JPH0793416A - Device and method for gathering information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the information gathering device which can be installed newly or moved without interference with operation. CONSTITUTION:This information gathering device which gathers equipment information and terminal equipment process information from an optional number of terminal equipments having respective address values set and different equipment information through a connection line is provided with an address managing means 5 wherein the address values of the respective terminal equipments are registered, a communication control means 6 which makes transmission requests including the respective address values registered in the address value managing means 5 and also receives the equipment information sent from the respective terminal equipments corresponding to the respective address values, and an information processing means 7 which generates a master file of the terminal equipments by making the equipment information, received by the communication control means 6 from the terminal equipments, correspond to the respective address values. Consequently, the equipment information on the respective terminal equipments can automatically and correctly be set and an information gathering device can be installed newly or moved without interference with the operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information collecting apparatus and an information collecting method suitable for application to ticket processing work at stations of transportation facilities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A large number of terminal devices such as ticket vending machines and settlement machines are installed at transportation stations, etc., and device information such as the machine number and model of these terminal equipment, tickets issued, and tickets paid The ticket processing business is performed by collecting the processing information in the information collecting device.

[0003]

However, in the case of the conventional device, setting of device information such as the machine number and model of each terminal device at the time of newly installing or relocating the information collecting device is performed by the information collecting device side and each terminal device side. The actual situation is that each one is done manually, and the setting work is complicated and it is extremely difficult to install or move a new information collection device. There is a problem in that there is a difference in the setting of device information between the two, which hinders the smooth operation of ticket processing operations.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically and accurately set the device information of each terminal device, and to easily install or relocate the information collecting device without disturbing the ticket processing work. It is an object to provide an information collection device and an information collection method that can be performed.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
An information collecting apparatus for collecting the device information and the terminal device processing information from an arbitrary number of terminal devices each having an address value set and different device information via a connection line, and registering the address value of each terminal device. An address value management means, a transmission control request including each address value registered in the address value management means, and a communication control means for receiving device information sent from each terminal device corresponding to each address value. And information processing means for creating a master file of the terminal device by associating the device information from each terminal device received by the communication control means with each address value.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the terminal device is
It is a ticket vending machine that issues paid tickets, a settlement machine that pays the issued tickets, a ticket collection machine, and a ticket collection machine that collects tickets.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an arbitrary number of ticket vending machines, ticket clearing machines, ticket collecting machines, and ticket collecting machines for ticketing are connected through a connection line. An information collection device for collecting device information and ticket processing information, including address value management means for registering address values of each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine for ticketing, and this address A device that sends a transmission request including each address value registered in the value management means, and that is sent from each ticket vending machine, checkout machine, ticket collection, and ticket collecting machine for ticketing corresponding to each address value. Corresponding to each address value, communication control means for receiving information and ticket processing information, and device information from each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine for ticketing received by this communication control means. Attach each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, ticket gate The ticket processing information to create a master file Urn break current label machine corresponding those having an information processing means for assigning to the corresponding section of this master file.

According to the fourth aspect of the information collecting method, a connection line is connected to an arbitrary number of ticket vending machines, checkout machines, ticket collecting machines, and ticket collecting machines for ticketing, each having an address value and different device information. A request for transmission including each address value is sent via the device, and the device information and the ticket sent from each ticket vending machine, the checkout machine, the ticket collection of the ticket corresponding to each address value Receiving processing information, each ticket vending machine, settlement machine,
Collecting tickets, collecting device information from the ticket collecting machine for ticketing, by associating the device information with the respective address values, ticket vending machines, checkout machines, ticket collecting,
A master file of a ticket collecting machine for ticket gates is created, and the received ticket processing information is assigned to the corresponding column of the master file.

[0009]

The function of each invention described above will be described below.

The communication control means in the information collecting apparatus according to claim 1 sends a transmission request including each address value registered in the address value management means to each terminal device, and at the same time, each terminal device corresponding to each address value The device information sent from each is received and sent to the information processing means.

The information processing means creates the master file of the terminal device by associating the device information from each terminal device received by the communication control means with the respective address values.

Thus, the device information of each terminal device can be automatically and accurately set on the information collecting device side, and the information collecting device can be easily installed or relocated.

In the information collecting apparatus according to claim 2,
Since the terminal device is a ticket vending machine for issuing paid tickets, a payment machine for clearing the issued tickets, a ticket collection machine, and a ticket collection machine for ticket screening, the ticket vending machine, the payment machine, the ticket collection machine ， The information collection device side can automatically and accurately set the device information of the ticket collection machine, which facilitates new or relocation of the information collection device without hindering ticket processing operations. It becomes possible to do it.

The communication control means in the information collecting apparatus according to claim 3 makes a transmission request including each address value registered in the address value management means, and each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket corresponding to each address value. Receiving the device information and ticket processing information sent from each of the ticket collecting and ticket collecting machines,
Send to information processing means.

The information processing means associates the device information from each ticket vending machine, the settlement machine, the ticket collection of the ticket, and the ticket collection machine for ticketing received by the communication control means with each ticket vending machine, A master file of a settlement machine, a ticket collection machine, and a ticket collection machine that performs ticket screening is created, and corresponding ticket processing information is assigned to the corresponding column of the master file.

Thus, the information collecting device can automatically and accurately set the device information of each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine for ticket collection on the master file. This makes it possible to easily install or relocate the information collection device, and also quickly collect ticket processing information for each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine for ticketing. be able to.

According to the information collecting method of claim 4, the information collecting device automatically sets the device information of each ticket vending machine, the settlement machine, the ticket collection of the ticket, and the ticket collection machine for ticketing on the master file. Ticket processing information for each ticket vending machine, checkout machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine that performs ticket gates, as well as avoiding complications when newly installing or relocating the information collection device The efficiency of collection can be improved.

[0018]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

The information collecting apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 has address values SA1, SA2, ..., SAn and address values SAn1,
, SAnn are set and ticket vending machines 2a to 2n having different device information, checkout machines 3a to 3n, and a ticket collecting machine for collecting tickets and a ticket collecting machine for ticketing (not shown) The device is connected via a connection line 4.

The information collecting apparatus 1 is provided with the ticket vending machines 2a.
To 2n, each address value SA1 of the settlement machines 3a to 3n,
, SAn, SAn1, SAn2, ..., SAnn are registered in the form of a management table as shown in FIG. 2, and the respective address values SA1, SA2 registered in the address value management means 5 are registered. …, SAn, SAn1, S
.., SAnn including transmission request signals t1, t2, ... To the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n, the address values SA1, SA2 ,.
, SAn, SAn1, SAn2, ..., SAnn corresponding to the machine numbers (001, 002, ..., 00n) and model numbers (001, 002, ..., 00n) respectively sent from the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n. 4) and the response signals r1 and r2 including the address values SA1, SA2, ... And the device information shown in FIG. 4, and the ticket vending machines 2a received by the communication control means 6. To 2n, the device information from the settlement machines 3a to 3n is associated with the address values SA1, SA2, ..., And the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n.
n, the master file M of the settlement machines 3a to 3n shown in FIG.
And an information processing means 7 for creating and storing F.

Further, the communication control means 6 receives ticket processing information such as the ticket issuing amount and the payment amount from the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n, respectively, and the information processing means 7 has corresponding columns of the master file MF. Ticket processing information is assigned to. FIG. 6 shows the collection result in which the ticket processing information is assigned to the corresponding column of the master file MF.

The communication between the communication control means 6 and the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n uses the polling / selecting sequence method shown in FIGS. FIG. 7 shows how long the transmission request signals t1, t2, ...
The maximum number of terminal devices connected in advance is set as shown in FIG. 2 and the number is set for that number, or the transmission is stopped when there is no response from the terminal device as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the number of terminal devices is A to Z (maximum number), and in the example shown in FIG. 7, the number of terminal devices is A to P.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing means 7 has a CPU 11 and a program memory 12 for overall control, an input section 13 for inputting address values SA1, SA2, ..., And the master file MF. It is provided with a storage means 14 for storing the above, and a printer 15 for printing out the master file MF and the like.

Note that when communicating, it is considered that there is no terminal device unless all the terminal devices connected to the information collecting apparatus 1 are turned on. Therefore, note this point. There is a need.

Next, the operation of the information collecting device 1 will be described.

The communication control means 6 in the information collecting apparatus 1 addresses the transmission request signals t1, t2, ... Which include the respective address values SA1, SA2, ... Registered in the address value management means 5 under the control of the CPU 11. The tickets are sequentially sent to the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n via the connection line 4. The ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n send the response signals r1, r2, ... Including the device information in the order corresponding to the address values SA1, SA2 ,. The communication control means 6 receives these response signals r1 and r2.
, Are received and transferred to the CPU 11 of the information processing means 7.

The CPU 11 responds to the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n from the communication control means and the response signals r from the settlement machines 3a to 3n.
Based on 1, r2, ..., The address values SA1, SA2,
The master file MF shown in FIG.

Further, the CPU 11 causes the information processing means 7 to receive the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machine 3 as required.
Ticket processing information such as the ticket issuing amount and the settlement amount from a to 3n are assigned to the corresponding columns of the master file MF as shown in FIG.

The master file MF shown in FIG. 5 or the master file MF to which the ticket processing information shown in FIG. 6 is assigned is C
It is stored in the storage means 14 under the control of the PU 11 or is printed out by the printer 15.

As a result, the information collection device 1 can automatically and accurately set the device information of the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n on the master file MF. Such complexity and information inconsistency are eliminated, and it becomes possible to easily install or move the information collecting device 1. Further, the collection of the ticket processing information of the ticket vending machines 2a to 2n and the settlement machines 3a to 3n can be performed efficiently and quickly.

[0031]

According to the present invention described above, the following effects are obtained.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the device information of each terminal device can be automatically and accurately set on the information collecting device side, and the information collecting device can be easily installed or relocated. It is possible to provide an information collection device capable of performing the above.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the device information of the ticket vending machine, the checkout machine, the ticket collection, and the ticket collecting machine for ticketing is automatically and accurately set on the information collecting device side. Therefore, it is possible to provide the information collecting apparatus which can easily install or move the information collecting apparatus without causing any trouble in the ticket processing work.

According to the invention of claim 3, each ticket vending machine,
The information collection device can automatically and accurately set the device information of the checkout machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine on the master file. New or relocation of the information collection device. It is possible to easily carry out the above, and further provide an information collecting device capable of promptly collecting the ticket processing information of each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine for ticketing. be able to.

According to the invention described in claim 4, it is possible to avoid the complication at the time of newly installing or relocating the information collecting device, and at the ticket vending machine, the checkout machine, the ticket collecting, and the ticket collecting machine for collecting the ticket. It is possible to provide an information collecting method capable of improving the efficiency of collecting processing information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an address value management table in the device of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing signal contents of a transmission request from the device of the embodiment of the present invention to the terminal device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing signal contents of device information sent from the terminal device to the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a master file created by the device according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing allocation of ticket processing information to a master file created by the device of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a communication state when the number of terminal devices is set.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a communication state when the number of terminal devices is indefinite.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 information collection device 5 address value management means 6 communication control means 7 information processing means

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information collecting device for collecting the device information and the terminal device processing information from an arbitrary number of terminal devices each having an address value and having different device information via a connection line, the information collecting device comprising: The address value management means that registered the address value and the transmission request including each address value registered in this address value management means are performed, and the device information sent from each terminal device corresponding to each address value is received. Information collection means for creating a master file of the terminal device by associating the device information from each terminal device received by this communication control device with each address value apparatus. 2. The information collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a ticket vending machine for issuing a paid ticket, a settlement machine for paying the issued ticket, a ticket collecting machine, and a ticket collecting machine for collecting the ticket. apparatus. 3. The device information and ticket processing information from an arbitrary number of ticket vending machines, ticket clearing machines, ticket collecting and ticket collecting machines for ticketing, each having an address value and different device information, through a connection line. Which is an information collecting device for collecting information, and which is registered in the address value management means for registering the address value of each of the ticket vending machine, the settlement machine, the ticket collection, and the ticket collection machine for ticketing While making a transmission request including each address value, the device information and the ticket processing information sent from each ticket vending machine, the checkout machine, the ticket collection, and the ticket collecting machine for ticketing corresponding to each address value Communication control means for receiving, ticket vending machines, settlement machines, ticket collection of tickets received by this communication control means,
Corresponding ticket processing information by creating a master file of each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, and ticket collecting machine by correlating device information from the ticket collecting machine for ticketing with the above-mentioned respective address values. And an information processing means for allocating to the corresponding column of the master file. 4. An address number is set via a connection line to an arbitrary number of ticket vending machines, ticket clearing machines, ticket collecting machines, and ticket collecting machines for ticketing that have different device information to which address values are set. At the same time as making a transmission request, the device information and ticket processing information sent from each ticket vending machine, settlement machine, ticket collection, and ticket collection machine corresponding to each address value are received and received. Ticket vending machines, checkout machines, ticket collection, ticket collection machines that perform ticket collection by associating device information from ticket collection machines with the above-mentioned address values. A method for collecting information, characterized in that a master file of a machine is created and each received ticket processing information is assigned to the corresponding column of the master file.