JPH0490088A - Automatic ticket issuing machine with service message - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to previously grasp various states of a destination by reading out a service message for a destination station whose ticket is to be purchased from a storage means based on destination station specifying operation at the time of purchasing a railroad ticket and displaying the read message on a display device. CONSTITUTION:The guide display device 13 is provided with a service display function for displaying a service message such as the weather state or event execution state of a destination station whose ticket is to be purchased at the time of purchasing the railroad ticket and previously informing the various state of the destination to a customer. The service message of each station to be a railroad destination is transmitted/received and stored in each station 32 as the up-to-date service message through a railroad telephone line 31 e.g., and when a customer purchases a railroad ticket, the up-to-date service message is displayed. Thereby, the customer can know various service messages such as the weather state and event execution state of the inputted and specified destination station.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to automatic ticket vending machines installed at stations of public transportation such as railways and buses, and more specifically relates to automatic ticket vending machines that are installed at stations of public transportation such as railways and buses. This invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine with a service message that notifies the situation, event, etc.

(B) Conventional technology Generally speaking, this type of automatic ticket vending machine operates by inserting a predetermined amount of money into the bill slot or coin slot of the customer service panel formed on the front of the machine body, and selecting the purchase button. By inputting information, a ticket for the destination station specified by the customer is issued.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, such a ticket issuing function only issues tickets, and lacks service to customers when purchasing tickets.

Therefore, in order to improve service to passengers who purchase tickets, the inventor aims to provide an automatic ticket vending machine with a service message that provides a high level of service and notifies customers of various latest data at the destination station. .

(d) Means for Solving the Problems This invention is an automatic ticket vending machine that issues tickets by inserting the boarding amount, selecting a destination station, and performing an input operation. a storage means for storing a service message for each station to be purchased, a display for displaying the service message, and a service message for the destination station of purchase read out from the storage means based on an operation for specifying the destination station at the time of purchasing the ticket; This automatic ticket vending machine includes a service message control means for displaying a service message on a display.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, when a destination station is specified and inputted when purchasing a ticket, the service message control means responds to this by inputting various service messages at the specified destination station. For example, weather conditions, event holding conditions, etc. are read out from the storage means and displayed on the display.

(f) Effects of the invention Therefore, when purchasing a ticket, the customer can see the service message that is automatically displayed on the display in conjunction with the purchase operation, and can grasp various conditions of the destination in advance. .

In particular, each customer has a different destination station, and since service messages corresponding to each destination station are displayed, there is no unnecessary data for the customer, and only messages with high serviceability that are targeted are efficiently obtained.

(g) Examples An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows an automatic ticket vending machine with a service message installed in the station office, and in FIG. , purchase button 14
..., a coin slot 15, a bill slot 16, a card slot 17, and a tray 18.In order to facilitate handling, a handling display 19 and a release confirmation display 20 are installed. , speaker 21, flicker lamp 22, call button 23, cancel button 24, operation status confirmation display 25, purchase amount confirmation display 26, input amount confirmation display 2
Equipped with 7.

Coins can be inserted into the coin slot 15 of the automatic ticket vending machine 11, banknotes can be inserted into the bill slot 16, and prepaid cards can be inserted into the card slot 17. You can purchase tickets at the station.

Further, when the customer selects and presses a purchase button 14 arranged in large numbers for each price corresponding to the riding section, the designated ticket and appropriate change are released into the tray 18.

By the way, when purchasing a ticket, the above-mentioned information display 13 displays service messages such as weather conditions and event status at the station where the ticket is purchased, as shown in Figure 1, so that the customer can know the destination in advance. It has a service display function that informs you of various situations.

As shown in Fig. 3, the service messages for each station used for boarding are connected using, for example, a telephone line 31 exclusively for railways, and this is used to send the latest service messages to each station 32... The latest service message is displayed when the customer purchases a ticket.

In addition, at this station, as shown in Figure 4, the data of other station service messages from other stations is stored and managed in the external storage device 42 of this station via a modem 41, and this data is stored and managed at the automatic ticket vending machine of this station. The information is stored readably in the machines 111 to lln.

Furthermore, the information input device 43 of this station outputs the data of the service message of this station to other stations via the modem 44.

FIG. 5 shows a control circuit block diagram of an automatic ticket vending machine with a service message, in which a CPU 51 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in a ROM 52, and stores and reads out the control data in a RAM 53.

The communication control unit 54 receives service messages from other stations via the external storage device 42, leads them to the RAM 53, and allocates various service messages for each other station by station code and stores them in a readable manner. In addition, a service message for the station created in advance using a computer keyboard or the like is outputted to external storage devices in other layers via the information input device [43].

The coin processing unit 55 inspects the coins inserted into the coin input slot 15, and if the coins are normal, the coins are taken into the coin and processed, and if the coins are not suitable, the coins are returned.

The banknote processing unit 56 discriminates the banknotes inserted through the banknote insertion slot 16, and if the banknotes are normal, the banknotes are taken into the inside, and if the banknotes are unsuitable, the banknotes are returned.

The card processing unit 57 discriminates the card inserted through the card insertion slot 17, takes the card into the interior if it is normal, and returns it if it is not suitable.

In the automatic ticket vending machine with a service message configured in this way, when a customer inserts cash or a card to purchase a ticket and presses the purchase button 14 of the destination station, the CPU 51 are various service messages at the designated destination station, such as ``The weather in region B is sunny and the temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.'' ``The XXX Expo is very popular with over 100,000 visitors!'' [Tickets are available at this station. The weather conditions, event status, etc., which are on sale now, are read out from the RAM 53 and displayed on the guide display 13.

As a result, the customer can see the service message naturally displayed on the guide display 13 in conjunction with this purchase operation, and can grasp the various conditions of the destination in advance. However, since service messages corresponding to each destination station are displayed, there is no unnecessary data for the customer, and only messages with high serviceability that are targeted are efficiently obtained.

Further, if the service message at this time is printed out and handed to the customer, the quality of service to the customer will be further improved.

In the correspondence between this invention and the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment, the display device of this invention corresponds to the guide display device 13 of the embodiment, and the service message control means corresponds to the CPU 51, and the storage Although the means corresponds to the RAM 53, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the display of a guide display, Fig. 2 is a front view of an automatic ticket vending machine with a service message, and Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the connection state between each station. , FIG. 4 is a control circuit block diagram showing the data management state in one layer, and FIG. 5 is a control circuit block diagram of an automatic ticket vending machine with a service message. 11... Automatic ticket vending machine with service message 13...
・Guidance display 14...Purchase button 51...C
P U 53-RAM Figure 3 M status between each station and clear map

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An automatic ticket vending machine that issues a ticket by inserting the fare, selecting a destination station, and performing an input operation; , a display for displaying the service message; and a service message control means for reading the service message of the destination station of purchase from the storage means and displaying it on the display based on the destination station designation operation at the time of purchasing the ticket. Automatic ticket vending machine with service message.