JPH06348920A - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the ticket vending machine which cope with even the jamming of a bill or money amount card even if the bill or money amount card is jammed, never detains the user, and improves the usability of the user by issuing another money amount card corresponding to 6 the bill or the amount of money of the money amount card if the bill or money amount card is jammed. CONSTITUTION:When a main control part 29 the jamming of the inserted bill in a bill processing part 20 with the signal from a bill jamming detector 20a, coins are discharged from a discharge opening to a receiving pan 14 by the amount of money inserted by the user. Further, the money amount card B given the monetary value corresponding to the amount of money of the inserted bill is issued at a card part 23. On the top surface of the money amount card 13, data indicating that trouble is caused owing to the bill jamming in the ticket vending machine, the number of the troubled equipment, the date, and the amount of money inserted at this time are printed and also recorded at a magnetic recording part. Then the issue of a ticket is interrupted and the bill that the user has inserted is returned in the form of the coins and money amount card B.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine which prints and issues tickets such as tickets for vehicles, entrance tickets for amusement parks, theaters, etc.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic ticket vending machine for tickets for transportation will be described below as an example. In recent years, for example, in the railway industry, an automatic ticket vending machine that prints and issues a ticket by a user's operation has become widespread along with labor saving in station operations. In this type of ticket vending machine, the user automatically enters a ticket by inserting a money card having a monetary value such as money or a prepaid card and selectively pressing the destination or fare button (amount button). Printing and issuance of tickets and change and withdrawal of bills are made as necessary.

However, conventionally, in an automatic ticket vending machine with an unmanned corner, when the inserted bills are clogged in the device or bills for fishing tags are clogged in the device, a clerk goes to the corner to take measures. I had to do that, and I had to keep the customer waiting on the spot.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, in an automatic ticket vending machine with an unmanned corner, when a banknote jam occurs, it is handled by a staff member, and the customer is stranded. It eliminates the drawback of being bad, and even if a banknote jam occurs in an automatic ticket vending machine at an unmanned corner, it will be possible to respond immediately by issuing a money ticket, and it will not hinder the customer and the convenience of the customer. The purpose is to provide an improved vending machine.

[0005]

The automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention has a receiving means for receiving currency such as banknotes and coins, a determining means for determining the amount of money received by the receiving means, and a determining means for determining the amount. Designating means for designating the amount of the ticket to be issued within the received amount of money, issuing means for issuing the ticket of the amount of money by the designating means, detecting means for detecting jamming of the money received by the receiving means, and currency by this detecting means. When the clogging is detected, the issuing means is configured to issue an amount card having a monetary value corresponding to the amount of money accepted by the accepting means.

The automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention includes a receiving means for receiving the first monetary value card having a monetary value, a reading means for reading the monetary value from the first monetary card received by the receiving means, and a reading means. Designating means for designating the monetary value of the issued ticket within the reading amount read by
First issuing means for issuing a monetary value ticket by the designating means, detection means for detecting clogging of the first amount card received by the receiving means, and clogging of the first amount card by this detecting means The second issuing means is configured to issue a second amount card having a monetary value corresponding to the remaining amount of the first amount card received by the receiving means when detected.

The automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention is a means for accepting money such as bills and coins, a means for judging the amount of money received by this means for accepting money, and an issuing amount within the amount of money accepted by this means for judging. Specifying means for specifying the amount of the ticket to be issued, issuing means for issuing the ticket of the amount of money by this specifying means, and when the ticket is issued by this issuing means, the amount of money received by the receiving means and the amount of the issued ticket A payout means for paying out money corresponding to the difference, a detection means for detecting a jam of the money paid out by the above-mentioned payout means, and a monetary value corresponding to the difference when the jam of the money is detected by this detecting means. It is composed of issuing means for issuing an amount card having.

The automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention includes a receiving means for receiving a first monetary value card having a monetary value, a reading means for reading the monetary value from the first monetary card received by the receiving means, and a reading means. Designating means for designating the monetary value of the issued ticket within the reading amount read by
First issuing means for issuing a monetary valued ticket by the designating means, and a ticket issued from the monetary value of the money card read by the reading means when the ticket is issued by the first issuing means. Deducting the monetary value of
First processing means for updating and recording the deducted monetary value in the first amount card, return means for returning the first amount card updated and recorded by the first processing means, and return by this returning means Detecting means for detecting clogging of the first amount card, and the remaining amount of the first amount card received by the receiving means before updating when the clogging of the first amount card is detected by the detecting means. It is composed of a second issuing means for issuing a second amount card having a monetary value corresponding to the amount.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in a ticket vending machine or a settlement machine installed in an unmanned corner in the above-mentioned structure, when a currency or amount card is clogged, another amount corresponding to the amount of the currency or amount card is used. The money card is issued.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a customer service side of an automatic ticket vending machine for printing and selling ordinary tickets according to the present invention. On the service side, a display section 1 for displaying guidance and the amount of money to be paid, an attendant. Call button (push-button switch) 2, cancel button (push-button switch) 3 for canceling purchase, section fare of the release route is lit up and displayed based on the inserted amount of money, and an amount card (a card having a monetary value such as a prepaid card) A Multiple variable display account buttons (push-button switches with built-in numeric display) that light up and display the purchaseable content based on the remaining amount of purchases, condition buttons (push-button switch) that specify the number of purchases, child tickets, discount tickets ) 7, while inserting the amount card A, the card insertion port 9 through which the amount card A or the alternative amount card B at the time of failure is ejected, the coin insertion port 10 for inserting coins, the banknote, and the paper A bill slot 11 but to be discharged, the ticket issue port 12 to issue a ticket,
An outlet 13 for ejecting coins and bills, an issued boarding ticket (or a substitute money ticket C at the time of a failure), and a tray 14 for discharging change are provided, respectively.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of an automatic ticket vending machine having the above-mentioned customer service surface. That is, the card slot 9 is connected to the card unit 23. Card part 2
A card 3 reads or rewrites the magnetically recorded remaining amount of the money card A inserted from the card slot 9 or issues a money card B for substitution in the case of failure stored in a stacker (not shown). It has an issuing function. The card unit 23 uses a card jam detector 23a that detects a card jam in accordance with a detection signal from a card passage detector (not shown), and detects a card jam when the money card A is discharged. Is.

The banknote slot 11 is connected to the banknote processing section 20. The banknote processing unit 20 receives and inspects the banknotes inserted from the banknote slot 11 or discharges banknotes as fishing tags from the banknote slot 11. Further, the coin slot 10 is connected to the coin inspection unit 24, and the coin inspection unit 24 is connected to the change coin unit 25. This allows
The coins discriminated by the inspection section 24 are stored in the change section 25 as change and can be discharged from the discharge port 13. In addition to the change unit 25, a ticket issuing mechanism unit 26 is also connected to the ticket issuing port 12. This ticket issuing mechanism 26
Is composed of a printing unit 27, an encoding unit 28, a paper jam detector 31, an encoding confirmation unit 32, and a printing confirmation unit 33. In the ticket issuing mechanism section 26, the ticket printed by the printing section 27 using a thermal head (not shown) is sent to the encoding section 28, and the encoding section 28 uses the magnetic recording section (not shown) of the ticket for automatic ticket inspection. Magnetic information is recorded and released from the ticket issuing opening 12 to the tray 14 as a ticket.

The ticket issuing mechanism section 26 has a function of issuing a money voucher C for issuing a substitute money voucher C in the event of a failure.
The banknote handling unit 20 uses the banknote jam detector 20a that detects a jam of a banknote in response to a detection signal from a banknote passage detector (not shown), and when the banknote is inserted or the banknote is ejected. At this time, the jam of the bill is detected.

Then, the card unit 23 and the bill processing unit 2
The main control unit 29 controls 0, the money inspection unit 24, the change unit 25, the ticket issuing mechanism unit 26, the display unit 1, the condition button 7, and the variable display account button 6. The main controller 29 is mainly composed of, for example, a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits, and controls the entire ticket vending machine.

Next, the operation of the ticket vending machine having the above structure will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. First, in order to purchase a ticket, the user inserts coins or banknotes having an amount equal to or exceeding the desired ticket amount from the coin insertion slot 10 and the bill insertion slot 11 (ST1). When coins or bills are inserted through these insertion ports, the coin inspection unit 24 and the bill processing unit 20 detect and discriminate the inserted coins or bills. The total amount of the discriminated currency is calculated by the main control unit 29, and the input amount is displayed on the display unit 1. Further, when money is inserted, the fare display of the variable display account button 6 is all turned off once, and then only the account button of the boarding ticket that can be purchased according to the inserted amount is displayed. For example, if the input amount is 200 yen, each segment fare that can be purchased for 200 yen is displayed, and if the input amount is 330 yen, all the segment fare that can be purchased for 330 yen are displayed. The user selects and presses one of the displayed variable display account buttons 6 (ST3). When the variable display account button 6 is selected and pressed, only the variable display account button 6 that is selected and pressed is turned on by the control of the main control unit 29, and the other variable display account buttons 6 are turned off.

Then, the main control unit 29 starts the operation of printing and issuing the boarding ticket and sending out the bill and change. That is, the face information is edited by the main control unit 29, the edited face information is printed on the paper sheet by the printing unit 27, and the printed paper sheet is sent to the encoding unit 28. The encoding unit 28 magnetically records magnetic information for automatic ticket gates, such as issuing date information, departure station information, arrival station information, and section (fare) information, on a magnetic recording unit formed on the back surface of the ticket. Then, the ticket is released from the ticket issuing port 12 to the tray 14 as a ticket (ST4). At this time, the banknote processing unit 20 operates when there is a change bill, the banknote is discharged from the banknote insertion port 11, the change unit 25 operates when there is change, and the change coin from the discharge port 13 to the tray 14 (ST5).
When the ticket issuance is completed in this way, the variable display account button 6
Turns off and returns to the standby state.

When the main control unit 29 detects a jam of the inserted bill in the bill processing unit 20 by the signal from the bill jam detector 20a (ST2), the coin of the amount inserted by the user is discharged. 13 is discharged to the saucer 14 (S
T6). In addition, the card unit 23 issues a money card B to which a monetary value corresponding to the amount of the inserted bills is added. On the surface of the money card B, the fact that the trouble has occurred due to the jam of the bill in the ticket vending machine, the trouble occurrence device number, the date and time, and the amount of the bill inserted at that time are printed and recorded in the magnetic recording unit.

In this way, the issue of the boarding ticket is stopped (the boarding ticket is not issued), and the money inserted by the user is returned by the coin and the amount card B (ST7). In addition, when the main control unit 29 detects a jam of a bill as a fishing tag in the bill processing unit 20 by a signal from the bill jam detector 20a (ST8), a monetary value corresponding to the amount of the bill is added. The issued amount card B is issued from the card unit 23. On the front surface of the money card B, the fact that a trouble has occurred due to the jam of bills in the ticket vending machine, the trouble occurrence device number, the date and time, and the amount of the bill inserted at that time are printed and recorded in the magnetic recording unit.

In this way, the amount card B to which the amount of the fishing tag after the ticket is issued is returned (ST
9). Then, the customer gives the amount card B to the staff member and receives the amount of money or inserts the amount card B into the ticket vending machine to release the amount of money at the ticket vending machine and use it. Give it to the customer. As a result, it is possible to allow the unmanned corner to deal with the staff at the same time and to avoid stopping the passengers who are rushing to board the train.

Further, while the card unit 23 is used to issue the substitute money card B at the time of failure, the issuing mechanism unit 26 may be used to issue the substitute money card C at the time of failure. However, since the amount card B is polyester and the amount ticket C is paper, the amount card B is more durable.

When the money card A is inserted (ST11) instead of the currency, only the account buttons of the tickets that can be purchased by the remaining money of the money card A are displayed. For example, when the remaining amount is 200 yen, each section fare up to 200 yen is displayed, and when the remaining amount is 330 yen, all the section fare that can be purchased for 330 yen are displayed.

Then, the user selects and presses one of the displayed variable display account buttons 6. When the variable display account button 6 is selectively pressed (ST13), the main controller 29
Under the control of, only the variable display account button 6 that has been selected and pressed is turned on, and the other variable display account buttons 6 are turned off.

Then, the main control unit 29 uses the ticket issuing mechanism unit 26 to start the printing and issuing of the ticket and the card sending operation. That is, the face information is edited by the main control unit 29, the edited face information is printed on the paper sheet by the printing unit 27, and the printed paper sheet is sent to the encoding unit 28. The encoding unit 28 magnetically records magnetic information for automatic ticket gates, such as issuing date information, departure station information, arrival station information, and section (fare) information, on a magnetic recording unit formed on the back surface of the ticket. Then, the ticket is released from the ticket issuing opening 12 to the tray 14 (ST14). At this time, the main control unit 29 displays the remaining amount after the purchase amount is deducted on the display unit 1.

Further, a new remaining amount is written in the storage unit (not shown) of the main control unit 29 by the card unit 23, and the card unit 23 inserts the amount card A on which the ticket sales history is printed into the card slot 9 From outside (ST1
5).

In other words, the release history such as date, time, departure station, used machine number, and remaining amount of money is printed on the amount card A by the printing unit (not shown), and the date and time is further written by the writing head (not shown). , Magnetic information such as the departure station, the number of the used device, and the remaining amount of money is magnetically recorded. Then, the amount card A is ejected from the card slot 9.

When the ticket issuance is completed in this manner, the variable display account button 6 is turned off and the sale standby state is restored. Further, when the main control unit 29 detects an abnormality by the signal from the card jam detector 23a that detects clogging of the money card A returned from the card unit 23 (ST12), the thrown money card A is inserted. The money voucher C to which the remaining amount of money is given is issued from the issuing mechanism unit 26 (ST16). On the surface of the money voucher C, the fact that the trouble has occurred due to the card clogging of the ticket vending machine, the trouble occurrence device number, the date and time, and the remaining amount of the card inserted at that time are printed and recorded in the magnetic recording unit. .

In this way, the issue of the boarding ticket is stopped (the boarding ticket is not issued), and the remaining amount of the money card A inserted by the user is returned in the money card C. In the case of an abnormal card jam after the ticket is issued (ST
17) The money voucher C to which the amount of money of the ticket has been deducted is returned (ST18).

Then, the customer gives the cash voucher C to the clerk (ST21) to receive the money (ST22) or inserts the cash voucher C into the ticket vending machine (S).
T23), at the ticket vending machine, the corresponding amount of money is released (ST2
4) Pass it to the customer. As a result, it is possible to allow the unmanned corner to deal with the staff at the same time and to avoid stopping the passengers who are rushing to board the train.

As described above, in a ticket vending machine installed in an unmanned corner, when a currency or amount card is jammed, another amount card or amount ticket corresponding to the amount of the currency or amount card is issued. It is the one.

As a result, in an automatic ticket vending machine with an unmanned corner, even if a banknote jam or a money card is jammed, it is possible to immediately respond by issuing a money card or a money ticket, without stopping the customer. The convenience for users is improved.

In the above embodiment, the case of application to the automatic ticket vending machine has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this and can also be applied to a ticket clearing machine. FIG. 7 to FIG. 10 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of this settlement machine, and ST31 to ST39 and ST4.
1 to 48, steps ST51 to 54.
This operation is almost the same as the case of the ticket vending machine shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, and therefore its explanation is omitted.

In addition, vending machines for other securities such as commuter passes, food tickets or entrance tickets for movie theaters, theaters, etc., or goods, services corresponding to a predetermined monetary value such as food, beverages, telephone services, etc. It can also be applied to various vending machines.

[0033]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
In an automatic ticket vending machine with an unmanned corner, even if a banknote jam occurs, it is possible to immediately respond by issuing a money voucher, and it is possible to provide an automatic ticket vending machine that does not stop the user and improves the convenience of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a structure of a customer service side of the automatic ticket vending machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the ticket vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the ticket vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining processing performed by a staff member.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the ticket vending machine.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the settlement machine.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the settlement machine.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining processing performed by a staff member.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the settlement machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 ... Banknote processing unit, 23 ... Card unit, 24 ... Money inspection unit, 2
5 ... Change section, 26 ... Ticketing mechanism section, 27 ... Printing section, 28 ...
Encoding unit, 29 ... Main control unit, 31 ... Ticket jam detector, 32 ... Encoding confirmation unit, 33 ... Printing confirmation unit.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An accepting means for accepting currency such as banknotes and coins, a determining means for determining the amount of money accepted by this accepting means, and an amount of a ticket to be issued within the amount of money accepted by the determining means. Specifying means for specifying, a issuing means for issuing a ticket of an amount of money by the specifying means, a detecting means for detecting jamming of the money received by the receiving means, and a detecting means for detecting jamming of money. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: an issuing unit for issuing an amount card having a monetary value corresponding to the amount of money received by the receiving unit. 2. A receiving means for receiving a first monetary value card having a monetary value, a reading means for reading the monetary value from the first monetary card accepted by the receiving means, and a reading operation read by the reading means. Designation means for designating the monetary value of the issued ticket within the amount of money, first issuing means for issuing the monetary value ticket by the designating means, and clogging of the first amount card received by the acceptance means And a second means having a monetary value corresponding to the remaining amount of the first amount card received by the receiving means when the clogging of the first amount card is detected by the detecting means. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: a second issuing means for issuing an amount card. 3. An accepting means for accepting money such as bills and coins, a judging means for judging the amount of money accepted by this accepting means, and an amount of the issued ticket within the accepting money amount judged by this judging means. Specifying means for specifying, an issuing means for issuing a ticket of an amount by this specifying means, and a difference between the amount of money received by the receiving means and the amount of the issued ticket when the ticket is issued by this issuing means. A payout means for paying out the corresponding money, a detecting means for detecting the jam of the money paid out by the above-mentioned paying means, and a monetary value corresponding to the difference when the jam of the money is detected by the detecting means. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: an issuing means for issuing an amount card that the user has. 4. A receiving means for receiving a first monetary value card having a monetary value, a reading means for reading the monetary value from the first monetary card accepted by the receiving means, and a reading operation read by the reading means. Designating means for designating the monetary value of the issued ticket within the amount of money, first issuing means for issuing the monetary value ticket by the designating means, and issuing the ticket by the first issuing means In the first processing means, the monetary value of the issued ticket is deducted from the monetary value of the money card read by the reading means, and the deducted monetary value is updated and recorded in the first money card. Return means for returning the first amount card updated and recorded by the first processing means, and detection means for detecting clogging of the first amount card returned by the return means, When clogging of the first amount card is detected by the knowing means, a second amount card having a monetary value corresponding to the remaining amount of the first amount card received by the receiving means before renewal is issued. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: a second issuing means.