JPH08221606A - Method and device for issuing ticket and ticket used for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To inspect a coincidence between the information of a last issued ticket and the information of a currently issued ticket, and prevent a ticket having the same data from being issued by storing the information that the ticket has in a device when the ticket is issued. CONSTITUTION: A train ticket issuing machine checks whether magnetic data used for last ticket issue are saved in a last magnetic data storage part 23 on a memory 20, and saves magnetic data used for current ticket issue as the last data in the last magnetic data storage part 23 on the memory 20 when not. And, a magnetic writing part 13 magnetically records the data, a magnetic reading part 14 read out the written data and inspects them, and a printing part 15 prints the data on the print surface of card paper, which is then discharged to a discharging part 16. Therefore, a ticket can not be issued unless a ticket that is not recognized by a host device 25 is canceled, so plural tickets having the same data are never present and the management of ticket issue for users is made correct.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket piece issuing method and apparatus for recording and issuing data for completing a ticket piece on an unused ticket piece, for example, feeding out a magnetic card stored in a stacker for printing. There are multiple ticket pieces that have the same data even when reissuing ticket tickets due to some obstacles, such as train tickets and commuter ticket printing and issuing systems that issue magnetic recording and issue as ticket pieces. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing method and device suitable for preventing such a ticket, and a ticket used therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of ticket processing apparatus,
For example, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-2196. This device includes an operation unit for inputting information and control commands necessary for processing a ticket, a display unit for displaying information, messages, etc. necessary for processing a ticket, a slot for inserting and discharging a ticket, and a desired ticket. A hopper for storing a ticket or a form to be formed, a separating / feeding-out means for separating and feeding out the ticket or the form one by one from the hopper; The stacker that stores the paid-out ticket or the ticket to be exchanged with the ticket, the ticket inserted from the insertion opening and the ticket or the ticket paid out from the hopper have magnetic stripes A magnetic reading unit for reading data written in the stripe, a magnetic writing unit for writing, erasing, and rewriting data on the magnetic stripe, and a ticket inserted from the insertion port. Optical reading means for reading the provided optically readable information, a temporary stacking section for temporarily holding one or a plurality of the tickets inserted from the insertion slot until the processing is completed, and the insertion slot A printing unit for performing a predetermined printing on the inserted ticket and a ticket or a form fed out from the hopper, and a collecting printing unit for performing a predetermined printing on the ticket or the form inserted from the insertion slot and stored in the stacker. And a medium transport path for transporting the ticket and the medium between the respective components,
When a ticket is inserted from the insertion slot, the ticket is transported to a predetermined position for reading data in the transport path, the information attached to the ticket is read, and the ticket is read based on the read information. The type of the ticket, whether the processing is completed only with the information, whether or not a new ticket is exchanged and issued, etc. are determined, and various tickets are processed.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional techniques have the following problems. That is, in the above-mentioned ticket issuing processing device, the ticket is issued based on the information without any means for inspecting the information for issuing the ticket received from the host device. In other words, this technology only has printed or magnetic information for operational purposes of the ticket. However, as described above, in the method of issuing a ticket based on the information without providing any means for inspecting the information for issuing the ticket received from the higher-level device, the upper-level device manages it. It is not possible to prevent the issuance of a plurality of coupons having the same data, which occurs in a situation that cannot be done. Because, for example, at the stage of completing the issuance of the ticket in the ticket issuing device and completing the issuance, and even before the upper device recognizes the completion of issuing the ticket, Is complete,
If a failure occurs in the device or on the interface at that time, the status of the ticket can be recognized only by the higher-level device as an invalid ticket due to the occurrence of the failure, resulting in reissuance. . However, as described above, when the coupon is completed, reissuing the coupon causes a plurality of coupons having the same data to exist. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems in the related art and to prevent a plurality of bills having the same data from being present. To provide a ticket issuing method and apparatus, and a ticket used for the apparatus.

[0004]

The above objects of the present invention are as follows:
A method of issuing a ticket in a ticket issuing device that issues data by recording data on a ticket, wherein the record data on the ticket for issuing the ticket and the record data on the ticket used for the previous ticket issue And the content of both recorded data is in agreement, the ticket issuance method characterized by prohibiting the issuance of the ticket, or the ticket issuing device for issuing the data in which the data is recorded A means for storing the record data on the ticket for issuing the ticket, a means for saving the record data on the ticket when the ticket is issued, a means for reading the data recorded on the ticket,
The correspondence between the storage means for the data read by the means, the record data and the read data on the ticket for issuing the ticket, and the record data on the ticket saved when the ticket was issued last time is checked. Means for invalidating the handling of the bill when the correspondence is judged to be normal at the time of reading the bill recording data, and means for clearing the saved data in the saving means to zero. A ticket coupon issuing device which is a feature or a ticket ticket issuing device which records data on a ticket coupon, and is configured such that data unique to the ticket coupon can be recorded / erased in the ticket coupon body. This is achieved by a ticket piece characterized by doing the above.

[0005]

In the ticket issuing method and device according to the present invention, when the ticket is issued, the information held by the ticket is stored in the device, so that the information of the ticket stored when the ticket was issued last time is stored. It is possible to prevent the issuance of the coupon of the same data by performing a matching check with the information of the coupon issued this time. In addition, the device reads the information on the ticket that is not recognized to have been issued normally, performs a match check with the information stored in the device, and if it matches, the stored information in the device is checked. Reissuing is also possible by setting the value to zero and further making the recorded information and appearance on the ticket invalid. In addition, as a ticket used in the ticket issuing method and apparatus according to the present invention, when the data specific to the ticket can be recorded / erased in the ticket body, the above-mentioned inspection process is very simple. It has the effect of becoming.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an online system including a ticket issuing device as a terminal and a host device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Also, FIG.
Is a perspective view showing the appearance of the ticket issuing device shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of card paper having a magnetic data recording surface, which is used and issued by the ticket issuing device according to the present embodiment. 2 and 3, 10 is a ticket issuing device which is a terminal, and 30 is a magnetic card paper having a magnetic data recording surface 31 and a print data recording surface 33 shown in FIG. Further, 11 is a card paper storage unit for storing the card paper 30, 12 is a transport unit for feeding and discharging the card paper 30 from the storage unit 11, and 13 is a magnetic data recording surface of the card paper 30 to be issued. Reference numeral 31 is a magnetic recording unit having a magnetic recording head for performing magnetic recording, and 14 is a magnetic reading unit having a magnetic head for reading magnetic data from the magnetically recorded card paper 30.

Reference numeral 15 is a printing unit having a print head,
Printing is performed on the print data recording surface 33 of the card paper 30 that is conveyed after the magnetic processing is completed. Also, 16
Is an ejecting unit for issuing the card paper 30 that has been normally issued. Reference numeral 17 is an internal device for canceling the card paper 30 that has not been recognized by the host device due to some failure during issuing. An inserting section for taking in the card, a collecting section 18 for collecting the inserted card paper 30 after invalidating it, and a control section 19 for magnetic recording and reading of data by the above-mentioned sections, and storage of the data. It controls operations such as conveyance of paper, card paper 30, printing, and exchange of electronic messages with a higher-level device, and controls the operations of the above-mentioned parts according to a program stored inside. Further, reference numeral 20 denotes a memory, and inside the memory 20, the print data other storage unit 21, the current magnetic data storage unit 2 are provided.
2. A previous magnetic data storage unit 23 and the like are provided. Two
4 is a communication unit. Further, 25 is a host device, 26 is a control unit thereof, and 27 is a communication unit, which communicates with the ticket issuing device 10, and the host device 25 issues a ticket issuing instruction to the ticket issuing device 10. We are in control.

The outline of the operation of the ticket issuing device according to the present embodiment configured as described above is as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when the ticket issuing device receives a ticket issuing instruction from the host device, the data receiving is successful (step 2).
01), success or failure of magnetic writing according to the received data (step 202), success or failure of the same printing (step 203), success or failure of ejection of the ticket for which magnetic writing and printing have been completed (step 204), and a series of these processes are completed. The success or failure of the report to the higher-level device (step 205) is checked at each stage, and if any of these processes is not performed properly, the contents are stored in the device. (Step 206), the process is ended, and after the failure is recovered, the operation is performed again. Needless to say, the failure content is reported to the higher-level device within a possible range. Also, after the recovery from the failure, it will promptly retry.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a detailed processing procedure of the ticket issuing device according to the present embodiment. Here, the case where the check is performed using magnetic data is taken as an example. The operation of each part of the ticket issuing device according to the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described below based on the flowchart of FIG. When issuing a ticket, when the user requests the terminal operator to issue a ticket, the operator makes a predetermined input using the host device 25, and the ticket issuing device 10 receives the ticket via the communication unit 24. A ticket issuing instruction including print data and magnetic data is received (step 100).
The received magnetic data is stored in the current magnetic data storage unit 22 on the memory 20, and the other data is stored in the print data other storage unit 21. Next, the ticket issuing machine 10 checks whether or not the magnetic data used for the previous ticket is saved in the previous magnetic data storage unit 23 on the memory 20 (step 101). The magnetic data used for the above is saved as the previous data in the previous magnetic data storage unit 23 on the memory 20 (step 120), the magnetic card paper 30 is fed out from the storage unit 11, and the magnetic writing unit 13 is used.
Then, the above data is magnetically recorded by the magnetic reading unit 14, the writing data is read and inspected by the magnetic reading unit 14, and the printing unit 15 prints on the printing surface of the card paper 30 and then ejected to the ejection unit 16. Step 121).

On the other hand, in the check in step 101, when the previous magnetic data storage unit 23 on the memory 20 contains the magnetic data of the previous ticket issue, the step 102
Then, a match check is performed between the magnetic data and the magnetic data stored in the current magnetic data storage unit 22 to be used for the current ticket issuance. If they do not match, a ticket is issued in the same manner as in step 101 (step 101). 120 or later). If the two data match, it is determined that a plurality of ticket pieces having the same data will be issued, and the content is reported to the higher-level device 25 (step 103). Next, the host device 25
Waiting for the cancellation of ticket issuance (step 104) or a cancellation ticket insertion permission instruction (step 105) for canceling the previously issued ticket piece, and if ticketing is cancelled, the ticketing process ends. Further, in the case of the cancellation ticket insertion permission instruction, the cancellation ticket insertion opening 17 monitors whether or not the cancellation ticket is inserted (step 106). When the presence of a ticket piece is detected at the cancellation ticket insertion opening 17, the transportation section 12 sucks the ticket piece and the magnetic reading section 14 reads the magnetic information (step 107). The read magnetic data is stored in the current magnetic data storage unit 22 on the memory 20.

The data read above and the memory 2
0, a match check is made with the magnetic data of the previous ticket issued saved in the previous magnetic data storage section 23 (step 108), and if there is no match, the cancellation ticket is discharged to the discharging section 16 (step 109), and the host device 25, and returns to the processing of step 103 and thereafter. Also, if they match,
It is determined that the inserted bill is a bill to be canceled, and the previous magnetic data saved in the previous magnetic data storage unit 23 on the memory 20 is cleared to zero (step 110).
The magnetic erasing of the inserted ticket is performed by the magnetic writing unit 13, the erasing confirmation is performed by the magnetic reading unit 14, and the printing that means cancellation authentication is performed by the printing unit 15 (step 111). Then, the contents are reported to the higher-level device 25 (step 112), the magnetic data received in step 100 is saved as the previous data in the previous magnetic data storage unit 23 on the memory 20 (step 120), and the magnetic card paper 30 The magnetic data is magnetically recorded by the magnetic writing unit 13, is inspected by the magnetic reading unit 14, is printed by the printing unit 15, and is discharged to the discharging unit 16 (step 121). It reports to 25 (step 122) and the ticketing is completed.

According to the above-described embodiment, a ticket piece having the same data as the magnetic data used for the previous ticket issue is not issued, and it is possible to prevent a plurality of ticket pieces having the same data from being issued. You can It is needless to say that the above embodiment shows one example of the present invention, and the present invention should not be limited to this. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the method for checking the match between the magnetic data used for the previous issuance of the ticket and the magnetic data used for the current issuance of the ticket has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. However, it can be realized by other methods. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the magnetic card paper can be simplified by newly setting the serial number 32 in the magnetic information and checking only the number. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the bill piece 3 having no magnetic information.
Even with No. 5, by providing the barcode 34 on the printing surface, for example, it is possible to check the match between the record data used for the previous issue of the ticket and the record data used for the present issue of the ticket.

[0013]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is impossible to issue a ticket without canceling a ticket that is not recognized by the host device, so that a plurality of ticket pieces having the same data can be obtained. It does not exist, and the management of the issuance of coupons by the user is made accurate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a ticket issuing machine in an online system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an online system including a ticket issuing device and a host device, which are terminals according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a ticket issuing machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a magnetic card.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another configuration example of a magnetic card.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a card according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the ticket issuing device which is the terminal device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Ticket issuing machine 11 Magnetic card paper storage unit 12 Magnetic card paper transport unit 13 Magnetic writing unit 14 Magnetic reading unit 15 Printing unit 16 Ejection unit 17 Insertion unit 18 Collection unit 19 Control unit 20 Memory 21 Print data other storage unit 22 This time Magnetic data storage unit 23 Previous magnetic data storage unit 24 Communication unit 25 Host device 26 Communication unit 27 Control unit 30,35 Magnetic card paper

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A ticket issuing method in a ticket issuing device for issuing data in which data is recorded on a ticket, wherein data recorded on the ticket for issuing the ticket and a ticket used for the previous ticket issuing. A method of issuing a ticket, characterized by inspecting the content of the recorded data on one piece and prohibiting the issuance of the ticket if the content of both recorded data matches. 2. A ticket issuing method in a ticket issuing device for issuing data in which data is recorded on a ticket, which is used to issue the record data to the ticket for issuing the ticket this time and the ticket issued last time. If the contents of the recorded data on the ticket are inspected, and if the contents of both recorded data do not match, the recorded data on the ticket for issuing this time is used as the previous data when issuing the next ticket. A method of issuing a ticket, characterized by storing in a storage means for use. 3. The contents of the ticket read data read from the ticket issued last time by the ticket information reading means and the record data to the ticket stored in the storage means used for issuing the ticket last time are inspected. However, when the both record data match, the data recorded on the ticket issued last time and the ticket are invalidated, and the record data stored in the storage means is cleared to zero. Claim 2
How to issue the listed ticket. 4. A ticket issuing device for issuing data in which a ticket is recorded, and means for storing the recorded data in the ticket for issuing the ticket, and saving the recorded data in the ticket when issuing the ticket. Means, a reading means for reading the data recorded on the ticket, a storing means for the data read by the means, the recording data on the ticket for issuing the ticket and the read data, the previous ticket A means for inspecting the correspondence with the recorded data on the ticket strip saved at the time of issuance, a means for invalidating the handling of the ticket when the correspondence is judged to be normal at the time of reading the ticket record data, and And a means for clearing the saved data in the saving means to zero. 5. A ticket used for a ticket issuing device for issuing data in which data is recorded, wherein data specific to the ticket can be recorded / erased on the ticket body. A ticket to do.