JPH07200688A - Station job equipment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To centralizedly manage the jobs of station job equipments such as a commutation ticket issuing machine and an automatic ticket issuing machine, etc., by providing an ID card reader in the respective station job equipments and enabling the use of the station job equipments when the ID number of an ID card is the ID number with which jobs can be performed by the respective station job equipments. CONSTITUTION:When a station employee performs the issuing job of a commutation ticket by using the commutation ticket issuing machine 3, the ID card possessed by the station employee is inserted to the ID card reader/writer 3a of the commutation ticket issuing machine 3. The ID number of the ID card read by the ID card reader/writer 3a is transmitted through a communication line 2 to a host computer 1. When the transmitted ID number is present in the ID numbers with which a commutation ticket issuing job can be performed stored in a RAM, the host computer 1 returns a signal indicating OK to the commutation ticket issuing machine 3 of a transmission origin. In this case, when the station employee performs the issuing job of the commutation ticket, which station employee performs the commutation ticket, issuing job from what time until what time is recorded in the host computer 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a station service device system for centrally managing station service devices such as commuter ticket issuing machines and automatic ticket vending machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the labor saving of station work, an automatic ticket vending machine which prints and issues a ticket by a user's operation has become widespread. In addition, commuter ticket issuing machines that issue commuter tickets at the counter by operating station staff have become popular.

These stationery devices such as commuter ticket issuing machines and automatic ticket vending machines are functioning independently, or even if each is connected to the photo computer online, only the device data such as ticket issuing data. Was communicating.

[0004]

For this reason, it has not been possible to collect the data on which station staff is operating which station affairs equipment at which time zone. For this reason, the task total such as which station staff is operating which station affair equipment at which time zone is manually performed.

Further, since any station staff can operate the station service equipment, there is a problem that troubles occur. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a station service device system capable of centrally managing the business of station service devices such as commuter ticket issuing machines and automatic ticket vending machines. is there.

[0006]

A station affairs equipment system according to claim 1 connects station affairs equipment such as a commuter ticket issuing machine and an automatic ticket vending machine via a host computer and a communication line, I have installed an ID card reader on business equipment, and I
Judgment means for judging whether the ID read by the D-card reader coincides with the ID number registered in the host computer, and if it is judged by this judgment means that there is a coincidence, the station Means for enabling the use of the business equipment.

A station service device system according to a second aspect of the present invention is a commuter pass issuing machine via a host computer and a communication line.
A station service device such as an automatic ticket vending machine is connected to the station service device, and an ID card reader is provided on the station service device. The ID number read by the ID card reader is registered in the host computer. When it is determined that the ID number matches the ID number, and when the determination unit determines that the ID number matches, the means that enables the use of the station service device, and after the unit determines that the ID number matches, Means for transmitting the usage time information of the station service equipment to the host computer.

A station service equipment system according to a third aspect of the present invention is a commuter pass issuing machine via a host computer and a communication line.
A station service device such as an automatic ticket vending machine is connected to the station service device, and an ID card reader is provided on the station service device. The ID number read by the ID card reader is registered in the host computer. When it is determined that the ID number matches the ID number, and when the determination unit determines that the ID number matches, the means that enables the use of the station service device, and after the unit determines that the ID number matches, And a means for transmitting the usage time information of the station service equipment to the host computer, wherein the host computer has a function of managing the operation of each station employee based on the usage time information transmitted from the station service equipment. It is characterized by having.

A station service device system according to a fourth aspect is a commuter pass issuing machine via a host computer and a communication line.
A station service device such as an automatic ticket vending machine is connected to the station service device, and an ID card reader is provided on the station service device. The ID number read by the ID card reader is registered in the host computer. When it is determined by the determination means that determines whether the ID numbers match, if the determination means determines that they match, the means that enables the use of the station service equipment, and if the determination means determines that they do not match. Has the above ID
Means for ejecting the ID card from the card reader.

[0010]

The station card equipment, such as a commuter ticket issuing machine and an automatic ticket vending machine, which are connected to the host computer through a communication line, are provided with ID card readers, and the ID of the ID card is read.
When the number is an ID number that can be used by each station service device, the station service device can be used.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the station service equipment system,
2 is a diagram showing the system configuration of a host computer, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of a commuter ticket issuing machine, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an automatic ticket vending machine, and FIG.
Is a flow chart showing the control contents of each station service device, and FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the control contents of the host computer.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a host computer for centrally managing station service equipment. The host computer 1 has a plurality of commuter ticket issuing machines 3, a plurality of automatic ticket vending machines 4, and an ID card reader / writer installed at a place for conducting window operations such as manned ticket gates via a communication line 2. 5 is connected.

Each commuter ticket issuing machine 3 has an ID
A card reader / writer 3a is connected to each automatic ticket vending machine 4, and an ID card reader / writer 4a is connected to each vending machine 4.

The system configuration of the host computer will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU (central processing unit) that controls the host computer as a whole. In addition to the control program shown in FIG. 6, the system bus of the CPU 11 includes a ROM (read only memory) 12 for storing various control programs and a RAM.
A (random access memory) 13 and a communication I / F (interface) 14 are connected. This communication I / F
14 is connected to the communication line 2 of FIG.

The RAM 13 stores an ID card held by each station employee for each work that can be performed (issue of a commuter pass, automatic ticket vending machine).
Remember the phone number. Next, the system configuration of the commuter pass issuing machine will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG.
Reference numeral 21 denotes a CPU (central processing unit) that comprehensively controls the commuter pass issuing machine. System bus 21 of this CPU 21
In a, a display including a condition setting unit 22, a boarding section setting unit 23 in which a plurality of station name buttons are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a CRT display device that displays information and the like input by the boarding section setting unit 23 Part 24, issue date display part 2
5. A name reading unit 26, a name transfer unit 27, a credit card, a bank card, etc. provided corresponding to an application form insertion slot (not shown) into which an application form in which purchase information is written by a purchaser is inserted. A credit card reading section 28 provided corresponding to a card insertion slot (not shown) to be inserted, a commuter ticket issuing slot (not shown) for issuing a new commuter ticket and a receipt in the staff issue mode ), A commuter pass issuing unit 29, a journal printer 30, a journal printer 22 for printing sales data and the like on a journal (not shown), and various commuter pass issuances. In addition to the magnetic disk device 31 which handles a magnetic disk (not shown) in which information such as sales data or fare data is stored, the flow of FIG.
A memory 32 in which the control programs and character patterns shown in the chart are stored, and a communication control unit 3 connected to the host computer via the above-mentioned communication line 2.
3. An ID card reader / writer 34 for reading magnetic information stored in the ID card and writing magnetic information in the ID card is connected.

Next, the system configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, on the customer service side of the automatic ticket vending machine, a display unit 41 that displays information and the amount of money to be inserted, the section fare of the release route is displayed on the light based on the amount of money to be inserted, and the money card (such as a prepaid card Cards with specific value) A plurality of variable display account buttons (push button switches with built-in numeric display) 42 that light up and display the purchaseable content based on the remaining amount of A, the number of purchases, children's tickets, discount tickets A condition button (push button switch) 43 to be designated, a card insertion slot 44 through which the money card A is inserted and the money card A is ejected, a coin insertion opening 45 through which coins are inserted,
A bill insertion slot 46 through which a bill is inserted and a bill is ejected, and a boarding ticket issuing slot 47 for issuing a boarding ticket are provided.

The card slot 44 is connected to the card section 48. The card section 48 has a function of reading or rewriting the remaining amount of the magnetically recorded amount of the money card A inserted from the card slot 44.

The bill slot 46 is connected to the bill processing section 49. The banknote processing unit 49 receives and inspects the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot 46, or ejects a banknote as a fishing tag from the banknote insertion slot 46.

The coin slot 45 is connected to the coin inspection unit 50, and the coin inspection unit 50 is connected to the change coin unit 51. As a result, the coins discriminated by the coin inspection section 50 are stored in the change section 51 as change and can be discharged from an outlet (not shown). In addition, ticket issue port 47
In addition to the change section 51, a ticket issuing mechanism section 52 is also connected to. The ticket issuing mechanism unit 52 is composed of a printing unit 53 and an encoding unit 54.

In the ticket issuing mechanism section 52, the ticket printed by the printing section 53 using a thermal head (not shown) is sent to the encoding section 54, and is automatically recorded in the magnetic recording section (not shown) of the encoding section 254. The magnetic information for the ticket gates is recorded and released from the ticket issuing port 47 to the tray as a ticket.

Reference numeral 55 denotes an ID card reader / writer which reads magnetic information stored in the ID card and writes magnetic information to the ID card.
The da / writer 55 is provided on the back side of the automatic ticket vending machine on which the staff operation unit is installed. Reference numeral 56 is a communication I / F connected to the host computer via the communication line 2 described above.

Then, the card section 48 and the bill processing section 4
The main control unit 57 controls all of the coin check unit 50, the change unit 51, the ticket issuing mechanism unit 52, the display unit 41, the condition button 43, and the variable display account button 42. The main controller 57 is mainly composed of, for example, a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits, and controls the entire ticket vending machine as well as the control shown in the flowchart of FIG.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention constructed as described above will be explained with reference to the flow chart of FIG. For example, when a station staff uses the commuter ticket issuing machine 3 to issue commuter tickets, the ID card owned by the station staff is used.
The card is inserted into the ID card reader / writer 34 of the commuter pass issuing machine 3 shown in FIG. Then, the ID card reader / writer 3
The ID number of the ID card read in 4 is the communication line 2
Is transmitted to the host computer 1 via.

As shown in FIG. 6, the host computer 1 performs online management, management of station affairs equipment, and totalization of the work of each station employee. In this online management, the host computer 1 sends data. It is determined whether or not the generated ID number is in the ID number stored in the RAM 13 that allows the commuter pass issuance work.

When the transmitted ID number is in the ID number stored in the RAM 13 and capable of issuing a commuter pass, the host computer 1 sends an OK signal to the commuter pass issuing machine as the transmission source. Return to 3.

When the commuter pass issuing machine 3 receives the signal indicating that it is OK, the commuter pass issuing machine 3 is ready to actually start the work. And the station staff is responsible for issuing commuter passes. First, when a commuter pass purchase application is made using the application form, the clerk uses the condition setting operation unit 22 and the boarding section setting unit 23 to provide predetermined data based on the purchase application contents (for example, departure / arrival stations, transit, commuter pass types (commuting, commuting) ), Purchase month, gender, age, date of issue, etc.). Further, the clerk inserts the application form into the application form insertion port (not shown), and the name reading unit 26 reads the name described in the application form.

Then, the CPU 21 causes the display section 24 to display the issuance content and the charge corresponding to the input data. Also,
The CPU 21 reads a character pattern from the memory 22 based on the input data, and the character pattern and the name transfer unit 2
Pixel data corresponding to the name of the customer's handwriting read in 7 and the print data on the surface of the corresponding commuter pass
The data is edited and created and displayed on the display unit 24.

Then, when the issued contents displayed on the display section 24 are satisfied, the clerk inputs the start key. Then, the CPU 21 determines from which hopper the ticket type should be transported according to the above-mentioned commuter ticket type ((commuting, attending school) and gender, and activates the take-out roller of the corresponding hopper to handle the corresponding ticket. Transport the seeds to the printing station.
In this printing unit, the name transfer based on the image pattern data of the purchaser's name and the purchase contents are printed, and the above-mentioned issued contents are magnetically recorded by the magnetic head downstream of this printing unit. publish.

Further, the CPU 21 stores the transaction result on the magnetic disk by the magnetic disk device 31 and prints it on the journal. As a result, the station staff receives the commuter pass fee displayed on the customer display (not shown) from the purchaser and passes the issued commuter pass to the purchaser.

When the series of commuter pass issuing work is completed, the station staff ends the work of the commuter pass issuing machine. Then,
This business end signal is transmitted to the host computer 1 via the communication line 2.

In the host computer 1, in the device management process of the flow chart of FIG. 6 described above, it is recorded which station staff performed the commuter pass issuing work from what time to what time.

The ID card is an ID card reader /
It is discharged from the writer 34. On the other hand, if the transmitted ID number is not among the ID numbers stored in the RAM 13 and capable of issuing commuter passes, an error display is displayed on the display unit 2.
4, the ID card is immediately ejected from the ID card reader / writer 34.

Therefore, it is possible to prohibit the use of the commuter pass issuing machine by the station staff who are not permitted to perform the business of the commuter pass issuing machine. Further, when the station staff operates the clerk operation section of the automatic ticket vending machine to manually return the change, the ID card is first provided on the rear surface of the automatic ticket vending machine 4. -Insert into the writer / writer 55.

Then, the same processing as in the flow chart of FIG. 5 is also performed in the automatic ticket vending machine 4. That is, the ID number of the ID card read by the ID card reader / writer 55 is transmitted to the host computer 1 via the communication line 2.

As shown in FIG. 6, the host computer 1 performs online management, management of station affairs equipment, and totalization of the work of each station employee. In this online management, the host computer 1 sends data. It is determined whether or not the generated ID number is in the ID number stored in the RAM 13 that enables the vending machine operation.

If the transmitted ID number is in the ID number stored in the RAM 13 and capable of performing automatic ticket vending operations, the host computer 1 sends an OK signal to the automatic ticket vending machine 4 as the transmission source. Return to.

When the automatic ticket vending machine 4 receives the signal indicating that it is OK, it becomes ready to start the business. Hereinafter, the station staff operates the staff operation unit to manually return the change. When such automatic ticket vending machine work is completed, the station staff ends the automatic ticket vending machine business.

Then, the business end signal is transmitted to the host computer 1 through the communication line 2. In the host computer 1, in the device management process of the flow chart process described above with reference to FIG. 6, it is recorded which station staff performed the automatic ticket vending operation from what time to what time.

The ID card is an ID card reader /
It is discharged from the writer 55. On the other hand, if the transmitted ID number is not among the ID numbers stored in the RAM 13 that enable the vending machine operation, an error display is displayed on the display unit 2.
4, the ID card is immediately ejected from the ID card reader / writer 55.

For this reason, it is possible to prohibit the use of the commuter pass issuing machine by station staff who are not permitted to operate the automatic ticket vending machine. Also, when a station staff stands at a manned ticket gate,
Insert the ID card into the ID card reader / writer 5.
Subsequent operations are the same as those of the commuter ticket issuing machine and the automatic ticket vending machine.

In this way, by setting the ID numbers of the station staff who can work for each of a plurality of jobs in the host computer 1 in advance, the use of station service equipment other than the designated station staff is prohibited. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the station staff from being illegal about the use of the station service equipment.

The RAM 13 of the host computer 1
Since each station employee records which task from what time to what hour, the task management of each station employee can be automatically aggregated. The station service device is not limited to the commuter ticket issuing machine and the automatic ticket vending machine, but may be a settlement machine or the like.

[0043]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the work of the station service equipment such as the commuter ticket issuing machine and the automatic ticket vending machine is centrally managed. It is possible to provide a station service equipment system capable of doing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a station service device system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a host computer.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a commuter pass issuing machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an automatic ticket vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the control contents of each station service device.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the control contents of the host computer.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Host computer, 2 ... Communication line, 3 ... Commuter ticket issuing machine, 4 ... Automatic ticket vending machine, 5 ... ID card reader / writer.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A station service device such as a commuter ticket issuing machine or an automatic ticket vending machine is connected to a host computer via a communication line, and an ID card reader is provided on the station service device to provide an ID card. Determination means for determining whether the ID number read by the terminal reading device matches the ID number registered in the host computer; and if the determination means determines that they match, the station service equipment The station service equipment system, which is provided with means for enabling the use of the station work equipment. 2. A station computer such as a commuter ticket issuing machine or an automatic ticket vending machine is connected to a host computer via a communication line, and an ID card reading device is provided on the station service equipment. Determination means for determining whether the ID number read by the terminal reading device matches the ID number registered in the host computer; and if the determination means determines that they match, the station service equipment Station service equipment, and means for transmitting the usage time information of the station service equipment to the host computer after it is determined to match by this means. system. 3. A station service device such as a commuter ticket issuing machine or an automatic ticket vending machine is connected to the host computer via a communication line, and an ID card reader is provided on the station service device to provide an ID card. Determination means for determining whether the ID number read by the terminal reading device matches the ID number registered in the host computer; and if the determination means determines that they match, the station service equipment Means for enabling the use of the station computer, and means for transmitting the use time information of the station service device to the host computer after it is determined by the means that the host computer is used. A station affairs equipment system, which is equipped with a task totalization management function for each station employee based on the usage time information transmitted from the affairs equipment. 4. A station service device such as a commuter ticket issuing machine or an automatic ticket vending machine is connected to a host computer via a communication line, and an ID card reader is provided on the station service device to provide an ID card. Determination means for determining whether the ID number read by the terminal reading device matches the ID registered in the host computer, and if the determination means determines that they match, the station service equipment When it is determined that the means that enables use and the determination means do not match,
A station service equipment system comprising a means for discharging the ID card from the ID card reader.