JP2011150643A - Machine and system for automatically issuing ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To freely set a position of a two-dimensional barcode 53c to be printed, in an automatic ticket issue machine 10 for issuing a ticket 53 after printing the two-dimensional barcode 53c on a ticket such as a train ticket, a seat reservation ticket and a flight reservation ticket. <P>SOLUTION: An automatic ticket issue machine 10 for issuing the reservation ticket 53 after printing the two-dimensional barcode 53c, having predetermined coded information, on a medium 3, includes: a first printing means 14 for printing the two-dimensional barcode 53c on a surface 53a of the medium 3; and a marking stamp part 25 for making a predetermined mark at any position on the rear surface 53b of the medium 3. In the vicinity of the position of the rear surface 53b corresponding to the position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c, a predetermined mark 53d can be stamped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic ticketing system that prints and issues a two-dimensional bar code on a ticket such as an airline reservation ticket, and a ticket information reader that reads the ticket.

  As an automatic ticketing system, for example, an automatic ticketing system used in an airport check-in service has a configuration as shown in FIG. 2, and an automatic ticketing machine 10 is installed at a travel agency 40 in each region. The reservation ticket 53 including the two-dimensional barcode 53c is issued. Then, the ticket information reading device 20 is installed in the airport 30 and reads the two-dimensional barcode 53c of the reservation ticket issued and performs the subsequent processing.

  Here, the configuration of the conventional automatic ticketing machine 10 is as shown in FIG. 8, 11 is a hopper unit that stores the medium 3, and 12 is a separation unit that separates the medium 3 stored in the hopper unit 11 one by one. , 13 is a transport unit that transports the separated medium 3, 14 is a thermal thermal printing unit that prints necessary information in addition to the two-dimensional barcode 53 c on the transported medium 3 to make a reservation ticket 53, and 15 is an issuing process It is a discharge unit for collecting the reserved tickets 53 that have been collected.

  The configuration of the ticket information reading device 20 that reads the two-dimensional barcode 53c printed on the reservation ticket 53 is a two-dimensional barcode reader that reads the two-dimensional barcode 53c on the front of the device as shown in the external configuration diagram of FIG. 21 is provided.

  With the above configuration, the conventional automatic ticketing system operates as follows. This operation will be described below with reference to the above-described configuration diagram and operation flowcharts of FIGS. 9 and 10.

  As for the operation of the conventional automatic ticketing system as a whole, first, as shown in FIG. 2, the customer purchases the reservation ticket 53 issued from the automatic ticketing machine 10 at the travel agency 40 or the like, and then goes to the airport for boarding. Sometimes when the reservation ticket 53 is held over the two-dimensional barcode reader 21 of the ticket information reading device 20, the ticket information reading device 20 reads the reservation ticket data of the two-dimensional barcode 21, so that the passenger can board when the reservation ticket data is correct. It has become.

  As the operation when purchasing the reservation ticket 53, as shown in FIG. 9, first, the medium 3 is fed out one by one from the hopper unit 11 built in the ticket issuing machine 10 by the separation unit 12 (step S11), The conveyed medium 3 is conveyed as indicated by an arrow B (step S12), and the conveyed medium 3 prints a two-dimensional barcode or the like in which reservation information is encoded by the thermal thermal printing unit 14 (step S13).

  Then, the reservation ticket 53 on which the two-dimensional barcode or the like is printed is discharged to the discharge unit 15 (step S14), and the customer receives it.

  Then, the customer goes to the airport 30 and holds the ticket table side 53a of the reserved ticket 53 over the two-dimensional barcode reader 21 of the ticket information reading device 20 of FIG. 3 when boarding as shown in FIG. 10 (step S21). The reservation ticket data of the two-dimensional barcode 53c is read (step S22).

  When the two-dimensional barcode 53c cannot be read by the ticket information reading device 20 (step S23), the two-dimensional barcode 53c is guided again so as to be held again (step S24), and again in step S22. Returning to step 2, the two-dimensional barcode 53c is read. On the other hand, when the two-dimensional barcode 53c can be read, a predetermined process is performed based on the read information, and this process is terminated (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, in the conventional automatic ticketing system, when the reserved ticket 53 on which the two-dimensional barcode 53c is printed is held over the ticket information reading device 20, the ticket surface 53a of the reserved ticket 53 faces downward as shown in FIG. In order to solve this problem, it is difficult for the customer to know whether or not the two-dimensional barcode 53c printed on the reservation ticket 53 is correctly held over the reading range of the two-dimensional barcode reader 21. A method has been adopted in which a mark indicating the printing position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c is printed in advance on the back surface 53b of 53.

JP 2008-152656 A

  However, in the method of printing the mark indicating the printing position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c in advance on the ticket back surface 53b of the reservation ticket 53 as described above, the position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c to be printed must be fixed. There was a problem.

  The present invention employs the following configuration in order to solve the above-described problems. That is, an automatic ticket issuing machine that issues a ticket by printing a code obtained by encoding predetermined information on a medium, the first printing means for printing the code on one side of the medium, and the other of the medium Marking means for carrying out a predetermined marking is provided at an arbitrary position on the surface, and the predetermined marking is performed near the position of the other surface of the code.

  According to the automatic ticketing machine of the present invention, the automatic ticketing machine issues a ticket by printing a code obtained by encoding predetermined information on a medium, and prints the code on one surface of the medium. Since the printing means and the marking means for performing a predetermined marking at an arbitrary position on the other surface of the medium are provided, and the predetermined marking is performed in the vicinity of the position of the other surface of the position of the code. The printing place can be set freely.

It is a block diagram of the automatic ticketing machine of Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram of an automatic ticketing system. It is an external appearance block diagram of a ticket information reader. It is a block diagram of the surface of the reservation ticket of Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram of the back surface of the reservation ticket of Example 1. FIG. It is an operation | movement flowchart figure of the automatic ticketing machine of Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram of the automatic ticketing machine of Example 2. FIG. It is a block diagram of the conventional automatic ticketing machine. It is an operation | movement flowchart figure of the conventional automatic ticketing machine. It is a barcode reading operation | movement flowchart figure of the reservation ticket in an automatic ticketing system. It is a block diagram of the surface of the reservation ticket of a modification. It is a block diagram of the back surface of the reservation ticket of a modification.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals.

(Constitution)
The configuration of the automatic ticketing system according to the first embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. The ticket information reading device 20 installed at the airport 30 reads the two-dimensional barcode 53c of the issued reservation ticket 53 and performs the subsequent processing.

  The configuration of the automatic ticketing machine 10 according to the first embodiment is as shown in FIG. 1, 11 is a hopper unit that stores the medium 3, and 12 is a separation unit that separates the media 3 stored in the hopper unit 11 one by one. , 13 is a transport unit that transports the separated medium 3, and 14 is a first printing unit that prints on the ticket surface 53a of the reservation ticket. In addition to the two-dimensional barcode 53c, necessary information is printed on the transported medium 3. A thermal thermal printing unit 15 that prints the reservation ticket 53 and 15 is a discharge unit that accumulates the issued reservation tickets 53.

  The center 25 is a marking stamp portion as a marking means for marking by marking a predetermined stamp on the ticket back surface 53b of the reservation ticket 53 by moving the stamp head 25a up and down in the direction of arrow A. The platen 25b is disposed so as to face the surface.

  The configuration of the ticket information reading device 20 that reads the two-dimensional barcode 53c printed on the reservation ticket 53 is the same as the configuration of the ticket information reading device 20 of the conventional automatic ticketing system described with reference to the external configuration diagram of FIG. Similarly, the two-dimensional barcode reader 21 that reads the two-dimensional barcode 53c is provided on the front surface of the apparatus.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the automatic ticketing system according to the first embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to the configuration diagrams of FIGS. 1 to 3, the configuration diagram of the reservation ticket of FIGS. 4 and 5, and the operation flowcharts of FIGS.

  First, as an operation of the entire conventional automatic ticketing system, as shown in FIG. 2, a customer purchases a reservation ticket 53 issued from an automatic ticketing machine 10 at a travel agency 40 or the like, goes to an airport, and issues a ticket when boarding. The reservation ticket is held over the two-dimensional barcode reader of the information reading device 20, the reservation ticket data of the two-dimensional barcode is read, and a predetermined process is performed.

  As the operation when purchasing the reservation ticket 53, as shown in FIG. 6, the separation unit 12 feeds the medium 3 one by one from the hopper unit 11 built in the ticket issuing machine 10 (step S01), and the arrow B is transported to the transport unit 13 (step S02), and the two-dimensional bar code 53c in which the reservation information is coded by the thermal thermal printing unit 14 is printed on the transported medium 3 (step S03).

  An example in which the two-dimensional barcode 53c is printed on the ticket surface 53a of the reservation ticket 53 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the two-dimensional barcode 53c is printed at a position of n rows × m columns instructed from a host control unit (not shown).

  First, when the two-dimensional barcode 53c on the ticket front surface 53a arrives at the marking stamp portion 25, the conveyance is temporarily stopped, and the stamp head 25a is positioned at the position of the ticket back surface 53b where the two-dimensional barcode 53c is printed. Is driven in the direction of the arrow A to impress a predetermined marking (step S04). FIG. 5 shows an example in which the mark 53d is stamped on the ticket back surface 53b of the reservation ticket 53 in this way.

  The position of the mark 53d at this time is the printing center position n rows × m columns of the two-dimensional barcode 53c as the printing position information of the two-dimensional barcode 53c when the automatic ticketing machine 10 prints the reservation ticket 53. May be received from the upper control unit, and based on the information of the n rows × m columns, the stamp head 25a may stamp the back side 53b of the print center position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c. Further, the shape of the mark 53d may be a circle as shown in FIG. 5, or may be a square or a triangle.

  Then, the reservation ticket 53 on which the two-dimensional barcode 53c and the like are printed on the ticket front surface 53a and the mark 53d is stamped on the ticket back surface 53b is discharged to the discharge unit 15, and the customer receives it (step S05).

  Thereafter, the customer goes to the airport 30 and at the time of boarding, by holding the reservation ticket 53 in accordance with the two-dimensional barcode reader 21 of the ticket information reading device 20 while looking at the mark 53d on the ticket back side 53b (step S21), The reservation ticket data of the dimension barcode 53c is read. (Step S22)

  If the two-dimensional bar code 53c cannot be read (step S23), the two-dimensional bar code 53c is guided again so that the position of the two-dimensional bar code 53c is held again (step S24). Read 53c. On the other hand, when the two-dimensional barcode 53c can be read, a predetermined process is performed based on the read information, and this process is terminated.

(Effect of Example 1)
As described above, according to the automatic ticketing machine of the first embodiment, the marking unit that prints the two-dimensional barcode on the ticket surface of the reservation ticket, and the marking that performs predetermined marking on an arbitrary position on the ticket back surface of the reservation ticket Since a means is provided and predetermined marking is performed in the vicinity of the position of the back surface of the ticket at the position of the two-dimensional barcode, the place where the two-dimensional barcode is printed can be freely set.

(Constitution)
The configuration of the automatic ticketing system of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. In the configuration of the automatic ticketing machine, as shown in FIG. 7, a printing unit is used as the second printing unit instead of the marking stamp unit 25. 35 is provided. The printing unit 35 includes a print head 35a, and a platen 35b is provided at a position facing the print head 35a.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the automatic ticket issuing machine according to the second embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. Since the ticket issuing operation of the reservation ticket 53 and the reading operation of the reservation ticket 53 by the ticket information reading device 20 other than the marking operation on the back surface 53b by the automatic ticketing machine 10 are the same as in the first embodiment, for simplification. Detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As the marking operation on the ticket back surface 53b, which is different from the operation of the first embodiment, first, when the two-dimensional barcode 53c on the ticket surface 53a arrives at the printing unit 35, the conveyance is temporarily stopped and the two-dimensional barcode 53c is printed A predetermined marking is printed by the print head 35a of the printing unit 35 at the position of the back surface 53b of the printed position. An example in which the mark 53d is printed on the ticket back surface 53b of the reservation ticket 53 is as shown in FIG.

  It should be noted that the mark 53d at this time is higher than the printing center position n rows × m columns of the two-dimensional barcode 53c as the printing position information of the two-dimensional barcode 53c when the automatic ticketing machine 10 prints the reservation ticket 53. Similar to the first embodiment, it may be received from the control unit, and based on the information of n rows × m columns, the print head 35a may stamp the back side 53b of the print center position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c.

  Then, the reserved ticket 53 on which the two-dimensional barcode 53c or the like is printed on the ticket front surface 53a and the mark 53d is printed on the ticket back surface 53b is discharged to the discharge unit 15, and the customer receives it. Going to boarding, the reserved ticket data of the two-dimensional barcode 53c is read by holding the reserved ticket 53 in alignment with the two-dimensional barcode reader 21 of the ticket information reading device 20 while looking at the mark 53d on the back side 53b of the ticket. .

(Effect of Example 2)
As described above, according to the automatic ticketing machine of the second embodiment, the first printing means for printing on the ticket front surface of the reservation ticket and the second printing for printing a predetermined mark at an arbitrary position on the ticket back surface of the reservation ticket. Since the means is provided and predetermined marking is performed in the vicinity of the ticket back surface position of the two-dimensional barcode position printed on the ticket surface of the reservation ticket, the two-dimensional barcode is printed as in the effect of the first embodiment. The place can be set freely.

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In the description of the above embodiment, the printing center position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c is used as the position information of the two-dimensional barcode 53c before the automatic ticket issuing machine 10 prints the reservation ticket 53. n rows × m columns are received from the upper control unit, and based on the information of the n rows × m columns, the stamp head 25a or the print head 35a stamps or prints on the back side 53b of the printing center position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c. As described above, the automatic ticketing machine 10 is provided with an optical sensor or the like, detects the printing position of the two-dimensional barcode 53c, and stamps or prints the mark 53d by the stamp head 25a or the printing head 35a based on the detected position. You may make it do.

  In the above description of the embodiment, it has been described that the mark 53d is stamped or printed by the stamp head 25a or the print head 35a. However, as shown in FIGS. As the hole 53e, a hole may be formed in the vicinity of the corner of the two-dimensional barcode 53c by punching or marking by embossing, or a second mark 53e may be provided together with the mark 53d.

  In the above description of the embodiment, an example in the case of two-dimensional barcode printing used in airport check-in operations has been described. However, for example, an automatic ticketing system for trains other than air tickets may be used. The present invention can be applied even when a one-dimensional barcode is printed instead of a two-dimensional barcode.

  As described above, the present invention is an automatic ticketing machine that issues a ticket by printing a two-dimensional barcode on a ticket such as a boarding ticket, a designated ticket, an airline reservation ticket, and a ticket information reading device that reads the ticket. It can be widely used for ticketing systems.

3 Medium 10 Automatic Ticketing Machine 12 Separation Unit 14 Thermal Thermal Printing Unit 15 Discharge Unit 20 Ticket Information Reading Device 21 Two-dimensional Barcode Reader 25 Marking Stamp Unit 25a Stamp Head 25b, 35b Platen 35 Printing Unit 35a Print Head 53 Booking Ticket 53a Ticket Front surface 53b Back surface 53c Two-dimensional barcode 53d Mark 53e Second mark

Claims (5)

An automatic ticket issuing machine that issues a ticket by printing a code obtained by encoding predetermined information on a medium,
First printing means for printing the code on one surface of the medium;
A marking means for performing predetermined marking at an arbitrary position on the other surface of the medium;
An automatic ticket issuing machine characterized in that predetermined marking is performed in the vicinity of the position of the other surface of the cord.   2. The automatic ticketing machine according to claim 1, wherein the code is a two-dimensional bar code or a bar code. The marking means is a stamp or a second printing means,
2. The automatic ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein predetermined marking is performed by stamping with the stamp or printing with a second printing means. Comprising drilling means or embossing means,
2. The automatic ticket-issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined marking is such that a hole or an emboss is generated in the vicinity of the position of the cord by a hole punching means or an emboss generation means.   An automatic ticketing system comprising: the automatic ticketing machine according to claim 1; and a ticket information reading device that reads the code of the ticket issued by the automatic ticketing machine and performs a predetermined process based on the read information.

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