JPH0778272A - Automatic ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a machine have a constitution that an operation button is easy to be depressed even by a person who is difficult to reach a high portion such as a child, etc. CONSTITUTION:This machine is composed of an operation part 13 which is stored in the inclined part of a body, where operation buttons 14 which are freely rotatably installed and display and input the contents in which at least tickets are possible to be purchased are arranged, a specific button 20 instructing and inputting the rotation of the operation part provided on the body except the operation part, a means 11 performing a control to rotate the operation part based on the instruction and input of the specific button and a means 11 performing an issuing ticket processing in response to the input of the operation button.

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 for automatically selling a ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The development of automated equipment for railway ticketing is remarkable, and in recent years, various automatic ticket vending machines for issuing limited express tickets, designated tickets and commuter tickets in addition to boarding tickets have been used.

[0003] In each of these, after the required amount of money has been inserted, the desired ticket is selected and designated from a group of operation buttons called a customer service side, whereby the designated ticket is issued and change is paid. Has been done.

In these automatic ticket vending machines, the height of a coin slot and a selection button (a touch panel has been adopted in recent years) in consideration of the operability of an average adult standing. The height of the train and the positions of the ticket and the exit of the change were specified.

[0005]

However, with the spread and expansion of automated equipment in recent years, it has become impossible to purchase other than automated equipment. For this reason, there is a strong demand for treatment for vulnerable persons such as children and physically handicapped persons, and the overall arrangement is being reviewed.

That is, the position of the coin slot of the automatic ticket vending machine is arranged near the outlet (height of about 800 mm),
The height of the entire device is reduced by making the operation button group a tilted arrangement of 45 ° to 60 °, which has been put to practical use in various fields.

However, in reality, although the overall height is lowered, the depth of the operation button group is increased, so that the operability is still a step for a child in a lower grade and a wheelchair user. FIG. 6A is a plan view of a conventional automatic ticket vending machine, and FIG.
(B) is a conventional automatic ticket vending machine. In FIG. 6, 1 is a guide display part, 2 is a coin slot, 3 is a banknote slot, 4 is a child discount button, 5 is an operation button, and 6 is an outlet.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the coin slot 2
And the bill slot 3 is at a high position (on average 1350 m
(around m) and the operation buttons 5 are also generally high, which makes it difficult for children and wheelchairs to reach.

Therefore, the inclined type as shown in FIG. 7 has been popularized. The automatic ticket vending machine shown in FIG. 7 is designed to arrange the coin insertion slot 2 and the bill insertion slot 3 at a low position near the exit due to miniaturization and high functionality of each processing unit, thereby making On the other hand, the handling is being improved.

However, when the operating section 5 is lowered, the conventional vertical system has a problem that the destination amount of the button is difficult for a general adult to see, and the button pressing position is too low, which deteriorates the operability. As shown in FIG. 7B, the structure has an inclination of 45 ° to 60 °.

On the contrary, this means that for the weak, the operation button has moved farther away from the conventional one, and the visibility of the destination amount in the button and the operability of pressing the button are deteriorated. The situation is that the device as a whole is not easy to use.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine having a structure in which a person who cannot reach a high place such as a child can easily press an operation button. is there.

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention is housed in a slanted portion of a housing and is rotatably installed with at least operation buttons for displaying and inputting contents for purchasing a ticket. Control unit, a specific button for instructing and inputting rotation of an operation unit provided in a housing other than the operation unit, and control for rotating the operation unit based on the instruction input of the specific button And means for performing ticket issuing processing in response to the input of the operation button.

[0014]

[Operation] Since the operating portion is configured to be rotatable and the operating portion is rotated as necessary to make the customer service surface substantially vertical,
Even short children such as children can press the operation buttons on the customer service side.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine, FIG. 2 is a view showing a power source for rotating an operating portion, and FIG.
Is a block diagram showing a system configuration, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing control contents.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a housing of an automatic ticket vending machine. A display unit 11 is attached to the upper end of the front surface of the housing 10 for displaying an automatic ticket vending machine and displaying the amount to be inserted.

Further, the housing 10 has four horizontal positions.
An inclined portion 12 inclined by 5 to 60 degrees is provided, and an operation portion 13 is rotatably attached to the inclined portion 12.
That is, as shown in the figure, the operation unit 13 has a position A where the surface (contact surface) of the operation unit 13 faces in a substantially vertical direction, and the operation unit 1
3 so that the surface of 3 matches the surface of the inclined portion 12
It is rotatably attached between positions B where 3 is stored. In the normal state (that is, the operation unit 13 is in the B position when the child discount button 20 is not operated) This operation unit 1
The operation buttons 14 that light up and display the contents that can be purchased are arranged in two rows in the column 3.

A protrusion 15 is provided just below the inclined portion 12.
Is provided, a receiving tray 16 is provided at the center of the projecting portion 15, and a bill insertion slot 17 and a ticket extracting slot 18 are provided at the back of the receiving tray 16.

Further, a coin slot 19 is provided at the right end of the upper surface of the projecting portion 15, and a child discount button 20 which is operated when designating a child discount is provided at the right end portion of the front surface of the projecting portion 15.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned operation portion 13 incorporates a rotary shaft 21, and a gear 22 is fitted to the end portion of the rotary shaft 21. A gear 23 is meshed with the gear 22, and the gear 23 is fitted on a rotary shaft 25 of a motor 24.

Next, the system configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In FIG.
Reference numeral 31 is a main control unit that controls the automatic ticket vending machine.
The main control section 31 includes the operation button 14 and the motor 24 described above.
Is connected to a motor drive unit 32.

The bill insertion slot 17 is connected to the bill inspection unit 33. The bill inspection unit 33 detects and discriminates the inserted bill. This detection signal is output to the main controller 31.
The coin inspection port 34 is connected to the coin inspection section 34. The coin inspection unit 34 discriminates the coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 19 and outputs a 10-500 yen signal to the main control unit 31. Furthermore, a change unit 35 is connected to the change inspection unit 34.
The coins discriminated by the coin inspection section 24 are stored in the change section 35 as change and can be discharged from an outlet (not shown) provided facing the tray 16.

Further, a printing section 36 is connected to the main control section 31. The printing unit 36 prints necessary items on a ticket using a thermal head (not shown). This printing section 3
An encoding section 37 is connected to 6. In the encoding section 37, magnetic information for automatic ticket gates is recorded in a magnetic recording section (not shown) of a paper sheet, and is ejected from the ticket take-out port 18.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention constructed as above will be described. First, when the power of the automatic ticket vending machine is turned on, the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is started. First, a standby state is entered (step S1), and it is determined whether a bill or coin has been inserted through the bill insertion slot 17 or the coin insertion slot 19 (step S1). Then, when the determination in step S2 is "NO", the process returns to step S1 and the standby process is performed.

By the way, in step S2, "YE
When it is determined to be “S”, the type of the bill inserted from the bill insertion port 17 is detected by the bill inspection unit 33, and the type of the coin inserted from the coin insertion port 19 is determined by the coin inspection unit 34. The detected signal is output to the main controller 31. The main control unit 31 displays the total amount of money paid on the display unit 11 (step S3).

Then, processing for displaying the adult fee on the operation button 14 is performed (step S4). Next, it is determined whether the child discount button 20 has been operated (step S5). For example, the operation button 14 can be used for children or handicapped children.
When the child discount button 20 is operated in order to move it to a position where it can be easily operated, it is determined as “YES” in step S5, and the main control unit 31 causes the motor drive unit 32 to move. A control signal is output, the rotation of the motor 24 is controlled, and the operation unit 14 is rotated to the A position (step S6).

Then, processing for displaying the child discount charge on the operation button 14 is performed (step S7). And
It is determined whether "NO" is determined in step S5 or the amount button of the operation button 14 is pushed down after the process of step S7 (step S8).

When it is determined that the amount button of the operation buttons 14 has been operated, the printing section 36 and the encoding section 3
The ticket is discharged from the ticket outlet 18 by the process of 7, and further, if there is change from the change unit 35 by the signal from the main control unit 31, it is discharged to the tray 16 (step S).
9).

Next, from the main control section 31 to the motor drive section 32.
A control signal is output to the motor 24 to control the rotation of the motor 24,
The operation unit 14 is rotated to the B position and returned to the original position (step S10).

Then, it is determined whether or not the processing of ticketing / changes has been completed (step S11). Then, if "YES" is determined in this step S11, the process returns to the above-mentioned step S1 to enter the standby state.

As described above, in the first embodiment, for a person such as a child who cannot easily press the operation button 14, the operation portion 13 in which the operation button 14 is arranged is rotated to the vertical position. Therefore, even a child can easily push down the operation button 14.

In the above embodiment, the child discount button 20 is used.
When is operated, the operation portion 13 is rotated forward so that the customer service surface is oriented in the vertical direction so that it can be easily operated by a child. However, as shown in FIG.
Apart from 0, a front button 41 and a rear button 42 for rotating the operating portion 13 back and forth may be provided. The operation signals of the front button 41 and the rear button 42 are output to the main control unit 31, and when the operation signals of the buttons 41 are input, the main control unit 31 outputs the control signal to the motor drive unit 32. Just do it. In this modification, the child discount button 20 is provided in the upper left portion of the operation unit 13, and the detection sensor 43 for detecting the height of the person is provided in the upper right portion of the inclined portion 12.

Since the button for rotating the operating portion 13 back and forth is provided in this manner, the operating portion 13 can be positively moved back and forth. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0034]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, for a person such as a child who cannot easily reach a high place, the operation portion in which the operation buttons are arranged is rotated forward. Since the customer service surface is oriented in the vertical direction, it is possible to provide an automatic ticket vending machine in which children can easily press the operation buttons.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a power source for rotating the customer service surface of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the control contents of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine showing a modified example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a conventional automatic ticket vending machine, FIG. 6 (A) is a plan view of the conventional automatic ticket vending machine, and FIG. 6 (B) is a side view thereof.

FIG. 7 shows a conventional automatic ticket vending machine, FIG. 7 (A) is a plan view of the conventional automatic ticket vending machine, and FIG. 7 (B) is a side view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Casing, 11 ... Guidance display part, 12 ... Inclined part, 13 ...
Operation part, 14 ... Operation button, 15 ... Projection part, 16 ... Saucepan,
17 ... Banknote slot, 18 ... Ticket slot, 19 ... Coin slot.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An operating unit housed in an inclined portion of the casing and rotatably installed, in which at least an operating button for displaying and inputting contents for purchasing a ticket is arranged, and a casing other than the operating unit. A specific button for instructing and inputting the rotation of the operation unit provided on the body, means for controlling the rotation of the operation unit based on the instruction input of the specific button, and a device for responding to the input of the operation button. An automatic ticket vending machine, comprising: means for processing ticket issuing. 2. The specific button includes a child / discount button for inputting a child or a discount.
Automatic ticket vending machine as described. 3. A casing provided with an inclined portion, and an operation portion housed in the inclined portion of the casing and rotatably installed and arranged with operation buttons for displaying at least contents for purchasing a ticket. , A specific button and charge slot provided on the housing other than the operation section, and when the specific button is operated, the operation section is rotated,
A means for controlling so that the customer service surface of the operation section faces in a substantially vertical direction, and a means for issuing a ticket in response to the operation of a specific button, a charge slot, and the operation button provided on the housing other than the operation section. And an automatic ticket vending machine.