JPH06274715A - Commutation ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent such a case where the congestion occurs at a window of a station, etc., for purchase of new commutation tickets of a specific period and the ticket issuing efficiency is deteriorated by changing the advance sale period for purchase of new commutation tickets only in a specific period when the purchase of new tickets is concentrated. CONSTITUTION:A commutation ticket issuing machine consists of an operating part 16 where an extended advance sale period and an advance sale period are inputted for commutation tickets, a memory 13 which stores these extended advance sale period and advance sale period, a data display body 20 which shows the data when a commutation ticket can be purchased in advance, a setting button 21 which specifies the starting date of use of the commutation ticket based on the data shown on the body 20, and a CPU 11 which shows the data included in the advance sale period stored in the memory 13 as an advance sale enable date in accordance with the extended advance sale period as long as the ticket issuing date is included in the extended advance sale period stored in the memory 13 and then issues the commutation ticket in response to the starting date of use of the commutation ticket supplied by the button 21 which specifies the advance sale starting date.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commuter ticket issuing machine for issuing commuter tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a commuter ticket issuing machine has been installed at a window of a predetermined station so that commuter ticket issuing operations can be smoothly performed.

In order to avoid congestion at the counter, the internal program of the commuter ticket issuing machine is set so that the commuter ticket can be purchased from the day before when it is a new purchase and 14 days before when it is a continuous purchase. There is. The advance sale period is fixed in the commuter ticket issuing machine and is therefore fixed throughout the year.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] By the way, among the commuter ticket issuing business by commuter ticket issuing machines, new sales are concentrated in April and September, and especially in April, commuter ticket purchases by new members of society and new students. However, since the commuter pass sales work concentrates on the day before and the day before the commuter pass is used, there is a problem that the sales window becomes crowded and the work cannot proceed smoothly.

In addition, when opening a new line, in addition to normal operation, the internal program of the commuter ticket issuing machine is temporarily modified until the opening of the commuter ticket so that the commuter ticket can be released from one month before opening. It was corresponded by doing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to extend the advance sale period during which a new commuter ticket is newly purchased only during a specific period in which new commuter ticket purchases concentrate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a commuter ticket issuing machine capable of preventing the efficiency of commuter ticket issuing operations from being lowered due to the congestion of the counters due to the concentration of new purchases of commuter tickets during the period.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commuter pass issuing machine, an input device for inputting a saleable period of a commuter pass, and a storage device for storing the saleable period input by the input device. A processing means for issuing a commuter pass,
Judgment means for judging whether or not the processing date by the processing means is within the saleable period stored in the storage means, and the use start date of the commuter pass when the judgment date is determined not to be the saleable period Is set in a first use start period of a predetermined number of days, and the use start date of the commuter pass is set to the first use start when it is determined by the determination means that the sale is possible. And a second setting means that can be set within a second usage start period that is longer than the period.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a commuter pass issuing machine prints character information such as a used section on the front surface of the ticket and issues a commuter ticket in which magnetic information such as used section is recorded on a magnetic recording portion on the back surface of the ticket. In the commuter ticket issuing machine, input means for inputting the advance sale extension period and advance sale period of the commuter ticket, storage means for storing the advance sale extension period and advance sale period of the commuter ticket input by this input means, and the commuter ticket can be presold Display means for displaying the date, a pre-sale start date input means for specifying the start date of using the commuter pass from the pre-sale date displayed on the display means, and the day on which the commuter ticket is issued is stored in the storage means. When it is determined that the presale extension period is stored, the date in the presale period stored in the storage means corresponding to the presale extension period is displayed on the display means as the presale date. And means for,; and a regular ticket issuing means for issuing a season ticket in response to the input of the use start date of the season ticket from the advance sale start date input means.

The display means of the commuter pass issuing machine according to claim 3 is a date display portion for displaying the date of advance sale by turning on a plurality of date display bodies, and the advance sale start date input means is for the date display portion. A setting button is provided for each of the plurality of date display bodies.

[0010]

With the configuration of the present invention as described above, the day when the new purchaser of the commuter pass purchases the commuter pass is within the pre-sale extension period stored in the storage means, and the start date for using the commuter pass. If is within the advance sale period, you can purchase before the normal advance sale period.

Since the input means for inputting the advance sale extension period and advance sale period stored in the storage means is provided, the advance sale extension period and advance sale period can be freely changed without changing the internal control program. be able to.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A commuter pass issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire structure of a commuter pass issuing machine, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a presale extension period and data format of the presale period set in a memory, and FIG. 3 is a presale extension period and a presale period set. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the operation of issuing a commuter pass, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a presale start date setting unit.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 is a CPU which controls the commuter pass issuing machine as a whole. The CPU 11 displays a pre-sale date when purchasing a commuter pass and sets a sale start date of the commuter pass, a pre-sale start date setting unit 12,
It is composed of a memory 13 for storing the control programs and character patterns shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a CCD, etc., and reads the name (written by the purchaser) on the application form inserted from an insertion slot (not shown) and displays the image. A name transfer section 14 for converting and outputting the same as pattern data (pixel data), a character pattern in which purchase information (departure / arrival station, transit, common month etc.) is stored in the memory 13 on the commuter pass paper. The commuter ticket is printed on the commuter pass paper, which is printed with the purchaser's own name and is printed from the name transfer unit 14 on the commuter pass paper, and the purchase information is recorded in the magnetic storage unit on the back side of the commuter pass paper. Operation unit 1 including a ticket issuing unit 15 for issuing a ticket, a departure station button group, an arrival station button group, and a station name button group, as well as a pre-sale setting button, a commuter ticket issuing button, a start button, and the like.
6. A CRT display unit 17 for displaying an input procedure or information input from the operation unit 16 is connected via a bus 18.

By the way, the advance sale start date setting unit 12 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), it has a date display body 20 and a setting button 21 below the date display body 20 for setting the start date of using the commuter pass.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which two types of presale extension period and presale period set in a predetermined area of the memory 13 are stored. Figure 2 is March 25-April 8, 1993
It is indicated that the commuter pass can be pre-sold from 7 days before and from August 25 to September 1, 1993.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention constructed as above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, the process of setting the advance sale extension period and advance sale period will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the attendant operates the advance sale setting button of the operation unit 16, the process of FIG. 3 is started under the control of the CPU 11. First, a menu to set the start date of the advance sale extension period
Is displayed on the CRT display unit 17 (step S1). And the staff will start as “March 25, 1993”
Is input (step S2). Next, a menu for setting the end date of the advance sale extension period is displayed on the CRT display unit 17 (step S3). Next, the clerk inputs "April 8, 1993" as the end date (step S4).

If the advance sale extension period and advance sale period are not set for the first time but the advance sale extended period and advance sale release period are set in the memory 13, the advance sale extended period input this time has already been set in the memory 13. It is determined whether it overlaps with the set advance sale extension period (step S5). If the determination in step S5 is "YES", an error message is displayed on the CRT display unit 1.
7 is displayed (step S6).

If "NO" is determined in the above step S5, the advance sale period menu is displayed on the CRT display section 17 (step S7). Then, the clerk inputs "7 days" as the advance sale period (step S
8). By the above operation, as shown in FIG. 2, one set of the advance sale extension period and the advance sale period is stored in the specific area of the memory 13. By setting as described above, the use start date of the commuter pass can be set up to 7 days before the issue date between March 25 and April 8. Less than,
By repeating the same operation, it is set that the advance sale period is 7 days before from August 25, 1993 to September 1, 1993 as the second set of data.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, in the state where the advance sale extension period and the advance sale period are set in advance in the memory 13,
Operation of commuter pass issuance work Flow of Fig. 4 and Fig. 5
An explanation will be given with reference to the chart. First, when the attendant operates the commuter pass issuing button of the operation unit 16, the flow shown in FIGS.
The processing shown in the chart is started under the control of the CPU 11. Based on the purchase information (departure station, transit station, passing month, etc.) of the commuter ticket filled in by the purchaser on the application form, the clerk operates a predetermined button on the operation unit 16 for the departure station and transit station. As the section setting process corresponding to this operation, section information input by operating a predetermined button is stored in the memory 13 (step S
11).

Next, the clerk operates the operation unit 16 with a predetermined button corresponding to the ticket type, discount, useful month, and new / continue based on the purchase information of the commuter ticket entered on the application form by the purchaser. As condition setting processing for this operation, the condition information input by operating the predetermined button is stored in the memory 13 (step S12). Next, the CPU 11 determines from the purchase information stored in the memory 13 whether the commuter ticket is to be newly purchased (step S13).

If "YES" is determined in the determination in step S13, it is checked whether or not the current day is between the start date and the end date of the advance sale extension period in FIG. 2 (step S14). This check is performed on all the sets shown in FIG. 2 stored in the memory 13.

As a result of this check, it is determined whether or not the current day corresponds to the advance sale extension period (step S15). As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the day corresponds to the advance sale extension period, the date from the day to the advance sale date stored corresponding to the applicable advance sale extension period in FIG. 2 is set. Is displayed on the advance sale start date setting unit 12 (step S16). For example, if the day is “1993 3
28 ”, the date is within the first advance extension period of FIG. 2 on that day, so that the date display body 20 from March 28 to the advance sale period, that is, 7 days ahead is turned on [FIG. 6].
(B)].

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S15 that the current day does not correspond to the pre-sale extension period, the date from the current day to two days ahead is set and the date display body 20 is turned on as usual. (Step S17). That is, if the current day is December 21, the date display body 20 from December 21 to two days ahead is lit [FIG. 6 (A)].

Further, the display processing function of the start date and date by extending the advance sale period of this new sale is configured such that the new sale button is turned on by the initial automatic setting and the date display button is displayed regardless of the button operation of the staff. Also good.

By the way, in step S13 described above, "N
If it is determined to be “O”, that is, if the periodical issuance is continued issuance, the date display 20 from the current day to 14 days ahead
Is turned on (step S18). For example, if the current day is March 28, the date indicators 20 from March 28 to 14 days ahead are lit [FIG. 6 (C)].

As described above, even if the regular purchase is a new purchase, if the day corresponds to the preset advance sale extension period,
The date display body 20 in the pre-sale period stored corresponding to the pre-sale extension period from that day is turned on. In other words, this advance sale period is the advance sale day (2 days) of a normal new purchase in advance.
By setting it longer, it is possible to extend the advance sale period and sell the commuter pass only during the advance sale extension period.

Next, the clerk deciphers the start date of the commuter pass from the application form, and the advance display start date setting section 12 displays the date indicator 2
If 0 is lit, the setting button 21 provided below the date display body 20 is operated. In response to the operation of the setting button 21, the start date is set in the memory 13 under the control of the CPU 11.
Is set (step S19).

Then, the application form is inserted through an insertion opening (not shown). As a result, the application form is transferred to the name transfer unit 14, and the name (written by the purchaser) on the application form is read,
The image data is converted into image pattern data (pixel data) and stored in the memory 13 (step S20).

Next, when the start button of the operation unit 16 is pushed down, in response thereto, the fare is calculated from the purchase information stored in the memory 13 under the control of the CPU 11 (steps S21 and S22).

Then, the print data to be printed on the front surface of the commuter pass in the specific area of the memory 13 and the magnetic information stored in the magnetic recording section on the back surface of the commuter pass are edited as the encode data (step S23). ).

Then, the printing data and the encoding data stored in the specific area of the memory 13 are stored in the ticket issuing unit 15.
Sent to the front of the commuter pass, and the purchaser's own image pattern data and the departure / arrival station, via / passage month purchase information is printed in a character pattern, and the magnetic record on the back of the commuter pass. Encoding processing is performed in which the encoded data is stored as magnetic information in the section (steps S23 and S24). Then, the commuter ticket is released from a commuter ticket issuing port (not shown), and the commuter ticket issuance processing ends.

In the above embodiment, the example in which "7 days" is set as the advance sale period in the memory 13 has been described.
In the case of opening a new line, for example, "1 month" can be set. In this case, the date display body 20 of the advance sale start setting unit 12 is required for one month.
Instead of lighting 0, the date may be displayed on the CRT display unit 17.

In the above embodiment, the date display 20 provided on the advance sale start setting section 12 indicates the date when the advance sale can be started.
The start date is specified by operating the setting button 21 installed under the date display body 20, but the date when the advance sale can be started is displayed on the CRT display section 17. Alternatively, the start date may be specified by moving the cursor on the date on the screen. That is, the display of the date when the advance sale can be started and the setting of the start date can be variously modified.

[0034]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to change the advance sale period for purchasing a new commuter pass only during a specific period in which new purchases of the commuter pass are concentrated, so that the commuter pass can be fixed at the specific period. It is possible to provide a commuter ticket issuing machine that can prevent the efficiency of the commuter ticket issuing work from being lowered due to the congestion of new ticket purchases and congestion of the counter.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a commuter pass issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data format of a pre-sale extension period and a pre-sale period set in the memory according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of setting a presale extension period and a presale period according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a part of a flowchart showing an operation of issuing a commuter pass according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a part of a flowchart showing the operation of issuing a commuter pass according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a pre-sale start date setting unit according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... CPU, 12 ... Advance sale start date setting section, 13 ... Memory, 14 ... Name transfer section, 15 ... Ticket issuing section, 16 ... Operation section, 20 ... Date display, 21 ... Setting button.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a saleable period of a commuter pass, a storage unit for storing the saleable period input by this input unit, a processing unit for issuing a commuter pass ticket, and a processing unit. A determination unit that determines whether the processing date is within the saleable period stored in the storage unit, and when the determination unit determines that the saleable period is not within the saleable period, the use start date of the commuter pass is determined by a predetermined number of days. The first setting means that can be set in the first use start period, and the use start date of the commuter pass is longer than the first use start period when it is determined by the determination means that the sale is possible. Second that can be set within the second usage start period
A commuter pass issuing machine, comprising: 2. A commuter ticket issuing machine which prints character information such as a usage section on the front surface of a ticket and issues a commuter ticket in which magnetic information such as a usage section is recorded on a magnetic recording section on the back surface of the ticket. Input means for inputting the advance sale extension period and advance sale period, storage means for storing the advance sale extension period and advance sale period of the commuter ticket input by this input means, and display means for displaying the date on which the commuter ticket can be presold , The advance sale start date input means for specifying the start date of using the commuter pass from the pre-sale date displayed on the display means, and the advance sale extension period in which the day of issuing the commuter pass is stored in the storage means. If it is determined that there is a presale extension period, the date during the presale period stored in the storage means is displayed on the display means as a presale date, and A commuter ticket issuing device comprising: a commuter ticket issuing means for issuing a commuter ticket in response to input of a commuter ticket use start date from a selling start date input means. 3. The display means is a date display section for displaying the date of advance sale by illuminating a plurality of date display bodies, and the advance sale start date input means is a plurality of date display bodies of the date display section. The commuter pass issuing machine according to claim 2, further comprising a setting button provided for each.