JPH07192148A - Riding route input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a riding route input device which is capable of designating a riding route by painting out the route on an application form on which a route map is preliminarily printed. CONSTITUTION:This device is composed of a CCD sensor 14 reading the image data of an application form for purchasing tickets where a route map is preliminarily printed and a route to be purchased is designated by painting out a designated route, a route memory 22 storing the route map, a binary circuit 16 extracting the designated route from the image data read by an image data reading means and a route decision means 20 deciding the departure station and the routing station on the route designated by the application form from the image data extracted from the binary circuit 16 and the route map stored in the route memory 22.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a boarding route input device for inputting a boarding route by painting a route on an application form on which a route map is printed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, cases in which a customer directly operates a machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine or a commuter ticket issuing machine to purchase a commuter ticket or a boarding ticket have been frequently performed.

[0003]

However, when purchasing a boarding ticket, a commuter pass, etc. by selecting one of a plurality of relatively long-distance boarding routes on the railway, the boarding route is generally set. It is often difficult for customers, and it requires relatively specialized knowledge such as setting departure stations and arrival stations operated by specialized staff, as well as transit stations using keys and issuing boarding passes and commuter passes.

Further, some automatic ticket vending machines also have a method of setting the route setting by the route name, which has a drawback that the operation is troublesome. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a boarding route input device capable of designating a boarding route by filling a route on an application form in which a route map is printed in advance. is there.

[0005]

A boarding route input device according to claim 1, wherein a route map is printed in advance, and an image data of a ticket purchase application form for designating a route to be purchased by painting a designated route is filled. -Image data reading means for reading data, route data storage means for storing the above route map, and route for extracting a designated route from the image data read by the image data reading means. A route for determining a departure station and a transit station of the route designated by the application form from the extraction means, the image data extracted by the route extraction means, and the route map stored in the route data storage means. And a determination means.

In the boarding route input device according to the second aspect of the present invention, reference marks are printed at four corners, a route map is printed in advance with reference to the reference marks, and the designated route is filled to purchase. An image data reading means for reading the image data on the ticket purchase application form for designating a route, and a route data for storing the relative address of each station and branch station on the above route map from the reference mark. Data storage means, route extraction means for extracting a designated route from the image data read by the image data reading means, and departure and arrival stations from the image data extracted by the route extraction means Then, the image data is traced from the departure station in sequence, and the route determination means for determining the transit station from the branching direction of the image data at the branch station is provided.

The boarding route input device according to claim 3 is 4
A reference mark is printed in the corner, and a route map is printed in advance based on this reference mark. Image data of the ticket purchase application form that specifies the route to be purchased by filling the specified route Image data reading means for reading the data, route data storage means for storing the relative address of each station and branch station on the route map from the reference mark, and the reference read by the image reading means. Distortion detecting means for detecting the scale and distortion in the x and y directions of the image data read from the x and y coordinates of the mark, and the image data read by the image data reading means. Corrected according to the reduction scale and distortion detected by the distortion detection means, a route extraction means for extracting a designated route, and a departure / arrival station is extracted from the image data extracted by the route extraction means. Image data sequentially from the station
It is characterized by comprising route determination means for tracing the data and determining the transit station from the branching direction of the image data at the branching station.

[0008]

[Function] By designating a boarding route by painting the route on an application form on which a route map is printed in advance, the specified route is judged from the designated boarding route and the route map stored in advance. ing.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A boarding route input device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a boarding route input device, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing control contents, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of an application form and a state in which a route is designated by the application form, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the image memory.

In FIG. 1, 11 and 12 are application sheets 1 inserted in the direction of arrow A from an insertion opening (not shown).
3 is a transport roller for transporting No. 3. A CCD sensor 14 is provided between the transport rollers 11 and 12 for reading a line map painted in black on the application form as one line of image data in a direction orthogonal to the application form 13. .

The analog image data read by the CCD sensor 14 is sent to the signal amplifying circuit 15 to be amplified and then output to the binarizing circuit 16 to be converted into a binary image signal. . The image signal output from the binarized signal 16 is an image memory 17 in which the boarding route painted in black on the application form 13 is used as two-dimensional image data.
Memorized in.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a read control circuit for controlling the reading from the CCD sensor 14, the binarization circuit 16, and the timing for writing the image data to the image memory 17.

Numeral 20 is a CPU for judging the boarding route from the image data stored in the image memory 17.
(Central processing unit). The system bus of the CPU 20 includes the image memory 17 described above, a ROM (read only memory) 21 storing the control program shown in FIG. 2, and an image memory of the route map shown in FIG. 3 (A). 1
A route memory 22 for storing a two-dimensional address on the 7 and a two-dimensional address of a branch station (for example, "Shinagawa", "Ueno", etc.) from a later-described reference mark is connected.

As shown in FIG. 3 (A), the route map 31 is printed in advance on the application form 13 for the purchase of the commuter pass, and the purchaser should fill in the necessary regular sections along the way. Specify the boarding route. Figure 3 (A)
In the case of, a regular section example between Kawasaki and Ikebukuro via the outer circumference of the Yamanote line is shown. Furthermore, application form 13
"1 month", "2 months", and "3 months" are displayed on the upper end of the display for designating a regular service period.

Further, four reference marks 32a to 32d are printed at four corners so as to surround the route map 31. Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as above will be described. First, the purchaser of the commuter pass paints the boarding route in black on the route map 31 of the application form 13 as shown in FIG. 3A, and circles the valid period.

Then, the application form 13 is inserted through an insertion opening (not shown). And application form 1
3 is transported in the direction of the arrow by the transport rollers 11 and 12. Then, the application form 13 by the CCD sensor 14
Image data is read.

The analog image data output from the CCD sensor 14 is sent to the signal amplification circuit 15 and amplified, and then output to the binarization circuit 16 to be converted into a binary image signal. It The image signal output from the binarized signal 16 is stored in the image memory 17 as shown in FIG. 4 with the boarding route filled in black on the application form 13 as two-dimensional image data. .

The image data shown in FIG. 4 is a plane image shown on the X-Y axis, and indicates the area of the area surrounded by the four reference point marks 32a to 32d described on the application form 13. Of these, the pixels indicated by black dots indicate the portions painted in black. Also, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x
3, y3) and (x4, y4) are application forms 1
3 is image data corresponding to the reference marks 32a to 32d printed on the image No. 3.

Below, under the control of the CPU 20, the flow of FIG.
The processing shown in the chart is performed. That is, the values of y1-y2 and y3-y4 detect the parallelism of the X axis of the image, and x1-
The parallelism of the y-axis of the image is detected by the values of x3 and x2-x4,
The reduction scale of the input image and the distortion of the image are detected by the values of x2-x1, x4-x3, y3-y1, y4-y2 (step S1).

Thereafter, the departure / arrival station is read by collating the route map previously stored in the route memory 22 with the positions from the reference point marks 32a to 32d by the image processing under the control of the CPU 20 (step S2). Then, the transit station is recognized by tracing the image data from the departure station and determining in which direction the image after the branch station extends (steps S3 and S4).

The detection of this branch point is also performed after the transit station is recognized in step S4, that is, step S3 again.
Is performed to determine whether there is a next branch point. When the determination in step S3 is "NO", the series of input processing ends.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the valid period may be read in an image by having a circle, such as 1, 3, 6 months, etc., which has been entered in advance, be attached at regular intervals. In addition, although the present invention is applied to the commuter ticket vending machine in the above embodiment, it may be applied to an automatic ticket vending machine.

[0023]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the boarding route can be specified by filling the route on the application form in which the route map is printed in advance, so that the customer can be used even when there are many transit routes. It is possible to provide a boarding route input device that can easily specify the passage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a boarding route input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing control contents.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of an application form and a state in which a route is specified by the application form.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents stored in an image memory.

[Explanation of symbols]

11, 12 ... Transport roller, 13 ... Application form, 14 ...
CCD sensor, 15 ... Signal amplification circuit, 16 ... Binary circuit, 17 ... Image memory, 18 ... Read control circuit, 20
... CPU, 21 ... ROM (read only memory),
22 ... Route memory.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A route map is printed in advance, image data reading means for reading the image data of a ticket purchase application form for designating a route to be purchased by painting the designated route, and the above route map. Route data storage means, a route extraction means for extracting a designated route from the image data read by the image data reading means, and an image data extracted by the route extraction means. Data and a route determining means for determining a departure station and a transit station of the route designated by the application form from the route map stored in the route data storage means. . 2. A ticket purchase application for designating a route to be purchased by filling a designated route with a reference mark printed in four corners and a route map preprinted based on the reference mark. Image data reading means for reading the image data of the paper, route data storage means for storing the relative address of each station and branch station on the route map from the reference mark, and the image data The route extraction means for extracting the designated route from the image data read by the data reading means, the departure and arrival stations from the image data extracted by the route extraction means, and the image data sequentially from the departure station. A boarding route input device comprising: a route determining unit that traces data and determines a transit station based on a branching direction of image data at a branching station. 3. Purchasing tickets, etc., in which reference marks are printed in the four corners, and route maps are printed in advance based on the reference marks and the designated routes are filled in to designate the route to be purchased. Image data reading means for reading the image data on the application form, route data storage means for storing the relative address of each station and branch station on the route map from the reference mark, and the image reading Distortion detecting means for detecting distortion in the x and y directions of the image data read from the x and y coordinates of the reference mark read by the means, and the image read by the image data reading means. The data is corrected according to the distortion detected by the distortion detecting means, the route extracting means for extracting the designated route, and the departure and arrival stations are extracted from the image data extracted by the route extracting means, Follow the image data in sequence from the departure station and branch station Ride path input apparatus characterized by comprising a determining route determining means via the station of the branch direction of the motor - the image data of.