JP3393727B2 - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of an automatic ticket vending machine, and more particularly, to a method of displaying a total amount of money when purchasing a plurality of tickets simultaneously. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine for the convenience of the user. 2. Description of the Related Art In a current automatic ticket vending machine, when purchasing a plurality of tickets at the same time, the fare at the destination is confirmed on a display board.
When purchasing copies, the user calculates the total amount in his head, that is, calculates 180 yen x 3 = 540 yen,
After inserting more than the total amount of money from the slot, press the adult button, press the multiple number selection button of 3 which is the total number of purchases, and then press the 180 yen fare button to obtain a plurality of tickets. It is supposed to be purchased. That is, when purchasing a plurality of tickets at the same time (for example, three adult tickets), the user calculates the total amount in his / her head and then inputs more than the total amount at once. Or, the user keeps putting in money until the lamp of the charge button to be purchased is turned on by putting money one after another. [0004] Therefore, when purchasing a plurality of tickets at the same time, the user must calculate the total amount in his / her head, and it is troublesome for the user to calculate the total amount. There is a problem that the efficiency of the automatic ticket vending machine is not sufficient. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket vending machine that displays the total amount of money and does not require the user to perform calculations, facilitates the user's convenience, and improves the operation efficiency of the automatic ticket vending machine. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a touch panel (2) for pressing a plurality of ticket selection buttons (22) when purchasing a plurality of tickets simultaneously.
4) The section price and the total price of a plurality of sheets are simultaneously displayed on each fee display section (24a), or the total fee display (50a) provided immediately below each push button type fee button (50). ) Indicates an automatic ticket vending machine that displays the total price. When purchasing a plurality of tickets at the same time, pressing the adult button (26) or the child button (28), which is the ticket type, and pressing the multiple-sheet selection button (22) allows the total number of desired tickets to be purchased. The amount is calculated automatically and the touch panel (2
The total charge is displayed on the charge display section (24a) of (4) or the total charge display (50a) arranged below each push button type charge button (50). Therefore, the user is free from the trouble of calculating the total charge by himself. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an automatic ticket vending machine (1) according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a touch panel type of FIG. In the figure, an automatic ticket vending machine (10) has a ticket vending machine main body (12) and a customer service surface (14) arranged in front of the ticket vending machine main body (12) and inclined toward the front. I have. On the customer service surface (14), on the upper part,
A guidance display section (16) for guiding the user, a call button (1) when the automatic ticket vending machine (10) breaks down due to a jam or the like.
8) There are provided a cancel button (20) for resetting when the user puts in money and makes a mistake, and a multiple selection button (22) for purchasing a plurality of tickets at the same time. A touch panel (24) indicating the fare of the boarding section, an adult button (26) for selecting whether the user is an adult or a child, and a child button (28) are provided substantially at the center of the customer service surface (14). Is provided. Automatic ticket vending machine (1
In the initial state of 0), the adult button (26) is set. (30) is 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 5
A coin insertion slot for inserting a 00 yen coin, and a money amount display section (32) for displaying the inserted money amount is arranged on the left side of the coin insertion slot. [0013] A card for inserting a stored fair card (SF card), bills and the like is provided below the customer service surface (14).
A bill insertion slot (34), a card / fishing tag receiving port (36) for receiving inserted SF cards or change tags as change,
A change receiving port (38) for receiving change such as coins, and a catching type ticket receiving port (40) for preventing issued tickets from flying out are arranged. The above-described automatic ticket vending machine (10) of the present invention comprises:
The display is set to a frequently used display as an initial state. That is, as described above, as the initial settings, a set of the adult button (26), the number of purchases is one, and the touch panel (2)
In each fee display of 4), the amount of money when the number of tickets purchased is one is displayed (FIG. 2). From the initial setting of the automatic ticket vending machine (10), if the user wants to purchase, for example, three adult tickets at the same time in a section of 180 yen, the user must enter the adult button (26). ), Then select multiple sheets button (22)
Press the button (22) at the numeral 3 where the number of purchases is displayed. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the total amount is displayed on each charge display section (24a) of the touch panel (24). In this example, when the user looks at the fee display section (24a) for the 180 yen section, the total amount of 540 yen is displayed besides the display of 180 yen, so the user is 540 yen or more. If you touch the fare display section (24a) of the 180 yen section with your finger or the like after inserting
A ticket is issued from a ticket outlet (40). Each fee display section (24a) is a touch switch. Accordingly, the user can simultaneously purchase a plurality of tickets by simply selecting the multiple-sheet selection button (22), and the total price is displayed. Therefore, the user must calculate the total price himself / herself. Very convenient without any. Further, since the calculation is not performed by the user himself / herself, the time for purchasing a ticket in front of the automatic ticket vending machine is shortened accordingly, and as a result, the operating efficiency of the automatic ticket vending machine is improved. FIG. 4 shows another example of purchasing a plurality of sheets. That is, this example shows a charge display example on the touch panel (24) when one adult ticket and one child ticket are purchased. That is, since the child fee is half of the total amount of the 120 yen section, a charge of 120 yen + 60 yen = 180 yen is displayed, and in the case of the 140 yen section, 140 yen + 70 yen = 210 yen and 150 yen In this case, the half price is 75 yen, but in this case, there are two ways of rounding up or rounding down the amount less than 10 yen, but in the case of rounding up, it becomes 80 yen, a total of 150 yen.
Yen + 80 yen = 230 yen, and each charge display part (2
4a) displays the total amount. Even in such a troublesome calculation of the child fee, the user does not need to calculate the total amount by himself, which is convenient. FIG. 5 shows an example in which a push button type fee button (50) is used instead of the touch panel (24). When the push button type charge button (50) is used, a touch panel (24) capable of displaying the section charge and the total charge in one charge display section (24a).
Unlike the charge button (50), unlike the charge button (50), the total charge display (50a) is arranged directly below each charge button (50). FIG. 6 shows an automatic ticket vending machine (10) as described above.
In the initial state of (1), the fee for one adult ticket and the number of tickets purchased is printed and displayed on each fee button (50). Therefore, no charge is displayed on the total charge display (50a). In this state, as in the example shown in FIG. 3, when it is desired to purchase three adult tickets at the same time, after pressing the adult button (26), a plurality of ticket selection buttons (22)
Select and press the three-display button. Then, the total charge indicator (50) below the charge button (50) for the 120 yen section
a) is displayed as 360, and similarly, 540 is displayed on the total fare indicator (50a) below the fare button (50) for the 180 yen section, and when purchasing a ticket for the 180 yen section, By pressing the fare button (50) indicated by 180, three tickets of 180 yen section are issued. Note that the calculation of the total amount is performed by an automatic ticket vending machine (1
0) is calculated by the CPU mounted in
The PU displays the total amount in each total display section. As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of tickets are purchased at the same time, the total price is displayed, so that the user calculates the total price. It is convenient and convenient because there is no need for the user to perform calculations, and the user does not need time to calculate in front of the automatic ticket vending machine, thereby improving the operating efficiency of the automatic ticket vending machine.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention showing an example in which a touch panel is used as a fee display unit. FIG. 2 is a front view of the touch panel, showing a display in an initial state. FIG. 3 is a front view of a touch panel showing an example of one fee display when a plurality of tickets are purchased simultaneously. FIG. 4 is a front view of a touch panel showing another example of fee display when purchasing a plurality of tickets simultaneously. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention showing an example in which a push button type fee button is used as a fee display unit. FIG. 6 is a front view of a push button type fee button, showing an initial state display. FIG. 7 is a front view of a charge button showing an example of a charge display when a plurality of tickets are purchased at the same time. [Description of Signs] 10 Automatic ticket vending machine 14 Customer service surface 22 Multiple selection button 24 Touch panel 24a Charge display section 26 Adult button 28 Child button 50 Charge button 50a Total charge display

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-1-166193 (JP, A) JP-A-56-27488 (JP, A) JP-A-53-55200 (JP, A) Jpn. , U) Fully open sho 57-78476 (JP, U) Fully open sho 60-158262 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 5/00 G07B 1/00 G07F 9/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A plurality of ticket types (adult button (26) and child button (28)) on the customer service side (14), and a plurality of tickets to be purchased at the same time. Sheet selection button (22), and a touch panel (2
4) automatic ticket vending machine (10) comprising, when purchasing a plurality of tickets at the same time, by pressing the multiple ticket selection button (22), each fee display section of the touch panel (24) An automatic ticket vending machine characterized in that the section price and the total price of a plurality of pieces are simultaneously displayed in 24a).