JP2752123B2 - Ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a ticket issuing machine for issuing, for example, a ticket for a vehicle by a user's operation.

(Prior Art) In recent years, for example, in the railway industry, a ticket issuing machine that prints and issues a ticket by a user's operation has become widespread with the labor saving of station operations. In this type of ticket issuing machine,
When the user inserts a monetary value card such as money or a prepaid card and has a monetary value, and selects and presses the destination or toll button, the ticket is automatically printed and issued and change is paid out as necessary. Or, by inserting a number card in which the number of times of use is recorded for a predetermined number of wards, a print ticket corresponding to the number of wards is printed and issued.

However, in such a ticket issuing machine, when a ticket is purchased with a number card, the number of wards recorded on the card, for example, a ticket for one section (120 yen section) can be purchased. , Could not buy a ticket more than the number of wards.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) According to the present invention, when a ticket is purchased by a number card, a ticket in a section recorded on the card can be purchased. It removes the drawback that it cannot be purchased, and provides a ticket issuing machine that can purchase a ticket beyond the section set on the number card when purchasing a ticket with the number card The purpose is to do.

[Configuration of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A ticket issuing machine of the present invention includes a plurality of indicators,
Account display means for displaying the section fare of a ticket that can be purchased on each display, section fare information indicating a fare for a predetermined section, and a count card for recording the remaining number of times the boarding and disembarkation at this section fare is permitted Card reading slot, reading means for reading the section fee information and the remaining number of times recorded on the card, the number of times the card was inserted into the card loading slot, and controlling the account display means for reading the card. First display control means for displaying only the section fee read by the means, an input section into which an amount for purchasing the ticket is inserted, and a section charge and an input section read by the reading section. Adding means for adding the entered amount; and controlling the account display means. In addition to the display by the first display control means, purchase is possible based on the amount added by the adding means. Second display control means for displaying a section fare corresponding to a simple ticket, and one section fare selected and input from a plurality of types of section fares displayed by the first and second display control means. Section charge input means, issue means for issuing a ticket corresponding to the section charge selected and inputted by the section charge input means, and subtraction means for subtracting the current usage from the remaining use number read by the reading means. And update recording means for updating and recording the new remaining number of times used by the subtraction means on the number card.

Further, the ticket issuing machine of the present invention includes an account display means for displaying a section fee of a ticket which can be purchased, section fee information indicating a fee of a predetermined section, and the remaining number of times the boarding / alighting at this section fee is permitted. A card slot into which a card is inserted, a reading unit for reading the section fee information and the remaining number of times recorded on the card inserted into the card slot, and the account display unit Control the
Display control means for displaying only the section fee read by the reading means, instruction means for instructing to purchase a plurality of tickets for the section fee displayed by the display control means, and display control means Section charge input means for selecting and inputting the section charge displayed by the section, and issuing a plurality of tickets for the number of sheets designated by the instruction means corresponding to the section charge input by the section charge input means Means, subtraction means for subtracting the number of sheets designated by the instruction means from the remaining use number read by the reading means, and a new remaining use number subtracted by the subtraction means is updated and recorded in the number card. Update recording means.

(Operation) The present invention includes a plurality of displays, each of which displays a section fare of a purchaseable ticket, section fare information indicating a fare in a predetermined section, and permission for getting on and off at this section fare. A number card in which the remaining number of times of use is recorded is inserted, the section charge information and the remaining number of times recorded in the inserted number card are read, and only the read section charge is displayed, The amount for purchasing the ticket is inserted, the read section fee and the inserted amount are added, and in addition to the display, the section corresponding to the ticket that can be purchased based on the added amount. The fare is displayed, one of the plurality of displayed section charges is selected and inputted, a ticket corresponding to the selected and inputted section fare is issued, and the read is performed. The present usage is subtracted from the remaining number of times, and the new remaining number of times thus subtracted is updated and recorded in the number of times card.

Further, according to the present invention, a section fee of a purchasable ticket is displayed, section rate information indicating a rate of a predetermined section, and a number-of-times card in which the number of remaining usages permitted to get on and off at the section rate are recorded. Reading the section charge information and the remaining number of times recorded on the inserted number card, displaying only the read section charge, and displaying a plurality of tickets for the displayed section charge. Instruct to purchase, select and enter the displayed section fare, issue a ticket corresponding to the input section fare for the indicated number of sheets, and read from the read remaining usage count The instructed number is subtracted, and the subtracted new remaining usage count is updated and recorded on the count card.

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

FIG. 2 shows a service surface of a ticket issuing machine that prints and sells ordinary tickets according to the present invention and sells the display. Call button (push button switch) 2, Cancel button (push button switch) 3 to cancel the purchase, Illuminated display of the section fare of the release route based on the amount of money inserted and the balance of the amount card A, and illuminated display of the section fare of the number card B Then, based on the input amount of money, a plurality of cards that display the purchaseable contents of an amount card (a card having a monetary value such as a prepaid card) A and a number card (a card that is permitted to enter and exit a predetermined section a plurality of times) B are displayed. Variable display account button (push button switch with built-in numeric display: account display means) 6, condition buttons (push button switch) 7 for specifying the number of purchases, children's ticket, discount ticket 7, amount card A, number card , A card slot 9 for discharging the cards A and B, a coin slot 10 for inserting coins, a bill slot 11 for inserting bills and discharging bills, and a ride for issuing a ticket. A ticket issuing port 12, a discharge port 13 for discharging coins and bills, and a tray 14 for releasing issued tickets and change are provided.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of a ticket issuing machine having the above-described customer service surface. That is, the card slot 9 is connected to the card unit 23. Further, the bill insertion slot 11 is connected to the bill inspection unit 20. The coin slot 10 is connected to a check unit 24, and a change unit 25 is connected to the check unit 24. Thus, the coins discriminated by the check unit 24 are stored in the change unit 25 as change, and can be discharged from the outlet 13. In addition, the change ticket 25
Is also connected to a ticket issuing mechanism 26. This ticketing mechanism
26 includes a printing unit 27 and an encoding unit 28, and the printing unit 27
The ticket printed in is sent to the encoding unit 28, where the magnetic information for automatic ticket inspection is recorded in the magnetic recording unit, and is released from the ticket issuing port 12 to the tray 14 as a ticket. I have. Then, the refund ticket reading unit 21, card unit 23, bill checking unit 20, checking unit 24, change unit 25, ticket issuing mechanism unit 26, and display unit 1, condition button 7, variable display account button 6,
Are all controlled by the main control unit 29. The main control unit 29 mainly includes, for example, a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits, and controls the entire ticket issuing machine.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of the internal mechanism of the card section 23. That is, the money card A or the number card B inserted from the card insertion slot 9 is a transport roller.
Transported on the transport path 31 in the direction of arrow a or b by transport means such as 32,. The amount card A or the number card B has a magnetic recording area in which monetary value information is magnetically recorded. On the transport path 31, a reading head 33 for reading magnetic information on the money card A or the number card B in order from the card slot 9;
The write head 34 for updating the magnetic information above, the perforation indicating the start of use on the card A or B, the perforation part 35 for opening the perforated name, and the visible data on the card A or B are printed. A printing unit 36 constituted by a thermal printer is provided.

Further, at the end of the transport path 31, a division gate (not shown) is provided, and the money amount card A or the number card B transported by the transport path 31 is provided by the division gate.
Guided to the transport path 37, 38 or 39,
The card from 38 or 39 is guided to the transport path 31.

The cards on the transport path 37 are transported by the movement of the transport belts 40 and 41. On the transport path 37 sandwiched between the transport belts 40 and 41, a card holding section 37a is provided. At the end of the transport path 37 (on the side opposite to the transport path 31 side), a collection unit 42 is provided.

The cards on the transport path 38 are transported by the movement of the transport belts 43 and 44. On the conveyance path 38 sandwiched between the conveyance belts 43 and 44, a card holding section 38a is formed.
A hopper 45 is provided at the end of the transfer path 38 (on the side opposite to the transfer path 31). An unused amount card A is stored in the hopper 45, and the amount card A in the hopper 45 is taken out to the transport path 38 by the operation of the take-out rollers 46, 46.

The cards on the transport path 39 are transported by the movement of the transport belts 47 and 48. The end of the transport path 39 (the transport path 31
On the other side, a hopper 49 is provided. In this hopper 49, an unused frequency card B is stored.
By the action of the take-out rollers 50, 50, the number card B in the hopper 49 is taken out to the transport path 39.

The amount card A in the hopper 45 is issued when the print area of the release history becomes full despite the balance of the amount card A in use remaining.

The count card B in the hopper 49 is issued when the print area of the release history becomes full despite the remaining count number of the count card B in use.

Next, the operation of issuing a ticket in the above configuration will be described. First, the variable display account button 6 displays the entire section fare of an adult that can be sold with the present apparatus on the sales route. In order to purchase a ticket, the user inserts coins or bills having a value equal to or exceeding the desired ticket amount from the coin slot 10 and the bill slot 11. When coins or bills are inserted from these slots, the check
24. The bill discriminating section 20 detects and discriminates inserted coins and bills. The total amount of the discriminated money is calculated by the main control unit 29, and the inserted amount is displayed on the display unit 1. Further, when money is inserted, all the fare displays of the variable display account button 6 are turned off once, and then only the account button of a ticket which can be purchased according to the inserted amount is displayed. For example, when the input amount is 200 yen, each section fare that can be purchased at 200 yen is displayed, and when the input amount is 330 yen, all the section fares that can be purchased at 330 yen are displayed. The user selects and presses one of the displayed variable display account buttons 6. When the variable display account button 6 is selected and pressed, only the variable display account button 6 selected and pressed is turned on by the control of the main control unit 29, and the other variable display account buttons 6 are turned off.

Then, the main control unit 29 starts the operation of printing the ticket and sending the change. That is, the face information is stored in the main controller 29.
In the printing unit 27
Is printed on the ticket, and the printed ticket is encoded
Sent to 28. In the encoding unit 28, magnetic information for automatic ticket inspection, for example, issue date information, departure station information, arrival station information, and section (fare) are recorded in the magnetic recording unit formed on the back side of the ticket paper.
Information is recorded magnetically, and the ticket issuance port is used as a ticket
Release from 12 to saucer 14. At this time, if there is a change, the change unit 25 operates, and the change coins and bills are discharged from the outlet 13 to the receiving tray 14. When the issuance of the ticket is completed, the variable display account button 6 lights up all the sales accounts (adult fees) on the sales route again, and returns to the standby state for sales.

In addition, the variable display account button 6 displays the entire section fare of an adult that can be sold by the present apparatus on the sales route. To purchase a ticket, the user inserts the amount card A having a balance equal to or exceeding the desired amount of the ticket from the card slot 9. When the amount card A is inserted from the card slot 9, the card unit 23 detects the inserted amount card A and discriminates it.

That is, when the user inserts the amount card A into the card slot 9, the amount card A is transported on the transport path 31. Then, the magnetic recording contents of the amount card A, that is, the remaining amount and the like are read by the reading head 33, and the main control unit 29
Is output to The amount card A from which the magnetic recording content has been read by the read head 33 is further transported by the transport path 31 to a
The sheet is conveyed in the direction, guided to the conveying path 37, and held in the holding section 37a.

As a result, the main control unit 29 causes the display unit 1 to display the balance information supplied from the card unit 23 as the input amount.

Further, when the amount card A is inserted, all the fare displays of the variable display account button 6 are turned off once, and then only the account button of the ticket which can be purchased according to the inserted amount is displayed. For example, if the input amount is 200 yen, each section fare that can be purchased at 200 yen is displayed, and if the input amount is 330 yen, 330 yen
All fares available for purchase in yen are displayed.

Then, the user sets the displayed variable display account button 6
One of them is selected and pressed. When the variable display account button 6 is selected and pressed, only the variable display account button 6 selected and pressed is turned on by the control of the main control unit 29, and the other variable display account buttons 6 are turned off.

Then, the main control unit 29 starts the printing and issuing of the ticket and the card sending operation. That is, the face information is stored in the main controller 29.
In the printing unit 27
Is printed on the ticket, and the printed ticket is encoded
Sent to 28. In the encoding unit 28, magnetic information for automatic ticket inspection, for example, issue date information, departure station information, arrival station information, and section (fare) are recorded in the magnetic recording unit formed on the back side of the ticket paper.
Information is recorded magnetically, and the ticket issuance port is used as a ticket
Release from 12 to saucer 14. At this time, the main control unit 29 displays the remaining amount after the purchase amount is removed on the display unit 1.

The storage unit (not shown) of the main control unit 29 has a card unit 23.
, A new remaining amount is written, and the card unit 23 sends out the amount card A on which the ticket sales history is printed from the card slot 9 to the outside.

That is, the amount card A held in the holding unit 37a
Is transported on the transport path 37 in the direction b by the action of the transport belts 40 and 41, and is guided to the transport path 31. When the money card A is conveyed on the conveyance path 31, the print history of the date, time, departure station, used machine number, remaining balance, and the like is printed on the money card A by the print unit 36, and the writing head 34 , Magnetic information such as date, time, departure station, use number, balance, etc. is magnetically recorded. Thereafter, the amount card A is discharged from the card slot 9.

When the issuance of the ticket is completed, the variable display account button 6 lights up all the sales accounts (adult fees) on the sales route again, and returns to the standby state for sales.

In addition, the variable display account button 6 displays the entire section fare of an adult that can be sold by the present apparatus on the sales route. For the purpose of purchasing a ticket, the user inserts the number card B at which the desired ticket can be purchased from the card slot 9. When the number card B is inserted from the card slot 9, the card section 23
Detects the inserted card B and discriminates it.

That is, when the number card B is inserted into the card slot 9 by the user, the number card B is transported on the transport path 31. Then, the number card B is read by the reading head 33.
Magnetic recording contents, that is, section charges, remaining times, etc. are read,
Output to the main control unit 29. The card B in which the magnetic recording content has been read by the read head 33 is further conveyed in the direction a by the conveyance path 31 and guided to the conveyance path 37,
Reserved at 37a.

Thus, the main control unit 29 causes the display unit 1 to display the remaining number and the section fee supplied from the card unit 23.

When the number card B is inserted, the fare display of the variable display account button 6 is turned off once, and then only the section amount is displayed on the leftmost variable display account button 6. Is turned off. For example, when the section amount is 200 yen, the section amount of 200 yen is displayed on the leftmost variable display account button 6, and when the section amount is 330 yen, the section amount of 330 yen is displayed on the leftmost variable display. It is displayed by the account button 6. The user presses the leftmost variable display account button 6 on which the section price is displayed.

When the variable display account button 6 is pressed, the main control unit 29 instructs the ticket issuing mechanism unit 26 to issue and print a ticket, and instructs the card unit 23 to perform a card sending operation. As a result, the face information is edited in the main control section 29, and the edited face information is printed on a note in the printing section 27, and the printed note is sent to the encoding section. The encoding unit 28 magnetically records magnetic information for automatic ticket gates, for example, issue date information, departure station information, arrival station information, section (fare) information, etc., in a magnetic recording unit formed on the back of the ticket. Then, the ticket is released from the ticket issuing port 12 to the tray 14 as a ticket. At this time, the main control unit 29 displays the remaining number after subtracting the remaining number on the display unit 1.

In addition, the main control unit 29 causes the card unit 23 to update the number-of-times card B to update the remaining number of times. The card unit 23 prints the release history of the ticket on the back of the card in the print unit 36,
Further, the write head 34 updates and records the new remaining number of times on the count card B as magnetic information.
After confirming the magnetic information, the card B
From the card slot 9.

That is, the number card B held in the holding unit 37a
Is transported on the transport path 37 in the direction b by the action of the transport belts 40 and 41, and is guided to the transport path 31. When the number card B is conveyed on the conveying path 31, the printing unit 36 prints the release history such as the date, time, departure station, use machine number, and the remaining number of times, and further writes the date, Time, departure station,
The magnetic information such as the number of the used machine and the remaining number of times is magnetically recorded.
Thereafter, the card B is discharged from the card slot 9.

When the issuance of the ticket is completed, the variable display account button 6 lights up all the sales accounts (adult fees) on the sales route again, and returns to the standby state for sales.

Also, before the variable display account button 6 is pressed, a plurality of identical tickets are issued by the condition button (instruction means) 7 (a plurality of ticket issuing means), and the remaining number of the count card B is subtracted by the number of tickets. (Subtraction means).

Next, FIG. 1 shows an operation of using the number card B to issue a ticket whose number of sections is greater than the section fee of the number card B by replenishing the money or the amount card A with the insufficient fee. This will be described with reference to a flowchart. That is, the user inserts the owned number card B from the card slot 9 in a state in which the adult fare available for sale by the variable display account button 6 is displayed. When the number-of-times card B is inserted from the card insertion slot 9, the card unit 23 detects and discriminates the number-of-times card B inserted.

That is, when the number card B is inserted into the card slot 9 by the user, the number card B is transported on the transport path 31. Then, the number card B is read by the reading head 33.
Magnetic recording contents, that is, section charges, remaining times, etc. are read,
Output to the main control unit 29. This reading head (reading means)
The card B in which the magnetic recording contents have been read by 33 is further conveyed in the direction a by the conveyance path 31, guided to the conveyance path 37, and held in the holding section 37a.

Thus, the main control unit 29 causes the display unit 1 to display the remaining number and the section fee supplied from the card unit 23.

Further, the main control unit (display control means, first display control means) 29 turns off the fare display of the variable display account button 6 once, and then displays only the section amount with the leftmost variable display account button 6. , The other variable display account buttons 6 are turned off. For example, when the section amount is 120 yen, the section amount of 120 yen is displayed on the leftmost variable display account button 6, and when the section amount is 200 yen, the section amount of 200 yen is variably displayed on the left. The account button 6 is displayed.

In such a display state, when the user desires to purchase a farther ticket, a coin, bill, or amount card A is inserted through the coin insertion slot (insertion section) 10, the bill insertion slot, and the card insertion slot 9. I do. When coins, bills or amount cards A are inserted from these slots, the check section 24, the bill discriminating section 20, and the card section 23 detect and discriminate the inserted coins, bills, and amount cards A, and Main control unit 29
Output to

For example, when the user inserts the amount card A into the card slot 9, the amount card A is transported on the transport path 31. Then, the magnetic recording contents of the amount card A, that is, the remaining amount and the like are read by the reading head 33, and the main control unit 29
Is output to The amount card A from which the magnetic recording content has been read by the read head 33 is further transported by the transport path 31 to a
The sheet is conveyed in the direction, guided to the conveyance path 38, and held in the holding section 38a.

As a result, the main control unit (second display control means) 29 displays the variable display account button 6 of the ticket which can be purchased by the sum of the section fee of the number card B and the amount of money added (addition means). For example, the section fee of the number card B is
If the input fee is 120 yen and the input amount is 200 yen, each section fare from 120 yen to 320 yen is displayed, and if the section fee of the count card B is 200 yen and the input amount is 1000 yen, 200 to 10 yen
All fares for each section up to 00 yen are displayed.

Then, the user selects and presses one of the variable display account buttons (section fee input means) 6 on which the section fare is displayed. When the variable display account button 6 is selected and pressed,
Under the control of the main controller 29, only the variable display account button 6 selected and pressed is turned on, and the other variable display account buttons 6 are turned off.

Then, when the variable display account button 6 is selected and pressed,
The main control unit 29 instructs the ticket issuing mechanism unit 26 to issue and print a ticket, and instructs the card unit 23 to perform a card sending operation.
Thereby, the face information is edited in the main control unit 29,
The edited note information is printed on a note by a printing unit (issuing unit) 27, and the printed note is sent to an encoding unit (issuing unit). The encoding unit 28 magnetically records magnetic information for automatic ticket gates, for example, issue date information, departure station information, arrival station information, section (fare) information, etc., in a magnetic recording unit formed on the back of the ticket. Then, the ticket is released from the ticket issuing port 12 to the tray 14 as a ticket. At this time, the main control unit (subtraction means) 29 displays the remaining number of times after subtracting the remaining number of times and the remaining amount of the inserted amount on the display unit 1.

In addition, the main control unit 29 causes the card unit 23 to update the number-of-times card B to update the remaining number of times. The card unit 23 prints the release history of the ticket on the back of the card in the print unit 36,
Further, the write head (update recording means) 34 updates and records the new remaining number as magnetic information on the number card B, and the read head 33 confirms the magnetic information.
The card B is discharged from the card slot 9.

Further, when the shortage charge is replenished by the amount card A, the main control unit 29 causes the card unit 23 to update the remaining amount of the amount card A. The card unit 23 prints the ticket sales history on the back of the card in the printing unit 36, further updates and records the new balance on the money card A as magnetic information by the writing head 34, and checks the magnetic information by the reading head 33. After that, the amount card A is discharged from the card slot 9.

That is, the number card B held in the holding unit 37a
Is transported on the transport path 37 in the direction b by the action of the transport belts 40 and 41, and is guided to the transport path 31. When the number card B is conveyed on the conveying path 31, the printing unit 36 prints the release history such as the date, time, departure station, use machine number, and the remaining number of times, and further writes the date, Time, departure station,
The magnetic information such as the number of the used machine and the remaining number of times is magnetically recorded.
Thereafter, the card B is discharged from the card slot 9.

Further, the money amount card A held in the holding section 38a is conveyed in the direction b on the conveying path 38 by the action of the conveying belts 43 and 44, and guided to the conveying path 31. When the money card A is transported on the transport path 31, the date and
The sales history such as the time, the departure station, the number of the use machine, and the balance is printed, and the write head 34 magnetically records magnetic information such as the date, time, departure station, the number of the use machine, and the balance. afterwards,
The money card A is discharged from the card slot 9.

In addition, when there is a change with respect to the insertion of coins and bills, the change unit 25 operates to discharge the change coins and bills from the outlet 13 to the receiving tray 14.

When the issuance of the ticket is completed, the variable display account button 6 lights up all the sales accounts (adult fees) on the sales route again, and returns to the standby state for sales.

As described above, when purchasing a ticket by the number card, the number card is inserted, and at the same time, a money or amount card is inserted to compensate for the shortage amount, so that it is set by the number card. You can buy more tickets than you have. In this case, the settlement operation at the time of getting off is eased, and a ticket to the destination can be purchased at the time of getting on, so that the service for the user is improved.

In the above embodiment, the ticket issuing machine has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to, for example, a commuter pass, a meal ticket, or a movie theater or theater entrance ticket.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when purchasing a ticket using a number card, it is possible to purchase a ticket that is longer than the section set in the number card. Machine can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining a ticket purchase operation using a count card and a money or money card;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a service surface of a ticket vending machine, FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a ticket vending machine, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an internal mechanism of a card unit. . 1 ... display unit, 6 ... variable display account button, 9 ... card slot, 10 ... coin slot, 11 ... bill slot, 14 ... tray, 23 ... card unit, 24 ... inspection Money department, 25 ... Change department,
26: Ticketing mechanism section, 29: Main control section, A: Amount card, B: Number of times card

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Koji Segawa 4-29 Honcho, Higashi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Toshiba Kansai System Development Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-58-56194 (JP, A)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An account display means comprising a plurality of displays, each section displaying a section fare of a ticket which can be purchased, section fare information indicating a fare of a predetermined section, and getting on and off at this section fare. A card slot into which a card is inserted, and a reading for reading the section fee information and the remaining number of times recorded on the card. Means, first display control means for controlling the account display means and displaying only the section fee read by the reading means, an input unit for inputting an amount for purchasing the ticket, Adding means for adding the section fee read by the reading means and the amount charged to the input unit; and controlling the account display means, in addition to the display by the first display control means, Second display control means for displaying a section fee corresponding to a ticket that can be purchased based on the amount added by the step, and a plurality of types of section charges displayed by the first and second display control means. Section charge input means for selecting and inputting one section charge; issuing means for issuing a ticket corresponding to the section charge selected and input by the section charge input means; and the remaining use number read by the reading means. A ticket issuing machine comprising: subtraction means for subtracting the amount of use this time; and update recording means for updating and recording on the number-of-times card a new remaining number of times of use subtracted by the subtraction means. 2. The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, further comprising card information display means for displaying said section fee information read by said reading means and said remaining use count. 3. A plurality of displays of said account display means are provided along a horizontal direction, and said first display control means displays said section fee on a leftmost display of said account display means. The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. An account display means for displaying a section fare of a ticket which can be purchased, a section fare information indicating a fare of a predetermined section, and a number card for recording the number of remaining uses permitted to get on and off at this section fare. Card reading slot, the number of times the card has been inserted into the card slot, reading means for reading the section fee information and the remaining number of times recorded on the card, and controlling the account display means, Display control means for displaying only the section fee read by the means, instruction means for instructing the purchase of a plurality of tickets of the section fee displayed by the display control means, display by the display control means Section charge input means for selecting and inputting the section charge, and a ticket corresponding to the section charge input by the section charge input means being instructed by the instruction means. Means for issuing the same number of sheets, subtraction means for subtracting the number of sheets instructed by the instruction means from the remaining number of times read by the reading means, and a new remaining number of times subtracted by this subtraction means And a renewal recording means for renewing and recording on the number card.