JP3656793B2 - Ticket vending machines and ticket sales methods - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine and a ticket selling method for selling a ticket such as a vehicle by a customer operation, and more particularly to a ticket vending machine and a ticket selling method for a visually handicapped person whose color identification is impossible or difficult.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a conventional apparatus for selling train tickets at a station, a ticket vending machine having a touch panel having a configuration in which a switch made of a transparent electrode is arranged on a display such as an LCD or a CRT has become widespread.
In this ticket vending machine, in order to make the user buy the desired ticket, an input screen consisting of a plurality of input buttons indicating the destination, amount, etc. is displayed on the touch panel, and the user inputs the desired input by inserting cash. When the button is pressed, a ticket corresponding to the pressed content is created and released by the ticket issuing unit.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.
That is, in general, the input button on the normal input screen in this type of ticket vending machine is displayed with white letters using a soft ground color so that a healthy person can have a good feeling. It is not always a healthy person, and visually impaired persons who are unable or difficult to identify colors such as color blindness, color weakness, and weakly sighted persons are also used. Therefore, consideration for such visually impaired persons is necessary.
[0004]
As a countermeasure for this, the background color of each button is set to a dark color such as black, and the destination button, the amount of money, etc. are outlined on the dark background color, thereby displaying a contrast button that can be recognized by the visually impaired. Although a method is considered, when a button is pressed on the touch panel, a click feeling like a mechanical button is not obtained, so it is difficult for a visually impaired person to recognize the button that he / she pressed, and the correct button is pressed correctly. There is a problem that the feeling of anxiety remains.
[0005]
Further, when a button for a healthy person and a button for a visually impaired person are displayed on the same screen, there is a problem that the size of each button becomes small and it is difficult to see.
It is an object of the present invention to realize a ticket selling method by a ticket vending machine that can clearly display a button for a visually impaired person and can reliably determine the pressed button. .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Therefore, the present invention, when pressed to select a desired button from among the plurality of input buttons displayed on the screen of the motor touch panel, to release by creating a ticket corresponding to the content of the button in the ticket issuing unit Oite the ticket vending machine, is impossible or difficult to visually impaired identification color display switching button with characters recognizable contrast to the normal display screen, the visually impaired character by pressing of the switching button Switching to an input screen for visually impaired persons having a recognizable contrast, and when an input button in the input screen for visually impaired persons is pressed, the display of the button can be easily determined by the visually impaired person Control means for controlling to change the state is provided .
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a ticket selling method by a ticket vending machine according to the present invention. (A) is an example of an input screen for a visually impaired person, and (B) is an example of an input screen after the input button is pressed.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a normal input screen, and FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the ticket vending machine.
[0008]
First, to describe the structure of Figure 3, 1 is stored in a not shown device whole operations including the operation processing cash with the guide and tickets sales and ticket issuance processing for ticket sales to customer ROM control unit for controlling based on the control program, 2 such as an LCD or CRT configuration of a touch panel arranged switch consisting of a transparent electrode on the display, 3 cash processing that is customer cash with the sale of tickets was fed A cash processing unit that performs counting, storage, and change discharge processing, 4 is a ticket issuing unit that issues a ticket by printing on a predetermined ticket, and 5 is a storage means such as a hard disk. Stored are guidance display data for guiding customer operations, input screen data including a plurality of input buttons for healthy persons and visually impaired persons, and the like.
[0009]
Next, a ticket sales method using a ticket vending machine having the above-described configuration will be described.
First, when the user approaches the ticket vending machine, the user is detected by a sensor (not shown). Based on the detection signal, the control unit 1 reads normal input screen data for a healthy person from the storage means 5, As shown in FIG. 2, it is displayed on the touch panel 2 as a normal input screen.
[0010]
Each input button 6 in this normal input screen is a soft ground color such as gray with characters such as a destination and an amount of money whitened out. In this input screen, a dark ground color such as black is displayed as “screen switching”. A screen switching button 7 that can be easily recognized by visually impaired persons such as color blindness, color weakness, and weakly sighted persons, in which the contrast difference between the ground color and the characters is increased by whitening out the characters such as “” is displayed.
[0011]
At this time, a voice guidance such as “If you have difficulty viewing the screen, press the screen switching button” may be performed using a speaker (not shown).
Here, when the user is a visually handicapped person, when the user sees the screen switching button 7 in the input screen or listens to the voice guidance and presses the button 7, the control unit 1 stores the information for the visually handicapped person from the storage unit 5. The input screen data is read and displayed on the touch panel 2 as an input screen for the visually impaired as shown in FIG.
[0012]
The input button 8 on the input screen for the visually impaired person increases the contrast difference between the ground color and the characters by whitening the characters such as the destination and the amount of money on the dark ground color such as black like the screen switching button 7. Thus, the visually impaired can easily recognize.
When the visually handicapped person sees the input screen and inserts cash into the cash processing unit 3 and presses the desired input button 8 on the input screen, the control unit 5 stores the display of the pressed button 8 as storage means. 5 is changed as shown in FIG. 1B based on the predetermined data stored in 5.
[0013]
In this example, the square input button 8 of 2 cm long × 3 cm wide is pressed to be deformed into a round shape with a diameter of about 1.5 cm.
The visually impaired person can easily determine the input button 8 that he / she pressed by changing the display state of the input button 8 that has been pressed in such a manner as being extremely reduced or deformed. You can be confident that you want it.
[0014]
The counting of cash inserted into the cash processing unit 3 and the creation and issuing of a ticket for the pressed input button 8 are the same as usual, that is, the cash processing unit 3 or the This is done at the ticket issuing unit 4.
In the above-described embodiment, a ticket vending machine that sells train tickets has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a ticket vending machine that sells food tickets installed in a restaurant or a plurality of theaters. Alternatively, it can also be applied as a ticket sales method such as a ticket vending machine that handles a movie theater appreciation ticket by one.
[0015]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention described above, the color of the identification impossible or difficult to visually impaired people in the input screen of the normal displays a switch button having a character recognizable contrast, the visual by pressing of the switching button When the handicapped person switches to an input screen for visually handicapped persons having a contrast capable of recognizing characters , and the input button in the input screen for the visually handicapped person is pressed, the visually handicapped person can easily display the button. because you are so as to change the discrimination ready to, the visually impaired is a button that you have pressed can be reliably and easily determined, it is possible to eliminate the anxiety of whether or not press the button of the desired correctly the effect of say can be obtained.
[0016]
In addition, since the screen switching button is used to switch between the normal input screen and the input screen for the visually impaired, it is not necessary to reduce the size of each input button, preventing the input buttons from being difficult to see. The effect that it is possible is also acquired.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of ticket sales method in accordance with the present onset Akira.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a normal input screen.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a ticket vending machine according to the present invention .
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Touch panel 3 Cash processing part 4 Ticket issuing part 5 Storage means 6 Input button 7 Screen switching button 8 Input button

Claims (2)

And pressing select the desired button from among the plurality of input buttons displayed on the screen of the motor touch panel, Oite the vending machine to release and create a ticket corresponding to the content of the button in the ticket issuing unit,
Is impossible or difficult to visually impaired identification color display switching button with characters recognizable contrast to the normal display screen, the visually impaired person by pressing of the switching button has the character recognizable contrast switching the input for visually impaired users, the input button in the input screen for the visually impaired is depressed, the control so as to change the display of the button to the visually impaired easily discernible state A ticket vending machine comprising control means for performing In the ticket sales method of creating and releasing a ticket corresponding to the content of the button when a desired button is selected and pressed from a plurality of input buttons displayed on the touch panel screen,
In the normal display screen, display a switching button with contrast that can recognize characters by visually impaired persons who cannot or cannot identify colors,
By switching the switch button, the visually impaired person switches to an input screen for visually impaired persons having a contrast capable of recognizing characters,
A ticket selling method characterized in that, when an input button in the input screen for visually impaired persons is pressed, the display of the button is changed to a state that can be easily identified by the visually impaired person.

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