JP5666896B2 - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an automatic ticket vending machine.

  In recent years, commuter passes are issued by automatic ticket vending machines or commuter pass issuing machines. The automatic ticket vending machine issues a commuter pass when the purchaser inputs commuter pass purchase information according to the guidance on the operation screen. In addition, the commuter pass issuing machine inputs the commuter pass purchase information according to the guidance on the operation screen based on the contents described in the commuter pass purchase application form presented by the purchaser by the station attendant (for example, an IC card) ). In addition, when there is a usage history, a method of issuing a commuter pass using the information is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-9-326049 (page 4-5, FIG. 3)

  However, in the conventional automatic ticket vending machine, the user (purchaser) or the station staff selects the departure station and the arrival station, and in some cases selects a route and sets a section. Stations and routes can be selected when displaying all candidates, when selecting from the initials, when selecting a liaison company line and displaying more station candidates, and when selecting a route map to display. In any case, the wider the range that can be sold, the more complicated the screen becomes, and it is easy for the purchaser to make a mistake and complicated.

  Also, if the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine is difficult to understand, the station staff will ask for explanation, and if you do not understand, you may try to purchase at the staff desk. In addition, if the purchase was made by mistake, it was necessary to dispose of the bills by the station staff, which put a burden on the station staff.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides an automatic ticket vending machine with improved operability by enabling route information to be selected based on usage information by an IC commuter pass user. With the goal.

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is an automatic ticket vending machine for selling IC card commuter passes having a stored fare function, and is necessary for issuing the commuter pass. The process of either purchase or commuter pass purchase registration is displayed in a selectable manner, an operation screen that can be selected or entered in accordance with the displayed operation guidance , and a commuter pass purchase process is selected from the operation screen, and When an IC card having a stored fare function is inserted into the automatic ticket vending machine, station information obtained by using the stored fare function of the IC card is read, and a section selection screen consisting of a boarding station and an exit station from the station information Section setting means for setting the purchase section of the commuter pass based on the section selected from the displayed section selection screen The displayed from the station information selectably said operation screen path candidates, a path setting means for setting a route of the commutation ticket based path selected from the displayed route selection screen, commutation ticket from the operation screen When purchase registration processing is selected and an IC card having the stored fare function is inserted into the automatic ticket vending machine, a commuter pass purchase registration means for performing registration encoding for boarding the IC card and designating a section; An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by comprising

Further, the automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 2 is an automatic ticket vending machine for selling IC card commuter pass tickets having a stored fair function, and whether there is registration encoding for boarding the IC card and designating a section. Commuter pass purchase registration discriminating means for discriminating, boarding / alighting information discriminating means for discriminating whether or not there is an encoding at the time of getting on / off, and the result of the commuter pass purchase registration discriminating means, there is an encoding of commuter pass purchase registration and When the boarding / unloading information is encoded as a result of the discrimination means, when the date of the boarding / unloading information encoding coincides with the start date of the commuter pass of the IC card, the initial release price of the commuter pass is changed to the boarding / exiting information. claim 1 vending machine according to the amount obtained by subtracting the ride amount of the boarding section and further comprising a, a commutation ticket fare setting means to release the amount of the commutation ticket based

Example of station service equipment system using automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment Flow chart of commuter pass issuance processing of the automatic ticket vending machine shown in FIG. Flow chart of commuter pass issuance processing of the automatic ticket vending machine shown in FIG. Flow chart of commuter pass issuance processing of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment (part 1) Flowchart of commuter pass purchase registration process (subroutine) according to Embodiment 2 Flow chart of commuter pass issuance processing of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment (part 2)

  Example 1 is a commuter pass issuance processing flowchart of an automatic vending machine that sets boarding information of a commuter pass based on station information that is boarded and exited using the stored fair function in the station service device system shown in FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG.

  Further, in the second embodiment, in the station service device system shown in FIG. 1, there is a registration encoding for getting on and designating a section, and the encoding date of the getting-on / off information is the start date of the commuter pass of the IC card. 4 is a commuter pass issuance processing flowchart of the automatic ticket vending machine in which the amount obtained by subtracting the boarding amount of the boarding section based on the boarding / alighting information from the initial sale amount of the commuter pass is the sale amount of the commuter pass. This will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a station service device system using an automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment. The station service equipment system according to the first embodiment includes an automatic ticket vending machine 10, a commuter pass issuing machine 20, an automatic ticket gate 30, a counter processing machine 40, an IC card server 50 connected to these devices so as to be communicable, and the like. The

  The automatic ticket vending machine 10 is provided with a sensor 11. Hereinafter, the case where the IC card T in which the commuter pass information is recorded is issued will be described.

  The sensor 11 detects a user (purchaser) approaching the automatic ticket vending machine 10. When a user is detected, an operation screen 13 is displayed. By inputting or selecting a name, sex, age, boarding section, boarding period, route, and the like according to the display contents of the operation screen 13, an IC card T in which these commuter pass information is recorded is issued.

  The commuter pass issuing machine 20 is provided with an operation unit 21, an operation display unit 22, a display unit 23, an IC card entrance 24, a magnetic ticket entrance 25, and the like.

  The commuter pass issuing machine 20 issues an IC card T by inputting commuter pass information based on the contents described in the commuter pass application form presented by the station staff.

  The automatic ticket gate 30 is provided with an IC card reading unit 31. When a user holding the IC card T puts the IC card T into the IC card reading unit 31, the IC card T reads the IC card. It is read by the unit 31 and it is determined whether or not traffic is allowed.

  The counter processor 40 includes an clerk operation unit 41, a charge unit 42, a customer display unit 44, an IC card reader / writer 45, and the like, and is operated by a station clerk.

  FIG. 2 is a commuter pass issuing process flowchart (part 1) of the automatic ticket vending machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a commuter pass issuing process flowchart (part 2) of the automatic ticket vending machine shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the commuter pass issuing process of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to these drawings.

  Here, a case where a user uses the automatic ticket vending machine 10 to issue a commuter pass will be described. When a user approaches the automatic ticket vending machine 10, the user is detected by the sensor 11, and menus such as "Purchase of ordinary ticket", "Purchase of coupon ticket", "Purchase of commuter pass", "Charge" and "History printing" are provided. A screen is displayed (S01).

  When the user presses “Purchase Ticket Purchase” from the displayed menu screen (“Purchase Ticket Purchase” in S03), a commuter pass purchase initial screen is displayed (S05).

  If a button other than “buy commuter pass” is pressed in step S03, processing corresponding to the pressed button is performed (S04).

  On the commuter pass purchase initial screen, operation guidance is given to new purchasers or continuous users. In other words, for new buyers, “Please contact the right button (“ New ”button” for new customers) ”is displayed, and for users who continue to use commuter passes, If you want to continue, please insert a commuter pass. "

  When the “new” button is pressed on the above commuter pass purchase initial screen, the following start date selection screen is displayed (S08).

"Please touch the start date"
"Today", "1 day later", "2 days later" ... "7 days later"
Next, the following period selection screen is displayed (S10).

"Please touch the period of use"
"1 month", "3 months", "6 months"
Next, a boarding station selection screen is displayed (S12). With respect to this boarding station selection method, the present embodiment displays the following display so that either the conventional method of pressing the station name button of the boarding station or the method of inserting the card according to this embodiment can be selected. Perform (S12).

"Please select a boarding station and touch"
"You can also select from the section where you got on the card. Please insert the card."
When a card is inserted (“Card insertion” in S13), the following section selection screen is displayed (S14).

"Please select the section where you want to purchase the commuter pass"
“You can select multiple items.
At this time, the combination of the boarding station and the getting-off station read from the IC card encoding is displayed.

  Next, when there are a plurality of route candidates on the section selection screen (Y in S16), the following route selection screen is displayed (S17).

"There are multiple route candidates. Please select and touch"
Next, the regular fare is calculated (S19), and the following confirmation screen is displayed to the user (S20).

"If you like the contents of the display, please check"
At this time, “departure station”, “arrival station”, “route” and “confirm” buttons are displayed.

  When the user presses the confirmation button on this confirmation screen (S21), the following payment screen is displayed (S22).

"Please enter the indicated amount"
At this time, the sale price is displayed.

  When cash is inserted into this payment screen (S23), the following ticket issuing screen is displayed (S24).

"Please wait for a while"
“Input amount”, “release amount”, and “change amount” are displayed for the input amount.

  A commuter pass is issued (S25), and the inserted IC card is returned (S26). Further, change is discharged (S27), and the issuance of commuter pass is completed (S28).

  In step S13, when the station name button is pressed, an exit station name input screen is displayed (S30). On the basis of this display, the getting-off station name is input (S31).

  When there are a plurality of disembarking station names (Y in S32), a disembarking station selection screen is displayed (S33), and the disembarking station is selected (S34). If there are not a plurality of disembarking station names, the disembarking station name selection screen is not displayed and the process proceeds to the next process (step S35).

  Next, when there are a plurality of transfer stations (Y in S35), a transfer station selection screen is displayed (S36). A transfer station can be selected based on this display (S37). If there are not a plurality of transfer station candidates, the process proceeds to the next process (S38) without displaying the transfer station selection screen.

  Next, when there are a plurality of route candidates (Y in S38), a route selection screen is displayed (S39). A route is selected based on the display of the route selection screen (S40).

  When no IC card is inserted (N in S41), purchaser information such as name, date of birth, gender, and telephone number is input (S42). When an IC card is inserted (Y in S41), the purchaser information input process is skipped and the process proceeds to step S19.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S19, and the above-described processing is performed.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, setting of a commuter pass purchase section and route selection are facilitated by inserting an IC card.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart (part 1) of the commuter pass issuing process of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a commuter pass purchase registration process (subroutine) according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart (part 2) of the commuter pass issuing process of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment. Hereinafter, Example 2 will be described with reference to these drawings. In addition, the description which abbreviate | omits the part which performs the same process as Example 1 is demonstrated.

  In Example 2, when purchasing a commuter pass at an automatic ticket vending machine, the user selects the commuter pass purchase registration displayed on the menu screen (S51), and gets on the IC card T that he / she will ride from now on. Is registered (S54a, commuter pass purchase registration process).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the commuter pass purchase registration process (subroutine). When commuter pass purchase registration is selected on the menu screen (S51), the following commuter pass purchase registration screen is displayed (S111).

“From now on, you will get a card and register to specify the commuter pass section you purchased.”
"Please insert card"
Here, when the IC card T is inserted (Y in S112), a code indicating commuter pass purchase registration and the date of the day are encoded (S113), and the IC card T is returned (S114). At this time, the following commuter pass purchase registration end screen is displayed (S115).

"Please purchase the commuter pass after boarding the commuter pass"
"Please take the card"
After the registration is completed, the user uses the IC card T to get on and off in the section where the commuter pass is purchased. Therefore, when multiple company lines are used, the boarding / exiting may occur for each company line.

  After that, the IC card is read by an automatic ticket vending machine, and a section of a commuter pass to be newly issued is set. In the second embodiment, the effect of the second embodiment can be obtained when processing based on the flowchart shown below is performed at the last stop station in the boarding section scheduled to be purchased. Hereinafter, the commuter pass issuing process flowchart shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described.

  Steps S55 to S61 are the same as the processing from steps S05 to S11 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. By this process, start date selection (S58) and period selection (S60) for commuter pass purchase are performed.

  Next, the following boarding station selection screen is displayed (S62).

"Please select a boarding station and touch"
“If you are registered and specify the section, please insert the card”
Here, when the IC card T that has already been encoded for the commuter pass purchase registration and is in the zone where the commuter pass is purchased is inserted (“card insertion” in S63), the registration is encoded (Y in S64). ) In addition, when there is encoding at the time of getting on and off (Y of S65), the boarding station and the getting off station encoded on the IC card are set.

  The subsequent route selection (S69) and periodic fare calculation (S71) processing is the same as in the first embodiment. However, in the second embodiment, when the boarding / exiting is the same day and the start date of the commuter pass is the same day, the fare for the boarding / departing by the registered IC card T is deducted from the fare when the commuter pass is purchased (S73). -S76) In order to display the deducted amount, the following confirmation screen is displayed (S77).

"If you like the contents of the display, please contact us"
At this time, a departure station, a destination station, a route, and a confirmation button are displayed.

  Payment screen display (S79), cash input (S80), ticket issuing screen display (S81), ticket issuance (S81), card return (S83), change discharge (S84) and ticket issuing end processing (S85) Is the same as the contents described in steps S22 to S28 of the first embodiment.

  In addition, when there is no encoding of registration that specifies the section by getting on at step S64 (N of S64) or when there is no encoding at the time of getting on and off (N of S65), the following card return screen is displayed (S66), The IC card is returned (S67).

"There is no registration or boarding record"
Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S62, and the boarding station selection screen is displayed (S62).

  When the IC card is not inserted, the processing of the getting-off station selection (S93-S94), the transfer station selection (S96-S97) and the route selection (S99-S100) processed in steps S90 to S102 is the same as that of the first embodiment. .

As described above, by elevating the boarding section by using the IC card after registration to specify a commuter pass section and ride IC card, boarding station and destination station is encoded in the IC card. When purchasing a commuter pass, if the commuter pass is purchased using the encoded IC card, it becomes easy to input a departure station, a destination station, a transfer station, a route, and the like. In addition, the fare of the boarded section can be subtracted from the commuter pass purchase fare, so that the effect of eliminating the burden on the user can be obtained.

T: IC card 10 automatic ticket vending machine 20 commuter pass issuing machine 30 automatic ticket gate 40 counter processing machine 50 IC card server

Claims (3)

An automatic ticket vending machine that sells IC card commuter passes with a stored fair function,
A process for purchasing a commuter pass or commuter pass purchase registration necessary for issuing the commuter pass is displayed in a selectable manner, and an operation screen that can be selected or entered in accordance with the displayed operation guide, and a commuter pass from the operation screen. When purchase processing is selected and an IC card having the stored fare function is inserted into the automatic ticket vending machine, the station information obtained by using the stored fare function of the IC card is read and boarding is performed from the station information. A section setting means for displaying a section selection screen consisting of a station and an exit station on the operation screen, and setting a purchase section of the commuter pass based on the section selected from the displayed section selection screen;
Route setting means for displaying a route candidate selectable from the station information on the operation screen, and setting the route of the commuter pass based on the route selected from the displayed route selection screen;
When the commuter pass purchase registration process is selected from the operation screen, and the IC card having the stored fare function is inserted into the automatic ticket vending machine, the registration is performed to get on the IC card and specify the section. Ticket purchase registration means,
An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by comprising An automatic ticket vending machine that sells IC card commuter passes with a stored fair function,
A commuter pass purchase registration determining means for determining whether or not there is a registration encoding for getting on the IC card and specifying a section ;
Boarding / alighting information discriminating means for discriminating whether there is an encoding at the time of getting on / off,
When there is a commuter pass purchase registration encoding as a result of the commuter pass purchase registration determining means and there is an encoding of the getting on / off information as a result of the getting-on / off information determining means, the encoding date of the getting-on / off information is the commuter pass of the IC card. When it coincides with the start date, a commuter pass fare setting means having an amount obtained by subtracting the boarding amount of the boarding section based on the boarding / alighting information from the initial sale amount of the commuter pass,
The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising: The commuter pass fare setting means further includes:
When there is no commuter pass purchase registration encoding as a result of the commuter pass purchase registration determination means, when there is no encoding of the boarding information as a result of the boarding information determination means, or the date of encoding of the boarding information is the start of the IC card commuter pass 3. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 2, wherein when the date does not coincide with the date, the initial sale price of the commuter pass is set as the sale price.

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