JPH0259986A - Ticket processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten processing time and to miniaturize a ticket processor by providing two types of information processing parts for an information processing means. CONSTITUTION:When a carrying means 30 takes in a ticket body having the first and second information areas, a driving means 32 drives an information processing means 31 equipped with the first and second information processing parts 44 and 45 extending over all the ranges of the first and second information areas of the ticket body based on control by a control means 53. At this time, the control means 53 selectively controls the information processing operations of the first and second information processing parts 44 and 45 for the first and second information areas. Further, either the first and second information processing parts 44 and 45 simultaneously execute information processing for the first and second information areas or one of the first and second information processing parts 44 and 45 executes information processing for one of the first and second information processing areas corresponding to the information processing part. Thus, the time for processing the ticket body can be shortened, and the device can be miniaturized.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a ticket processing device, and more specifically, for example, ticket processing devices such as airline tickets and boarding passes. The present invention relates to a ticket processing device that processes a ticket.

(Prior Art) For example, a ticket body such as an airline ticket or a boarding pass has a first information area in which information such as date of use, time of use, sector of use, airline name, etc. is recorded in the form of magnetic information. Generally, a second information area in which the ticket type is printed in the form of a bar code in advance, and a character information display section in which each of the above information is displayed in characters are generally provided.

The J:Una ticket is then processed by a ticket processing device installed near a boarding counter at an airport, for example, to carry out boarding procedures for an airplane.

By the way, in conventional ticket processing devices, the first .
As information processing means for processing information on the second information area, a magnetic information processing section using a magnetic head and a barcode information processing section using a barcode league are implemented as separate units in one device. It had been.

For this reason, when processing the ticket, the first. There is a problem that information processing for the second information area becomes individual, which requires a lot of processing time, and the two information processing sections are separate units, resulting in an increase in the size of the apparatus.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and aims to shorten the processing time of tickets and downsize the device by improving the groove bottom of the device including the information processing means. The object of the present invention is to provide a ticket processing device capable of achieving the following.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The ticket processing device of the present invention has a first information area in which information can be read and recorded, and a second information area to which information is attached in advance. A conveying means for taking the ticket into the device, and a first . The first one performs information processing on the second information area. information processing means including a second information processing section; and information processing means including a second information processing section; Second
a driving means for driving over the entire information area of the information processing means; It is necessary to have a control means for selectively controlling the information processing operation of the second information processing section.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

The conveying means of this device is the first one. When the ticket body having the second information area is taken into the device, the drive means drives the first information area under the control of the control means. An information processing means including a second information processing section is connected to the first information processing section of the ticket body. Drive is performed over the entire second information area.

At this time, the control means is the first. The first information processing section of the second information processing section.
Selectively controls information processing operations for the second information area.

As a result, the first. The second information processing section simultaneously or either one of them performs information processing on the corresponding first and second information areas.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The ticket processing device 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a box-shaped device main body 10. As shown in FIG. A keyboard 11゜numeric keypad 12 is provided, and from the keyboard 11 you can issue boarding passes C2 etc. as vehicle tickets, make reservations, change, and introduce 2.
Information such as timing and information for reading the flight ticket C1 as a vehicle-related ticket, which will be described later, are input, and from the numeric keypad 12, for example, if the customer wishes to issue a boarding pass C2 using a credit card, The customer enters the credit card PIN number themselves.

Further, a hopper 13 is provided at the top of the device main body 10, and this hopper 13 accommodates an unissued boarding pass C2.
3 is provided with a cover 15 that can be opened and closed with a key 14. In the vicinity of this hopper 13, a stacker 16 is provided in which the issued boarding pass C2 is stored, and a discharge section 17 is also provided in which the journal paper P printed by the journal printing section (printer) is discharged. .

Roughly speaking, an operation panel 18 is provided on the front side of the device main body 10. The operation panel 18 is provided with a feed switch 19 for the journal paper P, and is also provided with a group of lamps 20 for displaying a power on/off display, an input ready display 1, a busy display, and an alarm display, respectively.

Further, a display section 21 consisting of, for example, a CRT display or a plasma display is provided on the front of the main body of the apparatus located near the operation panel 18.
1 displays information input from the keyboard 11 and information sent from the host device 60 via the telephone line 22. This display section 21 is provided on a rotating section 23 that can be freely opened and closed in the main body 10 of the apparatus.

Further, a power switch 25 is provided on the front side of the rotating portion 23, and a ticket insertion slot 26 is also provided. For example, a group airline ticket, a handwritten airline ticket, a credit statement in which a copy of the airline ticket issuance is recorded, a complimentary gift certificate, etc. are inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26. Among these, for example, gift certificates are smaller in size than other tickets, and the ticket insertion slot 26 is configured to be able to position both large and small tickets.

In FIG. 1, 27 is a guide provided at the bottom of the ticket insertion slot 26.

In this configuration, the large volume of group tickets is stored in the information section 2.
7 and is guided by both lateral ends of the ticket insertion slot 26. Further, a small spring such as a gift certificate is inserted between the left end of the ticket insertion slot 26 and the guide portion 27, and is guided by these.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
When opened, a floppy disk can be inserted and removed.

Said hopper 13. The stacker 16 and a printing section (not shown) constitute a # issuing processing section.

Here, the internal structure of the apparatus main body 10 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. Inside the device main body 10, there is a belt-type conveying means 30 connected to the ticket insertion slot 26.
is provided. And, by this conveying means 30,
The boarding pass C2 is conveyed to a fixed position within the device body 2 (the position shown in FIG. 4).

Above the transport means 30, there is an information processing means 31 that performs information processing on the airline ticket C1, which will be described later. A driving means 32 for driving 31 is provided.

The driving means 32 is a frame 33a of the device main body 2.

A rotating screw rest 34 horizontally arranged and rotatably supported between 33b, a pair of guide bars 35 arranged in parallel on both sides of the rotating screw body 34, and a frame 33 above the rotating screw body 34. A drive motor 36 fixedly arranged on the side, a drive pulley 37 attached to the original vJ axis of the drive motor 36, a driven pulley 3B attached to the end of the rotating screw body 34, and a drive pulley 37. A transmission belt 39 stretched between the driven pulleys 38, a movable body 40 screwed onto the rotating screw body 34 and loosely fitted to both guide bars 35, and a movable body 40 attached to the movable body 40 in a protruding state. [The pulled positioning member 41 and both frames 33a, 3.3
b, the first . A second sensor (e.g. one using an optical element)
42a.

42b.

The information processing means 31 has a head section 43 supported by the movable body 40, and this head section 43 has a magnetic head 44 as a first information processing section and a bar code as a second information processing section. In FIG. 3, the leader 45 is arranged with its head surface facing downward.

Next, the control system of the main part of the ticket processing device 1 described above is
This will be explained with reference to the figures.

This device 1 includes a CPU 50 that controls the entire device, and a program that controls the overall operation of the device and controls the read/write operation of the magnetic head 44 and the read operation of the barcode reader 45 at the same time or only one of them. The control means 53 includes a program memory 51 storing the above, the auxiliary storage section 28, and an interface 52.

The CPU 50 includes a conveying means 30. Driving means 32, information processing means 31. Keyboard 11. A printer and display means 21 are connected, and a host device 60 is connected to the interface 52.

FIG. 6 shows an airline ticket C1- which is a type of ticket body.

This airline ticket C1 includes a magnetic stripe MS as a first information area, a barcode B as a second information area,
A character information section M is provided.

The magnetic stripe MS records usage information such as date of use, time of use, section of use, and airline company name in the form of magnetic information.

Barcode B is attached with ticket type information.

Next, the operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained by taking the case of reading processing of the airline ticket C1 as an example.

When a person desiring to board an aircraft presents the airline ticket C1, which has been purchased in advance and has usage information recorded thereon, to the boarding counter, the information on this airline ticket is stored in the auxiliary storage section 28 by the operation of the keyboard 11 by an attendant.

Next, the CPU 50 reads the usage information corresponding to the above information from the host device 60 (for example, the usage date, 1 departure time, 1 departure and arrival place), and starts the ticket issuing operation based on this usage information. do.

This airline ticket C1 is inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26 by an attendant.

Then, the CPU 50 controls the transport means 30 based on the operation program stored in the program memory 51. Thereby, the conveying means 30 conveys the airline ticket C1 to the position shown in FIG. 4.

Next, the positioning member 41 determines the position of the first sensor 42a (
A start signal is sent from the CPU 50 to the drive motor 36, which is stopped due to being in the home position), and the drive motor 36 starts rotating.

The rotational force of the drive motor 36 is transmitted between the driving boo 137 and the transmission belt 39. The force is transmitted to the rotary screw body 34 via the driven pulley 38, thereby causing the movable body 40 and the head portion 43 to move in the direction shown in FIG.

At this time, the CPU 50 sends a reading command to the magnetic head 44 and barcode reader 45 based on the selection program.

As a result, as the head 43 moves in the backward direction, the magnetic head 44 reads the usage information recorded on the magnetic stripe MS of the airline ticket C1, and at the same time the barcode reader 45
reads barcode B.

These reading results are sent to the auxiliary storage unit 28 via the CPU 50.
will be remembered.

Next, the CPU 50 reads the usage information corresponding to the read information (for example, the date of usage and light time 1 departure/arrival point match) from the host device 30, and transfers this usage information to a ticketing processing unit (not shown). send to

As a result, the ticketing processing section takes out one unissued airline ticket from the hopper 13, prints each piece of information S1 to S4 in the form shown in FIG. put out. This airline ticket C2 is handed over to the person wishing to board the flight by an attendant.

With the above steps, the reading of the - airline ticket C1 and the issuing operation of the airline ticket C2 based on this are completed.

The moving body 40 supporting the head unit 43 that has completed the reading operation moves further in the direction, but the positioning plate 41
When the movable body 40 . The head portion 43 also stops at this position.

Thereafter, the airline ticket C1 is returned to the ticket insertion slot 26, and the moving body 40 and head section 43 are driven in the B direction and returned to the home position.

By the operation of the above-described embodiment, the reading of the magnetic stripe MS and the reading of the barcode B are performed at the same time in - times of scanning, so that it is possible to speed up the reading process.

Further, for example, if the barcode B is not provided on the airline ticket C1, such an airline ticket C1 can be dealt with by instructing from the keyboard 11 to run a program that causes only the magnetic head 44 to perform a reading operation. can.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the reading process for the ticket body was described, but the recording process for the first information area can also be performed in the same way.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention detailed above, there are two types of information errors! 4. It is possible to perform information processing on certificates having
It is possible to provide a ticket processing device that can handle even one type of ticket processing, shorten the processing time, and also reduce the size of the device by providing two types of information processing sections in the information processing means.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external perspective view of the device seen from the back side, and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of the device! ! 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the same as above, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the main control system of the device, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of an airline ticket, and FIG. 7 is a diagram of a boarding pass. It is a top view showing an example. 1...Ticket processing device, 30...Transportation means, 31
... Information processing means, 32 ... Driving means, Fig. Fig.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A conveying means for taking into the device a ticket having a first information area in which information can be read and recorded and a second information area to which information is attached in advance; a first that performs information processing on the first and second information areas;
information processing means including a second information processing section; driving means for driving the information processing means over the entire range of the first and second information areas of the ticket; and controlling the operation of each of the means. and a control means for selectively controlling information processing operations of the first and second information processing sections in the information processing means.