JPH0571997B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a commuter pass issuing device that issues a reserved commuter pass by, for example, accepting a commuter pass application form in advance.

(Prior art) A commuter pass issuing device issues commuter passes as securities used in railways, etc., as described in Toshiba Review (VOL. 35, No. 4, 1980, p. 3, 371), for example. Commuter pass issuing machines have been developed and are in use. In addition, in order to prevent confusion among station staff checking the commuter pass and unauthorized use by users, the commuter pass issuing machine will issue a new commuter pass on the same day or the day before the date of use, or in the case of consecutive purchases. The issuance service is set to begin two weeks before the date of use. This commuter pass issuing machine issues the commuter pass that the customer desires by having the staff set the customer's desired purchase conditions based on the application form in which the customer's desired purchase conditions are filled in. be.

Conventionally, commuter pass issuing machines issue commuter passes to customers using the following procedure. First, the customer submits an application form with purchase information filled in to the staff member. Next, the clerk to whom this application form has been submitted sets purchase conditions for the commuter pass issuing machine based on the purchase information entered in the application form. Next, the commuter pass issuing machine for which the purchase conditions have been set issues a commuter pass that satisfies the set purchase conditions. The issued commuter pass is then handed over to the customer by an attendant.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in this commuter pass issuing machine,
The customer is forced to wait from the time the application form is submitted by the customer until the commuter pass is handed over to the customer, causing the customer to take unnecessary effort and time. In particular, when fares are revised, the counters of commuter pass issuing machines are often crowded with a large number of commuter pass users, and passengers have to wait a long time to purchase their commuter passes. It was hot. In addition, in order to eliminate the above congestion, a device has been developed that accepts reservations for tickets to be purchased, registers them, issues reserved tickets, and issues tickets using the registered information when issuing tickets to be purchased. There is. However, even if there was a deposit corresponding to a registered ticket, the information registered for reservation was not processed in any way, so the deposited amount remained in hand, but the release data did not remain. There was a problem that the deposit (sales) amount and sales data did not match.

Therefore, the present invention reduces the ticket issuance processing time per ticket by registering the information necessary for issuing a commuter pass before the period when the commuter pass can be purchased, and using the registered information during the period when the commuter pass can be purchased. To provide a commuter pass issuing device capable of reducing the waiting time of passengers when purchasing a commuter pass, alleviating crowding at a counter, and managing deposits associated with accepting reservations for commuter passes. With the goal.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a first setting means for setting a reservation ticket issuing mode for issuing a reservation ticket for a commuter pass, and a first setting means for setting a reservation ticket issuing mode for issuing a reservation ticket for a commuter pass. a first input means for inputting predetermined issuance conditions necessary for issuance of a commuter pass when the reservation ticket issuance mode is set by the means;
printing means for adding identification information unique to the predetermined issuance condition to the predetermined issuance condition input by the first input means, and printing the issuance condition and identification information on the reservation ticket; a storage means for storing identification information in association with the above-mentioned identification information; a second setting means for setting a deposit mode for depositing an amount corresponding to the issuance condition; and when the second setting means sets the deposit mode, the output a second input means for inputting the identification information visually outputted by the second input means; a search means for searching the storage means for identification information that matches the identification information input by the second input means; Based on this search,
A display means for visually displaying issuance conditions corresponding to matching identification information, and a third input for inputting a confirmation result indicating that the issuance conditions displayed on the display means match the reservation ticket. When the means and the confirmation result by this third input means are input,
The present invention is characterized by comprising a control means for erasing the predetermined issuance conditions and identification information corresponding to the commuter pass searched by the search means from the storage means.

(Function) The commuter pass issuing device of the present invention inputs predetermined issuance conditions necessary for issuing a commuter pass through the first input means, and applies the predetermined issuance conditions input by the first input means to the predetermined issuance conditions. Identification information unique to the issuance condition is given and output visually by the output means, and the predetermined issuance condition and the identification information are stored in association with each other by the storage means. moreover,
By inputting the identification information visually outputted by the output means through the second input means, the search issuing means searches for the same identification information as the identification information from the storage means, and when the same identification information is retrieved. , a commuter pass is issued that satisfies predetermined issuance conditions that are stored in association with identification information. Also at this time,
When a commuter pass is issued, predetermined issuance conditions and identification information corresponding to securities such as the commuter pass are deleted from the storage means.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view showing the appearance of a commuter pass issuing device of the present invention, for example, a commuter pass issuing machine that issues commuter passes used in railways and the like. In Fig. 1, a CRT display device 1 is arranged at the upper left.
This CRT display device 1 is for displaying input procedures or information input through the operation section 2.

The operation section 2 includes a departure station button group 3, a destination station button group 4, a transit station button group 5, a keypad 6 for inputting station names or names, a numeric keypad 7, normal issue, batch issue, etc.
It consists of a group of business buttons 8 such as reissue, refund, reservation issue, reservation ticket deposit, and business completion, a confirmation button 15, and an error code display 16. Also,
A power switch 9 for the commuter pass issuing machine, a name transfer unit 10 that transfers the name written on the application form onto the issued commuter pass, a journal printer 11, and various information necessary for issuing the commuter pass, such as an operation unit 2. a storage device 12 in which character patterns, etc. corresponding to each button are stored; and a control device 13 that controls the entirety of the above.
and a commuter pass issuing port 14 through which a commuter pass is issued.

The storage device 12 is configured by, for example, a flexible disk, a magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, or the like. This storage device 12 stores, at the time of issuing a reservation for a commuter pass, issuance conditions as ticketing data consisting of the departure station, destination station, validity period, etc., and the ticketing number (securities identification code) provided individually for the commuter pass. ) is provided in a periodic issue storage area 12 ₁ for storing them in correspondence with each other.

FIG. 2 shows the main part of the electric circuit of the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention, and a main memory 21 in which control programs and the like are stored is configured inside.
The CPU 13 is configured to control the storage device 12, CRT controller 22, keyboard controller 23, issuing device 24, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 13 receives character patterns from the storage device 12 according to the starting station, destination station, transit station, starting date, and validity period entered by the operation unit 2 when issuing a commuter pass. Start reading,
The CRT controller 22 is used to control display at a corresponding position on the CRT display device 1. Further, in the reservation issue mode, the CPU 13 performs control to store the issued commuter pass in the reservation issue storage area 12 ₁ of the storage device 12 in correspondence with the issue number serially assigned to the issued commuter pass and its issuance conditions. It is something. Furthermore, the above CPU
13 is a reservation issue storage area 12 ₁ where the ticket issue number that matches the input ticket issue number is in the reservation payment mode.
If a matching ticket number is found by this check, the issuance conditions corresponding to the ticket number are read out from the reserved issuance storage area ₁₂₁ and displayed on the CRT display device 1. Exercising control. At this time, CRT
When the issuance conditions displayed on the display device 1 are approved and the confirmation button 15 is pressed, the CPU 13 also operates to delete the ticket issuance conditions and ticket issue number corresponding to the ticket issue number from the reserved issue storage area ₁₂₁ of the storage device 12. Control.

Next, the operation of the apparatus for issuing securities such as commuter passes having such a configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

For example, when the clerk accepts an application form for reserving a commuter pass, the clerk presses a reservation issue button as the first setting means in the business button group 8. When this reservation issuing button is pressed, the issuing device is selectively set to the reservation issuing mode, as shown in FIG. 4a. After the reservation issuance mode is selected and set, an application form for reservation is inserted into the name transcription unit 10 by the staff member, and the departure station button group 3, destination station button group 4 and transit station are input as the first input means. The button group 5 is used to set the departure station, destination station, and transit station, and the numeric keypad 7 is used to set the start date, valid period, etc. Based on each of the above settings, the CPU 13 reads the set character pattern from the storage device 12 and uses the CRT controller 22 to
It is displayed at the corresponding display position on the display device 1. As a result, the CRT display device 1 has
Issuance conditions for reservation issuance shown in FIG. 3 are displayed. When the staff confirms the content displayed on the CRT display device 1 and presses the issue button, the CPU 13 serially issues a ticket number as identification information to the ticket issuing device 24.
This identification information and print command are output. this
Based on the output of the CPU 13, the ticket issuing device 24 as a printing means performs printing processing on paper in a predetermined format using the display pattern of the CRT controller 22 and the ticket issuing number.
The desired reserved commuter pass is then issued. Additionally, the name, age, etc. written on the application form are transcribed onto this form.

Also, when outputting the above ticket number and print command,
The CPU 13 stores the display patterns (respective issuance conditions) and ticket issue numbers of the CRT controller 22 in the reserved issue storage area 12 of the storage device 12.
Store it in ₁ . In addition, other reserved issued commuter passes are also available.
It is being published in the same manner as above.

By the way, when issuing a commuter pass to a reservation applicant based on a reserved commuter pass, the fare for the commuter pass is received from the reservation applicant and the reservation payment button as the second setting means in the business button group 8 is pressed. do. When the reservation payment button is pressed, the reservation payment mode is set as shown in FIG. 4b. Thereafter, the staff member inputs the issue number of the reserved commuter pass using the numeric keypad 7 as a second input means, and presses the start button.
When the start button is pressed, the search method
The CPU 13 checks whether a ticket issuing number that matches the input ticket issuing number is stored in the reservation issue storage area ₁₂₁ , and as a result of this check,
If there is a matching ticket issue number, the corresponding issuing conditions (conditions for each pattern to be displayed) are read out and output to the CRT controller 22 to be displayed on the CRT display device 1 as a display means. Next, a check is made to see if the display contents of the issuance conditions (conditions for each of the displayed patterns) match the reserved commuter pass, and if they match, the staff will use the third input means to Confirmation button 15 is pressed. When the confirmation button 15 is pressed, the CPU 13 as a control means deletes the ticket issue number and issue condition (display pattern) corresponding to the input ticket issue number from the reservation issue storage area 12 ₁ of the storage device 12 .

Furthermore, when the above-mentioned ticketing number is input, if a matching ticketing number is not stored in the reservation issue storage area ₁₂₁ , the CPU 13 determines that the ticketing number has been inputted incorrectly, and displays the error code on the error code display 16. Display error status. Also, at the end of the day's work, if you press the end of work button in work button group 8,
The CPU 13 reads the information stored in the reservation issue storage area ₁₂₁ , checks the date, and prints out the issue conditions for a predetermined period (about one month) after the issue date using a journal printer (not shown). Erase from reservation issue storage area 12 ₁ .

By configuring as described above, it is possible to accept reservations for commuter passes and issue reserved commuter passes in advance, so it is possible to significantly shorten the issuing time when issuing commuter passes. It is possible to reduce the waiting time of passengers when purchasing a commuter pass, and it is possible to alleviate congestion at the counter of a commuter pass issuing machine. Furthermore, it is easy to confirm the ticket issue number when making a payment for a reserved issue, and it is also easy to manage the payment status for a reserved commuter pass.

In the above embodiment, the ticket issuing number is used as the identification information, but the identification information is not limited to this, and may also be the number of the application form or the applicant's telephone number.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the waiting time of passengers when purchasing a commuter pass and alleviate congestion at the ticket counter. It is possible to manage payments associated with reservation acceptance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention. A block diagram showing the main parts of the electric circuit, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a CRT display device used in the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention, and FIG. 4 explains the operation of the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention. FIG. 1...CRT display device, 2...operation unit, 8
...Business button group, 12...Storage device, 12 ₁ ...Reservation issue storage area, 13...CPU, 15...Confirmation button, 22
...CRT controller, 24...ticket issuing device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A first setting means for setting a reservation ticket issue mode for issuing a commuter pass reservation ticket, and when the first setting means sets the reservation ticket issue mode, a first setting means that sets a reservation ticket issue mode for issuing a commuter pass reservation ticket; a first input means for inputting a predetermined issuance condition, and identification information specific to the predetermined issuance condition is added to the predetermined issuance condition input by the first input means, and the issuance condition and the identification information are combined. a printing means for printing on the reservation ticket; a storage means for storing the issuance conditions and identification information in correspondence; a second setting means for setting a deposit mode for depositing an amount corresponding to the issuance conditions; a second input means for inputting the identification information visually outputted by the output means when the second setting means sets the deposit mode; and a second input means for inputting the identification information inputted by the second input means. a search means for searching the storage means for matching identification information; a display means for visually displaying the issuance conditions corresponding to the matching identification information based on the search; and the issuance conditions displayed on the display means. a third input means for inputting a confirmation result indicating that the and the reservation ticket match; and when the confirmation result by the third input means is input, it corresponds to the commuter pass searched by the search means. A commuter pass issuing device comprising: a control means for erasing the predetermined issuance conditions and identification information from the storage means.