JPH02139691A - Portable ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To promptly, accurately, and easily issue various tickets by calculating a fare for a desired interval by referring to a matrix fare table based on input data and printing and outputting the ticket by a ticket issuing and printing means. CONSTITUTION:A control means 4 displays a guiding message to guide an input operation on a display part 2, makes an operator input data necessary for issuing the ticket, obtains the fare for the interval by referring to the matrix fare table in a memory 7 from station name data to determine the interval based on the obtained input data, and calculates the fare to be requested. Further, the control means 4 sends print data, which are at least composed of the fare to be requested, a station name to determine an effective interval, etc., to a ticket issuing and printing means 3 based on format information in the memory 7, prints the print data on a form and outputs the form as the ticket. Thus, a fare-adjustment ticket, a changed ticket, etc., can be promptly, accurately, and easily issued.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a portable ticket issuing device for issuing transfer tickets, change tickets, etc. inside a train or the like.

(Conventional technology) Conventionally, when using the JR line, which is a public transportation system, passengers purchase a ticket from the boarding station to the alighting station, insert scissors into the ticket at the ticket gate, and board the train at the alighting station. Hand over your ticket at the ticket gate. However, after passing through the ticket gate at the boarding station and while boarding the train, passengers may have to change their alighting station due to their own circumstances. At this time, passengers present their tickets to the conductor at the ticket gate on the train and tell them the name of the station they want to get off at.

The conductor at the ticket gate will ask the passenger for the changed name of the alighting station, and if the ticket presented will result in a transfer, check the fare for the overpass section from the fare table, and charge the passenger for the fare.
Transfer tickets are handwritten and handed to passengers in exchange for fares. However, if you are transiting over, the operating kilometer on your ticket will be 1
00 km or within a specific section where the ticket is from a station in a metropolitan area to a station in another metropolitan area, the entire section from the boarding station to the disembarking station. The changed fare is checked from the fare table, the pre-change fare is deducted from the changed fare, the difference is charged to the passenger, and a connecting ticket is issued. In addition, when changing direction or route, the passenger is charged the difference in fare by subtracting the fare for the section not yet used from the fare for the section to be changed, and a change ticket is issued.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the above-described manual issuance of changed tickets has the following problems. If the station before and after the change is a major station, you can easily find it from the fare table, but if it is a small station in a rural area, it may take a lot of time to find it, or it may not be listed on the fare table. Passengers are told that they cannot pay on the train and must pay at the station where they get off, and then they have to transfer again at the station where they get off and have to go through the trouble of changing direction and route.

In addition, after finding the fare from the fare table, complicated preparation work such as calculating the difference in fare due to ticket change and handwriting entry of the changed ticket must be performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a portable ticket change device that can quickly, accurately, and easily issue transfer tickets and change tickets.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a portable ticket issuing device that issues tickets including tickets for transfer sections and changed sections. human means for manually inputting the data necessary for ticket issuance, including mode information indicating the type, fare data before change, and station name data defining the section;
It stores the data necessary for the ticket issuance, a display means for displaying the manually operated instruction text and the processing result, a matrix fare table for searching fare data from the station name data defining the section, and format data indicating at least the initial printing position. Based on the data necessary for the ticket issuance obtained by displaying the guidance message on the display means, the matrix fare table in the memory is used to display the connecting section, all applicable sections, and unused sections. Find the fare for the desired section including the section and the section after the change, calculate the fare to be billed from the obtained fare, and determine at least the fare to be billed and the valid section based on the format data in the memory. The apparatus includes a control means for outputting data to be printed including the station name, and a ticket printing means for printing the data to be printed from the control means on paper and outputting it as a ticket.

(Operation) The technical means of the present invention operates as follows. The control means sequentially obtains data necessary for ticket issuance (human power data) and causes the display means to display the same by displaying on the display a guidance message that guides manual operation. Based on the human-powered data obtained in this way, the fare for the section is determined by referring to the matrix fare table in the memory from the station name data that defines the section among the human-powered data. For example, if the first mode is to issue a ticket for a normal overboard section, the second mode is to issue a ticket for a specific section.
In the third mode, tickets are issued for all target sections, directions, and routes changed, and in the third mode, the unused sections of the ticket before the change and the sections after the change are determined. Next, the control means calculates the fare to be charged from the fare thus obtained. For example, in the first mode, the fare to be charged is the fare for the connecting section, and in the second mode, the fare to be charged is the fare for all sections minus the fare before the change (before the transfer). .

In the third mode, the fare to be charged is the fare for the section after the change minus the fare for the unused section. Furthermore, the control means based on the format information in the memory,
At least the station name, etc. that defines the fare to be charged and the valid section (for example, the overpass section in the first mode, all applicable sections in the second mode, and the section after change in the third mode) should be printed. The data is sent to the ticketing printing means.

The ticket printing means prints the received data to be printed on paper and outputs it as a ticket. In this way, the conductor (operator) can issue a desired ticket simply by manually inputting the data necessary for ticket issuance according to the guidance text on the display means, so the problems of the prior art described above can be solved.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a portable ticket issuing device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1(a) is a perspective view showing its appearance, and FIG. 1(b) is a block diagram showing its configuration. It is. As shown in the figure, the portable ticket issuing device of this embodiment includes a keyboard section 1 for inputting data necessary for ticket issuance, such as station names such as the boarding station and alighting station, and the fare of the prefecture where the train is to be changed. It is comprised of a display section 2 that displays instructions for operation, calculation results, etc. on a display screen, a ticket printing section 3 that prints and outputs various tickets on paper, and a controller 4 that controls these.

On the operation surface of the keyboard unit 1, in addition to the katakana keys and the numeric keypad, there are provided a "manpower" key for confirming manual data and a "cancel" key for canceling the input data.

The display section 2 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display.

In addition to the ticketing printing function, the ticketing printing section 3 is provided with a function of printing ticketing record data from the control section 1 on journal paper.

The control unit 5 is a processor (CPU) that controls the entire device based on a program and performs fare calculation processing, etc.
, a keyboard control section 6 that controls the keyboard section 1, a memory section 7 that stores a matrix fare table and ticket format information for searching fare data from a correspondence table between station names and station name codes and two station name codes that define sections, and a display. Part 2
, and a ticket printing control section 9 that controls the ticket printing section 3 .

The CPU 5 includes registers A to E that temporarily hold human data and calculation results. Registers A and B hold station name codes, and registers C to E hold fare calculation results, respectively.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the ticket gate conductor receives a request from a passenger to change the ticket or change direction or route, he turns on the power of his portable ticket change device. Then, the CPU 5 is in the first mode of issuing a ticket that is treated as a normal transit ticket, or it issues a ticket that is treated as a transit ticket for a specific section, such as a ticket for business kilometers of 100 km or less and a ticket between sections in the suburbs of a large city. The display control section 8 displays on the display section 3 whether the mode is the second mode or the third mode in which a ticket is issued due to a change in direction or route, and whether the mode is waiting for human power.

The conductor inputs a number indicating one of the modes from the passenger's ticket and the change request details using the ten keys on the keyboard section 1 according to the contents displayed on the display section 3 (Sl). When this input mode information is sent to the CPU 5 via the keyboard control unit 6, the CPU 5 determines that if the input mode information indicates the first mode, which is treated as normal transit, that is, transit with a ticket for business kilometers of 100 kilometers or more. In order to calculate the fare for the connecting section, the following processing is performed.

First, the CPU 5 causes the display unit 2 to display a message waiting for input of the name of the station at which the presented ticket is alighted (S2a).

According to this display, when the conductor manually enters the name of the station to get off using the katakana keys on the keyboard section 1, this station name data is sent to the CPU 5 via the keyboard control section 6. cpu
In S, the station name data is displayed on the display section 2 via the display control section 8 (S3).

At this time, if the displayed station name is correct, press the "Enter" key. On the other hand, if you make a mistake, you can delete the station name displayed on the display section 3 by pressing the "cancel" key. In addition, if the same station name exists after station name input, CP
If U5 makes a determination, the CPU 5 controls the display section 2 to wait for the line section name to be entered manually, so the conductor enters the line section name manually using the katakana keys on the keyboard section 1 (S5
). With this key human power, the CPU 5 searches for the station name code corresponding to the station name from the correspondence table in the memory section 7, and
(S6). Next, the display unit 2 of the CPU is controlled to wait for the input of the name of the station to be transferred to (i.e., the name of the station to get off after transferring), so when the conductor inputs the corresponding station name manually, it is the same as inputting the name of the station to get off as described above. According to the procedure, cpus stores the station name code corresponding to the name of the transit station in register B (S
7a NS 11). Then, the cpus assigns the data in registers A and B to the (A, B) coordinate values of the matrix fare table in the memory unit 7, and stores the data indicated by the coordinate values, that is, the fare data, in register C (S12).

Since the data in this register C is the fare difference paid by the passenger for transit, it is substituted into the register E for the difference fare data (S138).

As a result of the selection input in step Sl, if the input mode information indicates the second mode in which a ticket is issued that is treated as a transfer ticket for a specific section, the CPU 5 first selects the entire route from the boarding station to the exit station after transferring. The following processing is performed to obtain the fare for the section. First, the display unit 2 is controlled to enter a waiting state for the boarding station name of the presented ticket (S2b). As a result, when the conductor manually inputs the station name, the input station name is displayed and judged in the same manner as in the first mode, and then the station name code corresponding to the station name is determined based on the correspondence table in the memory section 7. is stored in register A (S3 to S6). Thereafter, following the same procedure, the name of the train station to be transferred is manually processed, and then the station name code corresponding to the manually operated station name is stored in register B (S8-511). Then, based on the contents of registers A and B, the fare for all sections is determined by referring to the matrix fare table in the memory section 7, and is stored in register C (S12).

Next, the CPU 5 subtracts the pre-change fare from the calculated fare to calculate the difference in fare. That is, the human-powered fare data obtained by waiting for the human-powered fare of the presented ticket is stored in the register D (S13b NS1
5b). Thereafter, the contents of register D are subtracted from the contents of register C, and the result is stored in register E and displayed on display unit 2 (316, S17). The contents of this register E become the fare difference to be charged to the passenger.

On the other hand, if the input information as a result of the manual selection in step Sl indicates the third mode of issuing a ticket due to a change in direction/route, first, cpus is the fare for the unused section of the presented ticket. The following processing is performed to obtain . first,
In the same procedure as in the first and second modes, the starting station name that will be changed for the direction/route of the ticket presented is inputted, and the station name code corresponding to the human powered station name is stored in register A (S2cm36 ). Then, in the same way,
Performs manual processing of the name of the alighting station of the presented ticket, and stores the station name code corresponding to the input station name in register B (
S7c N5ll). Then, based on the contents of registers A and B, the fare for the corresponding section is determined by referring to the matrix fare table in the memory section 7, and is stored in register C, and then further stored in register D (512, 513c). This fare will be the fare for the unused section.

Next, CPUS performs the following processing to obtain the fare for the section after changing direction and route. First, input the name of the station to get off after changing the direction/route, and enter the name of the manual station in register B.
(S14c, S8-11). Thereafter, based on the contents of registers A and B, the fare for the corresponding section is determined by referring to the matrix fare table in the memory section 7, and is stored in register C (S12). This fare will be the fare for the changed section.

Next, the CPU 5 subtracts the fare for the unused section from the fare for the changed section to calculate the difference in fare. That is, the result of subtracting the contents of register D from the contents of register C is stored in register E and displayed on display section 2.

After determining the fare to be charged according to each mode as described above, the CPU 5 causes the ticket printing unit 3 to print various tickets via the ticket printing control unit 9. That is, C
Based on the ticket format information in the memory unit 7, the PU 5 prints the print data in the format to be printed, at least the station name corresponding to the station name code in registers A and B, and the fare data held in register E as print data. Send to ticket printing department 3. As a result, the ticket printing unit 3 prints the format on paper based on the received print data, and then prints and outputs the station name of the valid section, its fare, etc. in the corresponding column. In addition to the above printed content, various types of tickets such as the text corresponding to the mode (e.g. "regular transit ticket", "specific section transit ticket", "change ticket"), station name and fare before change, etc. It is also possible to print the necessary data as follows.

After the ticket printing is completed, the ticket printing unit 3 prints data necessary as a ticket issuing record out of the received data on journal paper.

In the above embodiment, the issuance of three types of tickets has been described, but in addition to these, regular tickets for boarding from an unmanned station can also be issued in the same way.

In addition, in the device of the embodiment, the ticket printing unit 3 records the ticket issuing every time a ticket is issued, or the ticket issuing record data is temporarily stored in the memory 7, and the data is read out from the memory 7 by pressing a predetermined key and journalled. It may also be printed on paper. In this case, the device can be made more compact by using both paper for ticket printing and journal paper. Alternatively, the printing function of the ticketing record data may be removed and the ticketing record data read from the memory 7 may be output to an external printer and printed.

Furthermore, in the device of the embodiment, the format was printed on paper based on the ticket face format data each time a ticket was issued.
A common format for various types of tickets may be printed on a sheet of paper in advance, and only the initial printing position of print data such as station name and fare may be stored in the memory 7 as the ticket surface format data.

Further, in the embodiment, the JR line has been described, but the present invention can be applied not only to the JR line but also to major private railways that have a large number of total operating kilometers and a large number of votes.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when a conductor crosses a ticket gate on a train or issues a ticket for changing direction or route, the display on the portable ticket issuing device held in hand Simply enter the data manually according to the guidance text displayed on the means.
After the control means calculates the fare for a desired section based on the input data by referring to the matrix fare table, calculates the fare to be billed from the obtained fare and sends the data to be printed to the ticketing printing means. Since the ticket printing means is configured to print and output the desired ticket, it is possible to quickly and accurately issue various tickets such as transfer tickets and change tickets.
Moreover, it can be easily issued.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable ticket issuing device showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Keyboard section, 2...Display section, 3...Ticketing printing section, 4...Control section, 5...Processor (cp
u), 6...keyboard control section, 7...memory section, 8...
-Display control unit, 9...Ticketing printing control unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a portable ticket issuing device that issues tickets including tickets for transfer sections and changed sections, mode information indicating the type of ticket to be issued, fare data before change, and section are determined. an input means for inputting data necessary for ticket issuance including station name data; a display means for displaying the data necessary for ticket issuance, instructions for input operations, and processing results; and for searching fare data from station name data defining sections. a memory for storing a matrix fare table and format data indicating at least an initial printing position; Refer to the table to find the fare for the desired section, including the overpass section, all applicable sections, unused sections, and sections after the change, calculate the fare to be charged from the obtained fare, and calculate the fare to be charged from the obtained fare. a control means for outputting data to be printed including at least a fare to be charged and a station name determining a valid section based on the format data; and a control means for printing the data to be printed from the control means on paper and outputting it as a ticket. 1. A portable ticket issuing device characterized by comprising a ticket printing means.