JPH04177486A - Pass medium issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To lighten the time and labor of a purchaser when a commutation ticket is issued newly by providing an information print means and an information processing means which generates additional pass information in which specific information out of transaction information is attached on pass information based on the reading result of a reading means and offers it to print processing by the information processing means. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 9 generates the additional pass information in which name information out of the transaction information read from a card reading part 14 is attached on the pass information read by a commutation ticket reading part 13, and sends the additional pass information to a print means 18. The print means 18 prints the additional pass information including the name information on the original ticket of the commutation ticket sent from an original ticket processing means 17, and generates a new commutation ticket. Thereby, it is possible to obtain a pass medium issuing device capable of issuing a new pass medium on which the specific information is attached as attaining the reduction of the time and labor of the purchaser when a pass medium is purchased and the prevention of erroneous input.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a transportation medium issuing device, and more specifically, to a transportation medium issuing device for issuing transportation media such as commuter passes used when using transportation facilities. The present invention relates to a transportation medium issuing device.

(Prior Art) In recent years, commuter pass issuing devices have been put into practical use that allow users to continuously issue new commuter passes based on information on old commuter passes through their own operations.

As shown in FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b), a commuter pass used in such a commuter pass issuing device has the following on its surface:
9 different periods for 9 commutes and 9 different sections.

Issue amount 2 Last day of validity 9 Name 2 Year Age 2 Character information such as issuing station etc. is attached, and magnetic stripe MS□, MS is provided on the back side.
2' is known to have traffic information necessary for automatic ticket gates attached thereto in the form of magnetic information.

The conventional commuter pass issuing device reads the traffic information on the commuter pass, determines whether it is the required fare, and then pays the old commuter pass inserted into the old commuter pass by the user to see if it is a valid fare or not. If a new commuter pass is issued, a new commuter pass can be issued.

In the case of the above-mentioned conventional commuter passes, the magnetic information often does not include specific information such as the name of the commuter ticket purchaser himself/herself.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) When a new commuter pass is issued based on a commuter pass that does not include specific information on the magnetic stripe in the conventional commuter pass issuing device as described above, the purchaser must The name will not be printed on the new commuter pass unless the name is entered through an input section such as a touch panel, which makes purchasing a commuter pass cumbersome and often results in the wrong name being printed. There was a problem that occurred.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a commuter pass issuing device that can reduce the effort of the purchaser when issuing a new commuter pass.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides transportation media with purchaser identification information or missing travel information, and transaction information with purchaser identification information or transaction information. A transportation medium issuing device that takes in a transportation medium and issues a new transportation medium based on these two media, the device comprising a reading means for reading traffic information of the transportation medium and transaction information of the transaction medium, and a transportation medium original ticket. an original ticket processing means for accommodating and sending out the original transit medium ticket; a printing means for performing printing processing on the original transportation medium ticket sent out from the original ticket processing means; The information processing means creates additional traffic information to which specific information of the transaction information is added, and prints this information using an information printing means.

(for production) The operation of the above-mentioned travel medium issuing device will be explained below.

When a transportation medium to which purchaser's specific information or missing traffic information is attached and a transaction medium to which transaction information including the specific information is attached are inserted into this device, the reading means reads the traffic information,
Transaction information is read and sent to information processing means.

On the other hand, the original ticket processing means sends the original transit medium ticket to the printing means, or at this time, the information processing means adds specific information of the transaction information to the traffic information based on the reading result of the reading means. Traffic information is created and subjected to printing processing by a printing means.

As a result, a new travel medium on which additional travel information including specific information is printed is created and provided to the purchaser.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows a commuter pass issuing device 1, which is an example of a transportation medium issuing device.

This commuter pass issuing device 1 includes a box-shaped device main body 2, into which a used (or used) commuter pass (hereinafter referred to as "old commuter pass") is inserted. A prepaid card (hereinafter referred to as the "card") that records transaction information such as the old ticket insertion slot 3 and the specific information purchased by paying a predetermined amount in advance, such as the name, remaining amount 2, issuing station, etc., in the form of magnetic information. Card insertion slot 4 where C is inserted, and the purchaser enters name information.

A display/operation unit 5 using a touch panel and a liquid crystal display that can manually display amount information, station name information, February date information, etc., and also display operation guidance information, and a coin slot 6.
It is equipped with a banknote input lower and a discharge port 8 for discharging new commuter passes and change.

Next, the overall configuration of the above-mentioned commuter pass issuing device 1 will be explained with reference to FIG. 2.

This commuter pass issuing device 1 includes an information processing means 12 consisting of a CPU 9 that performs overall control and also creates information, a program memory 1o that stores operating programs, and a memory 11 that stores information. Equipped with

The CPU 9 includes a commuter pass reading section 13 that reads passing information (magnetic information) lacking specific information of the old commuter pass inserted from the old ticket insertion slot 3, and a commuter pass reading unit 13 that reads the passing information (magnetic information) lacking specific information of the old commuter pass inserted from the old ticket insertion slot 3, and a commuter pass reading unit 13 that reads the passing information (magnetic information) lacking the specific information of the old commuter pass inserted from the old ticket insertion slot 3, and a commuter pass reading unit 13 that reads the passing information (magnetic information) that is missing the specific information of the old commuter pass inserted from the old ticket insertion slot 3, and a commuter pass reading section 13 that reads the passing information (magnetic information) that is missing the specific information of the old commuter pass inserted from the old commuter pass slot 3, and a commuter pass reading section 13 that reads the passing information (magnetic information) that is missing the specific information of the old commuter pass inserted from the old commuter pass 3, and a commuter pass reading unit 13 that reads the passing information (magnetic information) that is missing the specific information of the old commuter pass inserted from the old commuter pass 3. A reading means 15 consisting of a card reading section 14 for reading transaction information is connected.

Furthermore, the CPU 9 includes the display operation section 5 and a money processing means 16 that performs money processing necessary for issuing a new commuter pass.
, an original ticket processing means 17 that accommodates and sends out the commuter pass original ticket before printing processing, which is the original transit medium ticket, arranged in the device main body 2, and an original commuter pass sent out from the original ticket processing means 17. A printing means 18 that prints character information on the ticket is connected to a magnetic processing means (not shown) that performs magnetic processing of necessary information on the back side of the original commuter pass. The money processing means 16 has a coin input slot 50 which is inserted through the coin insertion slot 6.
Determine the amount of coins such as 0 yen and 100 yen.

A coin handling unit 19 that stores the coins, a banknote handling unit 20 that determines the amount of banknotes such as 1,000 yen bills that are inserted from the banknote input lower, and stores the banknotes, and a banknote handling unit 20 that stores the change under the control of the CPU 9.
It is equipped with a change processing section 21 for discharging change to.

Next, the operation of the commuter pass issuing device 1 having the above-mentioned configuration will be explained as follows.
First, when a purchaser who owns an old commuter pass inserts his or her old commuter pass into the old ticket insertion slot 3 (ST1), the commuter pass reader 1
The old commuter pass with three letters inserted is read, the traffic information lacking name information is read, and the reading result is sent to the CPU 9. CPU
Based on the reading result and the operating program read from the program memory 10, the numeral 9 sends operation information necessary for issuing a new commuter pass to the display operation section 5 for display.

When the purchaser manually enters traffic information such as the expiration date while viewing the operation information on the display operation section 5 (ST2), the amount information necessary for the purchase is displayed on the display operation section 5 under the control of the CPU 9, and further, Information on selecting whether to purchase with cash or with a prepaid card is also displayed.

Here, when the purchaser selects to purchase a prepaid card and inputs that effect (ST3), and inserts the prepaid card C into the card insertion slot 4 (ST4), the prepaid card C is read by the card reading section 14. transaction information including name information recorded in advance is read (S
T5), the reading result is sent to the CPU 9.

The CPU 9 creates additional traffic information by adding name information from the transaction information read from the card reading unit 14 to the traffic information read by the commuter pass reading unit 13, and sends this additional traffic information to the printing means 18.

Thereby, the printing means 18 prints additional traffic information including name information on the original commuter pass sent out from the original ticket processing means 17, and creates a new commuter pass K.

This new commuter pass is ejected to the ejection port 8 (ST8).
, will be provided to the purchaser.

On the other hand, when the purchaser selects cash purchase in step 3 described above, the purchaser inputs his/her name information from the display operation section 5 (
ST6) At the same time, by inserting the required number of coins and nine banknotes into the name input lower of the coin input slot 62, additional information including the name information is created, and the operation of step 7.8 is thereafter executed. A new commuter pass K will be provided to the purchaser.

FIG. 4 shows the other side of the embodiment of the present invention, and the commuter pass issuing device IA shown in the same figure is constructed by omitting the old ticket insertion slot 3 from the configuration of the commuter pass issuing device 1. The ticket input/output port 8A, which replaces the exit 8, is used for inserting the old commuter pass, discharging the new commuter pass, and discharging change.

According to this commuter pass issuing device IA, the same effect as in the case described above can be achieved, and the front surface of the device main body 2 can also be simplified in terms of design.

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

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, with the above-described configuration, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the purchaser when purchasing transportation media and to prevent erroneous manual input, while also providing new transportation information with specific information attached. It is possible to provide a passing medium issuing device capable of issuing media.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the device, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device, and FIG. 4 is a device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A front view showing the other side, Figure 5 (a) is a front view of the commuter pass, Figure 5
Figure (b) is a back view of the same as above. 1. IA... commuter pass issuing device, 12... information processing means, 15... reading means, 17.
... Original ticket processing means, 18... Printing means, K... Commuter pass, C... Card. Agent Patent Attorney Masayoshi Misawa゛・-＼ Figure 1 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A traffic medium to which traffic information lacking the purchaser's specific information is attached and a transaction medium to which transaction information including the purchaser's specific information is attached are taken, and based on these two media, A transit medium issuing device for issuing a new transit medium, comprising a reading means for reading traffic information of the transit medium and transaction information of the transaction medium, and an original ticket that accommodates a transit medium original ticket and sends out the transit medium original ticket. a processing means; a printing means for performing a printing process on the transit medium original ticket sent out from the original ticket processing means; and an additional traffic that adds specific information of the transaction information to the traffic information based on the reading result of the reading means. 1. A travel medium issuing device comprising: information processing means for creating information and subjecting it to printing processing by an information printing means.