JP2005189988A - Vending machine and automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ticket vending machine which attains a ticket purchase operation matched with a user's use tendency. <P>SOLUTION: This automatic ticket vending machine is provided with: a reading means (112) for reading information from an information storage medium in which sum information and ticket examination history information recorded according to ticket examination processing is stored; display means (102, 121) each displaying a designation key to designate the purchase of a boarding ticket from a station where the automatic ticket vending machine is set to a predetermined station based on the ticket examination history information read by the reading means; accepting means (102, 122) each accepting the designation of the purchase of a boarding ticket through the designation key displayed at the display means, a recording means (112) for subtracting the price of the boarding ticket being the target of the instruction of purchase accepted by the accepting means from the sum information read by the reading means and recording the subtraction result as new sum information in the information storage medium; and a selling means (111) for selling the boarding ticket being the target of the instruction of purchase accepted by the accepting means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine that sells products based on money amount information stored in an information storage medium. The present invention also relates to an automatic ticket vending machine that sells a ticket based on money amount information stored in an information storage medium.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, ticket vending machines that sell various types of tickets in response to operations by users have been installed at transportation stations such as railways (see publicly known document 1). For example, the ticket vending machine is equipped with a touch panel. When you press the desired destination / fare button from among multiple destination / fare buttons displayed on this touch panel and insert the price (cash or money card), the desired destination is displayed. Tickets up to are sold.
JP 9-44705 A

  A number of destination / fare buttons are displayed on the touch panel of the ticket vending machine. This destination / fare button display is the same for any user. Of these many destination / fare buttons, searching for the desired destination / fare button is relatively troublesome. In particular, such an operation is not easy for the elderly, and it causes a crowd of ticket vending machine users.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of performing a product purchase operation in accordance with the usage tendency of each user. Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine capable of purchasing a ticket in accordance with the usage tendency of each user.

  The vending machine and ticket vending machine of the present invention are configured as follows.

  (1) A vending machine according to the present invention has a reading means for reading money amount information and usage history information stored in an information storage medium, and a display for displaying a product designation button based on the usage history information read by the reading means. A means for accepting the designation of the product via the product designation button displayed by the display means, and the price of the designated product accepted by the accepting means is subtracted from the amount information read by the reading means, Recording the deducting result as new amount information on the information storage medium, recording the sale of the designated product as new usage history information on the information storage medium, and selling the designated product accepted by the accepting unit Sales means.

  (2) The present invention is an automatic ticket vending machine that sells a ticket, and is an automatic ticket vending machine that sells a ticket, which reads information from an information storage medium in which money amount information and usage history information are stored. And designation specifying purchase of a ticket from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed to the use station based on the use station information of the information storage medium included in the use history information read by the reading means A display means for displaying a button; a receiving means for accepting designation of ticket purchase via the designation button displayed by the display means; and the price of the ticket for purchase instruction received accepted by the accepting means is read. Subtract from the amount information read by the means, record the result of the subtraction as new amount information on the information storage medium, and use the new ticket at the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed. And it includes a recording means for recording on the information recording medium as distribution, and sales means for selling tickets purchased referents accepted by the accepting means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the vending machine which can perform merchandise purchase operation according to the usage tendency of each user can be provided. Moreover, according to this invention, the automatic ticket vending machine which can perform boarding ticket purchase operation according to the usage tendency of each user can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an automatic ticket vending machine (automatic vending machine) that sells a ticket medium that is one of products, and FIG. 2 is an illustration of the automatic ticket vending machine (automatic vending machine) shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure. As the product, in addition to the above-mentioned ticket media, meal tickets and the like are also included. Furthermore, not only these tickets but also actual articles are included. The following description will focus on sales of ticket media.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic ticket vending machine 1 includes a display unit 102, a bill handling port 103, a ticket handling port 104, a coin insertion port 105, a ticket issuing port 106, a coin discharge port 107, and a tray 108. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 102 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 121 that displays various types of information, and includes a regular ticket (magnetic ticket), a coupon ticket (magnetic ticket), and a commuter pass (magnetic ticket). / Wireless card), prepaid card (magnetic ticket / wireless card), etc., a guidance screen corresponding to the issuing process of various tickets, or a guidance screen corresponding to the amount charging process for the prepaid card is displayed. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 102 includes a touch panel unit 122 that accepts a ticket purchase instruction or an amount charge instruction.

  The banknote handling port 103 receives a banknote inserted by a customer or returns a banknote as change to the customer. The ticket handling port 104 receives a commuter pass (magnetic ticket / wireless card) or a credit card inserted by a customer, provides a commuter pass or a prepaid card issued to a customer, or receives a received credit card. Or return it. The coin slot 105 accepts coins inserted by customers. The ticket issuing port 106 discharges ordinary tickets and coupon tickets that are issued in response to an input operation by a customer. The coin discharge port 107 returns coins as change to the customer. The tray 108 receives a coin as a change returned from the coin discharge port 107.

  Next, each function of the automatic ticket vending machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic ticket vending machine 1 includes a main control unit 100, and the main control unit 100 issues a regular ticket, a coupon ticket, a commuter pass, a prepaid card, and the amount of money to the prepaid card. The charge process is controlled. The main control unit 100 is connected to a unit transmission unit 110, a customer service unit 120, a staff panel unit 130, a recording unit 140, an upper transmission unit 150, and the like.

  A ticket issuing unit 111, a card processing unit 112, a banknote processing unit 113, a coin processing unit 114, and the like are connected to the unit transmission unit 110. The customer service section 120 is connected to an LCD display section 121, a touch panel section 122, other display / switch sections 124, and the like. An LCD display unit 131, a touch panel unit 132, other display / switch unit 133, and the like are connected to the staff panel unit 130. The upper transmission unit 150 communicates with a management server that manages and manages various station service devices such as automatic ticket vending machines, and exchanges various data.

  When the ticket issuing unit 111 receives an input of an ordinary ticket purchase instruction via the touch panel unit 122 corresponding to the ordinary ticket purchase instruction button displayed on the LCD display unit 121, the ticket issuing unit 111 pays a price (cash In response to the payment or credit card payment), a regular ticket corresponding to the regular ticket purchase instruction is issued. Similarly, the ticket issuing unit 111 issues a coupon ticket.

  Further, the ticket issuing unit 111 corresponds to the purchase instruction button of the commuter pass (magnetic ticket) displayed on the LCD display unit 121 via the touch panel unit 122, and further various conditions (boarding section, boarding) When the start date, validity period, name, gender, age, phone number, etc. are accepted, a commuter pass (magnetic ticket) will be issued based on the entered conditions in response to payment from the user. .

  Further, when the ticket issuing unit 111 receives a prepaid card purchase instruction via the touch panel unit 122 corresponding to the prepaid card (magnetic ticket) purchase instruction button displayed on the LCD display unit 121, the ticket issuing unit 111 receives a payment from the user. In response to the payment, a prepaid card (magnetic ticket) is issued.

  The card processing unit 112 responds to the purchase instruction button for the commuter pass (wireless card) displayed on the LCD display unit 121 via the touch panel unit 122, and further provides various conditions (boarding section, boarding start) When input of date, validity period, name, gender, age, phone number, etc.) is accepted, a commuter pass (wireless card) is issued based on the entered conditions in response to payment of the price from the user.

  Furthermore, when the card processing unit 112 receives a prepaid card purchase instruction via the touch panel unit 122 in response to a prepaid card (wireless card) purchase instruction button displayed on the LCD display unit 121, A prepaid card (wireless card) is issued in response to payment.

  Next, the details of issuing (selling) the above-described ordinary ticket will be described. Broadly speaking, there are cases where a regular ticket is purchased with cash and a regular ticket is purchased with a prepaid card (information storage medium). This prepaid card is, for example, a prepaid card that can be used as it is as a boarding ticket. When this prepaid card is inserted into the automatic ticket gate for entrance, the automatic ticket gate for entrance deducts the first boarding fare from the amount information (remaining amount) stored in this prepaid card, and the deducted result is new amount information. (Remaining amount) is recorded on this prepaid card, and the entrance ticket gate information such as the station where the automatic ticket gate is installed and the date and time of entrance is also recorded on this prepaid card. If the automatic ticket gate for entrance can deduct the first boarding fare from the amount information stored in the inserted prepaid card, it receives the first boarding fare and records the entrance ticket gate information in this way, to approve.

  In addition, when a prepaid card that has been permitted to enter the ticket gate in this way is inserted into the automatic ticket gate for participation, the automatic ticket gate for participation enters the entrance ticket gate based on the entrance ticket gate information stored in the prepaid card. The fare for the shortage to the station where the automatic ticket gate is installed is settled (if there is no shortage, no settlement is required). In other words, this automatic ticket gate for participation subtracts the shortage fare from the amount information (remaining amount) stored in this prepaid card, and records the subtracted result as new amount information (remaining amount) on this prepaid card, Further, entry ticket information such as the station where the automatic ticket gate for entry and the entry date and time are recorded is also recorded on this prepaid card. When the automatic ticket gate for participation can subtract the shortage fare from the amount information stored in the inserted prepaid card, it receives the shortage fare and records the entry ticket gate information in this way. , Allow entry ticket gates.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the ordinary ticket sales initial screen of the automatic ticket vending machine. When a regular ticket is purchased with cash, that is, with the plain ticket release initial screen shown in FIG. 3 displayed on the display unit 102 of the automatic ticket vending machine, cash or the like is inserted into the bill handling slot 103 or the coin slot 105. When a predetermined fare button is pressed, a regular ticket corresponding to the pressed fare button is released. If change needs to be returned, change will be returned. It is the same even if the necessary cash is inserted after the fare button is pressed.

  When a regular ticket is purchased with a prepaid card, that is, when the plain ticket release initial screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 102 of the automatic ticket vending machine, the card is inserted into the ticket handling slot 104. The amount information and usage history information stored in the prepaid card are read by the processing unit 112, and a history reflection type sales screen is displayed on the display unit 102 configured by the LCD display unit 121 and the touch panel unit 122 based on the read usage history information. Is displayed.

  The usage history information referred to here is information recorded on a prepaid card every time a regular ticket is purchased with an automatic ticket vending machine using a prepaid card. For example, the usage history information includes the name of the station used (automatic ticket sales). Station name), information on purchased ticket price, date and time of purchase. The prepaid card may be of a type that holds only the latest usage history information (previously used station name), or a type that holds past usage history information (used past station names). It may be.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of display processing of the history reflection type sales screen. When a prepaid card is inserted into the ticket handling slot 104 in the state where the plain ticket sales initial screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, the information stored in the prepaid card is read by the card processing unit 112. By this reading, it is confirmed that the use history information is stored in the prepaid card (ST1, YES), and the previous use station included in this use history information is a station different from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed. If it is confirmed (ST2, YES) and the fare from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed to the last use station can be searched (ST3, YES), for example, a history reflection type sales screen as shown in FIG. Display (ST4). Further, if even one of the above conditions is not satisfied, the ordinary ticket sales initial screen shown in FIG. 3 remains displayed, and the history reflecting type sales screen is not displayed (ST5). For example, since the usage history information is not recorded on an unused prepaid card that has just been purchased, the ordinary ticket sales initial screen shown in FIG. 3 remains displayed, and the history reflecting type sales screen is not displayed.

  In the above example, based on the previous use station included in the use history information, it is confirmed whether the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed matches the previous use station, and the history reflection type The case where the sales screen is displayed was explained. As shown in FIG. 4, the history reflecting type sales screen displayed in this case includes a designation button (Tokyo Station (170 yen)) that designates the purchase of a ticket from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed to the last use station. ) Is highlighted (displayed in a conspicuous position different from other designation buttons), and several designated buttons (120, 130, 170,..., 990) prepared in advance for designating the purchase of a ticket are displayed. . That is, this case is a case where the previous use station included in the use history information read from the prepaid card indicates Tokyo Station, and the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed is other than Tokyo Station. The prepaid card usage history information indicates that the user of the prepaid card has come from Tokyo Station. Therefore, it is determined that there is a high possibility that the user of this prepaid card will return to Tokyo Station. A designation button for designating a ticket is highlighted. As a result, when the user of this prepaid card actually returns to Tokyo Station, he / she can purchase the target ticket simply by pressing (selecting) the designation button for designating purchase of the ticket to the highlighted Tokyo Station. can do. Even if the user of this prepaid card does not return to Tokyo Station, the target ticket can be obtained by pressing (selecting) the designation button for designating the purchase of the ticket to the destination as before. Can be purchased.

  The pressing of the designation button is detected by the touch panel unit 122, and the price of the ticket sold corresponding to the designation button detected by the touch panel unit 122 is calculated. The card processing unit 112 subtracts this price from the amount information read from the prepaid card, records the deduction result on the prepaid card as new amount information, and uses the automatic ticket vending machine at the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed. It records on this prepaid card as station information. Further, the ticket issuing unit 111 issues (sells) a boarding ticket corresponding to the designated button detected by the touch panel unit 122. In addition, in FIG. 4, although the station name and the fare amount are displayed for the designation button for designating the ticket to the last use station, only the fare amount is displayed for the plurality of designated buttons prepared in advance. The station name and the fare amount may be displayed for the plurality of designation buttons, or only the station name may be displayed.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, based on usage history information, check if there is a different use station from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed (do not stick to the previous use station), and if there is a different use station from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed A history reflecting release screen may be displayed on the screen. In the history reflection type sales screen displayed in this case, only the most recently used station among the past used stations is the target, and from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed to the most recently used station. A designation button for designating purchase of a boarding ticket is highlighted, and several designation buttons prepared in advance for designating purchase of a boarding ticket are displayed. Or, instead of focusing on only the most recently used stations among the past used stations, some of these used stations that are new in time may be used as the target from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed. Several designation buttons for designating the purchase of a ticket to several use stations may be highlighted, and some designation buttons prepared in advance for designating the purchase of a ticket may be displayed. .

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of the history reflection type sales screen. On the history reflection type sales screen, designation buttons (for example, Tokyo Station (170 yen), Shinjuku Station (190 yen) that designate the purchase of a ticket to a frequently used station excluding the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed are displayed. ), Yokohama Station (290 yen)) is highlighted, and several designated buttons (120, 140, 170,..., 990) prepared in advance for designating the purchase of a ticket are displayed. In this case, the most frequently used station is Tokyo Station, the next most frequently used station is Shinjuku Station, and the next most frequently used is the past multiple usage history information read from the prepaid card. This is a case where the station was found to be Yokohama Station. Therefore, it is determined that the user of this prepaid card is most likely to go to Tokyo Station, next to Shinjuku Station, and more likely to go to Yokohama Station. The designated button that specifies the purchase of a ticket to Tokyo Station that is expensive is displayed with the highest emphasis (displayed in the largest size in a conspicuous position different from other designated buttons), and the next most frequently used ticket to Shinjuku Station Next, the designated button that designates the purchase is highlighted and displayed (displayed in the next larger size in a conspicuous position different from the other designated buttons), and the purchase of the next most frequently used ticket to Yokohama Station is designated The designated button to be displayed is further highlighted (displayed in a larger size at a conspicuous position different from the other designated buttons). As a result, when the user of this prepaid card actually goes to Tokyo Station, simply press (select) the designated button for designating the purchase of the ticket to Tokyo Station highlighted, and the target ticket can be selected. Can be purchased. Similarly, when the user of this prepaid card actually goes to Shinjuku Station, simply press (select) the designated button for designating the purchase of the ticket to Shinjuku Station highlighted, and the target ticket will be displayed. Can be purchased. Similarly, when the user of this prepaid card actually goes to Yokohama Station, simply press (select) the designated button that designates the purchase of the ticket to Yokohama Station that is highlighted, and the target ticket will be displayed. Can be purchased. In addition, even if the user of this prepaid card does not go to Tokyo Station, Shinjuku Station, or Yokohama Station, the user presses the designation button for designating the purchase of a ticket to the intended destination as before ( By selecting), the target ticket can be purchased. The pressing of the designation button is detected by the touch panel unit 122, and the price of the ticket sold corresponding to the designation button detected by the touch panel unit 122 is calculated. The card processing unit 112 subtracts this price from the amount information read from the prepaid card, records the deduction result on the prepaid card as new amount information, and uses the automatic ticket vending machine at the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed. It records on this prepaid card as station information. Further, the ticket issuing unit 111 issues (sells) a boarding ticket corresponding to the designated button detected by the touch panel unit 122. In addition, in FIG. 5, the station name and the fare amount are displayed for the designation that designates the purchase of the ticket to the frequently used station, and only the fare amount is displayed for a plurality of designated buttons prepared in advance. However, the station name and the fare amount may be displayed for the plurality of designation buttons, or only the station name may be displayed.

  As described above, when the automatic ticket vending machine receives the prepaid card, it searches for a previously used station, a past used station, a frequently used station, or the like based on the use history information stored in the prepaid card (however, Calculate the fare from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed to the last used station, past used station, or frequently used station, and the previous used station, past used station, or A designation button (designation of destination station name and fare amount) for designating purchase of a ticket to a frequently used station is highlighted and displayed. A user who uses transportation such as a railroad often goes from the departure point to the destination and returns from the destination to the departure point. The automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention can display an easy-to-use ticket release screen in consideration of such user behavior patterns. As a result, many users can purchase a ticket to a destination (departure place or frequently used station) with a simple operation.

  Note that the highlighting of the designation button for designating the purchase of a ticket to the last used station, the past used station, or the frequently used station is not limited to the examples shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The display color may be emphasized.

  In the above description, an example of an automatic ticket vending machine that sells ticket media has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a vending machine that sells food tickets and actual articles. For example, when a prepaid card is inserted into a vending machine, the vending machine reads the amount information and usage history information stored in the prepaid card, and designates a product on a display unit including a touch panel based on the read usage history information. Displays a button. For example, when it is determined from the usage history information that the product purchased last time is the product A, the product designation button for designating the purchase of the product A is highlighted (displayed in a conspicuous position different from other product designation buttons). A plurality of product designation buttons prepared in advance are displayed. Alternatively, the product with the highest purchase frequency is the product A, the product with the next highest purchase frequency is the product B, and the product with the next highest purchase frequency is the product C from the past usage history information. When it becomes clear, the product designation button that designates the purchase of the product A with the highest purchase frequency is displayed with the highest emphasis (displayed in the largest size in a conspicuous position different from other product designation buttons), and the product with the next highest purchase frequency Next, the product designation button that designates the purchase of B is highlighted and displayed (displayed in the next larger size in a conspicuous position different from other product designation buttons), and further, the purchase of the product C having the next highest purchase frequency is designated. The product designation button is further emphasized and displayed (displayed in the next larger size in a conspicuous position different from other destination buttons).

  When a desired product designation button is pressed (selected) from among the product designation buttons displayed on the display unit, this push is detected by the touch panel. The price of the product sold corresponding to the desired product designation button detected on the touch panel is subtracted from the amount information stored in the prepaid card, and the deduction result is recorded on the prepaid card as new amount information. The product sales corresponding to the designated button is recorded on the prepaid card as new usage history information, and the product corresponding to the desired product designated button detected by the touch panel is sold. In this case, corresponding to the purchase of the product (corresponding to the pressing of the desired product designation button), information indicating which product has been purchased is recorded as usage history information, and this usage history information is recorded as the next product. Reflected on the sales screen. Thereby, the product sales screen according to the user's preference can be displayed. The user can purchase a product with a simple operation when purchasing the product purchased last time or purchasing more frequently purchased products.

  Furthermore, the present invention is also applicable to a telephone card and a public telephone that can be used for telephone calls. For example, a telephone card stores the number of times it can be used (equivalent to monetary information) and history information (phone number dialed in the past), and the public telephone displays the phone number dialed last time based on the history information stored in the phone card. In addition, it is possible to assist the user in dialing by displaying a number of telephone numbers frequently dialed in the past.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, the embodiments may be appropriately combined as much as possible, and in that case, the combined effect can be obtained. Further, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance of an automatic ticket vending machine (automatic vending machine) that sells a ticket medium that is one of products. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of the automatic ticket vending machine (automatic vending machine) shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the normal ticket sale initial screen displayed on an automatic ticket vending machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the log | history reflection type release screen displayed on an automatic ticket vending machine. It is a figure which shows the other example of the log | history reflection type release screen displayed on an automatic ticket vending machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the display process of a history reflection type sale screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket machine, 100 ... Main control part, 102 ... Display part, 103 ... Banknote handling port, 104 ... Ticket handling port, 105 ... Coin insertion port, 106 ... Ticket issuing port, 107 ... Coin discharge port, 108 ... Receptacle, 110 ... unit transmission unit, 111 ... ticket issuing unit, 112 ... card processing unit, 113 ... bill processing unit, 114 ... coin handling unit, 120 ... customer service part, 121 ... LCD display part, 122 ... touch panel part

Claims (6)

Reading means for reading the amount information and usage history information stored in the information storage medium;
Display means for displaying a product designation button based on the usage history information read by the reading means;
Receiving means for accepting designation of a product via the product designation button displayed by the display means;
The price of the designated product accepted by the accepting unit is subtracted from the amount information read by the reading unit, the deduction result is recorded as new amount information in the information storage medium, and the sale of the designated product is newly used history information Recording means for recording in the information storage medium as
Sales means for selling the designated product received by the reception means;
Vending machine characterized by having Reading means for reading the amount information stored in the information storage medium and the past usage history information; and
Based on the past usage history information read by the reading means, the previously purchased product is specified, the product specifying button for specifying the previously purchased product is displayed with the highest emphasis, and the product specifying button prepared in advance is displayed. Display means to
Receiving means for accepting designation of a product via the product designation button displayed by the display means;
The price of the designated product accepted by the accepting unit is subtracted from the amount information read by the reading unit, the deduction result is recorded as new amount information in the information storage medium, and the sale of the designated product is newly used history information Recording means for recording in the information storage medium as
Sales means for selling the designated product received by the reception means;
Vending machine characterized by having Reading means for reading the amount information stored in the information storage medium and the past usage history information; and
A table item that determines the purchase frequency of each product based on the past usage history information read by the reading means, and designates a product purchased at a predetermined purchase frequency in a predetermined display form reflecting the purchase frequency. Display means for displaying a designated button and displaying a product designation button prepared in advance;
Accepting means for accepting designation of a product via the product designation button displayed by the display means;
The price of the designated product accepted by the accepting unit is subtracted from the amount information read by the reading unit, the deduction result is recorded as new amount information in the information storage medium, and the sale of the designated product is newly used history information Recording means for recording in the information storage medium as
Sales means for selling the designated product received by the reception means;
Vending machine characterized by having An automatic ticket vending machine that sells tickets,
Reading means for reading information from an information storage medium in which amount information and usage history information are stored;
A designation button for designating purchase of a ticket from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed to the use station based on the information on the use station of the information storage medium included in the use history information read by the reading means. Display means for displaying;
Accepting means for accepting designation of ticket purchase via the designation button displayed by the display means;
The price of the ticket for purchase instruction received by the receiving means is subtracted from the amount information read by the reading means, and the result of the subtraction is recorded in the information storage medium as new amount information, and the automatic ticket machine is installed. Recording means for recording the information used at the station as new station information on the information recording medium;
Sales means for selling the ticket for purchase instruction received by the receiving means;
An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by comprising An automatic ticket vending machine that sells tickets,
Reading means for reading information from an information storage medium in which amount information and usage history information are stored;
Different from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed based on the information of the past use stations of the information storage medium included in the usage history information read by the reading means. Display means for highlighting and displaying a designation button for designating purchase of a ticket to a plurality of the use stations, and displaying a designation button for designating purchase of a prepared ticket;
Accepting means for accepting an instruction to purchase a ticket via the designation button displayed by the display means;
Subtract the price of the ticket subject to purchase instruction accepted by the accepting means from the amount information read by the reading means, record the deducted result as new amount information in the information storage medium, and install the automatic ticket machine Recording means for recording the information used at the station as new station information on the information recording medium;
Sales means for selling the ticket for purchase instruction received by the receiving means;
An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by comprising An automatic ticket vending machine that sells tickets,
Reading means for reading information from an information storage medium in which amount information and usage history information are stored;
Based on the information of the past use stations of the information storage medium included in the use history information read by the reading means, determine the use frequency of each station excluding the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed, and use frequency In addition to displaying a designation button for designating the purchase of a ticket from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed to the use station being used at a predetermined use frequency in a predetermined display form reflecting the Display means for displaying a designation button for designating purchase of a ticket;
Accepting means for accepting an instruction to purchase a ticket via the designation button displayed by the display means;
Subtract the price of the ticket subject to purchase instruction accepted by the accepting means from the amount information read by the reading means, record the deducted result as new amount information in the information storage medium, and install the automatic ticket machine Recording means for recording the information used at the station as new station information on the information recording medium;
Sales means for selling the ticket for purchase instruction received by the receiving means;
Vending machine characterized by having

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