed by the condition setting means, the content of the change is displayed on the display means, so that the ticket vending machine at the nearest station after the event is over. Even if many people gather in front of the station, it is possible to see at a glance which ticket vending machine should be arranged just by looking at the display means, it is possible to use the ticket vending machine at the station efficiently without confusion, Can be purchased more smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a ticket vending machine condition setting system according to the present embodiment.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing a relationship between a plurality of ticket vending machines installed at a nearest station and a display unit, wherein FIG. 2A is a diagram before setting of a release condition is changed, and FIG. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 event venues, 12 visitors, 14a-14c
Ticket vending machines, 16 AX stations, 18 ticket gates, 20 data tallying machines, 22 servers, 24 host computers, 26
a to 26c display unit, 30b B station, 30c C station, 3
2y Y station, 32z Z station.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ticket vending machine condition setting system for setting conditions of a ticket vending machine for a ticket purchased by a visitor who has returned to an event venue by using public transportation, the public location being closest to the event venue. A ticket gate provided at a ticket gate of a transportation station for counting the number of getting off passengers and reading the data of the departure station of the ticket, and data management for totalizing and managing the departure station data and the number of getting off passengers read by the ticket gate. Means, and condition setting means for setting release conditions of the ticket vending machine based on departure station data and the number of passengers managed by the data management means. A ticket vending machine condition setting system, wherein the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition is changed by the condition setting means in accordance with the end time of the event at the event venue. 2. The ticket checking means reads the number of people getting off before the holding time of the event day and the departure station data of the ticket, and the data management means tabulates the departure station data and the number of people getting off. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
Vending machine condition setting system described in. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying the changed contents when the setting of the ticket vending machine release condition is changed by the condition setting unit. Ticket vending machine condition setting system.