JPH01250186A - Card type railroad ticket selling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a user to get a railroad ticket from the station, where he is at present, to his destination station only with insertion of a card to a ticket vending machine by using the card where information of at least one destination station and the amount of preliminarily payed money is recorded. CONSTITUTION:The user of traffic facilities carries a card 11 where information 16 of one destination station and the amount of money is recorded. A ticket vending machine 10 calculates a fare from the station, where he is at present, to the destination station in accordance with destination station information read from the card 11 and information of the station provided with this machine and compares this fare with information of the amount of money in the card; and when this fare can be subtracted from this amount of money, the subtraction result is written in the card as information of the amount of money and a ticket to the destination station is issued. Thus, when the user preliminarily purchases the card, where the name of the station which he may most prequently go to is recorded, and only inserts this card to the machine, he easily and quickly gets the ticket from the station, where he is at present, to the destination station.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention provides a means of transport using a card on which information of at least one destination and the amount paid in advance is recorded. The present invention relates to a card-type ticket sales system.

(Prior art) When a user wants to use a means of transportation such as a train, he or she must check the fare from that location to the destination each time, prepare coins, etc., and purchase a ticket, etc. For this reason, ticket sales locations set up inside transportation stations become crowded with users, and it takes a considerable amount of time.

Depending on the transportation facility, means such as commuter passes, coupon tickets, or prepaid cards that can alleviate the above-mentioned troublesome effort and time may be available. However, commuter passes and coupon tickets have expiration dates and restrictions on the sections they can be used for.

Furthermore, even if a prepaid card is used, it does not relieve the user from the troublesome effort of researching the fare from the location to the destination and purchasing a ticket each time the card is used, and is not very useful in alleviating congestion in station premises, etc.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) In this way, conventionally, when using public transportation, one has to check the fare to the destination in a crowded station, prepare coins, etc., and purchase a ticket, etc., which is a hassle. This required procedures that were laborious and time-consuming. In addition, even with methods such as commuter passes and prepaid cards that can alleviate some of the effort and time, there are various restrictions, etc., and they do not necessarily solve the annoyance and inconvenience, and are not very useful in alleviating congestion in station premises etc. It wasn't.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and an object of the invention is to provide a system that allows more convenient and quick ticket sales when using public transportation. It is something.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The card-type ticket sales system according to the present invention provides that the most frequently used destination for transportation users is one of the users' own places of return, etc. By focusing on the fact that tickets can be sold at a limited number of locations or at a limited number of locations, ticket sales in such cases can be carried out more easily and quickly.

That is, a user of transportation carries a card on which information such as at least one destination and the amount of money is recorded.

An automatic ticket vending machine having a card reading/writing section, a ticket issuing section, and a fare calculation section is provided in the station premises of the transportation facility, and the automatic ticket vending machine uses the destination information read from the card and the automatic ticket vending machine. Calculate the fare from the current location to the destination from the current location information where the ticket vending machine is installed, compare it with the amount information in the card, and if subtraction is possible, write the subtracted remaining amount in the card as amount information, and Invented a card-type ticket sales system that issues tickets to the destination.

(Function) According to such a card-type ticket sales system, a user of a transportation facility has a card on which information of at least one destination and the amount paid in advance is recorded, and uses the transportation facility. All you have to do is insert this card into the card reading/writing section of the automatic ticket vending machine located inside the station.

The card reading/writing section of the automatic ticket vending machine reads the information recorded on the card when the card is inserted, and transfers it to the fare calculation section. The fare calculation unit determines a single destination by comparing the destination information in the card read by the card reading/writing unit and the current location where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed.Next, the fare calculation unit determines a single destination. Calculate the fare from the current location, compare it with the amount information on the card, write the subtracted remaining amount in the amount record section of the card to update it, and issue a ticket to this destination. and return the card. Furthermore, if the amount cannot be subtracted (if the balance is insufficient), the card is returned without issuing a ticket (in this case, of course, the amount on the card is not updated).

In this way, a user can obtain a ticket from his or her current location to the destination simply by inserting a card registered with the name of the station that the user will use most often as a destination into a ticket vending machine. Furthermore, there are no restrictions on the period of use or the boarding station, and there is no need for cumbersome and time-consuming procedures such as checking fares and preparing coins, which alleviates congestion in conventional transportation stations. etc. becomes possible.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the card-type ticket sales system for transportation facilities according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main structure of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

There is a card 11 that is purchased by a user of transportation by registering at least one destination in advance and paying a predetermined fee. This card 11 records internal card data 16 such as the destination and the balance (the amount initially paid when not used). An example of recording of this card internal data 16 is shown in FIG.

An automatic ticket vending machine 10 installed in a transportation station has a card reading/reading machine that, when a card 11 is inserted, reads the card data 16 recorded on the card 11 and writes updated information. There is a writing section 12. Further, a ticket issuing unit 14 that issues tickets and a balance calculation unit 15 that calculates and controls fares are also provided inside the automatic ticket vending machine R10. Furthermore, the system of this embodiment is provided with a screen display section 13 that displays information such as fares and remaining balance to the user.

Note that 17 is a fare data holding unit that holds reference data at the time of fare calculation. FIG. 3 shows an example of a fare table held in such a fare data holding unit 17. The left side of this fare table shows section data from the current location to each destination, and the right side of this table shows the fare used. recorded.

Further, 18 is an output data holding section that holds some output data displayed on the screen display section 13. FIG. 4 shows an example of a display message held in the output data holding section 18. Card 11 is on the left side of the table in Figure 4.
The comparison status between the remaining balance data and the fare is shown on the right side, and an example of the corresponding display message is shown on the right side.

Next, the operation of this embodiment system will be explained.

First, a transportation user purchases a card 11 by paying a predetermined amount. This card 11 includes the following information in advance at the time of purchase.
At least one destination most frequently used by the user is recorded as card data 16 together with the amount of money.

When the user uses the transportation facility for the destination recorded on the card 11, the user uses the card reading/writing section 12 of the automatic ticket vending machine 8110 installed in the station premises.
Insert the purchased card 11 into.

When this card 11 is inserted by the user, the card reading/writing section 12 in the automatic ticket vending machine 10 reads the data 16 in this card 11. Each piece of information in the card data 16 read by the card reading/writing unit 12 is
The amount is transferred to the balance calculation unit 15.

The balance calculation unit 15 receives each piece of information in the card data 16 and compares the destination information in the card data 16 with the current location (station name) where the automatic ticket vending machine 10 is located.

If there is only one destination that is not the same as the current location, that is, there is only one destination recorded on the card and different from the current location, or there are three destinations recorded on the card. , and only one of them is different from the current location, a destination different from the current location is determined to be the destination.

If there are multiple destinations that are not the same as the current location, the card user waits for selection of any one of the multiple locations, and determines that location as the destination. For example, the screen display section 13 may display the following message: ``Applicable destinations are 1...XX, 2...-xX,... Please select one of the destinations by number.'' It is possible for the user to display a message such as `` and make a selection by pressing a button associated with these numbers.

Once the destination has been determined in this manner, the balance calculation unit 15 calculates the fare from the current location based on a fare table as shown in FIG. 3, for example, held in the fare data holding unit 17.

Then, compare this calculated fare with the amount (remaining amount) information in the card 11, and if it is possible to subtract it, read the card.
The subtracted remaining amount is written in the remaining amount recording area of the card data 16 in the card 11 via the writing section 12 to update this. The six-screen display unit 13 displays a signal indicating that the ticket has been issued normally, as well as fare and remaining amount information, which is stored in the output data holding unit 18, as shown in FIG. 4, for example. Among the displayed messages, output data as shown in the upper part of FIG. 4, which indicates that ticket issuance has been carried out normally, is read out and displayed on the screen. Furthermore, after the ticket issuing unit 14 issues a ticket to this destination, the card 11
is returned to the user from the card reading/writing section 12.

In addition, in the balance calculation unit 15, as a result of comparing the above-mentioned fare with the balance information in the card data 16, if subtraction is not possible, the ticket is not issued and the balance area in the card data 16 is not updated. The card 11 is returned to the user. The six-screen display unit 13 that notifies the screen display unit 13 that the balance is insufficient takes out a message for example of insufficient balance as shown in the lower part of FIG. 4 from the output data holding unit 18 and displays it on the screen to the user of the card 11. do.

In this way, the card 11 registered with the name of the station that the user will most likely use as a destination is transferred to the automatic ticket vending machine 1.
By simply inserting the card into the card reading/writing section 12 in the 0, a ticket from the current location to the destination can be easily issued. There are no restrictions on period of use or boarding station, etc.
Since cumbersome and time-consuming procedures such as checking fares and preparing coins are no longer necessary, it becomes possible to alleviate congestion in conventional transportation stations.

Note that in the above-described embodiment of the card-type ticket sales system according to the present invention, one or more destinations can be registered on the card 1.
1, but in order to more easily issue tickets, it is also possible to limit the destination to only one destination, for example.

Also, like with conventional coupon tickets, etc., three destinations may be registered so that tickets between these two stations can be easily obtained. Of course, like with conventional coupon tickets, etc. There is no need to set an expiration date.

Furthermore, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which when the remaining amount in the card 11 becomes low, this remaining amount can be replenished by making an additional payment of an appropriate amount.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above in detail, according to the card-type ticket sales system according to the present invention, a user can pre-load a card on which the name of the station that will be used most often as a destination is recorded. By simply purchasing a ticket and inserting the card into a ticket vending machine, you can easily and quickly obtain a ticket from your current location to your destination. In addition, a ticket sales system using such a card has no restrictions on the period of use or boarding station, and eliminates the need for cumbersome and time-consuming procedures such as checking fares and preparing coins. It becomes possible to alleviate congestion, etc. in transportation station premises, etc. Furthermore, even if fare changes are to be made, such a system makes it possible to easily handle the change by simply changing the fare data it holds all at once.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a card-type ticket vending device according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of data in the card in the same embodiment, and Fig. 3 is an example of holding fare data as well. FIG. 4 is a diagram similarly showing an example of holding output data. 10... Automatic ticket vending (1111... Card 12...
・Card reading/writing section 13... Screen display section 1
4...Ticket issuing section 15...Balance calculation section 16...Data in the card 17...Fare data holding section 18...
・Output data holding section

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An automatic ticket vending machine where a transportation user has a card on which information such as at least one destination and amount is recorded, and which has a card reading/writing section, a ticket issuing section, and a fare calculation section. The automatic ticket vending machine calculates the fare from the current location to the destination based on the destination information read from the inserted card and the current location information where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed. The card-type ticket is characterized in that the remaining amount is calculated, compared with the amount information in the card, and if subtraction is possible, the subtracted remaining amount is written in the card as amount information, and a ticket to the destination is issued. sales system.