JP2004110261A - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue limited express tickets based on commuter passes. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic ticket vending machine comprises a reading means for reading data recorded on a commuter pass of a conventional line inserted in the body of the automatic ticket vending machine; a commuter pass boarding section extracting means for extracting the commuter pass boarding section of the commuter pass from within the data read; a special train boarding section extracting means for extracting the special train boarding section of a special train line including the whole or part of the commuter pass boarding section extracted; a shortage section extracting means for collating the extracted commuter pass boarding section with the special train boarding section to extract a shortage section outside the commuter pass boarding section not included in the special train boarding section; a calculation means for calculating a fare for the shortage section extracted; and an issuing means for issuing a predetermined ticket which enables the user to board a train in the special train boarding section when the amount of money covering a fare relating to the special train boarding section extracted and a fare for the shortage section is inserted into the body of the automatic ticket vending machine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine, and more particularly to a vending machine capable of issuing a toll ticket such as an express ticket that can be used on an honor train line based on a commuter pass.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine that can issue a toll ticket (hereinafter, described as an example of an express ticket) disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-319249, etc. And the arrival station, and the condition that the money that satisfies the sum of the fare of the express ticket and the fare of the boarding section (the money in the present invention also includes cards such as prepaid cards). It is configured to be issued.
[0003]
In addition, a commuter pass held by the user (passenger) at the departure station of the limited express ticket (when referred to as a commuter pass in the present invention, includes both a magnetic ticket and a contactless ticket formed of an IC card having a wireless communication function). ), And if the express section of the express ticket is within the commuter section of the commuter pass, the user purchases only the express ticket without purchasing the ticket and purchases the express ticket. An express train and a commuter pass can be used to ride on an honor train (hereinafter, an express train will be described as an example).
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-mentioned conventional vending machine capable of issuing a limited express ticket (fee ticket) includes a limited express ticket when a limited express ticket section is included in the commuter pass section. It is possible to purchase an express ticket only and purchase an express ticket without purchasing a ticket at the installed automatic ticket vending machine, but if you have a commuter pass for a part of the express ticket Inconvenience that you cannot purchase an express ticket if you have
To further explain based on the route map of FIG. 4, a user is going to get on a limited express train from station A to station B in an honor train, and the user is a1 of a conventional line parallel to the honor train line. If you have a commuter pass between the station and a3 station, you cannot purchase it at the automatic ticket vending machine installed at station A. I had to buy a limited express ticket, a ticket from A station to a1 station, and a ticket from a3 to B station, and get on the limited express train from A station. Note that the route map shown in FIG. 4 shows the honor train line and the conventional line separately for ease of explanation, but it is a case where both a limited express train and a regular train run on one track. You may.
[0006]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine which enables a user to purchase an express ticket based on a commuter ticket held by a user. It is intended to be.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention, according to the first aspect of the present invention, reads data recorded on a conventional line commuter ticket inserted into the main body of the automatic ticket vending machine. Means, a commuter pass section extraction means for extracting the commuter pass section of the commuter pass from the read data, and an honor train boarding section of the honor train line including all or a part of the extracted commuter board section. And the extracted commuter pass riding section and the honor train riding section are compared with each other, and the missing section outside the commuter ticket riding section that is not included in the honor train riding section is extracted. Extraction means, calculation means for calculating the fare of the extracted insufficient section, and money which satisfies the extracted fee for the boarding section of the honor train and the amount of the fare of the insufficient section are put into the main body of the automatic ticket vending machine. Nihon Honor It is characterized by having an issuing means for issuing a predetermined ticket that can take the car boarding section, the.
The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention, when the departure station or arrival station of the extracted commuter pass boarding section does not match the departure station or arrival station of the extracted honor train boarding section, It is characterized by having stop station display means for displaying a stop station of the honor train line near the departure station or the arrival station of the boarding section.
The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the displayed stop stations are a plurality of stop stations within a predetermined range from the departure station or the arrival station in the commuter pass boarding section. An automatic ticket vending machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a predetermined stop station is selected from a plurality of displayed stop stations.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body (hereinafter, referred to as a "ticket vending machine main body") a of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment. A display screen 1 of a touch panel type is provided in the center of the front of the ticket vending machine main body a, and a call button 2a which is depressed when a response is to be made with a staff member and a ticket purchase operation are performed on the left of the display screen 1. , A cancel button 2b is provided which is depressed when the user wants to cancel.
[0009]
In the upper lower part of the front of the ticket vending machine main body a, a card for paying the purchase price of a ticket with a card such as a prepaid card, a card insertion slot 3a for inserting a commuter pass a according to the present invention, purchase of a ticket A bill insertion slot 3b for inserting a bill when paying the bill by a bill, and a coin insertion slot 3c for inserting a coin when paying the purchase bill by a coin are provided.
[0010]
In the lower front part of the ticket vending machine main body a, a change coin discharge port 4a, a change tag discharge port 4b, and a ticket issuing port 5 for issuing a ticket are provided. In FIG. 1, C is a controller formed mainly of a microcomputer (CPU) and controls the ticket vending machine main body a. The electrical configuration is shown in FIG. 2 described later.
[0011]
FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the controller C of the ticket vending machine main body a. The CPU 10 of the controller C performs arithmetic processing using predetermined data such as fare data and fare data for issuing a ticket stored in the first memory 11 and a control program stored in the second memory 12. Is configured to do so. The CPU 10 also controls the display of the display screen 1 by a variable display unit 13, the touch panel input unit 14 that drives and controls the input of the display screen 1, and performs a check processing of coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 3 c. A coin processing unit 15, a bill processing unit 16 for performing a check processing of a bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 3b, and a ticket that prints predetermined contents on a ticket surface and records predetermined magnetic data to issue a ticket. A ticketing processing unit 17 for sending out to the mouth 5 and a vending machine main body a provided on the back side of the vending machine main body a for setting the vending machine main body a to various modes such as a ticketing mode or by a staff member during maintenance and inspection of the vending machine main body a. A staff operation unit 18 having a numeric keypad operated, a change processing unit 19 for discharging change to the change discharge port 4a and a change tag discharge port 4b, and a card (not shown) or a card inserted into the card insertion port 3a A card / commuter pass processing unit 20 for processing a voucher A and a communication control unit 21 for communicating with a host device (not shown) including a host computer for managing and controlling an express ticket including a seat reservation ticket are connected. Have been. Note that when the ticket vending machine main body a is used in a section where a non-contact ticket made of an IC card having a wireless communication function can be used, a reader / writer antenna (not shown) is provided in the card insertion slot 3a.
[0012]
Hereinafter, the control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the route map of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the ticket vending machine main unit a is installed at the station A, and the commuter pass section of the commuter pass a of the conventional line owned by the user is from the station a1 to the station a3. Then, when the commuter pass A is inserted into the card insertion slot 3a of the ticket vending machine main body a installed at the station A (step 100, affirmative; hereinafter, the step is referred to as "S"), the card / commuter pass processing unit. 20, the data recorded in the commuter pass A is read, and a commuter pass section (stations a1 to a3) is extracted based on the read data (S102).
[0013]
When the commuter pass section of the extracted commuter pass a is not included in the honor train line, the commuter pass a cannot be applied to the fare of the limited express train, so the commuter pass a is used. Since it is not possible to purchase an express ticket, a notification is displayed on the display screen 1 of the ticket vending machine main body a that the express ticket cannot be purchased based on the commuter pass A (No at S104, S105).
[0014]
When a part or all of the commuter pass boarding section of the extracted commuter pass A is included in the honor train line (Yes at S104), the commuter pass A can be applied to the fare of the express coupon, so the issuance of the express coupon It is possible. In this case, when the departure station and the arrival station of the limited express ticket are included in the commuter pass boarding section (for example, in the route map of FIG. 4, the departure station of the limited express ticket to be purchased is A station and the arrival station is B station. Sometimes, if the commuter pass section is between stations A and B (for example, station C), the commuter pass a satisfies the fare for the limited express boarding section (stations A and B). When the express fare from Station A to Station B is inserted into the coin slot 3c of the ticket vending machine main body a, etc., an express ticket can be issued (S106 affirmation, S108, S110 affirmation, S112, S114 affirmation, S116). In this case, even if the express ticket can be purchased only by inputting the express fee, although omitted in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the stations A and B are selected from the stop stations of the honor train (express train). A station is selected. Specifically, the stations A and B in the station group displayed on the display screen 1 are pressed (touched).
[0015]
Even if the commuter pass can be applied to the fare of the section of the limited express ticket, as shown in the route map of FIG. If it does not coincide with the station (No at S106), a group of stations of excellent trains within a certain range from the departure station or the arrival station of the commuting section of the commuter pass a (station a1 to a3 in the example of FIG. 4) The information is displayed on the display screen in order from the station closest to the station or the arrival station (S118). Therefore, the user can select a predetermined departure station or arrival station from the displayed stop station group and determine the boarding section of the limited express ticket (S120 affirmation, S110 affirmation to S116; or S120 negation, S122, S118, S120 affirmation, S110 affirmation to S116.). In the example of FIG. 4, the station A is selected as the departure station of the limited express ticket, and the station B is selected as the destination station. In this case, the shortage fare (A station to a1 station and a3 station to B station) of the portion where the fare of the limited express ticket which cannot be applied to the commuter pass A needs to be input to the ticket vending machine main unit a and the limited express rate (A It is also necessary to input an express fare between the station and B station).
[0016]
【The invention's effect】
The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a reading means for reading data recorded on a conventional line commuter ticket inserted into a main body of the automatic ticket vending machine, and the commuter ticket from the read data. Commuter pass boarding section extracting means for extracting commuter pass boarding sections, and honor train boarding section extracting means for extracting honor train boarding sections of the honor train line including all or a part of the extracted commuter boarding sections. A lack section extraction means for comparing the commuter pass section and the honor train section, and extracting an insufficiency section outside the commuter pass section which is not included in the honor train section. A calculating means for calculating, and a predetermined boarding board that can board the section of the honor train when the money that satisfies the extracted fee for the boarding section of the honor train and the amount of the fare in the insufficient section is put into the main body of the automatic ticket vending machine. A ticket Since consisting of the issue means that line, the issuance of tickets that can take the honors train (express train) based on the commuter pass (express ticket) can receive, it is possible to achieve the convenience improvement of user.
The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention, when the departure station or arrival station of the extracted commuter pass boarding section does not match the departure station or arrival station of the extracted honor train boarding section, Stop station display means for displaying the stop station of the honor train line near the departure station or the arrival station of the boarding section allows easy selection of the origin station or the arrival station of the honor train.
In the automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, the displayed stop stations are a plurality of stop stations within a predetermined range from the departure station or the arrival station of the commuter pass boarding section, so that the departure station of the honor train or The destination station can be easily selected.
In the automatic ticket vending machine according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a predetermined stop station is selected from the plurality of displayed stop stations, so that a departure station or a destination station of the honor train can be easily selected.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic ticket vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.
FIG. 4 is a route map.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 1 display screen 2a call button 2b cancel button 3a card insertion slot 3b bill insertion slot 3c coin insertion slot 4a, 4b outlet 5 ticket issuing port C controller a body of automatic ticket vending machine (main body of ticket vending machine)
I commuter pass

Claims (4)

Reading means for reading data recorded on a commuter pass of a conventional line inserted in the main body of the vending machine,
A commuter pass section extraction means for extracting a commuter pass section of the commuter pass from the read data;
An honor train boarding section extracting means for extracting an honor train boarding section of the honor train line including all or a part of the extracted commuter pass boarding section,
Insufficient section extracting means for comparing the extracted commuter pass riding section and the honor train riding section, and extracting a missing section outside the commuter ticket riding section that is not included in the honor train riding section,
Calculating means for calculating the fare of the extracted shortage section;
Issuance means for issuing a predetermined ticket that can be boarded in the section of the honor train when the money that satisfies the amount of the extracted fare train boarding section and the amount of the fare in the insufficient section is put into the main body of the vending machine. When,
An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: In the automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, when the departure or arrival station of the extracted commuter pass section does not match the departure or arrival station of the extracted honor train ride section, An automatic ticket vending machine having stop station display means for displaying a stop station of an honor train line near a departure station or a destination station. 3. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the displayed stop stations are a plurality of stop stations within a predetermined range from a departure station or a destination station in a commuter pass boarding section. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 3, wherein a predetermined stop station is selected from a plurality of displayed stop stations.

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