JP2006024130A - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket issuing device preventing illegal action. <P>SOLUTION: When performing taking-forgetting recovery, presence/absence of a person is detected. When the person is detected, taking-forgetting recovery operation is not executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for issuing a boarding ticket.

  Conventionally, in a ticket issuing device as a station service device that issues a boarding ticket, when purchasing a ticket with a large amount of banknote, as a response to forgetting to pick up a bill, if it is not withdrawn within a certain time after releasing the bill, It is designed to be taken into the ticket machine as if it was forgotten.

  However, scams that misuse this forgotten collection function have also occurred.

  There are two techniques for fraud:

(1) After removing a part of the bill, the banknote is intentionally forgotten and collected in the ticket vending machine, and the bills collected in the ticket vending machine are returned to the customer in response to the staff. Therefore, the attendant hands over the banknotes in the ticket issuing device to the customer, resulting in a shortage.

(2) Grasp a part of the bill, and intentionally forget to take it, and pull it out in accordance with the action of collecting it in the ticket vending machine, and the bill that is not gripped is taken into the ticket vending machine. The rest is the same as (1).

With regard to the technique (1), a method of detecting the movement of a bill in a gap in which a part of the tag is removed has been devised and put into practical use.

In contrast to the fraudulent act (2) described above, it has been very difficult to detect that only some of the banknotes have been extracted during the collecting operation.
JP 2001-092996 A

  This invention is designed not to forget to collect when it is detected that there is a person in front of this device, or to interrupt the recovery operation when it is detected that a person is approaching during the recovery operation. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device that can prevent fraud.

  The ticket issuing device according to the present invention includes a determining means for determining the amount of cash received by the cash receiving means, a specifying means for specifying the amount of the ticket to be issued within the received amount determined by the determining means, and the designation In a ticket issuing device having an issuing means for issuing a ticket of an amount by means, and a payout means for paying out cash such as banknotes of an amount obtained by subtracting the amount of the ticket issued by the issuing means from the received amount, Detecting means for detecting whether or not there is a person at a position facing the customer service surface of the apparatus; and when the cash paid out by the paying means has not been received even after a predetermined time has passed, the detecting means A collecting means for collecting the cash in the case where the cash is not detected; and the detecting means when the cash paid out by the paying means is not received even after a predetermined time has elapsed. If not detect more human, and a prohibiting means for prohibiting the recovery by the recovery means.

  The ticket issuing device according to the present invention includes a determining means for determining the amount of cash received by the cash receiving means, a specifying means for specifying the amount of the ticket to be issued within the received amount determined by the determining means, and the designation In a ticket issuing device having an issuing means for issuing a ticket of an amount by means, and a payout means for paying out cash such as banknotes of an amount obtained by subtracting the amount of the ticket issued by the issuing means from the received amount, Detecting means for detecting whether or not there is a person at a position facing the customer service surface of the apparatus; and when the cash paid out by the paying means has not been received even after a predetermined time has passed, the detecting means If it has not been detected, the recovery means for recovering the cash inside, and when the person is detected by the detection means while the cash is being recovered by the recovery means, And a stop means to stop the collection of cash from collection means.

  As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when it is detected that there is a person in front of this device, it is not possible to forget to collect it, or it is detected that a person has approached during the collecting operation. In some cases, by interrupting the collection operation, a ticket issuing device that can prevent fraud can be provided.

  Hereinafter, an automatic ticket vending machine as a ticket issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine 1 that prints and issues a ticket (ticket) according to the present invention.

  On the customer service front of the automatic ticket vending machine 1, a display operation unit 2 constituted by a color liquid crystal display unit (LCD) with a built-in touch panel 2a on which a screen corresponding to ticket purchase is displayed, a bill is inserted, A bill insertion slot 3 for discharging banknotes, a money card (card) or a commuter pass, and a card insertion slot 4 for discharging a money card, commuter pass, a coin insertion slot 5 for inserting coins, and a ticket A ticket issuing port 6 for discharging coins, a coin discharging port 7 for discharging coins, and a tray 8 for discharging issued tickets and change are provided.

  The bill insertion slot 3, the card insertion slot 4, the coin insertion slot 5, the ticket issuing slot 6, and the coin discharge slot 7 are arranged together (collectively) at the lower part of the display operation unit 2. It is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the ejected cards.

  In addition, a human detector (proximity sensor) 10 is provided on the customer service surface of the automatic ticket vending machine 1 to detect whether there is a person in front of the customer service surface, that is, in front of the automatic ticket vending machine.

  In addition, a speaker hole 11 is provided on the customer service surface of the automatic ticket vending machine 1, and various guidance is provided to a user located in front of the customer service surface by a speaker 21 built in the speaker hole 11. .

  FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine 1.

  That is, the automatic ticket vending machine 1 is a building mechanism as a bill processing unit that handles the bill from the bill detector 3, a display processing unit (customer service portion) 12 that drives and controls the human detector 10, and the display operation unit 2. 13. A card mechanism 14 as a card processing unit that handles cards from the card insertion slot 4, a coin mechanism 15 as a coin processing unit that handles coins from the coin insertion slot 5 and discharges change from the coin discharge slot 7, and a ticket Ticketing mechanism 16 as a ticketing processing unit for issuing a ticket and releasing it from the ticket issuing port 6 Driver 22 for speaker 21, customer service section 12, building mechanism 13, card mechanism 14, coin mechanism 15, ticketing mechanism 16, driver 22 It is comprised by the control part 17 to control.

  The control unit 17 is connected to each mechanism and customer service unit through an interface.

  The ticket issuing mechanism 16 includes a printing unit and an encoding unit (not shown). The ticket printed by the printing unit is sent to the encoding unit, where magnetic information for automatic ticket check is recorded in the magnetic recording unit, A ticket is released from the ticket issuing port 6 to the tray 8 as a boarding ticket.

  The control unit 17 includes a memory (not shown) in which main control software including a general-purpose OS as a control program is stored, and a CPU (not shown) that operates based on the main control software stored in the memory. Has been.

  Next, in such a configuration, a ticket issuing process operation with cash accompanied by a change tag will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

  First, the user selects a ticket to purchase with the display operation unit 2 of the customer service unit 12 (ST1), and then deposits from the banknote insertion slot 3 (ST2). Thereby, the purchase content including the purchase amount of the ticket is notified from the display operation unit 2 to the control unit 17, and the deposit amount from the bill insertion slot 3 is notified from the bill mechanism 13 to the control unit 17 (ST3, 4). .

Then, the control unit 17 compares the deposit amount with the purchase amount (ST5), and when the deposit amount exceeds the purchase amount (ST6), prohibits the deposit from the bill insertion slot 3 (ST7), The purchase contents are notified to the ticket issuing mechanism 16 (ST8), and the contents of the tag are notified to the building mechanism 13 (ST9). If there is change, the change amount is notified to the coin mechanism 15.
As a result, the ticket issued by the ticket issuing mechanism 16 is released from the ticket issuing port 6 (ST10), and the banknote dispensed by the building mechanism 13 is withdrawn from the bill insertion slot 3 as a bill (ST11).

  Even if there are a plurality of these tags, they are superposed and withdrawn. The bill mechanism 13 monitors the withdrawal of banknotes with a detector (not shown) while holding the rear end of the banknote bundle. The bill sampling monitoring result by the building mechanism 13 is notified to the control unit 17 (ST12).

  Thereafter, when the bill 17 is not notified of the withdrawal of the bill by the building mechanism 13 and a predetermined time has elapsed (timeout of the forgetting timer, several tens of seconds to several minutes) (ST13), the detection by the human detector 10 is performed. The state is checked (ST14). Thereby, when it is detected that there is a person in front of the automatic ticket vending machine 1 (ST15), the control unit 17 does not perform the forgetting collecting operation by the building mechanism 13, but for example, as shown in FIG. "Please take a note" or the like on the screen of the display operation unit 2 or make the volume of the guidance voice speaker 21 such as "Please take the banknote" louder than the volume of the normal voice guidance. Thus, the user is prompted to remove the bill (ST16).

  Thereafter, when the person leaves and the person is no longer detected by the human detector 10, the control unit 17 operates a forgetting timer (not shown) (ST17). When the time is up (after several minutes from the second), a collecting operation is performed (ST18).

  Then, in step 13, the controller 17 is not notified of the withdrawal of the banknote by the building mechanism 13, and a predetermined time has passed. In step 14, the human detector 10 indicates that there is no person in front of the automatic ticket vending machine 1. If it is detected, the bill mechanism 13 forgets to collect it (ST18).

  Further, when it is detected that a person approaches the automatic ticket vending machine 1 during the forgotten collection operation by the building mechanism 13 (ST19), the control unit 17 immediately interrupts the forgetting collection operation by the building mechanism 13. By doing so (ST20), unauthorized sampling is prevented. At this time, when it is detected that a person approaches the automatic ticket vending machine 1 during the forgetting and collecting operation by the building mechanism 13, a part of the tag is collected inside the device (partly The processing may be changed depending on whether it is left outside the device) and when all of it is collected in the device.

  That is, when all is collected (when all the tags are collected in the bill insertion slot 3), the collecting operation is finished, and when a part is not collected (the end of the tag is When it is located outside the bill insertion slot 3, the collection operation is immediately interrupted and returned to the withdrawal position before collection.

  Moreover, although the case of the automatic ticket vending machine was demonstrated as a ticket issuing apparatus, it can implement similarly not only in this but in the case of an automatic payment machine and a commuter pass issuing machine.

As described above, it is possible to prevent an action in which only a part of the collected banknote is extracted during the forgetting to collect the withdrawal banknote.
Further, fraud can be prevented (suppressed) by reducing the occurrence of forgetting itself and calling attention to the withdrawal banknote.

The external appearance perspective view which shows schematic structure of the automatic ticket vending machine of embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of an automatic ticket vending machine. The flowchart for demonstrating the ticket-issuing process operation | movement with the cash with a tag. The flowchart for demonstrating the ticket-issuing process operation | movement with the cash with a tag. The figure which shows a guidance screen.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticket vending machine, 2 ... Display operation part, 10 ... Human detector, 12 ... Customer service part, 13 ... Building mechanism, 14 ... Card mechanism, 15 ... Coin mechanism, 16 ... Ticket issuing mechanism, 17 ... Control part.

Claims (2)

A judging means for judging the amount of cash received by the cash accepting means;
A designation means for designating the amount of the ticket to be issued within the received amount determined by the determination means;
An issuing means for issuing a ticket of the amount by the specifying means;
In a ticket issuing device having a payout means for paying out cash, such as banknotes, of an amount obtained by subtracting the amount of the ticket issued by the issuing means from the received amount,
Detection means for detecting whether or not there is a person at a position facing the customer service surface of the device;
When the cash paid out by the payout means has not been received even after a predetermined time has passed, if the person is not detected by the detection means, the recovery means for collecting the cash inside;
Prohibiting means for prohibiting collection by the collecting means when the detecting means detects a person when the cash paid out by the paying means has not been received even after a predetermined time has passed;
A ticket issuing device comprising: A judging means for judging the amount of cash received by the cash accepting means;
A designation means for designating the amount of the ticket to be issued within the received amount determined by the determination means;
An issuing means for issuing a ticket of the amount by the specifying means;
In a ticket issuing device having a payout means for paying out cash, such as banknotes, of an amount obtained by subtracting the amount of the ticket issued by the issuing means from the received amount,
Detection means for detecting whether or not there is a person at a position facing the customer service surface of the device;
When the cash paid out by the payout means has not been received even after a predetermined time has passed, if the person is not detected by the detection means, the recovery means for collecting the cash inside;
In the middle of collecting cash by this collecting means, when detecting the person by the detecting means, the stopping means for stopping the collection of cash by the collecting means,
A ticket issuing device comprising:

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