JPH0743779B2 - Ticket processing terminal device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to the issue of boarding tickets for aircraft and various types of reservation tickets, the processing of information on the tickets, and the exchange and issue processing of gold tickets and reservation tickets. The present invention relates to a ticket processing terminal device capable of performing.

(Prior Art) Reservation systems have been developed not only in the field of traffic passengers or entertainment such as theater and music concerts but also in various fields. In such a system, in order to accurately manage a large amount of reservation information according to the reservation form, automation of reservation has been conventionally promoted, and along with that, a ticket issuing device for each industry has been proposed and put into practical use. It is becoming popular.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a configuration example of a ticket issuing device showing an example thereof. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a casing of the ticket issuing device, and an operating portion provided with a plurality of operation keys for inputting information operated by an operator, a so-called keyboard 2 is provided on an upper portion of a front panel of the casing 1. ing. Further, a display unit 3 such as a CRT for displaying information is provided on the housing 1.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a ticket outlet provided on the upper surface of the housing 1, and reference numeral 5 denotes a printer unit for ticket issuing arranged in the housing 1. The printer unit 5 includes a platen 6, a print head 7 arranged so as to face the platen 6, a ribbon supply reel 8 and a ribbon take-up reel 9, and both the reels 8 and 9 are wound and printed. An ink ribbon 10 set so as to be able to pass through the front surface of the head 7, a motor (not shown) for driving these 6 to 10, a power transmission mechanism thereof, and the like are provided.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an unprinted medium that should be a reservation ticket or the like, and is stored in a hopper 12 provided at the bottom of the housing 1 in a zigzag folded state. Here, the hopper 12 includes a sensor (not shown) for detecting the near end of the medium 11 and other necessary mechanisms.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a conveyance path including a belt and rollers for nipping and conveying the medium 11. The transport path 13 is arranged so as to connect the print medium supply port of the hopper 12, the printing unit including the platen 6 and the print head 7 in the printer unit 5, and the printing unit and the ticket discharge port 4. In addition, this transport path 13
A cutter 14 is provided midway, that is, at a position between the print medium supply port and the printing unit.

Reference numeral 15 is a journal printer unit provided above the printer unit 5. The journal printer unit 15 includes a roll of journal paper 16, a platen 17,
A print head arranged to face the platen 17
18 and winding rollers 19a, 19b arranged on the upper surface of the housing 1.
And a motor for driving these 16 to 19a and 19b and a power transmission mechanism thereof. Here, the journal paper 16 passes from the supporting portion between the platen 17 and the print head 18, passes through the paper discharge port provided on the upper surface of the housing 1, and the take-up roller 19
It is set to reach a, 19b.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the ticket issuing device of FIG. 4 described above. In the figure, reference numeral 20 is a main control device for controlling the entire device. The main control unit 20 includes the keyboard 2, the printer unit 5, and the journal printer unit 15, as well as a display control unit 21, a discharge sensor 22, a hopper mechanism unit 23, and a memory such as RAM.
24, the communication control unit 25, and the transport control unit 26 are connected, and all of them are under the control of the main control unit 20.

Here, the display control unit 21 controls the contents displayed on the display unit 3, and the outlet sensor 22 is for detecting the presence or absence of a ticket at the ticket outlet 4 in FIG. The hopper mechanism section 23 is configured by a sensor for detecting the near end included in the hopper 12, a supply unit of the medium 11, and the like.

The memory 24 is used to store information and the like input from the keyboard 2 and the like, and the communication control unit 25
Is a so-called interface for exchanging information with the host device. Further, the transport control unit 26 includes a drive device group 27 such as a motor and a solenoid (not shown) that drives the belt and rollers that form the transport unit 13, and a sensor group 28 that detects the transport state of the medium 11 transported by the transport path 13. To control.

In this configuration, for example, when issuing a seat reservation ticket for a train, when the operator inputs information such as a departure / arrival station name, train name, train number, boarding date and time, etc., the information is temporarily stored in the memory 24. At the same time, the main control unit
20 communicates with the host device via the communication control unit 25, and the seat information of the train specified by the above information is retrieved from the file unit of the host device.

Then, when the retrieved seat information is sent to the main control unit 20 via the communication control unit 25, the main control unit 20 temporarily stores the seat information in the memory 24 and displays it via the display control unit 21. Display on the part 3.

Looking at this, the operator determines whether or not it is possible to make a reservation for seat designation, and if possible, inputs the seat number to be reserved and information for issuing a ticket using the keyboard 2, and the seat number is stored in the memory 24. At the same time, the main controller 20 drives the drive device group 27 via the transport controller 26.

As a result, when the transport path 13 transports the medium 11 to a predetermined position, the medium 11 is cut into a predetermined length by the cutter 14, and then the medium 11 is further transported by the transport path 13 so that the position to be printed is the printer unit. It is located on platen 6 of 5.

After that, the main control unit 20 sends the above-mentioned information stored in the memory 24 and the printing instruction to the printer unit 5, whereby the print head 7 prints the above-mentioned information on the medium 11 via the ink ribbon 10. To do.

When printing is completed, the main controller 20 drives the drive device group 27 via the transport controller 26. As a result, the medium 11 is conveyed by the conveying path 13 toward the ticket ejection port 4, and a shutter (not shown) is opened to eject the medium 11 from the ticket ejection port 4 as a reserved ticket.

Note that the journal printer unit 15 prints out information for storage in the above processing, operates according to an instruction from the main control unit 20, prints on the journal paper 16 by the print head 18, and then the journal 16 is wound. It is wound by the take-up rollers 19a and 19b.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-described conventional ticket issuing device, the medium to be processed as a reservation ticket or the like is limited to only one type of medium stored in advance in the hopper. There is a problem that the exchange and issue of tickets and the processing of information for other tickets cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and can issue a ticket at high speed to shorten the issuing time, or it is possible to process a plurality of types of tickets and to improve the accuracy of the ticket issuing process. It is an object of the present invention to realize a ticket processing terminal device that can be improved and therefore can reduce the burden on the operator.

(Means for Solving Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the ticket processing terminal device of the present invention includes (a) a display unit for displaying information and messages necessary for processing the ticket, and (b) a ticket. Insertion port and discharge port, (c) a hopper for accommodating a medium, (d) a separating and feeding means for separating and feeding the medium one by one from the inside of the hopper, (e) a ticket inserted from the insertion port A stacker for storing a ticket to be exchanged for the medium, (f) a ticket processing for printing on a ticket or a medium to be inserted from the insertion opening or delivered from the hopper and discharged to the discharge opening Printer section,
(G) between the temporary stacking section capable of accommodating a plurality of tickets inserted from the insertion slot, (h) between the insertion slot, the discharge slot, the separating and feeding means, the stacker, the ticket processing printer section, and the temporary stacking section A transport path for transporting the ticket and the medium,
(I) Information reading means provided in the middle of the conveying path for reading information given to the ticket and medium, (j) In the middle of the conveying path for writing and updating information on the ticket and medium And (k) the temporary stacking unit until the processing mode is determined based on the information added to the ticket inserted from the insertion slot read by the information reading unit. And a control means for controlling each of the components so that the ticket in the temporary stacking unit or the medium in the hopper is fed out and the print issuing process is performed after the processing mode is determined. .

(Operation) The technical means of the present invention operates as follows. When the information from the operation unit indicates the processing mode for issuing a ticket from the medium in the hopper, the control unit (for example, a main control unit described later) controls each component as follows. First, the separating and feeding means feeds the medium from the hopper, and when it is necessary to write information on the fed medium, the information writing means writes the information. For example, when the information writing unit is a magnetic write unit, magnetic information is written on the magnetic stripe of the medium. Further, the written contents are read by an information reading unit (for example, a magnetic lead unit) and sent to the control unit, and the control unit checks. On the other hand, when the information is correctly written and when it is not necessary to write the information, the medium is printed on the medium by the ticket processing printer unit, and the medium is issued from the outlet as a ticket having predetermined information.

When the information from the operation unit indicates a mode in which a ticket is inserted from the insertion slot and various processing is performed, the control unit controls each component as follows. First, after the information of the inserted ticket is read by the information reading means, the ticket is temporarily stored in the temporary stacking unit. The control means determines whether or not only one ticket can be processed, based on the reading result of the information reading means. If one ticket can be processed as a result of this determination, it is determined whether the inserted ticket is processed or the ticket is exchanged for a new ticket. When processing the inserted ticket, eject the ticket from the temporary stacking unit, and
When it is necessary to write information, the information writing unit (for example, a magnetic writing unit) writes and updates (including erasing) information as necessary, and the ticket processing printer unit
After printing if necessary, eject from the outlet. On the other hand, in the case of replacement issuance, the medium is unwound from the hopper, information is written and printed on this medium as in the case described above, or only printing is performed and a new ticket is exchanged and issued at the same time as the temporary stacking unit. Take the tickets stored in the stacker into the stacker.

On the other hand, when only one ticket cannot be processed, the control means displays on the display unit a message prompting the user to insert a new ticket related to the ticket, and when the tickets are sequentially inserted, the information is temporarily read. When the storage operation is performed for the number of inserted sheets and the information necessary for processing is gathered, the temporary stacking unit ejects the ticket,
Processing of temporarily stored tickets, processing of exchange and issuance with new tickets,
Also, the processing of storing the temporarily stored tickets in the stacker is selectively performed.

Therefore, high-speed processing of tickets becomes possible.

(Examples) Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of a ticket processing terminal device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the device shown in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. FIG.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 29 is a housing of the ticket processing terminal device. A keyboard 30, which is an operation unit including a plurality of keys for inputting information operated by an operator, is provided on the upper portion of the front panel of the housing 29. Also, the housing 29
A display unit 31 such as a CRT for displaying information is provided above.

32a is a groove of a predetermined length formed near the boundary between the housing 29 and the keyboard 30. A magnetic read head 32b for reading information from a magnetic stripe of a credit card or the like is provided in the groove 32a, and these constitute a manual card reader unit 33.

34 is a ticket insertion opening provided on the upper surface of the housing 29, 35 is a ticket ejection opening provided on the upper surface of the housing 29 so as to be adjacent to the ticket insertion opening 34, and 26 is provided inside the housing 29. Multiple hoppers.
In this embodiment, two hoppers 36 are removably provided near the bottom of the housing 29 on the front panel side, and each hopper 36 stores a medium used as a reservation ticket or the like. .

37 and 38 are separating and feeding means provided corresponding to the medium supply ports of the two hoppers 36. The separating and feeding means 37, 38 are each composed of a pickup roller, a reverse roller, a feed roller, etc., and are capable of separating and feeding one medium (not shown) from the hopper 36.

39 is a temporary stacking unit, and this temporary stacking unit 39
Is composed of a rotatable storage body having a plurality of ticket storage chambers, a means for storing and discharging a ticket in the storage body, a motor (M11) and a solenoid (MG5, 6) for driving these. And is arranged near the bottom of the housing 29.

A stacker 40 is arranged above the hopper 36. Two stackers 40 are also provided in this embodiment. A ticket collecting printer unit 44 including a print head 41, a platen 42, an ink ribbon cassette 43, and driving means for these members is provided near the ticket inlet of each stacker 40.

Reference numeral 45 denotes a ticket processing printer unit disposed on the upper rear side of the housing 29. The ticket processing printer unit 45 includes a platen 46, and a print head 47 disposed so as to face the platen 46,
A ribbon supply reel 48 and a ribbon take-up reel 49, an ink ribbon 50 wound around the reels 48 and 49 and set so as to be able to pass through the front surface of the print head 47, and drives these 46 to 50. Motor (M9) and solenoid (MG1
1) and its power transmission mechanism.

Denoted at 51a to 51g are conveying paths including belts and rollers for nipping and conveying various kinds of tickets inserted from the ticket insertion port 34 and the medium fed out from the hopper 36. By these respective transport paths 51a to 51g, the ticket insertion port 34, the ticket ejection port 35, the separating and feeding means 37, 38 of the hopper 36, the temporary stacking section 39, and the ticket intake of the stacker 40 are connected to each other. The platen 46 and print head 47 of the ticket processing printer unit 45 are
It is located in the middle of 51g.

Reference numeral 52 is a bar code reader as an identification information reading means arranged in the middle of the conveyance path 51a, 53 is a magnetic lead portion (R) arranged in the middle of the conveyance path 51b, and 54 is also arranged in the middle of the conveyance path 51b. The magnetic line parts (W) 55 are optical reading parts composed of a light source, a photoelectric conversion element and the like, and the optical reading part 55 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 51c.

Reference numeral 56 denotes a journal printer section provided above the ticket processing printer section 45. This journal printer section
Reference numeral 56 denotes a journal paper 57 wound in a roll shape, a platen 58, a print head 59 arranged so as to face the platen 58, and a take-up roller 60a provided on the upper surface of the apparatus housing 29. 60b, a motor for driving these 57 to 60a and 60b, a power transmission mechanism thereof, and the like. Here, the journal paper 57 is supported by the platen 58 and the print head from its supporting portion.
It is set so as to pass through the gap between the roller 59 and 59 and pass through the paper discharge port provided on the upper surface of the casing 29 and reach the take-up rollers 60a and 60b.

61a to 61c are blades for switching the conveying direction. blade
61a is rotatably provided at a branching / merging portion of the transport paths 51a and 51f, and the blade 61b is provided with the transport paths 51a and 51f.
And 51b and 51g are provided at the branch and confluence part, and the blade 61
c is provided at a branching / merging portion of the transport units 51b, 51c, 51d, and 51e.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the positions shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. In the figure, reference numeral 62 is a main control unit for controlling the entire apparatus. The main control unit 62 has a keyboard 3 shown in FIG.
0, bar code reader 52, magnetic lead section 53, magnetic write section 5
4, an optical reading unit 55, and a journal printer unit 56 are connected, a display control unit 63, a winding insertion port mechanism unit 64, a winding discharge port sensor 65, a hopper control unit 66, a temporary stacking control unit 67,
Stacker control unit 68, collection print control unit 69, ticket processing print control unit
70, a conveyance control unit 71, an optical recognition unit 72, a memory 73 such as a RAM, a communication control unit 74 and the like are connected, and these are all under the control of the main control unit 62.

Here, the display control unit 63 controls the display contents of the display unit 31 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 according to the instruction of the main control unit 62. The ticket insertion slot mechanism portion 64 is composed of a shutter 34a provided in the ticket insertion slot 34, a power system for the shutter 34a, a sensor, and the like, and a ticket ejection port sensor 65 is for detecting the presence or absence of a ticket in the ticket ejection port 35.

Further, the hopper control unit 66 controls the separating and feeding means 37, 38 shown in FIG. 1 and the motors (M2, M12, M13) and solenoids (MG7, MG10) which are the drive sources thereof, and also the hoppers 36 in each hopper 36. The type of medium has an identification function based on identification information from a hopper mechanism section 75 including a sensor (not shown), and a function capable of managing the medium based on at least the identification information and the information in the memory 73. have.

Further, the temporary stacking control unit 67 is a temporary stacking unit.
It controls the motors (M11) and solenoids (MG5, MG6) of 39, and the stacker control unit 68 has a function of managing each stacker 40 via the stacker mechanism unit 76 including a sensor (not shown). ing.

Then, the recovery print control unit 69 and the ticket processing print control unit 70,
Ticket collecting printer unit 44 and ticket processing printer unit, respectively
It controls 45. The transfer control unit 71 has transfer paths 51a-5
Drives a drive device group 77 such as a motor and a solenoid for driving a belt and a roller forming 1g, a sensor group 78 for detecting a conveyance state of tickets and media conveyed by the conveyance paths 51a to 51g, and blades 61a to 61c. Solenoid (MG2 to MG4)
The optical recognition unit 72 further converts the signal output from the optical reading unit 55 into information such as characters because it controls the transport path switching device group 79 such as.

Furthermore, the memory 73 is a storage unit for storing information necessary for processing a ticket or a medium, and the communication control unit 74 is a so-called interface for exchanging information with the host device.

Next, the operation of the ticket processing terminal device configured as described above will be described.

First, when the operator presses a predetermined key on the keyboard 30, the main control unit 62 causes the display control unit 63 to display a response message and the status of the device on the display unit 31.

When the operator presses a key on the keyboard 30 according to this message and inputs predetermined information, the main control unit 62 activates the device in response to the input, and causes the following ticket processing operation.

"Processing for feeding out a medium from the hopper 36 and issuing it as a ticket having predetermined information" When the information input is for instructing a process for performing printing or the like on a medium stored in the hopper 36,
The main control unit 62 gives the hopper control unit 66 a designation of the type of medium and an instruction of its feeding.

As a result, the hopper control unit 66 causes one of the two hoppers 36 to feed one designated medium. That is, the separating / feeding means 37 or 38 is selectively driven, whereby only the topmost medium in the predetermined hopper 36 is separated and fed out.

The fed-out medium is conveyed by the conveyance path 51d or 51e operating in advance by the conveyance control unit 71 driving a predetermined device of the drive device group 77 in accordance with an instruction from the main control unit 62. At this time, the transport path 51b also operates similarly, and the angle is switched so that the blade 61c is rotated by a predetermined device in the transport path switching device group 79 to connect the transport paths 51d or 51e to 51b. Therefore, the medium is delivered from the transport path 51d or 51e to the magnetic write section 54d.
Is transported to the position.

During this period, the main control unit 62 determines from the type of the medium whether or not to write magnetic information depending on whether or not the medium has a magnetic stripe, and when writing, a predetermined value stored in the memory 73 in advance. Information and its writing instruction are sent to the magnetic writing unit 54. As a result, the magnetic write unit 54 writes information on the magnetic stripe of the medium, and after writing, the information is read by the magnetic read unit 53 according to an instruction from the main control unit 62 and checked by the main control unit 62.

The information stored in the memory 73 is fixed information set according to the operation mode of the apparatus, information input by the operator in advance with the keyboard 2, or the main control unit 62 communicates with the host apparatus via the communication control unit 74. It is information or the like sent from the host device as a result of communication.

Now, when the above check is completed, the main control unit 62 drives a predetermined device of the drive device group 77 via the transport control unit 71 to operate the transport paths 51b and 51g, and the transport path switching device group 79. Blade 61 driving a given device
By rotating b, the blades 61b connect the conveyance paths 51b and 51g.

As a result, the medium is delivered from the transport paths 51b to 51g, and is transported between the platen 46 and the print head 47 of the ticket processing printer unit 45 by the transport path 51g, and then the operation of the transport path 51g is stopped.

Of course, at this point, the operation of the transport paths 51d or 51e and 51b is also stopped.

If the medium does not have a magnetic stripe, it is fed from the hopper 36 and then conveyed between the platen 46 and the print head 47 without writing or checking magnetic information.

Then, the main control unit 62 sends the information stored in the memory 73 and an instruction for printing the same to the ticket processing print control unit 70, which causes the ticket processing print control unit 70 to operate the ticket processing printer unit 45. Thus, the print head 47 of the ticket processing printer unit 45 prints on the predetermined position of the medium via the ink ribbon 50.

The information stored in the memory 73 in this case is the same as that in the above case.

When printing is completed, the transport path 51g operates again, and the medium is transported by this transport path 51g and discharged to the ticket discharge port 35, and the main control unit 62 displays a predetermined message via the display control unit 63. And wait for the operator to remove the media.

When the operator takes out the medium from the ticket outlet 35, it is detected by the ticket outlet sensor 65 provided in the ticket outlet 35, the detection signal is detected by the main control unit 62, the device is in the initial state. Return to and wait for the next processing.

As described above, depending on the medium fed out from the hopper 36,
Information can be written on the magnetic stripe or printed at a predetermined position on the medium and ejected from the ticket ejection port 35, so that reservation information for trains, aircrafts, etc. is held in the memory 73, host device files, etc. By doing so, the above-mentioned medium can be issued as a reservation ticket such as a seat reservation ticket or boarding ticket simply by the operator inputting predetermined information using the keyboard 30.

In particular, by installing this device in a travel agency, etc., even if the passenger does not issue a boarding pass to the passenger at the airport counter, boarding information with seat designation and a magnetic stripe is added at the travel agency. It becomes possible to issue tickets.

Of course, it is possible to issue not only these boarding passes for airplanes, seat reservation tickets for trains and boarding passes, but also seat reservation tickets for theaters or various coupon tickets.

"Process of reading the information of the ticket inserted from the ticket insertion port 34, writing new information, erasing the information, rewriting and then ejecting or issuing a replacement of the ticket" The above information input by the operator is the ticket insertion When a ticket is inserted from the mouth 34, printed on the ticket, and then instructed to eject the ticket, when the operator first inserts the ticket into the ticket insertion opening 34, the ticket is The above-mentioned ticket is detected by a sensor (not shown) of the ticket insertion slot mechanism section 64 provided in the insertion slot 34, and the detection signal is sent to the main control section 62.

As a result, the main control unit 62 operates the solenoid (MG1) of the ticket insertion slot mechanism unit 64 to open the shutter 34a, and drives a predetermined device of the drive device group 77 via the conveyance control unit 71. Thus, the transport paths 51a and 51e are operated.

As a result, when the above-mentioned ticket is taken into the conveying path 51a, the shutter 34a is closed, the taken-in ticket is conveyed through the conveying path 51a, and when this ticket is conveyed to the position of the barcode reader 52, The bar code reader 52 reads the bar code printed on the ticket in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 62, and then the conveyance path.
The operation of 51a is stopped.

The bar code read here is sent to the main control unit 62 as identification information for identifying the type of ticket, etc., and is temporarily stored in the memory 73. At the same time, the main control unit 62 is based on this identification information.
Thus, it is determined whether or not the ticket corresponds to the process instructed by the operator.

When it is determined that the condition does not apply, the above-mentioned conveyance path 51
The a operates so as to convey the ticket in the opposite direction, and at the same time, the shutter 34a is opened, and the ticket is returned to the ticket insertion port 34 and returned to the operator.

On the other hand, if it is determined to be applicable, the main control unit 62 issues a reading instruction to one or both of the magnetic reading unit 53 and the optical reading unit 55 according to the identification information. That is, based on the identification information, the main control unit 62 must instruct the magnetic read unit 53 and the optical reading unit 55 to read if the ticket has a magnetic stripe, and the ticket must have a magnetic stripe. For example, a reading instruction is issued only to the optical reading unit 55.

At the same time, the main control unit 62 drives the predetermined devices of the drive device group 77 and the transport path switching device group 79 via the transport control unit 71, whereby the transport path 5a together with the transport path 5a.
The blades 61a to 61c are rotated while the 1b and 51c are operated so that the conveyance paths 51a, 51b and 51c are connected.

As a result, the ticket is transferred to the transport path 51b via the transport path 51a, and if the ticket has a magnetic stripe in the middle of the transport path 51b, the information written on the magnetic stripe is the magnetic lead portion. The information read by 53 is sent to the main controller 62 and stored in the memory 73.

Thereafter, the ticket is further delivered to the transportation path 51b to 51c, the information printed or handwritten on the ticket is read by the optical reading unit 55 in the middle of the transportation path 51c, and the read information is passed through the optical recognition unit 72. Memory sent to main control unit 62 via
Temporarily stored in 73.

After that, the main control unit 62 gives the temporary stacking control unit 67 an instruction to store the ticket, which causes the temporary stacking control unit 67 to operate.
Operates the temporary stacking portion 39 to store the above-mentioned ticket in a predetermined storage chamber of the storage body.

Here, the main control unit 62 determines the type of processing to be subsequently performed by itself or by communicating with the host device via the communication control unit 74 based on the information of the ticket stored in the memory 73. , One of the following three types of processing is selected and executed according to the determination result.

<Process 1> The process 1 is performed based on the information read from the above-mentioned one ticket, and magnetic information is added to this ticket or predetermined information is printed and discharged.

That is, when this process 1 is selected, the main control unit 62 reversely drives a predetermined device of the drive device group 77 via the transport control unit 71, thereby operating the transport paths 51c and 51b, and temporarily stacking the control unit. The stacking unit 39 is temporarily operated via 67 to eject the ticket from the storage chamber of the storage body.

The ticket discharged from the storage body is sent to the transport path 51c to be transported, and is further delivered from the transport path 51c to the transport path 51b.

Thereafter, through the same steps as the medium fed from the hopper 36 described above, the medium is ejected from the ticket ejection port 35 and ejected by the operator.

<Process 2> In this process 2, the process is performed based on the information read from the above-mentioned one ticket, and this ticket is transferred to the stacker 40.
Information is added to the medium stored in the hopper 36, and a new ticket is exchanged and issued.

That is, when this process 2 is selected, the main control unit 62 gives the hopper control unit 66 a designation of the type of medium and an instruction of its feeding, and the medium fed by this is conveyed in the same manner as in the case described above, and if necessary, According to the writing of magnetic information, its check,
And, after printing the information, it is issued as a predetermined ticket from the ticket outlet 35 and the operator takes it out.

It should be noted that the issuance of this ticket is not limited to one, and a plurality of tickets can be issued according to the information from the above-mentioned ticket.

Thereafter, the main control unit 62 reversely drives a predetermined device of the drive device group 77 and the transport path switching device group 79 via the transport control unit 71, thereby operating the transport paths 51c, 51b, and 51f, and the blade. The conveyance paths 51c, 51b, and 51f are connected by rotating 61a to 61c.

Further, the main control unit 62 operates the temporary stacking unit 39 via the temporary stacking control unit 67, and ejects the ticket from the storage chamber of the storage body.

The ticket discharged from the storage body is sent to the transport path 51c, transported, and delivered to the transport path 51b. If the ticket has a magnetic stripe in the middle of the transport path 51b,
In accordance with an instruction from the main control unit 62, the magnetic write unit 54 writes magnetic information such as cancellation or invalidation on the magnetic stripe.

After that, the ticket is delivered from the transport path 51b to the transport path 51f and is transported by the transport path 51f. On the way, the ticket collecting printer operated by the collecting / printing control section 69 according to an instruction from the main control section 62 in advance. The print head 41 of the section 44 performs printing such as cancellation or invalidation on the ticket through the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon cassette 43.

After the completion of printing, the ticket is taken into the stacker 40 according to its type.

<Process 3> This process 3 cannot be performed only by the information read from the one ticket described above, but is performed by reading the information of a plurality of tickets, and the process is the ticket insertion slot. Information is written, erased, rewritten, or a new ticket is exchanged for the ticket inserted from the.

That is, when the main control unit 62 selects this processing 3, in other words, the main control unit 62 determines from the information read by the bar code reader 52, the magnetic read unit 53, the optical reading unit 55 and temporarily stored in the memory 73. Alone or communication control unit 74
As a result of communicating with the host device via the above, if the information of the one ticket is insufficient and it is determined that the processing cannot be performed unless the information of the plurality of tickets is available, the main control unit 62 responds accordingly. The displayed message is displayed on the display unit 31 via the display control unit 63.

As a result, when the operator sequentially inserts a plurality of tickets from the ticket insertion port 34, the ticket is transferred → the information is read →
When the temporary stacking operation is performed for the number of inserted sheets and the data necessary for performing the processing are prepared, the main control unit 62 communicates with the host device by itself or through the communication control unit 74, and thus the temporarily stacked tickets. It is determined whether to add or update information to itself or exchange and issue a new ticket.

When adding or updating information to the temporarily stacked tickets themselves, the tickets stored in the storage chamber of the storage unit of the temporary stacking unit 39 are discharged in the order of first-in / first-out or randomly. Then, the same operation as the above-described processing 1 is performed, and when a new ticket is exchanged and issued, the same operation as the processing 2 is performed.

In this case, information is written, erased, or rewritten on some of the temporarily stacked tickets.
Other tickets can be exchanged for new tickets, and in the case of exchange issuance, the number of tickets to be taken in and the number of tickets to be issued can be different.

As described above, the read tickets are stored in the temporary stacking unit 39 until the above-described processing mode based on the information read from the one or more tickets inserted from the ticket insertion port 34 is determined. After the processing mode is determined, the ticket in the temporary stacking unit 39 or the medium in the hopper 36 may be fed out, and information may be written, erased, or rewritten on the ticket and then discharged, or a new ticket may be exchanged and issued. Therefore, for example, not only can you edit, issue, change, etc. of magnetic tickets on trains and airplanes, but you can also automatically exchange service tickets, coupons for cash, or tickets of equivalent value with passports. It becomes possible, and it is also possible to exchange and issue a ticket without a magnetic stripe for a ticket with a magnetic stripe, so it is possible to exchange an aircraft reservation ticket issued outside the device for a boarding pass. It is possible.

The journal printer unit 56
It outputs the status of the device and the contents of information processing generated in the process, the contents of the display screen of the display unit 31, and the like, and operates by the instruction from the main control unit 62, and the print head 59
Thus, the journal paper 57 is printed, and the journal paper 57 is wound by the winding rollers 60a and 60b.

Further, the sensor group 78 detects the transportation state of the ticket by the transportation paths 51a to 51g as described above, and when the transportation error is detected by the sensor group 78 during each processing described above, the abnormal ticket is a ticket. If it is ejected from the insertion port 34 or the ticket ejection port 35 or the like, is taken into the stacker 40, or if these ejection or intake is impossible, the operator is informed by notifying means etc. not shown so as to perform recovery work. Details are omitted.

Further, the manual card reader unit 33 including the groove 32a and the magnetic read head 32b is used as a card information input means in the case of making a financial decision in each of the above processes with a bank card or a credit card. 32a
The information is read by the magnetic read head 32b of the card by manually inserting the card into the card, and the read information is sent to the main control unit 62 and stored in the memory 73, and the decision is made by a predetermined process.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, the position of each component in the housing 29 can be arbitrarily changed, and the ticket insertion port 34 and the ticket ejection port 35 can be configured as one ticket insertion and ejection port.

Further, although the number of hoppers 36 and the number of stackers 40 are two in each of the above-described embodiments, each may be one, or three or more.

Furthermore, since the above-described embodiment has a total of three printer units, if one of them, for example, the ticket processing printer unit 45 is configured as a printer unit that also serves as receipt printing, it is possible to make a decision by the above card. It is also possible to issue a receipt to

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention has the ticket insertion port and the ticket ejection port, the display unit, the ticket processing printer unit, the hopper for storing the medium, the information reading unit, the information writing unit. , A temporary stacking section and a stacker for taking in tickets are provided so that new information can be written, erased, rewritten, etc. on the ticket and its magnetic stripe to which information has been added in advance, and by the information reading means. Until the processing mode based on the information given to the inserted ticket from the read insertion slot is determined, the read ticket is temporarily stored in the stacking unit, and after the processing mode is determined, the ticket or the hopper in the temporary stacking unit is stored. Since information is written to the medium of the above so that it can be issued as a ticket having predetermined information, it means the medium having a magnetic stripe, the ticket, and a plurality of sheets. It is possible to process multiple types of tickets, including tickets with, and to write and delete information on tickets issued outside the device.
The effect that it becomes possible to rewrite and add printing, and to exchange tickets, and to realize a highly versatile device that is capable of issuing, exchanging and changing other types of reservation tickets such as boarding tickets for aircraft. Is obtained.

In addition, since the types of tickets inserted in the device and the types of media stored in the hopper can be automatically identified, the types of tickets and the media issued as tickets can be collected collectively without the operator having to worry about the operation. Since it can be processed by the operator and the number of operations by the operator is small, the operator's burden can be reduced.

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FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of a ticket processing terminal device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the device shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the apparatus of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a conventional example, and FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the conventional example. 30: keyboard, 31: display section, 33: card reader section, 34: ticket insertion slot, 34a: shutter, 35: ticket ejection slot, 36: hopper, 37, 38: separating and feeding means, 39: temporary stacking section, 40 : Stacker, 44: Ticket collection printer section, 45: Ticket processing printer section, 51a to 51g: Conveyance path, 52: Bar code reader, 53: Magnetic lead section, 54: Magnetic light section, 55: Optical reading section, 56: journal printer unit, 61a to 61c: blade, 62: main control unit, 73: memory, 74: communication control unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display unit for displaying information and a message necessary for processing a ticket, (b) a slot for inserting and ejecting a ticket, (c) a hopper for storing a medium, and (d) an inside of the hopper. (E) A stacker for storing a ticket to be exchanged for the medium among the bills inserted from the insertion opening, and (f) an insertion opening from the insertion opening. Or a ticket processing printer unit for printing on a ticket or a medium to be discharged from the hopper and discharged to the discharge port, (g) a temporary storage for a plurality of tickets inserted from the insertion port Stacking unit, (h) the insertion port, the discharge port, the separating and feeding means, the stacker,
A transport path for transporting the ticket and the medium between the ticket processing printer section and the temporary stacking section, (i) information reading means provided in the middle of the transport path for reading information attached to the ticket and the medium (J) Information writing means provided in the middle of the conveyance path for writing and updating information on the ticket and medium, (k) a ticket inserted from the insertion slot read by the information reading means The read ticket is stored in the temporary stacking unit until the processing mode based on the given information is determined, and after the processing mode is determined, the ticket in the temporary stacking unit or the medium in the hopper is unwound and printing is issued. A ticket processing terminal device, comprising: control means for controlling each of the above-mentioned components so as to process the ticket.