JP2621697B2 - Ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine in a totalizer system used in public competitions such as horse racing, bicycle racing, and auto racing, and more particularly to voting information (field, race, set number, amount, etc.) desired by fans in advance. Etc.) on an OMR card, read it with a ticket vending machine, and, by investing a voting amount, automatically issue a voting ticket according to the voting information.

FIG. 4 shows a system configuration according to the present invention. For example, a plurality of ticket vending machines 100 (group A) installed in a racetrack where a race is being held on the day, Multiple ticket vending machines 1 installed at the sales floor
00 (Group B) and a plurality of ticket vending machines 100 (Group C) that can purchase voting tickets for races not held but held at other racetracks. The release machines 100 are compiled by the center 99 for each sale machine, and the center 99 also performs the aggregation for each group.

Next, the appearance of the ticket vending machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 5. An insertion slot 103 for inserting an OMR card in which voting information is entered on the front operated by a fan, a voting amount of a voting ticket purchased by the fan. 1 for coin to invest
04 and a bill insertion slot 102 are provided.
A display 101 is provided which serves as a touch panel for displaying odds serving as reference information when purchasing a voting ticket and correcting voting information accompanying the purchase of a voting ticket.

[0004] Furthermore, the insertion of the OMR card and the investment of the voting amount are performed, and when the OMR card is normally received, the issuing port 105 for discharging the voting ticket desired by the fan, and the balance of the investment amount accompanying the issuance of the voting ticket ( A change tray 106 is provided.

[0005] In the above-described ticket vending machine, the fan operates the ticket vending machine to obtain a desired voting ticket. It is important that the voting information can be released. In particular, it is important that if there is an error in the voting information entered in the OMR card, the voting information can be corrected immediately.

[0006]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, an OM in which a voting information desired by a fan is entered and inserted.
When the R card is read by the reader 60 and the voting ticket is released, it is determined whether or not the various voting information entered on the OMR card is valid, by checking the name of the current race venue, and other information on the runout cancellation. Status memory 6 in which
When the voting information entered in the OMR card is valid, the voting ticket desired by the fan has been released (issued).

At this time, O
As for the MR card, in the case of FIG.
The R card is returned to the fan side, and in the case of FIG. 6 (b), the input correction unit 63 corrects a portion determined to be invalid using the touch panel provided on the ticket vending machine by a predetermined correction. The processing method is executed, and the correction processing is executed until the portion judged to be invalid on the OMR card disappears.
Eventually, a voting ticket desired by the fans was released (issued).

[0008]

The problem occurs when a mark error occurs in the OMR card written by the fan (the data written on the OMR card is determined to be invalid on the device side). .

In the conventional example shown in FIG. 6 (a), since the existence of a mark error is not permitted, such as returning an invalid one once, when a mark error occurs, it is necessary to re-enter the OMR card again. Since the operation of the fan is troublesome and the use time of one person is wasted, the operation efficiency is reduced.

On the other hand, in the conventional example shown in FIG. 6B, if a mark error occurs, the mark is corrected by inputting means such as a keyboard or a touch panel with the hand of a fan.
Although the former has the merit that the same operation is not performed again as in the former case, if the number of corrections is too large, it takes time to correct the data, which in turn lowers the operation efficiency.

In particular, in a ticket vending machine such as a horse race or the like, since there is a deadline time when purchasing a ticket, a decrease in operational efficiency means that a greater number of fans cannot purchase a ticket. This is also a problem in terms of fan service.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket vending machine that releases a ticket based on input information from a medium, so that the ticket can be released without reducing the operation efficiency of the ticket vending machine. is there.

[0013]

The above object can be achieved by the structure shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a determination unit for determining whether input information written on a medium is valid or invalid. Reference numeral 2 denotes a first register that stores the number of invalid data determined by the determination unit 1.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a second register for storing an allowable value of invalid data. Reference numeral 4 denotes a comparing unit that compares the number of invalid data stored in the first register 2 with the allowable value stored in the second register 3.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an input correction unit which enables input correction of the invalid data only when the invalid data stored in the first register 2 is permissible according to the comparison result of the comparison unit 4. is there.

[0017]

According to the present invention, an allowable value indicating the allowable number of invalid data of input information read from a medium is stored in advance, and invalid data exists in the input information read from the medium. In the case, if the number of invalid data is acceptable by comparing the allowable value, the input correction unit enables the input correction.
If it is unacceptable, the medium is returned.

Therefore, it is first determined whether or not the voting information read from the medium is invalid.
This time, judging numerically, it is best to operate the ticket vending machine by correcting the input, or it is better to return the medium as input correction is impossible Is determined by comparing with a permissible value, so that the ticket can be sold without reducing the operation efficiency of the ticket vending machine.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 20 is a reader, 21 is a status memory, 22 is a judgment unit, 23 is a counter, and 24 and 25.
Is a register, 26 is a comparison unit, and 27 is an input correction unit.

The same reference numerals in FIGS. 2 and 3 indicate the same objects, respectively. FIG.
As shown in the above, when a fan purchases a desired betting ticket, an OMR card marked with voting information such as the type, race, set number, and amount of the desired betting ticket is inserted into an automatic ticket vending machine. Then, it is read by the reader 20 of the ticket vending machine.

The read voting information is sent to the judging section 22. Here, when a voting ticket provided in advance in a ticket vending machine is released, it is determined whether or not the voting information is valid. Based on the status memory 21 in which the release information is stored, it is determined whether the read voting information is valid. Specifically, whether the voting ticket is currently available for sale (that is, whether the deadline has been closed), whether the number of the horse whose race has been canceled or the group number has been entered, the race held at the off-line betting ticket counter It is determined whether or not a place that has not been entered is entered.

As a result of the determination, if there is no error in the read voting information, that is, if it is determined that all pieces of valid data are valid data, the processing shifts to the processing of issuing a voting ticket. The number of invalid data for the OMR card is counted by the counter 23 and the register 2
4 stores the number of invalid data.

On the other hand, when starting up the ticket vending machine, the allowable value is stored in a register 25 different from the register 24. The permissible value is defined as the number of OMRs when the voting information read from the OMR card becomes invalid.
This is for setting whether to perform the correction processing without returning the card. In the present embodiment, the description will be made assuming that the allowable value is “1”.

The allowable value is arbitrarily set when the ticket vending machine is started up, and cannot be changed once set in the present embodiment.
Furthermore, if the permissible value is changed according to the place where the ticket vending machine is installed, specifically, if the operation efficiency is high, the permissible value is set low, and conversely, if the operation efficiency is low, If the permissible value is set high, it is possible to issue a ticket while improving the service efficiency to the fans without lowering the service to the fans.

The number of invalid data stored in the register 24 is compared with the allowable value stored in the register 25 by the comparing section 26. If the number of invalid data is "2" or more, it takes time to correct. Then, the OMR card is returned because it interferes with the operation of the ticket vending machine.

As a result of the comparison, if the number of invalid data is "1", the information is sent to the input correcting section 27, and the information is displayed on the display of the ticket vending machine. The fan looks at the display and performs correction processing on data (voting information) determined to be invalid using input means such as a numeric keypad or a touch panel. The voting information that has been corrected and becomes all valid is shifted to ticketing processing in the same manner as described above.

As described above, in this embodiment, the OMR
If it is determined that the voting information read from the card is invalid, the number of invalid data is counted and stored.On the other hand, the permissible value is merely the allowable number of invalid data. Register 24, 2
It is not necessary to increase the storage capacity of
, The processing time for comparison is merely a number comparison, so that the time required for the comparison can be reduced.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that, in the other embodiment of FIG. 3, a description of a portion having a configuration similar to that of the above-described embodiment of FIG. 2 will be omitted.

As compared with the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the other embodiment of FIG. 3 is different in that an allowable value changing unit 28 is provided. That is, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the allowable value stored in the register 25 cannot be changed once set at the time of starting the ticket vending machine, but cannot be changed. If the fans concentrate on other ticket vending machines, it will be temporarily crowded.

In such a case, it is desirable to lower the tolerance once set, so that the tolerance changing unit 28 changes the tolerance. For example, since the center manages the ticket sales status of one ticket vending machine at the center side, the change instruction is given by a command from the center, or a sensor that detects a row of fans arranged in the ticket vending machine is used. And an instruction is given by the output of this sensor. In addition,
The ticket vending machine is provided with a maintenance key, and a change instruction may be issued from this key.

This instruction can be made on a case-by-case basis, depending on the situation at the time of either the group unit or the ticket vending machine unit.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if a fan inputs erroneously input information, the ticket vending machine can be operated without significantly reducing the operation efficiency of the ticket vending machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the appearance of a ticket vending machine of the present invention.

6A and 6B are diagrams showing a conventional example, in which FIG. 6A shows a configuration in which an erroneous input cannot be corrected on the ticket vending machine side, and FIG. 6B shows a configuration in which an erroneous input can be corrected on the ticket vending machine side.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 judgment unit, 2 registers, 3 registers, 4 comparison unit, 5 input correction unit,

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket vending machine for releasing a ticket by checking validity or invalidity of the input information based on the input information from a medium, and determining a validity or invalidity of the input information.
A first register (2) for storing the number of invalid data determined by the determination unit (1); and a second register (3) for storing an allowable value of the invalid data.
A comparison unit (4) for comparing the output of the first register (2) with the output of the second register (3); and a comparison result of the comparison unit (4). And v. An input correction unit (5) that enables input correction of the invalid data only when the number of invalid data stored in (1) is allowable. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the permissible invalid data is variable according to an operation status of the ticket vending machine.
The ticket vending machine according to claim 1.