JP2753005B2 - Automatic ticket vending machine and amount card processing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention provides a ticket such as a ticket for a vehicle, an entrance ticket for an amusement park, a theater, a dining ticket for a cafeteria, etc., by a user's operation. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine for printing and issuing a price card based on a price card and a price card processing method.

(Prior Art) Hereinafter, an automatic ticket vending machine for a transportation ticket will be described as an example of an automatic ticket vending machine.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in the railway industry, for example, with the labor saving of station operations, automatic ticket vending machines that print and issue tickets by user operations have become widespread. This type of automatic ticket vending machine prints a ticket and pays out change if necessary when a user inserts a money or money value card and selects and presses a destination or a fee button. (See Japanese Patent Application No. 59-193203).

However, these vending machines only have a function of selling a ticket, and in order to refund an incorrectly purchased ticket after purchasing the ticket, it is necessary to go to an attendant in order to refund the incorrectly purchased ticket. Had the problem of not being able to do so.

Therefore, a vending machine which can refund a ticket by a user's own operation has been considered.

However, since the sale history as information on the actually purchased ticket is merely sequentially printed on the price card, it is considered that the refund by the price card is also made from cash. In this case, in the refund at the time of using the amount card, there arises a problem that the summarization process of the release and the refund cannot be clarified.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention solves the drawback that it is not possible to clarify the summarization processing of sales and refunds when using a money card, and to release and refund when using a money card. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket vending machine and a method of processing an amount card which can clarify the counting process.

[Constitution of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A vending machine of the present invention accepts an amount card having a monetary value, and reads first monetary value from the accepted amount card, Discharging means for discharging a ticket having a predetermined monetary value in accordance with the monetary value read by the first reading means; and a monetary value for the ticket based on the monetary value read from the money amount card A ticket recording function comprising: magnetic recording means for magnetically recording the new monetary value obtained by removing the money value on the money card; and return means for returning the money card magnetically recorded by the magnetic recording means. A second reading means for accepting the ticket and reading the monetary value of the ticket; and reading the monetary value of the ticket with the second reading means, the first reading means and the magnetic recording means. To read the monetary value from the amount card, add the monetary value of the ticket read by the second reading means to the monetary value of the amount card, and add a new monetary value to the amount card. First control means for magnetically recording, a new monetary value obtained by adding the monetary value of the ticket to the monetary value of the monetary value card, and the monetary value of the monetary value card to the monetary value of the monetary value card Printing means for printing character information indicating that the addition has been performed,
A second control means for driving the return means to return the money card printed by the printing means, and a ticket refund function.

A vending machine according to the present invention receives a money card having a monetary value, reads first monetary value from the received money card, and responds to the monetary value read by the first reading means. Means for releasing a ticket having a predetermined monetary value, and a new monetary value obtained by subtracting the monetary value for the ticket from the monetary value read from the amount card is stored in the amount card. Magnetic recording means for magnetically recording, first printing means for printing a new monetary value from which the monetary value of the ticket has been subtracted, and text information indicating that the ticket has been discharged, and the magnetic recording means Means for issuing a ticket and return means for returning the amount card processed by the first printing means, and second reading means for accepting the ticket and reading the monetary value of the ticket. This When the monetary value of the ticket is read by the second reading means, the first reading means and the magnetic recording means are driven to read the monetary value from the money card, and the second reading means is read. First control means for magnetically recording a new monetary value obtained by adding the monetary value of the ticket read in step 2 to the monetary value of the amount card on the amount card; and the monetary value of the ticket on the amount card A second printing means for printing a new monetary value obtained by adding the monetary value of the amount card to the monetary value of the ticket and character information indicating that the monetary value of the ticket is added to the monetary value of the amount card; And a second control unit for driving the unit to return the money card printed by the second printing unit.

A money card processing method according to the present invention includes a first reading step of reading a money value from a money card having a money value, and subtracting a predetermined money value according to use from the money value of the money card. A first magnetic recording step of magnetically recording the new monetary value left on the money card, and an instruction input to return the monetary value removed by the first magnetic recording step to the money card again Receiving the money card in which the new monetary value has been magnetically recorded by the first magnetic recording step when an instruction is input by the input step, and reading the monetary value of the money card. When the monetary value of the money card is read in the second reading step and the second reading step, the first magnetic recording step A second magnetic recording step of magnetically recording a new monetary value on the amount card by adding the monetary value subjected to the destruction processing to the monetary value of the amount card; A printing step of printing a new monetary value magnetically recorded on the card and character information indicating that the monetary value removed by the first magnetic recording means has been returned to the money card again. You.

(Operation) The present invention accepts a monetary value card having a monetary value, reads a monetary value from the received monetary value card, and generates a ticket having a predetermined monetary value according to the read monetary value. Release and magnetically record a new monetary value on the amount card obtained by subtracting the monetary value for the ticket from the monetary value read from the amount card, and return the magnetically recorded amount card When the ticket issuance function and the ticket are accepted and the monetary value of the ticket is read, the monetary value is read from the amount card and the monetary value of the read ticket is converted to the monetary value of the amount card. The new monetary value that has been added is magnetically recorded on the amount card, and the monetary value of the ticket is added to the monetary value of the amount card. It has a refund function for a ticket that prints character information indicating that the monetary value of the ticket has been added to the monetary value of the amount card, and returns the printed amount card.

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

FIG. 5 shows, as an example of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention, a service side of an automatic ticket vending machine which prints and sells ordinary tickets and sells the information. Display unit 1 to be displayed, clerk call button (push button switch) 2, cancel button (push button switch) 3 to cancel the purchase, designation button 5 to specify the contact company line, ticket for lighting and displaying the section fare of the sale route based on the inserted amount A plurality of variable display account buttons (push-button switches with built-in numeric display) as species designation means 6,
A condition button (push button switch) 7 for designating the number of purchases, a child ticket, and a discount ticket, a refund ticket slot 8 for inputting a refund ticket, an amount card C, and an amount card C are discharged. Card slot 9 for inserting coins, coin slot 10 for inserting coins, bill slot 11 for inserting bills and discharging bills, and ticket issuing slot 1 for issuing tickets.
2. A coin outlet 13 for discharging coins, and a tray 14 for releasing issued tickets, refunds and change are provided.

FIG. 6 shows the structure of an automatic ticket vending machine having the above-described customer service surface. That is, the refund ticket entrance 8
Is connected to a refund ticket reading unit 21, which is provided with a refund ticket storage box 22.
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 section 24, and the check section
A change section 25 is connected to 24. With this, the check department
The coins identified in 24 are stored as change in the change section 25,
The coin can be discharged from the coin outlet 13. Also,
In addition to the change unit 25, a ticket issuing mechanism unit 26 is also connected to the ticket issuing port 12. The ticketing mechanism unit 26 includes a printing unit 27 and an encoding unit 28, and the ticket printed by the printing unit 27 is sent to the encoding unit 28, where the magnetic information for automatic ticket inspection is recorded in the magnetic recording unit. The ticket issuance opening 12 and the receiving tray 14
Is released as a ticket B. The above-mentioned refund ticket reading unit 21, card unit 23, banknote inspection unit 20, check unit 24, change unit 25, ticket issuing mechanism unit 26, and display unit 1, condition button 7, and variable display account button 6 are all main. It is controlled by the control unit 29. Main control unit 29
Is mainly composed of, for example, a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits, and controls the entire automatic ticket vending machine.

In addition, an operation panel 30 for a clerk is provided on the back surface of the main body, and a refund button 30a and a repurchase button 30b to be input by the clerk are provided by dialogue between the customer and the clerk.

The ticket B has a clock section as shown in FIG.
An NRZ (Non-Return Zero) system in which a track bar 32, 33 is provided with a magnetic bar code in synchronization with the clock of the clock unit 31. belongs to. The track section 32 records line sections, station orders, sections, etc. with respect to other companies' lines.
Records the date, line, station order, fare, etc. for the company line. The track section 32 is provided with a card release bit (card release bit information) 34. When the card release bit 34 is released by the money card C, the bit is set and released by cash. The bit does not stand.

As shown in FIG. 8, the money card C has a recording area 50a on its front surface 51 in which the place of purchase of the ticket, the date of purchase, the prepaid fee at the time of purchase, and the like are recorded in advance. A print area 50b is provided for printing the usage contents (ticket sale history, refund history). In the printing area 50b, the use date, time, departure station, used machine number (corresponding to the model, for example, the number of a vending machine),
Data indicating whether to purchase or refund the ticket and the balance are printed.

The surface 51 is provided with a use start hole 50e or a used hole 50f.

A magnetic recording unit (not shown) composed of a magnetic stripe or the like is provided on the back surface of the money card C. As magnetic information (machine-readable information) recorded on the magnetic recording unit, Date, time, departure station, used machine number, data indicating purchase or refund of a ticket, and data such as a balance are recorded, and data indicating a price card C and face value data are recorded in advance.

Next, a ticket issuance operation in the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 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 insertion ports, the checker 24 and the bill validator 20 detect and discriminate the 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 and the like are recorded magnetically and released as a ticket B from the ticket issuing port 12 to the tray 14. At this time, if there is a change, the change unit 25 operates, and the change coin is discharged from the coin 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 C having a balance equal to or exceeding the amount of the desired ticket from the card slot 9. When the money card C is inserted through the card slot 9, the card unit 23 detects the inserted money card C and discriminates it. Identified amount card C
Is calculated by the main control unit 29, and is displayed on the display unit 1 as an input amount. Further, when the amount card C is inserted, the fare display of the variable display account button 6 is turned off once, and then only the account button of the ticket which can be purchased according to the amount of money is displayed. For example, if the input amount is 200 yen, 2
Each section fare that can be purchased at 00 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 instructs the ticket issuing mechanism unit 26 to start printing and issuing a ticket, and instructs the card unit 23 to start a card sending operation. As a result, 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, card release bit information, and the like are magnetically recorded and released as a ticket B from the ticket issuing port 12 to the tray 14.
At this time, the remaining amount after the purchase amount is removed is displayed on the display unit 1, the new remaining amount is written by the card unit 23, and the ticket sales history is printed as shown in FIG. The card C is sent out to 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.

Next, the refund operation of the ticket issued as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. First, the clerk call button 2 is turned on, and the repayment button 30a or the repurchase button 30b is turned on by the clerk depending on whether the refund or the re-purchase is performed by the dialog between the customer and the clerk. Then, the customer inserts his / her own reimbursement ticket A into the slot 8 so that the ticket A is taken into the refunding ticket reading unit 21 and at the same time, the shutter (shown in FIG. Is closed. Refund ticket reading section
Numeral 21 reads magnetic information recorded in the magnetic recording unit of the acquired ticket A, such as issue date information, departure station information, arrival station information, section (fare) information, card release bit information, and the like. A check is made to determine whether or not has been correctly read, and if it has been correctly read, the information is sent to the main control unit 29.

If the information cannot be read correctly as a result of the determination test, the refund ticket reading unit 21 may read the magnetic information because, for example, the information is missing for some reason or the magnetic recording unit is damaged. If not, the taken ticket A is returned to the slot 8.

If the reading is correct, the main control unit 29 separates into card processing and money processing depending on the presence or absence of the card release bit information.

In the case of processing of the amount card C, first, the main control unit 29 calculates the fee (fare) of the ticket A based on the information from the refund ticket reading unit 21 and displays it on the display unit 1. next,
The main control unit 28 checks whether the mode is the repurchase mode or the refund mode,
In the refund mode, when the user inserts the amount card C into the card slot 9, the main control unit 29 sets the card unit 23
Is operated, and an amount obtained by adding the amount corresponding to the calculated fee to the remaining amount of the amount card C is written as a new remaining amount of the amount card C, and as shown in FIG.
The amount card C on which the refund history is printed is ejected from the card insertion slot 9.

In the case of the repurchase mode, the main control unit 29 displays the calculated fare on the display unit 1 and, at the same time, illuminates and displays only the variable display account button 6 of the ticket that can be purchased according to the displayed amount. Therefore, if you repurchase your ticket here,
First, the user checks whether the displayed amount is equal to or greater than the amount of the ticket desired to be repurchased, and if not, inserts an amount card C or a predetermined amount of money having a balance equal to or more than the predetermined amount. If the number is large, the amount card C is inserted. Next, the user sets the displayed variable display account button 6
, A new ticket B is issued by the same operation as described above. In this case, the magnetic information of the ticket B read by the refund ticket reading unit 21 is compared with the magnetic information of the selected and designated account, and when the two information match, the user has requested repurchase. The ticket is the same as the ticket A inserted for the refund, and therefore, it is not necessary to reissue the ticket. Therefore, the refund ticket reading unit 21 stores the captured ticket A in the slot 8 And the main control unit 29 returns the display of the customer service surface to the release standby state.

As described above, the re-purchase information indicating that the re-purchase has been performed at the time of printing is recorded in the magnetic recording unit of the newly issued ticket B. Therefore, when the ticket B issued in the refund operation as described above is inserted into the refund ticket entrance 8, the refund ticket reading unit 21 takes in the ticket B and reads the magnetic information in the same manner as described above. At this time, the refund ticket reading unit 21 determines and checks whether re-purchase information exists in the read magnetic information, and can return the fetched ticket B to the refund ticket entrance 8.

Next, in the case of money processing, first, the main control unit 29 calculates the fee (fare) of the ticket A based on the information from the refund ticket reading unit 21 and displays it on the display unit 1. Next, the main control unit 28 checks whether the mode is the repurchase mode or the refund mode. In the case of the refund mode, the main control unit 29 operates the change unit 25 and discharges the coin corresponding to the calculated fee to the receiving tray 14. .

In the case of the repurchase mode, the main control unit 29 displays the calculated fare on the display unit 1 and, at the same time, illuminates and displays only the variable display account button 6 of the ticket that can be purchased according to the displayed amount. Therefore, if you repurchase your ticket here,
First, the user checks whether the displayed amount is equal to or greater than the amount of the ticket desired to be repurchased, and if not, inserts a predetermined amount of money. Next, the user selects and designates the displayed variable display account button 6, and a new ticket B is issued by the same operation as described above. In this case, the magnetic information of the ticket B read by the refund ticket reading unit 21 is compared with the magnetic information of the selected and designated account, and when the two information match, the user has requested repurchase. The ticket is the same as the ticket A inserted for the refund, and therefore it is not necessary to reissue the ticket. Therefore, the refund ticket reading unit 21 puts the captured ticket A into the slot 8 And the main control unit 29 returns the display of the customer service surface to the release standby state.

As described above, the re-purchase information indicating that the re-purchase has been performed at the time of printing is recorded in the magnetic recording unit of the newly issued ticket B. Therefore, when the ticket B issued in the refund operation as described above is inserted into the refund ticket entrance 8, the refund ticket reading unit 21 takes in the ticket B and reads the magnetic information in the same manner as described above. At this time, the refund ticket reading unit 21 determines and checks whether re-purchase information exists in the read magnetic information, and can return the fetched ticket B to the refund ticket entrance 8.

As mentioned above, the refund of the ticket purchased with the amount card will be a refund to that amount card,
If a ticket can be purchased with an amount card and the refund can be made with cash, it is possible to solve the drawback that a problem occurs in which cash larger than the purchase amount is refunded.

In addition, when a refund is performed on the amount card, the refund history can be printed on the amount card, and the summarization process of sales and refunds on the amount card can be clarified.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may include a ticket for a vehicle, an amusement park,
The present invention can also be applied to an automatic ticket vending machine that issues tickets such as an entrance ticket for a theater and a dining ticket for a cafeteria.

Also, the case where the reimbursement ticket input port and the ticket issuing port are different has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one may be used.

Further, the case where the operation panel for the attendant is provided on the back surface of the main body has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the operation panel may be provided at a place separated by line connection.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when a refund is made on an amount card, the refund history can be printed on the amount card, and the release and refund totaling process for the amount card is clear. It is possible to provide an automatic ticket vending machine and a money card processing method.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 and 2 are flow charts for explaining a processing operation for a refund ticket, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an operation for issuing a ticket with money. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of issuing a ticket by a price card, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a service surface of the ticket vending machine, and FIG. 6 is a diagram of the ticket vending machine. FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration, FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the state of magnetic information of a ticket, and FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a printing example of a price card. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display part, 6 ... Variable display account button, 8 ... Refund ticket slot, 9 ... Card slot, 10 ... Coin slot, 11 ... Bill slot, 14 ... Receipt, 21 ... Refund ticket reading part, 23 ... Card part, 24 ... Check part, 25 ... Change part, 26 ... Ticketing part, 29 ...
Main control unit, 30 ... Operation panel for staff, 30a ... Refund button, 3
0b ... Repurchase button, 34 ... Card release bit, B ... Ticket, C
... Amount card.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] Claims 1. An amount card having a monetary value is accepted,
First reading means for reading a monetary value from the received amount card, discharging means for discharging a ticket having a predetermined monetary value according to the monetary value read by the first reading means, Magnetic recording means for magnetically recording a new monetary value on the amount card by subtracting the monetary value for the ticket from the monetary value read from the amount card; and A ticket issuing function having a return means for returning an amount card, and a second function of accepting the ticket and reading the monetary value of the ticket.
When the monetary value of the ticket is read by the second reading means, the first reading means and the magnetic recording means are driven to read the monetary value from the amount card, First control means for magnetically recording a new monetary value on the amount card by adding the monetary value of the ticket read by the second reading means to the monetary value of the amount card; Printing means for printing a new monetary value obtained by adding the monetary value of the ticket to the monetary value of the amount card and text information indicating that the monetary value of the ticket is added to the monetary value of the amount card; An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: a second control means for driving the return means to return the money card printed by the printing means; and a ticket refund function comprising: 2. Accepting an amount card having a monetary value,
First reading means for reading a monetary value from the received amount card, discharging means for discharging a ticket having a predetermined monetary value according to the monetary value read by the first reading means, Magnetic recording means for magnetically recording a new monetary value on the amount card by subtracting the monetary value for the ticket from the monetary value read from the amount card, and the monetary value of the ticket is subtracted. First printing means for printing the new monetary value and character information indicating that the ticket has been ejected; and returning the money card processed by the magnetic recording means and the first printing means. A ticket issuing function provided with return means, a second reading means for receiving the ticket and reading the monetary value of the ticket, and reading the monetary value of the ticket with the second reading means When The first reading unit and the magnetic recording unit are driven to read the monetary value from the amount card, and the monetary value of the ticket read by the second reading unit is added to the monetary value of the amount card. First control means for magnetically recording a new monetary value on the amount card; a new monetary value obtained by adding the monetary value of the ticket to the amount card to the monetary value of the amount card; Second printing means for printing character information indicating that the monetary value has been added to the monetary value of the money card; and the money card printed by the second printing means by driving the return means. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: a second control means for returning a ticket; and a ticket refund function comprising: 3. A first reading step of reading a monetary value from a monetary value card having a monetary value, and a predetermined monetary value according to use is subtracted from the monetary value of the monetary value card. A first magnetic recording step of magnetically recording a monetary value on the money card; and an input step of inputting an instruction to return the monetary value removed by the first magnetic recording step to the money card again. When the instruction is input in this input step, the first
Receiving the amount card on which the new monetary value has been magnetically recorded by the magnetic recording step, reading the monetary value of the amount card, and reading the monetary value of the amount card in the second reading step. When the target value is read, a second monetary value is magnetically recorded on the amount card by adding the monetary value removed in the first magnetic recording step to the monetary value of the amount card. The recording step, the new monetary value magnetically recorded on the money card by the second magnetic recording step and the monetary value removed by the first magnetic recording means are returned to the money card again. And a printing step of printing character information indicating the following.