JP2003178335A - Electronic time table display and printing processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print information such as the latest departure time, platform number, or arrival time on a ticket or card so as to be convenient for a passenger. <P>SOLUTION: A booking device or ticket examination device comprises a database of time table. The database is retrieved from information such as time, fare of ticket, destination or the like, and the information is displayed and printed on the ticket or card. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for displaying or printing timetables and associated information on transportation tickets on a ticket in a timely manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when buying a ticket at a station and boarding a train, such information is usually printed on the face of the ticket when the departure time and the destination are clear like a limited express ticket.
However, it is usual that only the fare and the name of the desired station are printed on the ticket when going to a nearby station.

In particular, on trains in the suburbs of large cities, usually only the fare is printed on the ticket. Issuing such a ticket is a case of a train that goes only to a relatively suburb. Therefore, train departure intervals are relatively frequent.

In such a case, even if it is desired to know the time of the next train to depart, the timetable of the station is not always in a position where it is easy to see, and at a station with many platforms, it is uncertain which platform to depart from. I don't know. Moreover, there is a drawback that you cannot know what time you will arrive at the target station unless you look at a really detailed timetable.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the present invention, data such as departure times, departure platforms, arrival times, etc. of a plurality of trains are solved for a ticket that can get on an unspecified train by solving the above-mentioned drawbacks. It is designed to be displayed or printed, and the information for each route is provided as information from the current time for the convenience of users.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic timetable display / print processing system according to the present invention is a database for storing an electronic timetable and train information, a ticket issuing means for issuing a ticket, and a ticket wicket. Ticketing means, detecting means for detecting the type of ticket by the ticket issuing means or the ticket checking means, timer means for knowing the time, extracting means for extracting data from the database based on the information obtained by the detecting means and the timer means A memory for storing the result extracted by the extracting unit, a display unit for displaying the result extracted by the extracting unit, and a printing unit for printing the result extracted by the extracting unit.

Further, the database includes train departure times, departure platforms, boarding positions, green car boarding positions,
It is characterized by having information such as stop times at each station.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(Outline of Embodiment) First, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an outline of the system of the ticket dispenser.

Reference numeral 101 is a ticket issuing machine for issuing tickets. 102
Is a database DB that digitizes the timetable. 103
Is a printer PRNT for printing tickets. 104 is a charge. 105 is a ticket that has been issued. With this ticket dispenser, if you enter a fee and indicate the fee to the target station or the destination station, the database information will be printed on the ticket and issued.

FIG. 2 is an outline of the system of the ticket gate.

Reference numeral 201 is a ticket gate. 202 is a database DB, 205 is a printer PRNT for printing, 203
Is a ticket, but it also includes commuter passes and entrance cards.
Since these cards do not go through the ticket machine, they are printed at the ticket gate. The printed result is 204. However, depending on the card, there is less room to print, so there is also a method of erasing the previous information and printing, but if the card has a memory and a display, write the information to be printed in the memory,
There is also a method of displaying it electronically.

(Card) Of the above-mentioned commuter pass and entrance card, the appearance of a card having a display is shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 301 denotes the entire card, 302 denotes a display device, 3
03 is a key. The displayed contents are information stored in the internal memory, and the key is used to control the display of the information.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the card (601).

A program is stored in the ROM (604), and instructions of this program are stored in the central processing unit CPU (60).
By executing 3), various displays and key processing are performed.

Information can be written in the RAM (605), and the information obtained from the ticket gate is written. The sensor SEN (602) is a contact for exchanging information with the ticket gate.

The display DISP (606) displays information, and the key KEY (607) is a key for the operator to give a display instruction. CPU, ROM, RAM, S above
ES, DISP, and KEY are connected by a bus line BL (607).

(Bid-out device) A bid-out device as a bid-out device will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The ROM (405) stores a program and a font for operating this apparatus, and this program is executed by an instruction of the central processing unit CPU (401).

The font is character pattern information and is used to display characters on the display DISP (403) and to print characters on the printer PRNT (411). The RAM (406) is used as a work area required for various calculations.

The disk DISK (404) stores a database of electronic timetables. The safe SAFE (408) is a device for storing cash. In addition, cash input section M IN (4
07) is a cash input device, and the cash entered from here is a safe S
Stored in AFE.

The cash amount is stored in the RAM as numerical data.
Is also stored temporarily. Similarly, cash output section M / OUT
(409) is a cash output device which is a device for outputting change or the like from a safe. The bus line BL (410) connects the above devices to exchange information.

(Ticket Gate Device) A ticket gate device as a ticket gate means will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The ROM (505) stores a program and a font for operating this apparatus, and this program is executed by an instruction of the central processing unit CPU (501).

The font is character pattern information and is used when the printer PRNT (504) prints characters. However, the printer is not always necessary. If the ticket is printed on a ticket machine, it is not necessary at the ticket gate, and a printer is not necessary when storing information on the card.

It is an auxiliary means only when printing cannot be performed by the ticket dispenser. The RAM (506) is used as a work area required for various calculations. Disk DISK (50
3) stores a timetable database.

Card reading / writing device R / W (50
2) is a device which has a contact point with a card and reads the contents of the card and writes information in the memory of the card. The bus line BL (507) connects the above devices to exchange information.

(Structure of Database) Here, the structure of the database will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 9, the horizontal axis represents the type of information and the vertical axis represents the time.

901 is an identification name for each direction of the route, 902 is a departure platform, 903 is a boarding position and is a boarding position number drawn on a pillar number or a platform, 904 is a boarding position number of a green car, and 905 is next. Arrival time of the stopping station, 90
Similarly, the arrival time is 6, 907 and below.

Such information is output vertically (display or print example). The result extracted from the database is printed on a ticket or displayed on a card. The print or display example is shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. Explain.

FIG. 10 shows an example printed on a ticket purchased by designating a target station. In other words, it is the ticket that purchased the ticket up to C station (1005). When the departure time (1002) is 6:30, the train home (1001) is number 8, the boarding position (1003) is 1-8, and the green car riding position (100
4) is 4, 5. It can be seen that the arrival time at station C (1005) is 8:20.

FIG. 11 shows an example of displaying or printing a ticket purchased without designating a target station. The arrival time at the destination station is naturally missing as information because it is a ticket purchased without specifying the destination station and specifying only the fare.

Instead, the departure time (1103) of each train, the platform (1102), the boarding position (1104), the green boarding position (1105), etc. are printed or displayed for each direction (1101).

(Bid-out process) The process in the bid-out device will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

The flow of this processing is stored in the ROM of the bid issuing device as a program. Accept the fee first. In this case, cash may be inserted, or payment may be made by another method such as a credit card (step S701).

Next, it is determined whether or not the destination is designated (step S702). If the destination is designated, route data corresponding to the destination is extracted from the database (step S703). After that, the train data after the current time is narrowed down (step S704).

The narrowed data is printed on a ticket (step S705). Then eject the ticket (step S
706). On the other hand, when the destination is not designated, the train data after the current time of all routes is extracted from the database (step S707). Subsequent processing is step S705.
It is the same as the following.

(Ticket processing process) The processing process at the entrance of the ticket gate will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. The flow of this process is stored in the ROM of the ticket gate device as a program. First, read the contents of the card.

The card in this case may be a commuter pass, a coupon ticket, or a ticket. Furthermore, the ticket gate checks whether or not the card is valid, and ejects the invalid card. The subsequent processing will proceed assuming that this card is a valid card (step S801).

Next, the boarding station name is entered on the read card. This may be written electronically or printed (step S802). Train data after the current time is extracted from the database.

In this case, since the target station name is not usually written on the card, the data of all the routes are extracted (step S803). Print or electronically write data on a card.

In this case, it may not be possible to print or store all the information after the current time, and since the time signal of the far time is not necessary, the trains 2 and 3 at the nearest time are sufficient (step S804). ). Then, the card is ejected (step S805).

(Other Embodiments) In addition to the above embodiments, the following may be made. In this embodiment, a card may be used instead of a ticket, but a device having a memory or a display may be used instead of the card shape.
For example, a cell phone can be used if the periodic data is stored in the memory.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, data such as departure times, departure platforms, arrival times, etc. of a plurality of trains is displayed or printed on a ticket that can board an unspecified train. In addition, they are designed to be convenient for users as information from the current time on a route-by-route basis.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a bid issuing device of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the ticket gate device.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a card.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a bid issuing device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a ticket gate device.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a card.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a bid issuing device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the ticket gate device.

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a database.

FIG. 10 is a ticket or card print or data example.

FIG. 11 is an example of printing a ticket or a card or data.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ticket dispenser 102 database 103 printer 104 fee 105 ticket

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A database for storing an electronic timetable and train information, a ticket issuing means for issuing a ticket, a ticket checking means for ticketing a ticket, a detecting means for detecting the ticket type by the ticket issuing means or the ticket checking means, and knowing the time. Timer means, detection means, extraction means for extracting data from the database based on information obtained by the timer means, memory for storing results extracted by the extraction means, display for displaying results extracted by the extraction means An electronic timetable display / print processing system comprising: a printing unit that prints the result extracted by the extracting unit. 2. The train departure time is stored in the database,
2. The electronic timetable display / print processing system according to claim 1, which has information such as departure platform, boarding position, green car boarding position, and stop time at each station.